National Republican., 1874-06-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

Judge Asahel Peck seems to have the inside
track for the Republican nomination of Cover
nor of Vermont. The Burlington Free Press
says that at least dozen OF the most infuen-
tial journals have declared in his favor, and
only one has favored ony one else. ,..-.
The Louisville Courier-J Journal says "And
now, who is the member Of Congress who will
stamp himself as the first patriot of the age
by introducing bill for pensioning the Baxter
and BROOKS warriors who were wounded dur
ing the late revolution in ArkansasP
The woman suffrage amendment to the Mich
igan constitution is to be voted upon in Sep
tember, and Mrs. Cady Stanton is stumping
the State in its favor. The general request of
those favorable to the change Is that Mrs. Stan
ton go home before she has done more damage
by her injudicious harangues.
Congressman Sawyer, of Wisconsin, in let
ter to one Of his constituents, thus declines a
denomination: "At the expiration of my pres
ent term shall have served ten years in Con-
gress, and cannot but think that If it is a
good thing to have been there, ought not to
have it any longer, and, if 1t is q tax to have
it, then ought not to be asked to be again &
candidate"
The Columbia Is. c. Union Herald says:
t'The Republicans of this State must see to it
that In the coming election every county shall
elect none but honest and competent mer,
without stain or reproach on their private or
public reputation, or we shall be driven out Of
the house of our friends as q leprosy and q
curse. This is the work We have to do, and
'twcre well 1t were done quickly"
Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, has ap-
pointed Chief Justice Agnew, Judge Henry W.
Williams, of Tioga county, ex-Attorney Gen.
eral Benjamin Harris Brewster, the Hon. VIM.
A. Wallace, of Clearfeld, the Hon. w. II.
Playford, of Fayette county, Attorney General
Samuel E. Dimmick and the Hon. A. T. Me
Cliutock, Of Luzerne, commissioners to pro-
pose amendments to the new Constitution, un-
der an act of the last Legislature.
Says the st. Louis Globe: "Hon. Carl Schurz,
| the spotless and useless Senator from Missouri,
has not defined his position on either Of the
two great questions which have recently been
before the senAte--the civil rights bill-and fe-
male suffrage. 1t is true that when the vote
was taken in each case he was sick and absent,
| OuL OLuerb WHO here bich huu huoeut ueuu0u
themselves by pairing Mr.. schurz has a
way of pairing Off with himself"
The New York Commercial Advertiser says
"Mr. Richardson goes out of the Treasury with
no imputation on his integrity, and no question
of his honesty. He found a mandatory law,
which he was obliged TO obey. He obeyed It,.
Those who executed 1t provoked hostility and
inquiry, and a clamor was raised which b as
emptied these important seats. Mr.. Richard
son has high rank as a lawyer, and he will
rmake an excellent judge" r
= General Garfeld's constituents in Ohio are
discussing the expediency Of sending him back
to Congress for another term. The Cleveland
Leader advises them TO return him, and thus
secure for the State man of national reputs-
ton. 1t pronounces all complaints of his con-
duct "a parcel of schoolboy lies set sdrift from
newspaper rows" AMI declares that "his heart
| is as pure and his fortune as needy" as when
he entered Congress twelve years ago."