New-York tribune., 1871-12-01
POLITICAL NOTES.

A mass meeting Of the Republicans Of Bed
ford County have PASSED resolutions proposing the Hon.
Francis Jordan a, II candidate for next Governor OF
Pennsylvania.
=. r. Birnum, long temperance worker,
writes t. The BridJport Hnddd diacouhtenhh'lnS me
nycmrut Of temperance nrn tor ascpaGatc po'ic'i
party >ilerng it incxpcdcnt AMI impoltic lie r.
l,rl. il q movement very likely 10 result III -'t'lhG
lack the Temperance reform ten year, at the very i'"
lie further slys to his ro-workrrS in the ca,'c l't Us
conn most faithfully c:iliIhcn punh' opinion ~
regard to this giant curse Of our country 1ht ,'n ''' m
m> cut "nr ihroas by attempting p'I'ita' 'do ''''
lis time"
Municipal politics in Lowcl are mixed.
Mayor Sherman declines further seryrr Alder ii ff
crck Aver. who made very popular by h' vi-or"'
direction Of TIE Eoaid o Health after 'hc 'ila pnx tx
ciirrnrut had d,roralzed eyrrybody. wont b' haVor
anyhow and the Republicans talk Of running Chhrirs
A. Stoit or cxMayor Peabody ln I,im' on ,ic iSpo:
Mrs Alncln f. Southgntr Nil. Eii1tlmih +. ricfori,
aud Elisha I. Jackson Tor School COMMITTEE
A correspondent of The Missouri Rrpnb'cna,
n the Of long letter on state politics. draws c
following sharp dl-tnror between tn" pciicy hlv"'
Gated By that journal and that hitherto followed by the
Democratic party: 1--WE presume it nav b" safely as
s,ird that, matter Wit! shape the National ,thvi1'
may akc-wheicr /; be upon the piUiehhh and p,'d'"
gronnds OF .Pas,ivl4m. or upon ne hn'h,no,ed b"s
rrt,by dGomcd @ "a 2'r ;" PIiy 81 ~ be- d n
Democratic nOninaions.'
Mr. Samuel Il. Spauldng of Northampton,
in response letter signed by many oi tho p"nin'ni
Republicans OF i- town AMI co"niy. has consented t. b.
u candidate for COngres. rom th@ IXh Mr''a iiS"t:s
District in the place OF GOV wa,nrne. 20 resign
Mr. spanldng seems 10 h. tho le"hn; candIi'r '!"in IN
Hampshire County, though the lritndS pt 'ii ~ ~
Sir. G. A. stevens Of Wsir i. ai,o cam.iair. on the
hlri. Worcester County wants ihr n'h'i"'inn'
ana Fit, hhrS alone flIni-h"- Dyo riii' 'hr--hc''rS
trockcr. N,rcIvss TOwHc. kImba,,. and Merriam
How the great passive movement Is 10 De
worhcd Is infinitely dc-crIbri in The 81 Lo"tS R'p"''
Gcm of the 2srh inst First. 4 National Convention
Of full-conmunion Democrat, IL to meet h'' with
proper socnnity and authority" r"-ovn 20 do nohn-
The Democracy ha ing tax, tho p'unSr back into Tho
domain Of Chaos AMI Old HIt', and ii-iip ,rth tt'
Anu Grant Republican Coi'rnii3 coIllPoei rsr;n.
siyclv haven't voted Dcn't rlc Ticket t'f
M al st & 5v"n t yea, =, boz, a ,n,uir,n rrtirna; 80"
of these great constitutional rinrrs and ">" ligE
rcr,pna riShis wnch form the er"iiio' Dmoer'T ,p
Iu,i,n 10 the present A.'niisrdt)h Ih'h io'" o'V
Tor tie Oil Drmorrati" "nr-wh"'lL
Mr CASTOR, the Mayor of Boston. is a Dem
orra," ", are sorry hul 10, al thai l"h proved
himself both honr,t and capable IN the o!iie ana
although the I,cpuji!cans have nominated u rih''it"
against him. air. Gao.on will probably 10 reelected
ON. rc,.oo us,grcd for thl. party onis that Mr.
G.. getting to br too popular. ani next yca WIZ nr
,nI we Should hr ,rr. 10 have him clcc,ci Hat
BODY but if the H,mh,rans OF B,'tnn are not -""rp
enough to comprrDend the .. .'ilhcton net w'. rA"'u
Nv l legislative drtirs. ani 80 vote to send hr i-
lon 10 Washington bacau>c hc has made good NJ y"r
they are III 70 br inlrIsi with o isht ol s,ihrs,
Vol I" d4,,s. However tins unpleasant pistiom. We
woad merely protest ia aivanc" agai.t " ii"nri,n o
tIn,n,c;, at Ma, Irta,ton', reelection "n"tr rr
victory lie can only Keep the place Wy l''puo'"ah
votes.
Exactly how the Democrats failed to carry
th. election In this TIN, Fail II 'hu' cApi'inrh by
The Uorid II says: we are defeated because the Re-
pullcans narhaled Of their force to 'hr polls
than did DcIocraov This reason ought t" DO salts
factory The journal strange to say doe, not i'ii
i the election evidence Of achdn." IN t.l'
Political -cntiIrnts of tho voters AM ant an, tina
New York Is still Democratic SITE. Oh tni'
suppo,itirn how does The WORTH cXr.am such
fact, Us these: The Republican vote of West
for Sigc loGy $3.50; for Wooifrr. III iso aoil Tor
scrihnrr. in ISL 1927. inc kpuirn y"'' M OF & "'k
fnrd I4J7; for Srrbnrr 1859. Tn" Eriic III ynt" e..
Albany County Grant. 2.iJ: Ior SIscI ''5i Tor
Woodord. II.i79; for SCribncr, i?jO iio whole NUN
lrr Of for President tlrre years az" wa,
80 ~ while that for secretary OF STATE III ISL wa hut
:,ll. This important cpl-ti'rttOn IN inter
psctin5 the returns of the Lat" election
One of the great "lacs" which Mr.. Com
missioner Wells and Ia. set used TO al, ancc III support
Of their theory that the nation grownS poorer was
the increase Of paupeiism various states L::tc IA
said about this now-aday-: yet 1t l.. perhaps. worth
while TO ncte that the numrr Of persons IN the Ma'si
,h,s,ts state almsbuuSra IL now more than 10 rceh
lc,, than wa i'll 49, the state having been .rrt,
by the improvements during thl' priih, from ne '"l'
,lrt support Of 100 p,rsO- AZ an average cost o ss'
c,o ~ pcr year iIr Sp,madeH Rco"bicn" glvrs the
cr,tif in "A rrra, azure, the state an-hoiS' sy'-
tenn as administered 1856: but Ihe Bo't," I",eteT
says Fifteen years ago vSit 10 th'e ui-'ici' III
homes thu lahorims CLASSES revealed "Ntiiy ai,l
want in marked contrast with ;hcr present cohdon:
Tnri the children. with bare ec1 ana haiS: ana ha',
covered with ragged garinrni looked bali-Niiu ~
they really but to-day te VISITOR 10 the S''ho
.i, rcis will hnd them comfortably c!Othr. ana Sioi'
n,d having cheerful look that gives most niini',k-
- ,, evidence that hunger l. stranger 10 them The
decrease III pIuprri@n. 'h"f,ior' Is lhr-r! INV " 40
better REMUNERATION received "v h' Wo' '"a '''''