The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-10-02
POLITICAL POINTS.

New Haven Register: LII Is III
ready settled in the minds of ma
jority of the people: the National
bank notes "must CO."
New York Sun: The meaning of
the Maine election, as it seems to US,
is rather that the people are sound
on fraud than they, are unsound on
finance.
philadelphia Press: How to pave
the way for another panic. Help to
elect the Greenback ticket and put
into practice the wild theories Of the
Greenback platform.
louisville Courier Journal: Ii a
good many of General Grants ar
dent supporters could be put where
poor OryiI is, it would very much
improve the Generals chances for a
third term.
New York World: 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Blaine would like to
swap Maine for Louisiana, yellow fe-
yer included, and that he would even
give boot, provided the Returning
Board was thrown in.
Chicago Times: Lew Wallace,
having undertaken to make things
Warm in Godlove S. Orth's District,
is appointed Governor of New Next
CO, probably on the condition that lie
will leave for his post of duty at
once.
j-Cincinnati Commercial: If all
accounts are true, free speech in
South Carolina is very queer arti-
ele.l Where is Gov. Wade Hamp
toms inaugural, pledging full protec-
tion of rights to all citizens of South
Carolina, regardless Of race Or color.
New Orleans Picayune: The
truth is, that all this hue and cry
about the impoverishment of the
country by the payment of Southern
war claims is only the frou-frou of
the bloody shirt as it trails along
from the attenuated ghost of a dead
party.
Utica Republican: An admins
tration man has but one idea. That
is to make the Republican party cut
loose from its old mornings and hitch
to Hayes. Well have none of it in
this State, but we are willing to char
itably cover the Administration with
the mantle of silence.
New York Tribune: Politics
never ragged more aercely in Massa-
ehusetts than they do to-day, and
that, too, with only one candidate in
the field, and he self nominated
Look out for tempestuous times after
the conventions, when the old Com.
monwealth gets fairly to rocking
Portland Argus: Oregon at the
Northwestern extreme of the Union
set the example of sending Demo
crat to Congress. The Fourth Dis.
trict of Maine, the Northeastern ex.
treme, responds by also electing q
Democrat. The campaign starts out
we'll. The Democracy will control
the next Congress.
Boston Herald: It would be one
Of the queer freaks of politics if Ben
Butler, after two desperate attempts
to secure the Republican nomination
for Governor as an extreme "bloody
shirt" member of the party, should
wash out the blood spots, or chalk
them over, and go in and capture The
Democratic Convention.
Philadelphia Times: The Green
back infationists sweep Maine from
her political faith that has been sus
tanned through all the mutations o
twenty-five years, and gold at onc'
goes down to the lowest point it hal
reached since 1862. Both politics
and finance now seem to be full o
the most bewildering contradictions
New York Times: We can only
attribute this most unfortunate ant
disgracefui incident in our politics
4 to the misguided discomfort of th'
rural population of Maine, oppressed
by debt rashly incurred, and laying
hold of any hope of relief EXTENDED
to them, without reflection as to th'
real and permanent effect Of tn,
measures which they have giyer
their approval.
Philadelphia North American
We have beard the news from Maine
And very bad news it is. Staunci
party loyalty dictates refusal t.
admit that any circumstances coult
make a defeat of Republicanisn
probable in Pennsylvania the presen