The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsnINerox. August 8. 1880.

WASHINGTON, August 9, 1880
That New York Conference has
played the very old devil with the
plans of the democrats, who had
made up their minds. Judging by
their own experience q, the Re
publican leaders were gong to meet
and have q stormysessiou, tree fight,
break up IN a row, so home mad and
set down and suck their thumbs
and let the rebel army with the blue
uniform III front as a mask carry the
day. But how they have slipped up
on it. The Republicans are not big
fools. They showed their good sense.
They resolved on fight, and fight it
shah be until every man in this
country who is a legal voter under
the laws, whether American, Dutch,
Irish, s'weae, negro or what not, shall
have one free vote and that vote
honestly counted. The leaders have
put their money up on il, their for
tunes and if need be their lives.
Now for the charge. First up into
Maine, neXti into Indiana. then sweep
through the solid south. There is
music in the air. Wen take Hancock
at his word fora free ballot and don't t
you forget it." The Democrats may
protest against the bloody shirt
They made it and we have got the
nerve to shake it in their teeth. Don
Piatt, n Democratic editor here adj
vises his party not to exhibit too
much ofthe dirty shirt, rs between
the two the people will be apt to
prefer the bloody shirt" He SAYS
"senseless ubusc only cxcitcs OPP
position and the more the SIN,
World and little stars Of journalism
assail Garfield's private character
the more the Republicans will rally
10 his support. The facts grow
upon us that the nearer Garfield is
brought to the public the more pop
ular he becomes while Hancock as
steadily loses"
How different is the meeting OF
/ the Democratic-rebel clans, when
they come together, except to take
a drink, they grit their teeth at each
other growl, then take another
| drink. That settles the campaign.
Any party or man VINO sticks to
bourbon will get demoralizcd. 1t Is
bound to bring them. Take the rum
out Of the Hancock campaign and
( thcrc'is nothing left but that blue
uniform and it is now being ignored
even in painting campaign banners
as it hurts the feelings of the Cap
tains. Majors, COlonels, Judges, and
Doctors. On the banner, Wallace
has Just put up on ~F' street OPP
posite Williards, where all the Demo
cratic loafers in Washington congre-
gate to compare notes, the blue uni
form is left off the superb Hancock
and even the background of the
picture IS butternut The Demo
cratic managers have, | understand
ordered all the Hancock and English
banners for use in the North to be
painted with the uniform on, while
for the South, where, for obvious
reasons, every soldier knows, the
loyal blue Is dropped. How sad tn,
spectacle"
You don't hear a Democrat, any
more, count on Pennsylvania for
/ Hancock. What has become o
that grand reunion of the gray and
blue that was to take place this fall
on the Gettysburg battle field? Echo
/ answer, to thin.
New York, now, isjust about given
up TO Garfield and Arthur, by tho
blowers. When Hancock was nomi
mated Democrats wanted to bet on
anything from 80 to 80 thousand
majority. Now they say It's too tal
off vet Till the election to Judge how
it viii 20. The truth is the Demo
Gratis in New York are demoralized.
Wallace played the devil with al
the prospects they had and then
left | half believe the Republi
can managers have engaged him tc
defeat the Democrats. He will pay
his respects in the 18th district TIN.
fall no doubt.
Then that internal little devil
Johnny Davenport has got hold o.
the census returns in New York and
has one hundred clerks on the TOP
floor of the post office copying of
all the names for some purpose
/ Boys we have got them by the WOO
in New York. No more false regis
tration. No more false naturaliza-
ton, no morcfalse and Illegal voting
not if the Republican party know;
itself and she thinks she does. Wher
the citizen comes up for registration
we viii want to know besides where
he now lives, where he resided last
June. His statement viii then be
compared with his statement to tht
/ census enumerator when he was not
thinking of his party the old flag
and am appropriation, and if it dom
correspond Little johnny will put
/ the screws to them in the name %
the Nation with the biggest \. they
ever saw. With Il fair vote, New
York is Republican and we'll the
! Democrats know it.
Garfield's popularity which is
everywhere though the state has had {
very sedative effect upon the rebc
yell here, and General Grants Gen
eral Order No. 1, has braced up every
Republican, North and South, black
and white, to Il sense of duty in the
coming contest, while the Blaine mer
are just Topping over with enthusi
asm for the ticket.
John Kelly and his gang, another
clement in New York politics is
sprucing up again to the discontinue
Of the Democrats. They say Kelly
is all right. When you say Kelly
to Democrat it makes him loob
cadaverous. The fact is, Kelly is Z
good honest man and don't like two
faced business. An Irismnan don't
like to be ignored. What make,
Kelly mad is Hancock embracing
Tilden and passing him by without
saying: The top Of the morning to
you Mr.. Kelly"
\ radical exchange inquiries when
the managemet of the Democratic
Campaign is going to begin and sug-