The Portland daily press., 1884-03-17
Political Notes.

The honest truth is there is no great love of the
United States government among the more respect
able and intelligent classes of southern people.
The Charleston Is. CO News DENY does not be
iieye that Mr.. Tilden could carry South Carolina.
The News forgets the capacity of the counters to
elect, If they are once enlisted to aid man.
G. e. Smith, editor of the Syracuse Journal, says:
she must be mailman who talks about Arthur
carrying New York. It would be another Folger
campaign.
George Alfred Townsend says: ''Men of marked
intimacy with Conkling tell Blaine will be easily
the Republican nominee, and that both Grant and
Conkling are for Blaine Business clients and asso-
ciates made them shake hands"
There is no other imposture upon earth compare
Bile with the Demo cratic party in great pretensioDs
and feeble performances; in windy professions and
wicked purposes. 1t has the shot gun and the oil
bar'l-meaning murder and bribery for the sake of
office but in all matters of public business 1t is both
fool aid a fraud.
Congressman Bayne has returned to Washington
from Pennsylvania, where he has been consulting
with the anti-Arthur people. He says that the dis
gust in the State at the open alliance between Quay
and the President ia SO great that the opposition
will secure half the district delegates, and perhaps
the State convention. He finds that the Blaine
feeling in Pennsylvania is increasing.
member of the Republican State Committee of
Maine, in town day or two ago, said that Mr..
Blaine could not in his opinion, be nominated. and
If nominated, the campaign would be defensive
one from the start This is a significant admission
Republican, federal ofice-holder, in town during
the week, did not talk hopefully regarding Mr.
Blaines prospects, but thought the chances were in
favor OF Arthur's nomination as a compromise can
didate.-[ Boston Herald.
The mass meeting of Independent Republicans
in Pittsburg, Pa, Saturday night was of the
largest political assemblies held in that city.
Addresses dcnouncing the action of the Republican
county committee in attempting to insure the selee-
ton of Arthur delegates to the Chicago convention
were made by Representative Bayne, of the 23d
Congressional District, and others. A committee
will be organized carry the work and secure
the election of Blaine delegates.
Amid all the uncertainties of the Presidential
canvass, there is thing sure, and that is that
one candidate for President will be Benz. B. Butler
of Massachusetts. Whether he will continue In the
field after the Sth of July will depend ON two
things-first whether the Democratic party will
think it necessary to adopt him it's candidate;
and second. wheter, failing to do so, il makes it
worth while for him to adopt tue Democratic party.
The situation is interesting, and Is growing more
so.-[LoweH Courier.
Senator Miller of New York has privately sent
word to his supporters to Blaine delegates.
He has maintained neutral position up to this
time only giving out that he is opposed to Arthurs
nomination. One of the Republican members from
central New York said this afternoon that would
be suicide to nominate Blaine or Arthur, for, with
either one the old factonal CONTROVERSY will be res
newed, and the State hopelessly lost He consider
ed Edmunds the strongest candidate, if the Repnb-
licans willing to sink their PERSONAL preference
in order to carry the country. Arthurs friends
not claiming now more than 45 OF the New York
delegates.-W ashington Letter.
The workingmen of the country, nne-tenths of
them in the Democratic party, have something to
say on the question, and, in spite of the cant of
politicians, they do not see how their lot is to be i'm
proved by throwing open markets to
the competition of the whole world's cheap labor.
Not all the arguments of all the we-paid agents of
the Golden Club can make the mystery clear to
them. Among those workngmen is another ele
ment of political thought, CONSISTING Of several
million Irishmen by birth or parentage loyal
American citiz ms, but Irish enough TO bate above
all earthly objects of detestation the works and
pomps and deviltries of the arch enemy, England
1t is not blind binding hate. 1t 8 founded
on bitter experience and sustained by sound logic
What England has been 10 lreland she would be
by force or vile to America if sword or gold or
craft could aid her.-[Bo Pilot.