The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-08-09
POINTS IN POLITICS.

The County Committee of Greenbrckers
for Allegheny county have agreed to coal
esce with the Democrats. General William
Blakely will be their candidate for Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas No. 2.
"A man was found in the Treasury De-
partment at Washington who refused to sub
scribe for campaign expenses in OHIO, and
boldly announced himself Democrat.
Doubtless many of those who contributed to
the $4,000 raised there for that purpose would
have been glad to have written themselves
Democrats, for the time being at least, had
they dared. .-Phaa. Record.
The ". y Star: The Herald strikes at
the very heart of the Tilden-Robinson pro-
gramme when it condemns their plan of
letting the Republicans elect the State ticket
this fall in order that it may appear that
Mr.. Tilden is the only man with whom the
Democracy can carry New York in 1850.
-Galceston Ne,oS The apparently inev-
table disruption of the Democratic party on
the hard money and soft money doctrines is
by no means inconsistent with its reorgani-
zation in larger numerical force in the coun-
try at large, and in higher and more reso-
lutte spirit than before.
-Charlcston Nclcs and Courier One Of
the most remarkable features of the present
political situation is that most of the organs
| of opinion, on both sides, seem to admit that
the next Presidential canvass will be an ai-
fair, not of political principles, but of men.
-7cmPletOa, IN Hartford Coprdnt: But
Ter will not rally his 10000 in Massachu-
setts next November, any more than Gov
ernor Talbot will find 900 at his back.
think the Republican majority will be from
ten to fifteen thousand. Something will de-
| pend upon the vote of the October elections.
l expect to see the Republicans save Maine
through the Legislature, and win a sweep
ing victory in Ohio. Tho result in these
States will effect us considerably. In any
event, there are no present fears of the elec-
ton of Butler.
-Cmcinai EhqnHor: Pennsylvania has
four candidates for the English Mission
Wayne MacVeagh, Postmaster IIartnnlt
Secretary Quay and Ex-Speaker Grow
What does Pennsylvania mean? She is not
a pivot,
Tho Grecnbackors OF Cambria county
have nominated Fred, Snyder of Corrolltowr
for Sheriff.
The platform of the Mississippi Greon
hackers denounees both of the old parties
demands unrestricted coinage of silver, as
serts that "the greenbacli dollar must be q
legal tender for all debts and by the gov
eminent issued, protected and received u
absolute money at par with gold" favor
the repeal Of the national bank act, and call
for the suppression of intimidation.
Mr.. Horace White writes to the Natio,
from Wiesbaden that thercport in this coun
, try that Europe is oomingto take a more ia
} vorable view of bl-metallic money is incor
, rect. Hesays "IIaving been at some pain
p recently, both in London and Paris, to sount
the depths ofthe so-called silver movement
I feel justified in saying there is no sucl
f. movement That is, no new movement. tn
resolutions ofthe Liverpool Chamber Of Com
merce were promptly ncgatived at Manehe.
ter, and they never produced a ripple 4
- London. After dilligcnt search in the latte
, city could ind no movement in referenc
e to silver except a languid discussion of tn
eNpcdiency Of bi-metalsm in India. Eve
this, which can hardly be called a silYg
= movement, was extremely faint and incog
d sequential. In Paris there is absolutely n
d silver movement except the agitation whic
a NJ. Cernushci keeps on foot from his prime,
i ly residence on the Pare Monceaux. As
r Germany, / cannot speak with the sam
confidence as with reference to England an
h Fpnce-not HAVING visited Berlin as vet.
r have been Informed, however, by persor
e whose business it is TO keep as c5urout wit
e the subject, that not only has the Gema
g Government no intention of changing b,
d new gold standard for a bi-metallc one, bt
such a change is deemed impossible, an
Sd therefore not worth wasting words about. ."
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