, 1880-05-06
POLITICAL POINTS.

a slight discharge of Senator Logan's au-
ctont malice towArd Ellhu 3. Washburne oozea
through tho telegrane. Tie insiauation is
mado. TINT Washburno is not truly Grants
-CiHctnnatl Commercial.
Representative Garfield complains that
some of tho newspapers hnro ntsropresented
him a. tho chief obstacle In tho way Of repeal
OF tho duty on printing paper and paper-mak-
Ing materials. There is a worry obvious aud easy
way for him to set himself right Il he has been
wrongcd. Lot him, rs member Of tho Com
mittee Of Why's and Means, or in bis plIce In the
House Of Representatives, uso ull bis influence
to bring forward repeAl bill and to push 1t to
an early adoption. btr. Gnrtlcld speaks bitterly
Of tho why In which an Injurious public opinion
Hero u au eifeutivo way TO cosrect ,publfa oflr-
favor OF rupoal md a million newspaper pRr1l-
grnphs will 'be power!ess to prove tho contrary.
"-Aeio York Ecc3Iin1 Post.
II Gen. Grant's Views on tho subject Of tho
third term aro correctly reported by his son
Fred, they cvinco an egotism which Is simply
sublime. That young gentleman says TINT bis
father thinks that timo may como In tho his
tory Of th!s country when 1t may bo Of vital
importance to the peoplo to h0yo Prcaillcnt
nominated for third torn, and when the prccc.
dents .set BY Washington and Jefferson would
stand as barrier In the way: hence. out Of re-
gard for tho common welfare, ho tGen. GranD
considers 1t his duty to remove this possible OBJ
structlon 10 tho safc.y OF the Republic. This Is
a charmins display Of dIsintcrcsted zeal,
but what 1t the electors OF the country
should reply; "Thank you for nothing"
Tho man who feels that he has a
great public mission to perform should
tirst aim to convfnce pooplo Of tho uecesslty OF
his work. There Ia ovory reason to suppose
TINT NO Gnu aycrrIda tho r,,lo laid down by
Washington 100 years henco. II cloar neceaat1y
existed for doing 10, Just rs well a. wc can this
yeur. Certainly. tho danger OF continuing to
obsorve 1t is not 50 imminent that tho people
arc compelled to call out for soMe QUO to savo
hem from themselves. Thegu are many things
:han she necessity Of demonstrating that ths
anti-th! !rd.t term nation ts an erEun0oua one oven
sapposlnY that no.hlng oats io sa!d !n fayor Of
tial service. IL + worry ktad Of tho ex.rrcsdent
to thus iildlcate ts willingness to sacrtce hi1n-
IL remember tiut uaruoat and self. .for9ottu ro.
formers hayo bcf0ro this bcen made martyrs by
blind and pcEyesso generation OF olttzens.-
Mr.. ". II. Jones, of CIncinnatl, writes tho
Commercial af that a!ty I'd follows: "In ono of
your leading articles In to.day's issue you ex-
prcsa Wish TO obtain information 40 to how
many Ohio Republicans will not vote tor Grant
In case he should DO the Chicago nominee, /
was one Of the Judges At tho primary election
held In Precinct 4. Third Ward, Of this c!tr, tho
wctk before Inst, and IN that capacity had tol.
erab!y far opportunity 70 ascertain how Grant
Btood as candidate in that locality. The fol-
lowing IL tho result OF my observation: A largo
number Of wcil'knnwn. respectable business
men, many Of whom had not boon seen 1t a
primary election for years, fe!t suIt1o,ent inter.
IositeI III tho builot~box. Fully. nino-
tensns Of taoso Wn9 o,ht hs ~ -