National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-29
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

Judge Dafid Davis has got down fom the
fence, ard on the right side at that. dc Is not
taking any prominent part in tb9 campaign
on account of the condition of bis health, but
is heartily supporting Blaine aud Logan. On
Saturday he was visited b. the Oglesby Guards,
r republican orgauiza'iOn of voters over GO
years of ugc, and ioebivcd his visitors with
great cordially, In tho course of little
speech to item he said, with marked earnest
ness: = am out of politics and do not wish to
rc .ntcr them, butI am with you in this cause,
and the cause ought 20 prevail, and I am
firmly convinced it will prevail. | will vote
the ticket and heartily support 1t. 1t is ncccs-
sary for this government that the republican
ticket be elected this year.
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The Indianapolis journal has very plain
and forclbe way ofprescnting ideas. In COM
menting upon Bcccher's recent uttcranccs In
palliation Of Clevoland's oilense IN the lIalpin
matter, the journal says:
We submit without argument that this kind
ol ''udNlcc' Is more damaging to tho morals
of young men Of the land than all the snares
and temptations of 10000 houses OF prostitu-
ton The bawdy house hoists II danger signal,
easily Recognizable Mr.. Brecher In his char
acter ms u minister as the leader of the largest
and most prominent church IN the nation,
stands IN the highway, and with smooth, How
ing words tells young men that busurdy is no
crime, nor Is adultery an ollcnSO against the
best interests OF society; that the man who.
like Cleveland, has been caught in both and
Is suffering deserved contempt, is to he pitied
and is worthy TO become president OF the
grundcst republic ever known Mr. BCeCher,
in thus championing man with such con
fcsscd record as Mr.. Clcycand's filings insult
into the incG OF every decent man and virtuous
woman; he trnmplcs on the preCepts of the
Bible, and seeks to make dcb0uchery respccta-
| Bile Maddened by tho discovery that the man
| they chose TO reform this great people Is n
| character beneath their contempt, and unit TO
associate with clean men, the independents
! for whom Mr., Deochcr speaks, dcliantly un.
dcrtakc to set aside the best usngcs of civilized
society, and impiously wrench even the COM
mandments Of God from their bearings to uC-
| commudatc them to the case Oft libertine
The shameless manner In which the defend
ers Of this man speak is without parallel in
| modern civilized history. The defense 4
! even runkcr than the oiiense There nc nc
some slight excuse for Cleveland, if -, is now
| rCpcntant; but for men like BerGner and tho
| editors OF the Now York Pos to deliberately
| tel the young men and ;oung women OF this
| nation that "Oilcnso asalnst II [chasttyl have
| often been consistent with the possession of all
| the qualities which ennoble human nature
| is simply dninnablc, and deserving of q rebuke
that shall never be forgotten.
II !" reported that Tammany has resolved
to nominate n straight county aud city ticket
1t its meeting tonight putting up Alderman
/ Grant for mayor. This would leave the
County Democracy and Irving Hall ihctions
the option of supporting straight Tamnany
ticket, In which they are not recognized, or of
putting up an opposition ticket Of their own.
| In case T0mmany persists in the course indi-
Gated, the County Democracy will take up
/ Mayor Edison for the head of their ticket, and
hope that he will receive the Endorsement of
| the citizens movement, which 1t is hoped will
grow out of the action of the Committee of
Finy lately appointed by Edison to prevent
Broadway from being given up to the street
railways. What course the republicans of
New York would take in case such pretty
| fight should be inaugurated is matter of un-
certainty but It can be seen that among the
| contingencies the election of republican
mayor would not be an impossible event in u
triangular contest.
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| The national committee has about 400 ex-
| periCnced detectives at work in Ohio unearth-
| ing the democratic schemes Of colonization
and repeating through which the Mclean
| Payne Standard Oil combination are preparing
to steal the state. The arrangements for colon
izing from kentucky are on the most extern
sivc scale, but the republican preparations for
preventing the democrats from carrying out
their snefarious plans are 10 we'll considered
and complete that 1t is thought the importa-
| tions from south of the river will be generally
| prevented from voting