The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-05
POLITICAL NOTES.

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EVERYBODY knows that where igno-
rance is most dense the Democratic ma
iority is the largest The census DEM
ohstrates this fact beyond doubt. OF
the 100000 illiteFate voters in the
United States, 1,125,OO0 are in the
Southern States. Only about one-half
the voting population Of the South are
able to read their own bcllets. Inter
ocean. lt75FiA % fe 7'''. n
TIE crowd Of impecunious. delegates
to the late Ohio Democrats stete Con-
eention who got no money out of Book.
walters "bar'l" are now swearing like
'our army in Flanders" They do not
seem to obe particularly scandalized be-
cause, their candidate literally bought
his Nomination, but because, In the dis
bIrsement Of the finds, they received
no part of the swag. They call him now
Pocket-Bookwalter. The quarrel be-
tween the factions is. very pretty as it
stands. - Chicago Journal, ... -'a
In the intensely Democratic parts of,
this State-where the rum shops ere
many and the school houses few-they
are passing the old .Claib jackson de-
tense warrants for Government curren-
ey. Well, why not? These warrants
represent something very dear to the
Democratic heart, while Government
currency. represents something very alb
horrent. Then our friends the Green
hackers might with propriety take the
jackson scrip as legal tender. 1t is just
as valuable as they would make the
Government notes if they had chance.
1t is the fiat money for which their souls
yearn.--&. LoWts Globe-DemOcrat. a.a
INDICATIONS are abundant thus early
that the aniable game of dog in the
manger will be much played by the Pro.
hibitionists of the country in the ensu-
ing fall elections. In several State and
many local contests the Reformers, 2
hopeless of victory themselves, are hope
full of an occasional opportunity to wrest
victory from the Republicans and give
it to the, Democrats. The proYerbial
friendliness and lively sympathy Of the
Democracy toward all worthy aims of
the Prohibitionists ought to receive
some sort of tangible recognition, of
course. To render occasional Demo-
cratic victories at the polls possible is,
therefore, kind of the IProhibitionists !;
though how these anticipate aid in their
work. from Democratic successes is a
matter difficult of understanding. --Nit-
aOdukee Wisconsin. p
THERE is not the slightest probability
of the Republicans losing the organiza-
ton of the lower house of Congress.
The new Congressional Directory shows
that 151 members were elected as dis
tinctiIe Republicans, 131 as Democrats
and IL as Greenbackers or lIndepend-
ents. Six vacancies now exist--four in
Republican districts and two in Demo
cratic districts. Should Republicans be
elected to succeed Messrs. Lapham,
Miller and Morton, of New York, and
Frye, of Maine, the Republicans will
have amaiority of one. Moreover, some
OF the Independents and Greenbackers
were elected by Republican votes, in
opposition to Democratic nominees.
Hazleton, Rice and Burrows, of Mis-
souri,, classed as Greenbackers, are
ayowed Republicans, except on the cur
rency question, and will In all probability
act with the Republicans in the organ.
ization of the House It is absolutely
certain that they will not take part
|, with the Democrats. Columbus (Ohio)
Journal. ....t. ..+ All
WHENEVER the Democrats blunder OF
ail-and they usually do both-they is
sue manifestoes to the country TELLING
what fellows. they would be if they only
had a fair chance, what grand results
they would achieve had fate been other
wise and what wicked fellows the parties
at whose hand they suffer defeat are and
have. been The, Bourbons of the New
York Legislature, having failed to take
advantage Of the temporary split In the
Republican ranks, are angry and disap-
pointed, and, in an address issued to the
public in explanation of their failure
they are eloquent in denunciation of the
spells system, caustic In their references
to Conkling, and contemptuous In allud,
ing to Platt. They try to make it ap.
pear that they are In favor of civil
service reform, pure and simple, that
they have the utmost concern for the
" great State of New York = and of the
nation, and that they are particularly
SOLICITORS for the interest Of the tax
payer. o The people, however, have little
faith in their protestations or PROBES
sions, and the. people are right. The
periodical Democratic manifesto is to
be expected, and probably must be en-
dured. i4"Il s5.1lFl 81 7-lia35i ~
&c BooKwALTER, the Democratic candi
date for Governor of Ohie, has q barrel
but, if reports may be believed, no othel
qualification for Governor. The. New
York Times says Of him: n8la4ol
Heris simply and solely vulgar fellow with {
million or two of dollars who proposes to bur
the Governorship as a kind Of personal orns.
ment, just as "shoddy'' rich people buy tht
biggest diamonds they can find. His candida
cy represents gross form of materialism, and
nothing else. His philosophy of the correlation
of forces never n rises above the con
sideration of the omnipotence Of mon y
In his patent water-wheels and his en-
gines he sees a force that can be trans
muted into political power and glory. The,
bring him money. and money, as he fsncies
will bring him anything he desires. The man
the individual, stands for nothing in this pro
cess. The engines anil the water-wheels ar,
going to elect Ex-Governor of Ohio, unless j
shall prove that the voters Of the State are no
yet ready to accept the sway Of mechanica
forces. :" ~ .--.--.-r...... ~. ,-... .-.,.
The. " bari " has not proven a success
with the Democracy in late years. i
has secured nominations, which is easy
enough, but it has proven a dead weigh
in elections. The people are not ye'
ready to put up offices to the highest
bidder. While the possession of a bar
rel may be controlling in Democratic
conventions, it is a positive impedimen
in elections, as Bookwalterwill find out
I5idi0aapo1fs Journal. p, ~ e'-
I" EIGHT out Of every ten men, VIII,
walk the streets of New York wears som
mechanical appliance or other ant
women too, for that matter, though the,
look SO fine" says a. surgical instrument
dealer to the Sun. ''Persons are verv
RESERVED about their wearing an appli
ance for an infrrnity. We are generally
requested to deliyer. our parcels ewithou
our address on them, so that their con
tents may not be suspected even by theil
dearest friends and relatives, and those
who wear anything for the improvement
Of their figures are even more seeretiyt
and mysterious.