National Republican., 1884-03-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

The republican slogan may be Gen. John
A. Logan -DdnciNc (hB) Tribune.
Morrison has hankering for the presi-
dency. They all do. A democrat as big as
a third-rate republican who has not looked
longngly down the vista of the future to the
white house is not to be found.-Hdrttord
Post.
There Is little to be said about tho outlook
| OF the republican party in Illinois. All
report IL good, the party united, the half
breed and stalwart factions disappeared and
n firm determination to be satisfied with any
good man who may be named at Chicago
Quincy Wig
Mr.. Payne takes great care to inform the
| people of tho United States that ho has con.
| cluded TO withdraw his name as u possible
| presidential candidate. Ho has probably for
gotten TO impart this bit of intelligence TO
Dave Paigo and other trusty henchmen, who
| arc hustling just rs hard as ovor.-YOungs-
toun Ncus-RCgiSior
Whatever effect the Presidents course may
have upon his own prospects it ought to
| rejoice the people to know that we have chief
magistrate who refuses TO use the patronage
| OF his high Office 10 secure his own success or
| to compass the defeat Of anybody else. Such
q man isa novelty in American politics.
Council Bugs NoaparcA.
by indorsing in advance tho republican
pre- rosidcutial ticket, the liberal reform party,
at its May convention, will indorso civil SER
vice reform, sound taxation policy, aud ccssa-
tion OF silver coinage. These are the things
demanded by tho liberal roformers, and If
they vote tho republican ticket they will get
what they want Philadelphia Press.
Complaint is mado that the house does not
settle down to work. IL all depends upon
who is in hurry. The tariff people like the
aspect Of affairs. The free traders don't.
III IL.
alton work and Mr. Morrison gets the reputa-
tion OF being n sluggard. which will not
benefit his chances for the democratic nomi-
nation.-HoHstOn (Terds) Post
Tho New York HcraH Is trying to win O
reputation as q joker. IL sobcrly advises the
democrats TO nominate Arthur for president
in case ho is ignored by the republicans
This Is very absurd, of course, but the demo.
Gratis would probably nominate even as strong
a republican MS Arthur If they could feel sure
Of olecting him. Anything and anybody tc
} win, is the bourbon matto.--CleUcldad Herald
, The great mass of republicans would cheer.
J fully support Edmunds If ho were nominated
, but the select few who are just now in the
r search of ideals are careful to have it known
that they would rather SEQ tho party defeated
/, than to succeed under the leadership OF
Blaine, Arthur, Logan, or Sherman. IL
say who shall not be nominated is about al
, presumptuous as to point out who shall
r -PittsJurg Commercial GaseHe.
D Mr.. Whitelaw Reid sagely observes that no
3 oven the most intimate friends of Mr.. Blain,
: have been able to extort from him the slight
l est admission of his willingness to be O candi
date for the presidency. Still Mr.. Reid doe
not appear TO regard this seeming passiv
, position of the plumed knight as an indication
I Of purpose to obscure himself in som
contiguty Of shade, or keep himself out o
l telegraphic communication with the Chicag
convention in June Cincinnati Enquirer.
! The candidacy of Robert Lincoln present
. peculiar phase in showing o man who
stronger for tho vice presidency than an
aspirant for first place on the ticket. Nj
Lincoln is apparently the universal iavort
+ for the second place on the ticket, and near
, all the republican statesmen who are fshin
for the presidency are fond of coupling hi
name with theirs. This is due to his quie
busnesslike methods as an executive otficis
and to the universal sentiment which hi
name aud parentage evokes. Edmunds an
Lincoln or Blaine and Lincoln would go we
together PittSburg Dispatch.