The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-09-02

titled that the Convention may fully
represent the party interests in the
county.
H. NJ. POWERS, Chairman.
August 25th, 1880.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald tells this re-
markable story: "The leading Re-
publican papers which advocated the
nomination Of General Grant at Chi
cago complain that they are dis
criminated against by the Republican
Congressional Committee in the issue
OF campaign documents, while the pa
pers which opposed the nomination of
General Grant are furnished with
campaign thunder in advance of their
contemporaries by the Committee. The
result is quarrel about the admins
tration of affairs here in Washington.
with the anti-Grant element still
ahead and an undisguised contempt
for the journals that lent themselves
to the Grant movement.
-Pittsburg Leader: "The efforts of
some of Mr. Hopkins friends to have
sullivan, the Greenbaclier, pull out of
the Congressional race in this district
IN order that the Democratic nominee
can have square tussle with "the
Boss' are not likely to be crowned
with success. While Mr.. Sullivan is
generally regarded as a pretty good
man and is very popular with the
workmen, there does not seem to be
any possible chance for his success.
He certainly cannot make n stronger
hight than Kirk did two years ago,
when there was not a Presidential
contest to draw the party lines, and
when Mr.. Kirk spent over $4,000 of
MS own money without avail"
Washington, August %. - The
Congressional Campaign Committee
Tomorrow will issue new campaign
document, making the forty-third on
their regular list. 1t is entitled Home
Rule in the Solid South. 1t treats of
reputation, election swindles, ballot
box stufling and suppression of votes.
There is also chapter on education
In The South, or rather the want of
it, The number of documents which
the Committee is scattering over the
country is simply immense. More
than dozen men are employed in
folding the documents alone. In no
previous campaign has there been
such a scattering of documents broad
cast treating of such variety of top-
les as are issued from the headuuarters !
this year.
Chicago Inter- Ocean,: 1.-THE Con-
1ederates have on file at Washington |
claims upon the United States Treas
ury amounting to 81, ,523, 600. 600. Oh!
no; they won't attempt to pay the
rebel debt, if they get the power
They are higli-toned statesmen. But
you Democrats of the North are offer
ing large inducements. These men of
the South believe they are right; they
have not changed their belief. They
say they have to help pay the North
ern debt; why should not that of the
South be paid as well? If Il man who
fought the nation for four years is Just
as good as the soldier who defended it: .
nay, if he is so much better that the .
Government must be turned over to
him for safe keeping, then will follow.
as a necessary result, the paying of all
debts contracted in such service"
Senator COnkling has written as
follows to Ex-Governor Smith of Yer
mont, i'm response to the letter asking
him to take part in the campaign in
that State "It would give me much
pleasure to meet the Republicans of
your state and to be your guest, though
| cannot strain Imagination and cred
uality to suppose that anything l could
say would produce any effect on your
canvass. | am, however, for some
time to come, beset with several mat
ters of business not only urgent but
deferred until they must receive at
tention before | can enter the CAM
paign at all. One of them, in which
n number of persons are concerned,
has been set down for action during
the very days you indicated | do not
see how IL would be Warrantable or
possible to break away. All this de-
tail is inflicted TO guard against your
supposing that lightlyOrindiilerently