Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-08-22
POLITICAL BREyITIES.

nay The Democratic ticket is all tail
at present, but Blaiue will put head
on IL. Peoria Transcript.
nf%arhe Independents did not want
to 20 into defensive campaign" with
Blaine, and, therefore, they picked on
Cleveland as their candidate.
peg~ The man who knew moro about
the Morey letter in 1880 than anybody
else is in command of the Democratic
forces in 1884. twill be campaign for
reform by forgery. Philadelphia Press.
Ht9y~ "Is there any good reason why
Hendricks should bc selected from
forty-fivc millions of people to te the
possible head of n Government which
he did his best TO destroyPn George
W. Curtis IN 1876.
Bay" Mr.. Curtis may not credit it,
yet we can frankly assure him that
Hurpcr's Weekly at present is sending
an abundance of recruits into the Blaine
ranks. Mast is pictorial Balaam.-
~ Y. star, (Dem.)
Et1~ The baking. powder test, as ap-
piled TO the Democratic Presidential
tickct--'placc IL top down on hot
stovc, remove the lid and smell"--loses
none of its virtues with lapse of time.
indianapolis JoWrnaL
Re1y"" Is Carl Schurz sinccre?" asks
an esteemed contemporary of the doubt
ing Thomas order. Good heavens, man,
do you imagine Mr.. Schurz is doing this
for the fun of the thingP You don't
know his figure. = Riiadelphia Press.
pay" ~ have burned my bridges be.
hind mo ~ pSpln me ('nl,npl ~ MINT
worth Higginson, the royal grand of
tho Boston mugwumps. Well, many q
man has done that be. ore, and howled
after mud soow to cross back again
after the skirmlsh was over. PHttadet-
f"ta freSS'
RsS'lt the Democrats can actually
find comfort IN wild dreams of carrying
Kansas and Iowa this fall, they are
more given to self-delusion than any
body has been unkind enough to charge.
The Republicans might as well count
Georgia and Texas for Blaine. CteUe-
ldnd Lead:r.
RsS" have carefully observed the at
titude and movements of tho Demo-
cratic party for twenty years. In my
Judgment it has learned nothing and
forgotten nothing. So far as l can per-
celve, 1t is not only swayed by the same
principles, but, to large extent, guided
by the same men. President Cdpc@, OF
1YFS College, MdsS.
RsSHWe are confronted with the Dem
ocratic partv, very hungry, and, rs YOU
may well believe, very thirsty; party
without single definite principle; q
party without any distinct National
policy which it dares present to the
country; party which iell from power
rs II conspiracy against human rights,
and now attempts to sneak back TO
power rs II conspiracy for plumber and
spoils. Geo. P'n. Curtis, Juuc ., 1884.
RIyThe Washington Post Dem.) is
evidently in very unenviable frame of
mind, and publishes a "black list of
Democratic Congressman, who must be
read out OF the party The list contains
forty-two names, including those of men
like Eaton, of Connecticut; Finerty, of
Illinois; Wise, of Virginia; Nichols, of
Georgia; Converse, of Ohio; Storm, of
Pennsylvania, and Snyder, of West Nir-
ginia. Converse has already been dis
posed of, his party having failed to re-
nominate him, and the others will prob
ably have to 60 Indianapolis Journal.
BsgrIn the address to the Indcpend-
ents George William Curtis saws: .Re
| GGovernor Cleveland1 is a democrat
happly free from all association with
the fierce party differences of the
slavery contest, and whose financial
views are in harmony with those of the
best men in both parties.n What an
invitaton Here is a man fifty wears of