Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-10-13
POLITICAL, NEWS.

-Postmaster-Gen'l. Creswell has called on the
President, accompanied by delegation of prom
inent Republicans. They assured the President
that Maryland would send three, and probably
four Republicans to the next Congress, and pre-
dicted Republican majority of 5000 in the
State
Senator Morton will not formally accept the
position of Minister to Great Britain until the
complexion Of the next Indiana Legislature is
decided by the election. Should it then be DEM
ocratic, he will decline the appointment.
Newark, N. j., holds its charter election, on
Tuesday, along with Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Iowa, and Nebraska.
In New Jersey, United States Senator is
to BIO chosen, this winter. The Legislature is
is confidently claimed by the Republicans so
that we shall be able to replace Mr.. Cattell, or
re-elect him. In the Senate, our friends claim
10 out of 81, and in the House six or eight ma
jority.
Andrew johnson having declined to run for
Congress in the first district OF Tennessee, the
Democracy have nominated Mr.. James White as
| their candidate.
Mr., Gary, the Republican candidate for Con-
gress in the Fifth Maryland District, has char
tered a steamer and gone down tho Potomac,
| stopping at all the landings for the purpose of
| holding mass meetings and bringing out the
Republican voters.
Horace Maynard recently made telling
| speech before the Tennessee Republican Com
vention in the course of which he said that ''the
| roll of the Committee on Resolutions of the
Democratic State Convention looked like the
| muster-rol of Hoods army, reassembled FOR the
| siege of Nashville, now that Gen. Thomas was
not there to frighten them away
A resolution of welcome to Gen. Sherman
was recently referred to committee" by the
| Democratic majority i'll the Oregon State Legis-
lature.
The Cambridge taid.) Democrat and Herald,
one of the Democratic organs of Dorchester
county, betrays strong anxiety to secure at least
a portion of the colorei vote for the Democratic
candidate, Col. Hambleton, who, 1t is now feared
may need more support than he is at present
sure of. SIN a year or two more," says this
newspaper "the black man will discover who's
who, and then it declares, gleefully, That's 'The
| ''lower-lip of the Radical party is considerably
down since the fact has leaked out that there
'are number Of oar colored men who have
made mp their minds to vote the Democratic
conservative ticket" OF course, IL the Radicals
look sorry, the Democracy look pleased at this
accession of colored support. THUS ii goes, you
see.
In the 9Th district (Newark,) OF New Jersey
the Young Democracy have nominated an indie
pendent candidate for Congress-, a Mr.. Eneas
Fitzpatrick, who is contrasting the field with the
regular Democratic nominee, 0restes Cleveland
The Independent movement has wide base
and is accommodating decided strength, so that we
confidently look for the election of our friend
George A. Halsey, the excellent candidate of the
Republicans.
The Democrats OF the 1st New Jersey dis
trict have nominated Benjamin. L. Lee, for Con-
gress
Tic Republican Convention OF Massachu-
sets met at Worcester Wednesday, and nominate
ed the following State ticket: ForGovernor, Viii
liam Clai'in: Lieutenant Governor, Joseph
Tucker; Secretary Oliver Warner; Attorney
General, Charles Allen: Auditor, Charles Endi-
colt; Treasurer Charles Adams, Jr A resolu-
ton favorins woman suffrage was defeated by
81 majority. III the platform as adopted de-
| mand was made for tho enforcement of the
Alabama claims, and the policy Of prohibition
| WAS favnrp1