The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-15
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

~ The attempt on the part of a few
Democrats to get up a boom for Gem
eral Hancock is silly. He was not re-
markable as soldier, and in other re-
spects is decidedly mediocre man.
Exchange.
pB The Irish-Anericans of Porter
County, Indiana, are beginning to ask
themselves, in the language of Emery
Storrs, "Why on earth do we belong to
the Democratic partyp" To the number
of two hundred and fifty they have de-
termined to practice little thinking for
themselves, and in the future will re-
fuse to be guided in their action by the
Bourbon organ OF the Bourbon bosses
of that county. :,
HG The Democratic journals are
gradually. working themselves down to
a support of the project to steal a seat
for 1gnatius Donnelly. They have been
long time about it, but many of them
are warmly enlisted in the disgraceful
work. and more are about to join in.
This is an excellent policy for the bene-
fit of the Republican party. 1t viii
put the Democracy upon the record as
solid in favor of seat-snatching, and il
that won't make Republican votes moth
ing will. Y Tribune.
ESThe wickedness of the Repub-
licans in, Congress, who made ss par
tisan discussion,' of the Porter affair,
and would not let the patriotic majority
record theirvotes in favor of Fitz John,
| continues to distress a number of able
editors. Never mind, you will see
Democratic Congressman as savage as
sheep as soon as the Presidential ques-
ton is out of the way. It was not sc
much the. effect of Logan and Carpen-
| ter's arguments as it was wholesome
fear of the people that made them
Chicago Inter Ocean.
| BSBrick Pomeroy's Democrat has
been sold to Alexander Vevius, who
will make it Republican, newspaper,
says q floating paragraph. Imagine the
feeling of CONSERVATION and amaze.
ment of the types of that paper-whict
/ are said to silently speak-as they are
made to retract the fiery and extrava'
giant oratory of Bricks Greenback
Democrat-Socialist doctrine, and in it:
place to utter rational Republican com
mon sense. The surprise to them viii
be about as great as that to the types
of the Cincinnati Enqyirer this summer
when they are made to lahd the ghost
of Gramercy Park. Cleveland Leader
1GrOne thing which is especially
good to be said Of the rivalry of Presi
Dental preferences of the Republican
party in Iowa: 1t is entirely good-na
tured. While nearly every Republican
and every Republican paper are ex
pressing their choice before the Con
vention, and expressing it decidedly
there is no bitterness accompanying it
and nothing to prevent anyone from be
ing for the nominee alone after the Con
vention. This speaks well for the sue
cess of the party and the good sense o
its members. There have been SOM
efforts to foment feeling and to engen
der quarrels that would last over ant
beyond the Copyention, but the mar
plots SO maneuvering have signall
failed, and have been for some time sub
sided.-Des Moines Register.
B@ The reiterated assertion that In
diana is Democratic State has don
much to mislead and discourage Reput
licans in their political calculations
Indiana is not Democratic State. Tn
Democracy have carried the State by
majority only once since 1862, perio
of eighteen years. This was in 1870
when they had majority of 1858. L
. the last three elections they have cal
ried the State by plurality, not a ms
jority. They owe their present contre
of the State to the existence of the Na
tional party. and if that vote were re
solved into its original elements there
every reason to believe the Republican
would carry the State. At all events
is manifestly incorrect to say that In
diana is Democratic State, when the
have had majority in only one elet
ton since 1862. The fact that the
have achieved success in few election
by small plurality does not make th
State Democratic. Indianapolis JON
! nal