The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-23
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POLITICAL.


Lewis L. Parsons, of Alabama, WAS elected
President.
Hon. George +. Hoar has been renominated
for Congress in Massachusetts.
Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, West yir-
ginia and Arkansas, held elections on Tues
day. Oct. 10. In Ohio the Democratic major
ity is about $4,000, while the Congressional
delegation stands Is Opposition to Repub-
lcans. The following is list of the Con-
gressmen elected. Those marked with an as
terisk % are members of tho present Con-
gress
1. Milton sayler, Dem II. John Vance, Dem
q III B Banning, Dem ~. L Walling Dem
| 3. s Savage, Dem 10. NJ Souhard, Dem
| A. j A Mcmahon, Dem IA. John Cowan, Dem
8. A Rice, Dem IS. III Van voorhees, II
O. Frank II Hurd, Dem IS. Lorenzo Danford, II
| 7. IL Neal, Dem II. Il Woodwork, IL
! &. 'Wm Lawrence, Rep Is. james Monroe, Rep
/ o. + Poppeton, Dem 10. Jas Garfield, Rep
| 10. Chas Foster, Rep 20. Henry Payne, Dem
In Indiana the Democrats have majority
Of from 5000 to $4,000 on the State ticket,
and elect eight Of the thirteen members OF
Congress. The Legislature is neither Demo-
cratic nor Republican, the balance Of power
being held by the Independent members.
Appended is a list Of the Congressman
| elected:
l. W Heilman, Ind, RepI 8. M Hunter, Rep
| 2. ID Williams, Dem 9. l. McClurg, Dem
| 3. Michael G Kerr, Dem no. W Raymond, Dem
| 4. Jeptha New, Dem IL. JAS l. Evans Rep
3. Nv Holman, Dem 10. A II Hamilton, Dem
6. M Robinson, Rep Is. John ii Baker, Rep
| Z. Landers, Dem
Iowa rolls up heavy Republican majori-
ty-about 10000. The Opposition elect one
Member of Congress, L. L. Ainsworth, in the
Third District. The following are the names
of the Congressman elect:
l. &c W McCrary Rep %. L Sampson Rep
| 2. q Tufts, Rep T. y Kasson, Rep
3. J.. l.. Aihsworth, Opp. g. J w McDill, Rep
| 4. H Pratt, Rep o. A Oliver, Rep
| 5. j Wilson, Rep
Nebraska elects the Republican State ticket
by over 10000 majority. Lorenzo Crounse,
Republican, is reelected to Congress.
In West Virginia the Democrats elect full
delegation to Congress, being gain of two
members.
In Arkansas the election was to determine
the adoption or rejection of the new State
Constitution. The returns indicate that tho
instrument has been adopted by heavy ma
jority.
The Convention of Southern Republicans
at Chattanooga adjourned on the 14th inst.
after session of two days. long address
to the people of the United States touching
affairs in the South was adopted. The Com
mittee on Outrages was given until December
| to collect evidences of lawlessness and muir
der in the Southern States to lay before Con-
gress. The third term and civil rights ques-
tions were not touched. The Associated
Press agents in the South were denounced by
a decided vote for constantly slandering Re-
publcans and refusing to report Ku-Klux
outrages.
DR.. j. G. Aver, Of pill and pectoral fame,
has been nominated for Congress by the Ro-
publcans of the 7th Massachusetts, District,
now represented by Hon. L. lockwood Hoar.
s. S. Cox and Fernando Wood have been
nominated for Congress by the Democrats of
New York city.
Frederick w. Seward son Of the late ex-
Secretary Of State, is candidate for the New
York Legislature, in one Of the metropolitan
Districts.
The following are the new State officers
chosen in Iowa at the recent election Secre-
tary OF State, Josiah T. Young State Auditor,
Buren, r. Sherman State Treasurer, William
Christy Law Register, David Secor Attorney
General, NJ. E. Quits; Supreme Court Re-
porter John Il. Runnells; Supreme Court
Clerk, Edward J. Holmes.
Concerning the third-term talk, Washing
ton correspondent telegraphs as follows to
leading Western daily: "a prominent Re-
publican, who claims to have had recent con-
versation with Grant, says that Grant told
him he had no idea OF being candidate for
the third term that he would not run on any
account, although he thinks many members Of
the party want him to. 1t is reported that
Grant further says that he has not denied the
stories concerning the third term, for they are
preposterous, because wholly unauthorized
that it would be impertinent to contradict
what he never dreamed of doing"
A Washington dispatch to the New York
Tribune says the Conservatives Of South Car
olina are circulating petition soliciting the
federal government to resume military con-
troll Of thu State.
General.
The first snow Of the season fell at Lindsay,
| Ont, on the 18th inst, and an early close of
navigation on the back lakes and rivers is ex-
pected.
A large number of Cubans have sailed from
New York to the general rendezvous at Yene-
zuela, from whence it is supposed the next ex-
petition for Cuba will sail.
The second Congress of the Association for
the Advancement of Women held it's sessions
in Chicago on the 18TH 10th and 18th of Oc-
tober, and was largely attended. Among
those present were Mrs Mary A. Livermore,
Susan b. Anthony, Julia Ward Howe, Phoebe
Couzzens, and Jane G.. Swisshelm.
Great excitement prevails at Ann Arbor,
Mich, because of the arrest OF number OF
the Michigan University students by the po-
lice while engaged in athletic sports, on tho