Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-07
Political Dots.

Eli Perkins is on the stump for Gar
field in Indiana. The managers ought
to hire Jim Anderson, the notorious
Louisiana liar, to assist him.
The Hancock Republican clubs in the
State of New York now have an enroll
ed membership of over 10000. It be-
gins to look as if the majority would he
too great to count.
There are French settlements both in
Indiana and Ohio. The Republican
Committee will not circulate Senator
Blaine's dispatch about the Madawas-
ka settlers among them.
The Cincinnati Commercial declares
that the Republicans will not submit
to Democratic administration. Then
they may prepare to move into Canada
after the fourth of next March.
The people who edit Mr.. Jay Gould's
New York Tribune ought to read over
some of the remarkable speeches made
in 1872 by Horace Greeley, the founder
of that once magnificent newspaper.
Congressman Ellis, of Louisiana, who
has been stumping in Virginia, gives
an estimate of the probable vote of that
State as regular Democrats, 100000;
Garfield, 10000; Repudiators, 10000.
The Cleveland Pluindealer remarks:
"Gartield is Is, 600 votes weaker in Ohio
than he was on the day of the Maine
election. The straddlers all jumped off
the fence and rushed into the Hancock
camp"
Upon the election of Hayes-or, to
state it scientifically correct, upon
Hayes becoming President" is the
careful way in which Bob Ingersoll al
luded the other day to the occurrences
of 1S76-77.
"Pick out ten men at random, and
seven of them will tell you in all cam
dor that they believe Landers will be
elected in October" says the Indiana
correspondent Of the Chicago Times.
And the seven are right.
i The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser says tl,st the Evening Post article
denouncing Senator Conkling's speech
has created sensation in New York,
and tile Post Is, OF course. accused Of
being Democratic paper.
Candidate Weaver pats Scion Chase,
the Maine bolter, on the back, and gets
a sharp rap from the Greenback leader
in Pennsylvania in consequence.
Weaver's efforts to assist the Republi-
can campaign are not altogether popd-
lar with his party.
Gen. Dan. Sickles is one of the latest
converts to Hancock. He is very pop
ular with the soldier elements and his
loss will be felt by the Republicans,
who have heretofore made much of him
as MANNED veteran, but who will now
vigorously abuse him, after their man.
ner.
One of the Maine clerks in the Treas
ury Department at Washington.failed
to go home and vote and now has to
bear the burden of his party defeat in
Pennington. The Fusionists carried
the town by one majority, thereby
gaining the local patronage and Rep
resentative.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is making
canvass of the voters of Indiana, and
finds the following changes, as far as
the canvass has progressed, since 1878,
| re-, ho1 nln
plurality: Democratic increase 2,O97;
Republican increase, l, $50; Green back
increase, 1904.
Complete census figures give Tennes-
see population of l .554 900, an increase
PSI ,63S over the census of 1870. Before
the stalwarts raise the cry of fraud they
| would do we'll to note the fact that the
largest gains are in those districts of
the State for which Republican super
visors were appointed.
The returns are all in and it is found
that Fishback amendment has been de-
feated in Arkansas by 1000 majority.
This is more sad news for the Republi-
can organs, which have been hoping
that full returns would give the amend
ment majority and themselves addi-
tional ammunition for the campaign.
Don Cameron admits that the Repub-
leans hope of success in this campaign
hangs on slender thread. If the busi-
ness classes can be made to believe that
the.country..willg go to smash in the event
Of Garfield's defeat, the Chicago party
will stand fair chance of success, but
if the soaring" programme should fail.
a change will be inevitable.
None of the Republican fraud Shrek
ers have attempted an explanation of
the fact that while the Philadelphia
registration lists contain 210, ,346 names
the new census of the city shows that
there a ra only 16Q 500 uualifipd VOTERS