The Placer herald., 1874-06-20
POLITICAL.

| uo" thctC 10 d icNOiutIoH tahHS pace Ill pol-
itics in nearly every State, which to us Of
California is of more than usual interest
While our political sea is calm, and we re-
pose in quiet rest on the bosom of its un
ruffled waters, the breakers are rising in the
East, and the political barometer indicates a
storm which the old party hulks will not be
able to weather. The Independents, of Hi
nois, Indiana, and Kansas, held their State
Conventions last week. Only few of the
County Conventions to elect delegates. in
Illinois, adopted any sort of resolutions. Of
the exceptions, perhaps the most notable is
the Ford County resolution for imitation,
adopted by close vote in the County Con-
vention and for which much regret has been
expressed by the people Of that county.
The National Republican Committee is
about to meet in Washington to consider the
imminent peril Of "tbe party"
The Oregon State Democratic ticket has
been chosen, bnt by closer vote than was
expected.
The next important State election is in
North Carolina, August g. The Republican
Governor (Caldweli), fraudulenty elected in
1872, holds over, and the people, this year,
only elect Superintendent of Public Ins!ruc
ton by general ticket. The candidates are:
Stephen ID. Pool, Conservative; Thomas r.
Pumel, Republican. A Legislature is to be
elected for two years; also, six Circuit Judges
(being one-half of the whole numter), and
twelve Prosecuting Attorneys by Judicial
Districts.
The August election in Kentucky is for
Clerk of the Court of Appeals, by the State
at large, and for certain local officers by Ju-
dicial Districts and counties. The candi-
dates for Clerk are Thomas G. Jones,
Democrat; John B. Cochran, Independent.
The election of Congressman occurs in No
vember.
Last year. in Maine, upon the suggestion
Of an anonymous newspaper-artic Joseph
II. Williams received 2 100 votes for Gov
ernor This year, we observe, it is proposed
to have Peoples State Convention. and ii
is believed possible TO unite all the Oppo-i
ion vote on Mr.. Williams; in which case the
September result might be marked "close
aud doubtful
1t is rumored in Washington that Morton
is getting up a new p rty whose fundamental
principle shall be unlimited imitation. There
need be no great alarm among the faithful
Morton is not that kind VI IA nan.
Congressman Donnan, of the Dubuque
| Qowa) District. salary grahber, writes TO the
editor of the Dubuque Times that /" rehec
ton has tended toward a determination" not
TO be a candidate for reelection. We
should mt wonder.
Congressman Cotton, as possible candi-
date for re -eiect ION is Il bone Of contention to
the faithful Republican papers in the Second
District Of Iowa. But the Republican party
has gone into hopeless minority (last year
| 1867 in that district, and Republican
nomination won. go for mach, whoever gets
it.
Temperance (or Prohbition) tickets will
this year be run in most of the Northern
States. The PENNSYLVANIA Prohibition Con-
vention is to be held at Harrisburg, June II;
the New York Convention at Auburn, june
24 and the lnois Convention at Blooming
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ticket was nominated some weeks ago
There is promise of Prohibition State Con
ventions in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana
Iowa, and Michigan.
The Republican primaries in Pittsburg.
Pa, last Saturday, were carried as usual
Of the general result, it may be said that
Gen. James s. Negey and Col Thomas NJ
Bayne are clear ahead in their respective
districts for Congress, and their nomination
is removed from he fist of uncertainties
The Ohio Democratic State Convention,
to have been held July Is, is postponed TO
August 26.
Gov. Dix, of New York, has appointed
Abraham Lansing to discharge the dnties of
State Treasurer while Mr.. Ranes IS III the
Insane Asylum.
The gossip of Boston is that Ben Butler is
l." busted, i" and will not attempt to remain in
the political field, and that he will retire from
Congress after this term.
Massachusetts is coming TO the confess
sional. and none too soon. The Boston Globe
says frankly:
1t must be confessed that we lack earnestness
and quick moral perception. The people OF
other States find here the home-nest of detec-
tives, of informers of spies. and of men who in
spire them and frame and urge the laws which
enable them to ply their disgraceful trade. They
see here the most adroit defender OF Reputation
md imitation. Demagogism has here its most
baleful exampar. The small vices of our body.
potic the packing of caucuses, the practice OF
little lodges and mean articles, the worst Of
opinion, do not arouse any marked show OF pub
hc abhorrence The Treasury of the United
States has been for years given in trust to Massa
chusetts men, AID the nation has suffered dis
grace and been put to shame by imbecie officials
; nnscrupulous spies, and very adroit lawyers anc
legislators, furnished by Massachusetts,.
After this meek and humble (onfession We
shall look next fall with some interest TO SET
whether Massachusetts will bring orth fruit'
meet for repentance; whether she will pu
herself right on the record. rebuke those wh'
have dsgraced her, and forever dismiss them
If she does not, then is this confession bu