The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-10-20
Political Notes.

Ohio gave 10000 majority against prohi-
bition, in poll of Ill, 791.
Hoadly carried the Soldiers Home in
Dayton by 81 majority over Foraker.
Out of seventy four counties in Iowa all but
two show Democratic gains from last year.
The Philadelphia American, itself repub-
lican journal, raises the question whether the
republican party is not perishing of
''dry rot?''
The New Jersey Prohibitionists have NOM
mated Rev. Solomon Parsons for governor in
place of DIR. ]. N. Quinby, who refused to ac-
cept the nomination.
The majority which Butler will receive
November next has been carefully calculated
to be about 10000. This is no haphazard
supposition.-Lagrence Mass. Sentinel
The Democratic campaign in Pennsylvania
has opened in earnest. Powell, Taggart,
Randall, Black, Curtain and others are on
the stump, and the camp-ires are burning
brightly.
The Boston Herald" a bitter political
enemy of Gov. Butler, says that the Demo-
cratic ratification meetings Wednesday night
in Boston show that the Democrats are enthu-
siastic and determined to force the fighting
until the end of the campaign.
A number of colored people of Virginia
have reid convention and issued an address,
urging the colored voters to vote for straight
Republican nominees for the Legislature.
The election in Virginia this year is only for
half of the Senate and for members of the
House of Delegates.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun says: While ex-senator
Conkling was here last week he repeated to
some friends the opinion which he is said to
have expressed several times within the last
year, that the Democrats would elect the
next President.
In letter from Richmond, Va, Joaquin
Miller writes: "Alas and alas, for broken
idols In Boston l found that General
Butler was hated-heartily hated. But here
at ALL He is merely despised. So long as
man is hated there is hope for him. But
when he is merely despised, that is the end. "
When the Grand Old Republican Party casts
its watery eye over the vast field of American
Politics it sees but one green oasis, and that
is Iowa, which flies badly used-up flag In
scribed "12, 900 maj" The young doctor who
went West and hung out his shingle as prac-
titioner wrote to his old preceptor in describ-
ing his first case of obstetrics; "The child is
dead, the mother is dead, but with heaven S
help | will save the old man." With little
divine assistance the 'Grand old Party will
probably be able to preserve Iowa.
Ex-senator Geo. Fl. Foster, of New York
City, in an interview with the EUening WelcS
reporter, announces his intention to bolt the
Republican ticket and vote for all the Demo
cratic candidates, except Comptroller. He
said: 81 have not changed my political faith,
but have changed my course of political ac-
ton The Republican party at the present
time l consider to be managed by certain
clique ofpoliticians, who are runningit. They
are permitting it to be identified with corpo-
rate monopolies, produced from, and cher
hands the organization is drifting in direc-
ton which think is going to prove fatal,
and am not going with it. The record OF
the Republican party in Congress, in taxing
the people $1OO,O00,OOO more than necessary
was all wrong. 1t was an outrageous policy
that was not justified by the pretense of paying
off the National debt"