River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-08-28
REPUBLICAN POLITICAL NOTES.


The Dubuque Telegraph, Irish Catholic,
has gone back on Cleveland
At tho Dayton soldiers home investigation
Gen. Patrick exposed correspondence between
Gen. Rosecrans and Gen Franklin showing the
investigation was ordered largely to aid the
Democratic party this fall
A G.. Pierce {colored) was nominated al
Greenville for congress in the Third MISSISSIPPI
pi, or what is known as the s'Shoes tring'' dis.
trict, by the republicans, defeating Hon John
r. Jefferds, present Representatives Il ID
thought ex-Goy. James l. Alcorn will be the
Independent republican candidate
George W. Lucas, president of the Young
Mems Democratic club of Dubuque, and also a
member of the executive committee of the
Cleveland and Hendricks club, sent in his res
ignation for the reason that he intends to sup
port Blaine and Logan. The club of which he
is president, containing 140 young Irishmen,
intends to organize into Blaine and Logan
club
Gen. Grant: The letter of acceptance writ
ten by Mr.. Blaine is document which all re-
publicans should take great deal of pride.
have read it over carefully, and regard it as
one of the most remarkable political papers
ever written. 1t is like the writer, frank and
Open- II Is DeY0n0 uOiDt one Vi tllo hDlcrt pa
pers ever given to the public.
A Saratoga special says: Several of the
leading financIers of The country have been in
secret consultation here during the past few
days. They have resolved to trust Blaine
through at any cost. A plan of operation has
been practically agreed upon, and all the heavy
work is to be done IN the last twenty days of the
campaign
The New York Herald expressed the follow
ing opinion of Governor Cleveland, in its issue
of March 3, 1883: Governor Cleveland has
cast his lot on the side of the great corpora
tons and corporate manipulators, and staked
his chances for futur political preferment on
their favor.
There were conventions in all Nebraska
congressional districts last week In the First,
at Beatrice, J. NJ Weaver was renominated by
Second, at Hardings, James
Laird renominated by 80 votes to 80 votes for
Francis L. Burr of Harlan fot presidential
elector; Third, at Columbus, G. W. L. Dorsey
was nominated on the fourth ballot, after a
spirited contest
General Daniel Sickles, who did effective
work for the Democrats four years
ago, says that Cleveland is dead weight on
the Democracy, and adds: 81 must confess |
have little confidence of Democratic success,
and certainly no enthusiasm. How can any
Democrat be enthusiastic over Cleveland?"
Smith NJ Weed, of New York City, has been
officially appointed as one of star chamber,
dark lantern committee to conduct the inside
of the Democratic campaign He
is fit member of such a cabaL He was one
of the authors and most active conspirators en-
gagged in the infamous cipher dispatches of
lS76-7.
The New York Sun says of Grover Cleye.
lands letter: 1t las the merit of comparative
brevity, but no other, that we can discern.
With this spiritless and Intellectual writing of
the feeblest and most unstatesmanli1e docu-
ment that like occasion of our HISTORY has IN
spired, will 1t disIel the feeling of disorgani-
cation which is abioad, and allay the doubts and
the discords that rend the democratic partyg
Is there anything N it that will gather Grover
Cleveland the strength of the party, reconcile
its factions, and carry it to victory IN this mem
orable contest? We think not Grover Cleye-
lands letter of acceptance is from every point
of view an unfortunate production.
John l. Davenport publishes his official re-
port upon the Mercy letter forgery, in book
form, just in time to remind the country what
kind of people theDemocratic party continues
to entrust with Encouragement of its national
SIT is fact"-sys the Providence Journal
that nearly everyone--we do not know of
single exception-bf the so-called Independent
whichnow advocate Cleveland as
the exemplar and candidate of reform, can be,
and has been, quoied as declaring this same
Cleveland the ally of monopoly and political
nd A. Of 1oh
classes and econbmical administration, as
shown by his courie in treating New York leg
islative bills in 1883 What has happened in
one short year to dhange the opinions of these
indepen dent and impartial
journals we have aot been able 10 discover,
that Is, SO far as concerns reasons and consist
ency and honor"
Albany Journals New York Special: learn
from unquestionaIlo authority that Mr. Til
den is far from enthusiastic over Clevelands
nomination He thinks it was not the part of
wisdom to pass over experienced and honored
men in the party to try an untried quantity in
politics. My informant, who is an intimate
friend of Mr. Tildn and his frequent guest,
says the democracT is sick at heart over the
outlook, and that Mr.. Tilden shares in the gem
aral apprehension Of defeat The disclosure
Of Cleveland's weakness with large body of
democrats, and oher disclosures concerning
the candidate, are having an effect so wide
spread and SO amazing that the campaign man
ayers are despondnt and distressed
The Irish Worll Irish Nation, the Tablet,
Freemans Journl, Weekly Union, United
Lrishmen of New York, the Catholic Herald of
Boston, the Cathode Telegraph of Albany, the
Catholic Universe of Cleveland, the Celt and
Citizen of Cincinnati, the Chicago Citizen, the
Rocky Mountain Ctlt of Denver, the American
Celt of st Louis, support Blaine. The Catho-
olic Review of Brooklyn, the Catholic Union of
Buffalo, the Catholic Mirror of Baltimore, and
the Northwestern Chronicle of St Paul, refuse
to support Cleveland and give quasi-support
to Blaine The only Irish American Journals
that support the democratic nominee are the
Pilot ahd Republic of Boston, the Irish Ameri-
can of New York and the Connecticut Catho-
Iic
Edward MCPHERSON, for many years clerk of
The house of representatives, gives Gov. Hen
bricks record on var measures while he was in
the senate:
Gov. Hendricks served as a senator from In
diana from Marcia, 1868. to March 2, 1869
During that period and in the crisis of the W ar
ihree very important acts were passed by
which to raise money and carry on military
operations Two of these were for raising
money, aud were he tariff act of 1884, and the
Internal revenue axation act of 1854. Mr..
Hendricks was one of the five Democrats who
1oted against the former of those measures;
md this on the 18th of June, 1864 His col
eaGues in this voth were Buckalew of Pennsyl-
7ania, McDougall of California, Powell of Ken
lucky, and Richardson of Illinois Mr.. Hen
tricks was one of The three senators who voted
Tune q, 1864 agsiHst passa ge through the sem
tie of the internal revenue taxation act of 1864
His colleagues inthis vote were Messers Davis
md Powell of kentucky. Thus he opposed
he two great tax measures which passed dur
ng his term of service. He also voted against
he supplement ID the enrolment act passed In
February, 1864. This bill he antagonized in
,very shape. BE was one of the ten senators
who voted against its original passage through
he senate and 1ne of the sixteen who opposed
/ when on final passage, after amendment and
'eport by committee of conference of the two
houses Thus he opposed the only legislation
passed py congress, during his term of service,
which proposed to draft men into the service
IF the United States as the public exigencies
'hould require He generally antagonized the
legislation of the Lincoln administration, and
vas unrelenting in his hostility to its anti sav
Try policy, to the employment of colored
roops and the perfection of the civil rights of
he eolored people.
Col JOHN T. sweeney, cndlIhldn Vi tnS MAS
;achuetts executive committee of the Demo-
cratic state central committee, has resigned
,It has been an ardent Butler man, which per-
haps accounts for his action Some of the
Democratic leaders affect to believe that Butler
VIII not receive more than 1900 or is, 600 IN
he state, and that he will draw as largely from
Blaine as from Cleveland, but others frankly
admit that he will get from 40, 900 to 80 coo, and
hat they are votes which would otherwise go
Tor Cleveland.
Therepublicsns of the Second Nebraska con-
yressional district nominated James Laird
Some of the opponents of Mr.. Blaine contin-
na To harm on what they call the reVelatinns