The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-07-01
Westminster, June 20, 1876.
Political Notes.

HEARTY GRATITUDE AND CoMMENDA.
TioN.-The Republican platfrom declares
that the Administration merits commenda.
ton, and President Grant deserves |. earty
gratitude. For what?
For the Crooked Whisky frauds. For
the unnumbered railroad jobs and swim
dies For the Leet and Stocking Murphy
custom house frauds. For the postoifice
straw bid frauds. For the navy contract
frauds. For the Freedmen's Savings
Bank swindle. For the Secret Service
Thanksgiving John I. Davenport thou
sands of dollars from the peoples treasury
to elect the Republican ticket. For the
Sehenck Emma mine frauds and disgrace.
For the Belknap soldier gravestone frauds.
For the Belknap post trader frauds. For
the District Ring Boss" Shepherd frauds.
For the Indian Ring frauds For the
Safe Burglary villiany and Babcoek and
Harrington. For the Credit Mobilier
infamy. For the St. Domingo job. For
"Landaulet" Williams and his infamy.
For Casey, Orvil Grant and Company.
For the fraud in the sale Of arms to France.
For corruption in every department of the
Federal government. For increasing the
salaries Of the President and other public
officers. For increasing the burdens of
the taxpayers, and blocking every effort
at Retrenchment and Reform.
These are some Of the reasons why the
people should commend the Republican
Administration and remember President
Grant with hearty gratitude, and stand by
Hayes and Wheeler Albany argus.
Says the Nation: ''Probably no school
but that of American politics could have
produced such voice as that of Bob In
gersoll, OF Illinois, who nominated Mr..
Blaine at Cincinnati. After listening 10
the last reverberation Of the echoes il was
almost painful to hear that the government
has preferred or is about to prefer charges
against Mr.. lngersoll for certain fraudu.
lent practices connected with the revenue,
or, as it was picturesquely put by leading
Bristow editor, that four State prisons are
yawning for him.
Who Is Hayes? Why he is the choice
OF Conkling and Morton, and as a natural
sequence the choice Of Grant and "under
the circumstances, nobody's choice in par
tlcular. If elected only the most sanguine
OF men may expect reform at the hands Of
an administration whose executive head
was selected by Morton and Conklipe and
supported by all the power of the present
administration and its rings.-Laerenee.
Mass, Sentinel.
The Ne'o York Graphic, a Republican
paper. in its issue Of Wednesday afternoon.
IN alluding to the probable nomination OF
Gov. Tilden for the Presidency, saws /:
SHOULD Gov. Tilden be nominated il is
safe to say that the contest will be close
one, and should the hard times continue
TIL November and other circumstances
c.onspire to favor his election, the Repub.
licans will have to exert themselves TO the
utmost to retain the government
This is the profession Of the Republican
party:
"The inysriable rule for appointments
should have reference to the honesty ddel.
ity and capacity ofappoiniees."
What has been It's practice? Let Bel,
kuap, Babcoek, Mcdonald, Joyce, Casey
Ames, and the whole crew Of them who
are or ought to be in jnils answer.
The Boston Herald, independent. with
the largest circulation Of any paper pub.
lished 10 New England aays: The Dem.
ocratic House should stand firm for econo.
my. The retrenchment ID proposes !,
reasonable, and win not impair the efIicien.
cy Of the government"