, 1880-09-26
KINGS OF rheumatism, with a slight touch OF
pneumonia thrown in for luck, =:
SPIRIT OF. THE GERMAN PRESS.

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SPIRIT OF THE GERMAN PRESS.
VI tne significance OF the Gteenbacker tn the
coming Presidential election the New Yorh
otad<S- Acft1t1g writes Is follows: ..Ihe onls
nope OF the Grecnbackers to eleot any PcesIden-
~. ~ saectofe consists ia victury OF the fusion
III a!alne' which has placed four Greenbackers
ano tnree Democrats on the Electoral ticket.
successful. these four Electors could prevent
any OF the old parties from receiving an ab-
eolute majority. If the Democrats, for in
ee*nce. carry New York and New Jersey, and
tae Fustonlsts carry Name, the Democrats
would haze lsS Electoral votes. the Republicans
1a'> and the Greenbackers /. These four yotcs
of'1ld decide the Presidential election either ona
way or the other. II these four Gres ubackers
s1ano t1s1o to Weaver, the election goes to the
house OF Representatives, which chooses from
ene persons having received the highest num-
Der or ELECTORAL votes, not exceeding three
voted for as President. In this CASE Weaver
would appear before the House As candidate
a1so. IN performing this function tho House
ooes not decide by a numerical majority OF tte
MEMBERS but each State has one vote which IA
cast by the majority Of the House delegation
representing each State. OF the thtrty-
e'ght States in the Union nineteen have
Republican REPRESENTATIVES, eighteen Demo-
cratic and one State, Indiana, fs doubtful.
as Inc Greenbacker De La Matyr holds the bal
ance Of power IN that delegation, the other Rep
resentattVes being equally divided among the
Republicans and Democrats. II De La Matyr
votes with the Republicans, Garfield is elected.
II ne votes with the Democrats, there is tie and
consequently no clecrton. In either case the
eecu9n ere @ Ct the vice-Presldent goes to the SEN
ate% "n1cn can only choose between the two per
gons having received the highest number of
Eiecsoral votes as Vice President--in this In
Ssanoe arthur and English. Az the senate has
Gno,ce' {;a In case De La hatyr should Do
rSt xsG ,r6a li1na ,tan to re the
Pc La Ma1yr voted with the Democrats. pro-
douctn2 tie nineteen States to nineteen
states, English, being elected Vice President BY
United States as IN the case OF the death or
other constitutional dsahil ty OF tho President.
f,a ~ the Republican @ Senators could prevent the
can only be performed By the Senate when two-
tn rds OF its members arc present. BY absent
tnR themselves the Democrats could not elect,
toe consfitut1onat quorum not being present.
a new Presidential election would then be
necessary. This shows that. although tue Green
tn nack party is comparatively insignificant as to
Under certain circumstances most serious COM
plicattons In the election of the noxt President,
election"
A0 eA4l"AAhEE 11EIHt4 WTlCGS, III T4I&f60C8 70
Gen. Hancock as letter-writer, the following;
"As a 1etter-writer the Presidential candidate
Hancock Is not SUCCESS. Since the 2&th of
June last he has on several ocrasfons taken bis
pen In hand,' but invariably he committed
b!under. His dispatch to the Grecnbacker Plais-
ted, congratuiating him upon his election and
the success of the cause Of 4our friends: does
not a+ea to indicate that be is the statesmau bis
friends claim him to be. Again. be made him
felt ridiculous by bis letter to California, in
which be 6tates that he was from his boyhood
days identified with the interests Of the Golden
State He therefore expects the support Of the
voters Of the Pacific Slope. It may not be quite
clear and perceptible to the sensible citizen Of
California how Hancock could be identified with |
the interests Of TINT State, but that mutters !
nothing: Perhaps Hancock refers to
the time when he was gartfsoned |
there for u short time as Second t
Lieutenant in the regular army. He DOW has !
forwarded another epist4e t. Mr. Theodore Cook,
II Cincinnati, in which be says that he would !
Eeto all legislation providing for the payment OF
siattnS Of all PERSONS who were in the Rebellion,
whether pardoned or not He does not say a
word; however. about the claims to be made by
he Southern States as, for instance, the cotton
az. amounting to $6s 900 ,0M and running up
Tth Interest 70 Si@oo %o He failed. howeyer;
Q him by the Association Of lie Knjghts
/. t. y.s%s as;a..a on ,ts2 shs Eight: Hour law;
aooe oon1st ;ne a6or P9o
9ib!hon OF the employment OF children In
et ss eaes aa bis s2s
:etved sirnlla, letters. The former made the
demands ian e af tho 'kntgnts 9t Laoo;' in letter
alter answered 6y referring to the days If bis bis
,outh; This we regard as the best answer
;aFdeid G6dld make: a man Of bis education
wn exeraons from a poor laboring boy to
= the': sweat of bis brow esrnoa tor
!ho % has ezps:7eneed all bs' The hardshiIs 9dau;
= taborins- mans life, can be nothing else but
true, warm friend Of the labor'ng people
When, therefore. the socialistic Philadelphia
qsgs'a1 sS1 Indignantly e1cla'~s, The friend of
eem the laboring-m men worthy Of a reply |
ten tt may also take It as granted that the glr
Food and res % Re9 has BEEN e'a
'rbtdden by bis cmeher. BaTnnn'. TO waste any
aper in answering that letter, 50 that he may !
. saved from another stultacatlon."
The Cincinnati Frete Presse writes as follows:
II man assigns, transfers, and sells his soul
the Democrats he slides down bill very fast,
id the ruad seems to be CREASED especially for
70 occasion Poor Franz Sgel Is anoth& r Illus-
alton Of this truth. Being only iatter-day {
negadc, he has already progressed 50 far as to
peat and tndorse ali the campaign lies manu- l
caured BY the Democrats So be reports to
aw Yurk the Democratic lie that the Republic .
s OF Indiana, in order to save their State | !
:ket. have colonized lnrge number Of negroes
over 1ndiuna, and that he is convinced Of this
ct from his own observations. We should be r
ad to know where the General had any oppor- i
nifty to make such extendeu- observations 1
: has been perambulattng the State Of Indiana
r a'few days. He stumps for the Greenback b
4 Temperance iunatic, the Copperheud Lam q
rs. After he has spuken his piece In one !
ICE be is pushed Oh to anpther. haring hardly u u
ough time for meals and necessary rest, to say =
hing about such observations as he claims
have mnde. Under such circumstances it
ud be IN absolute tmpossibllity for even II
d. sigci to satisfy himseif bypersonal obserya- r
\ nf the carrectness OF The DemocEatlo lie | :.