, 1874-07-13

AGO, MONDAY, JULY IS,
10 nominee, and ho has managed to maintain
popularity IA Congressman, ,whlol, combined With
q suauiter IN ,nodo on tie stump, and an oloagin-
Qua non-conmittnlism roay boxlldoring to an
formidable antagonist boforo tho poopio. The
loss Of Afr. Wilson from tho stato delegation Is
TO bo dooPly regretted, but It ts foroRone con.
took tho back pay. Tho Hon. b. r. Ulnypool, Of
Fayetto County, is the only prominent Ronubi-
Gnu candidate. Con. ThomaB Ii. Browne, candi-
dnto for Governor two ycars ago, could havo tho
race, but doclinos It,. Gen. Browne oonld dctoat
Dir. Holman, but 1t Is question whether l1r.
o1aypool eau, oven with tho odds In lls favor.
Claypool is cold, sol1sh. md In ovory way un-
sympathetic. though Of undonbtod ability. II
Con. Bon. spoonor. United Stated Naraha1, a
man Of largo brain, good Bpoakcr, md Of
popular manners, Woro to assllnlo tue task nm
promo to boliovo that Mr. Uofnan would find bis
Malcolm, despito oil the aYblls tint hRve prophe-
sled his Congressional Immortality.
a. Delaware, Grant, Hancock, Horny, johnson,
Madiapu, and bAolby Gounttos oonlpriao tho now
Sixth District. It ID made up Of Hancock aud
sElhelby, from tho old Fourth johnson, from tho
and Henry md Delaware, from tho Ninth. rhis
diatrct il Republican by botueon 1900 and 400.
drangor1sm tyas particularly atrong in this aoc-
ton Of the state, but doubt whether tho
Farmers' nEovoment, so-cal1ed, Is anything ]iko
AZ healthy now as two mouths ago There hnB
beou trlno too much political 1naneuver3ng In
tho hnndling Of tho question, mud the honcst
tar1nera hare contracted pronounced disgust
tor fow Of Tie mon who have beon in tho load.
tho stato.. curly undertook. to manipulate the
interest Of tho agricultural community to his
purposes aa D. Congressional nspirant, ind
Joined tho arsngo In tho furthoranco
! Of his purpoao. But 10 showed hiH lland too
plainly, aud le waB relegetod to = back-aoat by
tic Indignant dranRers, WHO Gro honest in thoir
efforts to froo themselves from oTorweightod
rings Of local corruption Goollng still talked
OF as the Opposition caudlaRto for Congress-, aa
we'll as Judge Waltor March, OF Delaware. .
most excellent lawyer and Bouild man, but with
mono Of tho clements Of & popular candidate.
On tho Republican alde Col. Milton y. nobin-
aon, Of 11adison County; Gon. ". s. aroHe OF
Moury' aua Henley 5onos' aud Col Asbnry
GroBo las tflo endorsements OF his county, but ho
! is d light weight, besides being tainted with
JohnaoniBm. which blasts his prospects in re-
publican Conrontion. Henley Jones is Master
aud political considerations may giye his candi.
| dacy an importance 1t does not now aaBu!nc. 1le
is, moreover, III oxcelontly-qualfed man. Col.
| Steele is by all odda tho strongest man In tho
| 1uHFLCttG, uuE E9rLSll F11lTQAu CBGEhklQnH IN
connection With ono or two short locaI lines, hayo
drawn upon him tho bittot hostility Of tho
farmers, and 1t will 10 deemed oxpoaont to sac
rilce him on tho altar Of tho bucolto prejudice
| against chartered monopolteB. IhiH clears tho
| hold for Col. Nobnson, popular, mouse-oyod
tlons years ago whom the State isonats became
too~contracted oven for his budding nnd blos-
| son,ing s.atosnanshlp. Ho will carry tho dis
! trict by 3 handsome minority.
| THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Tho Capital District is now composed Of The
Conntios Of Marion, Putnam. Hendricks. and
| Olo,gan. 1t IL a very compact md pleasant lit
| tie constituency for Congressman, And OF the
last election gaye b Republican majority (, for
| Governor Of 1862, and for Congress Of 2,025,
| Yet there arc 4 fow Democrats who talk Of de-
| feating Gon. Cobllrn, whom tho Republicans
hayo ronoplinated for bis fifth term,
bnslng their hopes on the prospective dofcat Of
| the lsopnblicans in this (Marion) County by
] it doubtful whether the Republicans will c.rry
tho county ticket thoro can bo 20 doubt whatoyor
az to tle rcsultin tho district. C0burn has made d
satisfactory though not brilliant member,
to him in Ills own party, but it is bnsoess, OF at
it objects to or what 1t desires. So long as 1t
continues thus, contenting itsolf with occasional
sentative tor life. Iho Democracy, despite thoir
boaatugs, hnya no candidate, aud tho proba-
bilitieH arc that the nomination will 60 rs 1t has
for the laHt twelve or fonrtoon years, to Homo
nobody who will "blood " handsomely for oshor
candidates on tho ticket With him, in roturn for
The honor tho ompty nomination il supposed to
coufer upon him. Mayor Mitchell, OF this
city, who has boen generally credited with Con-
| greKeonal foyer, has declined the nominntion In
advance, and mombora Of his own party freely
claims in aboynllca for bottor day. Mitchell
has none Of tho clements OF hero. Democracy
has good memory, mud THU desortion In tho
lice Of tho enemy win DO brought up to plague
| onr pyrotechnio Executive in tho future. Alitch-
oil az Congressional candidate is ali e*ploded
fdca. john 4. Finch, tho Chairman Of the Lib
| oral State Committee in 1872 il a probable can
didato in opposition to Coburn. lie would mako
| aa strong canYasB aa any ono that could 10 &C.
leetod.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Tho now Eighth il the santo as the old Sixth.
witl the exception OF tho Counties Of Green and
Williams which aro foGislated into tho new Sec
ond. THIS il Voorhees, district et present rop-
ronomiuated by tho Republicans. Voorheoa has
decided to DO a candidate, aud tho Democracy
are casting nbont for IN available man. john
G. Robinson, OF Owen County, would DO tho per-
son, if 1t woro uot that hc IL ''too strong tom.
4teranco man." III view OF this disability, IT il
prove ono in tho Convention, it Is probable that
Alr. William Muck. u leadiug lawyer Of Tore
Aauto a strong man, With good 'atun1ping .
qualities, will bo selected to opposo Hunter. Tne
district has o Republican majority Of l,200 OF
1600, aud Hunter will be abio 10 carry 1t withou.
much trouble. Moses J. Dunn, OF Lawronc1
County. whom Voorhees, dofonted four years ago,
il q guerrilla caudidnso, and may develop
strongth enough, III the contest proceoda, to inter-
fero with present calculations; but it hardly
HoeMH probable.
| THE NINTH DISTRICT
Ia tic same M the old Seventh, except Carroll
County, which goes into tho Tonth The
counties are Benton. Boone, Clinton. Fountain
Montgomery, Tppocnnoc, and 1Yarren. Thc
Hon. Ihomns ]. Casos, Of Doono. In the preHont
Representative, but huye uevor heard the sls.
gostion OF sending him back. lilo hns hardi,
measured up TO thu expectations Of his district
and will bo allowed to retiro at tho ond Of iii
presont term without special grief. Tho Hon.
Goaloye 8. ort1, present CopgraHsman-at-L
Iiyoa ut Lafayette. md could hayo the nomlIa:
ton II Ao would tako it, But lle Inns aspirations
to sorye his country at vienna. aud boasts Of i
Presidential promise in TINT direction. III
spoakH Gormau luontly, which certainly con'
stitutes aono qualification for tl,o ap.
pointmont. ln the abaonuo of Orth, tls
contest for tho Republican nomination do
generates into d scrub raee, III wAiol, tue