National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-06-12
Political NOTES.

HERE'S another James nominated for the
presidency.
THERE were no favorite sons in the green
back convention. Nor dark horses either,
The machines are all getting to work for
Garfield and Arthur. orga nizo is the word.
THE stock market seems to have confidence
in Garfield. 1t has had boom upward ever
since the sth.
Our candidates are big enough to make a
good fght-both over six feet high, and broad
in proportion.
HoH. WILLIAM SPRINGER has been renomi-
mated, and he does not caro- much who wrote
that letter now.
VERY many southern journals frankly ex.
press the opinion that the Chicago nomina-
tons are very strong ones.
THE adjournment of congress on the 10th
is looked upon by the democratic press gen.
orally as a republican success.
THE Brooklyn Eoglc thinks Hancock is the
man to beat Garfield. But Seymour thinks he
is the man to carry New York.
GENERAL JAMES NJ. SuAcKELFoRD has with.
drawn from the canvass as a candidate for the
republican nomination for governor of Indiana.
GOVERNOR SEYMOUR says: "Thc way to
be successful with national convention is not
, to be a candidate" Governor Seymour is not
| . candidate.
WARREN seems to have bothered the con.
federate brgadiers at Five Forks. They don't
seem to sympathze with Phil Sheridan in
thinking Warren too slow.
The unaniniity with which the nomination
Of Garfield and Arthur is Endorsed by the re.
publican press of all previous shades Of opinion
or prejudice is remarkable and almost unpar.
allccd.
THE Comm ercidl Advertiser predicts that the
unit rule is not dead. Should a majority be
found to be served by it next time the ma.
iority will rcsuscitate it, use It, aud find it q
very good rule.
| THE New York EUening Post wants to try &c
believe that General Garfield is, or was or may
be a free trader But it can't be. General
| Garfield Is good enough proectionist even fol
William D. Kelley.
GENERAL GARFIELD and the Hon. Henry
B. Payne, of Cleveland, Ohio, are strong per
sonal friends. Both served on tho eectora
commission. Possibly they will be rival can
didates for tho presidency.
The Nation thinks it no honor to have been
nominated by such n noisy convention as that
of Chicago. The Commercial Adrertiser think,
the only thing to suit the editor of the Nation
would be a deaf.and.dumb crowd of icebergs
NOTWITHSTANDING the banners in thu
greenback convention were inscribed with thu
words, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
Denis Kearncy had to takeoG his coat, read
to knock down and drag out, before TIL,
brethren could be brought TO order
WHILE the grcenback party is comprehcn
sive enough to include the socialists who in
sist on formulating declaration against an!
individual ownership in land, light, air o
water" 1t is entirely safe to leave it TO tn
dissolvina influence ofinternal disagreements
THE Young Mems Republican club of New
York will ratify the nominations tonight a
Cooper institute. The speakers will repre-
sent all the factions into which the party wa
divided be fore the nominations. Among then
are Chauncey NJ. Depew, Horace Porter, An
son G, McCook Ethan Allen aud Geo rg
Bliss.
To quiet questiouer, Mr.. Charles J. Lang
d on, one Of the delegates from the twenty
ninth district, has telegraphed from Chicago
to the Elmira Advertiser: II voted thirty-si,
times for u s. Grant, and am perfectly salts
fed with my record, and also with the nomi
nation made, and do not expect or care t,
please by my political action sneaks or demo
pratsv