The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-04

inquiries being made Tor the date
of ''the next free 'scursion.
Since the presidential candidates
were nominated there have been
established by the post office depart
ment nine post offices to be known
as Garfield. They are distributed in
Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky,
New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri,
Colorado, and Michigan. One office
to be known as Hancock has been
established in Texes. Oregon APP
piled to name new post office Gar
field, but there already being an
office known by that name in Ohio,
the Oregon parties compromised on
the name of Arthur. This sort of
thing happens, the post officials say,
whenever any public man comes in
to unusual prominence.
Politics is getting red-hot. Pole
raising and banner dedications are
all the go here now. If the interest
manifested by both parties in their
candidates continues to increase as
it has in the past month / don't
know what we will come to before
the election takes place. OF course
the people in the district are disfran-
chised and have no voice in electing
the President or any other officers
but at the same time a majority of
the Government employees 20 home
to vote. State associations that were
in full blast when President Hayes
went into office are being reorgan-
lied for campaign work, besides the
G. A. r. and Veteran Associations
are pushing things in the interest
of good government and the repubh-
can ticket with the volunteer"
soldier as their captain You hear
no doubt rose-colored reports from
here as elsewhere about the "Boys
in Blue" going to vote for Hancock.
1t is all humbuggerv don't believe
there is dozen soldiers of the late
war in Washington that would vote
for him if they could We have seen
enough of the "Brigadiers" turning
crippled comrades into the street
when they got hold of the capital
couple wears ago and putting rebels
in their places. All the old soldiers
are heartily in favor of Garfield and
Arthur and every one of them that
has a residence in Northern state
will go home and vote this fall, the
wav thev shot.
New York will be the battle-ground
for the democrats, as they have about
given up the idea of carrying Penn
svlvania with veil. since Don Cam
eron recovered his health. a
good MANY of the democrtic
leaders who loaf around in front of
Williards and Ebbits this hot weather
waiting for some one to come along
and ask them in to takesome genuine
Hancock bitters, are of the opinion
that Hancock made a mistake in
not allowing Wallace to blow his
horn and run the campaign for him,
while others upin the tricks of Wal
lace say it was god send to the
Democracy that him and his coffee
pots were cast to the rear as he surely
would have manipulated affairs in
Pennsylvania, with one object, to put
himself in the Senate again and let
Don Cameron have the state for Gar
field.
| think "our Alex" did well in
cutting him and Joining the Randall
wing of the gushing democracy.
Wallace is worker and in nv
opinion the republican party should
watch his movements closely. He
never stirred up the business end of
a hornets nestas he did when he and
his committee got hold of Little
JOHNNY Davenport last week in
New York. While they were search
ing for the torpedo that was to blow
the republicans out of water it ex-
ploded under the democratic party
and made a terrible exposure of their
frauds and outrages against honest
suffrage. Tilden sent for Hancock
at once took him up to Greystone,
embraced him and got him in the
name of common sense to persuade
Wallace and his committee to get
ont of New York as rapidly as pos
sible The committee thereupon
hastily gathered up the fragments
and left the field of their discOmfit-
ure.
Thomas Murphy, the ex-collector
of the port of New York, is in the
city for few davs on pleasure
trip. He is well known as an init
mate friend of Gen. Grant and was
appointed by him collector. In con-
versation the eX-collector said "Do
YOU know we are going to elect Gar
field? 1t will be hard work but we
are going to elect him. | think Grant
would have been the strongest nomi-
nee in New York. and we could have
swept the state for him. Next to
Grant Sherman would have been the
strongest Next to Grant and Sher-
man / think Garfield was the third
strongest man. Conkling will of
course engage actively in the cam
paign. He and Gen. Arthur are on
a fishing excursion up in Canada
but they will be backnext week and
the music will then begin"
Grant will also be there.
The patriotic army of the union is
beating the long roll in New York,
and every boy in blue, save here and
there one whose democratic aflilia-
tions are stronger thaa hi: love of
country, and has forgotten which
way his gun pointed during the war,
is preparing to fall in and attend
roll-call. The following documents
show that the veterans, headed by
General Grant, are earnestly prepar-
ing for the contest. The movement
leads off in this wise:
MANIToU, Col, July q. 1880.
Coioael Drake DeKay, Adjutant- Geaer-
al "Boys in Bluf." Nqe York City:
Publish order telcgraphed. In my
opinion the best interests Of the
whole country, north and south, de-
mand the success of the ticket head
ed by Garfield and Arthcr.
L. s. GRANT.
The following is the order referred