The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-25
PUNGENT POLITICAL POINTS.

GENERAL SHERMAN wants it dis
tinctly understood that he is colonel
of all the brass bands.-Atlanta Consti-
Now that Congress has appointed
money to send specimen American fish
to Berlin, Congress should consider the
advisability of sending a'ong Don Ham
ilton Fish as a part of the exhibit
Neac York Star.
THE Burlington Hapkeye says the
shrewdest obsei yers of the political sky
do not hesitate to admit that Grants
nomination is foregone conclusion"
1t adds that that " in all human prob
abb ity he will be nominated on the first
ballot, and quite likely without op-
position"
GEORGE w. CURTIS, editor of Hr-
per's Weekly, expressed the opin on re.
Gently in an interview to the effect that
the movement to nominate Grant is due
to clique OF self-seeking politicians. If
Grant is nominated he holds that he
will be defeated and the Repub lean
party disorganized.
THE report that Mr.. Tilden is phys
ically unable to endure the anxieties of
Presidential campaign has been set
afoat again. That plan has been worked
to exhaustion. those whD are depend
ing on a paralytic stroke to get Tilden
out of the way will probably be disap-
pointed. Cincinnati Enquirer.
SENATOR KATE CHAsE-sPRAGUE-
CoNKLING sounded the key note of the
Radical campaign whsn he declared
that Grant was desirable as candidate
because he was man who would be in
augurated anyhow. To this complexion
will it come at last.-La Crosse DINO
crdt.
THIS thing of ascribing the invention
of the fifteen puzzle to so many different
| people may Just as well stop right-h here
John Sherman is the guilty man, and the
Republican party is determined that he
shall satisfactorily dissolve that dead
lock before he is nominated for the
Presidency. Under these circumstance
it will at once become apparent to al
that Sherman has no chance in the
Chicago Convention.
If, as we believe, Fitz John Porte,
has been cruelty wronged, he ought al
far and as quickly as possible to be
righted. If Congress thinks otherwise
it should have the courage of its opin
| lOUS anu LuCul OuCC. II
any case action should be summary
To relegate settlement until tn,
next session, as there is some talk O
doing, would be to perpetrate grievou
wrong. = Philadelphia North Ameriea,
(Rep.)
STANLEY MATTHEWS has made
Grant speech in Cincinnati. The Gran
men would do we'll to watch him witt
care lest they find him among the miss
ing one of these days. He was tempo
rary Chairman of the Greeley Conver
tion in 1872; declared the Grant rule t
be so permeated with corruption that ii
overthrow was necessity, and floppe
over to the support of Grant and liberia
attorney fees within fortnight. He
very able on the stump, but awful
unsteady in his course. - PhiladeLphi
Times.
The po' 'yscope is the name of a nev
apparatus for Illuminating the interio
of animal organis l.s, rendering bodie
transparent so as to make an examins
tion of every part possible. p rhaps
was by this means that the enthusiast
Blaine man discovered that Blaine has
charming and radiant force. Mr.. Blain
is one of those men whom it is nc
altOSeIner easy 10 see through anu any
thing calculated to make him tram
parent is welcome. Detroit Free Pres
THAT bloody shirt has been fin
thing for the protectionists. 1t hs
given them respite from the onset of th
tree trades for twenty years. The wa
and reconstruction have engrossed pul
lie attention for the most part of th
time since 1860, and since the restor
tion of the union and the pacifcation
the South the red rag has been faunte
in the faces of the people to divert the
from looking too inquisitively into tt
manifold denominations of the tariff A
, honor to the CORY garment. To Il
, populace it is an apt substitute for tt
circensian games that tickled the Roms
mob. Well may it be borne on high
the orifamme of victory.-PhiLadetph
Record.