The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-03
Political Matters.


Club on the 10Th ult. Let the good
work 60 on until there is a live, work.
iug Grant Club in every township in
the District.
THE New Albany Commercial
heartily endorses our sugges tons to
the Spencer County Republicans, to
bring out their best man for Repre-
sentative at their Convention on the
18th. Let us. in all the Counties of
the First District, select our strongest
men and ablest legislators for these
positions 1t il highly important
that we net only eleetth State ticket.
but that we have a good working ma
Jority in the Legislature.
THE managers of the Commence
ment exercises of the State Univer-
sity at Bloomington have been guilty
Of gross indignity to the Demo
cratic students Of that institution. 1t
will be remembered that Bishop SNIP
SON was chosen over d. WEBSTER
VOORHEES,, to deliver the address to
the Literary Societies, and the Demo
cratic students, az their second choice,
selected as the orator FRED DOUa-
LASS. Itappears, however, that Bishop
SIMPSON was not present. and that In
place Of DOUGLASS Major J. W. Cor
DON, of Indianapolis, was substituted.
More consideration should have been
shown for the favorite of the Demo-
cratic students
"A WILD goose chase " is the sub
jeet of NAsT's political sketch in the
last number Of Hayper's Weekly. The
Chief Justice, with box of "uni-
versal suffrage salt ;" under his arm,
is making prodigious strides to reach
a poiat from which he may easily
sprinkle some salt on the tail of the
Democratic goose G.. the Demo
cratic COnventiOn-but the aforesaid
goose is already on the wing, and leads
The Chase
ROBERT j. WALKER, it is stated. is
fixing up the financial planks of the
Democratic platform. If Mr.. WALK
ER's planks are accepted, the conven-
ton will be committed against the
PENDLETON plan of paying off the
ve-twenties in greenbacks. as Mr..
WALKER is personally committed as
strongly as JAY Cooke or Mr.. CHASE
to that policy.
IT is reported from Washington
that the radical Democrats insist
upon having a total clean-out of Re-
publican clerks, and they want the
handling Of Government bonds and
gold to pay campaign expenses with.
THE New York Sunday Ne,os,
BEN. WOODS organ, exults over the
collapse of the CHASE movement. 1t
says: To suppose that it could have
been successful was to believe that
there is neither principle nor patriot
ism in the hearts of the Democratic
masses of the country, nor brains in
the heads Of their leaders"
A SPECIAL telegram from Washing.
ton, to the Cincinnati Times says:
The hotels are also crowded with
SOutherners, delegates to the New
York Convention, principally Confed
crates, most OF whom register THEN
military titles in the rebel army
THE following special telegram from
Washington to the New York Com,
naoRa5ealh, shows that the bOndhold
ers movement ia favor of HEN
bricks for President is still gaining
ground
The movement on the part of tho
Belmont wing Of the Democracy il
favor OF Hendricks for the Presiden.
tial nomination gains in strength Il
a ballot vote at the Fourth Of July
Convention can be secured, he will
make q heavy inrOad into the ranks
Of the Pendleton faction. I,eadinp
Democrats, this morning, assert that
the ballot is more than probable-it
has been pledged.
IHE bill for the restoration Of six
States-Omnibus bill-was passed by
the Senate over the veto of the Presi
dent, and the opposition of the De
moeratic Senators, in thirty minute
exactly, after the bill was receive,
from the House of Representatives
TIE Pittsburg Post has at las
reached the conclusion that the De
mocracy must not atoop to conquer
An out-aud-out uncOmpromisin
Democrat must be- nominated 70
President, if the sensitive Democrat
heart is 10 be gratiiied.
TUESDAYS New York World frank
ly admits that no man has sacrifice,
so much as ANDREW JOHNSON in tn
ram attempt that has been made t.
prevent negro suffrage"
PIKE VS.. SALMoN.-AIbert Pike. !,
the Memphis Appeal, says of til
Chase movement: " We have hear,
that Catholic sailors, tired of fish an,
eggs, If they had eggs to eat, durinJ
Lent. had habit of fastening a han
to line, letting it over the ships sid
into the sea and drawing it M again
repeating the formula, Down Gam
mon, up SalmOnl-after which the
could eat it without needing absolu
tlon OF doing penance. No other pro
cess, we think, can make Democra
out OF salmon p. Chase"
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WE see that our Justly popula
friend, Hon. John Alien Nurrav q
breckenridge County, IS b;gblv enoIe,
OF Ia connection with the oon5;dac
Of the Democracy of this D;St-;ot e.
Congress- Mr. MURRAY 7utAO0 -