The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-09-27
Political Notes.

Francis B. Hayes, the Republican nominee
for Congress in the Fifth Massachusetts Dis
trict, died on Saturday.
The Republican majority in Maine has set
lied down to 15,411. This is official. The
majority in 1876 was 1914; in 1879 it was
u. 176. The average has been barely main
tanned.
The preliminary arrangements for the or
eanization of merchants Cleveland and
Hendricks Club in New York were made
Tuesday Many of the signers of the call are
Republicans.
Ex-Governor Hendricks, ex-senator Thur
man, Gov Hoadly and Gen. Durbin Ward on
Saturday addressed large Democratic meet
ing in Hamilton, Ohio. The attendance was
variousy estimated at from $4,000 to 10000.
A Cleveland and Hendricks club has been
formed by members of the New York Produce
Exchange, and half of the officers and mem
bers are Republicans who supported Garfield
! four years ago. j. p. Townsend, Republican,
is president of the club.
The chairman of the New Jersey Democrat
/ ic State committee has written the Democrat
ic national committee that New Jersey can be
| depended on to give its electoral vote to
Cleveland and Hendricks by a handsome
majority.
At meeting of the Illinois Methodist Con-
| ference, Tuesday, resolution was presented
to the effect that the body give its support to
ex-Gov St. John in the coming presidential
election. A motion was made to table the
resolution, but it was lost, and the resolution
was adopted with but few dissenting votes.
Hon. Carl Schurz addressed an audience of
! over 6, ZOO people at the Armory in Cleveland,
Ohio, Thursday evening of last week. Hon.
C.. B. Lockwood, leading merchant and
Republican, presided, and upon the stage, as
vice presidents of the meeting, sat number
of prominent Germans who never before
denied their allegiance to the Republican
party.
Referring to the Irish-American Republi-
can meeting in New York Thursday evening
of last week, the World says: SIT lacked
numerical strength to make it imposing, and
it did not display enough enthusiasm to make
it impressive. 1t was probably one of the
most lukewarm political gatherings ever held
/ in this city. The managers intended that the
meeting should be an out and-o Blaine one,
but Cleveland seemed to have as many if not
more friends there than the Republican
didates."
Mr.. James G. Blaine was serenaded at the
National Headquarters in New York on Sat
urday night 1t is estimated that 10 900 per-
sons were present in the street in front of the
building. Mr.. Blaine was received with en-
thusiastic applause and made brief acknowl-
edgement. Addresses were made by Emory
A. Storrs and Senators Hawley and Hale
Mention of the name of ex-President Hayes
was received with a storm of Kisses from a
large portion of the crowd, and a mention of
Gov. Cleveland by Mr.. Hale was greeted with
a storm of cheers.
s'The Massachusetts Independents appre-
ciate just the kind of juggler they have to deal
with, and have been looking up his Washing
ton social record, with abundant results in
the scandal line. 1t confirms the statement
of Mr.. Gifford's letter that Mr.. Blaine was
refused association with Mr.. Morrills family,
and it reveals the sad tale of his seduction of
married Washington lady, who was put
under his protection" for the voyage to
Europe by her devoted husband. The lady's
father was a native of Maine, of high standing
and national reputation. - Portland, Maine,
Eastern Argus.
The Independent Republicans of Milwau-
kee, Wis, last week organized a state COM
mittee with Hon. Thaddeus C. Pound as
chairman. The enrolment papers bear a
heading stating that the signers who have
usually in the past supported the Republican
Presidential ticket, believing that the best in
terests of the country demand the defeat of
James G. Blaine and the election of Grover
Cleveland, do hereby severally enroll our
selves as CO. operating to that end" Large
numbers of voters are signing the paper.
Mr.. Blaines proposed stamping tour
through the West is an evidence of the des-
peration of his cause. 1t is the deynier res
sort. No candidate for the Presidency save
Horace Greeley ever went upon the stump to
advocate his own cause. OF course we do not
TO uabo Re-, p,t
and Mrs. Woodruff. When Greeley saw the
desperation of his cause he made stumping
tour through the West just before the October
election. He was the worst beaten candidate
for the Presidency that ever started out with
fair prospects. Mr.. Blaine's stumpng tour
will be equally disastrous.
Ex-City Judge j. n. Scott, of indianapolis,
brother-in-law of Senator Harrison, has de-
clared for Cleveland He has always been a
Republican, In his letter to the President of
the Independent Republican club he says:-
"After much hesitation and long and mature
consideration, my course is now clear to me.
l shall cast my next vote so to contribute
its weight, at least, towards the defeat of those
who shamelessly practice corruption in office,
and deceit, misrepresentation and the intol-
GRANGE born of acknowledged unworthiness In
the pursuit of it, and will therefore be for
Cleveland and Hendricks"
The statement is made that the Pacific
Railroads have been applied to as a last re-
sort-and successfully-to supply the Blaine
campaign chest for the Ohio contest. Alud-
ing TO this statement the Boston Herald, in.
dependent Republican, says: "These great
corporations can afford to pay literally to
promote Blaine's election, both in remem-
brance of favors past and with lively antici-
patton of favors to come. The record of tho
Senate shows that Mr. Blaine alHaya voted
ON the side of the railroads. He tried to
vitiate the Thurman bill. And Senator Ed
munds testified that whenever he or Senator
Thurman sought to protect the peoples rights
against these corporations, up jumped Mr..
Blaine, musket in hand, to fire into our backs.
Having found him no deadhead, they, no
doubt. see channels in which he can be use
ful.