The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-02-04
PolitIcal news and Gossip.

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General Milroy and Wallace are can.
didates for Congress in the Lafayette
and Indiana Districts.
A writer in the Philadelphia Morning
Post devotes column to prove the use.
lessness of the Presidential Office.
General George w. Morgan, in his
argumentconcerning his contested seal
before the House Committee on Elec.
lions, declared in effect, that in his
opinion, if Mr.. johnson had not made
SO many blundering speeches on his
trip around the circle, the Democrats
would have. carried Ohio by 60 900 ma.
jority. us..-
"Brick" Pomeroy, in his La Crosse
Democrat, gives the Chicago Times a
first.class puff, in which he says: 1--WE
recognize in the Times valuable aux
Hilary, lacking nothing in ability. To
tional, patriotic ground as once; per-
haps it could not in any city where
there are financial causes often times
controlling editorials, yet 1t is most
valuable help"
The United States Senators whose
terms expire in 1859, and whose success
sors are yet to be elected, are Dixon, OF
Connecticut; Hendricks, of Indiana;
Morrill,, of Maine; Sumner, of Massa-
chusetts; Chandler, of Michigan; Ram
sey, of Minnesota; Henderson, OF
Missouri; Stewart, of Nevada; Ere.
linRhuYsen, of New Jersey; Morgan.
of New York; Buckalew, Of PennsyI.
vanta; Sprague, of Rhode Island; Pat
terson, of Tennessee; Edmunds, OF
Vermont; Van Winkle, Of West Vir-
ginia; and DoOlittle, of Wisconsin. OF
the 10 in all thus retiring, six are now
acting with the Democracy, and the
rest are Republicans.
The following are the dates of the
leading political conventions already
appointed:
Feb. 6-New York Rep, Syracuse.
Feb. 5-North Carolina, Con-, Raleigh,
Feb. 19-Wisconsin, Dem, Madison.
Feb. 19-Georgia. Rep. Atlanta.
Feb. 2O-Indisna, Rep, indianapolis.
Feb. 22-Kentucky, DEM, Frankfort.
Feb. 22-New York, Dem., Albany.
Feb. 26-Iowa, Dem. Des MoInes.
Feb. 26- Minnesota, DEM, st. Paul.
Feb. .26-WiscOnsin, Rep, Madison.
Feb. 27-Kentucky, Rep. Frankfort.
Mar. 4-Pennsylvania, Dem., Harris
Mar. s-ohio, Rep. Columbus.
Mar. 4-Missouri, Rep. st. Louis.
Mar. 6-Maryland, Rep. Baltimore.
Mar; 11-Pennsylvania, Rep, Phila-
delphia.
Mar. 12-Massachusetts, Rep, Worces-
Apr. 15-Illinois, DEM, Springfield.
Apr. 29-Nebraska, Rep, Nebraska
May 6-Illinois, Rep, Peoria.
May 16-Minnesota, Rep. st. Paul.
May 2o-National Rep, Chicago.
Concerning the Republican presiden-
tial prospects the New York Herald
says: "The Republican party, which
began some three months ago to betray
strong symptoms of disruption be-
tween the so-called conservatives and
radicals, is now evidently closing up
its ranks. Its personnel, rank and file,
seems now to be drifting, as by COM
mon consent, to the standard of Gen,
Grant. There is reason to apprehend.
however, that in saddling him with the
despotic powers of their new recon-
struction schemes the radicals intend
to kill and will kill him off. Formally
adopted as their Presidential ticket
by the Republicans of New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut, the result
in the coming election in those
States will go far to settle the question
for him or against him. Ifthe Democrats
carry those States against the name OF
Grant the claims of Chase will come
again into the foreground. But it does
not follow that with his nomination
the opposition elements will obtain
possession of the field; for while Mr.,
Chase, on the negro question is proba-
bly, tho favorite of the radicals, he is
on the money question, the favorite of
the great body of all and hopes are
tied up in our national financial sys-
tenn and the redemption of the public
debt. Herein as Presidential candi-
date he will command degree of SUBJ
stantial strength which will make his
defeat doubtful by the strongest oppo>
sitton ticket, and his success certain
and decisive against any such crippling
copperhead candidate for the opposition
forces of Pendleton."