Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-01-17
POLITICAL.


POLITICAL.
--Joseph ]. Stewart, the defeated Radi-
cal candidate for Congress in the Third Con.
grossional District Of Maryland, which. in
cludes the twelve upper Wards OF the city Of
Baltimore, has served upon Col. Phelps,
the successful candidate, notice Of his pur-
pose to contest the yelectisn, upon the
grounds Of frauds on the part OF the regis
trars, and the revolutionary Interference
with the election on the part of Gov Swami
Gen. u. 8. Grant, Gen. Candy, 30. Col,
Phelps has joined issue, and denies all aud
singular the allegations Of the contestant.
"A dispatch frsm Albany, Jan. 10th,
says. The Republican caucus met to. night
and nominated. Hon. Roscoe Csnkling as
their candidate for u. 8. Senator. '.''
The Republican caucus met at Harris.
burg, last Thursday, aud nominated Simon
Cameron for U. s. Senator on the first bal
lot. The, vote was: Cameron, 46 Curtin,
%; Thaddeus Stevens 4 Grow, s., The
nomination was:then made unanimous. > {
The Constitutional Amendment has
been ratified by the Ksnsas Legislature.-
The vote stood: House rs to Z; Senate
unanimous. - t.a - AK CsA . r.
The vote Of Mr.. Foster sustaining the
veto, and the movement in the House re-
garding impeachment will, it is thought,
hasten the decision of the Senate in the mat
ter OF selecting new presiding eficer. Mr..
Wade's chances appear to be improving
daily. .,..7',.., ..,.'.....
The Republicans, of the Indiana Leg.
islature have nominated Gov. Morton for
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"A large Unisn caucus met at Frankfort
on last Wednesday night. Resolutions were
! passed, declaring the Union party Of Ken,
tucky 10 full harmony with that Of the WHEELS
country and calling State Convention, to
meet at Frankfort on the 26th Of February.
The Assembly of New York has rati-
fed the Constitutional Amendment. Yeas
70, nays 35.
The Missouri House has ratified the
Amendment by a vote of s5 to "a. .l
-Ex. Governor Wickliffe, Of Kentucky,
who is new 7S- years cid, and is in Balti-
more under care Of physician for the cure
of fetal blindness declines being Dem
ocrstic candidate for Governor Of Kentucky.
Gen. Arthur P. Hayne, g brother Of
Robert G. HAyne, Wsbstsr's former antago-
mist, died at Charleston, s. c., on the 7th
inst, at the age Of rs years and 10 months.
He studied law in early life, but entered the
army during the war OF 1912, and continued
in the service until he resigned in 1920 He
practised law for number Of years, was
offered, but declined, the position of United
States Minister to Belgium, land in 1858
filled vacancy for few months in the
United States Senate. He took nospart in
the late rebellion, deeply lamenting the at
tempt to sunder the Union, while sympa-
thizing with the cause Of the South. 2 l.l
Simon Cameron, the Union Republican
caucus nominee Of the Pennsylvania kegisr
lature for United States Senator, was born
in Lancaster County, Pa, in 1899, and is
now sixty-eight years OF age. He was left
an orphan at the age of nine years, and pro-
curing q situation in printing Office, sue
ceeded in obtaining good education. At
the age of twenty-five, he edited and pub
lished a Democratic journal in Harrisburg,
Pa. At the age ofthrty-thres he establish
ed the Middlstown Bank, and devoted much
attention to railroads throughout the State.
In lS45, after serving a. Cashier of Bank
President ct two Railroad companies, and
as Adjutant Geners Of Pennsylvania, he
was elected United States Senator, in which
Po'',foh nc osi'eu uh'u io7s, spu was 10
elected to the same position in 1855 for the
term ohding in 1851 In 1860 his name was
prominently mentioned among the cAndi-
dates for the Presidency, and in 1861 he be-
came Secretary Of War under the lamented
Lincoln. He soon after resigned that posi-
ton, and was appointed Minister to Russia,
which, We believe, he never accepted. l
The Maine House of Representatives
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ment, by vote of l26 yeas to II nays. The
former, with two exceptions, were Repub-
licans. The latter were all Democrats.
The Springfield owners Of the Chicago
Republican have sold out to Jehn Wgn.
worth. t.-.
Senator Sumner and Representative
Ashley have received dispatch, signed by
two hundred colorsd citizens of Colorado,
asking the admission of the State under Mr..
Edmunds' amendment. ..l '.r b
Wendell Phillips said in speech at
Albany, New York. ono evening last week,
that II Southern representatives. were ad
mitted to Congress, they would distribute
Confederate paper freely to secure an as
sumption of the Confederate debt, and that
he knew one Massachusetts representative
Whu Oouiu uot ICsi5s ouSu iot
six hours. an ...,, .
In the Pennsylvania Republican Sena
torial caucus, Cameron received on the first
ballot, 46 votes; Curtin, 23; Stevens, Z;
Grow, 5. Cameron's majority over Curtin
23. Cameron ever ALL H. The nomination
was made unanimous. Two Senators frem
Lancaster County. declined to 60 into the
caucus John w. Forney, General j. X.
Morehead, William b. Mann, and other
prominent Republicans, have signed pro.
test against the election of Mr. Cameron.
-Ex President Pierce has been i'll fol
several weeks, but is now thought to be
much better
Greeley received SIX vstes on the first
ballot at the New York caucus for u. s.
Senator His name was then withdrawn
Out of twenty-seven off GERS and EN-.
ployes of the Wisconsin Legislature, twenty
were soldiers in the late war. 'N'
Charles d. Drake, who win be next u.
s. Senator from Missouri, has declared il
favor of negro suffrage, and opposed to am
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