Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-11
Political Notes.

Without exception, the Democratic
press of the State speaks with enthu-
siastic appreciation of the State
ticket.
j. 5. Sims, a Democrat, has been
alected mayor of Wilmington, Del,
Sims is the first Democrat elected
since 1860.
''Thc only hope we now have"
writes Senator Morton to u friend,
"is in preventing Democrats from
voting for Greeley
The 81. LoSepl, Gazette predicts
that Parker will be beaten in that
district by 1000 majority. The Lib
erals are stronger than two years
ago.
Whatever may be said of Mr.. Gree
ley, his tongue and pen have always
been upon the side of the poor, aud of
him who carns his bread By his hands
daily:
Judge Lewis Dent, brothcr-in-law
of Ulysses, has been fined $500 and
costs for assaultirg Henry Reed !;
assistant cdito: of the Washington
Capital.
In Maine the Grant campaign COM
mittce meet every day to see who
they have lost; aud the Democratic
Liberal Committee to see who they
gained. .......
The pcrdiction is made by those
who have the best reason for know
ing that Grant himself will "come
out" for Greeley-aftcr the 4th of
March next.
The Massachusetts, Republican Con-
vemtion has declared in favor Of
female suffrage. The Radical party
is fully viudicating its title to the
party of progress. ..
The st. Louis Democrat publishes
the following connundrum Why
would Grant make good railroad
conductors Because he never misses
any Of his CONNECTIONS.
The Augusta, Ga, Chronicle and
Sentinel, announces that eX-Gov.
IIerschcl V. johnson does not colih-
tenancc the Louisville mover cnt, and
will vote for Mr.. Greeley.
Grants auxiliary convention at
! Louisville has nominated Charles
O'Comor, of New York for President,
and John Quincy Adams. of Massa-
chusctts, for Yicc-Prcsidcnt.
There are 5000 or 5000 German
voters in Allegheny county, Penns!l-
vania, but not German OIL the
Grant county ticket. The reason is,
that the Germans amt going for
Grant.
And now the administration press
es are charging into Schuyler Colfax,
because he had the manliness to say
"The personal friendship of n life
time closed his lips to any attack
upon Greeley and Brown"
The GRANTEES need not fear that
"the Southern disabled and widows s.
will ask to be "addcd to the Federal
pension roll" If they are ever per-
mittcd to recover the tenth part of
what Grant has encouraged his
hungry hordcs Of carpet-baggers and
scalawags to steal from them they
will be more than satisfied.
Senator Sumner, before starting for
Europe, confidcd to F. w. Bird.
chairman of the Massachusetts State
Liberal committee, 4 speech which he
had intended 10 have delivered in
Fancuil Hall. The address is entitled
"Thc Presidential Elcction-Greeley
or Grant"
~ st. Louis Times attache inter-
viewed the great thief, Boss Tweed,
in New York, the other day. OF
course the champion thief was for
the champion gift-takcr. Here is the
closing question and answer:
Fricnd-But suppose the fight
should narrow down to Greeley and
Grant, would you then vote for
Greeley!
Tweed No, sir, I would not.
would see Greeley sunk in hell be-
fore 1 would cast u vote for him and
in such contingency | would un-
cquivocally and unrcservcdly vote
for Grant anyhow; L wont have any
Greeley in mine.
1t is ciphercd out by the Philadcl-
phia Age that it costs the Govern
ment $500 per diem to furnish clerks
to do the writing for the Campaign
Central Committee and to compose
ready made editorials for the country
press. The fact simply stated is that
the country is paving the expenses
Of the Grant and Wilson campaign
everywhere. We are told with a
good deal of swelling arro2 'nce that
the business men are all on the Grant
side, which is very far indeed from
being true; but if the Grant party
is wonderfully rich, we think il
should pay its own expenses. aud
not saddle them upon the United
States Treasury.