New-York tribune., 1871-10-07
POLITICAL NOTES.
GENEitAL,


Tie official canvass of the vote ON the
lcw constitution III Nebraska, shows majority OF Cal
"a U>t the lnstInlHrJt.
a Georgia paper criticising the qualifications
Of candidate ior office says that He would be but an
a. cIagc hog III any drove.
The Texas election for members of Congress,
wi, commenced Tuesday, was completed. as far rs
the s,Ing Of votes Is concerned, yesterday.
1t is Il somewhat remarkable phenomenon
that ii IT, three great cities Of New-VorA, Philadelphia
and Cincinnati, political parties are in dl,orsanized
toadi1uI clements rng Ia state Of fcTrnatIOh
amt undergoing, 1t it were, chemical change.
In 1866 the whole number of general laws
enacted 10y the Penny yyania Legislature 10 and the
whole number OF private laws l,06. In 1861 public
laws IS; private laws, 1,392 H. lsts public laws, 7&
prcj" laws LlO Ia 1863, public laws, ~ private idWs
i?;6 1870, public laws, 54; private Law l2U. Total
II fye CAFE o4O puDhc, and G,l'O private acts
A Democrat, whom A. II. Stephens knows
from reputation" whether good or bad, what may
bc hi. NAME he does stateJ, to lie atlantic
sun, from Mnc that he has conversed with hundreds Of
Democrats the state Convention, and has not met
with the first who approves the New Departure e
tref concludes the New Departure to be dtad 1ho
Maine gentA,man appears TO he iond OF a JOKE.
Carl Schurz said in his speech at Nashville:
81 cannot be a candidate for the Presidency, owing to
bepgnant prov OF the Constitution, which declares
traig,.born citizens incigibe-a high constitutional
most malignant o all moral diseascs-a disease almost
lever
Mr.. Stephens, in The Atlanta Sum- dcyOtcs a
column 10 the vlnd,aton OF the policy OF elccng Scna-
tors without regard to the dsquafcatons imposed by
the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment. His
u,ul i that every Georgia believes the I'D
prut 10 be ,utOn1l and VOld and therefore, to
and respect at all in IN" tcctoh Oi members
Congress wound be dshOnOaDle surrender OF prIn-
Cpr.
Of the eleven Pennsylvania Senate Districts
which choose Senators Tuesday, seven are Repubi-
can and four democrat TIC according to the vote cast for
Governor In 1859 In only Districts are the majori
tes then cast less than 3UOOOme Of these is Rpubna,
ne other Democratic. The Republicans have slight
chaLcc Of gaming HE clO>e Democratic district Dut u Is
untc probable that the Democrats Will Iothh tner
present majority Of one IN the Senate
The Springfield Republican says that Mr.
Washburn will resign his seat In Congress until after
his election as lie intends to take his seat at
th Olsung Of the in December, ana VIII remain
In IT, probably until the LIST OF January III order TO dis
rs of SOME important unfinished DubiHcss before MS
tOnmttee on Claims. The special election for meubrr
Congress will not take place unlli some tlme III bc
cemDcr.
The Republican party has reduced the cur
rent running expenditures OF the Government apart
from those which are clearly nrcessatod by the war,
such as pcnhOns the expenses O the Internal Revenue
Department. ami interest on the public dcht 10 thdt
while they reached the sum OF t73GD37l II Tor me year
ended June 49, 1s they only aggregated ts'otsoW Soor
The year ended June 1871 Secretary bOut"eh Is au
thorlty Tor this statement.
Cassius NJ. Clay spoke in II. Louis, Iucsday,t0a a
large audience Mr clay traced the development oi mo
human race from the earliest knOwn periods 0f s sIis
thce believed the present civilization the hHhe grt
nttained and thuugh IA" r,niiiinn Of IN" Am"i-
can people better 'Liml' pre- lpu- N"'. u"
aHd Tie present political stIdtpu 7hp"I1 De