Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22
POLITICAL PARAaRAPhs.


Rs- Black strips of paper, about the
width Of a newspaper column, with the
line Hancocks statesmanship" at the
top, are posted on the fences and sides
Of fbuildings in the upper part of New
York City. .f .T T...
R6y~ The Incidence, bigotry and ig-
norance of q great Nation are unfit to
control it. That Is an irresistible argu-
ment against putting the Government
in the hands of the Democratic party
Detroit Post and Tribune.
Ba7-In 1861, Wigfall, Democratic
United States Senator from Texas, de-
clared in the Senate chamber that "the
American flag was an old woman's rag,
and ought to be folded up and put away
in the attic" Two million and half
boys in blue christened it "Old Glory"
and baptized it in the blood of half
a million Of their number. II still
waves.
BGJ- The full name of the paper from
which Solon Chase has been ousted be-
cause of his refusal 20 support a Fusion
Electoral ticket composed of four soft
money men and three (alleged TO be)
hard money Democrats, is Chase's
Chronicle. No wonder he implored the
publishers, "for the sake of his other
children" (as he phrased it, TO change
its name.-M Y. Times.
Gdy- The Wilmington Republican says
that Delaware has never yet polled 23,-
600, though there are at least "a, 900
voters in the State. II predicts that
the vote this fall will reach $4,000, and
believes that, with an active, aggres-
sive campaign, there is no reason to de-
spair of Republican success. But to
secure this it must have full vote,
fair election, and an honest count.
Ba5@Judge Jere Black has written a
long letter, in which he attempts to
prove that he lied in the strong gindorse-
ments he gave Of General Garfield be-
fore the latter's nomination. Hem
bricks should write a similar letter.
Fortunately, General GarIields charac-
ter and position before the country do
not depend on Democratic indOrse-
could point to such Endorsements from
the highest Democratic sources. In
dianap0iis Journal.
Rs11lf the Southern war claims are
not to be paid; if it is right as well as
desirable that none Of them be allowed,
would it not be safer to keep the Gov
ernment in the hands of the party that
positively opposes their payment than
place it in the hands of one for whose
only safeguard against the pressure of
their payment will be the President9
1t is true that General Hancock pledges
himself to veto all bills providing for
or looking to their payment, but with
the Solid South against him and Con-
gress in its hands, it will not be diff
cult to pass bill referring the claims
TO the local courts for settlement
There are now three bills pending, and
among unfinished business proposing
such disposition of the claims. - CiRoi,5-
alutj Commercial.
1e5H The veteran Simon Cameron
used to know a thing or two about pol
itics, and probably hasn't forgotten it
all, though he has retired in favor of
his son, who continues the business ut
the old stand, but hasn't the veteran
parents capacity for it by very long
chalk. Simon has recently been inter
viewed, and says it is "all nonsense
to talk about any danger that Garfield
will lose PennsVlvania that Hancock
has not "the most remote chance OF
carrying the State" The opinion OF
such man has weight. Mr.. Cameron
senior Is not so far retired that he
doesn't know what is going on at home.
But if we were called upon to name the
Republican State most likely to give
people stunning surprise in Novem-
ber, we should hesitate good while be-
fore passing over Pennsylvania. Boston
Herald.
B65" While saying that General Han
cocks letter commits him against these
obnoxious claims, il is worthy of re-
mark that the tone of tho letter inui-
Gates how little he appreciates the i'm
portance of the matter. He talks about
a bugbear" As every politician
versed in the affairs Of the Nation
knows, 1t is no bugbear, but very Sc
rious, threatening peril, more potent in
influence and In money power than in
any other raid ever made upon the
treasury If the Generals letter shows
a right intention in this particular, it
also shows his very inadequate knowl-
ledge OF the public business. There are
many other matters OF great public CON
Germ about which the country has no
knowledge, and no means of knowledge,
Of General Hsnoock's opinions. The
isenornlitie5 Of the letter Of acceptance
Hre far from satisfactory. -BoSton Ad-
Certiscr. ..... ....a.