The Portland daily press., 1884-04-15
Political Notes.

Senator Frye is said to be thorn in both sides Of
the Senate; he has such a breezy way Of overturn-
ing Its chsrissd idols and tearing up its traditions
lie hssa manly hatred Of all shams and doesn't seem
10 Dc afraid Of treading peoples corns In expos
ing them.-Phila. News.
The Hartford, Conn. Courant believes that the
Repub leans an only be beaten in the Presidential
election by putting mp man who has not the conn
dence of the country. The party it says ''may be
embarrassed whom to select, but it can make no
mistake If 1t trusts itself its instinct of taxing
man 0f universally acknowledged capacity aud in
tegrity, and does not bother itself with the false
politicians cry Of availability"
To the query, "what would th Q INDEPENDENT vot
ers who are so mighty particular in their choice Of
Presidential candidate do in case neither conyeu-
Judge Noah Davis presided at the regular month
~ meeting of the Union League Club in New York
Thursday night. The ATTENDANCE was very large.
and included most of the influential members on
The club. After brief address by Judge Davfs
he Hon Joseph r. Hagley. Of Connecticut briefly
Indicated the plans and purposes of the Cop0res-
sonal committee Ia placing the issues of the Com
ing campaign before the country BY the liberal da
trlnntlon OF suitable documents. He made no
reference Ia his speech indicating preference for
any Of the candidates now prominent He was FOL
lowed by Senator Sabin, of Minnesota. whose
spesch was almost entirely devoted to the necessity
Of providing the National COMMITTEES with ms
necessary funds to properly carry the prelimin-
airy WORK OF the campaign. He declared himself
aud the committee thoroughly satisfied with tha
present outlook, and said that all branches of fhe
party We're acting in accord. He also said nothing
fs TO the candidates. Among the members ~ fhs
club the general impression seemed to prev,iI thas
Edmunds was the coming man. Arthur and Blaine
were ooiy casually spoken Of as probable candi-
for any one thus far named
The Georgia delegation to the Republican conyen.
ton is almost duplicate Of the Louisiana deleea
ton in regard to the number of office holders t CON
tains. Here are their names AMI the offices held bv
them LIST district-A. H. Wilson of Savannah
de 1uty collector OF Internal revenue; james Bow
II Brunswick (eololet) collector. I'd district-C'
W. Arnold ~ Albany, postmaster; Caesar Few fool-
oredD. of Townsville; route agent. Sd district
Small (colorel). of Eastman route agent. am AZ
trlct-W. II. johnson of Atlanta collsotor: n n
Beais (eolsrd of La Grange, postmaster 9Th dis
1re,l, of Atlanta, collectors Office. 9Th stricf-
W. W. Brown Of Macon, postmaster; PJ Holt
Rome; j. l. Garrett (colored, of CsrtersviIIe rons
agent. 9Th district-M. A. Wood Of Madison
gauger, Madison Davis Scolored). OF Athens, pest
postmaster; j. P. CASTOR of GAINESVILLE deputy,
col ector. 10th district-W. F. Holden of Augusta
postmas.er; r. X. Wright (colored), Of Augusta
State convention yesterday are A. r. Buck of A.
lanta; g. d. Forsyth, of Romo; W. A. Pledger. Of
Atlanta, surveyor; L. NJ Peasants of Savannah,
deputy collector.
The Democratic Convention which met In Pam
sylvania and nominated Mr.. Randall for the presi
dency was, If We may judge from the platform tina
purest assembly that was ever called together in
any country. How many such bodies for ips,aDo.
would declare themselves boldly, a. this one hss
Zone, agAlnst confederation, monopoly. extravs
CANT expenditures, subsidies, and dabasament ~
the civil service TO partisan spoliation?H Thr Z, a.
mos enSoHrSg ny to lind it CmiRg out for that Old
"a IN Wnlen nas been the dream Of saints ami sasee
IN all ages-though, owing to the imperfections> ~
gu nature It has never ye been embodied
IN Iegsati on-the tariff for revenue llmeJ 10 the
necessities II the Government Economical Iv admin
and 81 adjusted in It's application as 10 prevent
ou5uens encourage productive indus tries vt home,
snu anord Just compensation 10 labor, but not 10
create OF foster monopolies." Most conventions,
700, Would experience some diff uty In finding
cah9ldaJe ht TO stand on such platform, for Il
hee1s y man or really heroic mould. one If "Plu-
tarch g men,, in short, a simple, pure, far seeing
and absolutely siagle-mnded patriot. Ia almost
any other STATE or country parry would have To
advertise Tor such man, aud probably TO wait for
. me time before he turned up. The Penpsylvanla
Democrats, however had him all ready In the per-
son of samuel j. Randall before they put pen TO
paper To say that there 10 something almost god
Ike about the whole concern, rs IL nov stAESa =
party. platform and candidate sounds psrhsps az
trsvsgant but It is really within the mark ~. Z.
Evening Post.