Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-10-05
POLI1ICdL.

Out West they call the Indiana campaign "lhe
battle between Breeches and Brains"
Collector Casey of New Orleans is confident OF
republican success in Louisiana if peace can be
maintained.
Gov. Hayes, it is said, has addressed letter to
Senator Conkling askiag him to take part IN the
Ohio canvass.
The democrats are already beginning TO shver
over the prospect Of being left out in the cold for
another four years.
Somebody sends to this office some tacks that
can be seen only with a microscope. lie calls
them ''rilden's iucome-tacks."-N !. Grdphic
(Ind.J
The Cincinnati Gazette hears that the demo-
crats in Ohio are Offering three votes scattering
for one on Secretary Of State. An appearance Of
gain would delight them.
The democratic Tildenites IN Wheeling, West
Va, insuled the people upon the occasion of their
late procession with rebel yells for jeff Davis
and hurrahs "for the man that pulled the trigger
that killed the man that free ID the niger
Blue Jeans wrote to the chairman of the DEM
ocratic National Committee the other dsy"-Wee
must hev more AIDE or wee ar gon up" As the
chairman had already sent $3.50 900 to Indiana, he
repled-"Dear b. j.. Try lemonade. "-Colum-
bus (Ohio) State Journal.
The New York Herald's Washington cores
pondent, referring to the possibility of republican
speakers going South, says; The general i'm
preston prevailing here is that life insurance
company would not take a risk on any mans life
now going there for political purposes from the
North"
1t W i'll appear in good time that there was an
astonishing number Of horses worth s., 300 each in
the Confederate States and at least y 900 900 val
liable mules, besides seven sets of paror furniture
and q gallery of old masters in each house. AS
for pianos, it is well known that the boys in blue
used pianos frying pans for sheep.-Cincinnati
Commercial (Ind)
Wade Hampton said TO the negroes at Cheraw,
S. c., on Tuesday; 1--WE, the white people, are
able and ready to protect all Of your race who
choose to vote for democrats. We make no
threats; but we do claim that South Carolina be-
longs to her native sens, and by the Eternal God
we intend TO have it."
1t is well understood that Col. Ingers oll is going
to traverse this State after Indiana and Ohio have
been disposed of, and the democratic editors are
getting ready for him. There will be sudden
outburst of piety along the democratic lines, and
Col Ingersoll will have the satisfaction OF produc-
ing great religi ious awakening g.-NeC York 7ri6-
une.
member of the New York democratic state
committee accuses Mr.. Blaine of falsehood be-
cause she asserts in one of his speeches that a
Mr.. Wood writes, "that he has heard Governor
Tilden declare that every man in the United States
army that marched across Southern soil was a
trespasscr." This Tildenite ought to know that
the man responsible for this statement is ex-Gov.
Underwood of Vermont, who heard Tilden use
the language, and who can be dealt with by any
democrat, without the least necessity of abusing
Mr.. Blaine.
The Adams orator in Massachusetts has thor
ny path to walk. The Hon. Edward Avery at
tempted to address a democratic meeting in Fall
River the other night, and at the first mention Of
Mr. Adams name, son of Erin shouted: ITO
u wild Adams" Mr.. Avery went on to say
that an irishman who would vote for an old Know
Nothing like Gov. Rice instead of for Adams. who
had always opposed Know Nothingsm, privilege
and prescription, was unworthy of his name.
Whereupon another voice shouted: Il was in
Manchester when the Fenians were hung. Adams
was toadying at Court" 1t is evident that John
Kelleys letter has not soothed all the Fenian hos
tility.
Mr.. William Z. Chandler of New Hampshire.
one of the shredwdest political observers in the
country, writes from Ohio to the Concord Moni-
tor; "Ohio will surely be republican in October.
But the msjo'ity probably will not be large. Ohio
has sent many emigrants to people the States fur
ther West, large majority of them republicans,
while in their place have come many Irish demo-
crats. There are some German defections and
In some OF the mining regions hard times and the
greenosck heresy will jure the republican cause.
Ihe lovers OF good liquor are being prejudiced by
stories about the temperance procvi,es of Milton
| Barnes, our candidate for Secretary of State But
against all these adverse influences Is operating
the enthusiasm Of the people against restoring
rebels to power, and the reserve republican ma
jority, which will be more than trcbled in Novem.
/ ber."