The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

nation for reelection Of Governor Cadwallader O.
Washburn, OF Wisconsin.
The Pttsburg Gazette says that General Grant
prefers to retire at the end OF his present term and
permit Washburn to succeed him. Which Of the
| washburns does 1t meanP There are Elihu B..
Washburn, Of Illinois, Minister to France; Cadwal-
! lader y. Washburn, Governor of Wisconsin; vii.
liam B. washburn, Governor of Massachusetts;
Peter T. Washburn, Ex-Governor Of Vermont, be.
sides two or three others in Maine.
The Boston Journal, which Is thorn In Ben
Buffers side, says
| The programme OF the friends of General Butler
| is being laid out by the managers. IL Is proposed
aye Wr Ui ot Gea a.
number Of adherents TO carry the de .egatiOn. In
this manner we shall hear that Squidunk has chosen
Butler delegates, and the next day we shall hear
that Jopps and Tophet have followed the lead OF
Squdunk, and thus 1t will be made to appear that
Butter IS sweeping the state This Is one of the
tricks OF the Butler men to impress timidpeOple
with sense OF his popularity.
Senator John Scott and Representative Washing.
ton Townsend are the only two members OF Con.
gress from Pennsylvania that did not grab the back
pay.
1t is the opinion Of some of the western Journals
that the Oranges are undertaking too much to be
successful. They are overlooking the machine, and
there is chance Of its breaking down.
Ex-Governor Montague calls the Virginia radl
calls ''the Shack Nasty party" The campaign In
the Old Dominion opens quite spirtedly and both
parties will bring out all their forces. No charges
OF pipe laying and corruption, however, have yet
been made.
The United States Senate Committee on Privi.
leges and Elections will meet United States Sena-
tor Oliver P. Morton, Of Indiana in this city the
LIST OF October to discuss the proposed amendment
to the constitution, changing the present mode Of
electlng the President and Vice President
The Augusta (Ga.) Constit,ttondlist, which has
been lying dead for q WHILE has been subjected to
the power and influence Of gaivanic battery. AS
soon as there was life enough In 1t to move IL
whispered that 1t would fight for material develop
ment and the democratic party. Nobody obects
The Hampshire Gazette, one Of the leading repub.
can papers In western Massachusetts, puts the fol-
lowing question :-"Can Massachusetts, 60 back on
It's record and throw aside Its wellearned reputa-
ton, as the exponent OF what Is honest In politics
for what It can expect Of General Butler and the
crew OF political hangers-on that will come into
power with him '''
The Leavenworth (Kansas) Times mentions re-
publican ofice-hoder In that State who was re-
Gently removed after three years. service who
looted up the financial results OF his ocal life as
follows:-
So 900 per year. SIS 900 In all; OF that sum spent
several thou sands to influence the Legislature aud
have lived at the rate Oh $o,OO0 year. i nave pun
$4,000 In o wholesale dry goods establishment ana
$40 900 into bank stock IL will cost me $4,000 to
purchase private residence. and Will purchase
one half of newspaper Tor $1,000, aud VIII deposit
the remaining $4,000 OF my salary In oanK 70 run
the paper.
The four political organizations in San Francisco
are known respectively as the democratic, the re-
publ,cans the liberal reformers and the taxpayers
A Butler club Is to be formed at worcester, Mass
the election in New Mexico takes place on the
LIST OF september. The candidates for delegates
to Congress are Jose NJ. Gallegos, democrat, of
Santa re, and stephen B. Elkins, administration.
Hon. J. Thomas Spriggs, OF Utica, NJ ". is willing
to enter into the election race this Fall as the
democratic candidate for Attorney General.
United states Senator Henry b. Anthony, repub.
lican, OF Rhode Island speaking OF the back salary
grab, says In his paper, the Providence Journa1.-
"The natural sense OF justice Of plain men was
shocked BY IL. And 1t may fairly be said that
neither the lapse Of time all that has been said
In extenuation has sensibly modified the first i'm
preston" IL win be recollected that Senator
Anthony returned TO the United States Treasury
his portion OF the steal
UAmong the democratic stump speakers In vir
gna during the present political campaign are
| Governor @. Q. Walker, ex-Unlted States Senator
r. M. T. Hunter. Mr.. Thomas s. Bocock, ex-Speakel
of the United States House OF representatives and
ex-Judge Robert Guild.
| James NJ. Oakley, who has served two terms IN
the New York Legislature, Is mentioned as the
probable democratic candidate for the state Senate
| In the First district, which IL composed OF the
| counties Of Queens, SUFFOLK and Richmond