Show POLITICAL STRAWS AMONG the political flops which the rival parties are fond of publishing to the world there is one that is worthy of note it is the going over in a lump from the republican to the democratic ranks of twenty four brothers named Un caher at Sa balour lour pa tilis this beats the record so far and the supporters of harrison and morton will be hard pushed to produce any flops flop in choir interest that will bear comparison with it the papers fail to say whether all the brothers were influential republicans public ans these individual changes of sentiment which aremady are made so much of really amount to very little in the aggregate on either side one lot is overset by another and the result is not affected to any appreciable ex tent neither is the question of large or small majorities instates certain to go republican RepUbliC SU or democratic of any great account in the conflict the change of V doubtful state I 1 either way is of far more importance in the former case whether the electors receive a large or oi a small vote so ion long as they are elected they will cast their r vote in the electoral college according to the po politics I 1 itice of those who elected them and it willm will make akeno no difference what their majority may have been so tar far as the presidential candidates cancU candA dates are concerned but in the case of a change in a doubtful state it is a loss to one side and a corresponding gain to the other of 01 con course rae the struggle for congressional representation is au an important matter and this will be somewhat affected by the majorities on either side it is claimed that there is a good prospect of a ole da of three congressmen for lie democrats in illinois this will agoro the power of the democracy in to something like what it was wore adore the gerrymandering took place when by republican manibu woo the state was so distri districted eted that do democratic ac batic counties were grouped ud ad republican district increased T tills is a trick of which perhaps after party can claim to be entirely owes the talk about the tariff discloses a ont amount of ignorance is norance as well as a lure quantity anait ol of intentional the abe tariff is made cespon oe for many ills illo on the one side and lit io benefits on the other with which be no more real connection than 41 t ebb and flow of the tides have on aprice of labor or the profits on opi ml growing ill ile incident related by a democrat buffalo is a good illustration of the ippensen talked on the tariff he says my or two ago r was talking with a i aboe Y ealer dealer who usually takes a fairly dwigent view of public questions he be votes the ticket I 1 aked him what effect the passage of el MR biu admitting raw materials tee in of daty wound have in his line of ae he told me with a solemn ridge that it would close every boot ad shoe factory in thi the e united states iBin sRed to get out without telling guthat hides bides had been on the free list lisi dw ax 1871 for to I 1 didat want to hurt his tell nga tue tae prognostications of lusters usters iU to bea befall I 1 the country as a Ne sequence of I 1 free trade are abo about ut as those of the baltimore ibe dealer in relation to tree free hides |