National Republican., 1878-07-31
POLITICAL NOTES.

SEVEN Congressional conventions will bo
held In Ohio this week.
DAVID SrALEY is a Prohibition candidate |
for Congress in the third Ohio district.
THE Republicans Of Massachusetts will hold |
their State convention at Boston on Septem. |
Der Is.
THERE Is little talk yet about Judge Keys
running as an anti.ropudition candidate for
Governor of Tennessee.
Hon. JOHN r. CorFRoTH has refused to ac.
cept the Democratic nomination for Congress
in the ninth district of Indiana.
Mr.. CHARLES FOSTER says the Republicans
are sure Of six of the Ohio Congressional dis.
tricts and will probably carry eight
Hon. HENRY VI. RECTOR, in public letter.
declines to become q candidate for Governor
Of Arkansas on the Greenback ticket.
JUDGE WILLIAM ALLEN, Of Greenville, Ohio,
has declined the Republican nomination for
Congress in the fifth district OH account Of i'll
health.
A VERY hot contest Is going on In the Atlanta
(Ga.) Congressional district, where several very
strong Democrats are contending for the nomi-
nation.
A FAIR election would have given the Ro
publican party all the Southern States, except
Maryland and Virginia, in 1576.-Ifdrrisbarg
Telegraph.
The National party everywhere is seriously
debilitated by the wear and tear of its internal
dissensions. 1t Is more formidable to itself than
| to its enemies
Mr.. WRIGHT, the National candidate for
Secretary of Internal Affairs, says his party
will carry Philadelphia in November by q, 900
majority-Pittsburg Post
| EX-SENATOR LYMAN TRUMBULL Is reported
to be of the opinion that Grant will bo the
next President. And Trumbull WAS mover
much Of Grant man, either
THE Democratic Congressional convention Of
| the eighth district Of Missouri has nominated
Colonel John r. Crisp for Congress on the two
hundred and twentieth ballot.
Ir Is the opinion OF Senator Beck that the
Presidential campaign Of 1880 will be fought
on the basis oil tho campaign OF 1876, with
Grant as the Republican nominee.
WHEN workingman votes for Republic
can candidate for Congress, and he is elected,
one thing Is assured such workingman,
namely, n vote in return for the protection of
his labor.-Ifarrisb"rg Telegraph.
ACCORDING to ex-rebcl General Mosby, ono
direct effect of President Hayes policy" has
boen to make General Grant the strongest man
in the South that the Republicans could nomi-
nate for the Presidency. AdUertiser.
The Republican is the only party capable Of
conducting tho Government; the only party in
whose hands 1t is safe. 1t is under no obliga-
ticns to the rebel element in the South, nor
does 1t pander To the dangerous elements in the
North...1oiedO Blade.
Hon JAMES T.. O'HARA Is the nominee for
Congress In the second district In place OF
Brogden. The district has II 900 RepuAica
majority. From what We can learn the nomi
nation gives very general satisfaction Greens.
boro' ~ c. North State.
COLONEL S. b. Dick has been nominated fol
Congress by the Republicans of the twenty
sixth district Of Pennsylvania. He Is lead
ing business man of Meadville, and has been
its mayor. His father, General Dick, repre-
sented the district in Congress several terms
THE Chicago Times, in speaking Of the Sen
atorial contest on the Republican side in Iii
nois, says that the general opinion appears /,
be that Oglesby and Logan will have a mech
and neck race for the Senate, supposing tina
: the Republicans carry tho State Legislature.
THE question arises " Docs Democracy pay
: his rentW 1t Is quite evident that II does no
: at l0li Walnut street, where Mr.. Randall hat
its reception. 1t is II sad thing to see the head
quarters OF u great party in great city in tn
, hands OF constable Ereniag Bal
ieim R,p)
= JomS Il. EDEN the present member of Con
4 gress from the fifteenth Illinois district, wa
beaten in contest for the nomination ol
r wednesday by Hiram d. Decius, who was borl
n in Ohio, has been twice judge Of the Circui
Court, and a member Of the Legislature il
1865, has always been Democrat, and lives II
: Prairie City.
The Democratic press Is stunned over tn
testimony of Secretary Sherman. And wei
7 they may be. But they do not say u wor,
about those two letters. They will soon clos
up shop and wait until winter, when the coli
o weather will induce some other poor devil T.
II swear to anything they want for q suit o
clothes.--Kdnsas city Journal
Q OUR cOtemporaries are exciting thomselye
i entirely too much about the idea that Genera
Grant is too early on the track for 1850.
: lie is not "on the track at all-not yet. II
@ is simply at the track stables, and we hay
been speeding him little in advance of tn
|. race. We find that he Is magnificent runne
d and a great "stayer." When We have exeI
cised him sufficiently We shall blanket hir
A and stable him again until the spring tim
n comes, gentle Annie, in 1880. Then look ou
v fnI a winner -I,IaLa. DsDlnrraI