Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-14
Political NOfes.

Oliver CharIick has been nominated for con-
gress by the Citizens Reform Association OF
New York city.
The strsight-out democrats of the ninth dis
trict of Missouri, have nominated P. h. Talbot
for congress.
The democrats and liberals of the frs. dis
trict of Missouri have nominated Hon. VIM.
Grosyenor for congress.
Hon. Eli Perry has been unanimously renomj-
nared tor congtsss By the dem2erats Of the h
The official vote of Pennsylvania except
twelve counties, and those estimated, shows
majority for Hartranft OF IS, I26.
The liberal republican committee of Phila-
Ihia have retired from the field, closing their
headquarters and taking down the sign.
=. The Baltimore <mericdn speaks hopefully of
the prospect of electing Lloyd Lowndes, the re
publican candidate, to congress from the sixth
district of Maryland.
AT convention of the reform democracy in
New York on Saturday night, at which so me
thirteen hundred delegates were present, az
Apollo Hall, James O'Brien was unanimou sly
nominated for mayor.
Mr.. w. O. Stoddard has written a letter in
which he gives an account of an interview with
the late President Lincoln, when the latter ex.
pressed high opinion OF Gen. John A. Dix.
Mr.. Thomas Z. Plat is the republican candi-
date for Congress in the 9TH district of New
York against MIR. Milo Goodrich, the present
member and Greeley republican. The district
Mt. j. Russell Jones' the United States Minis
ter TO Belgium, has written a letter TO the n. Y.
Tribune, In which he denies every allegation of
OF tract OF land in Illinois to the President.
The New Jersey straight out democratic state
convention has elected an electoral ticket and
adopted resolutions calling upon all honest dem
ocrats to support "these exalted statesmen ("
O'Conor and Adams, as the only true de mocrats
After his tour in Pennsylvania Ohio and In
slana, Mr.. Greeley announced that he would
make no more political speeches during the
campaign, but that resolution has been recon
sidered. and he spoke at Pleasant ville, New
York, Oh Saturday: The burden of speech was
the same old parading of himself as the peculiar
representative Of reconciliation"
IL Is a fact of no little significance that Gen
eral HarIanft carried his own county, against
an opposition majority of about 500; that Buck
alew ran behind his ticket in his county: while
Lancaster, the home of Billingfelt, gave Hart
raDft 5000 majority, and Bellefonte, the home
OF Curtain, gave Hartranft an increased ma
jority.
Mr.. Greeley's friends do not believe that all
hope Is lost, and are still engaged in manipu
latiDg the elect raj vote so as TO eject him
Their hopefulness is more to be commended
than their judgment. Ii is worse than folly for
any body to suppose now that Horace Greeley
will be the next Philadelphia Press
New York Times special, from 1ndianapO-
lis, says Orth and Williams, republicans are
elected to Congress at large, the former leading
Brown, the gubeTnatOrial candidate, sl3, and
the latter lilo votes in forty-three counties
ShaDks, republican, is. however, defeated in
the ninth district by % votes The Congress
slonal delegation stands nile republicans and
four democrats.
few days since a number of the most re-
spectacle citizens of East Baltimore addressed
ana highly esteemed merchant of Baltimore
requesting him to become a candidate, irrespec-
i've OF party or ciiques, to represent the third
district of Maryland in the next Congress of the
United States. MIR. Turner has signified his
Willingness to accept the nomination rendered