The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-12-15
Political Notes,

be very insolvent concern.
Gov. Hayes will be the next President, and
there won't be any blood spilled either.
Aspirants for President Tildsn's Cabinet
should not lose any more time, but advertise
at once that they are open to other offers.
The next candidates for President and
Vice President will be Hampton of South
Carolina and Grover of Oregon.-Madison
(Wis.) Democrat.
Mr.. Hendricks is the Mrs. Gummidge of
the situation. He is 'love-lorn creetur,"
and 'nobody don't care nuthin'' for kim.-
Buffalo Cypress. =.
'Cronin will go to Washington with that
vote for Tilden," shout the Democratic edi-
tors. Yes, and he'll take it back with him,
too.
The Democratic statesmen who tried to
lead the President gently by the nose are
about in the same fix as the bewildered gen.
tleman who got hold of the wrong end of the
mule.
Congressman Seelye is now reported to
have said that he believes Governor Hayes
was constitutionally elected and will be so
declared when the electoral votes are counted
in February.
The Cleveland Plaindealer, on the Oregon
Tilden vote, says, ''You can't go behind the
Governor. The Governor will be glad to
hear it. Nothing else could have saved him
from being kicked over the Rocky Mountains.
Ohio State Journal.
Vice-Presdent-elect Wheeler has been too
i'll to appear in his seat in the House. Mr..
Wheeler has borne with great composure the
uncertainty Of the Presidential contest, and
expresses his belief that the election of Gov.
Hayes has been honestly obtained, and that
all the people will acquiesce in his Inaugural
ton.
There will be lively campaign in New
Hampshire next March when the election for
three Congressman is to be held. The next
Congress will be so close that neither party
can afford to lose a member anywhere. The
Republicans should be on their guard against
a ''still hunt'' which will be in progress be.
fore they know it.
The Democratic pilgrims to Louisiana only
diluted the strength of their report by the in
temperate rhetoric with which it concludes.
Allusion to Sumter is very refractory mate
| rial for discourses of this character. The
memories of Sumter and of sundry other
| forts and battle-felds have not, up to date,
afforded much aid and comfort to Mr.. Tilden
in his efforts to capture the Solid South.
1t i. gradually growing upon the Demo.
| cratic mind that Hayes cannot be cheated
out of his election, and large numbers ol
those who haveano personal interest at stake
are giving up the contest. Those who want
| office and those who desire power and the
1 uioIdinp of no o1npa toapipn no
| questions of the election alive -Washington
Despatch NeW York Tines.
| If the supreme court is like an over-carefu
housewives china, something for ornament
and not for use; if it is not to decide any Of
| the great fundamental constitutional ques.
tions on which the direction of the nation
turns, it will preserve very dignified re
| spectability, indeed but it will certainly be-
| come much less valuable element in the
republic than it was intended to be.-Bostor
Advertiser.
Ex-Gov. Noyes is another man who does
not appear to be afraid of Democratic buster
He says Gov. Hayes will be inaugurated
President "as sure as he lives until the 5th o
March," and that there "need be DO fears o
Northern Democrats fghting-they won't de
| it." He also assured a reporter of the Nash
vile american, who published the informa
ton, that the Republican testimony in Louis
lana will make two books of 500 pages each
This is an encouraging bit of news for thu
conscientious searcher after the exact stua
tion in Louisiana.
1t follows that the president of the Senate
under his solemn oath of office, opens tn
certificates he deems it his duty to open, ant
no power on earth can compel him to opel
invalid certificates which he knows to b
false or fraudulent. The certified vote opened
he will count it or cause it to be counted,a ,as tn
long line of his distinguished predecessor:
have done before him and no power in th'
Joint convention or anywhere else can pre-
vent his discharging this duty,-Nelu YOr
Times.
| ga distinguished member of the bar of th,
supreme court" prefaces an elaborate review
of the law in the Grover case published il
the new Democratic organ at Washington
with this elegant paragraph: ''Swine will
squeal and ours howl when the knife goes t
the vitals. The severity Of the blow deliv
cred by Gov. Grover of Oregon may be meas
ured by the yowlings of the injured CANNES
the brayings OF the Republican donkeys an
| GuC oClOCCuiuSo VI 1eCpuuhCau SCCoC, uiHSiins
in discordance at his decision and action
The distinguished member" has full com
mand of the polished rhetoric and lofty die
tion of Shyster lawyer. He renders crit
cism supe.fuous and reply unnecessary.
The, Hon. Job Stevenson, who declined
sign the report of the visiting Republicans o
Louisiana, does not doubt, however, tina
Hayes has honestly received a majority of th
votes of that state. While on his way bac
from New Orleans he said to a reporter {
the Nashville american: The testimon
would incline me to believe that Hayes ha
carried the state by small majority. be
lieve the facts would bear this out; but d
not pretend to know that the majority wa
5000, not having been present when th
footing, were made. To ascertain thes
facts would have to go over the entire test
mony. So far as heard 1 believe Hayes G.
a majority Of the votes cast, but / can't sa
how many"
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