The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-21
Political Notes.

Senator Miller says Califor Ia is for Blaine and
he believes the State will 60 Republican If Blaine is
nominated.
Any Southern man who favors Republican su-
| premacy In the Southern States puts himself at
once in the attitude of any enemy of his people,
| Savannah News.
If Mr.. Arthur should be nominated no paper will
accord him mere hearty support than the Ceve-
land Leader, for he has made most unexception-
ably good President Cleveland, o.. Leaier.
The sale Of the Albany Evening Josrnal is under
stood to mean movement in behalf of Blaine for
Presi lent is said that the chair OF eatornchef
will be offered t. Mr. S. S. Conant managing editor
of HarIer's Weekly.
Meanwhile, outside of Congress the Democratic
party warders in doubt and uncertainty lamenting
the absence of a leader able to dominate and con-
trel these fatal and unfortunate (free-tra0e)
tn orists and unite the now broken and quarreling
Democracy OF ssues that are practically and i'm
peratiyely necessary-New York sun Dem)
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sir: Why does the
Democratic party gst such booms between Presi-
DENTAL election years, aud such boomerangs in Pres
tive engineer who rides with back to a cow
catcher sees everything after he passes it.-New
York SUI.
Arthur has been loyal to his party. He has
healed serious breaches that existed when he took
charge of the government. He is thoroughly in
cord wi b his party in Congress- and has given an
unexceptionably good adminstra ion. Let justice
De done b IN by republicans at least.-Sprlngheld,
o., state journal.
The Republican convention in Cumberland coun-
ty held to elect delegates to the State
onvention resolved shat It Is the unqualified ex
preston of this enton that james e.. Blaine is
the choice of the republican party of Cumberland
county as lis standard bearer for President in 1884
and that all just aud ,norable should bs
adopted for his nomination and ele ton.
The ex-Speaker is in an especially nasty temper
just at present. We to say it, but if signs
are to be taken at their full apparent value, Mr.
Randall is acting in contemplate spirit. He is
dictatorial unfaithful, tricky and mean. Whether
his present boast thai he has debaucned fifty DEM
ocrats so that they are ready to rally round his
standard, will be borne out by The result, cannot
| tell Boston Post (Dem.)
General Grants house is besieged with callar-
He sees great many people. His health seems to
be fully restored except that he is somewhat lame.
He speaks very freely upon the political situation
but does not desire TO appear IN print. He this
morning EXPIRE Sod the opinion that Blaine would
lead upon the first ballot but he declared himself
earnestly in favor Of the nomina len of Logan.
Washington Correspondent Boston journal.
Watterson talks too much at Washington about
the .rious phases of Democratic doctrine. He
ought to know that the old party has no principles
but those that spring fr IN the stomach, and no
| policy beyond getting something to eat The at
tempt to show that party that has one bloody
hand (Copiah and Danvtle) aud one that greasy
(uieh adald OILY is thinking about the welfare of
the country in any respect. is too stupid to be
funny.-Cncinnat Commercial Gazette.
Mr.. Morrison and all his friends and supporters
are fast getting into position that iusties their
| opponent in calling them vain and useless med
dlers dstur bers of the peace in bus ness and pol
itics, who have created g eat dea' of ba feeling
and apprehp nsioD for tangible resul. Real " If
they meant to make fight, they ought to have
kept enough in their propositions to fight about
| New York Times.
Representative Brewer of New Jersey says: ''New
Jersey will send to the Chicago Convention inde
| pendent delegation. 1t will not be bound to any
one candidate, but will be prepared to act for the
best interests of the party majority may deter
mine. The feeling in favor of the nomination of
Blaine is growing in every part of the tate and his
| friends are not less numerous today than they
we're four years ago. when every vote OF the dele
| CATION was given him.
Ths managers of the Republican campaign fund
could well have afforded TO pay Mr.. Carlisle's ex-
| penses to New York last Saturday. AS a private
Individual Mr. Carlisle had a perfect right to inc
with body of reputable citizens, whatever their
polili views might be. but when he sought and
OBJ aimed the gre t position which entities him be
regarded as the hel sman of his party he tacitly
bound himself to hdeliUg to its Welt are and unity
| Yet bis speech meant Democratic dlsunion.-INsw
York World tDem)
recent illustration is furnished of Gen. Arthurs
| entire ubselfshnsss of natu and high sense of
| honor He is one OF the administrators of the Hugh
Hastings estate a aiding asset of which was the
New York Commercial Advertiser estahlishmant
tia ions the President urged to use his influence
as an executor against the sale of the paper as it
was anticipated thai under the new administration
it wsuld be anti-Arthur, while under the OLD il was
favorable to his nomination and slection The
Presuent's reply that his voice uld be- for
the best possible ipoition Of the property regard
of his personal Interests. aud the sale was
| effected Buffalo Commercial.
| We already have so many engaged In farming
that we have an immense surplus to dispose Of.
| The demand for this surplus is threatened with
| extinction The wheat fields of Austria of The
| Souuan and of India are now drawn upon by
Europe, and the demand for American whe Il must
grow ess. Even freetrauers will admit this. 1t
we're folly, then, to do anything at this juncture
that mus drive more Americans to the fields
While it is indirectly does 10 large exten The
American farmer is no less etfectualy protected
| than the ma uttcturer. Every person that can be
kept probably employed in the shops is a
consumer of farm products; he is the par n of the
farmer, but III day he is sent away fron the mill
or faclo y he becomes Ihe farmers competitoc, and
as such helps swell tue volume of farm products
and 10 run down the price.-Indlanapolis journal.