The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-02
POLITICAL WAIFS.

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/ e election Il louisville, z y
Speaking OF cipher dispatches, 7 wish TO sag.
distinctly that RObeSOn's administration was.
Ecorrupt.-IC. A. Dana.
Forney says he will stand by tho Rep,1bii-
can party uEstil the last horn blows, but adds
onat the Democrats have solid, sure thing
Wade ,. Ham oton went deer hunting, and the
Radicals declare that he is ont for The shotgun
policy because he didn't stalk the game with a.
bow and arrow. e~>O ="
Ex-Marshal Pitkin, OF Louisiana. expresses,
the opinion that the Democrats will elect a.
| soiid congressional delegation In that State
MaIct,s l,,l,g4 l.. Cobb, the present Democratic
Ghhnldate Tor Congress In the Westehestefs
District, ran as the Know w-Nothing Candidate
for the same office In 1856.
Registration closed in New York eitv sat
'irday evening. Daring the four days f5s,y1A
voters registered, against 1895 In 1877, and
1881 ,054 in 1876.
Senator Herman, Of New York, made g. hard
money speech at New Haven, Conn. Fridav
evening. closing with an argent appeal TO his
hearers to vote the Democratic ticket
Estmates Of the vote the Pe1nsylvania.
Nationals will poll vary widely Some we'll
posted Republicans pIaee it at $4,000, while
Democratic estimates yaryaIi the way from
&c, 900 to 100 900.
In declining the Democratic candidacy for
Congress in the Troy District Mr.. William
AnsOn Wood sifnp ply said that circumstances;
beyond his control made it Impossible for him
| to accept
Judge M. M Cothreu has at last persrnnto-
rlly refused to run as the Democratic caDdi-
date for Congress in tho Third District of
Wisconsin. This leaves tho field omen for a
square fight between tho Republican and
Greenbnck candidates.
samuel Bradford, the Greenback candidate,
for Congress in the first district of Massa-
chusetts, has repuhiated Butler and the
Greenbackers and come ont squarely for Alb
bott. the Democratic canditlate for Governor.
and hard money.
Ex Gov, John NJ. Palmer, Of Illinois. thinks
that the voters of that State are for the ex-
treIhe greenback doctrine by 108, 900 majority.
prominent politician" has told him that d,
majority In the State would vote to repudiate
the whole debt.
1t was IN Arkansas editor who wounded
Beast Buffers tender feelings by sending
him marked copy wherein 'honorabn men,
ton was made Of the Generals ability to de-
tnct genuine silyerware from the spurious ar
tiCle.
Senator Davis, Of Illinois, has authorita-
lively and empnatically pronounced" with
reference to his presidential aspirations. He
says: My presidential expectations ended
in 1872, and, besides that, feel differently
said so to Mr.. Thurman last winter'
The Jackson MISSY Clayion, O. Democratic
paper, cOrnrneDds the appointment OF Hon
Green G. Chandler as District Attorney Ho1.
ne Northern District OF Mississippi, saying.
The administration could not have found
IN the ranks Of its party In this State O. gen
tleman more capable OF aisehargiug the du-
ties Of the office"
In q recent letter Hon A. H. Fl. Stuart. Of
Virginia, says that he has been closely aasf-
ciated with the Conservative party Of that
State from it's organization, bat has now no
hesitation in saying that if 1t "shall so far
forget the great objects for which It was
formed as to affiliate with regulators and
Greenbackers, and others whose policy tends
to the destruction Of the country" he will
feel no longer bound 10 yield to 1t his ale
glance and support
The Arkansas Democratic State COMMITTEES
has issued an address, in which 1t SAYS: "The,
chairman OF your State Committee Is remind
ed Of the Importance Of that election nv a. let,
nothing be left undOne TO secure success in
every district in Arkansas. We must secure
the next House Of Representatives Defeat
here may imperil our chnnCps IN the presi-
DENTAL election This tells the whole story.
Loss of the lower house Of the next Congress
may be 81 loss Of the next presi0ency"
The Boston Tfnus1ript s reminded bv the
which that State saw in 1865. There were
four candidates for Governor then, and Gen.
Butler was in the qrlartette, representing the
Breckinrldge wing Of the Democracy. OF
course there Was no lack Of Chinese thunder
before the election, and after it when the votes
were counted they were found to stand: An
drew, Repuhltcan, 10000, Bench, Douglas
Democrat. $4,000; Lawrence, Bell Everett.
$4,000; and Butler, Breeklnridge Democrat.
5000, That was the extent to which the hero
ot The ffarragnb prize money divided the
Democratic party eighteen years ago.