Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-26
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

B6g- This great and free Nation is suf-
fering from entirely too much Springer.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Bdy- Some Democrats in Maine are
making an effort 10 raise q subscription
in aid Of e. +. Pillsbury. the chief of
the counting-out conspiracy.
B6y- You can't be Democrat with
out believing IN the rights Of Secession
and Notification, and there's no use
fooling. - ObOlona Miss States (Dem.).
Ba- Sly Democrats propose to nomi-
nate military man II The Chicago Con-
vention puts up a civilian, and q civilian
II military man Is named by the Re-
publicans.
Day- Republican editors having a alarge
stock of ammunition left over from the
last campaign sympathize deeply with
the Sage Of Cipher Alley, and hope he
will pull through at Cincinnati.
BayH The Count Hendrikoff and his
wife have been banished from Russia
because the lady talked too freely about
the love-afiairs OF the Gar. Perhaps
the Count had better come to this coun-
try and run for Vice-President on the
Democratic ticket. Tilden and Hendri-
koff would sound well.-C Chicago Trib-
ane.
Bas~ The subject of Mr.. Tilden's
health is again under discussion. His
political worshipers in New York say
+" it was never better,n while those who
want him dead declare that he is about
ready to die. If by being "ready,"
they mean that he is fit to die, we beg
to express our doubts. He is no more
fit to die than he is TO be President
Chicago EUent1g Journal.
BsS~ A bill has been presented in the
Mississippi Legislature making the Of
fense of encouraging emigration from
the State punishable by a fine of twenty
dollars. Only one more act is needed
to complete this policy, and that is a
law Furnishing with fine and imprisOn-
ment anybody who, being asked by a
proper agent, refuses to immigrate to
Mississippi. - Chicago Tribune.
Bay~ A dispatch to the New York
World states that the Tilden part is pre-
pairing to attempt to capture the Gin
cinnati Convention by means similar to
those employed at St. Louis. j On the
day the convention was fixed for Gin
cinnaG, friend of Tilden telegraphed
to the Cincinnati hotels ordering some
800 rooms, to secure quarters for large
party of Tilden strikers to work for him
at the hotels, on the streets and in the
lobbies Of the convention.
BSS~ There is likely to be lively con-
test over the two-thirds rule in the
Democratic National Convention, and
the result may have great influence
on the nominations. This rule has
been the law of Democratic National
Conventions since they superseded the
Congressional caucus, or in other
words, since National Conventions be-
gan TO be held. Several attempts have
been made to break it down, but with
out success. The practical effect of the
rule has generally been to make it very
difficult for any prominent candidate to
obtain nomination, and to secure the
nomination Of second and third-rate
men brought out at the last moment
as ''dark horses. ."-I1aCtidnapoliS Jour
nal ....
BSS~ 1t is now the understanding
among the Republican members of the
House that no action is to be taken by
the Elections Committee in the Wash
burne Donnelly case at the present ses-
sion of Congress, but that the contem-
plated steal will be deferred until after
the Presidential election, to be then
consummated if the situation of affairs
shall be such as to render it necessary
in order to steal the Presidency. So
thoroughly and generally has the pro-
posed outrage been condemned
throughout the country that the Demo-
Gratis are convinced of the unwisdom
of showing their hand at present, be-
lieving that the effect would be TO bring
about Mr.. Washburn's reelection by
an almost unanimous vote, with the
probability that the atrocious robbery
would be similarly resented in the Con-
gressional elections throughout the en-
tire North. Exchange. ..''-.f