Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-06
pOI.ITICAL.


The 1rib,me says the Republicans of
New York State must swell their vote to
100, 900, this year, and they will be SUCCESS
full. The largest poll ever cast by them was
in 1864, when they gave 3Gs, 80 for Lincoln.
1t urges that there are 100, 600 voters in the
State not strongly committed in politics,
who do not take a newspaper. These should
be supplied with a sound Republican jour
nal The Town and Charter Elections
must be mindcd voters should not lose
their right to vote by inconsderaic reno.
walls; and the most careful canvassing of vo-
ters to prevent Illegal polling. The State
Convention meets at Syracuse on the 9th
inst.
Relative to the Presidency, the Tribune
has the following MIR Pendlctons friends
| we learn, are already sure of unanimous
delegations to the Democratic National Con
ycntion from the States OF Ohio, Indiana,
lllinois, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware and Nebraska; while, as yet. ii is
not known that the Democrats of single
State have expressed an adverse preference
Mr. Johnson's otlice-holders are meditating
u peoples Convention to present theil
man which is saying, in effect, that they
less. An attempt to break the PendetoI
column in the West by starting Senate
Hendricks of Indiana as a candidate, ha
achieved no palpabe success, so far as WI
have heard yet we believe it is not ahan
doned. The talk this way of Commodor
Vanderbilt means, OF course, opposition T.
Pendleton; what more ii means we hav
not yet learned The Commodore is I
years old, and great deal too shrewd +
consent to be candidate for any office o
| earth.
I The Democratic State Convention {
+ Connecticut met at New Haven on Wednc'
! day, the 18th. James i. English was \,
nominated for Governor by acclamatioi
) together with the following candidates f
5 the other State offices: Lieut.. Governo
Ephraim Hyde of Stafford; Secretary
State, Lcverctt Pease Of Somers; Treasure
Edward S. Mosely of Hampton; Controlle
G Jesse Onley of Stratford.
The New Haven Palladium says th
one of the delegates 10 the recent Democrat
State Convention at New Haven was unab
e to be present in consequence of having be,
g committed on a charge of Misunderstanding
, An editorial published in the Daytt
: (O.) Ledger, Vallandighams organ. al
. probably written by himself, says the Dem
S Gratis have made fatal mistake in thrown
G him overheard 1t says the Republican ga
a in the Eighth District is the first gun of Il
: Presidential campaign, and indicates Il II
publican majority next fall, in Ohio, of fro
II twelve to twenty thousand; that it shas, to
e most important bearing on the President
q nomination in the Democratic party" I'll
: means that as Mr.. Pendleton can not car
. his own State, he is not eligible.
e "A strong pressure is being brought
n bear on the National Democratic Committ
! in favor of holding the Presidential Convc
n ton in New York. August Belmont sa
y the western Democrats, who have been
I" correspondence with him on the subject, a
e in favor of Cincinnati or Louisville, but til
" if New York insists upon it they will of
10 no opposition.
4 "A conservative candidate for Govern
= of Georgia, has appeared-A. I. Akerma
W OF Ebert county. His chances for electi
are about one in million.