The Portland daily press., 1876-08-04
Campaign Notes.

James Harris, of North Carolina, one oil
the most moderate and sensible colored men
in the South, said in recent speech, elf Til.
den were President, Hamburg massacres
would be of daily occurrence"
The Chicago Times bolts Stewart, the rag
money independent" candidate for governor
ratified by the Democratic convention, and
sets down Illinois as sure Republican state.
One of the most enthusiastic Performers
in North Carolina is A. R. Hatwell, who
served term in the Albany Penitentiary for
ku-kluxing.
Galusha A. Grow, the former Pennsylva.
mia Congressman, who has of late years been
a Liberal, now comes out for Hayes and
Wheeler.
A special dispatch from New York says
Governor Kellogg, who is in town, says the
Republicans will carry Louisiana beyond a
doubt, and he thinks they are sure of North
Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. He
says the negroes in all the southern states
vote solidly for the Republican ticket"
"Young man, you needn't come to me for
any such letter of recommendation; this
acar is a perfect outrage, and will lend no
assistance to its prosecution" ."-SdmueI j.
Tslden.
''An Independent wants know if Car
Schurz does not fairly state the probabilitie es
of what would take place in the event of
Tilden's election. We fear he does. We
should not expect any civil service reform
from the Democrats. About all we expect OF
the old Democratic party is to be serviceable
as fulcrum to lift the Republican party TO
a higher pane.-B0stOn Herald.
Says the Toledo Blade 'sIf Hendricks is
forced off the ticket, put Mcclellan on. His
slowness in opening the campaign would
suit him exactly If they were both on the
same ticket, they wouldn't be ready to COM
mence until the next Centennial
A Washington special says that the rumor
of Hendricks's acquiescence with the half
hard money talk of the better par. OF the
Democratic party is very disgusting to the
majority and that the soft men propose to
run paper money ticket and to carry Ohio
and Indiana for Bill Allen and then throw
the election of President into the House
where the soft money men have a majority
and can elect soft man!
Every discreet soft-money editor takes Con-
gress water with his crow now.
1t would be an embarrassment to Gov.
Hendricks, as lifelong hard-money man, II
a report of his speech at Loveland, Ohio on
October <. 1878, sLe.ld s~... .sp .vw.-T Tha,
was the occasion when he held up ten cent
scrip and expatiated on the beauties of illimi-
table paper currency, and extolled its supe.
iriority to the effete metallic medium OF ex
change. 1t was very much of soft-money
speech, and was hailel by the disciples of
Allen as noble effort.
Carl Schurz is not the only German who
is supporting Hayes and Wheeler apparently,
for the Westliche Post says: "Over a thou
sand subscribers week, as we are now gain
ing them, does not show any particular en-.
thusiasm among the Germans for Tilden."
The President. having again declared that
he will give every aid for which he can find
law or constitutional power, to Southern gov
ernors who try to prevent the wholesale
slaughter of Republicans, white and black,
in their respective States, fresh volley ol
abuse of "Old Grant, is in order along the
whole line of Democratic and ''independent''
newspapers.
There is nothing vindictive, Of course, in
this from the Vicksburg Herald: "Why
didn't Sheridan lead that charge? He
would have made better dead man than
Custer"
1t is clear enough why Sammy never 20,
married. No girl of spirit would stand such
negligence in correspondent.