The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-10-25
PoLrrICAL lrRns.

POLITICAL I1EAS
II pains ms to call attention 10 the
fact that the Irishmen who are boiling
the Democratic ticket invariably drop
their Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t is rumored from washington
that Blaine did not write his letter him
self This will not do. Mr.. Blaine
will not be permitted to shift the re-
sponsibility.
"a young. women on being asked
how her father was going to vote, re-
piled that she didn't knew This gives
Blaine clear lead Qi e. least 30@9 \
Massachusetts,.
-Itis announced With copsi9era-
BILE flourish that Harriet Beecher St0we
and her husband are for Blaine. snd
Logan. Sure enough. We had forg0t-
ten about Harriet and chubby.
A hard-workingmsn fell down
ON banana-skin last week. and has
since been unable 10 do any laborswhich
proves conclusively that the votes OF
the workingmen will all be thrown for
Blaine.
We have analysed Mr.. BIaine's,
letter Of acceptance, and our candid
Judgment is that it does not begin TO
compare in directness and perspicuitY
with the Mulligsn letters. = Csnctnndts
Enquirer. ~.
The Republicans would like the
Democrats to got into slight on the
tariff. but the Democrats do not mean
to o5ligs them. Administrative reform
is the issue, and il will be kept so.-
E8ehange.
The Westvirgin . Democrats smile
at the boast of the Blaine men that they
will car y that State. There ISM
enough money in the United States
Treasury to doit,", they proudly say
Tie Argus. 1b91s &,aN
-'s Il accept the nomination with a
grateful heart and q deep sense OF its
responsibilities, writes General Logan,
'sand il elected shall endeavor to dis
charge the duties of the Office to the
best Of my ability" Logan will not be
obliged to strain himself -.
The letters of Blaine and Logan
have boon so disappointing thai The pa
pers are beginning to advise Cleveland
and Hendricks to be brief. Let 'ein
go. They have the right side of the
question They can meet The require
ments of the occasion if they only stick
to administrative reform.
The studious refusal of the Dem
ocracy and the Independents to rise to
the Blaine bait of the tariff alarms the
Starlroute managers. The Philadelphia
Press solemnly announces that it will
make the tariff the issue, il it has to take
both sides itself. II does SO uncon-
sciously on most questions. Albany
Argws. ~
"A lady remarked, the other day,
that Mr.. Blaine was quite a good-loking
man. II he was anything like his pict-
ure. This is regarded rs especially
significant, inasm oh as the lady has
been stone blind for the last twenty
years. and shows conclusivcly that he
will carry all the doubtful States.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Democratic National Con-
vention closed with the hymn .Amer-
ica," OF which the words begin:
Ny country IT'S OF thee,
Sweet land Of liberty.
VI thee sing M
The Republican Nationa! Convention,
Blaine being the nominee. appropri-
~ CtOSou VIII the tune eQtltlcQ 7" ln0
Mulligan Guards. "-At6any Argus.
"A laboring gentleman, apparent 2.
y Of Irish extraction. when asked who
he should vote for, said his scorn
haint done nuthin', and his cowcum-
bers are yAller's = saffun bag" The
unrest existing amongst the
agricultural classes is an evidence OF
the injury that would be entailed by
Democratic domination. Posi-
Avery singular thing happened
on horse-car recently. A gentleman
thought to canvass the occupants as 10
their Presidential preferences. He had
taken the votes of two old ladies, and
then inquired of the only male rider
beside himself: Who are you gong
70 vote for my friende" when the un.
'ympathetic individual replied: go
70 thunder. 1t is clear from this incl
lent that Mr.. Blsine's majority in Mas
'aciIusctts can not be less than 7o.0oo.--
boston Pest.