The Portland daily press., 1870-08-22
Po,it.cnI No,es.

The Republican Convention of the Seventh
indiana District has nominated General
Lewis Wallace Tor Congress.
Hon. j. A. Garfield will open the Republi
can campaign in Ohio on Friday next. Mr.
G. w. Morgan speaks Ior the Democrats.
An Exchange says: "The criticism of the
Democratic papers on the heavy taxes re-
qured to pay off the war debt, are as unrea-
sonabe as would be the criticism of the high
wayman on the expense incurred in sending
him to state prison. If he had been an hon
est man, there would have been no expense
incaned in Furnishing him. If the Demo-
cratic traitor, who were in power in the
spring OF '61 bad done their duty, there would
have been no war, no debt and no taxation"
Third party movements appear 10 be the
order OF the day. A convention of the estate
Temperance Party" OF Illinois, will be held at
Bloomington, Aug. 81, "ior the purpose OF
pertt citing the organization of the party, NOM
mating such State officers as are to be elected
this Fall. and Congressman at large"
The Liquor law is being rigidly enforced in
Iowa. The Sheriff OF Upton seized all the
bitters at drugstore in that city, on Satur-
day.
A Western paper says the democracy OF
the SIKH district OF Iowa are going to try the
old peoples party" trick this tall. These
"people' will meet at Fort Dodge on the 30th
OF August. Jack Orr will bury that move
ment with majority oil 5000.
The Louisville Commercial says of the re-
cent election in Kentucky, that ''hardly a
single negro voted in Galloway County. There
was no violence on the day of election, but
the current of talk before il was such as to
convince the colored voters that they had bet
Ter stay away from the polls.
Mrs. Adea McKeon is an independent can
didate for Congress from California.
A State Temperance Convention has been
called by Committee of the New ork State
ra-,asA.--------~vy, 10 meet IN Saratoga,
Tuesday evening, Sept. 6, to take action in
reference to the approaching State election.
The True Georgian say ''the Republican
party is largely in the majority throughout
the State"
The Wilmington Commercial SAYS that the
Republicans are uniting for the overthrow o.
the Democratic Party in Delaware.
The State Woman Suffrage Association OF
connecticut will hold their first annual meet
ing al Hartford, on Wednesday, September
7th.
"A statement has been prepared at the Treas
ury department, giving comparison between
tne expense OF the government under Bu-
chanan and under Grant 1t shows that arr
ing tie last fiscal year OF Buchanan,s adm;n
Porrsrs PCT cTrIJru7r were Two
dollars and one cent Estimating the present
population at forty millions, and deductf.o o.
from the present expenses, such as arise di-
rectly from the war; so as to compare such
items as were usual, the expenses of the GOV
eminent for the fiscal year Of 1860 and the
per capita expense is one dollar and sixty
four cents. This last amount is made ON
gold basis at the average of the year, which
was at twenty three per cent.
In Hingston's ''Genial Snowman" being
"reminiscences of the life of Altemus Ward.
occurs the following paragraph, Later in the
day called at the Democrat Office and offered
five dollars for puff which L wished to be in
serted. Messls Hughes and Harvey not only
accepted it, but volunteered to treat me with
whisky, in return for my fair dealing. As a
rule, out West, always found the Democrat |
&c EDITORS to be better patrons of whisky |
than the Rrpublicar ones. There is n vein of
whisky running through Western Democra.
cy, as character istic of the genial Democrat,
as the "blue blood" is of the We're de veres Of
aristocracy."
The Machias Union says that Hon. Pullman
Rolfe declines to be candidate for re election
to the Senate, and the name of Peter vose,
Esq., OF Dennysville, has been suggested for
the position.