The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-07
Political Notes.

The New York Tribune proposes this question for
debating societies. Suppose Mr.. Morrison should
trade off his bill for the Keely motor who ought to
give boot Morrison or Keely?''
"What Is the matter with the Hancock and Eng
lish ticket? inquiries the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal. We give it up. Our impression at the time,
however, was that the trouble was the ossifcation
of Mr.. Englsh's heart.-Philadelphia Press.
Congressman Smalls, who has just arrived in
Washington from South Carolina, and taken his
seat says that the delegates from that State will
undoubtedly be for Arthur, and that no one at
present is trying to secure delegates for any other
candidate.
II any person IN this broad country has cherished
the delusion that the Democratic party now in
power at Washington could be trusted to deal eau
tiously with the financial affairs Of the country,
that person will no longer be deuded after the ac
ton of the House OF Representatives upon the
trade dollar bill.-PhiladelphIa Bulletin.
There is a torrent of comment by the Southern
newspapers to the effect that the Cincinnati riots
should be investigated by Congress- This is az TN
here have not been murdered for not voting the
Democratic ticket. On the contrary there has
BEEN in our opinion, too much voting OF the Demo-
cratic ticket Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Major General Benjamin f. Butler was asked the
other day what he thought about the Morrison BILL
"a retreat before an engagement" he replied; ga
dress parade OF reformers of the tariff who cannot
even begin to reform 1t. The whole thing will end
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ton OF the enemy. The bill seems to me an adnis-
sion Of the inability Of Its trainers present real
revenue reform bill"
A man too sensitive, too highly cultured, too de-
voted to his business, too much occupied with
church affairs to perform ordinary duties of citizen
ship, TO attend the primaries and serve on the jury
is too much imPregnated with selfishness sweet
ness and light to live comfortably in AN American
city; he is bad citizen, bad because OF his own
neglect, bad because of the evil force of his own
example, and he should migrate.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
WHO was the first man during the present cam
paign to haunt the garment of gore? The Honor
able jefferson Davis the reeater of the past and
the crank of the present. Some people say that If
Mr. Davis were to keep his mouth shut he would
die If So pray be SILENT old gentleman. We all
know you would like to be great ruler, and stand
at the head of q sugar house-moasses and cotton
stalk aristocracy, but that which to You NAV have
been an ambitious dream was a nightmare to the
country If he South were given tSe privilege of
retiring from the Union, and allowed without the
firing Of gum 10 set up the kind OF government
for which she strugg ed so desperately not single
State would leave this great common ealth aegre-
CATION They would say, Jefferson, old boy We are
enjoying ourselves pretty we'll thank yo9 and
built a hsh-trap on spring branch.-Arkans aw
Traveller.
Washington friend of Mr.. Blaine gives this
view of his probable strength in the Chicago con-
vention: Blaine will, of course. have Maine.
whether or not he has any more votes in New Eng.
land, and he viii have some. 1t now looks as If he
would have good many vetes in New York, and
when Arthur drops out-which is .ertain-Blaine
wlll have the g'eater part of the anti-Arthur
strength there He will have Pennsylvania almost
as unit, and New Jersey to flank that State.
Going West he will have all of the Western reserve
IN Ohio, and probably the entire northern half OF
the State down TO Columbus. He is the second
choice at least of a large part Of Indiana Michi-
gan is divided now between him and Edmunds and
in the end Blaine will have all of Michigan. In
Wisconsin Iowa ana Nebraska there will be prac-
tically no other candidate. In Illinois, too, II it
shall appear that Logan cannot be successful, it
will be found that Blaine is the second choice that
there will be solid Gordon Of votes which cannot
be overcome by any delegates fsom the Southern
States or from rotten boroughs. 1t will represent
large part of the territory that Is to give Republ
can electoral votes and 1t will be an exhibition OF
strength that will give the other candidates some
thing to think about"