The Portland daily press., 1875-09-24
Current Notes.

'Down with the coupon-clippers and op-
pressors of the people," is one of the rallying
cries of the leading Democratic paper in Ohio
the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Governor Woodford is making his mark by
his earnest. eloquent and effective speeches in
the Ohio campaign, confning himself to the
"Hard Money" question. The Cincinnati
Gazette concludes a laudatory personal sketch
Of the governor by saying:-'He is lawyer
OF large practice in the city of New York, as
sociated with one. of its leading law firms.
He is trained speaker, and in this canvass
has contented himself with compact and logi-
cal arguments, unembel;shed by anecdote or
joke, but fired with the eloquence and ear
nestness which few years ago made him so
popular lecturer" +t
1t may be pretty safely predicted that the
Democratic party will have gained nothing
even from any successes it may gain in Ohio
and Pennsylvania in the present campaign,
except load of odium which will sink it out
OF sight in the Presidential election.-St
Paul Pioneer Press. (Ind)
The fact is-and politicians and party man
ayers OF every party may as well prepare
themselves therefor-the paramount subject,
the important question, the all-imp0rtant
and controlling issue in 1876 will be this one
OF honest money or dishonest money. There
is no other issue strong enough TO displace it,
and it presses for solution.-Chicdgo Trib-
une(Rep.)
As with the individual, so with the Gov
ernment :-only honesty and singleness and
uprightness OF purpose can prevail in the
long run. Republicanism has at root this
moral worth the country knows it, our op-
ponents know it. Let fresh start be made
on that line; let the party become once more
what 1t was not long ago, party of principle,
and all will be we'll; but if the honorable
back track is not taken nothing can save it
from a catastrophe such as has folio wed politl-
cal excesses in all history.-[ Philadelphia
Telegraph (Rep.) la t
The Ohio Republicans are still confident of
victory, and the Democrats are not bit less
so The Cincinnati Enquirer says the ballot
boxes will have to be surmounted with man
sard roofs to hold.all the Allen votes; and
The Commercial, speaking less generally,
gives these reasons for believing Allen will be
defeated: 'Sixty thousand Republicans did
not vote for Noyes in 1873. Aliens majority
was S73. The 10000 absentees will be at
the polls this time. Now the Democrats
may bring out thoir full vote and gain 1000
| or 3 600 "workingmen," wheeled by the pa
| per money delusions and yawping demagog-
ries that are applied to them; and yet Hayes
| will have handsome majority. You will
have to hang up the shovel and the hoe,
Uncle William! and you will not be permitted!
to hold the country up by the tail any longer!
But take care TO perish in the arms of the
| people," s,alf2 6
| Sanction rTburnoar IN /. rocant ;pfory;o,r,
declared that the people Of Ohio don't know
what they want, and have no settled or in
| telligent theory or purpose about the cur
| rency. Thurman ought to tell them, then,
and not be lodging about, as he he has been.
Mr.. Mark M. (Brick) Pomeroy was in.
duced last Friday evening to address the Dem
ocratic infationists OF Canton, O., in speech
abounding in the same invectives against
hard money which he so vigorously hurled
| against the "greenback" during the civil
| war.
Gov. Hendricks's friends think an imitation
victory in Ohio and Pennsylvania would
make him almost certain of the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency. That's put
ting high premium on fence-roosting. A
correspondent of The Cincinnati Comm ercidl
tried to get Gov. Hendrickss opinion on bis
own chances the other day, but in vain. The
| Governor made one admission, however,
which is significant. He said he did not
| agree with those who predict a large majority
for Gov. Allen in Ohio. He thought ne
would be elected, but by a small majority,
adding: "Ohio is Republican; and ifI were
in Aliens shoes would be willing to COM
| promise on an election and say nothing about
a big majority"
| There has been a good deal Of political
prophesyng lately, but this venture of tn
IStusuile PENN Courier rather goes ahead
of all others: "Wall Street will nominate
Grant for the third term. making Tilden per-
haps its nominee for Vice-President The
party supporting this ticket will be the East
| ern Republicans, Federal Office holders, and
bondholding Democrats. The opposite party
| will be made up of the present Democratic
party of the West and South of Pennsylvania
and portions of the rest of the Middle States,
also of New England, reinforced by the West
ern Republicans, who will be released by the
dissolution of their old party. The colored
vote of the South will be in the MAN doubt
less follow Massa Grant. As in the past,
the Democratic will represent the productive
industries and the common people of the
country, while the opposition will represent
the money power and the aristocracy of the
nation" Imagine Tilden and Grant on the
same platform. What combinationl