The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-01
PUNGENT POLITICAL POINTS.

DOES the Democratic party still be-
lieve in free trade? Does its represent
atiyes in Congressf- Washington Post
HAVING been so long in office, Secre-
tary Sherman begins to fear his party
will overlook the fact that he is an Ohio
man.-Mao ORLEANS Picayune.
New York politicians say that there
re even already more than e,01O loyal
Americans in that city working for
Conkling's machine under promise that
they will get Office if Grant be elected.
VrginiG City Chronicle.
Ex- MINISTER WAsHBURNE's hand
writing is said to be worse than Horace
Greeley's. This accounts for that Chi
cago papers publishing letter pur-
porting to come from him, declining
nomination as President. 1t was prob
ably an acceptance.
DON CoNKLING and Ros Cameron
blundered. They should have waited un-
til Gen. Grant came back from Mexico,
and then begun to make the people
spontaneous By starting the thing
in January they fixed themselves like
boy who takes too long run before he
Jumps. Chicago Tribune.
GRANT is a man of Unsuitable greed.
He takes everything he can get. The
earth hardly contains presents enough
to satisfy him. The power of the Presi-
dency, carrying with it that of Com
mander in-Chief of the Army and Navy,
is tremendous power to place in such
hands.-Ne,o York Sun.
"PUCK" of New York hasa very good
picture of Grant as an athlete holding
hor 70 rrhf fah dnH
/ Shepard and others of that kind, together
with heavy weights labeled "Nepotism,"
Ring frauds" etc. Under the picture
are the words: "We want strong
man, but not this sort"
JOHN SHERMAN will be astonished
when he learns that the Republican Of
fee holders in Georgia do not control a
single colored vote. Under similar cir
cumstances, Blaine would have a fit,
but John discovered that temporary
disease is not the ablest method of deal
ing with adversely. Atlanta Constitu-
Mr.. ScHURz's paper, the Wstahe
Post, declares that it will not accept
Grant under any circumstances. Mr..
Schurz must not, however, be con-
| founded with his paper. 1t is quite
possible that Mr.. Schurz might lecture
| for General Grant at $3.50 per night,
while his paper opposed him for fifteen
cents a week. In that way the firm
could lick the political platter pretty
| clean: -,
Mr.. SHERMAN's promise that he will
not use his official position to promote
his candidacy indicates one of two things:
Either he has used it as far as he thinks
he, proftably can, or he has some
peculiarly Objectionable plan of using it
in contemplation, and wants to distract
public attention. Mr.. Sherman has not
made such an immaculate record in his
enforcement of civil service reform as to
inspire any confidence in his honest ad-
herenee to, or Interpretation Of, such q
promise.
THE Grant boomsters are beginning to
admit that they were dilatory in calling
State Conventions. To be sure, they be.
gan to pack these gatherings in the win
ter, to fix up delegations for a midsum-
mer National Convention, but even that
was too late. for the boom was in rapid
decline. They should have put the hip
podrome on the road last summer, .trottec
it over the country at whirling pace
and packed their State Conventions in
its wake a year before the time for the
nomination. That would have obviated
the necessity of seconl or supplements
tour for the great show Washington
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