Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-12-08

HOUGHC1Ns
John Kelly emphasizes the truth Of the
witty observation that he is . democrat for
revenue only.
The Brigadiers went into camp on Nation
al Ground for the last time Monday.
Congressman House of Tennessee, DEM
ocrat, comedies that the republicans stand
| GOOD chance of getting the Senators for that
State.
General Arthur is expected at Washington
within week or two to remain through the
winter.
B. Gratz Brown is a candidate for United
States Senator fiom Missouri. 1t will be re-
membered that he was also . candidate for
vice President ON the ticket with Horace
Greeley.
The business of hunting the rascal down
goes on with commendable precision. twill
be good many years before the democratic
party will attempt again to steal President
BY forgery and perjury.
Congressman Acklin of Louisiana, says
the democrats were defeated. by prosperous
country. and fear the part of the North
that in the election of Hancock the country
would again come under the domination of
the South.
There are democrats who declare they will
not believe that Eaglish gave S27, 900 to the
campaign fund until they see the vouchers,
Perhaps he took mortgage. Wouldn't that
be satisfactory proof?
1t would be interesting to know upon what
authority the New Orleans Democrat asserts,
as it does. that if there be man to-day who
holds in special contempt the foolish and
wicked conspiracy of the Garield-Morey
letter, that man is Gen. Hancock.
There is said to be talk in New York of
electing one of the Astors-John j., or his
nephew, William W.-.o the Senate. 1t is
likely to end in talk, though they have good
Senatorial blood, being descendants of Gen.
John Armstrong, once a Senator of New
York.
Impressive observation by the Chicago
Times: 1.-THE democracy should disband. Its
only use now seems to be to act as hoop to
the republican barrel. When it organizes
for a campaign it drives all the independent
and doubtful republicans back into the repub-
lican ranks"
Two of the field officers of the Eighth-regi-
ment of the Iowa National Guard are ex-Con-
federate soldiers. And recent letter from
that State says that there are many ex-Con-
federate soldiers there who vote as they wish
and have their votes honestly counted, and
none of them is Ostracised by reason of his
political faith or former residence.
Virginia democrats, who claim to know,
say that Senator Malone will not, under any
circumstances consent to enter the democrat
ic caucus, but will stand aloof and endeavOr
to force the democrats to come to him on
questions in which he feels interested, under
the penaly, if they refuse, of casting his vote
with the republicans, and thus enable them
to control that body.
Senator Edmunds expresses the opinion
that there will be no legislation of conse.
quence this session. He thought that the
democrats would endeavor to pass the Nor.
| gan joint resolution relative to the electoral
count if they were confident of their ability
to do so. He thinks. also, that the Georgis
electoral vote will be questioned in view OF
the fact that the electors obeyed the state in
stead of the federal laws.
The Columbus GA Enquirer is very out
spoken in regard to the petition of half the
Senators and Representatives of that State
to Gen. Garfield, asking him to appoint Alex
ander H. Stephens to place in his Cabinet
''For the legislative members of the fore
I most democratic State in the Union" it says
''to ask that lifelong democrat be appoint
ed by republican President to position ir
his councils partakes good deal of unblush.
ing impudence.'