The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-11-19

is annoyed at the large deficiencies in the de-
partment, which are increasing every year.
but thinks the present rates Of postage will
be sufficient if he is permitted to retrench in
several directions. He needs legislation to
enable him to reduce the cost of transortation
and in order to bring about other reforms in
the depart ment. If this is refused he says
the cost of the mail service will in few
years, be grievous burden
Congressman Charles Hayes, Of Alabama,
has been arrested for assaulting Mr.. White, a
correspondent of the New York Tribune.
A special dispatch to Chicago paper has
the following: The President has made up
his mind to take decided stand in favor of
the resumption of specie payments in his an
nual message. 1t is understood that he will
recommend Congress to perfect Legislation
for specie resumption and favor specially
| some date, several years hence, on which the
government should resume. He does not
suggest any plan of his own, but believes that
| Legislation can be devised by which the gov
| eminent can resume in 1875.
Political.
| The Pomeroy bribery. trial has begun in
| Buckingham, Kansas. The recollections of
| Pomeroy, so far as the alleged bribery is con-
cerned are uncertain and treacherous, but he
does remember something discreditable to
| Senator Ingalls,, and promises to bring it out
| in this trial
| The new Legislature of Wisconsin, Just
elected will have Republican majority of 80
on joint ballot. The Republican majority on
( the State ticket will be about 5000.
| The General Assembly of Arkansas has met
under the new Constitution. Both houses
| effected permanent organization, and met the
next day in joint session to receive the Gov
ernor's message. The Speaker Of the House
then declared the result of the recent cleo
ton, and the newly-elected State officers were
| installed.
The Hon. jeremiah S. Black and the Hon
Charles R. Buckalew are the men chiefly
| spoken of by Pennsylvania Democrats as
candidates for Senator SCOTS seat. [
One of the oddities.of the late election if
that Massachusetts elects Democratic Gov.
ernor, while South Carolina elects to the same
Office a Republican, imported from Massa-
chusetts at that. II the spirits of the departed
keep track of earthly affairs, and keep up ole
associations, Webster. Calhoun, Sumner and
Brooks must have experienced thrilling SEN
sations after the elections.
Hon. E. B. Washburne is proposed by Mil
waukee paper as the next Republican candi-
date for the Presidency,
A special dispatch from Washington to 8
leading Western Opposition paper states that
there is great want of harmony between Presi.
denf Grant and some of the Republican lead
some of the existing differences is the deter
mination which Grant has expressed to adhere
rigidly to the civil-service rules in making ap
pointments to and removals from office. He
distinctly intimated that where an officer wa:
honest and efficient, he did not think he
should be removed for having voted the Op
position ticket This is quite the reverse Of
what the politicians have been representing
The Congressional delegation from Wiscon.
sin in the next House will stand five Repub-
licans and three Democrats. A Democratic
gain of one.
A new candidate for the Minnesota Senator.
ship appears in Hon. John s. Pillsbury, who
has strong support in the northern counties
of the State.
The New York Tribune considers Andrew
Johnson's chances of being elected Senator
from Tennessee as being first class.
The Cook County (Chicago) Canvassine
Board, which has been hearing arguments
pro and con. in the contested case between
Farwell and LeMoyne, for Congress, has come
to a final decision giving the certificate to Mr.
Farwell, Republican, whose official majority
in the entire district is 1856.
The Democrats are making arrangements
to contest the election of Strait. the Repub.
lican for Congress in the second district OF
Minnesota They claim that Cox is elected
by not less than 100 stating that the vote OF
a small county called Monongalia, which is
strongly Republican, should have been count.
| ed in the third district instead of the second
Straits friends however, claim that the
county was consolidated with Kandiyohi
which is in the second district, by Gov. Aus.
tin four years ago.
A New York Herald special dispatch from
New Orleans says the President of the Louisi-
ana Returning Board has official knowledge
that additional Federal troops have been Or
dered to New Orleans. It is intimated from
the same source that in Congressional dis
tricts where informalities are disclosed nc
certificates will be granted, leaving the gov.
eminent to order a new election.
Speaker Blaine has written letter to the
Portland Press in response to paragraph
mentioning him as possible candidate for
Senator, in which he decidedly states he
should under no circumstances accept the
Senatorship.
A Washington special to the Chicago Times
gives the particulars of the bad feeling exist.
ing between Postmaster General Jewell and