The Portland daily press., 1876-08-11
CamDaign Notes.

1ue MiSsourl RepuDllcanS nave nominated
George A. Finklenberg for Governor and C.
G. Allen for Lieutenant Governor.
The Michigan Democrats have nomir ated
W. L. Wilber for Governor.
If the battle cry of the Democracy is not
anti-resunption, what is it.?
The Connecticut Greenbackers have called
State convention, and will support Cooper
and Cary.
The Democratic press of the South call Mr..
Lamar's speech on the Hamburg massacre "a
bit of gush for Northern ears"
. The average ''Dimycrat'' is little bewil-
dered by the display of political economy in
Gov. Tilden's letter, but he is entirely clear
about that word "usufruct." He swears it is
an uncommonly able word.
The Chicago Tribune, after a survey of the
prospects in the Congressional districts of ten
Western States, figures out Republican
OF twenty-one Congressmen in those States
alone.
The soft money editor, as he finishes at the
close of the second day bis perusal of Gov.
Tiden's letter, lays it down quietly, rubs his
weary head and soliloquizes: "Why,I needn't
have eaten that crow, after allr'
Ex-Gov. Allen is not member of the
Cooper and Cary party, the Cincinnati En-
quirer says. He stands by the Democratic
party, and doubtless finds in Gov. Tiden's
letter precisely the principles he has been
fighting for.
The Democratic party, tried and condemn
ed upon its record, is seeking respite from
execution in the name of reform. The same
in its constituency and principles as of old
selecting for its representatives and leaders
those who have always been active in its
management and are responsible for its pol
cy, 1T is changed in nothing but its battle-cry
OF reform-and that it has stolen.-Boston
Advertiser.
Gov. Hayes, who is greatly impressed by
the enthusiasm with which the German Re-
publlcans are rallying to the support of the
Cincinnati nominations, in a private letter
uses the following language regarding this
hopeful indication: ''It is one of the most en-
couraging facts of this canvass that the peo-
pie distinguished for integrity and soundness
of views in financial matters are so ardent in
their support of the Republican ticket"
"Jim N.Y." sometimes called ''Blue jeans
Williams, has another qualification for the
Governorship of Indiana besides his familiar
name and his clothes. He is the master of a
most eccentric and thoroughly original Or
biography. His compositions are said to
abound in such defiances of arbitrary rules as
"whoes," "dolarrs," and ''scedule," while
his punctuation is indescribable in its variety
and freedom. "Jimmy" isn't "stuck up,''
and he isn't burdened with useless '1arnin'."
He ought to be very popular candidate.
The initiation journals are sure Gov. Til
den's letter means precisely what they have
been fighting for, and the hard-money jour-
nails of the Democratic party are equally
sure it contains no concession to the infla.
tionists, but means hard money all the time;
and they both prove their claims by extracts.
Perhaps this conflict of opinion does not dis
play genuineness in the letter itself; but it
| is worthy of note that no infationist has
been able to fiud any comfort in Gov. Hayes
| letter, and no one else has had any trouble
in understanding precisely what it means.
There is great deal of buncombe afloat
concerning the alleged debt-ridden state of
such Southern States as are under Repub-
| lican control. Well, South Carolina has a
| population of about 10000, and total debt
that does not exceed $1O,O00,O0O. The city of
| New York has been under Democratic con-
| troll for generation, and with population
| somewhat less than million, it has debt
| of $140,0O0,000. In other words, the debt of
| Democratic New York is ten times that of
| Republican South Carolina. These are facts
| that should be kept be kept before the people
| when talk is made about Democratic econo-
my.
Here is another startling tribute to the
| hard-money doctrines in Gov. Tilden's letter.
The editor Of the Titusville Courier, who
has been silent on the subject of the Presi-
dency since the st. Lonis Convention because
his soft-money principles rendered il impossi-
bic for him to support Tilden, swings out joy-
| fully for the Democratic ticket and declares
that bis silence was due to misapprehen-
| sion of the Governors views, which the let
ter has removed. The delighted editor says:
"He justifies nearly every proposition we
have ever written on the subject OF the cur.
rency. He condemns the idea of attempting
| arbitrarily to limit the amount of money for
the peoples use, but insists that this must be
left to the actual necessities of trade. He
pronounces the fixing of date for specie re-
sumption sham. With devout gratitude to
the Almighty Ruler for putting it into the
hearts of these candidates, as they come be-
l fore the country, to put themselves on rec.