Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-11
POLITICAL NOTES.

did for St. Domingo ..tee.ru
1t is given among the probabilities that
Andy johnson will 60 to the Cincinnati
Convention.
The Texas Democratic State Convcn--
ton will be held in Corsicana Juncs17.
Is this not little late? sr 4gF
Tie indianapolis Joarnal (anti-admin-
istration) thinks that Colfax will be re-
nominated for Vice President.
According to st. Louis calculator the
election in Connecticut is likely TO DO
only little game of ''seven up
Ex-Governor Foo'e, of Tennessee, goes
for Trurnbuii or Judge Davis. He has not
gone for winning thing for very long
time. ....s,
The total vote of the Mormons in Utah,
for the ratification of the State Constitu-
tion, is 25 1924, probably one-half By wo-
men,
The Chicago h,ter. Ocean. in answer to
an interrogatory on the subject, avows
itself to be partisan journal of the rc-
publican stamp. .....-..-.
Senator Wilson has declined TO preside
over the Massachusetts, State Convention
for the election of delegates to the Phil
adelphia Convention. aalaf@l
Rev. Robert Collyer. the Chicago
preacher, is talked of as a member OF
Congress from that city. MANY are
| called. but few are chosen"
/ The Michigan Legislature adjourned
yesterday. The Senate will meet again
as a Court of Impeachment, April IL, to
try Commissioner Edmonds of the Land
Office rN3o
The Red Wing (Minncsota) Republican
says Governor Austin is considered can
didate for Congress from the Second dis
trict. Mr.. Batchelder is the democratic
aspirant.
1t is announced that the taxation Of
Mississippi must be raised to more than
double Its present amount to carry on the
government. This is encouraging to new
settlers.
The House of Representatives in the
! Michigan Legislature have declared
Charles \. Edmonds worthy of impeach-
ment for Inalfeasance and misdemeanors
in Office. 1t is said he formely lived IN
Chicago. .r -... r.-f
The headquarters of the Cincinnnti
| Convention If MAY 1.-THE liberal repub-
lieans and the reunion and reform organ
ization-wiIl be in Mozart Hall building.
Some music may therefore be expected
when the political bands begin to play.
The Hon. j. B. Grinnell Of Iowa has
embodied the main points Of his late po-
ltical letter, against the policy OF re-
nomination into strong speech, and inaug~
urated the anti-Grant Reform campaign
with success at Des Moincs the other
day.
It it as candidate for the nomination
for the Vice Presidency on the Grant
ticket-not merely the Vice Presidency
of the Convention-that General Abbott,
of North Carolina, has been spoken Of
This Convention will probably have more
than one vice.
A Western paper thinks the democrats
in Connecticut have not made much OF n
Hubbub-ald this year. Mr.. Hubbard has
probably not been SO lavish IN launching
out the sinews of politics as well as war
the cash--as his predecessor. That may
be the plain English Of it.
The spirit of &c" rcvives TO write n
long letter to The So Louis Republican
reviewing the course of political events
and vehemcntly urging tho Nomination
of Hon. Charles Francis Adams, as the
only man capable ofrescuing the country
from the corruptionists. and calming tho
contending waves of faction.
The fact that Judges Chase aud Davis
can permit themselves to be talked OF as
candidates. give the certain editors greas
distress.
Time was" says The Sandusky Reg
lister, with severe rebuke, 'wbcn Judge
who thus dishonorcd the ermine would
receive no encouragement from any party.
The Portland Press administration
predicts that 'sthe failure of both Scnrus
, and Sumner to fasten upon the ndminis-
! tr: ton any of the charges that thoy 40
onfden:ly made will cause those gentle-
, men and their associates to abstain from
instigating any more investigations. Up
to the present time their regulations have
suffered therefrom far more than that Of
General Grant" .-.i ssf aai-isss
Several Democratic members Of Con-
gress request the publication Of the fol-
, ow paragraph:
The statement recently telegrapbees
from Washington that at the consultation
there of prominent Democrats with Mr..
Belmont, opposition to Judge Davis waH
expressed, is without any foundation. The
subject Of preference for candidates was
not discussed or referred to.
In the course of a we'll considered eu-
lopium of Vice President Colfax, The
Chicaqo TriLppe says. pointedly ''It has
, been a noticeable fact that, in the mani
pulation of the various State Conventions
which have been procured to instruct
= their delegates to vote for the repomina-
of Gen. Grant, none, except Indiana. bis
own State, and little Rhode Island, have
instructed for Colfax. fe h.r b yts'
r Religion and Labor ,ecm to clash some
what. The acoyhman's Adcocote Of Chi
s cago complains that tho religious press
is in full sympathy with the opprcssors Of
the poor. and views with indifference the
efforts of the industrial population. Say.
The Adv0ctte: "Supercilious. arrogant
: and affected, It's ignorance of the questions
involved. and of the evils sought TO be re-
moved, is only equaled by its mammonized
iervility. We have boon led into these
remarks by examining the views Of ou'
a religious exchanges, not one OF which
IS affects to understand or approve Of the
rs proceedings of the Convention. y. ret
;. The Western Press gives little encour
Il ,to H.