National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-03-12
PoLIrIC4L NOTES.

SEWARD is bigger man than old Springer, but
the latter has the most chin.
PULL down the blue and run up the gray. The
war seems TO have been fought in vain.
THE editor of the Bcllefonalne Republican de.
clares for General Garfield for President
JUDGE ROBERTSON of Westchcster Is spoken of
as Republican candidate for the next Governor OF
New York.
Conkling says Grant Is the only man who can
break the Solid South next year.
THOSE Congrcssmcn who short of Western
Union need the sympathies aud prayers fall com
passionate men. It's no joke to most of them.
EX-GOVERNOR PALMER expresses the wild belief
that the Democracy could carry Illinois In 1880
with Lyman Trumbull as their candidate for Pres
ident.
THOMPSON of the eighth Kentucky district will
be the youngest member of the Forty.sixlh Con-
gress His name is spelled with "p." That ac-
counts for It,
AN exchange regards 1t as a fortunate thing that
Senator David Davis balances himself on the fence,
for II he should fall on either side the other would
certainly kick the beam.
| THE Detroit Greenbackers show that they belong
to the true breed by appointing a new committee
| to manage affairs and rcpudiatiug the 500 and
| more owing to their predecessors.
THERE are rumors in New Orleans that Governor
| Nichols Will resign. He finds redecming his
| pledges harder work than he expected and has so
fur, iai cd to keep any of his promises
THR Chicago Times predicts that It will be Grant
and Wheeler aud Tiden and Hendrck in 1881. II
that should prove true the man on horse back will
rout the champion of the cipher fraud.
THIRTY Democrats in the Indiana House of Rep
rcsentativcs voted to exclude cOlore children from
the benefits of the public schools; They should re-
move 10 the Solid South, where they belong.
WEEKLY, called the Telegram which begins
fat-fOoed for "rilden and Hendricks in $780," was
started In Baltimore last Saturday. An envious
contemporary has talready named 1t the Cipler TEL
egrum.
EVEN Buckfeld, the banner town of the Green
hackers the first town whore Solon Chase's doc
trines took root repudinted the Greenbackcrs Mon
day and elected full Republican tickot.-POrtlaRo
Press
If Zack Chandcrs blunt, earnest way of calling
things by their right names and holding Jefferson
DAVIS up in his true light is ''salwart Republican.
ISM II Is the kind which the country likes-Abdnl
| Journal.
THE Nationals have offered the nomination fol-
the GovernOrship of Ohio to General Ewing who
says he will accept If the Nationals will hold theii
convention at the same time and place with the
| Democrats.
IL the Indiana Legislature the Republicans hold
| the balance of power in the Senate In connection
| with the Greenbackers. To overcome this the Dem
ocrats proposed TO turn Republican from his seat
but abandoned The project, only because 1t was moi
clearly possible of success.
DURING debate in the Maine Legislature tn,
other day, u lawyer sneeringly remarked to jour
nast who had the floor that 1t was the function o
editors ITO ferret out rogues and thieves" Where
upon the editor mildly rejoined that 1t was " tht
function OF lawyers to defend rogues and thieves
THEY have nice political meetings In California
The Democrats called one at sacramento the othel
day and the Workingmen captured II, only to lost
II in turn to the Republicans, who made all tn,
speeches. adopted all the resolutions aud in othe
ways contributed To the welfare of the community
In which they reside.
THE Greenbackers of Michigan haye shown their
devotion to principle" by uniting with the Dem
ocrats In the next election. Whenever u party be
gins to trade Its fine preensons to patriotism 1t II
gone. and Its absorption only u question of time
Two or three LEADERS" get Office by It and tn,
rank and file are sold out.