Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-12-09

Judge Graham has Withdrawn from the
candidacy for the Indiana Senatorship. which
strengthens the chances Of Judge Harrison
The greenback vote in the several States
in 1873 was $50 900. This year it u 3O4.ooo.
This shows that the issues which called out
this political organization are generally re-
garded - settled.
The people of Iowa adopted At the late
election by . majority of 1924 proposed
amendment to the Constitution of their State
making colored men eligible to the Legisia-
ture.
Gen. Garfield has . reputation for being
very nice around home. Recently while q
lot of correspondents we're waiting for him
to see them as they stood on the side of the
street opposite to his country residence he
came out and swept the snow OF the ssoop.
1t looks very much now as if the time-hon-
ored office of tail-holder for the democratic
Congress could safely be abolished. Unless
there is an unforeseen outbreak by the hot
heads, the office will be \ sinecure for this
session if it is retained.
Mr.. Fogg declined to keep Thanksgiving,
not recognizing d. F. Davis rs Governor, OF
R. B. Hayes as President, or Mrs. Jane P.
Thurston as Proprietor, ETC.. and the Chron-
icle kept at work all day Thursday.-Port-
land City Item.
General Garfield has an excellent command
over his tongue in both directions. When
anything is to be said upon any subject he
puts the right remarks in the right place i'm
mediately, and when silence is golden
there cometh not whisper.-Ail,caukee
Sentinel, (Rep).
The Boston Auditors annual report for
1879, go, contains among the items of ex-
penditures the following: "Entertaining Hon.
John Kelly. comptroller of New York city.
and party. H. D. Parker, sl50.4O." The
Tammany boss was entertained as ''dis-
tinguished stranger How do Boston tax
payers like to pay the hotel bills for such
"strangers?'
Now that election is over, the democrats
in Congress have decided to drop further in
vestigations of the republican administration.
This is practically confession that the thir-
ty odd investigations were inaugurated not
because there was anything wrong to ferret
out, but simply to create public impression
that something was wrong in order to win
votes.
The Bridgeport Comm Standard says
that an anonymous letter. post-marked in Sa-
lem and addressed to "Any Detective Agen-
cy in Bridgeport" was received there seven
days after the publication of the Morey let
ter, and in it the writer said: II know the
author of the Garfield Chinese letter resides
in Bridgeport. He gave himself away last
night in this city. am democrat, but do
not like to see fraud. Won may think that I
wish to make some money by informing you
about this, but do NOT
Judge Houston, the republican candidate
tor Congress in Delaware. has notified the
democrat declared to be elected that he will
contest his right to the seat, on the ground
that the assessment laws of the State were
devised to defeat the fifteenth amendment,
that one thousand legal voters were left of
the lists; that men voted on false tax receipts,
and that non-residents voted. The investi-
CATION will doubtless show how little of pop.
ular government there is in the little State
of Delaware.