Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-10-29
CHICAGO. Oct. %. 1850.

81 IAhOE ANS W ILL
GAIN CoxGREssMES
CHICAGO, Oct. 20, 1880.
Your correspondent has just returned from
a somewhat extended political tour through
this State, as the representative of the Chi
cago papers and of the Western division of
the National republican committee. He has
accompanied Gen. Logan 70 be present at the
republican meetings where he spoke. These
meetings have been in the central portions of
the State, and mostly in democratic districts.
The republican State central committee have
endeavored to send their speakers where they
will do the most good in the State, and Gen.
Logan has placed himself in their hands. He
speaker, and there has been a great demand
for his services, not only in this State but in
all of the northern States. He, as you know,
stumped Maine, whose people he says he liked
and could talk to just as he could to his own
folks here. He also stumped Indiana, and
has everywhere been received with enthus-
| iasm, and has done as much as almost any
man to rouse the republicans and fire them
with determination to win. As you know
his manner OF speaking is not classical but it
is exceedingly earnest and pointed. He has
spoken during the last three weeks in Illinois
alone and during the last week the meetings
have been | know from personal observa-
ton of immense size and great enthusiasm.
IL, tha 3 al.
republicans, and the popularity of the
speaker. Everywhere we have been, the
people seem full of enthusiasm and courage,
and say that the meetings are the largest that
have been known in this location for at least
twenty years. Though the democrats try to
keep stiff upper lip, it is terribly hard work.
and about all the way they can solace them
selves for their downfall in Ohio and Indiana,
Is by abusing Gen Garfield and writing 329
all over the buildings, sidewalks and posts.
| Everywhere we have been we have seen those
| figures, but they afford the democrats very
little comfort after all, and are rather enjoyed
by their opponents who turn them into all
sorts of jokes doctor in Dwight in this
State, sells a pretended cure for drunk
enness, called the Gold Cure, and he has
taken these numbers 329. and the letters X.
G. c., (Keeley's Gold Cure,) and scattered
them around to attract attention. He claims
he took these numbers before the democrats
commenced writing them, and Gen. Logan
says that it is all for the benefit of DIR. Kelley
and his democratic friends whom he claims
to cure cure of an old disease of theirs
drunkenness. There is no doubt about how
Illinois will go next week, she will give an
old time republican majority and gain several
members of Congress, in all probability at
least two. Logan makes a special point of
ridiculing Judge Trumbull, the democratic
nominee for governor, who says that he has
net changed but the democrats have changed
that he has not Joined the democrats but
they have Joined him.
| Trumbull is training in strange company,
with the very men whom he bitterly denounced
when in the Senate, and against whom
he was instrumental in passing such laws as
the Civil Rights Bill. 1t must make the old
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his past history brought up as it constantly
is against him. He don't stand ghost of a
show of election. Though Governor Cullom
is not over-popular he Will go in with big
majority on principle.
The democrats have nominated another
lame duck-Farnsworth, against Col. Davis,
for Congress, in this city. Farnsworth is a
great demagogue and represented one of the
country districts for several years in Con-
gress, and although an old abolitionist like
Julian of Indiana, he deserted to the enemy
when he was not re-nominated. He won't
be elected, as the district is strongly repub-
lican as shown by recent elections, although
it did send our spread-eagle Major Carter
Harrison to Congress four years ago.
There was a very strong opposition to
Charley Farwell Gas he is familiarity called
here) who has been again nominated on the
north side for Congress, but that opposition
has weakened and he has every prospect of
succeeding. He was the leader of the Blaine
forces here, and is strong man and one of
| the members of the big dry goods house of
j. V. Farwell & Co. Years ago when Il Young
man he was rather wild and fond Of horses
Sc. and the democrats ami eveu the Repab-
licans opposed to him, have not nesitated To
call him harsh names, such as gambler and
| blackleg. but he has not played a game of
chance for years, and when he represented his
district in Congress a few years ago he was
one of the most popular aud useful members
of the House. His brother. John V, is the
leading spirit in the Young Mems Christian