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MARINE n EWS,
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Monday, June 4.

Monday. June 4.
ARRIVED.
Steamer New Brunswick, Winchester, Boston for
Eastport and st John. NIB.
Brig Akbar. (of Machias) Thompson, Sagua Is ds-
GA hhds 81 ties molasses to Geo Hunt q Co.
Sch Jas Holmes. Ryder, Reimbursement to G A
Sch Elva E Pettengill, York, New York-coal to
Jos H Poor & Bro.
Sch G Craig, Craig Cape Cod, fishing.
Sch Cayanne, Herrick, Salem.
Sch Beauty. Greenaw, North Haven. Mass.
Sch j M Mcclure, (Br) Boudrot, Pictou, NS-191
tous coal to Grand Trunk RR.
Sch John g Hall, Conley, Granville, Ms ST cords
wood to A d Whidden.i
Sch l. Snow Jr, Griffin. Bangor tor Rockport.
Sch Pavilion, Deming, Rockp0rt.
CLEARED.
Steamship Francona, Bragg, New York,-Henry
Fox.
Brig Houston. Griffin, Matanzas-Isaac Emery
Sch Louisa Wilson, Holt, Wilmington NC-Chase,
Leavtt & Co.
Sch Nellie, Perry. Baltimore-A whidden, and
Sch Henry May. May, PhiladeIphia-or Orlando
Nickerson.
Sch c Gates, Freeman, Mt Desert-W H Prebe.
SAILED-Brigs Fannie II Loring, and II Houston ;
schs Orrie Drisko, Nellie ID May, and others.
iFRoM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
WISCASSET. May 30-Sld, sch Adrianna, Snow
man, New Bedford.
May 3l-Ar, schs Mary Rogers, Rowe, Bath Ma.
ria Louisa, Thurrell Saco.
SID. schs Mnetta, Stewart, and Elizabeth, DECKER
son, Boston.
june PAR, ship Princess Alexandra, (Br) Kellet,
London.
Sid, ship Norris, Barstow, Cardiff; sch Tay-
lor, Burnett. Boston.
MILLBRIDGE. May 2s-Ar. sch Anaconda, Flick
EFT, Portland.
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FOREIGN PORTS.
SPOKEN,

May IS, no lat, barque Whtmore, Tiltop, from
Iloiio for Boston.
May %. of Hatteras, sch S Harding, Smith, from
Sagua for Boston.
May 81, lat SO Sc, lon a 20. brig Munson, Hunt
ley, from Boston for Philadelphia.
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change that should substitute for this SAN
culinary crusader tolerant and Christian
spirit, fulfilling the apostolic injunction
to TIMOTHY, ain mcckncss instructing
those that oppose themselves" instead OF
outraging Christian sentiment by holding
up that cross as an emblem of rapinc and
slaughter, which we cling to as the
symbol of peace and good will toward
men, When there Is so much urgent work
to be done Mt home, SO many social and
clerical abuses to be grapplcd with by mon
occupying positions Of authority In the
Church, who shrink from exposing them
selves to the unpopularity which the
conscientious discharge Of their duties
might involve, it Is distressing to
have such evidences ms this poem affords Of
n bcnightod and lntolcrant spirit more In
accordance with the middle ages than with
the nineteenth century We sincerely regret
for Bishop CoxE's own sake that he has
given US this insight into the spiritual
methods which he believes in for the defence
and propagation Of his religion; and we no
less compassionate those whom he instructs
respecting that inspired system Of morality
which appeals not to the lowest and most
savage passions Of humanity, but " their
purcst and nUblost instincts.
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Money without Law.

Tho correspondence between DRTyrL.
MORGAN ~ Co. and the Secretary Of War In
regard t. scheme for having the officers Of
the army paid by a syndicate, is the most
extraordinary occurrence that has taken
place thus far In the forts ~ thi' Admins
uation to run the Government without law
ful appropriations
These bankers who propose to discount
the pay of he Army and Navy have tine
presumption to inpGte t. Congress the
olni 10 of am obvious and sacred duty, lo-
c'. f-' ll' lAtr Administration hats 80 sQuan-
dcrca tine public money that its srcc-- r-
have no means Of property carrying ou the
Government, and can Gully command such
moaus by calling an extra session Of Con-
gress. But IN order To avoid meeting Con-
gross at present. tine Administration propose
To make an arrangement with firm of
bankers who, With their associates, viii he
come the source from which the Government
is to raise the means II keeping the army
ON foot and if this precedent is to be ex-
tcnded--und there is noroason whyl should
not be, if it is once established all the other
wants Of the Government can be suppl il,
the same manner for just 80 long period As
the Executive may choose 10 avoid the duty
Of calling Congress together, and asking for
,nc proper appropriations.
II is amusing, to say the least, to see how
entirely ind lorrnt the Secretary ~ War al-
pears to he To- any consideration excepting
the inquiry whether this arrangement with
a firm Of bankers or syndicate of bankers
can be so Carried out a. not to involve "A
breach OF any positive statute. That It IN
wolves gross breach Of every conetitu-
tional obligation that can rest upon the
cNocuiNe department in respect to the
matter If using funds for th' payment of
thoarmv, Is perfectly plain. What the S"c-
i,tWy Of War proposes to agree t. have
/ done is, that the army paNluaetcrs shall
make an endorsement un the accounts e IN,
oil cvls that they are believed to ho correct
and would bee paid by them If they hao
| public fund, available f0r The purpose. An,
yet hc says that. owing to restrictions 81
llw, the War Department can hayo nothing
to do with this transaction. Then why duc'
the Secretary authorize the paymastors (
give certificates which will make the claim,
Of tho officers species Of current funds t'
be bought and sold at u discount Th'
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devil cannot be whipped around the stump
in this way.
No opinion that the Attorney-Gencrel can
give, or that any one else can give, can make
it a proper discharge Of his constitutional
obligations for President, in order to avoid
u meeting Of Congress before a certain day,
to contrve a scheme by which the debts of
the Government can be put into the form Of
| o US, and sold to people who will discount
them. The whole project is exceedingly dis
graceful to the Administration, and If is re-
sorted TO solely because the President does
not dare to face an extra session OF Congress
until after the autumn elections that arc TO
take place in the States Of Ohio and Indiana
the week before the extra session meets.
1t has not happened in this country since
the Constitution was adopted that the OIL
GERS of the army have been obliged to sell
their claims on tho Government for pay.
There was a period during the Revolution
airy war and aftcrward when the officers and
mon of the Continental army were Obliged
TO sacrifice their just demands in order to
subsist; but since the Constitution OF tho
United States was established ono OF
the great purposes for which it was estab-
lishcd was TO prevent such a state Of things
there never has been a moment until now
when the pay Of officers or men had to bo
sold
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Pulling the Wires.

The Constitution prohibits the President
from receiving presents from foreign nations or
their subJo IL. 1t would bo we'll II he were TO
refuse to accept Kilt from anybody under any
circumstances. And II would lie well. also II he
would decline 10 accept private Inequalities, ex-
cept under very pressing and exceptional cir
cumstanccs. In visiting a city II he Is
some society or corporation in Il. he
should remember that he is the President of
the nation. and cannot at the part Of n private
citizen. and that by accepting the Inequalities
n individuals he certainty places himself under
"A qudsi obligation that is Incompatible with tho
dignity ~ his Office This is specially true
when the President becomes the guest ~ bank
ers and other men with whom the Government
has dealings. and who may have favors to ask
II IL through him. Ii certainly ill-becomes the
President 81 "a nation Ike this To- he received by
the loading members Of a syndicate. and sur
rounded by men whose interests may prompt
their attentions and whose display II elegant
courtesy they hope Will iuSensibly defect his
Judgment 10 y cir advantage.
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fraud, this virtual overthrow Of the Constl-
tuition, this notification Of tho result Of an
election, and this establishment of Presi-
dent who was not elected, nay be regarded
with passive indifference, may be allowed to
pass us something which may be cXpiated
by apparent good conduct, as an offence
that may bo condoncd and not STORMY laid
up against the men who are guilty. The
letter of our correspondent shows that he
at least, will never regard the subject In
such light and trling manner.
The safety of our free institutions can only
be secured by the iniliction upon those guilty
of this unparalleled iniquity of such pun
ishmont "A shall forever hereafter deter all
others from attempting to initiate their
crime.
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Copies Of the resolution passed by n unan-
imous vote Of tho Aldermen Of New York
against the Acknowledgement scheme now be-
fore the legislature have been sent to the
President Of the Senate and the Speaker Of the
Assembly. The resolution runs thus:
H,solre1. That this Board. in the name Of
thrir ron~tI tu"utS. the people Of New York city
solrmuly protest against lhr passage 10y TIC
Legislature, ~ the proposed am, ndment To tho
State Constitution. which. in violation of the
principles of universal suffrage tho cornerstone
oi republican government proposes e. disirHn-
cni~" a large portion oi m" most Intelligent and
worthy citizens az this city.
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Field Marshal Grant Ut Gniena rs the Com
mnndrr Of the Czar'- Armies.

An ex-Lieutcnant of the United States
navy writes to the London Times a letter. in the
course OF which he says:
II Gen. Grant. cx-President Of tho United
States. und formerly Commandcr-in- Chief Of
the armies of tho United stat :. who is expected
t. arris, in England with II two or three weeks.
and via WILL it is reported. leaV" shortly after
for Russ a - the guest Of the Emperor, should
undertake. 10 direct the movements of the RUS
sian trO pIs. us he'd . the 5uo.unl OF mon under
ment would be powerlc-s 10 prevent him. as
Grn. Grant Is simply now q private citl n.
During the var in America several officers. VINO
then held comm.s sou- In her Mucety's navy.
served both In the Confederate service in COM
m4nd of blockade runners and also in the
United stat navy. having NJ they arknowl-
edged been tempt II to enter the latter srrVi 20
hN the certainty of high pay and the prospects
az min money
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The Appor,ionmcnt.

So far as the mum Der Of Senators Is con-
ccrned, the bill raportcd by the WooDIN
Committee deals pretty fairly by New York
and Kings 1t gives the two counties ten.
which is gain Of three I'm view Of the
present excess of population required for
ten senators. and of the rapid growth Of our
two chief cities ere the next apportionmcnt
is made, New York and Kings might now
justly claim eleven senators. However, UNI
dcrail the circumstances, they do we'll to get
ten. As was to Ice expected, the committee
have tried to so arrange the boundaries Of
the districts a. to make sure Of three Re-
publican senators in an ordinary condition
Of politics.
Old salt Of Syracuse, who is sometimes
spoken Of rs TON ALyoRD, has the manipu-
lation II tho Assembly apportionmcnt. H.
comedies to New York and Kings gain of
only eight Asscmblymcn over their present
representation. Tho number Of Assembly,
men i'm the State IS exactly four times as
great as that of senators, the former being
l2s. and the latter %. Now, il New York
and Kings are entitled to an Increase Of
three senators. a is conceded by the COM
mittoe, then they are entitled 10 an Increase
Of twelve Asscmblymen; and their present
members. irrespective Of party, ought not
10 consent to take less.
There IS an eruption O; reports and bills
on this subject in both Houses. They fore
shadow deadlock, and probably an extra
session.
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To THE EDtroR or THE SrN-Sr: With
unboundcd satisiaotio have road your loader
Of this date. giving reasons Why tn Russian
War Should be Condemned" Every Intelligent
man have mot here today feels TINT he is bet
tor prepared to make up his mind whore his
sympathios should GO and why they should
tond to discouut.nanee hu-s.a's agar i've
movements. This qu 'etion for the sake Qi the
reputation Of our civilization and Christianity
abroad 1t not at honc needs few moro Just
such ray- of sunshine. Some years ago ! rend
the history oil Poland. and could never erase the
impr ~-ions l"lt upon my mind. nor cease in.
dulEing the hope that some day that crushed
people would welcome dellvrran,c. IL was
with appro priatenoss that tho author Of that
history opened his first Volume with the follow
ine quotation from Campbell:
on hiooiicst picture In the book Of Time.
sHrnaul fell. uuwept. without crmri
Pound not generous friend pitsing foc,
Str,ugth IN her arm nor mercy IA her woel
nrort from o. ucrNelc.s Afu-r fnc slltfrri spear
Closed her bright eve. AMI curb her high carceri
Hone, Tor ea.on. babe the world farewell,
AM Freedom shrek d-a- ko-cusko iell'
Vrtl tho Russian Car lots go his grasp upcn
those he holds in hopeless subsection. his pre-
tensions in waging this war can have no respect
among the lovers OF freedom. rIunl rights. and
fair play j. FRANKLIN JONES.
CATsKiLL. ". T.. May II. 1877.
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The city yesterday Wore a true holiday
appearance. The temperature was even o.
prc-sNciy warm. and the people throngcd the
streets and filled the parks one reason why
So many men and women could give the day T.
gazlns al the procession. and 70 loliing on the
grass in Union square. was that they ar out Il
work. andhaye plenty II leisure on their hands.
The numerous pcddlcrs crying their wares
and the anti of the boys suggested fair day
in the country. and the perspirinS crowds told
Is that summer Is close at hand New York has
rarely looked more gay than il did yesterday
yet scarcely within Il generation has business
been SO PROSTATE as il is now when the Carnival
IS llrst Introduced here.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Pray
extend me the courtesy Of your columns TO say.
that tho article from the Sunday Dispatch,
signed Celia Logan" and rcpublished in your
journal on Sunday last. entitled Forrest and
tho Actors. does that cminonttragedians mem
DRY very great injustice. Tho impression left
on the mind Of the reader would be. that Mr..
Forrest was little short Of n proiaue monster.
During many years OF personal intimqy with
that gentleman. cannot now recall single In
stance Of profanity on his part. hut on tho con-
trary, / distinctly remember muny ocra-
sions when he reprOved il in others. Inc
Charge contained III tho last clause OF inc
article referred to. inficts oven deeper
injury on the great tragcdian's falr name IMAM
tho charge Of profanity, and | marvel that one
belonging to the sex called " the gentle should
indulge in such posthumOus SANDERS. MIR.
Forrest. despite his own sad experience. always
entertained n feeling akin Ia reverence for
true womanhood and the tito vito was no
less sacred in his estimation than that OF
mother" or sister" The charge that he
has n daughter LIVING whose mother was mar
ried woman when he met her. il entitled to
about as much respect as tho silly ISLANDERS re-
spccting Lord Byron. which Mrs. Harriet
Bcecher Stove manufactured and rctniled to an
indignant public few years ago. But even II
the charges were true. would II not be quito as
conducive to refined taste and sound morals To
allow the good that men do to- live after them.
and Jet the evil be- Inferred with their bones.
May To- 1871. y. CUAcKENBos.
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AWuacmente TOD
Booths Theatre Black -hyei Susan Nstnss
uo~ery Th~atr--Jack Hfkawas IN Americas
toi.fabls Opera fto..~-NaietJ
tr,ptiau HsIi-sNf g., ussr siNv
Iirh Avenue rheatre-rymiein-.
Grand up.ra tIoss~-1hc Princess RoyN. usns.
HELLER. vvans-r rb.s,re-opp New yoft Hotel AAase
N... work .auariur.-BfosIway and sS.a ~
rnrL rh.atre--Col Sellers
s..t~en,h street gh~ntr~-roriy Thieves
Theatre tonipur-Naieiy. hunee.
Ton, Pastors New Theatre Variety.
tiato- Square Ih~Rtr~-smisc.
" aiiaeL's thcRtrr-iusedale.
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| -lho total numn'r ni railroad employees .
| in Great Britain is about '-,y'r /
Tho two Bourbon Prrtrrdnr4. Don C9~. :
los of spain, an Count DO chau.'orlo F-r .l
| to have formed 1u .iffurs.
Two men travelling ON foot through tho
Einconada valley. cal, tho Jrh ult ate slnc WA
| parsley and died in nn hour
Several young salmon have boon ,akon
| in the Connecticut river rhcvarc c,loufly hUll
| In 1878, which have returned from the ,cerm
| "A phenomenon is reported from Nap'oz.
Italy Ills that three whole days in one SO, t 70
| were births out Of population oi ouoVu SOIL
| Tho Dismal swamp canal Us TO ho .rldhy
auction to the hishc', bidder In Norfolk. Va. u..ttr
gust The work over 10 5Oouoo but is not cNicti
| to bring more than NTH part of that sum.
| So infections WIS tho marriage cers-
mony Of n couple in Bcokut. the other day. u.atrs
bridesmaid and groomsnan promptly medc the .,iIh
nary agreement, and were united IN wcdloeA ti' .tms
| evening.
The state Of Georgia has sold the la'nr
Of the consicts in its state prison for s5pnn year h
isat tie rate about si year for each comic. rs
state appears to have been badly .winlcd asri.Don
tractors are now successfully subettns' the co,eu
at 500 year apiece.
An unpublished mass. by Mozart has
been discovered. II is claimed TO BE- AUTOGRAPH. ani va
composed about the year I777. for the convent ne
Holy Cross at Augsburg There Is sad 80 be nototd
It's authenticate. The "Bominc Deus and the "lu
natis" are said to be- especially hnr
Clumsy legislation has left Tennos "a
without any law against horse stealing larceny from no
person. hofso or bridge burning. house hrclAl- vh
intent TO commit robbery. The Old laws against u e
crimes were severe that the last legislature rIcti
them but forsot to restore the old law Or enact new
| one.
As IN instance Of the decline Of Bona-
partisan In France. l., Mutton. winch has had only
months existence ami which ab.o,hcd a short time
ago an Their Eonaparist paper L. fH 0I"1r,i 90 70
ms,l ia It's turn with Ao'hc l. -" cp"" i*'lo re'
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At tho Chamber Of Commerce dinner on
Monday evening Mr.. CARL ScnuRz talked glihly
about civil service rcform-mnnugng the BUSH
ness Of the Government as a merchant conducts
his, with reference only to securing the highest
efficiency at the least cost. and selecting subor
dnatns solely with a view to their ability to Ally
perform the work committed to them. But
what empty words they were. and how full Of
oantl llr. KEY Mr.. SEIZURES associate in the
dc fdc'o Cabinet. had only a few days before
laid down the theory Mr.. HAYES intends to pur
sue with reference to the Offices. 1t is to use
them TO buy support outside his party. if he can
nud tho mon 10 purchase. and il not. to use
them to buy favor inside the Republican ranks.
This talk about civil service reform under
HAYES is nausoating. Never before in the his
tory Of the Government have the Offices been so
openly and shamcessly used for bargain and
sale rs now under tho man in whose Cabinet
Mr. ScHuEz sits.
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RUTHTRFoRD b. HAYES, who was not
elected President. is 10 hc the central figure in
The Governors Room to-day. and in the back
ground will be the flags that were flung ~ the
lroeze from the site Of the Sub-Tronsury Of our
day at tho first Inauguration Of the President
who was elected by the unanimous vote OF tho
people
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-16

The st. Johns Guild investigating COM
mitt e's reports read very much like the divided
vordicts in political coronor's inquest. Tho
Guild is not doing much business Just now.
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Whatever may be New Workers differ
ences upon the questions involved in the Turko-
Russian war. all will concur in hoping that
ALEXIS and tho veteran Admiral BoUrAKoFF
personally may DO happy during tho voyage
upon which they set out this morning.
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Let no ono be deceived. Mr.. HAYES, OF
course, has his adulators. and finds men ready
To buw down before him and some. even among
those who see tho stamp Of fraud imprinted on
bis brow beyond The possibility Of any washing
away. o1"r HIM bare courtesy, or play toward
him the part Of the sycophant. hut Mr.. HAYES is
d.-trii-tod man. Tho unusual Efforts 10 ox-
h.hlt aim and Co manufa tur' opinion in his
favor, show how weak his hold on the public is
iio has only n.i1n 10 feel how great, strong
sin 'r' and unrumrromi-ing is the protest
against Nh" methods hy which ne WAS lifted into
thc Pr ~ii'u'y. H. otrupi.@ an unruNialle
po-.uou,io for tho majority Of the people know
him 90 ue a fraud
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II las rarely been our fortune o. print
such "a despatch ~ is troerap hod from Wash
nsion about Deacon RIcn,nD SMITH That
Tins truly good man i- s""kins contract f'r
the nIi ifa 'lrn Of ro-tll cards; that he ha-
mnle his bid; that Ae las delivered sumll 80:
that bee urer' utd tl,m hlm- ID in his OWN
proper prr-'i; and that h. them c,dlHd up %
KY T. inform him 81 the fact in bus own pocu-
liar way these ARE the features Of the dos patch,
which is undoubtedly correct in all lis details.
We have time iust now bat to express our sur
prise at the appearance Of DEACON RICHARD
tor,
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The Carnival procession WIS perhaps well
enough Int the institution is not one which
Will ever flourish in New York. II Is unmcGI-
ing. IN is i'll adapted To uur habits OF life.
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In his speech before the Chamber Of Com
mercc, Mr.. WILLIAM VI. EvARTs. Secretary OF
State to the Fraudulent President. fell into
curious bundcr in his remark that the Cham
Der OF Commerce was patriotic through tho
Revolutionary war. Tho Revolutionary record
Of the Chamber has always been regarded rs
tender spot. 10 be touched by no polite speaker.
Tho fact is that tho Chamber Of Commerce was
obtrusivcly loyal to the British Government
throughout tho Revolution. and that when tho
American cause was in its direst straits the
Chamber OF Commerce passed n resolution con-
graduating tho English on their triumphs over
the taitercd forces Of WASHINGTON. and plcdg-
ing answering fidelity to King GEORGE.
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The Withholding Of news by the Russian
Government about the action at Batoum last
Friday. is calculated to confirm belief in tho
Turkish claim Of victory. Tho dispatches
already given leave little doubt that the Rus
sian assault was repealed.
From tho Danube we have news that Rus
sian corps has succeeded in crossing and has
entered the Dobrudscha. where it met with
opposition. Tho Russian force near Galatz s
10000 strong and two hundred miles higher NJ
the river there is another Russian force Of equal
strength, all ready for operations in Bulgaria.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-21

A REMEDY FOR Cocoa GRAss.-A
Mr.. Norris, q planter near St. Joseph,
Teusas Parish, La, accidentally disc0v-
cred what he calls q cheap and effective
means Of destroying the cocoa grass. 1t
is 10 sprinkle coal oil Chat in re crude
state is best) on the grass out OF q COM
mon watering pot, putting 1t on 90 that
about five or elk drops will be on each
stem that goes down to the nuts in the
ground when the grass is perfectly dry,
free from rain water and dew
[Nalchez Democrat.