National Republican., 1873-09-12
POLITICAL NOTES.


A HUNDRED Democratic editorials headed
"the duty Of voting In of years" " ere written
In vain this year.
The Baltimore grand Jury have reported a
presentment Of all political parades at night
with music, guns and transpa-encics as nui-
| sances, and the recommendation is made to
the police board to dlscountenance them II
they cannot prohibit them. Let Gotham go
and do likewise.
The Missouri RepubHcdn understands the
case perfectly. That paper, which was the
originator OF the 'possum policy OF last fall,
snecringly declares that Democracy has got
to mean different things In different places,
preparatory to meaning nothing In oil
places" and then takes . savage whack al
the party In Pennsylvania for not having the
courage to adopt the Ohio platform pure aud
simple, and without emasculating It Into i'm.
potency.
Tue Portland (Me.) Press thus discourses
on the remnant of Democracy; "The old
leaders are the Jonahs on the Democratic
| ship; and no political craft can make q sue
cessful voyage under their control. They arc
obnoxious to the country, and no party can
succeed that allows them 10 appear In its
| conventions or take part In Its councils.
They are political outcasts who can never
again retrieve their lost fortunes. The only
place for them Is on the back seats, and 90
FAR back that they will never again be secn
or heard"
AND now that staunch old Democratic
sheet, the Clinton (Iowa) Age, gives up the
ship. It says; 'who knows, II . straight
Democratic ticket was put In the 1eld but II
might win1 Alas, who willi 4 portion Of
the Democratic executive committee have
Issued an address, which will be found In an
other column. II is mild production, but
hardly necessary after that funeral oratlon.
This advising corpse TO get up and vote Ia
worse than Carpenters panegyric on the
skeleton In corn crib" The fact Is that
toolmany dead things have been dragged
Into this canvass to make 1t live one"
-THE Chicago Inter- Ocedn says that the
Tribune Of that city exhibits remarkable
ignorance Of the facts when II claims that
the so-called reform party" has assumed q
tangible and vigorous shape In Minnesota,
in these States the party is especially weak
and powerlsss to accomplish any tangible re-
suits In the coming election OF State officers.
IL 10 we'll known that the so-oallod farmers
convention In Minnesota was nothing more
or less than the ralying Of the demagogues
and wire-pullers Of the Democratic party un-
der another name, to make new effort TO
farmers and laborlng men. The cheat Is too
apparent and will not be successful.
THE following paragraph from the Phila-
dolphia Press we commend to the people OF
Virginia: "If the Conservative press Of vir-
| ginia should preserve Its present tone for O
lev months longer we would not be surprised
70 hear of the Organization Of Ku-Klux Klans
In that State, and Qf z condition Of affairs
there similar TO that now existing In few
counties Of Kentucky. Precisely the same
passions that inspired the organization Of the
Klanelsewhere In theSouth are being invoked
in Virginia. Every day the Conservative
he wSite. of tse m mnsElaes, md w win n dsnuG. ~
Citations Of the latter. One result is ineyltable,
whatever else may happen-tbe emigration
Of the colored people 10 localities more tol-
Grant, and where the fact OF their former
degradation will not every day be thrust Into
their faces; IL is possible, however, that the
have better appreciation Of the wants Of
their State than It's journals"
THE Syracuse a. " Journal thus sum,
marizes the woes Of the Republican party IN
the State Of New York: "The Republican
party has dethroned the infamous Tammany
erpmcnt. It has purified the ballot-boI and
given us honest elections. It has reformed
and purified the Judiciary. Il has stopped
| tbo quarantine abuses. II has put an end to
tho passing Of annual charity bills. II hss
saved over one hundred thousand dollars q
year in legislative expenses. u has restored
Ihe finances Of the State To healthier cons
dtlop and stopped the large deficiencies. il
has radpoed the canal appropriations by
nearly q million dollars, and provided for still
| further reductions In the tutgr0, With such
q record as this, made within less than two
years, the Republican party need have no
hesitapey In going before the people for
| another jnd0rsap,ent Of Its work and another
assurance Of trust In ils Integrity"
TIE Philadelphia Norh american says
The new, Congress has not yet met. It will
not meet until December. But by befouling
the last Congress the professional reformors
| seek TO taint the new Congress through the
many old members who arc reelected and
tho Senators who hold over. Tho principal
offense Of theas men Is that they are Repub-
licans. In no aspect arc they worse than tho
majority of the Democratic CongrOss Of for
mer years. In many respects they are far
better. Under their auspices the Republic
has made immense progrese, mighty reforms
have been accomplished. and the material
prosperity has been unprecedented. But be-
cause they differ In principal from others, or
because they occupy places that are coveted
by their opponents, everything vile and Grim
lnal Is imputed 10 them, so that o sensitive
man would be better Of out Of Congress than
In IL