, 1879-06-14
Pithy Political Paragraphs.

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The Philadelphia Times says 1t looks
as though the organs were running out Of
revolution, aud there is no more to draw
upon.
The Brooklyn Eagle says: Nobody
would object if Gen. Grant could be made
president of the republicans of Missouri.
They deserve such fate.
The South hung three negroes the
other day three weeks in advance Of the
watermelon season. This is the meanest
kind of Southern outrage
A st. Louis man who emptied pint
measure of whisky one day filled coffin
the next His great mistake was imagin-
ing himself statesman.
If Susan B. Anthony wants to benefit
her sex, insteado OF clamoring for the ballot,
let her start crusade for reducing tho
price of soothing syrup.
The Sherman movement has ceased to
move. 1t will take, the st. Louis Globe
Democrat declares, the daily application
of galvanic battery to keep it In motion.
The s:alwart organs accuse the demo-
Gratis of the senate Of the intention to
"steal Mr.. Kellogg's seat That seat,
the Harrisburg Patriot declares, has al
| ready been stolen.
Zack Chandler says twelve senators
hold their seats by fraud but how in the
mischief Zack makes twelve senators ont
Of one president is what smases the peo-
pie of this country.
The Syracuse Courier says: The "Ohio
idce, " SO far as We have been enabled to
discover, is to keep all the offices Ohio
now has and to grab as many more as
possible.
For the first time in sixteen years, tho
Springfield Republican, asserts, it begins
to look as if democratic national plat
form wonld be easy to draw. Hayes did
it with his Little veto.
The Chicago Times says If Tilden
were in the white house, and the major
ity of congress republican, coercion would
appear patriotism and starvation OF the
government necessary discipline But
it's t'other OK that is gored just now.
"And which one of the Davises is it,
be iabers," asked an Irishman, the other
day, the indianapolis Jou,al alleges, who
heard Davis name mentioned as proba-
BILE candidate for the presidency. " If it
is jeff, | think it is quite too soon, and if
it is Judge, think it is most too late,
The fool-hunter has made several i'm
portant captures recently, the New York
Sun asserts, but he seems to have over
looked the offices of the newspapers which
are seriously discussing Rutherford b.
Hayes availability as a republican candi-
date for president in 1880.
The Baltimore Gazette says The sharp
crack of the pistol and the dull swosh Of
the assassian's knife are now largely heard
in the Northern States More shootings,
cuttings and killings have taken place on
the north side of Mason and Dixon's line
within ten Gays than the q bloody South
reports in a month. of course, when a
man is killed down South, or a family ex-
terminated, nobody ever says anything
about 1t.
A Pittsburg paper has interviewed
seven hundred prominent business men IN
that city to ascertain their preferences for
president in 1880. Among republicans,
three hundred and eighteen were found
to be for Grant, eighty-nine for Hayes,
ffly-one for Blaine, sixteen for Sherman,
thirteen for Conkling, and many scatter
ing. Among the democrats, one hun
dred and fifty-two for Tilden, eleven for
Hendricks, six for Mcclellan, and five for
Thurman. OF the greenbackers, four pre-
ferred Gen. Butler, and three others
Cooper and Kelley.