The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-10
Political News.

Not single Democratic journal has seer
Doorkeeper Fitzhugh's wonderful letter yet
1t has been discovered out in Illinois thai
| the Democratic "Little Unknown is likely
to be Congressman Morrison.
The Presidents last message is the mos
popular of his administration. The genera
opinion seems to be that the document gives
the Democratic investigators their fill of in
formation.
The county conventions in Michigan seen
| to be about equally divided between Blaine
| and Bristow, with now and then delegate
in favor of giving complimentary vote te
Senator Chandler.
The Syracuse Journal doubts if Gov. TIL
denis name viii be submitted to the Demo-
cratic National Convention, and it thinks ex.
Gov. Seymour is likely TO get the nominal
ton after all.
1t is curious that most of the Democratic
journals in the South and West that indorse
Tilden are for soft money. Does this point 10
lodging the currency question at st. Louis,
or do the soft money politicians see through
Tilden?
Cincinnati rhetoric borrows certain CORY
quality from the principal industry of the
town. Which is sometimes rather startling.
Thus we read in the Commercial that ''the
butcher knives for the slaughter of Thurman
are being whetted on his uncle's shin bone" "
Congressman Landers says lie has been lied
about. He cid not say he should retire from
politics, and did not call Gov. Hendricks and
other eminent Democratic politicians
"skunks." He seems to be another victim
of the irrepressible and iridescent imagina-
tion of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ex Senator Upton of Nebraska has gone
over to the Democratic party. He doesn't
see any need of keeping up the half way
house, the liberal Republican national com
mittee any longer, and 50 he has asked Col
Ethan Allen to drop his name from the :oll
of that committee.
The New Orleans Republican anticipates q
dissolution of the copartnership heretofore
existing in louisiana under the style and
firm of the Democratic Conservative party,
and predicts that, as the Democrats have
shown their hands the conservatives will re.
turn to the Republican party.
The chief argument which has thus fal
been advanced by the Democrats of Indiana
in favor of their candidate for Governor
Congressman Williams, is that he wears b.ue
jean clothes. That is undoubtedly a great
recommendation, but his friends should not
allow the impression to get abroad that his
clothing is the best part of him.
The Washington correspondent of the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer telegraphs: Democratic
Congressman of Indiana are bluer than Will
iams' blue jeans over the news of the elec
tion at indianapolis. They don't feel bad be
cause there was riot and several killed, bu
1900 Republican majority is sad blow
Landers is the only happy man among
them.''
A little talk begins 10 be heard in Wash
ington Democratic circles about ex-Gov
Palmer of Illinois as presidential compro-
mise. The ex-governor was Democrat
before he became Republican, he fought in
the war, the grangers like him, etc. The
true inwardness of all which is, that some o.
the Democratic politicians at the capital are
waking up TO the formidable properties of the
Davis movement, and becoming very anxiou:
to head it off.