The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-08-09
Political Points.

! iithtl
Ex-senator Canlield. an influential Democrat
| ic leader Of Morris County, y. j., is out fo
| Harrison.
| The indications are that Harrison and MOI
| ton will get very heavy German vote bot
| East and West,
The Chattanooga lTenn.) sun has Hoppe
over from Cleveland to Harrison without
change Of editors.
! 1t is probable that a reception will be tender
Cd Mr. Blaine in Boston on.hie journey frol
| New \ orh to Augusta.
EN-Goycrnor 'rhaddeus Poun, of Wisconsin in
| who muGWunpcd in 1881. has recovered an
will support Harrison.
charles J. Bonapartc. the leading mugwum
and civil service refofmer of Maryland, ha
declared for Harrison.
sick aud suffering sam Randall ~ay>-'.I
This were he la, Vote ever east il would h
given against the Mills bill
Mr.. Joseph Martin. shoe manufacturer .
N"Wher@. has left Democracy and free trad
for Harrison and protection
Judge james Phelps of Essex Conn. also
utcly r"iI>e> to be Il candidate for the Demo
cratic GuherHatoria! nomination.
There is room in The Republican party for
great inany democrats who cannot swallow
free trade. They are coming over i'll crowds
EN-tioygrnor Proctor of Vermont promises
Republican majority of 10000 in his State th
fall. while Congressman Grant says it will b'
:'5.00o.
Betting on the Presidency has changed from
> to OH flel Gland to & to :, on Harrison. Bet
ting isn't winning. hut it is Il very sugyestiv,
stay.
\ prominent Indiana Prohihitoni>t has can
Na>>e.i the city of indianapolis. and finds The
party strength At the present time to be abou
itG vcteS.
II is reported that Anna Dickinson has Hhou
concluded arrangements with the Republican
rational committee to make Il series of Speeche;
fer Harrison and Morton.
.'pha. " iIian and S;mlIei I.ockWoo,l. hroti.
tr~. aged respectively 80 - and %. who votce
t.lr Harrison in 1910. will vote t"r IIarriso.
ili~ year Al Columbia, Pa.
81 Oshkosh the State Labor Convention re-
fused t. combine With the Democrats. and also
10 pu int" the platform the graduated income
tax ie;; of Henry George.
In yon~. \. y. seventy of the men VIII,
supported Cleveland four wears a%o have al
really announced that ,hcy shall vote for IIar-
l>um and Murtol, IN November
S.>rnty-iivc per cent. Of the commercial tray.
err> Of the country are for Harrison and Nor
tpii. &Hd an even larger per cent. of the HOUSES
they represent are the same way.
\ partial li>t of some of tie hard character,
appointed TO office hs' President Cleveland "m
braces mrdcrer>. torgcr>. lury iNer$. wife
heaters. dead beats, convicted thieves, etc.
ttr.
Wien one remembers that The Democrat,
war cry in 1854 was Turn the r;scal> out.
the list of ra>cal> whom Rcformer Cleveland
ha> turned in to the publi: service becomes
doab'y impressive.
tirYr.aud'> postmaster. have begun to flop
II Harrison. the one :it jamestown. Pa. hay
IN come over to the side of the vast ma aiority.
VI hen the administration otiice-hol,ler> break
away what l!ay we not expect:
since the discussion of the Mills bill began
wool has decreased in price !. cent, Il pound
v hat would be the reduction if the bill should
pass: And Vet the Democrats calm that free
wool wonl! not iniiure the farmers.
Ext congressman Mallory of Oregon says the
Democrats of his State are coming over to IIar
ri,on in bodies on account Of Clcveiand'> free
trade position. Nino men ont OF eighteen in one
shop have bo;ei the Democratic ticket.
i M&s>achu>eti, workingman said recently
to a Boston reporter: It's a fool that Sticks ID
Il niisiAh, WHEN E1 finds it out. I've voted
with the Democrats twenty-five wears. but
hereafter vote where }ay best interests lie
The following interesting item i, from the
English Iron Era. The Cobden ClGhi> try ng
to raise lar@c sum of money to be spent il
tnrth@rinS the free trade prora-an''a in the
[ nited States. Lord Bra>>cy has given tl0OO
others les. and the hat is going round"
The Administration papers are not jecring al
The Cleveland, o., Leader prints a list of ovel
one thousand ''Jiprccanoe" veterans in that
part Of the state who voted for William II
Harrison. and will vote for his grandson.
81. John receive. so Il night for his service,
in undertaking TO "dcstroy the Republican
party in the interest Of third party Prolihi
ton. That il 4 hsil figure. but there are mel
who Woul,in'i retail such ictions a> he l3crpc
tratc> night after night fer 4 considerably larg
er sum.
NJ, II. DE Young. editor of the san Francisco
Chronicle tod Il Chicago reporter that thi
slope is as sure for Harrison and Morton Il.
though the vote had already been counted
Free trade Is more serious question to in,
people of california than the Chinese question
ever was.
The Troy, y. Y. Times prints interviews witt
Il number Of Rensselaer, county farmers hitherto
Democrats, who declare their purpose to vote
for Harrison. They have not failed to percciv,
thai the Mills bill ,liscr.minates very unfairly
against Northern farmers While it treats South
| crn agricultural interests very gingcrly.
\ prominent Prohibition>t of jersey CITY
who is Hisgustcd with the folly and insincerit,
of the third party men. has returned to the Re
publican ranks, helicvin" that there is wher.
the temperance cause will find its best and mos
consistent friends. He pronounces the thir,
party movement mcrei, tail to the Democra
tie kite.
the Methodist> OF ElicnvIe. y. V. declare,
that, Will" he WAS q rrohibitioni>t, he was no
a third party man. hut Il Republican. Bishop
Vincent recognizes the fact that the objects o
the Prohibition party will be more nearly at
| tanned through the Republican party thai
through the Democratic party.
Cen Jos. &. jackson. Grand Marshal in ,h,
coming Blaine parade. has issued an order re
qle>Iinss all organizations desiring to take par
70 notify him "t head quarters No. IS West 2jtl
st.. n. Y. The programme is for the republican
clubs of the city TO 90 down the bay on steamers
the day of Hiaine'S arrival and escort him to th,
hotel where he will review the parade in tn,
evening.
Morris liarkhcimcr. Il prominent Wheeling
W. Va, manufacturer, has been Il Democra
for the last twenty-five years. and during tina
time has worked hard for the success of hi
party. He announces that this year he will no
only vote for Harrison, but will do cverythin!
in his power to help his election. The st
Louis platform and Clevcland's message cause,
he conversion.
Gen. linton b. fiske. the third party nom
nee for lie Presidency. has appointments fo
| September i'll five of the New England States
as follows: sept. l. Vermont: Sd. New IIamp
shire; 4th. Maine; 9th and 9Th Massachusetts
,th, Connecticut. Sept 9TH he will speak n
the ratification meeting in Boston. and Wor
cc>ter. Springfield and other places are bid,iim.
for his presence on the 9Th.
There is probability that Thomas Mast, tn,
We'll known cartOonist. will come back int,
| political prominence this fall He is now ii
liberty by reason Of the expiration of his con
tract with the lIarpers. lie has been ont OF
| the Pacific coast, where he has farm but i
now in New Jersey, and, it is reported, ha
made arrangements with Il publishing h0us,
| for the production Of his cartoons during TIN
| coming campaign. in which he will supper
! Harrison and Morton.
| Democratic papers are making jubant re
| marks over the so-called ''important accession
! to the mugWump ranks Of the Providence
| journal. and call it a ''bot in Rhode Island.
| The Providence journal has been mugwuml
sheet since 1884, and is now a full -fiedged Dem
| ocratic organ. Mr. Metcalf, its principal own
| er, is a Democrat and a member of the fire.
| trade Golden club; he was also delegate T.
| st. Louis and an able member of the committee
| on resolutions. a most remarkable ''bolt." in
| deed
! Senator Wilson, of Iowa, has submitted t.
| the Senate the majority report of the juticar,
committee on the jackson, Mississippi, election
| frauds. The conclusions are that the who'll
| colored vote of the place is suppressed thrOUgl