Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-07-28
Notes and Notions.

CLEVELAND Herald (Republican) ether,
is no Grant faction or Blaine faction
now in the Republican party. They are al
united and solid for Garfield and Arthur
AND still they come. Mr.. Alexander
Ferguson, one Of the Oldest lawyers ant
most influential Democrats in Cincinnati
has come out strong for Garfield and Arthur
BosToN Advertiser "The Democrats are
working hard to bring General Hancock
into such prominence that their party and
Its record will be obscured and forgotten
until after the election"
WASHINGTON Star. "There is unmis.
taxable evidence on every side that there
has been reaction politically, and that the
nominations of Garfield and Arthur are
growing. stronger with each passing day."
PHLADELrHrA Times at is probable
that in the whole course of the presidential
campaign now fairly entered upon there
will be no more dispassionate presentation
of the Republican case than that made by
Secretary Schurz at indianapolis"
MILWAUKEE Sentinel (Republican): " Gen
eral Hancock is, in every sense of the word,
a military candidate. He has not drawn a
civilians breath for over thirty-fve years.
He is nominated for the reason that the
Democrats wish his military record to count
in their behalf"
CONGRESSMAN FELTON, Democrat) "I
know General Garfield personally, have been
on the same committee with him, and he is
gentleman of good morals, social, clever,
and has grand intellect; intellectually he
has no superior in the house. He is good
man, has mind of inexhaustible resources,
and ] have not word to say to detract from
his integrity"
A REMARK by Mr.. Hendricks previous to
the Chicago convention al will tell you
who think the Republicans should nom
mate, and who consider their strongest
man; he is true man, man of principle,
an honest man, and would make a good
president for us all. Personally, consider
him the best man you could nominate. re-
ASa W oOhCi al odiuc0 M pdfllclu Vi OUlO
LYMAN TRuMBULL Of Illinois, the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor some years
ago, expressed his opinion of the Demo-
cratic party as follows "The Democratic
party has never yet done an act that would
commend it to the favorable consideration
of the people of the United States but, on
the contrary, its traditions and its acts are
now, and ever have been, a standing menace
to the progress and civilization of the
nineteenth century"
SAYS the Atlanta Constitution: After
the election of Hancock, we are willing to
admit that we are nation, and a very large
one." This means that with Democrat in
the white house there will be no check to
Capitalization; that there will be no OBJ.
lection to the federal election laws, under
Democratic control and that the appoint
ment of well paid deputy marshals Demo
Gratis, of course,) is one of the highest duties
of which the government is capable.
IT is said that the Hon. Chauncey Filley
of st. Louis, a member of the national Re-
publican committee, is having medals struck
off to be presented to the three hundred and
six delegates at the Chicago convention who
voted for General Grant for president to the
last The medals is said to be of the finest
bronze, suitably inscribed to the "Old
Guard" on one side and bearing on the
other medallion of General Grants head,
surrounded by wreath of oak and myrtle.
DAYTON (Ohio) Journal: "Soft money
and hard money Democrats, Ku-Klux, White
Liners, Knights Of the Golden Circle, old
Copperheads, rebels, guerillas, bushwhack-
ers and plug uglies dancing war dance
around Hancock and singing, Rally Round
the Flag, Boys form IA picturesque group,
such as no man in his sober senses ever
dreamed Of 1t is the old story of the Devil
putting on the livery of heaven, and posing
for an angel of light. A sort of political
delirium tremens, as it were."
New YORK Times: " The constantly grow
ing mass of voters who are not reached at
all by appeals to what may be called the
sentimental side of the Republican record
are eminently susceptible to arguments so
carefully weighed and so dispassionately
stated as those of Mr.. Schurz. And, in de-
fault of some very radical change in the ad-
justment of political forces, the issues of
the campaign of 1880 will be more obvi-
ously determined by the young, the thought
full and the independent vote of the country
than at any previous presidential election"
THE Indianapolis Journal says that Mr..
Hendricks has been heard to speak dispar-
agingly of Hancocks prospects, particularly
in Indiana, and to quietly prophesy that
10000 Democrats would not vote for him.
He cited the case of Horace Greeley, who
lost $1,000 Democratic votes in this state in
1872, and suggests that Hancock will be OBJ
jectionable to the same voters. "The De-
mocracy," he said, ais reported to have
claimed Vermont. / remember talking with
Mr.. Greeley shortly after his nomination,
and he, too, claimed Vermont with the great
est confidence. We all know the result of
tndb CouhucuCt,
SAYS Vice-President Wheeler al can
speak Of General Garfield from my personal
experience, as sat almost daily during the
sessions of congress for four years as a mem
Der with him ON the committee on ways and
means Of the house. He is one Of the most
wholesouled men | ever met, generous
hearted aud very Conscientious having a
high sense of honor and honest in motive
and action. His conduct and action since
he has been member of congress believe
to be beyond reproach, and however much
INSCRIPTIONS men may have sought to in
fuence him, do not believe he ever gave
them any encouragement"
BosToN Herald: "The argument of the
secretary [Schurz] is evidently addressed
not to those voters who habitually go with
the machine, but to the independent political
thinkers, whose voice will practically deter.
mine whether General Garfield or General
Hancock shall succeed to the duties of Pres
ident Hayes. The reasons why the former
should be chosen and the latter not, are CO.
gently set forth in the address, and will
have weight with those who are not quite
ready to name the organization to which
they will eventually lend their support. The
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