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Show POLITICAL NOTES. A prominent democrat of Chilli-coiho, Chilli-coiho, Ohio, has bet a large sum that Hays will be elected by a majority of 50,000. It is said that the Richmond AV qmrtr is shortly to be removed to Washington, to he published as a first-class democratic dailv. The financial planks in the platform plat-form of both parties in Ohio are almost identical in language, and 1 both for inflation, if either. Generals Woodford and Emory are engaged in a joint discuswipn in Ohio this week. Tho former represents specie and the latter greenbacks. The signs are that a majority of 15,000 or 20,000 votes will consign Allen and repudiation to a common political grave. Chicago Tribune, The St, Louis Times tells President ffriint that he has iust thrown uwav a more than golden opportunity in neglecting to call upon Jefferson Davis, at St. Louis, the other day. A Philadelphia paper interprets Grant's recent Bpeech at Des Moines as a bid for a third term on the issue of religious faith, and characterizes: it "as the dying agonies of a mad ambition." Tbe professional ballot-box Bluffers are getting ready for the Ohio election. elec-tion. These fellows are the real inflationists. in-flationists. Each one of them will guarantee ten votes for Hayes, on greenback principles. In discussing the question of the new secretary of the interior, the Philadelphia Times says " Grant seems to have an implacable war with statesmanship, and there is scarcely a ward or township politician who is safe from a cabinet seat these days. The democratic state committee of Mississippi says that in no part of tho Union does there prevail more perfect per-fect peace, or a greater respect for law, or a greater desire to preserve order than in that state, and they charge Gov. Ames, in his recent demand de-mand for troops, with a deliberate attempt at-tempt to invite disturbance, so that there may bo an imaginary insurrection insurrec-tion which he may suppress in blood. Ex Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, is slumping the state for Allen. An exchange says of Carl Schurz' speeches: "He can pipe, but; will the people dance? His disputation disputa-tion may be hard to answer, but it doesn't buy the child a frock, or lay in winter's pork, or make tbe cupboard cup-board fragrant with bread and meat, or put tbe thriftless man to work." This is the logic of the Ohio campaign, cam-paign, which will be felt in the presidential presi-dential contest unless times improve for tho working man. The resolutions of the state conventions conven-tions thus far held upon the currency may be thus classified: Kepubncan, for hard money Maine, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, New York, California, Cali-fornia, Maryland and Massachusetts, eight; for inflation, or non-committal Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Kentucky, four. Democratic, for hard money Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wis-consin, New York, California, Maryland, Mary-land, Nebraska and Massachusetts, eight; for inflation, ornon-committal, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Ken-lucky, Ken-lucky, four. It is pretty much of a muchness. |