The Portland daily press., 1884-03-29
Political Notas

The Joe Hawley boom is not overshadowing but
it Is solid and clean. There is nothing ridiculous or
impossible abou it. st anger things and less dssira-
b 9 thugs are happening oVery day.-Philadelphia
Press
The business men of every section of the Union
will feel safe if in the hunt for candidate for q
President the convention should DRIP up n John
Sherman of Ohio. His name has been Identified
witn more measures that have bought prosperity
70 th- natl n than any other living statesman. In
hi- own State he is especially stTorg and almost
equally 30 IN New York.-ChicagO lnter-Ocean.
No Republ can candidate can carry New York
wh does not unite his cordial support the three
great sections Of SePubican voters, the indepsnd-
nts the halt-breeds and the stawarts Ans Re
'0licau anywhere Ia the country Who knows what
those words de crbe, and who recalls the Republi-
oan result N New York in 1879 ant 1887 can
decide for himself whe her Me. Blsine would be an
aya1lab c Rspr btican candidate for New York aud
whether therefore, hi nomination would increase
the chanceS ~ ntinued Republican control OF the
national admiuistraion.-Harper's Weekly.
Ex-Gov. English of Connecticut, whose nordinato
vanity mikes him eager to have his name mention
ed among Democratic presidential possibilities has
tens 10 placs himself Al the heal Of the straggli M
procession that fav9rs the NJ Irrison "a i'll BILL he
wants wool especially put on ths free list, and
speaks contemptuously Of the 'attempt to raise
sheep for their wool Ia Ohio" ami Of the "few
sheep raised in the southwe-t but declares neither
70 DO OF any cons quence. The dense ixnorancs
Mr.. English displays I one of the IN Al important
Industries of Ohio and Texas would beiphenomsnal
II lt did come from free trade Democrat
PhilaSe Dhia Press.
Ex-Governor Smyth Of New Hampshire is report
cd IN the New York Tribune as ia XII Q in this waV.
"our Republican legation to the Nationa CON
vention will he for Arthur. hear no other opinion
expressed. / know several gentlemen who are
hkely 70 be delegates, and far as the express
themselves that Is the s-nLiment. The delegates
viii go unpledged, however. II Arthur is out OF
choice. We are up there by Vermont ami Massa-
ehusetts Is also likely t. be for Edmunds well as
his own state, which would have some influence
with US. We were for Blaine ur yeaI s ago but
70 not regard him a. a candidate now. We lot
Chandler take the delegates then. A very little
effort would have sent q ant delegates inst ad
ChAndler still has great influence and Is for Arthur
take it.''
ran over to Washington and met at dinner Mr..
Morrison, Mr.. Carlisle. Senator Mcdonald and Mr.
Watterson. Two vivid impressions were made upon
my mind. First. tine radical departure, with the
inevitable consequences of defeat of the parry In
November next made by these gentlemeu; and
second, the honest courage with which they stahd
by their CONVICTIONS which they support With e,ery
evidence of conscientious belief tney expect 10 20
before the country with this English policy of freS
trade; They do not believe ia lucid nta or acct
dent Il proteetion, 0ut on the whole figure aud er
pect to lose this campaign in consequence of 1t,
i'd to hem, This course this D aiey will lose Won
the election and they all salt Yes" exc ut Mr.
Mcdonald, who appe red to think that there might
be chance of carrying it. Col. A. X. Mcclure.
This Congress reminds us Of longt4ied comet,
with difference. The gas of the comet is gloaing
But the Congressional gas is anything t luminous
Astronome say that 10000, 900 miles of a NETS
tail could be placed into a snuff b,x. A fairy's
thimble wOult hold all that th Congress has done
In other words, 1t has done nothing. The SO, sion
has now lasted over three months and not a ii gle
useful mt asure has been perfected. We
must not be surp ised if time-serviUg Congresses
composed of the common OF politicians
should allow cunning TO usurp the place of nobler
qualities IN their policy Presidential year
Since they cannot be leonne they viii be foxy. The
INST instinct In political foxiness is t avoid making
recori. Tue game Is the old one Of how not do
1t. Congress of the present calbre perfectly un-
derstands this game ami has been playing it to the
immense disgust of The people since the first week
of last December.-New York ,JOul nal OF Com
merce