The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-09-25

fVLAIlCAA 1VANAS
The New York Commercial Adj
vertiser seems to object to General
Hancock because he weighs three
hundred pounds. Well, 1t Is good sond
manhood every bit of it; not an ounce is
waste.
-Governor Hendricks says that
the Indiana Democracy was never
more thoroughly united or in better
working trim, and that any intimation
that he is disposed to lag behind or cul-
tivate indifference to the result will be
discredited by his active participation
in the canvass.
Hayes card introducing Arthur,
the nominee Of the Chicago Convention
for President, to the general pub
lie, ran in this style: s'With a deep
sense of my obligations under the Con-
stitution, regard it as my plain duty to
suspend you, in order that the Office
may be honestly administered. !"
The Baltimore American advances
the suspicion that the letter OF Hancock
to Sherman, which has been published,
was not the one called for. 1t is mole
than a suspicion, in fact an absolute
certainty. that such is the fact. The
one '.called for" by the Republicans
Hancock never wrote or thought OF
writing.
One Democrat, who has been
nursing sore head for some months.
has decided that voting the Radical
ticket will be good for his ailment. He
lives in Pike County, Indiana, and he
has the satisfaction Of seeing the Be
publicans making hundreds of Demo-
Gratis out of him in their ridiculous Ell
fort to offset the exodus from their own
ranks.
To q correspondent in Chicago
Mr.. English has written the following
letter:
INDIANAPOLIS, August Z.
MY DEAR SIR: Never mind the claims and
boasts of the Republicans about Indiana IL
is ali bosh. The Democrats are thoroughly
united here, are gaining by conversions, and
are only in danger by reason of the importa-
ton of negro voters, frauds and inc use OF
are raising with a view to overwhelming the
State but with Gods help we intend to hold
the fort. Very respectfully n rxo,,su
There is no doubt that General
Garfield, if turned loose, unhampered
by any restrictions, could make good
campaign. speeches. But gagged and
hAmstrung as he is by the awkward
ness of his position, by the danger OF
stepping on torpedo if he gets toe
off the mark, by the feuds Of factions
and the ugly facts of a bad record, he
is like a prize fighter turned into the
ring for fistic encounter in q straight
| jacket. = Washington Post.
Because the Alabama negroes
didn't see fit to vote the Greenback
ticket in large numbers, the silly cry of
fraud is raised by the Republicans.
There isn't single fact to base the
charge on. The election was quiet
and orderly. Every man had chance
to vote as he pleased, unquestioned.
Many of the Radical negroes, having
no Republican ticket to vote for, cast
their ballots with their Democratic
neighbors. There would be great
Democratic majority in Iowa or Kansas
if the Republicans in either Of those
States were to make no nominations. :
Washington Post. go =
| 1t is fashionable Just now in the
Republican papers torefer to the fierce
activity of the "Irish Republicans. ="
This bosh does not gull anybody. The
Irish Republican element bears about
ths same relation to the party, 30 far as
size is concerned, that a grain of corn
does to the solar system. Every intel
Iigent Irishman knows that the Repub-
lican party managers and leaders would
disfranchise the whole Irish race bad
they the power. The feeling of the
Republicans for the Irish is well por-
trayed by the cartoons in Harper 8
Weekly. which speak louder than words.
ST. Louis Republican.
- ADemocrat, says the Elmira On.
~ Gazette, has deposited in the Office
of the Gazette 81, 800 to be matched
against q like sum from the pockets Of
any Republican who believes in Gar.
fields success, the bets to be distributed
IS follows:
800 that Hancock carries Pennsylvania
500 that Hancock carries Connecticut.
| 800 that Hancock carries New Jersey. ii
800 that Hancock carries Indiana.
500 that Hancock carries New York.
800 that be wins all the above bets.
And $l,O00 that Hancock will be elected.
All the offers to be accepted or none.
No Republican will match the sum
They don't propose to put up theil
money just to have Democrats wall
away with it.
- General Hancock says he viii
make no speeches during the campaign
but will remain ON Governors lslant
all summer and fall. The wisdom o
this course is apparent. In the frs
place as long As General Hancock com
mands military department of thu
Government it win be eminently proper
for him to attend faithfully to his officia
duties. In the second place "no Presi