The Portland daily press., 1874-05-08

The Rochester Democrat has been looking
over the field to ascertain the political effect
ofthe veto, and says the words of President
Grant will find their vindicaton in the sue
cesses of the political organisation Of which
he is the acknowledged leader. wa
No cry is more specious than that of emo
party" especially when applied to municipal
affairs; and upon a moments consideration
its utter fallacy is manifested even to the dull
est. Indianapolis Journal.
The editor of the Gardiner Journal who
was not Grant man says: ''There have been
two events in General Grants life such as
rarely fall to mortals. Two events which if
he had been equal to the occasion would
have overshadowed even Appomattox. One
of them-the veto of the Imitation Bill, with
moral heroism rarely equallei he has seiz-
ed; and the majesty of the act makes us al
most forget the other in which he failed; the
not-vetoing the Salary Grab. We give him
full credit for what he has done, and can on
ly regret that he had not been equal to the
occasion and vetoed the other"
Our Connecticut exchanges seem to think
that Congressman Barnum has the inside
track for the Democratic senatorship. Bar
ly, is protect.onist and interested in rail-
roads. He isn't much of Congressman.
The brother of Oliver Ames is interested for
Barnum and is said to have put ''little mon
ey where it will do the most good for Bill.''
The Chicago Tribune is informed by one
well acquainted with the German press of
the northwest, that all the German papers in
that section, without regard to party politics,
are opposed to imitation and support the veto
Of the President, and it publishes list of
these papers published in New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Mis-
souri,, as evidence of the fact -9b-s0
A young mems reform movement has
started in Worcester. It is political and
promises to do wonders. The fact that some
Of the Butler young men are signers of the
call is enough to make an inspection polite
before taking the VOWS.
The Springfield Republican mentions that
the Connecticut Democrats might do worse
than to elect Uncle Gideon Welles as United
States Senator, as che is chock full of DAYS
works." He does best at magazine writing.
The Philadelphia Press virtually serves
notice on the Southern Democrats in Con-
gress not to vote against the 100000 cen
tennial bill if they want universal amnesty.
Mr.. James Redpath says that he is too old
to run the new Butler Boston organ. There
ought to be men enough to take the place if
the organ grinder is to be as generously re-
membered as the rest of Mr.. BIS ''poor young
men,"
An exchange says that committee of
Democratic sachems in New Hampshire is
charged with laying out the work for the leg
islature so that that body will only endorse
the action of the leaders. One proposition is
to re-district the State SO that an easy victory
may be achieved hereafter
The farmers of Adams county, Illinois.
have resolved to nominate their own candi-
dates this yea. There were % farmers pres
ent at the mass meeting. Inasmuch as the
county cast $500 votes at the last election, it
will be seen that the ne W party there contains
not quite One-quarter of one per cent. of the
voting population.-St. Louis Globe. 4 u
IT is so strange that journal like the New
York Post will waste its space and brains
over any possible chance there may be in
Connecticut for such a man as David A.
Wells for United States Senator. The Dem
ocratic party is in power there and that party
always elects true blues, SO that the Barnums
in that State are sure and there isn't the least
possible chance for ''second Cobden."