Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-31
POLITICAL NOTES.


s87"Many of the old patriarchs lived
five, ten, and twelve times as long as
have, and are quoted now for their wis
DOM" said Bill Allen, in his Cincinnati
speech, and if William ever gets as old as
that there is possibility that he may be
quoted also. His wisdom is not discerni-
bic at present
The Democratic party is the sub
ject of very many jokes Just now, which
seem very much like kicks bestowed on q
man that is down. The st. Louis RepuJ-
licdR says that it is difficult to tell wheth.
er the present low state of the Democracy
is owing to Democrats leaving the party,
or the party leaving the Democrats.-AL
baRy Journal.
C5Y The lesson is this: That the people
cannot, under any circumstances, be in
duced to trust the Democratic party, no
matter what admirable professions ftmay
assume. Reforms may be needed. But
the shrewd, inseeing masses of Pemsyl.
vania know well enough that Democracy
lis knife with which no reform whatever
can be carved PtttS5,rgh Commercial.
Us Democracy says it is willing to let
bygones be bygones. SO are Republicans,
and the Democratic party is the greatest
bygone of the age. 1t has been defeated
in every issue on which it has appealed to
the country for the past twelve years, and
in Pennsylvania it will be defeated again
this year. Democratic campaigns are
better schools for patience than house
cleanings.-PittSbargh Commercial.
rs The Milwaukee Eoeaiag Wisconsin
says: "The Democratic papers have been
making a great ado over an allegation of
their own that Governor Washburn has
been riding on the railways of the coun-
try with free passes ever since the meet
ing of the Republican Convention, the
resolutions of which condemned the whole
pass system. The Governor, therefore,
has authorized an emphatical denial of
the statement that he has used a railway
pass since the time mentioned. The Gov
ernor has often spoken against the pass
system, and there is abundant reason to
believe that he is sincere in the hostility
so expressed"
u" Donnelly, the great renegade OF
Minnesota, says that if he wanted office
he would have remained with the Repub-
lican party, which has 10000 majority in
the State; whereupon the st. Peter Irib-
une says: "The fact is, he did not leave
the party until he failed to get Office at its
| hands. His insatiate greed for office,
coupled with his treachery and trickery,
utterly disgusted every one who knew
him. The moment he found the party
not inclined to give him every Office he
asked for he quit it, and now claims to
have left it from principle. He couldn't
| have been kicked out while he believed
there was any show for office inside.
s5Y- The Eau Claire (Wis.) Free Press
thus illustrates the Liberal Democratic
| predicament: "The Liberal Convention
just held at Elmira, N. Y, has done ex-
actly what all other Liberal and Demo
cratic conventions have done any time
these thirteen years. 1t has solemnly
pledged the Democratic party to stand the
usual distance behind the Republican,
and to pull back. Often as this mad
avowal has been repeated, the prodigious
clucking of the Democratic shanghai over
the same infective egg proclaims each
year that some folks have failed to learn
It's moral In republic the dominant
party can never be anything but the EN-
bodiment of the most advanced phase OF
average public sentiment For an organi
cation which represents the retractivG
phase, to plead that it is not very far be
hind the age, is like the young lady in the
story of 'Midshipman Easy prOnouncing
|
produced only a very small baby"
e93"The Washington Chronicle, concern
ing the Presidents message, says: "ThOse
who are wise above what is written are
beginning to publish the contents of the
| Presidents next annual message to Con,
gress. The absurdity of such pretended
enterprise is more amusing to the public
than complimentary TO the authors. 1t is
well known that the President cannot
have the material for the substance of his
message until mucn later period, when
the annual reports of the heads of depart
ments will be laid before him. From
these reports he must draw largely foT
facts on which to base his recommenda
tiOns to congress- And when fully written
within a few days of the opening of the
session, not one word of it will be known
to any one except the heads of depart
ments, and possibly one of his. private
secretaries. Everything given TO She pub
lie in advance will be pure liction,- and
intended for use among the bears and
bulls on Wall street" = s'7@ ~' ~
gJyi The Buffalo Commercial Adoertsstl
says Of the status of the New York De
mOcracy: "Those who issue The Demo
cratic address know very we'll that they
have no faith in their own predictions o.
success Their pronunciamento will bC
followed by a private appeal for money
and was issued in the hope of securing {
better response than is now promised tC
that appeal, Last year, with the excite
nent of a momentous national campaign
to draw out full vote, with all the tall
about t e extent of the Liberal detection
from the Republican camp, and with tn,
employment of every trick, arti1ice, ant
eXpcdient known to politics, the Democ
racy could not save themselves from oyer
whelmng defeat. What chance Of sue
cess can, they have now, when they ar
distracted and demoralized, laboring up
der the odium of defeat, and partially dc
serted by those who fought on their sid
in 1922 BY hard work they may con
triye TO make respectable show o
strength, But that work is not 10 b
elected and stimulated by bombastlc ad
dresses and turgid appeals, where misrep
resentation and bluster are simply EN-
ployed 10 overcome the depressing effect
of truth and tacts.p .f.
When Time shall hang up his scyth