The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-16
Political Notes.

INDiANA.-The charter elections OF Tues
day week, show everywhere save in the
solitary City Of Madison marked Democrat
ic gains and Republican loss aud apathy.
Mr., Morton's home, Indianapolis, declares
against his party for the first time in eigh-
teen years in Mr.. Colfax's abiding city,
South Bend, the republicans only elect the
City Marshal Of the nine candidates they
appointed for slaughter The Republicans
now concede popular Democratic major
ity in the State next October, and that
means a Legislature Democratic in both
branches, Democrat in the United States
Senate in the place of Mr.. Pratt, nine or
ten Democratic Representatives Of thirteen
in the Forty-fourth Congress instead of
four, and fifteen votes in the Electoral
College against tho Radical nominee for
President. All this the Democrats of In
diana, may be depended upon to accom-
plish. The Democrats of Indiana have no
opposition to fear. The Republican party
is hopelessly disintegrating, and the new
party" despite its forged calls, has failed
to hoodwink the Patrons or the farmers.
With an assured success waiting upon their
effort, they have no possible excuse for trim
ming, and can at their leisure select the
stanchest candidates and place them on the
soundest platform.
THE Political OUTLOOK IN New
YoRK.-The Tribune says With the
Manhattan Club revival, the Tammany
meeting, the Custom. house bewilderment
over the new Police Commissioner, and the
universal political scheming for next Fall,
political affairs promise soon to be lively
The Albany letter elsewhere printed gives
some Of the points in the present situation,
but its appearance is likely to change as
often rs Kaleidoscope before definite re-
suits are reached Evidently the Repub-
licans proper have triumphed over the strict
Administration party, have sent the Gus
tom-house again to the rear and resolved
to renominate Gov. Dix. The City Demo.
crazy as clearly means to support Mr. Til
den. The Liberals are the objects of
good deal of curious interest, but the wiser
ones among them are in no haste to settle
their programme. Neither ofthe great pol
itical organizations is so anxious now as
year ago to reject any possible alliance
with them. And beyond these points
everything seems confusion.
GRAND DEMOCRATIC GATHERING
The Manhattan Club, of New York, gath
cred at its annual reunion on Thursday,
May 9TH, quite pleasant assembly of the
eminent Democrats of the country. Free
trade, hard money and home rule appear
to have been the watchwords. There were
present:-Senator NJ. W. Ransom, ofSouth
Carolina; Senator Thomas F. Bayard, of
Delaware; ex-senator James A. Bayard,
of Delaware; ex Senator Bion Bradbury,
of Maine; ex-senator Benjamin Stark, of
Oregon; Governor John McEnery, of Lou
isiana; William Beach Lawrence, of Rhode
Island; Thomas Fitch, of Nevada, Judge
G. NJ. Osborn, Of Illinois; Judge NJ. Ship
man, of Connecticut; Henry b. Smith, of
Vermont, OF the National Democratic Com
mittee; Stokes Boyd, of Pennsylvania;
Charles w. Carrigan, of Pennsylvania;
Judge Naar, and many other distinguished
gentlemen.
The speech of the evening was made by
Senator Bayard, of Delaware. He referred
to the elections in New Hampshire aud
Connecticut as cheering for the future, and
as due to an instructive sense of National
preservation from the terrible abyss of Ra-
dical misgoyernment in the minds of the
people. In regard to the legal-tender de-
cisions Senator Bayard took ground against
this unconstitutional currency. The re-
mainder of his speech was vigorous ar
raignment of the Government for the
Louisiana troubles, and the want of state
manship which has characterized its general
course.
The st. Louis Republicans submits the
following: Imitation ticket for 1876
For President, Oliver Z. Morton of Indi-
ana for Vice President, John A. Logan
of Illinois. Platform-"To get out Of debt,
go in deeper"
The national windmill, which the same
it is Congress, will not have exhausted it.
self before the middle of July, though the
country will have been exhausted long be-
fore that date.-Terre Haate Journal
{ Dem.
The old party fences are getting alto
gether too dilapidated to be Of use, and
when new ones are built the herds will be
found to have become considerably mixed.
-Portiand { Me- Adpertiser (Rep.)
We do not want to judge rashly; we
desire to wait until the evidence is in vet
we must confess our suspicion that there
has been shenanigan, 50 to speak, in the
District affairs, is hardening into a conyic-
ton Caeinaati Gazette (Rep
The situation in Arkansas is not i'm
proving. There was some skirmishing in
the streets Of Little Rock on Saturday, and
some two or three persons were killed. AT
the solicitation ofthe representatives fboth
parties at Washington, Attorney General
Williams drew up a plan of pacifcation,
which was submitted by telegraph to tho
rival Governors for their ratification, iu
the hope that further bloodshed would be
prevented, but Baxter rejected the PROPOSE
ton. The following is the basis of compro-
mise:-The Legislature was to be called by
Brooks aud Baxter jointly to meet in
extra session on the 18th Of May. The
members TO be allowed to assemble without
molestation. The claims Of Brooks and
Baxter respectively 10 the Goyernorshir
to be considered, aud the decision arrived
at to be final.
Senator Morton has written a letter fol
Western circulation in which he attempts
TO show that the veto Of the currency bill
Of which be was the ablest champion, was
a great mistake on the part Of the Presi.
dent. He puts the case Of the infatiouisis
very strongly, but betrays no bitterness Of
feeling. Mr. Morton il on able man, and
i Is TO be regretted that he Is not able to
look at the currency question from specie
payment standpoint.
CHURcH REFoRM In Es0LAND.-The
Established Church Of England is under.
going series Of assaults from its own pre-
lates in the shape Of bills Intended 10 70.
form II which will AZ mas. l.. hr;ns. :,