The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-16
Political Notes.

F, Gen. N. b. Forrest of Fort Pillow infamy is
one of the delegates at large to the Democrat
ic National Convention from Tennessee. T.
A. r. Nelson, one of the counsel of the Presi-
dent, is another.
A call has been issued for Border State
Convention of colored men, to be held at Bal
timore, on the 4th of August. The object of
the Convention is to deliberate on the means
to be adopted to secure the enfranchisement
of the 10000 colored men of Maryland, Del
aware, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri.
Senator Fowler of Tennessee says that so
far from being influenced in his vote on inn
parchment by tenderness for Mrs. Slower,
the Presidents daughter, he has seen that la
dy only once within the last two years.
Mark II. Dunnell, formerly of Maine, has
secured majority of the delegates to the
convention of the first Minnesota Congress
sisSrict, to be held on the 9Th of July.
GARFIELD, Representative in, Congress
7.rottssr.. attn Ohio district, has twice offered
40 waive his claims to reelection in favor of
Ben. Wade. aud Wade has twice refused to
entertain the proposition.
The Tribune's Washington dispatch says
Gen. Buffers report will not show that any
Senator was bought up"
There is said to be clear majority in Con-
gress in favor of completing the tax bill be-
fore adjournment
The President has rendered the position of
Attorney General to Mr.. Evarts, who had
the matter under advisement yesterday.
The National Intelligencer, the Presidents
organ, urges the removal of Secretary McCul-
loch because he does not efficiently support
the administraton-in other words, because
he does not prostitute the patronage of his
department for political purposes.
Theodore Tilton, referring to the nomina-
ton of Grant, says, verify, this is change
full world Long partisan of Chase, and new
er partisan of Grant, we frankly avow that
since these two men have SO signally changed
places, we now a thousand times prefer Grant
to Chase" This proves that Titon has met
with change, but it does not appear that the
case against the world is made out
Horace Greeley is spoken of as candidate
for Governor of New York, in November.
The first gun from Ohio: An election was
held on Monday, the 9th inst, in the judicial
district, composed of the counties of Athens,
Gallia. Meigs and Washington, Ohio, for an
additional judge. LOOMS, the Republican
candidate, was elected by 1915 majority, gain
of 237 over Hayes majority last fall Wash
ington county, which elected two "visible adj
mixture" copperheads to the Legislature gave
LOOMS 800 majority.
A delegation of ladies and gentlemen from
the National Equal Franchise Association had
hearing Saturday before the House commit
tee on the District of Columbia, and urged
that the franchise be given to the women of
the District. Three members of the commit
tee were present, Messrs. Welker of Ohio
Koontz of Pennsylvania and Williams of In
diana, and after listening to the delegation for
an hour or more they promised to give the
matter their early consideration.
Peter Mallory, who last spring was the Dem
ocratic candidate for city commissioner of
Troy, was sentenced to three months in the
Albany penitentiary for drunk nness, Thurs
day.
The Democracy of Phelps county, Mo.
lately met and passed series of resolutions,
one of which was:
hesotOed, That while we recognize in the
Hon. Petroleum V. Nasty the true Demo-
crat and fearless patriot, and while we ack-
nowledge his good intentions, we would re-
letters in defence of the Democratic party. as
we suspect that some OF his efforts are calcu-
lated to do more harm than good in some To-
calities.
Mr.. Johnson's tender of the Treasury Sec
retaryship to VIM. G. Groesbeck, is believed
to have been only complimentary, and in token
of his appreciation of the brilliant argument
OF the counsel in his defence The PROPOSE
ton was very unfavorabiy received in Wall
street., and the New York Sun says that Mr..
1roesoeck brings with him the faint of SYM
pathy with Mr.. Pendleton's reputation theo-
ies' anu MS confirmation by the Senate would
De s'gnal Tor decline'in the price of gov
eminent securities abroad, and consequent
rise In the price OF gold, and still further de-
lay In the resumption of specie payments at
home.
There will be Grant and Colfax ratification
meeting in Lewiston, tomorrow evening undar
the auspices of the Grant Club. Amono tho
tnespeakers will be Gen. Caldwell, Attorney
0eneral Frye, I. A. d. Fessenden, and N
Dingley, Jr. .a ~
The Republicans of Bath have elected dali.
W the second district Congressional con-
,on GNU, wno are pledged to support Washing
'0u u'i0ert, Esq, for Congress.
Hon. b. +. Loan of MisSorr; o,au
cis Inonas oi Maryland decline repomination0
for Congress- n'nAinatlons
Turner In Androscoggin county has e,oo.oa
"Frye delegates" to the district $3.50, o,eo'eu
The contest between Mr.. Dinelev and M.
Frye is going on as briskly as ever Tho ~
ond and fifth Congressional districts in HI.
State are the only ones where there is likelv
Congress. 'or