The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-07-14
Political Notes

Judge Hoar will not consent to be a candi-
date for Governor of Massachusetts. and Mr.,
Olanln is reconsidering, or has reconsidered
MS absolute declination of the use of his
name.
The New York World on Thursday occupi-
ed three columns with its discussion of the
question, Does Grant drink" The Hart
lord Post now asks it TO turn its attention to
Blair and furnishes the following copy of his
bill at the Allyn House in that city for two
days stay during last years campaign: 1.-TWO
days board, $40; lemons and whskey, $65: TO-
tai, $751;
During the session of the Democratic Con-
Ventlon two loyal soldiers who had expert
ehced the horrors of captivity in Richmond
during the war, met the keeper of the Libby
Prison wearing delegates badge! They fell
upon him and gave him dreadful beating.
which was not hospitable, certainly, but not
unnatural either.
e Inc National Republican Committee held
meeting IN New York on Thursday of last
week. central Office will be opened in that
city in few days The Treasurer is William
Claffin, Boston. Mass, and contributions of
funds are to be sent to him.
The Central Chase Club of New York has
abandoned the purpose for which it was Or
canned on account of its disgust at the pro
ceedInss of the New York Convention and
recommends that conservative Democrats sum-
port Grant and Colfax.
Hon John /. Blair, whom the Renublicans
OF New Jersey have nominated for Governor
IS quite new to public affairs, but is bnsinoss
man of ability and wealth. He is yerv nonn-
lar among the people on account of his liberal
Ivy 10 institutions OF learning. Besides gifts
10 Princeton College amounting to $40 900
and to Easton College of $4,000 he is now
pullding an academy at cost of $50 600. all of
which he contributes, and is constantly giving
smaller sums to other public institutions.
some OF our exchanges are anxious to know
now Btick Pomeroy win receive the Demo-
cratic nominations. 1t certainly is an imnor-
taht question, for his obscene sheet has mora
lnhuenee with the unterrified than any other
paper in the country.
heverdy johnson has received his ;nstrnc-
uohs from the State Department and upder-
stood ne has been directed to take strono
ground in the matter of payment of Alaho,,o
claims. Ni''
me PRESIDENT is sure to veto Senator Ed
mund's bill providing that the electoral votes
OF States not reorganzed to the satisfaction
OF Congress shall not be counted
Thurlow weed took care when he Sailed for
Europe that the principal department of bis
paper should not suffer-that devoted to tha
abuse of Horace Greeley
The Boston Post has an improbable rumor
that A. I'll. Stephens will be returned 10 the
United States Senate by the Union men Of
the Georgia legislature,
In the New York Convention, after the
S'ouVhg ana excitement were over that at
tended the announcement of Seymour, a lead
ing democrat said. "This is the first effective
uranI faeihcation meeting that has been
heidi
A mass convention of the "Prisoners OF
State" is called to assemble in New York on
the 10th day of October next. Robert Eliot Of
Freedom, Maine, very prominent member o.
the late Democratic Convention at Augusta
and one OF the trainers of the platform, is one
of these prisoners of State" Their declared
opJect Is to render infamous the memory o
Abraham Lincoln
Inc nav York electoral ticket is headed will
'ne naine Vi "eorge w. Curtis. and include
those OF Moses ID. Grinnell, Alexander r Stew
art Charles s. Spenser, and George w. Dap,ors
editor of the Albany Evening Journal. M
Curtis this week takes his summer residenc,
in Ashfeld, where he has spent several sun
mers.
THE retrenchment movement, it is crafty
ing to observe, has not been so undiscriminat
ing as to sweep away the Department of Edu
cation, which has just begun to be useful
The executive appropriation bill has an item
OF $4,000 for DR.. Barnard, the prese mt Com
missioner, but next year his department is t,
be merged in that of the Interior as a bu
reau.