The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-21
POLITICAL NOTES.

n fOhThhlT WT WHICH lu0 non.
James @. Blaine Of Maine is now sitting will
not have so many stiles on It as the one got
ten up BY Puck few years since.
Gov. SEYMoUR's monument will be
plain granite bowlder selected by himself
some time ago. It will be in keeping with
the simple grandeur OF the dead statesman's
character.
THE Springfield Republican lind
says: "The young Republican leaders in
Massachusetts, are watching the future with
anxiety. They know that with Blaine or
Logan as candidate in 1888 against Oleve-
land, Massachusetts, cannot be held for the
Republican party.
SENATOR VAN WICK complained in
the Washington pc ice court on Monday of
the barking Of a bulldog owned by a meml or
of the British Legation, and was much in
censed to learn that the animal could not be
declared a common nuisance save by indict-
ment by the grand jury.
"SENAToR MALONE" says the new
Richmond Va.) Wing (DemOcrat), Twill
bear watching, and the most efficient way to
watch him Is to give him no opportunity.
Rest assured tnat whenever the Democratic
party gives him chance, the senior Senator
will not fail to make use Of it,"
Mr.. MoRRIsoNs tariff bill will be
opposed from the first, it is reported, by Mr..
Ran dali, who will aaye as the nucleus Of his
tupport this Pennsylvania and Louisiana
Democrats. This, il true, makes the out
look for the bill less favorable than, as tariff
reformers, we would like to have it.
ALTHOUGH Senator Payne is now the
recognized head of that faction of the Ohio
Democracy to whose aims and methods Mr..
Thurman stands unalterably opposed, the
latter completely exonerates him from
personal know edge OF any corrupt purchase
of votes in the contest which ended In Thur
mans defeat.
SOME injudicious and over-zealous
friends of Gov. Lee are attempting to destroy
his peace Of mind by introducing a Vice
Presidential. bee into his ear. 1t is to be
hoped, however, that the governor will not
allow his official equantmity to be disturbed
by the buZZing of such an annoying little
insect at such an unreasonable time. There
sre no President ale presidential bees
in the air yet.
EX-SENATOR CHAFFEE is authority
for the statement that the Butler movement
in 1884 v as put up by VIM. Il Chandler, and
that it cost the Republican National com
mittee, of which Chaffee was the executive
chairman, $4,000. Chambers part in the
Butler movement is no secret, but ChafIee's
that have hitherto only been suspicious that
Butler was paid for his job.
EX-Gov. ST. JOHN of Kansas, who
was the Prohibition candidate for President
in 1884, is travelling through the South, and
is surprised to find that this section can give
the North Lessons in temperance any day and
with ease. lie says he came hke BaalUm to
curse, but finds that he can only bless. Even
Kentucky, which he supposed to be the
stronghold ofwhisky, he finds more temper
ate than any Northern State. Tennessee he
finds very much like Kentucky, and the
temperate habits of the people in Alabama
and Georgia simply astonish him.
A YOUNG Democrat writes 10 the
Galveston (Tex.( Ne,cs (Dem.) encouraging
"a rebellion of the juveniles Of the Demo.
cratic party in Texas unless the Doodle of
office is evenly distributed between young
and Old The Ne,os CURLY and pointedly
adds: III the kids make their campaign for
office only they will get badly left. The ay-
erage citizen, young or old, has no interest
in offices or officials beyond the common in
terest of the people that the public business
in all its branches shall be honestly eff cient
~ and faithfully administered
SENATOR SHERMAN's letter of Febru-
AIRY LIST to Postmaster Jones of Columbus,
o., intimating that If the Democratic nomi-
nee to that office would kindly undertake
not to remove any of his Republican subOr-
dinates his confirmation by the Senate would
be likely to follow, is sufficiently indicative
of the plans of statesmanshp on which the
m ajOrity of the Senate is moving in its fight
upon the Presidents prerogative. If Mr..
Jones owed his confirmation to the Ohio
Senator's influence, the patronage Of the
cal sense belong TO Mr.. Sherman. Can he
possibly have a laundering after it,
The Hon M. X. McGrath, AN accept
ed authority in Missouri upon political sta
tistics has furnished the Springfield RepuJ-
ticdn with a lengthy review OF the situation,
in proof that there is neither "decadence
nor dry rot in the Democratic party in that
State, and that the anticipation Of a change
of political front in the coming election rs
untoupded: lie reviews the State by Sena-
torial districts and c0untes, and arrives at
the conclusion that the complexion of the
next Legislature will be as follows; Senate
Democrats, %: Republicans, Z; Greenback
Democrat, l Greenback Republican, /.
1903; opposition, 81.
HERE are some contributions TO Re-
publican harmony by the Cincinnati Com
mercidl Gdzette: Senator Edmunds does
not seem to be reluctant n,steppingiforWard
as Republican nowadays. lie may have IL
on his mind that there is good time coming
for Republicans. But he should make the
best of Cleveland, as no could have pre-
vented his election, and was too busy In
corporation cas3 to save the cOuntry-sO to
speak. The Republican papers throughout
the country have been able TO preserve
their calInness when informed, with
out authority, we presume, that Mr..
COnkling, having made money enough, is
about TO take charge OF the country as boss
politician, but the only expressions of joy
have been from the Democratic press"
PUBLIC applause ia ss dear to the
P resident as 70 the dancer, to the Cabinet
Minister as TO the leading lady, the sOubTette
or the tragedian. Elk President Arthur is no
exception 10 the rule. His private life is 10
him lonesome and disappointing. 1t is an
open secret in New York that he has grown
tired of the quiet OF n private life. He has
many friends ere and enjoys their society.
IL is also trus that he is a good liver aud
takes good things 10 eat and drink. But the
monotOny Of quiet social life has been too
much for him, and for some time he has not
been in good health. Except when he has
gone out in society he has rarely from incli-
nation left his house on Lexington avenue.
Lack Of exercise, as much as oVertaxing his
stomach, has caused his recent sickness,
Many of his friends think he is not as cheer
full as heretofore, and believe that longing
for busy life as public servant is at the
bottom of the trouble.