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= should succeed in seating him

tinns 0f our public and political life which since
he close of tho War were the order OF business
apd occasionally caused no inconsiderable polit-
ical commotion among the people, Their hope
and intention is to make Mr. Hancock If elected
1heIr pliable and willing tool. To what extent
this hope is correctly founded upon his mental
to say. So much seems to be certain how
ever, that the struggle between Garfield and
Hancock VII be e desperate, p and victory viii
TYIdeu. Garfield would have had easy work. huf
rot so with Hancock. The dissensions existing
IL ne Democratic rankS Of the State Of New
one Of the chief factors In their calculations
. for November. Hancock's nomination seems to
have disposed Ct al these differences and bick-
eTings, at least for the present: we cannot fore
feiI what may happen hereafter. The Repub-
lean party can dispense with the Electoral vote
% Ss se Sorf but sase %n naxS nSans IL its
to be victorious. And that is, under ali
Circumstances, hard piece Of work. In
we %ay osnasd stsse th9t hq the
Rajne, Sherman and Edmunds, and the Demo-
cratic Convention Of Tildeu and Hendricks,
Thurman and d PAYNE =, Both parties have freed
hoses; both have selected new men as theIr
leaders; both go to battle without being incum-
bered by any Of the old leaders and their satcl-
lites. This is good reason to rejoice. BUT bet-
ter it would be by far II both candidates should
derernine to fight only with honest and reSpect-
sble weapons. We fear, however, that ID this
fio1s low enough
AUDITOR SW1GART.
The Bellev}lle Stern tDem.l published a short
line ago statement that Mr.. Swigurt cantli-
da1e for State Auditor on the Republican ticket.
lost his arm IN consequence OF injuries received
By thrashing- machine before the War and nor
through a c0nnon-shOt during the War The
Sian. now being satisfied that its statement was
false, retracts the same in the following words:
MI. Sw1gart served as a soldier in the War
af the Rebellion; this he has proven TO us By
official documents: He lost his arm during the
siege OF Corinth, Miss. The statement we made.
that Mr.. SSigart lost his arm before the War
We published N good faith, believing In the
source from which we derived it; but II is er-
rone0us. 1t never was and never could he our
intention knowingly to wrong any one, dnc we
do not hesitate therefore, to make this cor
recton.
IN MEMoR1AM
Leaf BY leaf the. roses fall, and drop by drop
The stream runs dF*. One reader after the other
left. and one dollar after the other dropped out
esx. the Socialistic paper published in St. Louis
md its publication has been discontinued, INC
editor Of the Milwaukee Ftrie Prcxse. formerly
te editGr Of &c Seiai1stic paper in the Cream
to tho memory Of the defunct Volkesttn1ne:
1.-The Socialists had their boom but they
did not understand, to make good use Of it. ii
inaton and explanation Of their principles and
ideas, and with those positions which could
be attained @ in practical, political. and
fQC4al 111Es IL AuG3 uaU 83SlELCQ DfOXTHSa.
natural and reasonable development, matters
and things would probably have shaped them
s6e deas Of Socialism had Become 1 propety Of
the people in more direct way and manner.
And II all the organs OF Socialism should die one
III reasonable Socialism viii always exist The
true and correct idea in Socialism lives, and viii
sooner or later be practically tested and real
t.ed. i is The pure and unadulterated truth.
a. ht.sa
philosophical genius. Leaf after leaf We see
falling from the tree, bur the trunk, sound and
strong roofs, and not the most Violent storm viii
eyer dlslodge it.
And now comes the Democratic and Catholic
f. Louis Ame'tha. and is gathering up within
It's pious folds the stray sheep and wandering
readers Of the defunct |oltssaimme with Social
tsic leaders published every morning at the
tue Hereof the Illinois Stdats-z -zest.lno speaks
as follows:
"The Socialists of St. Louis have lost their
q sgan an the 3. Toksstimme but they are represented
dag when the husky voice ceased rafting in the
throat of the dcmised, the pous Catholic 4u1ersd
soeiaiste % or % course, e. these he articies Of
the AneTHG contain much truth. Besides. the |
pious sheet can tall back upon the Jealous Cath
OCCASIONS e % dabbed inso to Socialism, and and W Who s be
friended the indel Sociaiistic agitator La Sale
life
TRANSATLANTIC IGNORANCE AND DECEIT.
The Illinois Stddts- ZcNunQ leserved1y casti- /
Rntes the ignorance and deceit of the Berlin |
Germany press relative to American political |
party matters and affairs in the following |
leader:
The German, but above all others the Ber-
1ln. press appear once more, while we are hold
all their miserable 1ittIeness. One really does /
not know at which to be more astonished,-!
Thether over the fathomless ignorance or over
nalists who, on al occasions, put forth their
2retensions of higher knowledge and the highest
.espectabiiity- There is. for instance the Berlin
Tribune. one Of the chief organs with Nation
el.Liberal tendency: Its editorial columns con
tain the following about the Chicago Conven-
9oa; The @ spectacle which we behold in this
not exactly a refreshing one. IN a decidedly
disgusting manner the dickering and bar
te1tng g Of votes for the different candi-
struggle in this Convention amounts to
notniug more nor less than to a regular barter
10 o11ces, OF the obtaining Of other material ad-
stances. the different factions endeayor to delay
toe nomination as long as possible, in order to
ss2lueeze sl the highest possible price out OF the
Enuneraive Offices fall to the delegates and their
polticai confederates and Office seekers It ia
@ 20 wonder, therefore. but easily explained, why
aston,shingly fuct1ate from day to day. iron
nour to hour. It is only the question: Who can
u0ef the adherents Of Washburne, Of Sherman. I
q OF Edmunds the most,-wbether Grant or |
eaine9 e' He who offers the most will be success
. La the same issue of the Tribune we read, be-
ao8 the above. the following cable-dispatch,
1a1ed chicago June 8: The Convention con-
'antes to ballot to-day for Presidential candi-
la1es- In the thirty-sixth ballot Garfield the |
andtdqte Of the Republicans, was nominatod as
nefr Presidential candidate And this little
stleEram is all that the great and infucn-
~ Berlin paper had to offer its read
:ss : anout the important events taking place
7 GmcaRo! In fact- the liliputian columns
y toe German press containing teleRraphtc
teNs can be no more compared with the col
.mns containing similar news from ell over the |
soid ,aid Of the German-Americau press than
4teh to the rolling sea. Nonsensical enough |
! tne above Quoted dispatch! According to it,
$eems as II there were other parties besides
re a republican party represented in that Con-
entaon. But even out OF it these editorial
l1lefs Of the Tribune, if they were not too | :
~ and dull, might have learned the truth and !.
W Ut mat all their twaddle about 'dfcke ring
'Hs 1oat highest price and about offering the
vt ts were all sham and deception. The fact i
NJ @e ,e result OF the Chicago Convention proves
a as Sery thing: That the core of the American
~ "tae Is not rotten, that they cannot be br1bed,
~ civic virtue has not disappeared from ! !
ae uo1e them. and that they cannot be either
ousht or blinded by material advantages.
na tae glorious War-record of great soldier.
III; iny IN this manner can It be ex-
s,aasl, athed that finally in tho Republican