The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-18
Political Heis

Ao A'sY~6eT puts MS tnaJoii's "' N'o''
the North American at 44O0.
GENERAL w. II. Parsons, of Texas, an Tx
Confederate General a Democrat OF the eA-
tremest school, and recently supporter OF
General A. ]. Hamilton has come out IN Ia
vor of General Edmund J. Davis for Cover
nor and challenged any Democratic support
| or of Hamilton to meet him on the stump.
THE Richmond Enquirer &Eraminer, de-
termined to be in season, attacks the United
States Senators from Virginia before they are
chosen, asserting that their utter incapacity
for the positions to which they will be elected
will make them unable 10 render the State
That assistance in practical matters which
they are willing to do.
A DISPATCH from Cincinnati says that it
has been definitely ascertained that the Re
publicans have majority in both branches of
the legislature. This assures the ratification
OF the Fifteenth amendment and the redis-
trictng OF the State in such manner that
the Democrats will not gain any members of
Congress. t..4 .r.-.r....rr ..- ...a-
HE contest for election of United States
Senator in Virginia threatens to become ye1y
bitter. 1t looks now as though Conservative
Republicans who can take the test oath will
be chosen, there being good deal of opposi-
ton even among ex-rebels to selecting any
| person not in sympathy with the adminstra-
| ton of President Grant.
The Senatorial election in Tennessee comes
Il aH to- Al.
likely to be placed in nomination: johnson,
Etheridge, Jordan, Stokes, Wilton, Brown, ex-
Gov M s. Brown, Judge Henry Cooper A,
y. +, Nicholson, Edwin Ewing, Baiie Peyton
| Robertson Topp aud T. A. R. Nelson. If all
these names are placed in nomination, as seems
probable, the combined opposition will be able
to leave johnson in a minority on the Il rst bal
lot, as every candidate has some hackers.
THE Cincinnati Enquirer of the 18th makes
| this significant admission, which may be re.
| garded as reputation of Mr. Pendeton:
l His (Pendleton's 81 defeat would be death te
the greeback policy, as it would make that to
| winch he Is opposed the settled aud unaltera
Die policy OF the country The truth is there arr
too many old-fashioned Democrats in the Yves,
TO be led astray by any such false light as ou
late candidate for Governor, who made his spc
cess depend upon national issue in which the
enlightened portion of our party are in unior
with the Democracy of the East" -rt.t4 /.
THE Cincinnati advocate says the politica
complexion of the Ohio Legislature will depend
upon the position which may be assumed by
the Republican Senators and Representative.
selected upon by the Reform of fusion ticket
in Hamilton county. The Legislative ticket il
that county was made up half of Democrat.
and half of Republicans. If the Republican,
thus elected act with the Republican party
then we have majority in both branches of tn,
Legislature 4sfTU G1sH E0
THERE is said to be very quiet but earnes
| contest going on in Washington with reference
l 70 the new Circuit Judges to be appointed b,
the President for the District comprising the
States of New York, Vermont and Connecticut
There are dozen candidates already present
among whom are Ex-senator Harris of New
YORK, supported by Senator Fenton; Hon
Ward Hunt, present Chief Justice of the Cour,
| OF Appeals, supported by Senator Conkling
ex-S nator Foster, of Connecticut; Judge
| Woo lruf, of the New, York Supreme Court
A. s. johnson, ex-Judge of the Court of An
| peals of New York, who is supported chiefly by
Mr.. Evarts. Judge Henry E. Davies is also !;
| candidate. Judge Benedict, of the United
| States District Court for the Eastern Distric
of New York, and Judge Robert S. Hale. Of
Essex are also mentioned. I.44r
| A WASHINGTON special says a movement
is being propelled by disconnected place hunt
ers to effect an entire change in the officers OF
the Senate at the next meeting 1t is not
charged, so far as known, that the present
officers are inefficient or undeserving, but it il
asserted that Others have better claims. Judge
Bond of Baltimore is mentioned in connec
ton with the office of Secretary of the Senate
in place ofGen. Gorham, but the aspirants fol
the position OF Sergeant-at Arms, in place Of
Hon. John r. French, have not been deyel.
oped. Neither is 1t known that any opposi
| ton is made to DR.. Taft, now Postmaster O,
the Senate, but it is the intention of the strong
combination to -endeavor to effect complete
| changes. t-ara
WARRINGTON of the Springfield RepubL-
can, writes about matters and things politi-
cal in the It'll Massachusetts, Congressional
district as follows: 81 hear little that is new
about the seventh Congressional district; but
things will pretty soon shape themselves. ]
lind many people who think George M. Brooks
OF Concord will be nominated This would
De good clean nomination. Daniel s. Rich
ardson OF Lowell, who is in the field, is a law
yer of ability and an old stager in politics.
Like everybody else, he was once an editor.
having had charge of the Lowell Courier pre-.
vious to the time when Col. Schouler took
hold of it in 1912. The Courier was then
owned by Leonard Huntress who has lust
been renominted for County Commissioner of
Middlesex, although he hes held the office
twenty-one years or so. Mr.. Richardson was
aaeVosad Wing, and has probably never re-
covered MS eqHanimity since the defeat of the
wings Dy the Coalition. At any rate, he has
not readily conformed to tie new order of
things, tut has, in spite of his traditional ha-
tired OF the Democracy, been about as much
Democrat as anything else for part Of the
time since the Wing party left the scene.
lie was a Bel[Everett man in 1860. and a
Peoples Party man in 1862. He now reck-
ons himself, however, as Republican, and /
dare say time has soitened his principles as
well as his feelings, considerably. Conserva-
tive, even to hunkerism, as he is, he would be
better representative than Dr.Ayer. Mr..
Brooks, however, is liberal in politics in eve
~ respect. He is a son of Nathan Brooks. an
old lawyer of Concord, loved by everybody,
who in old Wing times served in the Senate
and House, and once ran for Congress against
William Parmenter, the Democratic candi-
date, but did not beat him. The elder Brooks
was great wit and capital story-teller-
somebody once asked him what Henry Thor
eau was doing, and he replied that he believed
ne had gone to farming, having taken Fair
haven cliff at the halves, '-Fairhaven being
bare crag juttng over Concord river, bare
as r. Monadnock ITSELF George Brooks is
~ lie his father, and like his brother-in-
~ A''oi-ev-General Hoar. As Concord
s son !, se'' an, Offices, hope George may
TIE PRESIDENT AND THE Com GAMBLERS
-Gen. Grant wrote the following letter to
Robert Bonner on Thursday, in response to :,
request of the latter for an autograph contra.
dictlon of the report that the President was
connected with the recent gold panic in New
York:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct 10. 1869.
Robert Bonner, Esq: Dear Sir. Your favor
VI tne LIN inst. Is received. L have never
thought of contrad ictiDg statements or insin-
uatlons made against me by irresponsible par
Ties, as those are alluded to in your letter. Inf
as you nave written to me on the subject in so