Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-21
Political Notes.


Judge Merrimon will contest for the United
States Senatorship from North Carolina with
eX-Gov. Vance.
The republicans of the 18th congressional dis
trict of New York have nominated the Hon
Chas. II. Adams for Congress.
w: b; Stokes, republican, has announced
himself to be candidate for Congress from the
Nashville, Tenn, district.
Grant club, composed exclusively of ex-
Soniederate soldiers, has been organized in
The Apollo hall congressional nomination in
the 9th district of New Yorx is Jas. Oliver.
Bets on the presidential election have about
subsidized. The Greeleyites will not risk any
money on theE candidate.-N. Y. Herald.
ten, Butler, in card 70 the Boston Traveller
denies that he ever ss.4 to any one that things
look bad efoV Grant, ~ the west.
Inc NATIONAL executive committee OF the
enien beague of Arserica will meet at the Astor
house, New York, to-morrow at noon.
The aggregate republican majority on the
oUigresssonal tickets in Indiana is ,S65. The
majority of Hunter over Voorhees,, as officially
declared, is 657.
The liberals o. the 9th congressional distric-
Oh New York have nominated Mr.. Nich1 Con
molly, the TaHlmany candidate, for Congress.
IL r. said that IL. G. is learning TO swear in i've
unecent languages, so that he ca3 do justice
10 the result OF November 5th.-NOrristOWR Her
ad
Tor mayor of New YOrk-Mr. Abraham X. Law
renee for Tammsny, Mr.. james O'Brien Tor the
Apoilo Hall democracy, and MT. Havemeyer
for the republicans and reforrers.
The amendment TO the state constitutio of
South Carolina, prohibitiDg an increase O. the
state debt, has been ratified by overwhelm
ing popular majority. Both parties endorsed
Captain d. r. Carr has announced himself
csn6date for Congress in the Sd district of
Kentucky This takes three republicans in
the deld: Captain Carr, Virgil LOring, colored,
and Goliaday. Mr.. Miiiiken is the democratic
The democrats OF the eth district of Georgia
nave nominated L. w. Beck on the fifty fourth
ballot to MI a vaoany in the present Congress.
The republican state committee have voted that
IL Is lneNpedleRt to make nominations Tor Con-
gress in the Sd and ith districts of that state.
The executive central subcommittee of the
-! Missouri state ceStral committee appointed By
the straightout democratic convention lately
held in jefferson petty publish an address to-
Gay presenting the names of 0'Conor and
also full electoral ticket.
In 1850 the republicans carried the three DC
tober states, and elected Lincoln without the
aid OF an electoral vote south OF NJ son and
Dlxons line In 1865 the republicans carried
the three october states. and elected Grant in
November: In ISZ2 the republicans have car
Grant in November.
The latest returns from South Carolina indi-
cate majority OF 80 900 40 900 for Moses for
governor and the whole regular ticket. It Is
thought that the Bowen ticket has succeeded at
charleston by over q thousand majority. The
columbia Onion believes that the whole repub-
llcsn delegation IS elected to Congress.
The "nxtional democracy held a meeting
in New York city Friday night, when Benz amin
OF conference with other organic ations, except
Tammany, for the purpose of uniting upon
Nominations, and denouncing the Tammany
organization as selfish and unworthy. The res
oiutions were unanimously adopted.
OFFICIAL RETURNS OF THE OHIO ELECTION
The official returns in Ohio show the following
na1orltIes for state officers :-Secretary of state
Alien Wykoh, 14G55; supreme Judge John
Nelch, lO,lsS; member Of the board OF public
works, Richard K. Porter, I6,455. The total
vote cast for secretary of state was $40, O31-the
largest ever east in Ohio tor any office
The following are the names of the Congress
men elected and their majorities, with the dis
tr1cts they represent LIST, Milton TAYLOR dem
3,5Ss; "a, ID. b. Banning. liberal, ,5O2 Sd, John
y. smith, rep, 1929; 4th, L. b. Gunckle, rep.
I,sZa; 9TH, Charles l.. Lamison, dem, $500; 9Th
isaac X Sherwood. rep, 1,06S; It'll, Lawrence
Neal, dem, rs; sth, William Lawrence, rem,
49f3; 9Th, James W. Robinson, rep, AZ; 10th,
Charies Foster, rep, 20; I1th, Il. s. Bundy,
rep, 2.9Oai 18th, Hugh j. Jewett DEM, 4677:
iSth, "a. d. Southland, dem. 2.i7l; I4th John
berry, DEM, 3,6i3; 18th, VIM. p. Sprague rep..
sSl 18TH Lorenzo Danford, rep, ,29S; nth, T.
~. Woedforth, rep, 2, 262; 18TH James Monroe.
rep, ,o64; 10th, James A. Garfield rep., 10 955:
t .sn' nicnard Y. Parsons, rep, 2.12i. In addi-
uon 10 the above, Q. j. Dodds, democrat, was
eiecteo 70 MI vacancy in the LIST district.
A MAMMOTH BLAsr.-James Emery. fore
man on the quarry at North Jay, Me-, in Q
single seam blast, threw out 4 Splendid niece Of
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