Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-06-03
POLITICAL NOTES.

There is more Of the Confederate army
/ In Congress than there ever was Of the
/ United States army at the polls. The pco-
/ pie were not So uneasy about the latter Is
/ the former, and they like the veto. and
/ like IL the better the more they think about
/ H..
The Springfield R.pUIIic,pt says "Shcr-
mans success In rc~uming AMI placing the
/ four per cents. has Won the hearts OF
/ Grccnbackcrs m Minnesota. and they are
returning to the Republican fold" Not a
/ few Grccnbacker, in Maine are doing like
wise.
Now that the plain people are found
/ la a line before post office windows little
after midnight 10 secure the chance Of
/ buyiug a few tcn-dullar certificates. the
cutlery against bloatcd hpudholdcr, is nat
urilly growing rather faint AMI feeble
/ " J. IrhW,'.
Now that the Louisville Courier-JoUr-
/ Hpi call, the good Hendricks a "cou~pirl-
/ tor and fool, aud Mr. Hendricks, remarks
/ that the editor of that paper must be-
crazy drunk. and the Baltimore G0-a7r
/ DEM remarks that the C.-L editor is
"hy.tcrical and loose-jontcd. and Fer
naudo Wood compares the TO Democrats
| I'm the House supporting the Warner Silver
/ bin go a quack doctor that should Dee horse
whipped, it is nO time % diSbaud the army.
some of the facts about the votes on
/ the Silver bin are Of interest Those who
/ favored IL were l29 Democrats, lO Ma
tionals and > Republicans. Those who OPP
posed il were 10 Republicans. II Demo
Gratis and ! National. or ~ members
voting for or paired in favor of the bill, -
I Ia Of /
/ the old loyal states gave a majority OF IS
against the bill, and ont Of lOl votes given
/ by the solid Soth, that section gayc9i ma
! jorty in favor of the bill.
Mr. Wattcr,ou'- doublc-lclded advice
/ To the Democrats ON hearing Of the second
ycto The Democrats have only 10 pro-
coed with each of the points M issue aS
| they have proceeded with the bayOnct bill.
and when the President has vetoed each,
| they should. and NO doubt they will, pass
/ the appropriation bills adjourn the two
| houses and appeal to the country They
/ have been appealing for sixteen years. but
/ the country don't like the looks of that
shotgun and tissue ballot
The AN night session Of the House last
week was attended. aS l., usual ou such
/ occasions by many humorous scenes and
incidents. At one time thr whole Maine
delegation with the exception 81 Murch
were under arrest and before the bar OF
| the House tO make excuses for being alb
sent I'm this connection we make the fol-
! lowing extracts from report OF the
proceeding
Mr. Fryo-Thc whole delegation from
Maine, except Mr.. Murch have been under
arrest / move that hc Dee fined ten dollars
forhi~ stupidity nrcmaniughcr Laugh
ter.
The Speaker pro tcmporc-That motion
is not in order
The statements of senator Hill that
hc was a Inion man have called Ia mind
some resolutions which he introduced Is
= member Of the Confederate Senate Ina
lsG2. one was 10 declare that every OIL
Ger and soldier of the Union army found
ON the soil of the Confederate States after
January. SOB. should be- presumed 10 have
entered that territory for the purpose OF
! melting Instruction and abctting murder,
and upon conviction should suffer death:
and that this section should continue in
force until the proclamation of enamel
! patton was rc>cindcd. He also introduced
a resolution providing that every officer
| or nun-commiSSiOncd officer of COlorcd
| troops if captured, should suffer death,
and that all pretending tO give slaves
their freedom. under the Presidents proc
| lamation, or act of Congress, should il
captured, Sullcr death.
The Tribune is severe and not uniu,tly
- upon senator Thurman and his speech
| i'm the Senate, aud SAYS "thiS man. whose
feelings are such an Inconvenience when he
| imaeiuc> John !. Davenport arrc>tins Dem
ocratic rcpcatcr> and roguc>, has heard,
without 4 >ign Of emotion, of such occur
rcnccS a the Chisholm massacre; the bru
! tai murdcr of men and women for opinions
sake: the mcrclcS> shooting down OF ne
groeS and burning of their homes and all
the numbcrcSS Outragcs that have driven
these poor creatures by hundreds 10 take
refuge in flight from the land of the solid
Democracy. All these things he can see
and his blood never warns 50 rs to put
him 10 Inconvenience or hinder him from
speaking dryly. But Swetcring Demo
cratic repeater deprived Of the opportunity
10 cheat in an electiOn-that i the >pecta-
Gle that arouses his Indignation
Special dispatches from Washington
say that Congressman Murch is free i'm mis-
expression rs to the course the Greenback-
ers of this state will pursue. "lIe says
the GreenbackerS are perfectly united. Ev-
cry letter he receives is strongly opposed
TO any coalition with the Democracy. In
fact, the Democracy in Maine have no flu
ture Their only hope is to accept the sit
uation and ride behind He only knows of
one paper i'm the state assuming TO be
Greenback that lends the least cOuntenance
To fusion. Coalition means defeat and
they distrust every proposition looking TO
such a result. They Will adopt a clear-cut
Greenback platform, and invite the CO.
operation of every man opposed to the
present financial policy Of the Administra-
ton. They are stronger today than ever
before. The action Of the present session
of Congress has increased their forces
wonderfully. The efforts OF the Democracy
to raise fictitious issues in order TO divert
the popular mind has proved a boomerang
in Maine. All his letters are filled win
expressions of disgust fs those partisan
efforts to evade the living issues and man
ulacture false ones.