The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-07-17
Political Nnta..

Gen. d. +, Da,er is to take the stump for
the tasionlsts IN Maine before the, September
| election.
Senator Bayard proposes to visit Ohio and
Indiana, as well as Pennsylvania and Ner
ork, TO do campaign work.
Elk Senator Poole, Of North Carolina, hith.
erto the main standby Of the Republican
party in that State has declared for Hancock.
Col. Peter Mccullough, an influential vii.
mingiou, Del. merchant, who always has been
3 republican,. has decided 10 support bis old
commander, Hancock,
IheSpringhe.d RspabticlA prints the state.
ment that Edward Butler, who was a repubn.
can and editor OF the New Haven Palladium,
has declared for Hancock
Judge Black has telegnpbed to New York
by cable denying that he had nything TO do
with the authorship of General Hancock :
Louisiana letter or orders.
The Messenger, a democratic paper pu b.
iished in Fremont, Ohio, denies the report
that II had gone over to Garfield The editor
says his paper is more democratic than ever.
For ways that are dark and tricks that are
VAIN, Garfield is peculiar. Witness the sala.
~ grab; witness that ''loann OF S32a from
oakes Ames, and that foe Of $4,000 from
De Golyer.
large Democratic ratification meeting
was held in Music Hail. Cincinnati. on Sat.
urday evening. Hon.W S. Groesbeck, Sen.
ator Pendleton and General Samuel +.
Carey were among the speakers.
ten. Patrick H. Jones, leading Rerubli.
can and former postmaster Of New York city.
has declared his intention to support Gen.
Hancock. 1t will now be in order for the
organs to bespatter him with abuse.
When the old coon in the tree understood
farVs &gr.V ~ a 4
rifle IN hand, he is reportedt TO have remarked:
"All right, Captain Scott! Don't ere. I'M
come down. Similarly, the Republican coon
will come down to the man whose middle
name is Scott.
Ten. Alpheus Baker, of Louisville, a South.
ern man, Proposesthat the soldiers who fought
on opposite sides in the late war, and the
ir'ends.ot representative government ia the
United States, assemble on the field of Get.
tysburg and there ratify the nomination Of
Hancock and English.
The letter ''N'f has heretofore been a lueky
one IN the names Of Presidential candidates.
We lind i exemplihed in Washington, JeiTer-
son, Madison, jackson, Van Buren,, Harri.
sou, Buchanan, Lincoln, Grant and 1iden.
Now we have Hancock TO be the next Presi.
dent aS sure us there is an I'M in his illus
trious name.
The candidates for the Presidency now be.
lore the country are as follows :-Repubicaa,
James A. Garfield, OF Ohio, for PRESIDENT
Chester A. Arthur, of New York, for Vice
President. Democrat, Winfield S. Hancock, |
OF Pennsylvania, for President; William II.
English, OF Indiana, Tor Wee President.
Greenback, James A. Weaver, of Iowa, for /
Presidents +. j. Chambers, of Texas. for Vice |
President. Prohibition, Neal Dow, Of Maine, |
for President; A. NJ. Thompson. OF Ohio, for |
Vice President.
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock is the son Of 1
benjamin II. Hancock, aud grandson Of John /
Hancock, President Of the Continental Con.
gress and sigher Of the Declaration Of Indie. |
pendence. Gen. Haneoek's father was a
lawyer, at Norristown, Pa, a member of the
Baptist Church, and Superintendent Of the
Sunday School. Gen. HAncoek's wife is au
Episcopalian, aud is the organist at the Church
on Governors Island, New York harbor,
where the General has his head quarters.
lie Is iiity-six years of age, six feet two inches
high and weighs 2I0 pounds.
We fail TO see any necessity for General
Hancock's resignation of his commission in
The army. Neither General Scott nor Gen
eral Grant resigned ON becoming Presiden.
Iial candidates. Nor has Mr.. Garfield vet
resigned either of his Congressional Offices.
Hancock himself to decide, aud whatever may
be his decision his party will accept it as the
wisest under the circumstances. He will be
obliged to resign before March next, and it
S therefore merely matter of remaining q
lew months longer in the army. His resig.
lation at the present time will compel Garfield
% resign both his seat in the house and the
which be would otherwise occupy
liler March next.
David Dadley Field testihes :-.''Some
iears ago | had the good fortune to act as
for Gen. Dyer on court OF inquiry
ormed Of Gems. Thomas, Hancock and Ter.
y. From my observation Of Gen. Hancock
on that occasion, know he has judicial quail.
ties OF a high order And Senator Thur.
nan declares as follows Hancock has
been in the army all his life, and therefore
fou might not at once suspect what is literally
he truth, that Hancock is not only soldier,
put he is a constitutional lawyer and q good
american statesman We rather think Mr.
Field knows Judicial qualities when he sees
hem; aud Mr. Thurman is as reliable an ex.
,ert upon craftsmanship as we have. What
Ten. Hancock's critics really mean when
hey say he is not a statesman, is, that he is ,
lot politician, there is quite difference.
For several years past the greenbaekers
md the Democrats have run separate State
lekets in Maine, but this year an agreement
las been made between them, which includes
everything, and the ticket agreed upon will !
eceive the combined vote of the two parties.
The combined vote Of the two has since 1877 )
Exceeded the republican vote very considera.
by, aud there seems no doubt that such will
De the case next fall. In this event the re. {
will be left out in the cold on the
Governor, the electoral ticket and the United {
States Senator.
General Garfield is compelled to play the 4,
lypocrte upon the Chinese question He is
~ record on this issue. lhe Republican
,arty Is also on record upon this question by :
he most solemnly formal acts. Gar6eld's ! !
words IN this letter cannot balance his votes
n Congress. The words in this letter on tkis :
ubject mean next to nothing; but if they !
meant tentold more they would be unayailing. !
His party would not permit him to antago.
lize its record on this question. Il is the :
ame party that caused President HAYES To !
'eto bill providing for restriction of Chinese
Importation, and Garfield is the same Garfield
hat la0ored and.y0ted to sustain that veto.-
ytAciDtaH Enquirer.
The letter in which Mr.. Garfield accepts
he nomination made at Chicago is prinledin .
nll on another page. We think il will be n :
nrprise TO the people. There has existed :
or number Of years a general impression !
hat the Ohio Congressman was able and !
brilliant. His friends have, since his nomi.
latiou, laid particular stress upon his claims y
0 respect as talented and capable states. !
nan. SO far as our observation goes, it has
zen the disposition Of the Democratic press
o concede these claims. We confess to hav. =
ne shared the notion that Mr.. Garfield was .
widowed with more than the usual amount of =
rains. This charitable dcasion is rudely I
Iispelled by his letter of acceptance. We do
lot think Mr.. Garheld's best friends will be
'rond Of the letter, either from party point {
i NEW or as contribution to our POLITICAL lit. Q
nature. The composition is throughout the $
ssenee ofcommonplace. There is not a SEN s
enee in 1t which has not been public proper.
y for twenty years. There is not an idea in
upon which the changes have not been rung I
yer since the war.-Uticd Obserrcr. 5
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