The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-10-23
Campaign Notes.

reform" campaign successful through
fraud would be noble victory.
Is the country prepared to make the White
House an addition to Tammany Eall? That
is the whole issue of the campaign.
Accept the fifteenth amendment, but pre-
vent Its enforcement is the chief plank in
the platform of the Southern Democracy.
WIN solid and hungry South pulling him
on one side and Messrs. Kelley, Morrissey,
and O'Brien pulling him on the other. what.
On! what would become of President Til
den?
Hughes, the defeated Democratic candi-
date for governor of Colorado, has sent
dispatch TO the Louisville Ccurier-Journal,
acknowledging the defeat of the Democrats
on their whole ticket.
The Connecticut Republicans are trying 10
make Congressman Barnum tell what he
went to Indiana for. The Democratic re-
turns from the section Mr.. Barnum visited
ought to be answer enough for anybody.
Another of those Democratic counties in
Colorado has been beard from. The 500
democratic majority from San joan, pub
lished by the Liberty street bureau, now
turns out to be Is only, with Republican
Senator.
The New Orleans Times (Democratic)
claims brilliant victory in the western cleo
tlons and significantly remarks, "Another
such, and railroad tickets to various localities
in New England will have large sale.
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Commercial
says that Southern Democrat being asked
IL ne did not think Mississippi is Republi-
can state replied: "Yes, they have 10000 or
4o,OOO majority there, but it is not available
just at present." 1t is time it was made
available.
A vigorous and aggressive campaign is to be
lnaugurated in the seventh district, at once.
Judge Hoar has consented to speak, and will
probably address the citizens of Lawrence on
tuesday evening next, and other speakers
nave also been engaged. The Hoar men are
thoroughly aroused, and will give good ac-
count OF themselves Boston Transcript.
Col. Ingersolfs epigramatic remark-if
you want to make Republicans build a
school house; if you want to make Democrats
tear 1t down-gets forcible illustration in a
letter received by one of our leading publish
ing houses from bookseller in INDIANAPOLIS.
under date of Oct. IA. 1t is as follows: "In-
telligence is at discount in our State since
the election, and we must ask you to cancel
our orders for your publications. We shall
want no standard books at presently. Y.
Tribune.
When Democrat gets scared or excited
he Invariably drops into style of language
which has force and luxurious elegance pe-
culiarly Democratic. Thus the Courier.
Journal says any man who charges that the
Democratic party is composed of the South
and few Northern allies is ''either fool
or liar" The Baltimore Gazette is is more
picturesque, and in speaking of sending
troops into South Carolina uses this sayory
figure: "The huge, foul, bloated carcass of
Grantism, while reeling to its downfall, lays
its obscene hands upon the liberties of sis
ter commonwealth, and establishes prece-
dents at which the Free States of the North
should tremhle." Instead of "trembng,o
the more natural impulse after reading that
paragraph would be 10 hold the nose.