Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-08-12

so steadily havo the Republican mnjoritics
in that State been diminishing sinoo Abra-
ham Liucoin's second election, md so in,
adequate was the usually powerful Influence
Of State pride to roll up all old fashioned
Republican majority for Mr. Hayes, that
thcro is n possiOili,yof Ohio's pronouncing
for Gcn. Hancock. 10 review Of tho
outlook i'll the State, the Cincinnpti Enqui-
Te| says that Hayes was a stronger candi-
date for Ohio than is Garfield, who, lie adds,
is only personally known to Que Congress,
sional District, whcro lo has reduced the
Republican majority nboutS, 600 votes; and,
again, Garfield was not nominated without
making enemies in his own party 10 Ohio.
Boston UcrolN.
Col. John w Fornoy, in tho last num-
ter of his P|oWcss, says: "Thcrc arc three
classes of men that arc daily joining tho
Hancock column, North and South cxclu-
sivc OF the Union veterans. These arc the
Republicans of tho Charles Sumner school,
the Republicans aud Democrats of the
Douglass school who voted for Abraham
Lincoln, and the Republicans who have
grown :irca of the rings Of the North nnd
tho carpet baggcrS Of tho South. receive
lcttcra every day from men of orc or tho
otlcr of these classes. On Saturday, July
u, $780, received several. One is from
Dauicl Il. Gooloc, o Republican of tho old
school, Southern Aboitonist for thirty
years, personal friend OF Abraham lin
coin, and one Of the ab'cst Ecpublicnn wri.
tcrs during ,,e war. lie was un Emanci-
patton Commissioner under Lincoln, and
has held many Offices &C trust and honor.
-
The Philadelphia MoriA .amcrEcau, Re-
publican, says cditorially: "Ropub!icans
arc very foolish who try to make capital for
their party by asSa'ins tho character of
Gen Hancock They 90 moro harm than
good all tho timo. They arc friends of
Tic bird from, whom intelligent Republicans
will pray to be saved A good many fool
ISL things have been e,id about Cen. Ian.
cocks letter to Gen. Sherman in the winter
of 1876. Nov that tic full text Of that
letter has been published, exactly how
foolish those things wcro is maio apparent.
Jealous bnt inlis ,rcct adhcrcnts of Garfield
aud Arthur connot be impressed too strongly
with the fact that Gen. lancock's record
is simply unassailablo. They wasto powder
and shot when they train thoir batteries
against it. Attack should 30 directed
oaa!ust Tie weak paints of an cncmy's do
t>H@oa, no. against lhoso which arc iuyul.
ucrab!c."
JAY G"ula'swinniugs during tho last year
are v"'iousfy estimated, but on any reckoning
his capital HIS been rolling up liko snow
VAL. year ago he sold 100 900 shares of
ne Lopvht a contrnliny iutrrsst ), M ~"
Kopsas paci(c ,,l;ch wos ,t1a r,r "a a,on, e"o
S6oo,G0o, and ip the next six months tho
a'oci; rose to W, netting $l,OO0,OO0. Wa
bash wos at Is when Gould bought, como
say, t'' thirds OF tho stock, and it rose
ihtor to GS3. His profits on tho consolida-
ton Of the st. Louis Northern (Which n,
NJ, 90 I aux "'" y, esu e%n !" oan a. nna wa
,.',,'.;,' ~" cS cEo GNO Ah "''' ~
tmI, -, , """D' a., s'11;pWW nnG nno ict "ocNs'
= .a,, ,., "NN :. ''V'0'00o' = ~ "cfs
80 00''
Ir Diana clcotcd - Democratic soorotor,,
OF State in 1870; a Dcnocy,,io Govornor
IN 1917; Democratic State officers in 1874;
q n democratic Governor anc State officers III
1912 ana gave ita fifteen electoral
votes TO ihc Demoerntie candidates; und
20 1919 elected tho Democratic State
nohcs. !hhts tho KIND OF Republican
1'aic lnoiana 10.
Kansas will probably be the bonncr State
in gaining mem. bcrs of Congress under thc
ncw appor;iprmcnt. Her population il
olu!c,t one million, and she will get seven
representatives in place Of tho 5hrco that
Sno mas now Ffopabiy all OF them will be
Republicans.
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