The silver state., 1880-08-27
GOT 1T MIXED.

tain Regarding American Politics.
The New York World has evolved
the following foreign press opinions:
From the London Timesl
The Republicans in America have
nominated the third term candidate,
Garfield He has already held the
Presidency for two years. and his elec-
tion for the third terra will probably
result in the crowaing Of his eldest SON
u. s. Grant Garfield, as Emperor OF
America. The Democrats, led by
wild Irishman named Hancock. appear
to have nominated one Denis Kearney,
a millionaire Of San Francisco, and an
Irishmap by birth, who lives in Paris,
where he has magnificent villa, and
who is The owner of gold mines of i'm
calculable value in Nevada, in the State
of Tennessee, where ne works so, 900
Chinese, all Of whose queues he has cut
off.
FROM the LOnuol SJanQard.3
Our American cousins are electing
President. Tais happens every year,
in the month OF November. The pres
ent candidates call themselves Chicago
men ana Cincinnati men. The Chicago
men used to be called Republicans, but
their leader, General Grant, as is we'll
remembered, at place called San
Francisco, in Mexico, was shot by
man named Kalloch, and his widow,
the Empress Carlotta, is now living, a
maniac, with her father on the planta-
tion of New Orleans. The Cincinnati
candidate is named after the old his
toric Roman, Cincinnatns, and has been
a private soldier i'll the army, but
turned MS sword into a pruning hook
and surrendered to the Union General
Robert E. Lee, at Appomattox. 1t is
not certain vino will be elected, but it
is thought that a weaver in Iowa, who
is ngpNtstA WIN ttlOSC VI bIS Vi oLV, Aibc
some show of success.
From the Paris f'igaro.l
The Americans are always amusing.
The Bonlevards would Ne wretched but
for the Americans who love handsome
Paris Ladies', and the Partisan ladies
who IN return love the rich Americans.
The presence Of 5c,0)o Americans in
Paris, who spend millions of francs
here each year, make us love America
80 much that We condescsnd to take an
interest in the election Of an American
President, whose official title is Grand
Sachem. Fortunately. we have tele-
graphic cable, and as we understand
everything here, at the capital of the
world, we take araost rs much interest
in the election of al American Presi-
dent as we do ia the choice of Prince
of Here goyinia.
This is what the cable tells us:
The Republicans have elected for
President one Garvel5, a German, who
came last year to America from the
platt-Deutsh country. lie is President
Of the American Credit Mobilier The
Republicans in America are, very
strangely, those who want King. The
Democrats, wSt were unsuccessful, sup
ported a man naxaol scott Winfield,
who was defeated at New Orleans, and
who ran away at the battle of Gettys-
burg. We learn tins from the organ of
the Fifth Avenue Republicans of Kan
saa City, in the State of Ottawa, a
paper which ia called the New York
Daily Times.
From the Paris 1epubliqae Prancaise.l
Victory perohes! The Great Repub-
lie OF the West salutas France The
Americans have chosen their President
His name Is ScotG Gar deld, from Win
6eld, in TIL. Staje OF Ashtabuia. He
won the historic battle of Gettysburg,
in the Greet American Civil War, and
then retired to lis coNntrv-seat of Gov
ernor's Island, whence he has only
emerged to represent IN The Vermont
Legislature the districts OF Western
Reserve. fla vas sen,ereed to death
for numbering Lis mother, Mrs. Sur
raft, and pardoaed oh his way to the