Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-10-10
POLITICAL nREYITIES.
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ktt Is lne luuepenuenb purity u NY bnF
| IN Y. Sun. Yes, Myth Nancy
Philadelphia Inquirer.
tgr- ~ shall vote tho whole Republican
ticket next November with the sole exception
OF substituting Cleveland for Blainc"-ltiok.
ing Independent
Oh, no; you forget; what about that
lurking horror Hcndricksp He aud
Cleveland are one and indivisiblo so far
as your vote goes.
General Rosecrans ono day last
week predicted that Cleveland would
carry California by 5000 majority, and
the next day be was taken sick and put
to bed A nightmare of that size is
enough to make any man sick.-Phfla-
delpkia Press.
Bas"Mr. Hendricks attention is re-
spectfully solicited to the call for TO-
900, 900 in bonds, just issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury, rs Repub-
lican method of reducing surplus and
transferring money from the Treasury
vaults 10 the channels of trade.
Rs3Sn The euloges of the late Secre-
tary Folgcr, printed in Democratic
newspapers, would be creditable TO the
heads and hearts of the writers, If too
many of them were not defacrd by an
effort to turn the Secrctary's death to
political account. NJ T. Commercial
Advertiser.
yBS'The New York Tribune stated
the other day that the "fatal fact for
che Democrats is that General Buffers
candidacy disrupts their party" To
this the Sun replied: "No; it was Cleve-
lands nomination that did it" Either
way you please, Messrs. Editors, but
the fatal fact of disruption remains.
nA"lt is shown by the official record.
that while Cleveland was Sheriff of
Erie County, N. Y, he charged for 1868
days attendance at court in one years
Tie tables by which the Democratic
organs undertake to show that he will
be elected President are constructed aft
er the same airy and fantastic system of
calculation.
Beg~ Although the present canvass
has abounded with humorous situa-
tions, scenes and sayings TO an extent
heretofore unprecedented in the history
of political movements, it has presented
among all its comical features nothing
more exquisitely ludicrous than the pic
ture of the Democratic party posing as
an advocate of'reform.
R.7gr The so-called ''Mulligan letters"
do not tell II connected story, whether
the original package or the supplement
tai batch, or both together, be consid-
cred. 1t is evident that they do not
embrace ,he entire correspondence,
and, rs they have been made public by
Fisher and Mulligan, it is fair to pre-
sumo that they were selected and de-
tached from the entire correspondence
| ", nrlar tf, n1,cnt,ra n nnt,,,1ata nnIar
standing of the matter, and thereby
proper motives Chicago Tribune.
HasnAn incongruous feature of the
Democratic position is the zeal in favor
of civil service reform coupled with
the most earnestly expressed intention
to ''turn the rascals out" Civil SER
vice reform, as taught by the Demo-
Gratis, has permanence in office as a
special feature of attraction, but let it
be clearly understood this blessed per-
manence is not to begin until all the
present incumbents have been lifted,
neck and heels together, out of theii
positions and room made for an equal
number of Democratic heelers. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Rsl~ 1t is not long only a few short
weeks-since the Democratic organs
were cuddling Ex-Governor Butler il
the most devoted manner. Now they
turn their faces to the wall when they
hear his name and speak of him a;
"Ben Butler" 1t is to be feared tina,
before long they will begin to call him
"Old Spoons again. Somehow, since
he committed the Democratic party tt
the care of Providence in the Chicago
Convention, declaring that he could dc
more for it, and made known his inten
ton to keep on running for the Presi
dency, he is not nearly as great ant
good man in the estimation of tn
organs as he was before. Post