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Show POLITICAL STRAWS, WHICH 6H0W HOW THE WIND BLOWS. The democrats nil over the country I are very generally nominating the members of, the present congress Tor reelection. While Hayes is preaching civil service- reform Grant's secretaries are weeding the departments of democratic demo-cratic clerks. A radical clergyman in Maine adjourned ad-journed a prayer meeting in order to give tho infidel Ingorsoll a chanca to speak for Jim Blaine. Colonel Bob Ingcraoll says in one of bis speeches that tho republican party is the "cotis.'-ieuco of the nineteenth nine-teenth century." Cut what's the use j of conscience if there's no hereafter? asks an exchange. Cjlonel Bob is a loud infidel. Contrast Hendricks' statesmanlike speeches in Indiana with the bloody shirt campaign of Morton. There-publican There-publican speakers confine themselves entirely to denunciation of the "confederate "con-federate democracy," and eulogy ol tho negro loyalist. Will such ancient humbug win votes at this late day? They killed tho good Horace Greeley Gree-ley by their foul-mouthed abuse in 1S72, and now they are trying tho same game on Undo Sammy iilueu; out the democratic candidate- has a sound head set on broad shoulders, and they will find him a harder nut to crack than the old republican philosopher. Governor Allen of Ohio says of Governor Tildon's letter of acceptance: accep-tance: Xt is a shrewd, able, statesmanlike states-manlike paper. And it goes a Btep or two further than I anticipated. It enunciates politics and financial precepts pre-cepts that tho democrats of Ohio were abused and derided for staling on the stump last fall. Perhaps tho republicans had better not push tho charge- that Tiidcn defrauded de-frauded the government in his income returns too fur. Other people who did that sort of thing are apt to syni-1 pathizo with or at least admire a brother operator on a large scale, and if everybody who made false returns should vote for Mr. Tiidcn, he will .very likely be elected. Wa3hington Star. The St. Louis Times Bays that the republicans are making strenuous exertions to carry that city tins full, and that from 5,000 to 7,000 new negro voters will bo placed on the registry liets. Negroes have been pouring iuto the city from every southern state during the past ycir or more, and tho radical managers count each one of them a vulo lor Haves and Wheeler. Indiana elected Gov. Hendricks in ! October, 187:3, by 1,146 majority, while at the November eleclion Grant received a majority ol -,o, owing ( to tho unpopularity of Greeley. In lb7-l Net), democratic candidate lor secretary of stale received a majority of 17,202, and the apjrcgate demo- ( cratic majorities on the congressional tickets the same year was more than 14.CKJ0. The democrats are stronger in the state than ever, and there U no reason to doubt the tnumptiant election of Williams bb governor at the October election by a large majority, ma-jority, e.-pccially as tho republican? aro doing nothing except to frighten tho people, once more by waving the bloody shirt over their heads. The Washington H tar pathetically deprecates the severe blow which tua fallen upon a large number of female clubs in the department in carrying out tho ecu.iomiu.tl puliey of the hotieof representatives. l'roin the currency division of lliO treasury tho national bank note redemption agency, and the bureau of engraving aud printing tho agt;r. gate of discharges dis-charges will be at out 2oo cmpl")vs ( mo? I of them ft-maka. Tuia entail- great eufliTing upon tin -so cut itt Irutn a means ol hvcln.txl, but the 1 trouble dots cut end there. Familie.t are dependent up.m many of ttiein. aud wliero 2'0 einpioj e s are tin charged, it is aafo to as'i.tna l.CMi poopiv lee! the lnrce ol the blow. None can fil to 8ynip..th;.e with Undischarged Un-discharged employ-', but i: should be remembered tnat lite government if nut a charitable or eleun.vriinary in- j Jitilutioy, but a eaer- J public trust, in the eexniomiia of whieii every tax- ' payt r is intertilled. |