The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-05
CAMPAIGN ASSERTIONS.

The most obvious comment on the last
letter of Charles Francis Adams is thEE
he avoids, as scrupulously as he did In
mis- letter OF acceptance, any references
to the Democratic party [Springfen
Union (Rep.)
They are pressing into service all the
old, party hacks they can pick up for
OHIO and Indiana, including the super
annuated Fred. D)ugIass, and another
son OF Africa called "Prot." Langston.--
Troy Press (Dem).
Attorney General Taft Is not only q
Republican with liberal views, but
fearless, fair.minded man. And Attor-
ney General Taft says that "a solif
South to the Democracy implies fraud
and intimidation in its worst form
New York Tribune.
Four years ago the Republican candi.
date for Vice President was Wilson.
Not to show Partially they have now
taken up the other member OF the firm,
Wheeler. The other sewing machine
manufacturers are getting Jealous
[Syracuse Courier (Dem).
Now that the rumors about Governor
TiIden's income-tax have been set at
rest, would it not be we'll for Hayes
friends to explain his false returns for
the State tax in 1874, 1875 and 1876? The
comparative tables published by the
Chicago Times are not hypothetical, and
they look very Dad.-[New York World.
The decision of the Republican leaders
to stake Presidential contest on the
issue of hate was an atrocious crime
against the peace OF long-suffering
country, against the aspirations of the
better men of all parties, and against
the laws, the faith, the humanity OF the
nation philadelphia Times (lnd.)
The country is not ignorant of the faos
that the Republican party has commit
ted great many errors. But these all
good men confess and deplore. Do the
leaders of the Democratic party confess
and deplore the errors OF that party Tor
the last sixteen years? They do moth
ing of the kind.-LSan Francisco Bnlle-
tin R9p).
We do not in the least ignore the fse9
that as civil service reformer Hayes
will encounter tremendous difficulties,
and that the fight at best VIII be for tbs
present a stubborn and doubtful oHa.
undertaken at all, and that Gov. Tlle1
could or would undertake it, we see no
reason to expect.-Springfeld Repub-
lican lnd.)
If with the past history and avowed
principles and purpose OF the Republic
can party before him, backed up by the
character and anteoedents of Hayes,
any honest retormer can vote the ticket
nominated at Cincinnati, he must eitbe:
be an enormous fool, deserving nothing
but contempt, or a wretched lunatlc, ds-
serving nothing but pity St. Louis
Republican (lnd. Dem.)
1t now looks as though the military iR-
reference with the South would recoa
upon the Republican party for whose ad-
vantage it was intended. A gentleman
from Alabama called upon us a few days
ago and gave assurance that 1t would
recoil upon the party even in that Stata,
and that forty thousand trCo Js sent down
there would not prevent the people from
giving the electoral vote of the State to
filden and Hendricks.-[New Haven
Register Dem.)
The State OF OHIO has had narrow.
escape, from the over-conddcnce and
consequent Indifference of the Rapub-
lican voters. The danger was discoR-
cred In time. The glorious old Com
mopwealth that never failed the nation
in the dark hours OF trial will not fal
now! II need only be known that Ohio
expects every man to do his duty, and
the result can not be doubted.-I q olnn.
bus (Ohio) State Journal (Rep.)
Never has such a change taken place
within so short space of time as has
taken place in Indiana within the last
three weeks. The tidal wave has set in
favor OF Republican victory. All the
boys feel bully. Keep her upl WhOop
her up! Roll her up for few days
more, and Indiana is redeemed from the
rule of party whose leader denounced
Abraham Lincoln as "a smutty old IT,
rant" Thomas A., you'll be put through
the smut machine.-[L Lafayette Indianaa
Journal (Rep).
A letter from Judge Poland is printed.
in which lie says: ''As to my being a can
didate for Vice President, some weeks
before the Cincinnati Convention, i
wrote an article, which was published,
strongly recommending Mr.. Wheeler for
the place. Perhaps l should not have
objected to being Vice President, but 1
thought Mr.. Wueeler would help the
ticket in New York (where it needed
help much more than could" He also
says thai he peremptorily refused to bp
the candidate for Governor of Vermonr.