The Portland daily press., 1876-05-04

State Republican Convention, point pretty
surely to substantial Republican victory at
the next election.
The Republicans CT the second congress
sional district of Georgia have chosen dele
gates to the Cincinnati convention, who are
instructed to vote "first, last and all the time"
for Blaine.
The Democratic convention of the sixth
congressional district of Ohio has elected to
the state convention delegates who favor
William Allen for the presidency, and has
passed resolutions in favor of an unconditional
repeal of the resumption act.
The following nominations of Cincinnati
delegates were made by Massachusetts, Re-
publlcans Wednesday: Second District, John
E. Sanford and Edward L. Pierce; Sixth
District, DR.. George B. Loring and Henry
Carter.
A lively contest is impending for the seat
of Senator Ferry of Michigan, whose term
will expire on the 4th of next March. Mr..
Ferry is candidate for reelection, but will
meet with an active and popular opponent in
Governor Bagley. Secretary Chandler may
also be contestant for the seat
School-teachers and others in North Caro-
lima are accusing the State Superintendent of
Instruction of marked "crookedness" in his
recent financial operations. The official be-
ing Democrat, the Democratic papers of the
State are not so righteously indignant as they
otherwise might be.
Taylor, ex"reform' governor of Wiscon-
sin, seems to have been apretty bad lot An
investigating committee has found lots of
payments from the contingent funds during
his administration, for which there were no
vouchers, and which he can't satisfactorily
account for, appearances indicating that he
pocketed the money himself
The resolution of the Indiana Democrats
which declares that they are opposed to the
payment of any part of the Confederate debt
or to any payments for emancipated slaves or
for property Of Confederates which was de.
stroyed during the civil war, is obnoxious to
the Memphis (Tenn.) Aralanche (Dem)
which says that the declaration is ga studied
and uncalled-for fling at the South"
Concerning the late Indiana Democratic
State Convention, the indianapolis Journal
says: ''It is now generally conceded that
there was a ell-concerted and deep laid plot
to kill off both Landers and Holman, and to
nominate Williams. 1t can be proved by
several unimpeachable witnesses that Hol-
man was nominated on the first ballot, and
that the tally sheet kept by the Secretary sus-
piciously disappeared almost Immediately af-
ter the false result of the ballot was an
nounced."
A curious objection to the Centennial Ex-
hibition is made by the Patriot Herald Of
Marion, Va. The editor sustains the action
OF Virginia in not being represented on the
ground that the South cannot be expected
to join heartily in celebration which has
been arranged by a commission having at its
head so partisan an enemy of the South as
Gen. Joseph r. Hawley. He believes Gen.
Hawley is such man because he owns
newspaper in Connecticut which did all it
could in the recent campaign to keep alive
sectional animosities.
A Democratic attempt to fasten on Senator
Morton charge of having misappropriated
$3.50, 1000 when he was Governor of Indiana at
the outbreak of the war is not success. It
only recalls the fact that on account Of the
course of the 'copperhead" majority in the
Legislature, Governor Morton had to borrow
money to maintain the state in fitting out
troops. Secretary Stanton advanced him
S25O,000 from one of the war appropriations
of Congress, all of which was repaid, and the
accounts were satisfactorily adjusted long
ago.
The N. Y. Tribune says: A correspon.
dent familiar with the "ins'' and "outs" of
New England politics writes thus: ''To those
who know the inner workings of Massachu-
sets politics the apparent Withholding of sup
port from Mr.. Blaine as a Presidential can
didate is not surprising. Massachusetts has
never affected Maine or Maine men since the
separation of the two States in 1920. In old
times, Gov. William King, John Holmes, and
Prentiss Mellen felt the weight of Boston dis
pleasure. Later it took the form of opposi-
ton to George Evans-confessedly the lead
ing Whig in Congress from New England af-
ter Mr.. Webster entered Harrison's cabinet.
Still more recently Hannibal Hamlin was
opposed by Massachusetts at Chicago in 1860,
and beaten by her at Baltimore in 1864. Mr..
Fessenden to the day Of his death fell, and
felt very keenly, that injustice was always
done him by Massachusetts, men and Mass
achusetts papers. If Mr.. Blaine is the latest
instance, he has a long line of illustrious
predecessors. But Massachusetts will not
readily forgive him for being native of
Pennsylvania and citizen of Maine."