The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1868-12-14
Political Chit-Chat.

TnE Chicago RAIDS are out for female
suffrage.
The expenditures of the Patent Offct
during the pas: year exceeded the receipt:
by $lIl.
The President of the Pennsvlvanic
Central Eailroad. j. i. Thompson. i.
named as radical candidate for United
States Senator from that State.
COMMITTEES have been appointed in the
various Departments to urge Congress ic
pass bill allowing clerks twenty pei
cent. extra pay.
SHERMAN thinks Morton is crazy on Il.
nance, and Morton knows Sherman is.
Both of them are near tue radical
throne.
JAY GOULD was probably made re.
ecivcr of the Eric railway on the great lc-
gnl principle that III. receiver is as bad us
the thief.
ALL the Congressman elect from Indi.
ana, including Julian and Voorhees,,
have received their certificates Of clcc-
tion.
IT is rumorcl that Horace Maynard
wants to be Speaker of the House, if he
General
r AMONG \ others General George ".
various onartrrs as ,hs nov, nomo.ra,;'
candidate for Goycrnor of pu,m.ylv,";,
,;on ". ;has; see'l%n Of tue Sons'''u.
''o" Vi h'oefia Is 's iu!lowS: None but
zepship.n
NANsAs rejected female suffrage at The
~, rue e!ee,lon' and adopted negro suffrage,
S "a. is 'ue ,sue fau'c;'i 'dea' according to
senator senator "l'son-ss''i'ng the more im-
Two n;cnors ,,. - H.,
a. Ir,':,"1 'I o.. y" ',' p'''o Jury o'
s"s.;a,' @ 80 y, r;h., s' o"'"' oout' now III
of -. om ,i,a H.. ~ u .:. .'' r ""o'"e' ,q'"u
T,,L.E",,, 49, ~ '' " CIV . ''o's' haPPy
,,,;a. -" 'It"nS L,, ~ VI 'ns NeS 1ork Vi,y
w % Wai, .." ~. NJ ps'e'9.' oco u, give a. YAK
-, =, H., ,.,s ~ ..a!T' oe,yVv '''Jor''y' 'he
- ooo ~. u ','' Deuocrat' "nn
o'"N'"'5' 'A'''"'' -'''0''
Ir is said that large number of cor.
pn., o ;r,o, "ans ,. w.. -te" T otltahs III as
t., e. L. 80 -. W " 'e'ei'., VII"
ama . y "'' u'''"' Psop'c oh 'ne'r re-
'o'"'
GENERAL O'NElLL was unanimously
elected President of the Fenion Brother
hood at their Congress in Philadelphia
y" n.;u.. ~, ~; i". "t'esa'es P'e'eed
,"Ih, % h;., ''!'p''''' wv f'a"' summit
"
A New York paper says that the terms
of surrender offered to General Johnson
by General Sherman, and for which Gen.
eral Sherman was 50 ruthies,ly assailcd,
were dictated by President Lincolu with
tue concurrence OF General Grant.
TuE radicals in Congress arc expcctipo
to pass a suffrage act of two sections. at
its next meeting, as follows Sec, ion | ,
None but loil men can vote. Section 9
Loilty consists in voting the radical
ticket.
,o.,.
n,.;..;Sa " ",''eVs! ~ grave
uoylo ,ha, ~, :, oan,na W." n'"c''s"" NJ % eu'"o.' o.
Hill ao",, @ 'I,a'"'i'; b , ~ "'s.''T' o' INC
triyes 10 steal about two hundred md 6rr
ra'll'ohs year. IN addition TO the icg'tI-
mate expenses ol Tue government
TIH indictments for ";rcoson" and
conspiracy" in the Federal Corr. n,
Nashville against n,any prominent rebels
were dismissed a few DAYS oro on ,Lr
plca of amnesty. In ,Lc lone lie, a,
names VIC see those of Genera ls pols
Morgan BRAGG Forrest Rrc,rnr
Breckinrilre, IIardee, etc,
uENEEAL Al uEANf owns S6o,OOl
'ousc "' ""snine'un' anu lar'h OF %
city limits. lis real estate in St Louis,
Galena and PHILADELPHIA is worth 800
900 more, and $500. eco is said 10 be ,