The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-01-19
Political Notes.

The Republican State committee Of Indiana
on Wednesday issued call for a convention
to nominate candidates for State officers on
jJ une 10. The State convention to select dele
gates at large to the Republican national con-
vention will be held April II.
The Pittsburg Post says the good times
plenty of work and high wages-so lavishly
promised those who voted for Garfield don't
seem to materialize. The glass operatives
have been out of work since September list.
The nail mills have just shut down for six
weeks. Wages have been reduced in many
iron mills, and further reductions are to fol-
low. So much for Republican promises.
The municipal ticket nominated by the
Philadelphia Republican convention last week
has created widespread dissatisfaction in that
party, and its overwhelming defeat is conf
IDENTIFY predicted. Ex-Mayor Stokley, who
was defeated two years ago by Mr.. King,
Democrat, announces his purpose to bolt the
entire Republican ticket, and to accord MIR.
King u hearty support for reelection. He
says many of the most influential Republicans
will support the entire Democratic ticket in
order to rebuke the ring managers of the Re
publican party for the inferior ticket put forth.
The disclosures made by j. Gideon Long,
of Union county, South Carolina, who was
one of the jurors in the recent prosecutions of
Democrats before Judge Bond, of Columbia,
fully corroborate the charges of conspiracy
heretofore intimated against the jury and un-
mask degree of corruption, depravity and
perjury, that is almost uncomfortable. There
can no longer be any doubt that certain con-
victions were agreed ON in caucus as advisable
for political reasons and without regard to the
guilt or innocence of the defendants. Mr..
Long further states that the Government
officials were cognizant of these caucuses and
knew what was going on, by which they made
themselves accessories to this infamous out
rage upon decency,. law and justice, II they
were not its original instigators, which is more
probable.
Ex-senator George H. Forster is a member
of the Tammany Hall General Committee for
this year from the Twenty fourth District,
New York city. He has for years been iden
titled with the Republicans, and was their
representative in the Senate from the Eleventh
District in 1880 and 1881. Mr.. Forster said
Tuesday that he had voted the Democratic
ticket since the Cleveland Folger election.
He had for long time differed with the Re-
publican party regarding a high protective
policy, and thought the country was being
taxed too much in too many ways. He be-
lieved in policy of securing some revenue on
importations of manufactured articles, but
considered that all raw materials or articles
used in manufactures should be admitted free.
Henry B. Payne was on Tuesday elected to
the United States Senate by the Ohio Legis7,
lature without opposition. He received the
vote of every Democratic member and the
Republicans voted blank. In view of the
fact that Mr.. Payne did not go near the Leg
isature in person during the caucus contest or
after-a thing almost unknown in the selec-
ton of Senators result is in the nature
of grand compliment. 1t is notice to the
country that MIR. Payne has been seriously
lied about, for if he were such man as his
enemies have represented him to be the Re-
publican minority of the Legislature would
have found way to emphasize its contempt
and disgust Itwould not have voted blank
Ne,c York World.