The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

Ex-senator w. w. Eaton has been
nominated for congress by the Dem
ocrats of the first Connecticut dis
trict. Mr.. Eaton is an old fashioned
Democrat, and will give his oppo-
nent, Buck, lively race.
Butterworth championed the ad-
ministration, but the machine could
not save him. 1t appears that with
all its wickedness Cincinnati
thought Butterworth's obscenity
entirely too strong. He was beautl-
fully floored.
Mr.. Arthur does not appear to be
greatly impressed with the "rueful
ruin" SO pathetically alluded to by
his man FOlger.' He has his eye on
the New York delegation to the
next presidential convention. The
rest he leaves to Mr.. Jay Gould.
In the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, few days ago, MIR. Elias j.
Disney, cotton broker, an original
Lincoln Republican and personal
friend of President Arthur, offered
to bet from $1,000 to $4,000 that
Cleveland would be elected. His
bet wasn't taken.
Raum, they say, is going to resign.
Considering that he is looking out
for himself and the "grand old party"
in Illinois instead Of attending to
his duties, his resignation would be
somewhat superfuous. Raum may
succeed David Davis, but he may be
counted on to draw his salary until
he does.
The opposition OF the coalition in
Georgia to the regular Democracy
was very similar to that of Arabl
Bey to sir Garnet Wolseley. There
was good deal of bluster before
hand, but as soon as decisive attack
was made the opposing forces melted
away like mist before the wind, very
much as it will be demonstrated in
Texas.
The dissatisfaction in Colorado
with the Republican state ticket will,
the leaders hope, pass away during
the campaign. The changing popu-
latiOn Of the state, ex-Goy. Routt
says. makes it difficult to predict the
result of one canvass from the can
vass of the year before. He believes,
however, that the Republicans will
carry the state and re-elect Congress
man Belford.
The New York Times is con-
strained to look upon Mr.. Cleve-
lands letter accepting the Demo.
cratic nomination tor governor of
New York as, "on the whole, mode
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a fair degree of political wisdom,
combined with the best of personal
intentions" The best part of it is
the combination.
The New York Herald is any
thing but complimentary to Mr.
Howard Carroll, the young man
who has consented to accept the Re-
publican nomination for congress
man-at-large in New York, vice
Hepburn, declined. 1t says that lie
is the son-in-law of a rich man who
was himself candidate for a nomi-
nation as governor, and when it
says this it is all that it can say in
his behalf. at Is doubtful" says the
Herald, eff Mr.. Carroll could tell in
what congressional district he lives"
However, he is merely figure-head
put up to be knocked down. The
Democrats of the state have a lien
Oh the congressman-at-large this
year.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Times says of the campaign in Wis
consin: "The condition of affairs in
the Republican congressional dis
tricts is especially distracted, and
that party are likely to lose two or
more of their members. The
third, sixth and seventh districts are
those i'll which the Republicans are
most distressed, and where they
have good reason to be. They are
torn up by factions in their own
ranks, and have in each district an
energetic, aggressive and thorough
prohibitory movement, which will
draw thousands of votes away from
their candidates" This looks shaky
for the 6. o. P. all around. 1t should
brace up.
Just before the Ohio election the
good deacon who presides over the
destinies of that rampant Radical
paper, the Cincinnati Gazette, said
that he was prepared for defeat, but
still thought his party might achieve
a great triumph. He declared that
all old landmarks were swept away,
and the result could only be decided
by the returns. Wonder If the good
deacon doesn't think now that the
cold landmarks" are swept away so
sweepingly that it will be impossible
to restore them. But the deacon
should remember that it was a Re-
publican legislature which gerry
wandered away the old landmarks,
and when it did so thought it was
working in the interest of the "grand
old nartv.O