Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-29
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL. odu
In the Tennessee Senate on the 18th a
series of resolutions were passed in refer
ence to the public debt of the State, and
resolving that "all available revenues and
resources of the State should be faithfully
appropriated to the payment of the inter
est on our bonded debt and the security
of the principal at maturity"
In caucuses held on the night of the
18th the Walker members of the Virginia
Legislature nominated John F. Lewis and
John W. Johnston, and the Wells party
nominated L. I'll. Chandler and DR.. Alex.
Sharp, for United States Senators from
that State. % E fitFs.
A ballot for United States Senator in the
Tennessee Legislature on the 10th resulted
in 43 for Johnson; 30 for Etheridge; and
33 for other candidates. toI
The election returns from the whole
State of Ohio give Hayes, Republican, for
Governor, a majority of S,O7S. The Re-
publicans have a majority of one in the
Senate and three in the House. .4oj
Il call has been issued in New York in
viting State organizations in behalf of
woman's suffrage to be represented in a
delegate convention at Cleveland, Ohio,
November "a and 25. The call is signed
by VIM. Lloyd Garrison, George William
Curtis, Henry Ward Beecher, Gerritt
Smith, Lucy Stone, Antoinette Brown.
Mary A. Livermore, Grace Greenwood,
and eighty others, representing nearly
every State.
The election for United States Senators
III the Virginia Legislature on the 10th. re-
suited in the choice of Lieut.. Gov. Lewis,
for the long term, and Judge John w.
Johnston, of Washington county, for the
short term. "a
The Virginia Legislature adjourned on
the Goth, to meet on the second Tuesday
after Congress shall have admitted the
State into the Union.
Two ballots were taken for United
States Senator in the Tennessee Legisla-
ture on the 20th The last ballot stood:
Johnson, Al; Etheridge, 90; Cooper, 8;
living, 4 Peyton, g; Fletcher, 12; Milton
Brown, 2. Two members absent Neces-
sary to a choice, 64
Additional returns from the Iowa cleo
ton, received at Des Moines on the Goth,
swell the Republican majority to 1885.
1t was thought the counties not yet heard
from would increase the figures to over
$4,000. tuj -:
The National Capital Convention as
sembled in st. Louis on the Goth, and after
an address of welcome by the Mayor, or
ganized by electing Judge Lowe, of Iowa,
as Chairman. Afterward, Hon. John D.
Cation, of Illinois, was elected President,
and took his seat after short address.
Nothing was done, except appointing
committees and preparing for business.
The full official vote of Pennsylvania
gives Geary majority of 1896, and
Williams, for Judge of the Supreme
Court, a majority of S,703.
The Republican Convention for the
Seventh District of Massachusetts NOM
mated Geo. M Brooks as candidate to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Mr.. Boutwell,.
In the Tennessee Legislature on the 21st
four ballots were taken for United States
Senator; the last one stood johnson, 48;
Etheridge, 81 scattering a. sli|
1t is said in Washington to have been
discovered that the newly elected Senator
from Virginia, Mr.. Johnston, as well as
Mr.. Gibson, and cne of the representa-
tives of that State, are still laboring under
disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth
Amendment
On the first ballot in the Tennessee
Legislature on the 22d, Henry Cooper was
elected United States Senator. The vote
stood, 55 for Cooper; 81 for Johnson.