Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-11-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

The National Democratic Committee
has closed up it's books and vacated its
headquarters in New York. The total
amount ir1. received by twas $4,000. of
which $50 600 was received through the
popular campaign fund in amounts from
81 up to, but not over $500.
There seems to be popular misappre-
hension that President Cleveland will
have to fill vacancies on the Supreme
BENCH that already exist, None such ex-
list, and the friends of Attorney General
Brewster have been long waiting for one
to occur by the resignation of Justice
Bradley (now over II years of age) in Or
der that President Arthur may make the
appointment. Mr.. Bradley Goes not seem
inclined to give up. There are no others on
the bench likely to resign to give Demo-
cratic President chance, unless Death
should step in.
The fact that Roscoe Cohkling was in
the employ OF the Democratic National
Committee in supervising the canvass of
the New York vote seems to have inspired
his friends with the hope that, like VIM.
H. Seward, he may be elected Senator
from New York by coalition of the diff
ferent wings Of parties IN the legis lat ure
1t is not very ereditable to the defeated
candidate for the Presidency, but it is
nevertheless true, that the name of Thog.
H. Sherman, the secretary and private te-
legraph operator of J. G.. Blaine, who &C.
companied him everywhere in the cam
paign, is on the pay roll of the y. S. Sen
ate, and it is from Chere that he gets his
salary. Walker Blaine, the candidate 3
son, who has been with his father for
months during the campaign, has been
drawing pay from the government as u.
s. counsel before the Court of Alabama
Claims Commissioners. 1t is this sort of
lax understanding of the difference be-
tween government property and private
property that made a strong case against
the Republican party during the cam
paign.
At the opening OF Congress next week
Gen. Malone will occupy the seat Of the
late Senator of Rhode Island. He filed ali
application for Ii two years ago, when
Senator Anthony was believed to be be-
yond recovery.
A large meeting of Democrats at New
ark, n. j., the birth place of Gov. Cleve-
land, adopted resolution recommending
Gen. Geo. 3. Mcclellan for the position
of Secretary of War.
The official vote of New York State is
Cleveland, 563 154; Blaine, 562.0O5; st.
John. 25,0O6; and Butler, 1904. The
official plurality of Cleveland is 1,149.
The Massachusetts Independent Repub.
licans have prepared an address to Gov.
Cleveland informing him that they will
uphold your administration SO far and so
long as it shall be based upon the princi.
pies which should underlie all political
parties in government, but they will
not hesitate to oppose your administra
ton when it commits itself to principles
they cannot uphold" The address is OBJ
jected to by the New Y ork Independents
on the ground of the implied threat, and
they sat down On it with emphasis.
zen. flu. L0e, Hon. JOnn II. Massey
and B. johnson Barbour were the strong
team that addressed the Culpeper jubilee
last Friday night.
The nan most hated by the Maine Re-
publieans is s. T.. EillsbQry. OF BOSTON.
so last Friday, at Augusta, tMr. Blaine's
home) the Democrats had bowling iubi-
lee, and at the head of the procession was
Pillsbury, whom they had sentsfor. Over
the carriage in which he sat was trans
parency, on which was this inscriptions
"Maine's Idol Son, E. F. Pillsbury. We
love him for the enemies he.has N ade.''
The Official yete Of West Virginia is
Cleyeland, g. BIZ; Blaine, So ,ose; st. John,
939. and Butler, So Cleyeland's plurali-
ty, 4,222ll; Cleyeland's majority oyer all,
a,47a.
At Savannah, Ga, Nov. l1th, the Vir-
ginians residing there, burned Senator
Malone in effigy. The band struck up the
dead march, and the efigy was borne to a
scaffold which had been erected about 200
yards from the Confederate monument.