The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14


Cor President, Ex-senator Riddleberger for
Vice President. Platform dynamite.
There are sixty eight Presidential postmas-
tiers whose commissions expire this month.
There are 81, I79 postollices in the country at
large.
Rev. DIR. Burchard, pastor Of the Murray
Hill Church, New York city, has been retired
By his congregation on $500 year. The
congregation want young and more vigorous
man. When the Doctor last fall spoke Of the |
antecedents of the Democratic party as being
ssRum, Romanism and Rebellion, be was
thought to be rather too vigorous.
Gov. Lowry, of Mississippi, has appointed
Gen. i. G. Walthall to be United States Sem
ator to succeed Secretary Lamar. General
Walthall is represented to be very able man,
and said to be equal as an orator and debater
to Mr.. Lamar With Payne, Voorhees,, Beck,
Ransom, Vest, Blackburn and Walthall in the
Senate the Democratic side does not appear
So weak, as the Republicans thought it would |
be, with Bayard, Garland and Lamar re-
moved. They will be fully able to take care
Of Democratic interests against the powers Of
Edmunds, Sherman, Hawley and Evarts.
The ancient Romans were a superstitious
people. They were accustomed to draw au-
CURES from the flight Of birds, and the entrails
Of beasts. A dream, fayorably or unfayor-
ably interpreted, was sufficient to advance or
retard enterprises of tho greatest pith and
moment. The state of the weather, also, had
its favorable or unfavorable Specification.
Following their example, as the 4th of March
was i bright and beautiful day, we may take
it to be a favorable omen, apropitious sign for
the success Of Mr.. Cleveland s administration
He really seems to be man Of destiny. Let
US cherish the hope of the best results from
his elevation to the chief magistracy.
Unless wise craftsmanship interposes, all
Europe is likely to beinvolved in war. Eng
land and Germany are at cross purposes in
Africa: England and France are not very
friendly over the situation in Egypt, and Rus
STA and England are about to be involved over
territory in Afghanistan Should war break
out all Europe and parts of Asia and Africa
would be involved, and unless cool judgment
prevails war is inevitable. War has been de-
elared in Central America, growing out of
decree by President Barrios, of Guatemala,
proclaiming Central America one Republic
Honduras and Guatemala are on one side and
the states Of Nicaragua and Costa RIGA on
the other
The morale Of the Army and Navy must be
at low standard, Judging from the number
ofcourts. martial that are being held to try
officers for conduct unbecoming gentlemen,
&C. Judge Advocate Swain was convicted
two weeks ago for permitting crookedness IN
his department; Lieutenants William English
and j. r.. Pierce were convicted on Tuesday,
English for sconduct unbecoming an officer
and gentleman" and Pierce for duplicating
his pay account, and now Gen. Hazen, OF the
Signal Service, is being investigated for icon
duct to the prejudice of good order and mill
tary discipline These are only recent cases,
but courts martial are in session at some
point yearly all the time for the trial of OIL
GERS for similar offences. To be an officer in
the Army or Navy of the United States used
to be evidence of high character, but it is not
always 50 now.
Representatives Bayne and Miller, of Penn
sylvania, and Hiscock, of New York, called
on President Cleveland the day after his inau-
guration, and as Republicans assured him of
their approval of his inaugural address, and
that in carrying out his policy as therein out
lined he would have their hearty support. In
thus speaking they said, they believed that
they voiced the sentiment of large majority
Of their party. Cleveland uttered good Dem
ocratic doctrine in his inaugural, and if
Messrs. Bayne, Miller and Hiscock are cor
rect in saying that majority of their party
endorse the Presidents sentiments and policy,
the country is practically q unit, and we are
about entering again an .'Era Of Good Feel
ing'' such as existed under the Monroe admin
istration, when the Federalists, ancestors ofthe
Republicans, declared that there existed an
isEra of Good Feeling which should induce
among Democrats a forgiveness of past Fed
eral sins.
Secretary Lamar, of the Interior Depart
ment, has directed the Commissioner of the
Land Office To suspend all proceedings rea-