National Republican., 1880-06-16

and shoulders above the crowd. Possibly Mr..
Roboson's reputation as the best-abused man
In the house has something to do with this.
A TELEGRAM from Atlanta Ga, to the St
Lnuis Globe Democrat says that General Goriou
being pressed for an answer to direct ques-
tion from member Of tho state senate, finally
admitted that he knew Ex-Governor Brown
was TO be appointed in his place before he re-
signed his seat In the United States senate.
THE very economical democratic congress
has passed regular approximation bills to the
amount Of Sls50OO,00O. Two other bills, yet
pending, will bring the amount to say $780,
000,000 The appropriations for ordinary SER
vices are the largest ever known, and much of
them is for deficiencies incurred IN preceding
years.
THE uncertainty of the political complexion
Of the next congress may be appreciated when
it is remembered that sixty-seyen republicans
aud forty.eiRht democrats in the present con-
gress were elected by pluralties or by very
small maiorties There are thirteen mcm-
hers from Pennsylvaniu, mostly republicans,
" ho were elected by pluralities.
This beats Banager. The indianapolis
Joun1l thus gets after the war record of the
democratic candidate for governor of Indiana
"Mr. Landers purchased large number of
mules considerably below the standard, and
having brought them up to the requisite
height by shoeiug them with very thick shoes
with very high calks, palmed them of on the
government as standard-s2ld mules and got
the contract price lor them. This fact can bc
proved by living Witnesses Dear, dear! {!
this is a wicked world
| THE candidacy of General Garfield seems TO
have squelched the hopes Of Thurman, Payne
and Jewett, three protcndcrs to the democratic
nomination ut Cincinnati. The memory Of
Judge Thurman's overwhelming defeat for the
| United States senate last winter hy Garfield is
! too fresh and painful with the democrats for
them to undertake to set him IL . to be knocked
down again by Garfield next November Tho
democrats might possibly win Ohio in Novcm-
| ber after II defeat in October. But there
would be no earthly possibility of recovering
from such defeat by November if they SHOULD
make the Ohio contest conspicuous and de-
cisivo by selecting an Oaio candidate to save
the state. They would in that event put all
their eggs IN one basket" and Garfield would
easily smash them
The editor of the Fargo (Dakota) Argas,
who has been advocating in rhymed head
lines the nomination Of General Grant, closed
the series with the following: "R. l. z. The
thiri y.sixth sad roll has beat the stalwarts'
last tattoo; No moro in presidential strife
shall join the boys in blue No wicked demo-
cratic plots shall bring them to the fore, The
subs, uuput nroctpdiurS interest them never.
more Rest on, o salwariE, brave and true
nor mourn the nations doom; Like Phoenix
rise the bourbon hopes from ashes of the boom
On fame's immortal siamping.grouud their
shattered flag they plant, Willie glory guards
the mcm'ry of the gallant fight for Grant"
DODGE Cry, Kan, claims TO be the wicked
est city of the plains, and, like its ancient
prototype, it has a prophet His namc is
Richard w. Evans, 9th erwisc Dick Evan.
from one end of ihe state to the other. He pre-
dicted Garfield ahead of any other prophet il
the business. He was chairman of the county
convention which, in March last, sent dele
gates to tho Topeka convention, aud upon tn,
propositiou to instru ct the delegates for whom
to cast the vote of the county Of Ford, Dicl
earnestly desired that Garfield should be tn,
, man. He had dreamed dreams of Gari, Id
| But he prophesed in vain. The stitf.neckct
, Grant men voted him down. Since the nomi
nation no one will play noker with Dick, 70
, they are now pretty sure that he secs through
the back Of the cards. Ne vcrthclcss. Dick !
happy. He has picked out his place. w
don't know what it is but believe he woul,
be good man to govern polar bears in Alaska