The Portland daily press., 1869-09-07
Political Notes,

The Illinois papers are, with scarce an ex-
cepton, taking decided ground against the
formation of strictly temperance party in
that State. --&-
THE New York Democrat makes a disorcea
full attack on Bishop Simpson, asserting that
he canvassed Virginia for Wells, and calling
him Methodist bloodhound of Zion, who
cares more for the niger than for Christi
The names of Mr.. Bigelow formerly minis
ter to France, now editor of New York Tines,
Horace Greeley and George Wilkes are men
toned in connection with the mission to
China if@'
SENATOR Pomeroy of Kansas publishes
| card pronouncing base forgery the letter IN
the New York Sun, purporting to have oeen
| written by him, offering to vote against I'M
peachment. He defies any one to produce the
letter in his hand writing.
THE nomination of Gen. Lueius Fairchild
| as a candidate for Governor of Wisconsin was
the result of quite lively and excited contest.
Upon the sixth ballot he received 1872 ballots
| while his competitor, q ANTHONY Van Wyett,
| received 131 and there was one blank. Upon
the next ballot Governor Fairchild received
| thirteen majority Il
Hon. James w. Grimes o. s. Senator from
| Iowa, now in Paris for his health, has written
letter resigning his seat in the Senate. 1t
| has been thought that Hon. James F. Wilson
would be most likely to receive the nominal
ton at the expiration lof Mr.. Grimes, regular
term in 1871, but his resignation and the con-
sequent appointment by Gov. Morrill, for the
vacancy will affect his prospects, but whether
for "better or worse" we are unable to say.
The latest dispatches indicate that the Dem
| ocrats have not elected their candidate for
Mayor of San Francisco after all, but that the
Independents elect Selby as Mayor, Mr.. Han
ma as County Clerk, Mr.. Freeman as Fire
Commissioner, three Supervisors and three
| School Directors. The Democrats elect Mr..
White for Sheriff, Higgins for Recorder
Klopenburg for Treasurer, Rosenier for AS
SCISSOR, Byron for District Attorney, and
Merks for Harbor Commissioner. The INDIE
pendents claim that they have broken the
ring in the Board of Supervisors, destroyed
the partizan character of the police force, pre-
vented the fire department from becoming a
| political machine, and achieved q great vic
| tory. 4.,..,..,,.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Chicago Evening
Journal has recently paid visit to the Hon.
James F. Wilson of Iowa. the Congressman
| who was honored by President Grant with the
tender of four cabinet positions. He found
Mr.. Wilson at his Fairfield residence, which
is described as a finely finished two-story
frame building, with pleasant porches, sur.
rounded by about thirty acres of land, the
grounds near the dwelling being laid out il
lawns and plots and embellished with orna-
mental shrubbery and shade trees. Here
with pleasant family, an ample library, dog
and gun and a -fishing-rod, Mr.. Wilson passes
the most OF his time, and here he repeatedly
expresses his desire to remain. In answer tt
the question of the correspondent whether he
| would or not be a candidate for the seat in the
United States Senate soon to be vacated by
the expiration of Mr.. Crimes term, he replied
that he would not-that he did not wish to b.
counted among the contestants. When asked
if he would not accept he position if elected te
it by the General Assembly, he said: swell
that is horse of another color. But very
few men would cast a position of that kind
coming in that unsolicitated manner, be-
hind them. Yet do not desire any politica
position have been long from home and an
heartily tired and disguised with politica
life in Washington, and now choose to re
main with my family ..