The Portland daily press., 1869-09-21
Strike our fancy
Decliuation ROsie--Cransie.

SECRETARY BOUTWELL, reports much diff
Guilty in ascertaining the condition of financial
affairs in New York city. He was approached
by parties of respectable standing, who gave
information of most contradictory character.
He has determined upon the general outlines
Of his report, and intends to make it quite
short. The expectation at the Treasury now
is that the Secretary will show reduction of
the debt of about sixty millions in December.
WE copy the following announcements from
the Adair County Register, an Iowa paper,
that our readers may see how they "do things
out West:
The undersigned hereby announces to his
friends and to the voters of Adair county that
he will be candidate for the office of County
Auditor, and solicits the support Of all.
R. E. EWING.
Abner Root qereby announces himself a
candidate for the office of Sheriff subject to
the decision of Republican convention, pro-
vided one is held in the county, and if no con-
vention is held he will be an Independent can
didate
The undersigned hereby announces himself
to his friends and the voters of Adair county,
Iowa, as an Independent candidate for the Of
flee of Sheriff, and asks their cheerful sup
port. GEO. SALISBURY.
THE Buffalo Express says that q Jealous
citizen of Buffalo, who intermingles politics
with the dispensation of congenal beverages,
lately got into trouble with the inquisitive off,
GERS Of Uncle Samuel's revenue department.
by conducting his traffic in neglect of the for
mality of Government license. He was plac-
ed under arrest and taken before the grand iu-
ry of the United States District Court at AL
bany, where, in default of bail, he was COM
mitted to the Albany jail. The other day a
letter was received from the gentleman by
some Of his friends in Buffalo, in which, after
sundry business directions and details, he ex-
ultingly exclaims: "They are every one Demo-
Gratis in this jail-sheriff, jailor, prisoners and
ALL" So he is comfortable and happy in the
society of his political friends, as he would no
doubt equally be in any other Jail within the
State.
The Albany Evening journal says that the
result in Maine has satisfied Republicans that
hydrostatics cannot be exclusively practised
in political science. The interests of temper
ance have always been most faithfully sub
served by the Republican party. Indeed its
fault has been that it has injured the cause by
Gent, because not sanctioned by the majority
of the people. Special interests cannot be
made the basis of political organization
Parties must have their great general pur-
poses, and all other questions must be direct
ed by the force of public opinion. The Labor
interest should not lose sight of this truth 1t
has always found the Republican party will
ing to legislalate in such manner as to leave
it free in its enterprises and movements. And
so with every other deserving interest Their
rights will best be protected by the Republi-
can party. Third organizations are imprac-
ticable.
The Nation says that the noteworthy thing
about the Maine election is the small figure
made by the Prohibitionists at the polls, their
candidate apparently not having got six thou
sand votes out of a total vote of almost ninety
thousand Considering the condition OF
Names two great industries, shipbuilding and
and the belief usually prevalent
among men out of work that the "party in
power" is at the bottom of any, widespread f.
nancial distress, the Republican, must be Said
to have done remarkably well in Maine. The
vote of the Prohibitionists-who doubtless
were almost to a man Republicans-added to
General Chamberlain's majority over his Dem
ocratic opponent, gives him this year about
the usual Republican majority. The total abb
stinence men, it seems, have not been able to
carry district, though they have aided the
Democrats in taking away two or three from
the Republicans, who, however, have in both
Houses an overwhelming majority, which
makes sad havoc of some laborious and minute
calculations as to vino should be Mr.. Fessen-
den's successor at Washington.