National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-08-28

Talking the other day at White Sulphur
Springs with a correspondent of the Indian
apolis Journal, he said Hancock is saugulnc.
To my establishment he feels perfectly certain
Of his election. stayed all night with him on
Governors island week or so ago and OK.
pressed my surprise his composure. To toll
thetruth, l feel quite bluejust at thisjuncture.
Maine and Ohio leave us little chance with
thom, and confess Indiana is at least shaly.
Mr.. English is model business man, but my
friends assure me he is without personal mag
netism and by no means popular among the
mass of tho people of his state. Speaking for
myself alone, wish we had somebody else on
the ticket. If we lose Indiana 1t will be blue
for Hancock" Mr.. Doughorty appears to be
entirely accurate In this conclusion.
THE malicious democratic statement to the
effect that General Garfield was at one time
threatened with defeat In his own congress
sional district is completely refuted by the
official figures. A reference TO those figures
proves that in 1874 despite the disaGection in
his own party and the bitter and unjust war
fare which was waged against him, he ran in
his district only $500 votes behind the most
popular candidate on tho republican state
ticket His majority was 10l votes greater
than the whole number Of votes cast for DR..
Woods, the very popular democrat, who was
his competitor In 1876 General J. S. Case
mcnt, q brave union soldier and popular re-
publican, was named as General Garileld's sue.
ccssor. He was supported by the disaflccted
republicans, by the democrats and grccnb ack-
ers yet Garfield defeated him by a majority of
5GG0, gain Of 2, i2t over his vote in 1874, and
S23 moro than lie received in 1872. In 1873
despite tho democratic gerrymauder of the
Ohio districts, and notwithstanding tho fact
that he was opposed by three popular candi
dates, his majority over his leading competitor
was 9,G13, and 6,3G7 over all. In view of these
figures, it would DO quite as we'll for demo-
cratic papers to stop lying about General Gar.
iield'sstrength in his own district.
FoRS EY's Life of Hancock is the best picco
Of humorous writing put out by an American
since "rho Innocents Abroad" The preface
is simply delicious, so full is It of Fornoy's
egotism and SO free from any connection with
the subject. Forney has to toll of a dinner he
aud Edwin Forrest had with Bishop Wood, at
which Forrest made himself agreeable by re.
citing "rhe Idiot Boy" Tho poem is given
/ Nv leubIut uuu IuO CINCINNATI JOLHReFC3dJ re-
marks on II: 1--WE are specially puzzled to
make out tho application of tho poem which is
given at length. Why this urgency about the
idiot2 Why this tedious tale of Edwin For.
rest? 1t wasn't, if we remember accurately,
Forrest who won the battle of Gettysburg"
He was seedy.looking individual, with long,
unkempt hair, partially hid only by hat of
many years service, diapidated coat ragged
trousers and barofooted. Tho only sign of
plenty appertaining to him was in his cheeks,
which were we'll distended with Virginias
favorlto weed, which lie rolled about with
uncommon and disagreeable JUNCTION. He
said "tho war was darned failure" "the
fighting was all done by us democrats" and
'blarsted fools we were TO so and lick our
own friends" with much more of tho same
sort. But" said /, "if the war was such q
darned failure, viewed from your standpoint,
the rebels licked you instead of your licking
them, didn't they?" The crowd laughed, and
the fellow suddenly discovered that he had
urgent business around the nearest corner; SO
the controversy ended at that point.