, 1875-07-17
POLITICAL NOTES,

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| July oikt'on at st. CtoHd. Mlnn.. tapped The ca
Rlo's w'1Es over moBt Of The country, but .,o did
not stretch than from ocean to oce.n. He did
not touch upou tho Pacific At al although he
nia3o special menti0n OF all other n.eaus Of wa-
Recommendations with tho United States. Tho
omission, under The circumstances, lie thought to
10 peculiar, and hard to explain.
The proposition Of certain st. Louis Demo-
crats to have the naxt National Couyontiop Of
tho party hetd in that city Is received WITH good
natuted banter by tue hard money orga,lH of the
| East. A. the Ne" York Times puts il: "hfls-
souFa ~ one o! tho most renctiouary OF tho iua-
| tlohlAe hhd rapudiaiionist Democratic States.
anu no ono Knows beltar than the Eastern lead-
ef6 that convention IN st. Louis would invita-
danger TO "Lich the party cantot Afford to e4-
| pose itself,"
An inspired correspondent writes from Column
bus to tho st. Louis Times auent tho Demo.
cratic Programme taking i different view from,
that Expressed IN latter rocenty published In
IAE tribune. The correspondent Of Tho Times
beloves that Thurman ia PLAYING the dcepest
game Of all that ao has tho assurance Of East
orn support, In case Tiden Ia defeated that he
hopes to gain Ohio ne1t year by eatius dirt tAis
and thAt 10 Ia trylng to dtvido Southern and
Western tnaatlcniats betwoen peulston and
Hendricks. "1t will bo noticed ~ significant"
s"as ,ua correspondent that all OF these Eu-
nos" W nos souea "1'slam Al!nu."
foatmasteE-deneral Jo"os' has taken q pccu-
Aar position Ia regard to political assessments,
showing aomo balance Of mind and zeal we'll
compared hS discretion. uo takes hia position
htin'y gu thFeo cardinal principles. First, ho
w" aot s'ow assessments to 10 nado upon the
csetss 1mmedlate'y unuer blu charge, In the Do
larsment at Washington; second, ho wilt uelthor
forbid nor approve assessments upon postmas--
.s'a a,o s'e,hs tofouR"out the country; third.
n ~ w.. wv ~" Anf e'nplose Of The Eoat.Onicn
a,..', -. ~ w u'oenAfseu toF failing to re-
o.1 ~ a.' aoo.o'n'e"s' af' 'owell says That
,,.t,"1 s's, :. lay .' i'sa' 10 contribute to po-
.,.,., ~ s.,... "'au vi ~no' TOO taey haso
J.. '"t...t''', ~ sont'ou'o' III which They Will
oe 'ns'n'auea'
The attitude Of the railroad people in Gallon.
MA TOWARDS tho yarious political parties may 10
detorm1ned from the tone OF tho Sacramento
o"'o" which VAS recently established Ind after
wards consolidated with the Record in tue Con-
tFal faeaao interest. This papor ia particularly
ds8nssea WITH tho Republican md Independent
phft1eH' aaa IN homo measure alao with tho DEM
oe'asle' Il says: " We predict, 1t ths emily day,
taat tne People Will beat al tue dlAtos, and that
LILO 1esu't u the election Will ba m Rdmil!str1-
eion 70 mixed, ~ regards politics. that no party
viii 10 ADO to claim victory. This result will
dow from the discrimination OF independent vot-
ers to 10 guided by personal considerations
Alone Platforms will count 10. isss than nothing
th!s year. for the longest platforms aso tho laas
borous efforts hsye been mado to nmnlify r,,o,n-
iscs, thore IL tho strongest reason for dstrnst ;,
This nlsans, Of course, taat ths railroad narr,a
1,er& m