The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-08-27
POLITICAL POINTS.

through ON this hitch.
The New York Tribune intimates that
Tilden is not losing any sleep dcvising
means for the election of Hancock.
Ornithologically speaking, the DEM
ocratic ticket seems to lie a picturesque
grouping of the owl and the cormOrant.
The denial OF Senator Hampton, in re-
Iation To his Staunton speech. has been
"Wade" in the balance and found want
ing.
Is the Union safe in the hands Of men
who say 1.-The cause of secession was
right, and cternally right, and viii yet
succeed ,"
Bill English is said to be very rchgi-
Gus. But if he ever gets 10 heaven he
will owe all his future happiness to Bob
Ingersol.
The new pictures of Hancock are TO
be underlined with the explanatory in
scription.-''N. B.-The above is a 'su-
perb statesman
The volubility of Democratic orators
and editors in speaking of the future"
of their party, is only exceeded by their
deep and everlasting silence regarding
its past record.
In view of the infamous record of the
Democratic party, it seems sort of
merciful dispensation of good for
tune that such large proportion of its
members are unable to read.
II Bill English did not steal the cop
pers from his dead grandmother's eyes,
it strikes us that it would be in order
now for him to institute libel proceed
ing against the Cincinnati Commercial.
The Democrats seem to be running
their canvass this year strictly ON the
sectional plan. At least we have not
ms yet heard Of any exchanges" between
the stump speakers on the northern and
southern circuits.
If the Democrats hadn't made such a
lavish expenditure of wind and muscle
in launching the superb" candidate
| they might have little reserve force
now to lift him off the sand-bar upon
which he is hopelessly stranded.
Alabama has repudiated SOS, 500,00C
of its public debt; Arkansas, $4,000,
600; Tennessee, So, 100000; and NortI
Carolina, 81, 100000. This seems to b'
the Democratic idea of "maintainin.
the public crcdit-state and national"
Bill English is much too pious to cOun
tenance the frivolous diversion of draw
poker, but when it comes to game o
financial cut throat, he always takes
hand with cheerful alacrity, and casil
dcfics competition as a successful player
The dead past" becomes the Twin
present when Wade Hampton declare
in public speeches that the Democra;
are contending now for the supremacy {
the same principles" which Lee an
Jackson fought four years to establish
About the only thing that is safe
bet on ut this stage of the canvass,
that the next governor of Kansas will l
Republican, and that he will be electe
by a majority that will make the DEM
Gratis look blue about the gills for tw
years to come.
1t Is probably due the Democrat
party to say that the Cincinnati Con
mercial had not dug up Bill English
/ business record when it proclaimed
} self 1.-THE friend of labor and the laho
; ing man" at Cincinnati, and pledge
itself to protect him against "corm
a rants"
t Tammany is perfectly willing to a
a pear in the impressive national tabiea
t of the Lion and the Lamb, provided Il
latter role be assigned to the Tilden ia
4 ton of the New York Democracy.
?, this arrangement cannot be consumms
c ed, John Kelly gives timely notice til
: he will not play
The capture of the soldier vote by Il
u Democratic party reminds us very for
e bly, of the story of the western hunt
# who came tearing breathlessly into can
n one day pursued by a bear within ~
e feet of his coat-tail, and shouting lustil
II "Here we are, boysl By Cd, l ha
brought him in alive"
e. Before the late election in Alaban
y the Bourbon journals of that state es
s. mated the entire numerical strength
T their party at 100000 votes. At last
a counts the Democratic majority h
il reached 10000. This certainly leav
nothing 10 be desired, on the part
h. even as Jealous an advocate of ''f
n ballot" as General Hancock.
ne Is the constitution safe in the hands
as men who once swore to support it, co
ID mitted perjury and tried to destroy
IN Is the word of apcrjured liar better Ii
SIX the word of the faithful, truthful frier
or of that constitution who, twenty ye
ago, first took the oath, as Garfield d
W. to support and defend it, and kept tn
ar oaths inviolate ever sincer
o. Major John c. Tomlinson, of Ate
N, son, has wisely concluded that he !
Id, not enough time at his disposal to m,
lal the fight against Congressman Ander,
I'M in the First District, and has withdra
III, from the canvass. About the nearest
cs. proximation to Odd barren ideali
ds that the mind of man can conceive
zee is running for congress onethe DemoC
nj. ticket, in Kansas
er- 1t is the truthful historian of the I
of that the American people calls to