Omaha daily bee., 1874-08-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democratic State Convention
of Louisiana will meet at Baton
Rouge, August "a.
Candidates who desire any special
favors at the hands of the Baltimore
papers, are referred to their adver-
Using clerks.
Some of the Bourbons of the
Southern States are conducting
themselves as though the devil had
loaned them the earth for a brief pc
Rod.
Advices from Alabama indicate
that the political campaign, now
opening, will be the warmest that
has been had in the State since the
war Cd.
The Democratic organs are max
ing desperate attempts to get up a
little enthusiasm over their victory
in Kentucky. 1t is a good deal like
the renowned capture of Holland
by the Dutch.
Hon. Joseph H. Sloss, of Alaba-
ma, the Congressman who defended
his daughters reputation with such
a reckless disregard of window glass
and the good looks of a rising young
man. is a candidate for reelection.
1t is q comfort to be assured, as
we are by the New York Tribune,
that no man, after reading the ad-
dress of the Republican Congress
sional Committee, will ever again
vote for James Buchanan. - st.
Paul Pioneer, (Ind.)
George s. Houston, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of Ala
bama, was for twenty years member
of Congress, and for several years
chairman Of the Committee on
Ways and Means. B. d. Lewis and
w. H. Forney are the nominees for
Congress at Large.
Senator Stewart of Nevada, an
nounces that he is not a candidate
for reelection, and that State, which
never saw him oftener than oEce in
four or five years, does not refuse to
be comforted on the prospect of his
permanent absence. He will prac-
tice law in Washington.
An exchange laments thai the
'original founder of the Changers,
Mr.. Saunders of Washington, is in
capacitated for the Presidency of the
United States by the fact that he is a
Scotchman." This should not be
allowed to interfere with a legiti-
mate ambition. TO oblige the Gran
gers, we presume, there would BE- no
difficulty in making an ap,endment
to the Constitution in favor of Saun-
ders.
1t is rather early in the canvass
for Presidential candidates to de-
cline, but Gen, Hancock seems to
think it necessary for him to set the
example. A paragraph stating that
he was a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Presiden-
cy having come to his notice, the
NorristOwn. Pennsylvania, Herald
is authority for the statement that
he made a prompt denial, and said
that he never sought and does not
now seek any political Office.
Governor Woodson made a speech
in Lafayette county, Mo-, the other
day, which twas hoped would have
a beneficial effect in inducing the
Changers 10 join the Democratic
party. At the close of the effort a
particularly attentive Granger was
asked what he thought of it. Pom
dering a moment, he replied: at
reminds me of one of my cows.
She raises her tail higher, bellows
and paws the ground, and makes
more fuss than any other critter on
the farm, and gives less milk"
EX-Congressman VIM. A. Rich
ardson, of Illinois, has taken the
field against the action of the Dem
ocratic Central Committee of that
State in presuming to make a plat
form for the party. He declares the
action of the Committee an impru-
dent piece of usurpati0n and a gross
insult to the Democracy of Illinois,
and also denounces the financial /
plank of the platform. Mr.. Rich
ardson has an influential standing
among a large number of Adams
county Democrats, and his action,
it Is thought, will lead to a serious
division of sentiment among them.
Mr.. D. n. Cooley lives in Dubu-
que, Iowa. He Is q banker, and has
aspirations to fill the seat of the
late Congressman DOnnan, a victim
of the salary grab. In order to ere
ate a public sentiment in his favor,
Mr.. Cooley wrote this persuasive
note to the editor of the Indepen-
dence Bulletin; "Dear Judge, I
have been in the newspaper bust
ness, and know something of what
your loss must be by the fire, even
though you saved much, Now,
Judge, allow me to send you S100in
loan, to be paid in printing,
&c, at your own convenience.
If perchance / should be the nomi-
nee this Fall I should want it in
tickets, etc. No person will ever
know a word of this, and 1 do it be-
cause 1t occurs to me that just at
time 1t will come handy or be
useful in buying new type, etc. I
fill in the name of James NJ. Smith;
but if not wanted as above, it will
do in advertising bank" But the
Judge thought 1t advisable that sew
eral persons should '.know a word
of this" and accordingly published
the letter, thereby administering a
cooler to Mr.. Cooley. The latter's
chances for nomination are not so
good as they were,