The Portland daily press., 1870-11-23
Political Notes.

The President intends in his annual mes
sage to renew the recommendations contain.
ed in his special message of last July to Con
gress for the removal of restrictions on for
eign-built vessels so that they can be furnish
ed with American registers. He will elab
crate this position, and maintain that if ii
had been fulfilled by Congress in July the
present carrying trade wonld have been more
generally in American bottoms.
The Virginia Democracy, have taken les.
sons OF Tammany Hall on a small scale, and
have counted out Judge Alexander II. Rives
the Republican candidate in the Fifth District
who is elected by clear majority of actual
votes. This result has been obtained by
rejecting the vote of a number of Republican
precincts where there was technical infor-
mality in the returns. Congress will remedy
the matter.
John V. Greeley, the independent Repub-
lican who defeated Charles O'Neil for Con-
gress in the Pennsylvania Second District in
recent speech said that he was radical Re-
publican, always had been and always intend
ed to be. And yet, the Democratic papers, in
order to figure out a Democratic majority in
the popular vote of Pennsylvania, count all
the votes cast for Mr.. Greeley on their side.
Washington dispatches say that the mem
bers of Congress already arrived there gener-
ally seem to think that successful effort will
be made this winter to still further amend
the Internal Revenue laws, so as 10 reduce
taxation considerably. The abolition of the
income tax provision will be pressed in both
Houses
The President is assured by Governor
Ward, Secretary Robson and others, that the
legislature just elected in New Jersey will re-
elect Senator Cattel to the Senate Mr.. Cat
tell, whose health has been very poor for some
slime, has entirely recovered, so as to enable
him to take an active part in the legislation of
Congress this winter.
1t is reported that Ex-Governor Newell will
contest the election in the Second New Jer-
sey district, by which Samuel G.. Forker was
given the seat in Congress. His grounds of
objection 10 Mr.. Forker's election are not re-
ported.
The contest in the Second South Carolina
Congressional district was between Bowen.
the present member, and De Large, mulat-
to, also Republican. In a vote of thirty-two
thousand De Large had a majority of less
than one thousand. The canvass was yery
bitter, and charges of fraud are made. upon
which Bowen, it is said, proposes to contest
the seat.
The proposed constitutional amendments
in Missouri are reported to have been a lopt.
cd by large majority. The first amendment
abolishes the district court system; the Sec
ond abolis1es the jurors test oath: the third
abolishes the doube-liability clause for pri.
vate corporations; the fourth sbolishes the
voters test oath; the fifth abolishes the dis
qualifications for holding Office on account of
color, disloyalty, &C.; the sixth provides that
neither the General Assembly nor any county
or city Or other municipal corporation, shall
appropriate or set apart any public money,
land or other property for the benefit of any
sectarian school or college.
The canvass of the vote on the proposed
constitutional amendments in Micbioan ;s
not yet complete, but the returns so far re-
ceived indicate the defeat of most of the ar.
tces Rshaaa the State gives an
gressional vote of over twenty-five thousand
It is probable the article striking out the word
"whi-e" wherever s"citizen' is referred TO is
defeated by small majority. This is account.
ed for by the fact that while nearly the whole
Democratic vote was cast against it, the Re-
pubicans abstained from voting upon it. The
article to make valid certain railroad bonds is
defeated by large vote; that providing for
an increase in the salaries of the state ex-
ecutive and judicial officers obtained but a
email vote, and is undoubtedly defeated; that
authorizing supervisors of counties to borrow
money for the improvement of bridges and
highways is also defeated. Two articles of
we amendments appear to have been adopt
ed-placing railroad tariffs for freight and pas
sengers under the control of the legislature,
s sna Ii;orbiddlng the consolidation of compet-
Ang lines of railroads.