The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-10
New Hampshire Election.
The Maine-Law Men vote
the Republican Ticket
and Elect it.
Ferry, Of Mich, steps into
Carpenters place.
Arranging the Committees.
Enormous and Extravagant
Expenditures Of Money
Authorized. 1 5
Arranging the Committees.
175. COO 900 of the Peoples 8
Money Appropriated. .
The q. 60. r. r.. Victim
~ lied by Dishonest Ag'ts.
Accidents, Fire, Crime, etc.

BosToN, March 9.-Dispatches from
New Hampshire Indicate an unusually
large vote polled and possible Republi-
can victory through the prohibition vote,
which is generally Republican. y-- >
CONCORD, N. H., March 9.-Returns
from ninety-6ve towns show Republican
gains over last year of Iii. The returns
now insure sweeping Republican victory,
The Republicans claim that they have
elected Cheney and all three congressman,
and have thirty or forty majority in the
legislature. The returns now in show, the,
election of seven senator's The guberna,
terial majority will probably be small. ].
One hundred and thirty towns give gain
for Cheney of 2,5l7. Cheney's vote, 27,.
92S; Roberts, 1878.
CONCORD, March 10, l:3O A. M.-The
cities of Portsmouth, Concord, Exeter, Le-
banon, Lttleton, Nashua, Keene, Roches-
ter, Dover and Clairmont return an aggre-
gate Republican vote this year of S,549,
and a Democratic vote of $780,.
against last years total of 7,47S Republi,
can and 6,055 Democrat. One hundred
towns give Cheney, Republican, q, ,4S2 !;
Roberts, Democrat, 1852; White, Pro-
bitionist, and scattering 478. These
towns last year gave McCutchen. Repub-
lican, 22,878; Weston, 23,758; Blackmer
and scattering 1856, which is gain of 2,
| 764.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, March 9.--In the
senate, the committee on elections will hold
a final session this, afternoon in the con-
tested case of Gehring vs.. Marshall, from
tie Win county district, 1t is clear now,
to the ordinary prehension. that Mar
shall will be unseated and Gehring Dem
ocrat) seated in his place by the report of
the committee. Marshall had but twelve
majority, and the committee will find that
he got sufficient nupber of Illegal votes,
which if they had. been thrown out would
have defeated him.
The bill repeating the Registry law was
ordered to a third reading-ayes %; nays
l5-a number of Republicans favoring it.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-The caucus Of
Republican senators to-day chose Ferry
for president prOtempOre OF the senate anG
on the meeting Of that body he was elect
ed, receiving 80 to rs for Thurman. The
caucus also approved the report of the
committee on revision of the standing com
mittees,
/ The caucus agreed to give the Demo
Gratis Craftsmanship and a majority of tht
committee on revolutionary claims. II
addition to the two committees heretofor,
controlled by them some of the standin,
committees formerly consisting of sever
members now have nine, in which tn,
Democrats have three members and OF
committees of seven they have two mem
bers.
The caucus debated the subject of ser
geant- alarms and the name of Charlie
| Kennedy, of New York, was pressed t.
succeed the present incumbent. Mr.
French, who was elected in 1869 and hae
at that time Kennedy as his competitor
at the adjourned meeting Thursday thi
question will be disposed of and ais
whether it is expedient to make othe
changes.
In the senate standing committees tn
: following changes have been made in tn
a chairmanships: Conklng has the CON
8 mittee of commerce, in place of Chandler
6 Hamlin, post offices and post roads. i
place of Ramsey; Oglesby, public land:
in place of Sprague Ingalls,, pensions,
e place of Boreman; West, railroads, i
4 place of Stewart; Sargent, mines, an
b mining, in place of Hamlin; Boutwell,, re
vision of laws, IN place of Conkling; Pa
terson, education and labor, in place {
Flanagan Clayton, civil service and re
i trenchment, in place of Wright. Tw
lcommittees are given to the Democrat.
Thurman being chairman of that on pr
vate land claims, and Stevenson chairma
> of that on revolutionary claims.
:. After the announcement of the stant
ling committees in the senate to-day, th
lconsideration of the resolution for the aC
" mission of Pinchback was resumed, an
I Morton continued his argument.
d 1t is intimated at the treasury depar
If ment that the contemplated call for tt
e retirement of $4,000, 600 of bonds on a
l count of the sinking fund will not be mao
E for day or two, and it has not yet bee
2 decided what number of bonds shall
,e called in.
!, The aggregate of the twelve general al
II preparation bills just passed is about $l75
x 100000.
y !, INDIANAPOLIS, March 9.-In pursuans
N of the governors call, the Indiana legisl
4 ture convened in extra session this morl
Sc ing and organized by the election of of
GERS. The governors message was rea
IL Sdy tldC TIE UlliS WHICH were lmpO
tant, if not essential, were left unacted upt
y at the adjournment, namely, the reven,
and general appropriation bills, regulatir
. salaries of public officers, sales of liquor
I etc.
COLUMBUS, March 9.-At the Sta
Grange to-day 234 delegates were preser
n and enough visiting brethren to make Il
a number 500 or 600. The secretary's r
= port shows ,l46 oranges in Ohio, with
J membership of 5000
= New YORK. March 9.--Whitelaw Rel
J of the Tribune sent to-day $4,000 more
the Kansas andNebraska grasshopper ST
! ferers, making $l2, 100 from the Tribu
one dollar fund.
10 MONTREAL, Can, March 9.-The Gra,
b, Trunk Railway buildings at Point s
re- Charles. comprising large frame stru
Is Is ture, 400 by loo feet, the freight car 1
IS. pair sheds, and brick building adjoiniu
the upper part of which was. occupied
the general Offices, were destroyed by e