The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-29
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

the campaign in his State.
The Knoxville (Tepn.) Chronicle in
Inmates that the Democrats down that
way are calling it "refor-rum."
The Massachusetts Prohibitory State
| Committee has completed its new ticket
tor State officers, supplying the places
of the many candidates who declined.
Ben. Butler bids fair to get the NOM
ination for Congress in his Odd District.
If SO, there will probably be bolt; and
then it will be Ben. Butler and "Ben,
Bolt"
| The Boston Traveller alleges that
some ugly disclosures are soon to be
made about pardon brokerage in Andy
Johnsop's time, affecting the reputation
of living and dead Democrat.
In his letter to the Chicago Green
back Convention, Peter Cooper took
strong grounds in favor of the restora-
tion of our silver money by repeating
Wnat he calls "the blundering act oil
| 1873"
Governor Tilden met large number
OF the leading Democrats, Pt New Jersey
Thursday at the country residence of
Mr.. A. 5. Hewitt in that State. The OBJ
ljecJ of the meeting was to devise means
TO carry the State next November.
General Mcclellan writes a letter
from Coburg, Canada, August 16, earn
estly tavoriDg Mr.. Tilden's election;
and calls upon all his friends in civil
life and his comrades in the war to lend
Gov. Tlden their support for the Presl-
dency.
Mr.. Shelby Nj. Cullom, the Republi-
can candidate for Governor of Illinois,
says he is confident of carrying the State
by from thirty to fifty thousand major.
ity, but he thinks the majority for Gov.
Hayes Will be somewhat smaller on ac-
count OF some Of the Germans preferring
Tilden.
Mr.. Jewell, Carl Schurz, Attorney.
General Taft Senator Morton, and host
of other speakers will take the stump in
Ohio and Indiana next week. There
ought to be influence enough in host
like that to cOunteract the effects of sew
eral barrels of money. .,
The nomination OF E. D. Morgan
for Governor by the New York Republic
cans, is received with great satisfaction
by the party. The Democrats have not
yet held their convention. Lieutenant
Governor Dorsheimer is a prominent
candidate for the nomination..
General Banks predicts the defeat of
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams if he be
nominated for Governor by the Massa-
chusetts Democrats. Mr.. Adams, he
thinks, is a man without any settled
convictions, who stands ready to attach
himself to any party that chooses to
support him.
There is some pertinence in the re-
mark of the New York Graphic, which
says that BrstoW and Jewell, feeling
sure that Kentucky and Connecticut are
all right, have gone to work stumping
Vermont with commendable Vigor. It's
certainly possible that Vermont may 20
Republican anyway.
1. Politics are beginning to warmEup in
Illinois. We read OF one gentleman's
speech: "The speaker absolutely fayed
the Democracy; tore them into strips,
as it were; knocked ont their underpin-
ning, and left them hair-hung and
> breeze-shaken. His speech was red hot,
and he received the heartiest ap.
plause."
A Florida legislator blundered into
/ making the best speech ever made by
any man on "taking the CHAIR" Being
Unexpectedly called to preside at po-
IticaI Meeting, he said: "YOu know
can't make a speech. We came here for
Isomething else, l hope you will not
make asses Of yourselves and break up
the party"
/ The New Haven (Conn.) Union says:
sit certainly looks as though the next
Congress will be fully committed to the
RECOMMENDATION of silver. and it would
be sad blunder if man were placed
in the Presidential chair who would in
terfere with such an excellent relief
tplan. The only safe man for the people
is Peter Cooper"
The North Carolina campaign wakes
hotter and hotter, and one mihgt naJu-
Erally expect that blood would follow the
: sharp words which pass between the
ItWoi candidates for Governor. So far,
however, the contest has been conducted
with Pickwicklan freedom from open
II osti1lCieS; Vance contents himself with
, telling funny stories.
II w aoe hampton was serenaueu at
, W alfalfa, S. c., on the 19Ch inst, on his
arrival from Columbia. He said that
E"the day OF compromise and concession
was over, and the time had come when
the sons Of Carolina must rule the no.
bic old Commonwealth again at any and
at every risk" He assured t. e colored
: citi zens that they would be equally pro-
tected, for he would know no race, but
fearlessly and faithfully execute the
flaws. He concluded AMID cheers.
"while the band PLAYED Dixie" WequoCe
from Democratic paper.
--Manton Marble publishes an open
Ietter to Liberal Republicans, in which,
speaking of the letters OF acceptance,
he says, "GOvernor Hayes fu\nbIes the
great problem, moils through commons
places and a politicians pAhase-mak-
ing" and then adds, "Look on that pic
ture and then on this-the letteA OF Gov
ernor Tilden-exhaustiye, salesman
, like, graspIng every .detail and THY whole
, problem with easy, unaffected power,
and loosing the Gordian knot OF public
policy familiar as his garter.'"
John S. scobey, one OF the Demo :