The Portland daily press., 1876-09-20
Campaign Notes,

If barrel of money and no end of beauti-
full documents won't start Democratic tidal
wave, what will?
In response to Mr.. Blaine Gov. Hayes tele-
graphed: 'Your state has done nobly. All
honor to her gallant Republicans"
1t will be entirely safe to offer a reward of
$500 for any Democrat in the South who is
deprived of his vote in November by United
States troops. Cincinnati Commercial.
Somebody rings the changes on S. J. T.
this way: Samuel Joined Tammany; Sam
uel Justified Treason; Samuel Jumped
Taxes; Samuel Jones Tilden.
1t is interesting to see how many persons
who left the Republican party in 1872 are
working their way back to their former
places.
Gen. Garfield says that Ohio is good for
rousing majority for Hayes, and that the
Republicans will probably gain four Con-
gressmen.
Congressman Joyce, of Vermont, is going
to stump Indiana for Hayes and Wheeler.
and will start on his mission the last of Sep
tember.
What is the matter with the Democratic
journals? They are as doleful and as dull as
an undertaker's advertisement. Has the
crank of the Liberty st. editorial mill
broken?
If the Republicans of Massachusetts, stand
as firmly by their party as their brothers in
Maine have done, Mr.. Adams will be as bad
ly beaten candidate as ever ran for Cover
nor of the Commonwealth.
Levi G. Bird, the Republican candidate for
Congress in Delaware, promises to make an
active canvass of the state, and there are
hopes that vigorous campaign will transfer
the state to the Hayes and Wheeler column
and secure the election of Mr.. Bird.
The Democracy of Putnam county, Ga,
held a convention the other day and resolved
that when they nominate candidate for the
Legislature it will be with the express under
standing that he shall favor the reputation
of the railroad bonds of the state, and still
they call themselves honest men and Gre
formers.'
The Democratic enthusiasm for Blue Jeans
as Reformer in Indiana has not been so
great since the hard-fsted farmer have read
about those mountains of cockscrews and
French backing and Cashmere bouquet soap,
which he allowed the Democratic House.
But it must be remembered the Democratic
.'reformers" have more use for cockscrews
than lemonade or ice water. Jimmy knew
where to draw the line.
The Indiana Democrats are pale with hor-
ror because Col. Ingersoll is going to speak in
their State for the Republican ticket. They
are standing with upturned eyes and clasped
hands asking what the Republican party is
thinking Of They will feel good deal
worse after he gets there and begins to speak,
In the mean time Col. Ingersoll is accomplish
ing wonders. In it is about as easy to draw
tears from brass monkey as to create a glow
OF plety in the bosom of an Indiana Demo-
crat; but he has done it.-N. Y. Tribune.
A Tribune correspondent who has been
looking over the field in the Keystone state
says: ''The Pennsylvania delegation in the
present House consists of II Democrats and
10 Republicans. 1 think that the result in
November will show a reversal of the present
relative strength of parties on the delegation.
making it stand II Republicans to 10 Demo-
crats-possible IS to 9. regard it as GER
tain that the Republicans will gain seven
districts, and probably the number will be
eight.
Reports predicting Republican victory in
| Indiana continue to come in from all direc-
tions. The Cincinnati Commercial, jour-
nal whose nearness to the field of action
makes its opinion of value, says: "There
was at one time fair prospect for Blue Jeans.
But it has gone glimmering. The Republi-
cans more than made good the ground lost
by the nomination of Orth. when they put
Gen. Harrison at the head of their ticket
one of the most popular and one of the ablest
men in the state"
Senator Conkling: When 1 think of the
record of the Republican party during the
past sixteen years, of the great rebellion
which it conquered, of the difficulties it had
to meet and overcome in the work of recon-
struction, am simply amazed at what it has
done; amazed at the few mistakes it has
made; amazed that it has not made more