Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-08-20
Campaign Notes.

CaWpAl8u NOtoSs
THE Valparaiso Ind.) Herald, Demo-
cratic paper, has como out for Blaine and
Logan.
TIMOTHY HEENAN, prominent Demo-
crat Of Appleton. Wis, declares his inten-
ton to vote for Blaine and Logan.
THREE st. Louis papers of hitherto
Democratic proclivities have come out for
Blaine and Logan and in opposition to
Cleveland. They are the Evening ChroMi-
Gle, the Westiiche Post, and the American
Ceit.
Two PROTESTANT clergymen Of Erie,
Pa, the Rev. Mr.. Westall and the Rev. Mr..
Carstenson, who have hitherto voted the
Democratic ticket. announce their intention
to vote for Mr.. Blaine. They do not like
Mr.. Cleveland's record.
A GREAT political meeting, in which
thousands of coIored people participated,
was held at Cambridge, Ohio, the principal
speakers being Senator b. X. Bruce and
the Rev. James Pointdexter, popular col
ored orator. The enthusiasm for Blaine and
Logan found vent in various ways.
CHAIRMAN MCKEE, Of the independent
Republican COMMITTEES Of Pennsylvania,
rspaEfs ~ rsceipt q letters fzom nfty
procIAimfng t66t t66 lIIdsPendeht5 6E6
everywhere enthusiastic for Blaine and
Logan. Mr.. Mckee thinks that Pennsyl-
vania will give majority OF from 60, 900 to
S0. 900 for Blaine.
WAS it Carl Schurz who said, in q politi-
cal speech few years ago: Only once
have / slept in side-room Of the Demo-
cratic party. and there ! have heard enough
not 10 vote Democratic ticket Again in my
"a ND hall Of
do 30 again." Is this the Carl Schurz who
not only will vote for Cleveland. but pub
holy boasts he can even stand Hendricks.
Well, we'll!
john G.. WHITTIER, the poet, in letter
to Mr.. Cabot Lodge, Chairman Of the Mas
sachusetts Republican Committee, inclos-
ing subscription to the campaign fund,
says he is not prepared to abandon Repub-
licanism and go over to party whose prin-
ciples and measures he has opposed for q
quarter Of century. He hopes that Mas
sachusetts will give the usual majority to
the Republican ticket this fall.
CAPT. MANaAN, an Irish American SOL
dier Of Fond du Lac, Wis, who fought in
Gen. Braggs brigade, has published letter
to his fellow -coantrymen in the Fond du
Lac Congressional district exhorting them
to vote against Bragg in the event of his
receiving the Democratic Congressional
nomination, and against Gov. Cleveland In
any event, Capt Mangan denonnces
Bragg and Cleveland as enemies OF the
workingmen and political Know Nothings.
THE nearer You get to Cleveland, says
Mr.. Fowler, prominent Democrat OF
Rochester, "the smaller and weaker he APP
pears." The same gentleman refers to
Cleveland ~ "a fourth class lawyer, and
says he got the idea that the e-csnt- fare
bill was Unconstitutional into his head be-
tween the sherry and champagne when he
dined with some New York corporation at
torneys. He imbibed the idea, Mr.. Fowler
says, when his mind was fuddled, and
has not been able to get rid Of II since
Ex-C -CoNaREssMAN T. r. MURcH, OF
Maine, who has represented in Congress
the labor movement more distinctly than
any other man, has started for California to
stump the Pacific coast for Blaine and
Logan. Murch WAS elected as q labor man.
defeating in the first instance Eugene Hale
for the lower house. He was at the head
Of the StOnecutters' Union in New England,
and has been identified actively with labor
interests since he was Democrat He
takes the stump for the Republican ticket
because Of the opposition Of labor to Grover
Cleveland.
JUDGE J.. 3. D'CoNNon, Of New York,
who fought in the Union ranks, ia private
letter to friend in Washington says: The
back bone Of :;he Democratic party here
is broken. The disa6ection among our
people Ithe Irishl from the Democratic
ranks is something wonderful, and : cause
Of much alarm 10 the old waf-hOrses Of the
party which was said, though erroneOusly,
to own them. Judge O'Connor say that