The Portland daily press., 1869-09-01
Political Notes.

VERMONT election for choice of Governor
and State officers on the 7th inst.
The Springfield Republican has the following
on Massachusetts politics.:
ELECTION in California to-day. Two judges
of the Supreme Court, members of the Legis-
lature and county officers are to be chosen.
AS the Germans of New York constitute
two-fifths of the Democratic party they are oe-
ginning to ask for share OF the spoils' ah'S
makes trouble between the Irish and TIE Uer-
mans of Tammany Hall.
A TENNESSEE paper reports that circulars
have been sent from Washington to leading
RenubIican throughout that State, requesting
them to meet in council in Nashville on the
2sth inst, for the purpose of recognizing the
Republican party.
THE Argus hopefully exclaims: "The temper
ance folks claim that they will throw twelve
thousand votes for Mr.. Hichborn in the coming
election. If they do they will prevent an cleo
ton by the people," "Here's riehness"-the
Democrats looking to friends of prohibition as
their only salvation
Tennessee advices say JOhnson's election to
the Senate is now certain. Stokes vote was
"a 600 against sc, 900 cast for Gen. Grant. SEN
ter's vote was 5000. Candidates are being
announced all over the State for the new Con-
stitutonal Convention, which is to rip up the
Constitution and Brownlow legislation.
VALLANDlGHAM swears by all the gods that
Pendleton is a scoundrel, and that he (Val)
will not stump for any such candidate. Per
contra Pugh and Pendleton swear by all the
geds and goddesses that Vallandgham was a
villanous traitor and would have been hanged
if it hadn't. been for their aid and comfort.
And the beauty of it is both sides of the quar-
rel are right.
IT is said that the administration is not
pleased With the diplomacy of our Minister to
China, MIR, j. Ross Browne; and that he will
soon give place to successor. The names of
General Granville M. Dodge, Gen. John A.
Logan, Hon. VIM. B. Mann of Philadelphia
Hon. John D. Baldwin of Massachusetts,, and
| John Russell Young, recently of the Tribune,
are prominently mentioned in connection with
the position.
The Macon (Ga.) Journal learns that it is
the determination of large number of men,
beers of the Georgn house of Representatives
to present articles of impeachment against
Gov Bullock as soon as the Legislature as
sembles. The charges will be the spending of
large sums of the public money by the Cover
nor without authority of law, the conversion
of the States funds to hts own private use,
and the abuse of the pardoning power.
| A SON of VIM. M. Gwin is the Democratic
candidate for State Senator from Calaveras
| County, California. The senior Gwin will be
| remembered as prominent and virulent Reb-
| ell during the late war. 1t is said that he as
| pires to seat in the United States Senate as
the successor of Mr.. Cole, and we see no good
reason why the Democracy should not crafty
the old Duke in this respect, if they should
happen to be clothed with the power at the
right time.
| AS the time of the Republican State Con-
yention approaches, the opposition to Govern
or Claffin's denomination dies out. The But.
Ter and Loring intrigue has taken another
form, and Speaker Jewell is not now disposed
to allow his name to be used, though he would
like the nomination. There is scheme fol
dropping Lieut. Gov. Tucker, and putting in
his place Col Bates of Arlington, who came
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| Webster's regiment. But it does not meet
much encouragement, nor do we hear of any
| other changes in the State ticket The vacan.
cy occasoned by the retirement of General
Briggs as auditor, will, most likely, be filled
by the nomination of Mr.. Julius L. Clarke"
With regard to the condition of politics in
Texas General Clarke reports that the lines
between the Hamilton and the Davis parties
are being clearly drawn and that men are tax.
ing sides on distinctive party questions The
Democrats rally to the support of Hamilton,
while the Republicans are consolidating
around Davis. 1t is estimated that there are
from 5000 to 10000 men in the Democratic
party of Texas who will refuse to vote for
Hamilton on strictly personal grounds They
are of the extreme Southern School, and will.
either refuse to vote at all or else run candil
date of their own. General Clarke thinks
Hamilton will get a portion of the negro vote
in certain sections of the State, but Davis will
| get the mass of it. Hamilton, it is said, has
alienated nearly all the Northern men resident
in Texas from him by denouncing some OF
| them as "carpet-baggers. They seem a little
| tender on this point and have made common
cause against Hamilton on that account The
canvass promises to be an exciting and bitter
one, owing to personal animosties between
the different candidates, and in the present as
pect of affairs it is difficult to tell who will be
elected.