The Portland daily press., 1876-03-21
Political News.

"Ominous elections" is what the Charles
ton Is. C.) Neaos calls Republican successes
in the cities of Maine.
In Portsmouth, N. H., Daniel Marcy's
home, there was Democratic loss of 110
votes as compared with last year.
New Jersey, too. goes the same way. The
town elections held there last week show de-
cided Republican gains
Belknap 1.-THE county, gave Mr.. Marcy
small majority, at the New Hampshire elec-
ton.
1t is said that the colored Republicans in
Louisiana and other states are for Morton for
Presidential candidate. Nobody else is.
Mr.. Conkng is not mentioned as a Presi-
dental candidate outside of the state of New
York. He is not named among the possioili-
ties outside of that state
The Republican papers in Wisconsin are
asking the late ''Reform" Governor of that
State some ugly questions concerning the dis
position of the contingent fund.
Senator Thurman of Ohio is reported TO
have abandoned his former attitude on the
resumption bill and to be willing to vote for
its repeal. He is getting ready to serve as
part of the tail to the rag baby kite.
Parson Brownlow is trying to get Ben Hill
and Bob Toombs to come and make some
speeches in East Tennessee so as to insure
full Republican vote aud elect the Republican
candidates.
The decision of the United States Senate
in the nomination of Mr.. Dana will very se-
riously affect the Presidential aspirations OF
two candidates whose names do not COM
mence with B.
The Cleveland Leader says: "The crowd
OF candidates has been reduced to two, Blaine
and Bristow. Both of these are able, honest,
competent, and fully possessed of the conf
cence of the party.
Hullo! here's another Democratic fish
brought up in the Investigation drag net
Lawyer Lille, of Washington, swears that the
only Congressman he ever paid for cadet
ship was a Democratic member from Penn
sylvania. Let the good work go on.
The fugitive witness, Marsh. has received
an invitation from President Grant to visit
Washington, under such circumstances that
he will probably accept it, unless his Demo-
cratic friends persuade him to remain in
exile,
A Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Journal says: "The Republicans, al
though in the minority, are making good
their promise to catch two Democrats to one
Republican in the mud-throwing contest
which the Democrats have initiated by their
sweeping resolutions"
1t is rather discouraging to the Democratic
committee investigating the sale of cadet
ships, that the first positive evidence thus far
obtained duplicates democratic member OF
the thirty-ninth Congress. All these corrup-
tion trials seem somehow 70 lead to Demo-
cratic holes.
Gov. Tilden has come out fat-footed as
demsgo,-we mean "reformer"-in vetoing
bill for setting the convicts in the New
"the plain laboring man" would suffer from
their competition. So the convicts remain
idle and the 'plain laboring man" pays taxes
to support them in idleness.
With an eye on the present state of things,
the Richmond Wing observes; Nothing has,
as get, been discovered against the personal
character of Judge Taft; but it would just be
Grants luck if he had robbed somebody's
henroost. Dana, you know, has been found
out.
At Stratham, N. e., on Tuesday, an old
man OF over ninety was taken several miles
TO the voting place. He arrived almost
frozen, but was warmed up with hot tea and
warm dinner. After voting he said he did
not know but he had taken too much risk.
but when he learned that his party-the
Republican-had carried the town by one
vote he was much pleased with his days
work.
In order that Ben Hill may have an oppor-
tunity to repair the damages he has inflicted
upon his party, it is arranged that he shall
deliver carefully prepared Grafton at Colum-
bus, Ca, April 26 Confederate decoration
day. His speech is expected to be more for
political circulation at the north than for
southern use, and in the part ''revised for
publication will be injected full of patriotic
sentiments"
Gen. McGinnis, formerly auditor of Marion
county, lnd., tells about transaction which
Gov. Hendricks had in 1870 in connection
with the formation of canal company and
the sale OF its bonds, by which be got 1862, ,459
in stock and bonds for $17,500, and, as di-
rector in the company, made money good
deal faster than the stockholders did. Nc
Ginnls sued Hendricks and the other direc-
tors to recover money which he had paid in
for stock, and as Hendricks was then can
dtdate for Governor he offered McGinnis
$4,000 to release him from the suit.
Two correspondents at Albany informs the