The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-27
Political News.

in Missouri.
| The New York World of Wednesday had a
column or two of good words for General
Hancock as Presidential candidate, but not
a word for Tilden.
| An exchange says that storekeeper in
Piscataquis county, Me-, heads its business
| cards: "For President, James G.. Blaine,'' %
and it is said that he ffuds that it takes among
| the farmers.
| One OF the few names presented for Vice.
| President is that of Senator Angus Cameron
| of Wisconsin. The movement is said TO find
supporters in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa,
Minnesota. Nebraska, Arkansas, Louisiana,
| and Alabama
The Burlington (Iowa) Hapkeye has dis.
| covered the man. 1t says: "There is a grow
ing feeling among American people that the
man who can hear felloW-mortal complain
of cold in the head and abstain from telling
| him what to- do for it is the man who should
| be the next President"
The Baltimore Gazette is weary Of having
the Democratic party of Maryland "shamed
and scandalized and weakened" By ring rule,
and it asks: Why should three or four men
| presume to run party and manage its affairs
distribute its offices, name its candidates, con-
| troll its policy?
Uncle William Allen, having exhausted
astronomy and penny-royal bulls, has now
summed up the East. ''The East, Sir" said
he, orrather yelled, to the Herald correspond
ent-"The East. Sir, has become mere Or
namental margin of the mighty West, and is
but pigmy debating or bullying giantr'
Shelby M. Cullom. the Republican candi-
date for Governor in Illinois, is Al years of
age, served in the 39th and 4Oth Congresses,
was Speaker of the House of Assembly in
1872 and always runs ahead of his ticket.
He has the reputation of being a man of
large business capacity and worthy of the
nomination he has received.
The Detroit Tribune considers the contest
for the st. Louis nomination narrowed down
to a choice between the Governors of New
York and Indiana, and divides the delegates
so far chosen as follows: Tiden, 176; Hem
bricks, 124 unknown, Y. The opposition of
infationists to Tilden it finds so bitter as to
make it doubtful, although he is now the
strongest man, '.if he ever can attain the es
sential two-thirds.''
The Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer contains this: 1.-TWO New
York Democrats, ex-Congressmen Creamer
and Drosheimer (sic) have opened Tilden
stock yards at the Arlington, where they will
hold forth until the st. Louis Convention,
paying the highest New York prices for dele
gates and influence to support Sam Tllden for
the Democratic nomination. They propose
to make Ohio and other Western Democrats
eat mud at st. Louis.'
OF Charles Francis Adams, Jr.'s lack. of
discernment in naming Tilden as a reformer
whom he would support next to Bristow; the
Cincinnati Gazette says:-"It is as if he had
declared that he preferred Michael, but could
contentedly accept Satan. 1t was very kind
In him to prefer Bristow, but his declaration
that he could. under any circumstances, sup
port that foxy old politician, Tideu, moder-
ates the high ascription, and tempers the
public gratitude
In commenting upon the miserable failure
OF the Arkansas ISLANDERS to smirch Mr..
Blaine, the New York Tribune remarks:
"On the whole, we should say it was about
time to drop that charge. The public will
begin to ask before long whether there it no
punishment for people who invent scandals
OF this sort about conspicuous public SER
want, which prove to be utterly without
proof, and are maliciously retailed without
scruple and without limit
Two Tilden papers have had bad falling
out. The Louisville CoMter-Journal has
been assailing Tammany Hall for its opposi-
ton to Gov. Tilden in a highly tropical way,
calling John Kelly ga pig-headed and vainglo-
rious upstart," and Tammany Hall ga SIM
pering flock of club men, who part their hair
in the middle and spell Democracy with
small d. as we'll as ''the llneal descendants
of Tweed" and "wearers of the cast-off gar
ments of Tweed and Sweeny. The Roches.
ter Union defends Tammany Hall with about
equal spirit, and wants the Courier. Journal
called off land sent to its kennel" 1t evil
IDENTIFY thinks some one set it on.
A Washington despatch to the Boston
Herald says: "a prominent Republi can
office holder, who has recently returned from
Ohio, sheds some light on the political situa-
ton there. During his visit in the state he
dned with Governor Hayes, who said he be-
leved that Blaine would be nominated at
Cincinnati, and that he hoped for such re-
suit. He was not anxious himself for the
nomination. He had been approached by
Blaine's friends with proposition that he
take the second place on the ticket, and he
indicated that he would accept the place.
He favors Blaine. in preference to any other
candidate named.
The mule has cut figure in the campaign
already, and now the COW makes her pc
turesque and gothic entrance. The Indian
apolis Sentinel makes successful draft on
the barn-yard for good sized Morton scan
dal. 1t finds bill for $780, 10 paid out of the
general fund while Mr.. Morton was Governor,
which it says was for his COW feed, or rather
feed for his cows. There are other bills,
amounting to about $1,000, for wood, coal,
gas, &C., which are said to have been for Mr..
Morton's private expenses. This the Senti.
net fiendishly calls a part OF Mr.. Morton's
"war record" and evidently would like to
cry: Bristow had his mules, Morton his cows,
and-other candidates may profit by their ex-
ample!
There seems to be some doubt in Republi-
can quarters whether that venerable and sue
cesstul pedder, Mr.. Simon Cameron, can
deliver the goods he has sold. The Baltimore
american says: 'Senator Cameron has
great power in Pennsylvania politics, is noted
for the fidelity with which he carries out his
political promises and the unit rule which
was imposed upon the Pennsylvan ia delega-
ton by the State Convention will perhaps
favor such movement; and yet we doubt
the possibility of carrying it out. Mr.. Conk-
ling has absolutely no strength in Pennsylva-
mia; indeed he has been regarded with posi-
tive disfavor by the Republicans of that state,
and through the task of bringing the delega-
ton to vote for him after the withdrawal of
Hartranft may be within the possibilities.
yet if Mr.. Cameron has undertaken it we
think he will find it most difficult of accom-