Year: 1879

It Is stiff dose, or the Democrats wouldn't
squirm so.


"F-r-a-u-dp "yoopsr the Kentucky Democratic
Convention.


Ohio is reaching out already for both of the can
didates in 1880.


Judge Davis is being coddled by the deputy
Democratic editors. That finishes him.


Calling it by some other name won make it any
less of back-down, sweet Democrats.


Sherman against Thurman would make a red-hot
campaign IN Ohio-especaly for Thurman
The country is perceptibly agitated with n sort
of epidemic of disgust with the Democratic party.
Even Democrats suffer from it,


The Democrats in Congress have now spent
week in trying to find the easiest way out. Prudent
people would have thought this thing over before
they went In.


The Solid South is improving the backdown TO
remark with impudent frankness on the made
quacy of the Northern Democrat for wise party
leadership.


wild grocer upset Mr. Bemonts carriage, and
Mr. Seymour upset Mr.. Belmont's conference; but
nobody has yet succeeded in upsettng Mr.. Bel
mOnt's meek department.. He IS just genial and
sweet as ever he was.


Coflee-pot Wallace says he shall proceed TO Penn
sylyania and begin thorough investigation OF
election frauds just soon as the crisis at Wash
ingtOn is passed. Beware of those soaked papers
Dir. Wallace. Ii would be awkward to stumble
upon some OF them.


Speaker Randall has been invited by the Cali
fOrnia Democrats to take the stump for them in
their approaching campaign, and he is said to have
accepted. If he cOuld only get there in time 70
cure gerrymander of the Congressional districts
hemIght save the Congressional delegation To the
Democrats; but "a he can't do that, his services
are not likely to avail much


Senator Butler thinks his Southern associates
ought to have allowed the Northern Democrats to
conduct this election law fight all by themselves.
for it was their fight. lie is right about its being a
Northern fight. II IS nothing more nor less than n
squAbbie for a stuffed baOt-bOX IN Newly Ork CITY,
that Reform might have full course and be goried


Now that the retreat has been begun it is a good
time to recall some of the gifted and vaOrOus Black
burns remarks concerning the weakness of yield
ing. In his famous wiping out" speech he de-
claTed that the Democratic side of the chamber
would " never yield or surrender unless this Con-
gress shall have died by virtue of its limitation
principle cannot be compromised. 1t may be sur
rendered but that can only be done by its adyo-
Gates giving proof to the world that they are cra-
yens and towards We cannot yield and we viii
not yield. W. are planted on our convictions.
There will stand. lie who dalhes is a bastard,
and he who doubts is damned" Whether Black
burn has dallied" or " doubted is not revealed,
but there is no doubt that the whole party is
" damned"


Evidence multiplies that General Grant has firmly
impressed all his most intimate friends with belief
in his intention not to be again candidate for the
Presidency The latest bit is this statement which
IS said to have been made By ex-Secretary Borie,
just before his departure to join the General in his
trip around the world: Under no circumstances
should Gen eral Grant permit his name to go before
a political convention. He has had all the honors
and renown that can be given to any American
citizen, and if he were to run again for President
and be defeated, even though he should be un-
fairly counted out by the two DEMOCRATIC houses
of Congress, he would live in history as defeated
candidate. All the discredit that attached to
Grants administration was due TO the politicians
who were around him, and now these same men,
who did SO much to bring dlscredit upon his Admin
istration are seeking to push him forward again as
ocandidate 1t is the desire of the true friends OF
the General that he do not allow the use OF his name
again for the Presidency, or any other Office"