The Portland daily press., 1884-08-15
Camnaipn Notas.

General Daniel Siekles predicts the defeat of
Gov Cleveland in New York by 90 900 votes. Cen
Sickles is Democrat.
The Democratic organs are beginning to breathe
more freely now. They have triumphantly proved
the personal purity of Gov. Cleveland by calling
thief.-N. Y. Tribune.
Theodore Roosevelt is reported to be preparing
speech which viii seriously annoy the Cleveland re-
formers. The speech will review the record Of Cove
Cleveland, and will show that he was not in sym
pathy with the Roosevelt party, which gained its
distinction on account of its devotion to reform.
1t is plain that the Democrats are not really SO
sangune as they talk. The leaders fully realize
the uncertainties of the situation, with Butler
tramping about as a new new party man, and entieins
cratic party lines to follow him outside of them
Boston Letter to Springfield Republican.
William j. Gleason of Cleveland, Ohio, now in
Boston to attend the Irish Convention who has
been connected with the Democratic committee of
his county for twenty years, quite recently resigned
the craftsmanship to support MIR. Blaine. OF six
hundred letters received from Irish-Amerlcan
friends all except half dozen approved his course.
Mayor Calkins, Republican candidate for Govern
or of Indiana expresses entire confidence in his own
election and majority of l5 900 for Blaine Irish
American organizations are forming for Blaine all
over the State. Among the men of influence who
have declared for the Republican ticket is the Rev
Father Reader, German Catholic priest of Crown
Point.
Blaine is the distinct choice of majority of the
people of the country as he was the choice of a ma
jorty of the Chicago convention He is going to be
the next President of the United States The soon
people who don't like him learn to accept this in
evItable fact the less disappointment there will be
after election,
Ex-Judge Curtis, well-known Democrat in New
Jersey. was invited by the Democratic committee
of New Jersey to take the stump in that State for
Gov. Cleveland. In reply he wrote the following
letter: Dear Sir-Yours received. am going for
Blaine. When the Democrats nominate monopt-
lists to crush labor, and ignore statesmen elevate
medi0crity, it is time for person who has ballot
to vote for a man of brains.
Mr.. Tilden is said to have advised Cleveland 10
put his letter aside until the party misunderstand-
ing was definitely adjusted and then 1t would be
time enough to publish it; that the letter itself was
OF secondary importance, and would prodnce bet
ter effect if addressed to the party on united and
harmonious basis; that he should 20 away for
awhile and permit events to take their own course
during his absence.-Augusta Chronicle Dem)
One of our Boston clergymen who has been very
earnest and decided in his advocacy Of Grover
Cleveland for the Presidency has written to Buff
his private character. He now states after having
received information from reliable sources that he
feels as minister of the gospel he cannot indorse
or vote for Mr. Cleveland and shall not do so.-Bos-
ton journal.
The New York Sun, reviewing the several Do
fences and apologies made in Governor Cleveland's
behalf having published not word from his acous-
ers, comes to the following conclusion: Judging
solely from these statements in extenuatOn OF factS
which are not denied, we are forced to conclude
that if the things now developed had been known
to the country three months ago, there would not
not have been in the United States of America a
man less likely to be nominated for President than
Grover Cleveland of Buffalo.