The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-25
RIFLE SHOTS.

BRICK PoMERoY is added TO the bur-
dens OF the Hayes and Wheeler party,
which will find him the heaviest brick it
ever carried in its lat.-G. Lonis Times.
TILDEH is gaining strength in Ohio
every day. All The people who want a
change will vote for HIM, and they con-
stit9te a msjority.-Ctncinnah Enquirer.
As soon as the Sioux war became seri-
Gus, Fred Grant was sent to Chicago, to
be near the scene of action and protect
the headquarters of Sheridan's depart
ment. His pa is no Brutus.-Chicago
Times.
TILpEN and Hendricks will sweep
the country. 1t is getting in the air all
through the farming sections of the
country. The honest husbsndman wants
honest administration and thinks this
centennial year a good time to return
to it-Neio York cypress.
Ii the Centennial Commission had in.
cluded big horse race and an old-timed
jsmboree in their Fourth of July pro-
gramme, they would have had Grant
with them all the time, even though it
might have taken a week 10 get through.
Philadelphia Chronicle.
"CARL SCHURz," says the New Haven
Register, "is credited with the most agile
and leg-splitting performance OF this GEN.
tennial year. He can fling double
back somersault on the attenuated point
Of a political top, spinning thousand
revolutions second, and still top the
top"
"FRoM imbecility, if not from worse
causes" says Thurlow Weed, eve are to-
day the worst governed nation in Chris
tendon" This is the result of sixteen
years Of rule of the Republican party.
The people now propose to change all
this by electing rilden and Hendricks
" Y. World
THE Ohio State Journal supports
Hayes with a jealous pen. The editor Of
the State Journal is defaultlng post
master. Hayes paid Conley's expenses
while he worked things up for him at
Washington. This is the kind of pure
influence used in securing Hayes nomi-
nston.-Steubearilie co., Gasette.
al KNow'D TT know'd it," remarked
. colored politician, sitting on the custom
house steps, discussing the outlook, "dst
de Democrats bad done cherry kind OBJ
wickedness, but fur dem to 90 now an
depominate dat man Tiltun arter all de
big lies bout Brudder Beecher, is jes
simply owdshus."-Mob,le Register.
TUE Cincinnati Gazette is distressed
because at the recent Tilden ratification
meeting in that city several of the
speakers and a large portion of the audi
ence had formerly acted with the Re-
publican party. It will find that the
same dispiriting state of affairs prevails
in other parts Of the country Burling-
to. (Iowa) Gasette.
PLATFORMS and professions amount to
little or nothing without man Of ca
pacity, of integrity, and of courage, to
carry them out. Who doubts either the
capscity, the integrity, or the courage OF
samuel J. TildeaH Certainly not any of
the ring gentlemen Of the state of New
York who during the past year and
half have come in collision with him.
Rochester Union.
A REPUBLICAN gives as a reason for
supporting Hayes that his election might
redeem the Republican party from the
disgrace il suffers from Grsntism. He
SAYS, if the party is now defeated it will
be q reproach to be known as Republi.
can. We would suggest TO our friend to
stop now and leave the dead body, which
all the spices in India could not sweeten.
II taints the air.-Pttsbiroh Post.
THuRLow WEED declares that 'since
the close OF the war there has been,
either incompetency, recklessnsss or dis.
honesty in the administration, or
utter neglect and disregard of the inter.
ests of the country" This assertion the
public indorse and propose to change it
With Tilden and reform, and secure an
administration that will pay some stten-
lion TO the interests of the country.-Ner
York World.
II Mr.. Yaryap, the Indiana gentleman
who 50 lately occupied position in the
Internal Revenue Department a. Wash.
ington, knows the value OF good news
item he will explain what he meant
when he said "he had followed the
whisky frauds to the White House, and
there the game became too BIG for him.
Babcock is out of the White House now.
Did Mr.. Yaryan mean Grant himself
GSeinnati Enqairer.
Mr. T1LDEN's course since he became
Governor has made bin the represents
tive OF honesty in administration and de-
cency in politics. His nomination has
cost . struggle that has nearly torn the
PARTY in two, but the victory is q great
oss. It b the triumph Of the principles
winch gave rise 70 the independent move
ment Of 1874 movement which has
not ceased to exert its good influences
upon national affairs and to affect in .
marked degree the character of party
nominations Y. Tribune.