The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-03-26
Political Memoranda.

1
BEN WADE is spoken of as the next
Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio.
CARL SCHURz is going to Europe soon
after Congress adjourns, accompanied by
his family.
SENATOR MATT CARPENTER, it is re-
| ported, viii hereafter reside in the East,
probably in Washington or New York.
THE Governor of Connecticut has APP
pointed Senator-elect Eaton to the va
cancy in the United States Senate Gre
ated by the death of MIR. Buckingham.
The Cincinnati Commercial says every
United States Senator recently elected
with the exception probably of Andy
Johnson-is opposed to expansion of the
currency.
Gov. CAMPBELL, of Wyoming, who
has just been appointed by President
Grant Third Assistant Secretary of State,
was at the breaking out of the war a COM
position on the st. Louis Republican.
BROOKLYN argus s. Charles Francis
Adams has settled down again. He is
one of those rare and delicate objects
preserved in the cabinet of national
esteem, that are only taken out on great
occasions, and exist rather for ornament
than for use.
SENATOR TIMOTHY HOWE, of Wiscon-
sin, is quoted as saying of ConkIng's
Louisiana speech in the Senate &c I may
change my mind upon further considera-
ton. But as it strikes me now, this
speech of Mr.. Conking' is, without any
exception whatever, the greatest orator.
cal effort of which we have any record in
English literature.
THE wardrobe of the Speaker pro tenn
of the Louisiana House of Representa-
hves is thus described by New York
Times correspondent s. He presented
| very remarkable appearance. His
| clothes We're much too small for him, and
| had cracked in two or three places.
Through these holes soiled shirt APP
peared, and in the bosom of this garment
a valuable diamond pin was placed. The
| young man wore dirty shirt collar and
and flaming red necktie.
| Mr.. ANGUS CAMERON, the new Senator
| from Wisconsin, as already announced,
/ is a native of New York State. Previous
| to his removal to Wisconsin, about
twelve years ago, he was banker and
broker in Buffalo, and the Courier of
that city gives this remembrance of him
tsHe is remembered in this city as man
| of sterling integrity and character, whose
genial address and temperament attached
to him as personal friends all those who
had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
NEW YORK Tribune: "The election
of q new Senator to succeed Carpenter
| win require the election of a new Presi-
dent aro tenn. of the Senate for the Forty
fourth Congress. Vice-President Wilson
| being from the East, it Is claimed that
the Presidency pro tenn. properly be-
longs to the West. The name of Senator
Ferry of Michigan has been prominently
brought forward, not only ON sectional
grounds but because of his qualification
for the position, which has been repeat
edly shown by his temporary occupancy
of the chair. y
THE editor of the Flemingsburg (Ky.1
Democrat has received call from Gen.
John s. Williams, a Democratic candi
date for Governor ssWe were sur
prised," says this candid editor In &C
knowledging the visit, g to find him sc
full of enmity toward the members o1
the Kentucky press, and particularly
against those whom he termed the kid
glove and snobby portion of it. Gen,
Williams is a fluent talker, and ON
readers can imagine the scoring we re
ceived from him. His manner toward
us was harsh, and we parted from him II
disgust.
q A WAsHnNGToS correspondent says
ex-senator Doolittle should not claim tn.
exclusive credit for having defeated Mat
, Carpenter. They say that Alexande,
, Mitchell, of Milwaukee, who was il
Wisconsin during the entire Senatoria
, campaign, decided which one of the fou
names submitted to the Democrats by tn,
eighteen boilers should be United States
, Senator. It is presumed that the fact tina
Angus Cameron is of Scotch descent ha<
,, something to do with Alexander Mitch
! ellis choice
THE Nashville Banner says of tn
! young man whom the Sc Essex states
3 man . lately stirred up: Sc We are franl
\ to say that we do not admire the attitud
. which the Hon. John Y. Brown, of Ken
9 lucky, occupies In Congress, as a typica
. Southern representative, SO well as tina
9 of Lamar, of Mississippi, or Gordon, o
y Georgia Somehow the belligerency o
our Kentucky politicians always except
Q ing Beck and Knots so much NOR,
= ostentatious than twelve years ago, tina
Q it seems just a little 1l-hmed. Brown
I | impresses us as young gentleman O
more talent than tact, and less discretion
, than valor. He certainly got worste.
in his little tilt; but we shouldn't min,
. that but for the fact that in the sell
: assumed role of the South's David b
! missed the one-eyed Goliath of Radical
ism, and gave the Philistines one NOR,
chance to cry foul
Teaching Children.
I An English teacher, enjoining upol
l the members of a training class thei
2 duty of giving to children bright an.
, happy thoughts of religion, used thi
> illustration of the danger of the opposit
: course /:
. He said little girl was once askini
her elder sister about heaven.
do they play in heaven ~ she IN
quired.
g No, they do not play there. =
: g What do they do 2"
: They sing and are good.
s care there no toys there 2"
|. "No."
n "No dolls, no balls, no Noah's ark ~
n 6 No, no r.
t g Then, . said the little one, e sha
t take my dolly and go to hell.
g The speaker said he rather liked Lr
+ ther's idea of heaven, and referred to hi
t letter to his son. in which he told of th
!. bows and Girls who play about the golde