National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-08-28
po11rIcs AND POLITICIANS,

POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
ut was Mr. Blaine" says the independent
Grdphic, "who ordered the British flag to bo
smluted by Yankee guns at Yorktown" and
further allege that many lrishmen were very
indignant about itlnt that time" As Mr. Blaine
has never yet, In the knowledge Of the public,
been In any position whatever whoro he had
any authority for ordering n gun to be fired
the Graphic Is OIL. Guns are usually fred by
military or naval authority; and II the British
Gag was salutcd 1t was not by Mr.. Blaine's
"orler." Its a tri1e anyhow, but .thats the
independent style.
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Mr. Charles s. Hill, n clerk in the bureau Of
statistics at tho state department. and well
known writer ON the tariff, Is believed to be
the coming commissioner of labor statistics,
the now Office created at the last session of
congress, and yet untitled.
AaH
The Graphic is so new at its Cleveland indc-
pendent job work that every once in n while
1t falls oil on the republican side of the fence,
but at once crawls back under the bottom rail
in time to be on hand when headsare counted,
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The democrats Of the Dubuque district In
Iowa, are having an unhappy time trying to
find n candidate for congress. one who was
prominently named" nj once jumped the
state when the matter began to look seriously
rs II he was TO he selected as the victim for
the republican member, Col. Henderson, to
have his majority recorded against Another,
in back county, took to his barn with Il
wheel barrow load of brcech-loading shotguns,
and has his oat bin filled with dried bcefenoug
so last him for three months The Dubuque
Times thinks "it nows looks as though the
victim for the sacrifice would come from Du-
buquc."
Col Henderson, of the third Iowa congres.
sional district, has military record which is
probably not duplicated in the history of the
rebellion. He served as private aud lleuten-
ant from 1861 until March %, 1865, when he
was discharged on the account of the loss of
his leg in action, a year later he again en-
tered the service in command OF an Iowa
infantry regiment and served in the field until
the close of the war. Others thus crippled
served in other ways, but who else below a
general officer returned to the field.
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An Iowa democrat is alleged to have indig.
nantly expressed himself after reading Gov.
Cleycland's letter oracccptance us telegra phcd
| anu lhbllsllNNls lbn uOHhhi bbSuo' ilt
never wrote It. He's got too much sense
wait till you get the original" He is right.
Tho letter is bogusbut Gov. Cleveland wrote
| it all the same.
ElThe letter of Senator IIoar in answer to the
| blathGrsktc speech of schurz is as scholarly
and complete rs the speech Is frothy and fu'
tile The Massachusetts statesman quietly
shows that oilenses charged against Mr. Blaine
Nrc not cOndoncd by the republican party fol
the very simple fact that there Is nothing "a
condonc, and that the charges rehashed now
were tried years ago before the American peo
pie and verdict of not guilty rendered.
sFs
lfit is not an improper question, what arc
Mr.. Carl schurzs fees in this campaign lie
trained on Our side us long rs he well could
and then his regular charges were $500 for each
speech and all expenses paid.
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The Cleveland papers In New England have
been making Il great hurrah over coloret
man named Aaron Thomas johnson, wholiyc'
ut Ansonia, Conn. and who had "fatly re
fused to vote for Blaine" The Ansonia Scnti
Hd tells that Brother Johnson in 1880 said the
same thing Of Gen. Garfield. and agreed, for a
new suit ofclothes to work for Hancock. lie
was 'toted' around triumphnntly and exhib
tied at campaign meetings as n visible sign
that the republican party was surely going ia
pieces. At last election day came, but John
son didn't; and they hunted him up to go tc
the polls, lie wouldn't go an inch until hi
''got dem close" He got the clothes and wa.
luggcd oil to the polls to vote, when, to the dem
ocrutlc grief md conservation and succeed.
ing Indignation, II was found that his name
was not on the list as freeman, he not beinl
able to readl When demonstrated with, ant
charged with having known all the time tina
he couldn't vote, he only grinnod and replied
Oats your bi2zncss to see dat de names arc
right on the list. Spec lse got muffin to dc
about dat!'
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Relays of democratic leaders still haunt
Saratoga and keep mighty suspicious eye oil
the piazza corner where Mr.. John Kelly ma Ike
himself comfortable and enjoys life just now.
They seem TO have II strong suspicion that hi
is like John PhUnix's patent mountain
howitZcr mule, the gun loaded and fuse fired
but they don't know which way he will poin
when the explosion takes place.
A%s
Mr. Henry WHttcrson, the stepfather an
dry nurse of "thc star-cycd goddess of reform,
is in peck Of trouble nll around this year
He now rather suspects that Mr. Randall vii
be mildly resigned if Pennsylvania goes re
publican. Henry, so was the man at the depo
when the train he wanted 10 catch was les
} than quarter of milo down the road.