Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Relitical Chat Both Serious and Facetio,
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Political Chat Both Serious and Facstioas
ON Various Topics.
That Gray story viii be more impressive
when we hear from Voorhees, and No.
Donald. Indiana is not to be carried this
year with two-dollar bills. Cincinnati En-
QHirer.
General John G. Blacks friends think,
that his Vice Presidential chances are being
heightened by the selection of ST. Louis a.
the place Of holding the Democratic Nation
al convention.
IL John Sherman is nominated by the Re-
publican convention the Chicago Tribsns
viii be compelled to choose between Mr..
Cleveland, General Fisl1e and an elegant
dish of crow.-Kaasas City TSmes.
President Cleveland has named the new
military post at Highwood after General
Sheridan. 1t doesn't matter now whether
General Sheridan was born in this country
or Ireland; he surely could not think Of be-
ing a candidate against President Cleve-
land now.-Chicago Times.
The Louisville Comrier-Journa, Mr.. Wat
terson's paper, says: "The Democrats in
Congress viii unite upon a tariff bill an
swering the demands of the message. This
is certain. The bill may be defeated. But
If it is, it will be through corrupt union Of
a few protectionists, masquerading as DEM
ocrats, with Republicans"
Says the Missouri Repwblican: "The Chi
cago 1riosans is laboring patiently and en-
ergetically to create serious Presidential
boom for Judge Gresham. The Trios,e's in
tentions are good and its methods honest,
but it will have to revolutionize the Repub-
hcan party before Gresham can become a se-
rious quantity as Presidential candidate.M
a
Gresham is self-made man. It saws,
Judge Gresham's wife is not a politician.
This gives the Judge the enviable character.
OF being about the only self-made prominent
man now in America. Every other prom
inent individual has been made so, accord
ing to the newspapers, by the tact of his
wife"
The Chicago Herald is very happy in its
comparisons. 1t says: " A circus was closed
up and sold out by the sheriff at St Louis
the other day. Apparently st. Louis would
be bad place for Republican conventional
The same paper, speaking of Judge
Gresham, says: Judge Gresham's friends
are booming him vigorously, but his
chances are rendered doubtful by the fact
that his party manifests no tendencies that
his nomination would represent
The St Louis Evening Chronicle has pub
usneu IeJUer purportlng TO have been
written by Charles A. Dana, of New York.
to "a St Louis lawyer, friend of Tnden.
and Democratic spectator at several Ma
tional conventions" This letter was shown
to another prominent politician, who re-
ports, among other things, Mr. Dana as
saying this: "When the New York State
convention meets to select delegates to the
National convention il will be found that
Hill will be the stronger man, and should
the unit rule be adopted, as four years ago,
he will assuredly have the delegation for
him. Hill is in the field"
Speaking of Blaine and Sherman the Chi
cago Neps says: Now that Mr.. Blaine
is fairly of the track, Presidential pref
erences are being distributed around.
Among forty-four Pennsylvania editors
formerly for Blaine it is found that
but ten stick to the idea of nominating
the man from Maine. The other thirty
four are far from solid, but may be classed
as scattering" Then it turns its atten-
tion to Mr.. Sherman, and tersely observes.
"Senator Sherman again rises TO solemnlv
remark that while he not losing any
sleep over the Presidential nomination he
is entirely willing to accept it If it is offered
to him. If there is one thing more than
another about Senator Sherman to be ad-
mired is his charming frankness. To use a
homely but expressive phrase, when he
wants to kiss he Fuckers. He does not al
low concealment, like a worm in the bud.
to prey upon his damask cheek or nestle i'm
his silken whis kers"