The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-02-11
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

AS the mother loves her bad boy
best the Republican party will always
love Jim Blaine. louisville Courier
Journal.
To Mr.. Blaine is due the credit
for making the cuspidor. nee spittoon.
q novel and prominent issue in politics.
Chicago Me,Os.
Don't forget one thing-a low
tariff and high wages generally go to-
gether. That is one of the solemn
facts of history in this country.-M y
Herald.
1t is funny to see so many prom
inent Republicans struggling for the
privilege of being put up by the next
Presidential nominating convention,
only to be knocked down.-BoSton
Post.
The day of 'infant industries"
in this country has passed. Our in
dustries are giants instead of infants.
The infants are the farmers who work
for these giants and pay them for doing
it.-St. Paul NeUS.
THE nomination of General
Nichols for Governor of the Louisiana
Democracy knocks out any hope the
Republicans may have entertained of
making Louisiana a doubtful State next
fall.-St. Louis Republican.
The &. o. p. has lived its life,
its destruction has been decreed. We
need have no fear we may do fool
ish thing, we can rest in the satisfac-
ton that they will do more foolish
one. The handwriting is on che wall;
farewell, G. o. p, farewell. .-Nashvlie
american.
1t will take microscope to find
what is left of the Thoebe contest. 1t
is evident enough that Thoebe knew
that he was defeated and cared moth
ing about the contest. The institution
of the contest was simply dishonest
political trick put on foot for the pur-
pose of annoying Mr.. Carlisle.-St.
Loais Post-Dispatch.
The Southerner that fired the
first shot of the war of the rebellion
has been identified in the person of a
man who was killed the other day at
Charleston in n brawl. This question
having been disposed of, interest now
centers in the man who will fire the
last shot His identity is in doubt. but
it apparently lies between Foraker.
Tuttle, Halstead, Clarkson, John Sher-
man and Mr.. Blaine. Chicago Herald.
1t may be admitted that certain
idiots issued circular and adopted
resolutions declaring that a Republic
an mayor should not be elected in
Jackson, Miss. If the United States
Senate has authority to interfere in
cases of this kind, it's attention is
called to the desperate efforts the Re-
publicans of the Massachusetts Legis.
lature are now making to suppress the
Democratic vote in the city of Boston.
ST. Louis Republican.
The confirmation of Mr. Lamar
rs u Justice of the Supreme Court
ought to be accepted rs final certiti.
cate OF the fact that the war which
ended twenty-three years ago is really
"over" No more illogical of un.
patriotic stand was ever taken by q
political party than that assumed by
the Republican Senators ia resisting
the confirmation of Mr.. Lamar upon
the old sectional ground. -... n. T.
World
1t is automatically declared thai
Roscoe Conkling has said to some OF
his friends that If the next Presidential
campaign is fought on the tariff issue
b etween Blaine and Cleveland he ID
prepared to take the stump for Cleva-
land, believing that tho Republican
party can not withot violating it,
pledges and bringing reproach upon
its nrnc, refuse to reduce the taxes
which weigh so heavily OH producer;
and consumers. Mr.. Conkling is further
credited with the remark that President
Cleveland's last message Wan one o.
the wisest, boldost and most patriotic
evidences OF statesmanship et racen,
years. y Times.