National Republican., 1886-11-19
POLITICAL POINTS.

When Senator MCPHERSON was elected the
Democrats had but one majority on Joint ballot
In the New Jersey legislature.
When W. s. Holman read that his majority
OF $500 was reduced TO less than 700, he arose
In HIS place and in his most congressional
tone remarked. "Mr. Speaker, object"
An investigation made by the Cincinnati
Commercial shows that Campbell, Democrat
who defeated Little, Republican. in the seventh
Ohio congressional district by three votes. owes
his success to an indiscrlminate promising of
PENSIONS
Sherman is the only Republican In the
country who can make II winning fight against
President Cleveland, with Ohio MS a NJyembt tr
state. ! don't believe Blaine could carry Ohio
against President Cleveland, for the President
is 0,0G0 votes stronger than his party In the
State Cincinnati Enquirer, Dem.
Among the wonderful disclosures OF the
election Is that OF the result In North Carolina,
where the state Republican committee refused
TO even call a state convention to nominate a
state ticket because II was useless. a Sclfap-
pointed committee nominated O ticket and II
came so near being elected aud the legislature
so near being Republican as to make Bourbon
ism shake In its boots. To make things sure
in one congressional district the Democratic
canvassers threw out the votes Of euou IN pre-
cincls TO insure the election OF the Dem )cratic
candidate on the ground that the colOred men
intimidated other voters --Chicdy0 In'er Oce N.
lift be true aS stated in Washington that
the President has been compelled TO reverse
sive PARTISAN Democratic district attorney at
y. Louis, II Is 10 be hoped he will take Mr.,
Villas into Corner aud inprCss him with the
seriousness Of his own oilensc in putting club
into the hands of the enemies of his chief.
Attorney Benton only did what the airy Post
master General himself did, viz seta naught
the letter aud spirit orthc Presidents public
declaration upon the subjt Ct of federal iiGa S
mCddling with practical politics. -Ihiiddd'phid
IGtGrdTh (NUgjrUmJ)
The next twelve months Of Mr.. Cleveland
administration must make or mar It, If he
can get into line with the active workers OF
the DemOcfncy-tf he can remove the discDrds
and suhdue the disSent-wc snail approrh the
great struggle OF 1888 with n certainty of u far
more glorious success than that of 1881. But
II, instead, the breach between him AMI the
party leaders wdens-if he withdraws still
more into himself, and leaves cOldness and
omen hostility TO grow among those who must
bear the burden of the iray-then disaster Is
certain to the administration, and grave peril
Is threatened to the par " Cincinnati Enquirer
| NCm.
Samuel s. Cox. OF New York. will undoubt
| cdly make n strong fight for the speakership o
| the House In the hnieth Congress, Nearly
| twenty years ago Mr.. Cox, who was then tray
| cling In Europe, wrote letter TO Daniel w
| VOORHEES,, then member from the Terre HautC
| district. in which he stated that his hlghes
ambition was TO be speaker of the House. III
| was in very bad health AT the time, and wa
| In doubt whether he wOuld live TO see thI
| United States again. The Democrats were in !
| hopeless minority in the House. He asked
| Mr.. Voorhees,, as friend OF many years, to use
| his influence with the Democrats TO make hin
| their caucus nominee for the speakership
mentary, but he would, at the same time, ap
| preciate II as a very high honor to be made thu
| choice of his political friends for the position
| ofspeAker.-& Louis GtObC. Democrat