National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-14
POLITICIL NOTES.

MAINE and Mexico may now pool their issues.
THE Maine poachers haven't bagged their game
yet
Two hundred ana eightyone members Of Con.
greSs arc lawyers.
THR Springfield Mass Republican wishes q Sec
ond term for Hayes,
A SEYMOUR and DAVID Davis Club has been
organized ut Chicago.
A COLLISION in Congress between Pcndleton and
Bayard is expected shortly.
SEYMOUR might be able to run against Grant, but
can lie run against Tilden also?
IT should be said of Tden that he invariably
pays up when ho can't help doing II.
CHARLES T. NoYEs, of Boston, has been elected
Speaker OF the Massachusetts, House.
BLANToN DUNCAN OF Kentucky, calls the New
York World Radical sheet in disguise.
ALL things work together for the good of the
boom. The Maine fuss helps amazingly
THE Albany Journal has It from the best author
lily that Horatio Seymour VIII not run this year.
THINK the Democrats lin Maine) have been
guilty Of great blunder.-Alerdnder H. Stephens.
BosToN Trdilscripi II must be mumps. We
can't account for Garcelon's cheek In any other
way.
THE indianapolis Journal would like to see Sher.
man walt untillssi so that Hayes can have another
term.
The New York Times gives history of Elihu b.
Washburne. of Illinois, which occupies whole
page.
New YORK contemporary speaks of our Mr.. Con
gresham oNoill as 'an innocent sort of legs-
lator."
THE Louisville Courier. Journal says that General
Garfield intellectually has few equals as a party
leader
REPUBLICANS, looking for little less OF shotgun
In the campaign this year, hope TO carry South
Carolina.
THE Hon. Hamilton Fishs election as president
of the Union League Club is accepted as Grant
| indication,
A RICHMOND letter to the Charleston Noes pro.
tests that the South must not make itself the Ire
| land of America.
SENATOR GORDON begs of his Democratic friends
in Congress not TO DO driven into discussions with
| Northern Republicans.
THE loss of Thurman will leave the Democrats
intellectually weak In the Senate. Ho Is by all odds
their strongest man In debate.
Ex-Governor FENToN, of New York, Is wander
ing about in Southern California until the Russian
| and English missions are filled.
| A PROPOSAL for biennial sessions has been made
| In tho Massachusetts legislature. The Governor
| elect is not a believer In the plan.
| SCHoHARIE one of the banner Democratic coun
ties OF New York, Is out sl40OO through the Garce
lOnlsm of its Democratic treasurer.
Hon. LUKE f. PRYOR, who has been appointed tc
| fiji the vacancy caused by the death of Senator
| Houston, has been but little In politics.
Hdrpers Weekly wishes the papers which are OPP
posed TO Grant would say SoRs If the opponents Of
Grant had been lying still for the past twelve
| months
HENDRICKS has been discussing eloquently anC
piOusy on faith" There is no man in tho coun
try who has more faith, with nothing to show fol
IT, than Hendricks
The Presidential candidature has practically
been reduced 10 three men on each sde-to Tilden
Seymour and Church, of the Democratic party tC
Grant, Blaine and sherman, of the party in power
The names are presented In the order Of thei
strength.
IT appears that the Republican Speaker OF thu
Indiana House might have counted out Governo
Blue-eans " Williams in 1877. The law require
that the county clerks shall forward copy Of tn
return 70 the secretary OF state and the original Z
the Speaker of the House, from which tho oflieia
count shall be made by tho Speaker OF the House
When the Speaker came to examine the returns III
found that six of the strongest Democratic couutie
had failed 10 mako return 70 him. Instead o
taking advantage of this neglect the Speaker tool
the copies of the returns sent 10 the Secretary ant
made the count theretrom,