The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-08-15
:. Campaign Notes.

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The Gardiner Reporter has suddenly be-
come an ardent admirer of Mr.. Blaine and
thinks the Republicans made mistake in
not nominating him.
Hon. A. G. Lebroke addressed large Re-
publican meeting at East Dover, Friday night
on the occasion of flag raising. Piscata-
quis promises to out-do herself this year.
A horse fancier estimates that Mr.. Talbot's
horse which he loaned in 1851 to transport
soldiers must be twenty-one years age by
this time and hot valuable in campaign. In
fact he is out of his time.
A. new German daily paper is expected to
appear in New York. 1t will support Hayes
and Wheeler in the campaign, and will have
some assistance from Carl Schurz and other
leading Germans.
The hard-money Democratic editors are to
be pitied. Not one of them has been able
thus far to defend his party's demand for the
repeal of the resumption act without drift
inc into defense of initiation. The more he
writes the worse off he is.
The Gardiner Reporter comes out for Til
den and finally concludes that it must puzzle
the independent vote respecting whom he
shall vote for. The Reporter man need have
no trouble. That paper has been very sound
ly Democratic for four years.
The opposition to Gen. Garfield among the
Republicans of his district has been with
drawn, and he will probably be nominated to
Congress by acclamatioD. His constituents
can only do one wiser thing, and that is to re-
elect him, which they doubtless will do.
Here is another noteworthy triumph for
Gov. Tilden's letter. Gen. Ewing, the brains
of the Ohio imitation party and the author o
that states rag-baby platform, announces
that he fully subscribes to the sentiments Of
Gov. Tilden's letter and plants himself upon
the st. Louis platform.
In his letter of acceptance of the Republi-
can nomination for governor of Indiana,
General Harrison asks: "May not hope that
those who have so earnestly pressed upon me
the duty of sacrificing personal interests to
what we deem the public good will feel that
this call comes to them also, and will each ip
his place give his time and influence to the
success Of our cause?''
81 have it," remarked an impecunious
hummer on the Avenue, Saturday, pausine
in his perusal of Tilden's letter. 81 know
how to make thoughtful mem believe Pm
goin' to pay my debts. I'll take back my
| specific promises to pay 'em- Tharll fix it
Why the ID didn't think o. that? These
promises of mine destroy all confidence
| among thoughtful men, whose judgment
will at last sway public opinion. An at
| tempt to act on such promises would be q
fresh calamity, prolific of confusion, distrus
and distress. Washington Star.
A Democratic district convention was held
in Okalona, Miss, a few days ago, when four
rebel flags were displayed, and mem parade(
| the streets in confederate uniform. A Georgis
correspondent Of the Louisville Commercial
| writes that Gen. P. B. M. Young, who was
Confederate brigadier, and who has servet
four terms in Congress since the war, said il
speech in Carterville, on Saturday. the 20tt
| ult., that sit was an act of great forbearancs
to permit a Republican TO reside in the
| South.''
A thing which hurts Tilden in his OWL
State is his peculiarly Democratic kind o.
| civil service reform, which consists simply in
putting those men in office who can helr
him most in his presidential aspirations. He
has made no appointments in this STATE
| which have had any other object in view, ant
l he has, in one case at least, refused to remove
| an officer for glaring neglect of duty. Men
read his complacent remarks about reform
Ing the civil service by ''holding to account
| and displacing untrustworthy and incapable
| subordinates," and then inquire why he ha;
not removed Sheriff Connor for allowing
| Tweed to escape? Neither the sheriff no
| any of his subordinates have ever been pun
| ished for that disgraceful and utterly mex
| cusable neglect of duty. II this is speci
| men of his civil service reform as governor
| what would he do at Washington with OIL
| innumerable army of office-seekers, hungr,
| to starvation point with a fast of sixteeI
| years. Duration? York Letter to Bos
| ton 1deertiSer.
The following are recent congressiona
nominations: Third Ohio district, j. S
Savage, Democrat. The convention pro
1 nounced for the restoration of the silver dol
lar, and condemned imitation. Savage's Re
| publican opponent is the Hon. Mills Gard
ner. The fourth Ohio Republicans hav
| nominated the Hon. John Howard, th'
| eighth district Democrats have chosen Georg'
Arthur of Springfield, and the fifteenth dis
| trict Democrats William W. Poston OF Athens
county. The Democrats of the eighth Michi
| gan district have nominated the Hon.. Fred
H. Potter; fifth New York Democrats
| Colonel James E. Kerrigan; third West Vir
] ginia Democrats, John E. Kenna; secont