National Republican., 1878-07-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

JUDGE HOLMAN, Of Indiana, Is likely to be
returned to the next Congress.
ex-senator CARPENTER Is at home In Mil
waukec, a candidate for reelection against
Senator Howe.
HARD work Is promised by the Kentucky
Republicans, and they hope to gain Q Con-
gresham or two.
r. II. GLASS Is a candidate for the Demo.
cratic nomination to Congress in the fourth
Virginia district
The Democrats Of the sixth Ohio Congrcs.
sional district nominated for Representative In
Congress w. d. Hill. Of Defiance County.
" the Maine Grccnbaekors have as many
voters rs they have candidates for Office, they
will make things lively for tho Democratic
party.
SENATOR THURMAN is q political Peter. When
any one speaks OF the cause of honest money
which he has betrayed, he gets very angry,
and wonders why there should be any doubt
of his loyalty 10 soft-money principles. s.-C Gin.
ciHndi Gd=eitc.
TIE Grecnback Congressional Convention
for the fifth Maine district was held at Belfast
Tuesday. Thompson Murch, of Rockland,
secretary OF the National Stonecutters Union,
was nominated for Congress. lie Is about forty
years old, and was formerly Democrat.
THE Greensboro (N. c. North State claims
that the Democrats arc sadly broken up
throughout the State, II says: THE disfrau.
chisemcnt of the people and the bad county
government have at last walked up our citizens
to kick over tho traces and control matters
themselves"
The Little Rock Ark Gasette says: Tho
leaders Of tho New York and New Jersey
Democracy have mislod the party heretofore
to Its SORROW They must now fall In or fall
behind. The next Democratic candidate for
the President will be u Western man aud q
Grecnbacker."
SURVIVING soldiers in Indiana will hardly
vote to make United States Senator the man
who, In 1862, called them Lincoln dogs and
hirelngs," and advised them to go to the
nearest blacksmith-shop and have an lion
collar made and placed around their nccks
inscribed my dog.-A. Lincoln" Daniel
W. Voorhees, did this thing.-C'er,idnd Leader
GOVERNOR VANCE, Senator Merrimon, Gen,
eral Clingman, and Mr. Leach, are all candi
dates for the Senate in North Carolina. Gov,
ernor Vance seems to have the best chance o
success though II renewal of tho coalition bo'
tween Merrmon and the Republican member:
OF the Legislature may result In eithg. tue re-
election Of the latter or the selection OF Leach
or Clingmau.
MosEs W. FIELD the head Nationalist and
principal wOrkiugman's" shriekcr of Michi
gan, is one of the richest men in the State, an(
every dollar OF his money was made by shay.
ing notes aud lending money ut oxhorhitant in
tercst His dodge was to loan OH real-estatG
security at eighteen per cent. act as his owl
attorney In foreclosure, aud between interes
aud fce cat up tho entire property lOLed
Blade,
THERE Is talk Of sending Hon. Elihu b
Washburne to Congress from the third distric
North Chicago, where since his return from
the Paris mission, he has gained q residence
aud Mr.. Brentano, tho present member say
ifWashburne will bo a candidate, he will no
oppose him. Mr. Washburne was first electet
in ls5l, for the Galona district, aud con
tinued to represent II during sixteen years o
eminent public service. In view of Grant
possible candidacy in l5S0, the rcappearano
, Of Washburuo IN tho House would be a coinci
dcnCc.-IHiIOiS State Journal