The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-08-21
Political Notes.

A fairfield Newspaper prints two columns IN
display type of the mortgages which Mr.. Eug'
lish has owned aud iOreclosed in Indiana dur
ing the last few years, with The names OF the
morlgagOrs and the amounts claimed or realiL'
ed. Foot notes are added in which an attempt
is made to show the unfeeling manner in which
Mr.. English has taken his due lG there is
any moral conveyed by the catalogue ia ques.
ton II is that whoever owns mortgage md
foreeloses il when il is due and obtains
judgment for any deficiency is a rogue These
make very hard lines of financial doctrine for
the national banks and for the ten thousand
Republicans all over the country who loan
money on bonds and mortgage. A supple
mentary moral in this interesting tale may be
that il is criminal aud socially outrageous for
a candidate who is mortgage 10 take his
lawful interest and debt, while it is praise
worthy for another candidate TO take $500 Of
dividends by way Of loan TO which he was
not entitled or TO sell his vote and influence
for S5,OO0.--N. /. World
The Commonwealth, Harrisonburg, Va,
says:-lf those papers aud politicians outside
OF Virginia, who are so much exercised over
the political division in the State will possess
their souls in patience, they will soon find out
that the division in the Democratic ranks is
not a matter for alarm, and they may certainly
set uONn NlrkinlA ticNtu ticctofHi fotts ioE
Hancock and English, by the election of The
regular Democratic electoral ticket in Noyem-
Der. The division is disappearing aud before
frost the Union between Malone and the
Garfield ticket will be complete, and all
democrats will have returned TO the old
party organization.
| The Indiana democratic campaign was
| opened Saturday by over 200 speakers in va.
riOus parts of the State. Among the promi
nent orators were Senators Mcdonald, of In
diam. aud Jones, of Florida, at Evansville;
4 Hon. &. w. Anderson, of Ohio, at Richmond;
| Senator Voorhees, at Brazil; ex-Gov. Hen
bricks, Of Indiana, and Gov. Brockmyer, Of
1 Missouri, at Fort Wayne, and James Pulilz
er, Of St. Louis, aud Senator DoOlittle, of
Wisconsin, at Indianapolis.
4 The roll Of the Hancock Veteran Associa.
tion in York, Pa, has 260 names.
The Greenbaekers in Texas, who were con
iident Of success before the Alabama election
have now abandoned all hope, and viii vote
with the other parties.
/ The Newton Mass Republican, says;-
We cannot refrain FROM reiterating our belief
that the party would have entered the cam
paign with either Hayes or Edmunds at the
head Of the ticket with far more certainty of
success than with the present candidate. We
may be has,y in toreboding Republican De
feat IN November. We lruely hope we are
mistaken.
A committee Of the German Central Han.
cock Veteran Association visited Gen. Han.
cock Tuesday Of last week. Chief Rookie ad.
dressed the General, saying that the organiza.
ton the committee represented was composed
mostly Of republican and independent voters,
aud that they sustained the CINCINNATI nomi.
nee not only because Hancock and English
were the representatives Of real democratic
principles, but also because they knew that
the country would be safe in their hands and
the constitution would not be tempered with
| The Philadelphia Times closes an article on
the political battle that is 70 be fought in that
city, this year, by saying that Everything
points to a contest OF unusual desperation IN
Philadelphia, and the largest poll by many
thousands ever given in the city. The Repab.
leans have three fourths Of the election boards
and the machinery necessary 10 resolve all
doubts IN their favor; bot they will nov be
met with the most confident, defiant and des.
perate Democratic army they have encountered
since 1860. 1t will be Greek locking horns
with Greek, and the Republican supremacy
in the city will be contested at every step By
the Democratic faith that looks for Han.
cock triumph in the State
/. will be remembered that in the antob,o.
graphic defense which General Garfield far.
nished his biographer, Colonel Conwell, the
Republican candidate INDUCED in very iadig.
nant expressions Of condemnation OF The
Credit Mobilier Ring, styling its members
frauds and swindlers. II Is new understood
that the surviving members Of this ring, to.
gelher with the friends aud family Of The late
Oakes Ames, have demanded that General
Garfield shall strike out all these charges and
that be has done 50. The intimation was
quietly conveyed 10 The Republican candidate
that Il he persisted in the attempt 70 relieve /
himself by accusing Cakes Ames and the rest,
legal proceedings would at once be instituted |
aud further revelations OF his corruption made. |
Garfield weakened al once. Boston, Giobs, |
august ?.