National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-22


The Grecnbac,scrs boosted their inten-
ton to reform things generally. The pend
ing situation in Maine shows how well they
have kept their promises
EDIsoN's electric light has undoubtedly
been hidden under bushel. But that re-
ceptacle would not contain half the money
his immediate friends have made by bulling
and bearing gas stocks.
MAJoR-G ENERAL CHAMBERLAIN having
abdicated the command of the forces up
in Maine, Corporal DAVIS has stepped into
his Shoes And the corporals guard seems
to be all that is requisite to keep the peace.
THERE is an EyARTs boom out in Ken
dali county, III. 1t is directed 10 the evolu-
ton of one JEREMIAH EvARTs, cousin Of
the Secretary of State, rs the next Repub-
lican candidate for Congress from that dis
trict.
GARCELoNIsM has faded out or fused
out up in Maine, aud the only thing left to
remind the people of its feeting existence
is the disagreeable stencil which always
cnsues from such nasty explosions of Bour-
bon venom.
Mr.. CHARLES O'CoNoRs proposition to
abolish our present system of separate
state governments does not appear to be
so very startling after all, in view of the
current report that he is himself about to
enter the state of matrimony.
A CANVASS Of the Republicans of the
New York State legislature in regard to the
next Presidency shows the following result ::
GRANT, 46 GRANT or BLAINE, 8 ; BLATYE, 5;
BLAINEor SHERMAN, l SHERMAN, 3 CoNK-
LING, 4; GARFIELD, 1; WAsHBURNE, l {;
non-committal, %,
MR.. TUDEN is rampant ant-Third
Termer, of course but having failed to
enjoy the honOrs, power and dignity of his
own first term, as he would describe it, is
decidedly in favor of a second term fol
himself Now, to use his own argument,
if second term is permissible, why not &
third and fourth, &c, &C.?
THE HanCockites have proven one thing
IN behalf of their candidate, and that is that
some one high In authority here in Washing
ton was drunk about the time Mrs. SURRAT1
was executed. They have not proven, how
ever that her execution would have been
prevented if all hands had been SOBER MOI
that General HANCOCK himselfwas so little
of soldier as to dillY-dally or bubble about
obeying orders,
GRANT and BAYARD is the startling
ticket announced by some of the goot
people of Mount Pleasant, Newberry county
S. c., as the one they intend to support
The Solid Union Club of that town, com
posed mainly of -Coniedorates, is respon
sible for the combination, fact whicl
shows that, after all that has been said anC
done down South Of late years, there are
few Democratic citizens of the Palmett
State who are willing, even if they go abou
it in an awkward way, TO make an effort t,
throw off the yoke of Bourbon bondage
THE Truth, the new penny paper il
New York, has recently republshed in it
columns the fattering opinions of Genera
GRANT written by CHARLES A. DANA be
fore the latter's application to the forme
to be Collector of the Port of New Yorl
had been rejected The columns of tn
Truth are a fitting place for these reproduC
tions, for DANA when he wrote the opinion
in question had not been soured by disaI
pointment, and was, strange as it ma
seem capable then of piling up the eternu
verities in his comments upon public mel
THAT promised letter from Goyerno
SEYMOUR is now understood to have bee
positive refusal to accept the Democrat
nomination. 1t will be printed in du
course of time, and will be as sincere in il
refusal as the writer was when in 1876
be said to the New York Convention
Your candidate cannot bew OF course
to print it now without an explanation
would be TO squelch the SEYMOUR boon
for ordinary people would accept it as a
emphatic truth. The managers of tn
boom have, therefore, wisely decided to hol
ii back until lis utterance can have II
weight with the masses of the party.
The tenor of the testimony taken b
the Star Route Investigating CommittC
on Tuesday tended strongly to confirm I'll
opinion heretofore expressed by THE NJ
TIOYAL REPUBLICAN, that this who
trouble is based upon dissatisfaction existiu
among and complaints made by failing col
tractors, who are being urged on by othC
persons, doubtless actuated by still wor'
motives. The committee will find little
interest themselves or the country in pul
suing this branch Of the inquiry. This so
of dissatisfaction always exists, and it
hard to convince these disappointed mt
that their private woes do not interest I'll
public. The investigation was adiourne
10 Friday morning at 1890
THREE things are essential TO the pcac
prosperity and development Of the Unit,
States.
First-Strict integrity in fulfilling all OF
obligations.
Second-PrOtectiO TO the person an