National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-08-27
AND POLITICIANS.

Bar HarbOr Whcu ine COlu wave IehCucu |
there He was wise enough to remain in bed
on Monday and nurse his cold, while It was |
also doomed iudlcious to defer, for the present, |
the proposed trip north to the Aroostook |
region, as the weather was still growing colder,
and might aggrayate his trouble.
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The Pittsburg Dispatch says: "Unclo Sans |
wagon looks better in the republican ruts than |
1t would in the democratic ditch" Certainly; |
because there's always less mud in the ruts |
than in the ditch.
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score of whippngs has not convinced the
democrats in New Hampshire of the need Of
thorough organization, and they propose to go
into the present campaign and trust as usual
to money and to bullhead luck.-Putsburg
Dispatch
The leading republicans in the sixth aad
ninth districts OF Massachusetts,, which were
lost in 1882 by internal dissensions, are wisely
comforting with the view to restoring those
districts to the republican ranks, where they
belong.
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~ declare never felt more sangune in my
life" said State Senator Aull, who has just re-
turned from a trip through Indiana and Kan
sas, to a pittsburg reporter. "rhcre is no en-.
thuslasm whatever for Hendricks in Indiana;
not half as much rs there is for Blaine since
the outrageous attack of the Indianapolis Sc1i-
tHd And out in Kansas the former prohibit
tioniss, who voted for 81. John for governor,
tell me he will have no strength there at all
| for president, No side issue can withstand the
tidal wave for Blaine this year"
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will vote and talk aud work for Cleveland be-
cause he signed the bill which secures a pen
| sion for the widows of policemen" Naturally
the paragraph was put into the p, I. column,
which is in charge of the professional funny
man of that paper
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| The nominations for congress in the Toledo
district Of Ohio promise sharp fight directly
on the tariff principles laid down by the re-
publican national convention and exemplifed
by Mr. Blaine in his letter of acceptance. The
republicans of the district waited diplomat
ically until the democrats nominated Frank
Hurd, the leading exponent in America Of the
advanced British freetrade theory, and then
wisely nominated Hon, Jacob Romeis, the
present mayor of Toledo. Mr. Hurd is an able
man, and his selection to preach the doctrine
of degradation OF labor in this country to the
European standard shows the estimation
in which he is held abroad. He
secured his nomination by bulldozing,
| by which he frolo out entirely the strong OPP
position element In his party in his own
county, and thus controlled the convention.
The result is u decided sullcnness and hatred
in Lucas county, which he must carry by 1900
majority to be elected. This he cannot prob
ably do, as the opposition is from the Irish
democrats who largely dominate the majority
there and are as completely under the control
of Mr.. Dennis Coghlan, IL very wealthy Irish
Catholic manufacturer, rs are the laboring
hosts of 1anmany of Hon. John Kelly. Mr..
Romcis, who is the republican nominee, Is so
dcscrvodly popular in his own city that In
face of huge opposition majority, he has
| thrice been elected mayor of Toledo; is u Ger
man-Amorican of about i5 strong protcc-
zionist for labor, a very able man, and the idol
there and throughout the district of the very
large German population. 1t looks safe to
claim that the tenth Ohio will be returned this
year to the republican fold.
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The republicans of the tenth Texas district
| will convene ut san Antonio Sept. 10 to nomi-
nate a candidate for congress against Hon.
John Hancock, who is again the democratic
standard bearer; and it seems more than prob
| able, from adyiccs that come from the Lone
Star state, that Hal. j. Gosling, now United
States marshal for western Texas, will receive
the nomination At first sight 1t looks very
much like waste Of material to place n re-
publican nominee in the field, as Judge Han
cocks majority in 1889 was more than 6,OO0
But there are circumstances that on second
thought make il seem probable that the young
Tennessee maplc'-who is no goose, If he is q
gosllng-may represent his district in the
forty-ninth congress. Marshal Gosling who is
not over 30 years of ngc is u native Of eastern
| Tennessee, whence he was sent to the Naval
academy in 1856 but did not complete his course,
as no found the sea less Congenial than the
west. Since that time he has been lawyer,
and graduated into journalism in Texas,
where he Is the idol OF the republicans
of his section md the admiration of
the young democracy, who are restive and
kicking under the harness of the "old timer's'
rule. With these points in view and remem-
bering that the district comprises twenty-sx
of the largest counties in the state covering
35,3 80 square miles in extent, which embraces
almost the whole of the sheep.raising area of
the state, it will be seen that there is good
lighting chance" to carry the district for Cos
ling
In case the above should become reality it
will seem bit of political paradox that one
GOsling should cover an area more than half
the size of ali New England and moro than
thirty times the size of Rhode Island. But
then thcy do things in a big way west Of the
AllCghanics.
To any person familiar with Ohio politics n
T is amusing to hear and read Of its being at all
a doubtful" state. Ohio is az thoroughly re.
publican as il any state in the union-in a
presidential campaign, Local elections, such
as for town, county, and state officials, and fol
representatives in congress in the "of'' years
are not at all safe, however, to bet upon
Then local questions spring up that sweep
aside party lines, and outsiders gravely gaze
at the result and gasp out, Great Scott Al
the apparent change. In u strong republican
county man may be nominated for clerk
whose brother-in.law was suspected of dock
inga neghbor's man the fall before, while
the democrats may nominate good fellow
whom his soldiers used to call "Bill," and who
is known kindly to every man, woman, child
and even friendless dog in the county. "Bill
Is elected by as big II majority on the othe
side and the "chaDge" in vote is gravely reck
oncd in computing future possibilities. In on
district in 1852 that was never before repre-
| henleu III congress py Il ucllocrut MI MOTT wa
, defeated because he had been interested soIn
A, way with party who had run aco-operativ
5 cheese factory and dIddled ull the tarmersof
e large ncighborhOod out of from ten gallon
upward OF milk and then skipped. In presi
i dental years the Buckeye state registers re
# publican majority; in other years don't bet ol
it until you get the full returns by private wire
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d, Vhp prinpp of Wales * said to be a frc
+ trader That accounts for his being $4,000
In debt. What if lac were a nation run by GU
. democratic party
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