The Portland daily press., 1876-11-21
Election Notes.

o say, can you see, by the present dim light,
What 80 proudly we hailed at the torchlght's last
cleaning;
Does the newspaper rooster still crow o'er the ght,
Or has he retired to his nodding and dreaming?
Down in Alabama they are talking OF send
ing Gen. John Morgan to the United States
Senate to keep Gordon and Lamar company.
They call John ''the pride of the state.'
The Providence Journal states the case ex-
actly when it says that if Tilden is fairly elect
ed he will be inaugurated without opposition,
and that if Mr.. Hayes is elected he will be in
augurated in spite of opposition.
''My son." said Mr.. Marrowfat to Arta-
xerxes, "you are old enough now to choose a
vocation in life. What pursuit do you think
you would prefer?" "Father," said Arta
xerxes, "you know cannot tell lie. If
Tilden is elected ! want to be a railroad
wrecker. .'-Brooklyn Argus.
Another important dispatch has been Gin
tercepted." The St. Louis Globe-Denccrat
publishes it as follows: "On the Wing, Nov,
"a. To Samuel J. Tilden: If you cannot
get that other vote our engagement must be
considered at an end. 81 B. A-y."
That knocks the last prop from the Cover
nor's matrimonial hopes.
The Democratic idea of an "honest coun T.
seems to be both elastic aud peculiar. The
Albany Argus says: San honest count Of
the honest vote in Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin will give Tiden aid Hendricks all
those states. Why not have such q count ?''
Why not include Illinois. Massachusetts and
a dozen other States? The chief beauty ol
impudence is its SIZE.
The natural love OF Democrat for the ne
gro bubbles out on all occasions. The Cleve-
land Plain Dealer recalls the days when ev,
cry friend of abolition was met with the with
ering conundrum: 'Do you want your dar-
servation: "The Democracy ask for nothing
but the right. They demand fair count and
no cheating. If they are beaten honestly
they will yield gracefully. But no two mig
gers will be allowed to make President fol
forty millions of people,"
The Atlanta, Ca, Constitution is in 8
great state of fizz and fume, like bottle o.
small beer just opened. 1t announces in the
be reduced to state OF yassalage, ana Grant,
entreuched by the army is to declare himself
Dictator" but kindly reassures its readers a
little further on by announcing in job type g
little less black, that ''millions OF patriots
will rally round President Tilden and main
tain the integrity of the Union and the su
premacy of the constitution"
Gov. Hayes said TO a friend at Athens
Ohio, on Wednesday: "Any man fit to b.
President. or even candidate of great party
for the office, would prefer to be counted ou
| by fraud rather than be counted in by fraud
| of which there is a reasonable suspicion
| The conversation turned to the subject o
an elector voting for candidate
other than he had been chosen to vote for
| and member of the Governors party said
'.No man in this country has courage enougl
to accept the Office of President, If elected b,
| such vote, and by courage l mean hardi
hood, bravado, wickedness and all the quail
ties requisite to such an act" To which Gov
Hayes promptly and quietly responded: Z"
know of one man certainly who has not"