The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-28

ldFOE.
There were conventions in all Nebraska
congressional districts last week. In the First,
at Beatrice, J. M Weaver was renominated by
scclamation; Second, at Hardings James
Laird renomlnated by 80 votes to 81 votes for
Francis l. Burr Of Harlan fot presidential
elector; Third at Columbus, G. W. E. Dorsey
was nominated on the fourth ballot, after
spirited contest
General Daniel Sckles, who did effective
campaign work for the Democrats four years
ago, says that Cleveland Is dead weight on
the Democracy, and adds: Il must confess
have little confidence of Democratic success,
and certainly no enthusiasm. How can any
Democrat be enthusiastic over Cleveland?"
Smith NJ Weed, of New York City, has been
officially appointed as one of STAR chamber,
dark-lantern committee to conduct the inside
management of the Democratic campaign. He
is TT member of such cabal He was one
of the authors and most active c0nspirators en-
gagged in the Infamous cipher dispatches OF
lS76-77
Tho New York Sun says Of Grover Cleve.
lands letter: 1t has the merit of comparative
breyity, but no other, that we can discern.
With this spiritless and Intellectual writing of
the fceblest and most Understandable docu-
mcnt that a like occasion Of our history has IN
splred, will 1t disPel the feeling Of disorgani-
cation which is abroad and allay tho doubts apd
the discords that rend the democratic paftv7
1s thore anything in it that will gather Grover
Cleveland the strength of the party, reconcile
its factions, and carry it to victory in this men,
orable contest? We think not Grover Cleve-
lands letter of acceptance is from every point
OF view an unfortunate production.
John ]. Davenport publishes his official re-
port upon tho Morey letter forgery, in book
form, just in time to remind the country what
kind of people the Democratic party continues
to entrust with the management of its national
campaigns
''It is o fact"-says the Providence Journal
that nearly every one-we do not know of
single exception-of the so-called Independent
newspapers which now advocate Cleveland as
the exemplar and candidate of reform, can be,
and has been, quoted as declaring this same
Cleveland the ally of monopoly and political
corruption, and the enemy of the laboring
classes and economical administration, as
shown by his course in treating New York leg
islative bills in 1885,. What has happened in
one short year to change the opinions of these
pretentiollsly 'indepen dent and impartial
journals we have not been able to discover,
that IS, so far as concerns reasons and consist
ency and honor"
Albany Journals New York Special: learn
from unquestionable authority that Mr.. Til
don is far from enthusiastic over Clevelands
nomination. He thinks it was not the part of
wisdom to pass over experienced and honored
men in the party to try on untried quantity in
politics. My informant, who is an intimate
friend of Mr. Tilden and his frequent guest,
says the democracy is sick at heart over the
outlook, and that Mr.. Iilden shares in the gen.
eral apprehension of defeat The disclosure
nj witt a IF
democrats, and other disclosures concerning
the candidate, are having an effect so wide
spread and 80 amazing that the campaign man
ayers are Respondent and distressed.
The Irish World, Irish Nation, the Tablet,
Freeman's Journal, Weekly Union, United
Irishmen of New York, the Catholic Herald of
Boston, tho Catholic Telegraph of Albany, the
Catholic Universe of Cleveland, the Colt and
Citizen of Cincinnati, the Chicago Citizen the
Rocky Mountain Celt of Denver, the American
Celt Of st Louis, support Blaine The Catho.
Buffalo, the Catholic Mirror of Baltimore, and
the Northwestern Chronicle of st. Paul, refuse
to support Cleveland and give aquasi-support
to Blaine. The only Irish American journals
that support the democratic nominee are the
Pilot ahd Republic of Boston, the Irish Ameri-
can of New York, and the Connecticut Catho-
tic
the house of representatives, gives Gov. Hen
bricks record on war measures while he was in
the senate:
Gov. Hendricks served as senator from In
diana from March 4, 1868. to March 2, 1862
During Fiat ,",,,pu and in the crisis of the war
three ye,y important acts were passed by
which TO raise money and carry on military
Hcratiors- Two of these were for raising
nor4v. and wero The tariff act of 1854, and the
ntc:uL! revenue taxation act of 1854 MI.
Hendricks was ono Of the five Democrats who
voted against tho former Of those measures;
lnd this on tho 18th of June, 1864 His col
leagues in this voth were Buckalew Of Ponnsyl-
vania, McDougall of California Powell of Ken
lucky, and Richardson of Illinois. Mr.. Hen
bricks was one Of the three senators who voted
June q, 1854, agsinst passa &c through the SEN
ate of the internal revenue taxation act of 1864.
His colleagues in this vote were Messers. Davis
and Powell of Kentucky. Thus he opposed
the two great tax measures which passed dur
ing his term of service. He also voted against
the supplement to the enrolment act passed in
February; 1854 This bill he antagonized in
every shape. He was one of the ten senator's
who voted against it's original passage through
the senate, and ono of the sixteen who opposed
it when on final passage, after amendment and
report by committee of conference of the two
houses Thus he opposed the only legislation
passed oy congress, during his term Of service,
which proposed to draft men into the service
should require. He generally antagonized the I
legislation of the Lincoln administration, and
was unrelentng in his hostility to its anti-slav-
cry policy, to the employment of colored
troops and the perfection of the civil rights Of
the colorcd people.
Col. John P. Sweeney, chairman of the Mas
sachuetts executive committee of the Demo-
cratic state central committee, has resigned.
He has been an ardent Butler man, which per-
haps accounts for his action. Some of tho
Democratic leaders affect to believe that Butler
Will not receive more than Il, 600 or Is, 900 in
the state, and that he will draw as largely from
Blaine as from Cleveland, but others frankly
admit that he will get from 40 600 to 81, OOO and
that they are votes which would otherwise go
afor Cleveland
Therepublicans of the Second Nebraska con-
gressional district nominated James Laird
Some of the opponents of Mr.: Blaine contin-
10 10 harp on what they call tho revelations
made by the ''Mulligan letters" against his in
tegrity as a member of Congress years ago.
We would again remind these slanderers that
no ess able or honorable Democ,at than
the late Jere s. Black, Of Pennsylvania, public
ty declared twelve years ago that "Mr Blaines
letter proved that the ssMulligan charge was
QOI only u0brue, Dut lulpOSelDle, anu WOul0
continue 80 to prove until the Gregorian cal
endar could be turned round and October
made to precede April in the stately process
sion of the year." Surely old Jere Black ought
to be accepted by the Democrats as compe-
tent Witness
The Republican convention in the Seventh
Mississippi district nominated J. B. Yellowly
for congressman by reclamation.
Iobserve q few people hereabout for whom
Mr.. Blaine is not good enough. He is good
enough for Mrs. Garfield, who knew him at q
time when every. scamp in the country was |
trying to- incite her against him, in order to
compel his retirement from the cabinet Ihad
aletter from Mr.. C: O. Rockwell only hast week 4
saying that the whole household Of Garfield
was tenderly espousing the cause Of Blaine
and putting up their prayers for him every
night T. What apicture this il compared to the
xsndering lecturer Schurz, who has exhausted
hissown resources playing the great man, tell
ing the people Of Brooklyn that Blaine is not
holy enough for him '"Gar6eld,' ~ says Rock
well, sloyed and trusted Blaine more than
any other man, George Alfred Townsend