New-York tribune., 1884-10-02
POLITICIL NOTES.

It's the pleasing opinion of The Boston III ~dfd which
has gone into the arithmetic business hat Cleveland
will get l53 for q certainty. 70 the 'ndS OF those
who are prciudiced 1t Is rs certain rs any g III
politics that he Will receive the entire woe oi the
Southern States" day two before al o''er Do
pendcnt orran admitted, I'm view OF the ncTs from
Louisiana that with anything like sensible o"nouct the
Blaine people were src carry that state Ether that
Dependent organ prcjudced against ClcVe 'hd OF
tine Boston organ IA prcludccc IN his favor "rt mean
while Just pause ton0,icc that the only states 'neu LOT
Cleveland for a certainty are the shotgun states.
The Wo,d thinks that Mr. IT. Johns letter Will GER
tainly be very elective" More effective stli appar-
autlv will be the shrewd managemcl ut OF the Demo-
cratic wire-pucrs who have undertaken to co'duct MS
c,npaign and TO get through Prohibuonist ;e names
oi those who are likely to sympsthize with them
In relating how Mr Blaine dexteron-ly inserted the
word hcra ter in the bill which would nave increased
hi, salary AZ Speaker House, undcrstaed the
sum OF money Of which he thus refused TO be the re
cipicnt 1t $1,000, not s@,OOo "A!ch lie ul'ol'cu
from his own Pocket
our friends, the enemy are expressing daily tender
solicitude about the condition OF Mr. Blanes health
They need not give themselves anxiety on this score lor
Mr. Blaine is unusually we'll Vigorous ana cheerful bu'
there Is Iaintul conviction spre edlng through the
country that Governor Cleveland Is sdlellh2 from
violent attack dumb ana that tile nalady Is ag-
ravntrd by any auson To the taiIH III genera! Vi tHo
Mcs,rs Bynum and Holman. Democratic candidates
for Congress- from Indiana made political speeches the
other day on the fair ground at shebyye They spoke
from separate stands but were so near together tat
rcsou half way could occasionally eaten sen
tcnces from both Those who chose tc listen TO Mr. i0-
man heard that there could be prosperity or reform
until the present robher tariff was wiped ont. ana
simple tarifi only, to be followed by absolute
free trade was substituted Those who listened to Nir
Holman heard that the tariff not and could rot be an
issue that the Democracy had never advocated Tree
trade because that implied direct taxation and he did
not believe that anybody for hundred years to como
would dare 10 advocate the doctrine OF direct taxation
do or do not the Democratic managers think mat the
people OF this country unspcakabc foolsi
At the town elections ia Connecticut next Monday the
neonle will vote on the Constitutional amendment al
ready twice accepted by the Legislature provdnS TOT
iepnia instead Of annual sessions. Several OF the most
influential Journals of both parties have opposed the
measure and the general opinion seems to be that IL VIII
sun.r popular defeat as "a similar proposition did lew
years ago.
The IRON Press recently advised its friends the Demo-
cratic managers not tC ohio, but TO attend To New
York The BuGdio Courier ycntured the "plrloh thaat
This was silly advice which The Troy Times retorts:
Well we did not it to be silly but perhaps IL Is
And So to please The Courier Will put 1t the other
way: Never mind New-York, but brag about ONO.