The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-08
POLITICAL.

The Empire State IS fully aroused, aud will
ast nlSh the Democracy on election day. From
the Sound TO the Lakes all is activity.
The Republicans of Latourche Parish, Loui-
sana, have been holding great meetings. The
Hon. Michael Hahn Is in the 6eld.-
-Democratic papers are using an old woodcut
likeness or John Q. Heenan, the prize fighter as
portrait OF Frank Blair.
"A Democrat in the interior OF Ohio saws the
Government is in debt $1500, the most of which
was expended in bureaus and other useless
furniture for the negroes, and - if I'll vote
with party that lays out money in that way"
William II. -Shriver, of Virginia, who suf-
fered for months IN Southern prisons, has ad-
dressed the voters Of his township, calling on
them to support Grant, and not give the Rebels
another chance to torture Union soldiers.
-EX-President Pierce recently wrote to Wash.
ington that "the change in sentiment in New
England within the last thirty DAYS exceeded
anything he has ever Known He has been
travelling in Vermont lately, we believe, with
General Beauregard.
The clause in the Democratic platform that
declares in favor OF 'equal taxation upon every
species of property can be used by the bond
holders to justify them in insisting that the
same tax shall be imposed on homesteads and
F. M. Kimme has been nominated for
Congress by the Democrats of the Sixteenth
District OF Pennsylyania, Judge K'mmel served
his country in 1868 by going out in June, lS63
TO meet General Lees army, and surrender the
city of Cham oersb burg.
: One of the workmen at Kanawha Salines
writes 10 the Charleston (West Vlrginia) Jour-
ndi:-"Ihe saltmakers up here are threatening
that If we don't vote the Seymour and Blair
ticket, or that if we vote Union vote, they will
not give us employment; and thereby many
Union men are deprived the privilege of voting
their own sentiments"
The Democrats have nominated John R.
Reading Tor Congress IN the Eighth District of
Pennsylvania; John d. stiles in the Sixth; and
Robert e. Monaghan in the Seventh. Mr. Stiles
was member during the latter years of the
Rebellion, and steadily opposed every measure
for its suppression. He will be again elected,
and will continue to "vote as he fought"
"A well-informed writer in Ohio makes a
careful survey OF the political prospects of the
West, comprising the States of West Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, and Nebraska, making thirteen
States, and giving III electoral votes. He
comes TO the conclusion that Kentucky alone
will go Democratic, and that of 12l votes given
by these States, Ill will be given to Grant.
Hon. Montgomery Blair is stumping West
Virginia for Blair. A letter from Fairmont to
the Wheeling Intehigencer says:-"Poor Blair
made his debut at Falrmont yesterday. The
most perfect fiat out that was ever witnessed in
the mountain counties. He is sore at having
the duplicity exposed OF his coming to West
Virginia among people whom he sought to
PROSTATE during the war by writing long
opinion advising Mr.. Lincoln to veto the bill
for the State of West Virginia.
Elijah NJ. X. Glenn has been renominated
for the Assembly by the Republicans of the
Second district OF Wayne, N. Y. Mr.. Glenn is
the member who preferred charges last winter
against several persons for approaching him to
purchase his vote. A prominent anti Vanderbilt
Democrat Of the city of Albany offered to assist
him in obtaining legal investigation of the
matter but after few days abandoned him.
having received significant intimation that
persistence was calculated TO engender bad
feelings in the Democratic party" The Assem-
bly, refused 10 authorize the employment of
counsel; and select committee OF investigation
eXonerated the accused member. resolution
was adopted that Mr.. Glenn should be placed
under arrest and reprimanded by the Speaker.
courage OF the delinquents, and the sentence
was never carried out. Mr.. Glenn resigned his
seat. He is an old man of the Liberty party
school, of iron will, rigid integrity, but can
hardly be at home in legislative circles, where
crooked business is often transacted.