The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-22
Political.

1t is stated that the Hon. John Allison,
Register of the Treasury, and Hon. Columbus
Delano, Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
have accepted an invitation extended by the
Republican State Executive Committee of
Pennsylvania, and that they will stump the
State In compliance Herewith during the latter
part of the campaign.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars, which
has been in session at Jacksonville, ILL.,. for the
past few days, after several hours discussion on
the matter, Indorsed by decided majority the
action of the National Temperance Convention
recently held in Chicago, In favor of third
political organization, the distinctive and most
conspicuous principle of which shall be prohibi
ton
1t is not abusive Of Cyrus L. Pershing, the
Democratic candidate for Supreme Judge, to
recall the remembrance that when Pennsylvania
soldiers were in the field fighting for the resto-
ration of the Union, he, in the Assembly at Har-
risburg, steadily voted against them and their
interests For like offense Hester ClymeT
wascondemned to private life. History should
repeat itself-Er.
Referring to the Massachusetts, Republican
State Convention, which meets at Worcester to-
morrow, the Boston TrdUelLer states that IL is
expected to be well attended, as q lively time is
looked for-quite dramatic exhibition. Mr..
Sumner will preside, and report says he will
come down like a sledge hammer on the foreign
policy of the administration. He thinks the adj
ministratons coquettng with Cuban Insurgents
is dangerous to our Alabama Claims.
"A correspondent of the Athens (Tenn.) Post
favors the election of eX-President johnson to
the United States Senate but believes that il he
should succeed it would be at the end of long
and bitter struggle. Therefore he suggests in
lieu of Johnson's name that of Jordan Stokes.
From appearances it seems more than likely
that the selection will be made from the "other
side of Jordan"
I'm the event Mr.. johnson is candidate the
question of locality will probably be the most
serious obstacle in the way of his success as the
custom has been generally to take one Senator
from East Tennessee and one from beyond the
Cumberland There are occasions, however,
when custom should not be memorable, and if
our memory is not at fault, once or twice in the
history of the State Middle Tennessee has had
both Senators. And 1t might perhaps with the
same propriety be urged that Democrat should
be elected, because Governor Senter Senator
Brownlow Secretary Fletcher, Superintendent
Upton, and so on are old line Wings. While we
are receiving many editorial essays on defunct
| parties and dead issues it is hardly worth while
| to be mouthing about old precedents and GUS
| toms that prevailed before Young America was
| born. A half dozen gentlemen have been named
| for the Senatorship, either of whom would COM
pare favorably with the ablest members of that
| body. But we believe, after some attention to
the subject, that If left to the people four-ffths
| of them would declare preference for Andrew
| johnson. We speak, of course, of our own Sec
| ton. We don't pretend to know anything of the
! popular sentiment beyond that. = From the
| Athens (Tenn.) Post (Democrdtic), Sept. II.