The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-10-27
Political Paragraphs.

future OF THIS NdtlOh lol many leatss
For the benefit Of the followers Of
Weaver, we will state that the Green
back vote in Indiana is between 1000
and 5000, as compared with 39,44S
two years ago.
Republicans in every State should
make a final searching inspection of
their electoral tickets. There must
be no ineligible candidates in those
lists on the morning of the 2d of No
vember.
President Hayes pledged himself
not to run again, and kept his pledge.
"a tariff for Revenue only."-Dem-
ocrdtic Platform.
"a Tariff that will discriminate in
favor of American Labor."-RepubG-
can.
The Cincinnati Commercial says
Ifthey (the Democrats) wade into
the Greenback middle with their trow-
sers turned up, to carry Indiana, they
cannot swim ashore and save New
York.
Gen. Garfield pronounces a letter
which appeared in a New York NOR.
ming paper, and is attributed to him
on the Chinese question, n forgery.
Henry Watterson, the leading Dem
ocratic editor of the South says OF
Garfield lie would not do a dishonest
act for his own sake or for its own
sake.
The Oregon Legislature has passed
a constitutional amendment in favor
of woman suffrage.
The Democratic party cannot efface
that little but all-important word son
~" from the Cincinnati platform. II
is a greater load than the party has
assumed or could have assumed ace
it deliberately took up the solid South,
Philadelphia Press.
Those idealistic gentleman, Henry
Watterson of Kentucky and Joseph
Pulitzer of Missouri, through whose
influence it is said that glittering gen.
elality, "a tariffforrevenu comfy, was
inserted in the third plank of the Gin
%cinnati platform, may thank them
selves for having contributed quite
largely to the defeat of their party at a
most critical period.-Bal.imore Sun.
Watterson retreats for consolation
behind the general Democratic refiec-
ton that Landers was the weakest
man the Indiana Democrats could have
put up. He thinks Hancock 10000
votes stronger in the state. -Spring-
field Republican.
Henry Watterson, editor of the
Courier Journal says "The operation
of causes, which it would be neither
polite nor proper for Democrats at
this time to discuss, lost us Indiana"
What does the Democratic candi-
date for elector in the first congress-
ional district of Vermont mean when
be says: "We are going to seat Gen.
Hancock in the White House on the
fourth of March next, honorably if we
can, dishonorably if we must. We
shall count out Maine and other States
enough to do?"-Montpelier Journal.
The talk of winning Indiana for
Hancock in November reminds us of
Mrs. Malaprop's attempt to keep back
the waves ofthe ocean with her broom.
The history of American politics af-
fords no instance of an October state
reversing her verdict within the month
Utica Herald.
The New York World of May 80,
1872 says SIN the midst of the organ
lied carnival of corruption which has
been going on now so many weary
months and years at Washington, it is
really satisfactory to catch glimpses
NOW and then of honesty for homes.
ty's sake, and without consideration
of party. Gen. Garfield of Ohio is 6
Republican of Republicans, but it i:
his simple due, which we gladly pay
him, to admit that he has done NOR,
than any other single member of hi
party, during the late session of Con
gress, to show that it is not impossi
bic for 4 man to act with a congress
ional majority, and yet to keep hi
s~elf-respect and the respect of homes
men,"
He referred to the national bank
and the charge by the Democracy tina
they paid no taxes to the government
He then went on to show conclusivel
that the charge was a false one-tha
the national banks did pay government
taxes aside from the state, county ant
municipal taxes-that the nationa
system of banking was not a proitahl
one, and that national banks were no
now being established, but that ten O
them had gone out of existence With
the past year. He referred to tn
two st. Adams banks, and gave fig
ures to show that they were payin,
thousands of dollars yearly to tn
government for taxes, and that th
government had S100, 900 in bond
carried by them at n and sixteenth
per cent. The audience paid close at
t~ention to what the speaker said il
this connection, for it is a subject O
which the Democrats have had a goo,
deal to say, and the explanation give
last evening knocked the wind out G
their accusations Speech 0
e. n. Sowle.
KEEPING MEALS WAITING.-Littl
things often interfere with our comfol
f very much, and n small annoyanc
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