The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-01
political Notes.

II is asserted that Mr.. Greeley is a temper
ance man. 1t may be true; but no one will
attempt to deny that he has not w(h)ined
good deal of late.
The Liberal Republican Club of Milwaukee
is no more, 1t embraced President and a
Secretary but they found that that ''clasping"
was rather solemn business after few weeks
and have returned to the old party.
The N. Y. Evening Post fears that there is
no chance for a fair election in that CITY,
The law provides that halfof the inspectors
shall be appointed by the Republican MEM
bers of the Election commission. The only
zeal Republican Oil the board is so unweh as
not to he able to attend to the matter and
.Manierre an infamous Tammany Republican
now supporting Greeley declares hisintention
to vote for Gen. Dix so as to appoint the in
spectors from his own friends who are the
worst of Boss Tweed's crowd.
Alas for human weakness. The New York
Tribune said of itself in 1870:-'The Cincin-
natl Commercial will be good enough to in
form its readers that there is no office in the
universe that would be any inducement to
Horace Greeley to forego or postpone his adj
vocacy of protection to home industry"
The city council of Alexandria, Virginia,
voted not to invite Mr., Greeley to visit their
city when he goes south in October. The ma
jority of the council is democratic. One
member moved that the invitation be given,
but that the gentleman be requested to pay
his own way as on previous occasions.
The New York World gives as the best rea-
son for voting for Greeley that majority Of
federal offices will be given to Democrats, and
that majority of his cabinet will be Demo-
Gratis or, in other words, because his admins
tration will be Democratic.
In Douglass County, Mimi, a canvass has
been made. There are $50 Democrats in the
county, and no of them refuse to vote for
Greeley.
As soon as Mr.. Stanley, of Ujiji, has re-
covered from his fatigues, he will set to work
to discover the colored citizen who intends to
vote for Greeley. ...
The Evening Post says: "The adherents of
General Grant form a powerful, consistent,
well-trained army, with glorious historical as
sociations that no amount of whitehall way
ing will easily defeat"
The Cincinnati Enquirer, leading Demo-
cratic organ of the West, gravely informs its
readers that in Maine ''they vote uira vOce,"
and in explanation of the charge that num-
bers of Democrats in this State were bribed
at the recent election to vote the Re publican
ticket, says: "And the voter on receiving his
pay marched up and voted in the presence of
the purchaser, and the whole transaction was
treated with the indifference of common
occurrence"
The Greeley men of Richmond, in order
to be entirely pleasant to Northern soldiers,
have organized "Stonewall- Greeley club
The work of reconciliation goes bravely
on.
The Cincinnati Gazette is alliterative over
the journeyings of the Chappaqua Sage
Here is a specimen: 'The secession sage
saunters seward, still speechifying."
Now and then the New York World STUN
bles upon the truth, as, for instance, when it
prefaced FL. G.'s latest harangue as closing
speech" ......... r..