National Republican., 1884-04-02
POLITICAL NOTES.

About time for some one to go down to
New York and feel Mr.. Tilden's limbs for
blemishes and put him through a mental test.
Mr.. Tilden has not been examined for nearly
week. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr.. Watterson has come to the conclusion
that tho democrat party is too small for him
and Sam Randall. If one of these mon must
go we would prefer to have Sam Randall stay.
He remained the last time Mr.. Watterson
went-Denror NewS.
As Mr.. Dana has gone to Mexico, no more
democratic nominations for the presidency
may be expected for several weeks. 1t is pos
sible that Mr.. Dana has gone of for a short
time to give his friends an opportunity to
nominate his modest self.-LOaisViNe Courier
Journal.
1t looks as though the only thing to be
done under the circumstances is for Col
Harry Watterson, David A. Wells, and the
parsee merchant to flock by themselves in
q new free trade party, whose mission II
shall be to provide needful relief for the
suffering manufacturers of Great Britain
Philadelphia Press.
1t required many centuries for England
\ to prepare for free trade, and the United
States may be ready for it in half as many
| centuries. Carlisle, Morrison, and Watterson
are now organizing for the presidential con-
test of 1884 instead of 1884. They are only
| century OF 30 anehu OF tnelr Caube, tnhL y
Philadelphia Times.
The democratic party has not given the
country much reason to respect its leadership.
1t lacks in all the essentials of vig6r manli-
ness. and wisdom. 1t is irresolute, fond OF
| circumlocution, deceit, and buncombe. 1t has
no policy which it dare maintain in the face
| of defeat and its highest conception of states
manship is to dodge or palaver with ques,
ton in the idle hope of pleasing everybody
Chicago Herald.
There is more to be said to the credit of the
candor of Mr.. Morrison than to the credit OF
his policy. That policy is profoundly sgnif
emit of tho policy of its party. True to it!
traditional custom of laundering, it under
takes its leading measures in an underhand
way, and while pretending to be honest de-
fends in public what it admits in private i:
indefensible, and lugs logic into the support
of the Illogical -Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
1t is, however, useless for the democratic
party to set itself up before the people as the
! originators of ''revenue REFORM" If the coun
try wishes such reform, the republican party
stands ready to give it, as is fully shown by
the revenue act of last year. 1t will be true
reform, however 1t will not be directed
against the industries of the country, mol
will it in its aim endeavor to array one class
of the community against the other by the
specious cry of monopoly" or by appealing
to the workingmen of the country to rise
against Oppression" they know nothing
about.-Hartford Post.
Mr.. Dana, just after having said good-by tc
| Mr.. Tilden previous to starting on q trip tC
Mexico, remarked to our New York CORE
spondent: II stand by what l have repeatedly
said, that under no circumstances will or can
| Mr.. Tiden accept n nomination. No party
can elect a president who cannot see ter
callers in day without being dead mar
the next day." This is truo; but not truel
than the statement that no party eau ailorC
to expose itself to the risk and the ridiculo o
rendering a nomination to such man with
out asking or knowing whether he will accept
in obedience to sham sentimentality which
it did not dare to avow four years ago wher
the "outrage" was fresh.-BoStOn Herald.
Thepeople are overwhelmingly for protec
tive tariff, They only need to get the issue
squarely before them to say so. And wher
they have the chance they will speak so posi-
lively that tho subject will not be revived
again in a hurry. Hence the advice of oul
contemporary will certainly bo taken, but
in way that may not provo entirely agre 0
able. The republican party will drive tn,
tariff out of politics by settling it as tn,
policy of this country forever. And as tn,
people will naturally prefer to intrust power
to those who will use it rightly, the republi
cans will be continued as tho tariff party, anC
so retain political power-Phiiddelphid Cal
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