National Republican., 1878-09-03
POLITICAL NOTES.

THE Greenbackers and the Labor party Of
New York will not harmonize.
THE Minnesota Prohibitionists are to hold
q State convention In Waseca to-day.
IT Is thought by somo that Butler filed his
petition In political bankruptcy Friday.
WHAT pity wsttcrson did not succeed In
smashing Hewitt with Marble.-Inter- Ocean.
THE Maine Republicans expect u larger ma
jority for Governor Connor than he had last
year.
GENERAL LOGAN has notified the State Re-
publican Committee that he cannot speak in
Ohio.
IT looks y, II the labor organizations were
about to quarantine tho mouth of Dennis
kearney.
SENATOR MATTHEWS will be on the stump
in Ohio before the close Of the campaign.-
Columbus Journal.
J. T. BARD, OF Butler County, Is the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in the twenty
sixth district Of Pennsylvania.
J. MADISON WELLS has announced himsel
as an Independent candidate. for Congress In
the fourth district of Louisiana.
The Republicans of the fourth district Of
Kentucky have nominated Judge John ID.
Belden, of Marion County for Congress.
COLONEL FRANK BURR, the Republican can
didate in the second district Of West Virginia,
EX.PosrMAsTER BINGHAM, of Philadelph Ia,
is u candidate for the Republican nomination
for Congress in the first district Of Pennsylva-
mia.
The Chicago Journal refuses TO take any note
Of the National" nominations for Congress
In Illinois, as they don't amount to enough to
take account Of
THE wisdom of Senator Blaine as politician
ia demonstrated in the Maine campaign,
whore the late disafiected clements are work.
ing in harmony for one grand object.
BUTLER is drcadfuliy opposed to machine"
politics, aud yet when Massachusetts, was suf.
fering most from "Butlerisn" he was engineer.
ing pretty active machine himself.
Is counting up tho Independent" Con.
gressman likely to he elected from the South
it is we'll to remember that they will almost
invariably vote with the Democratic party.
NR. ALEXANDER MCCLURE, of the Phila.
delphia Times, has been looking personally into
the National movement throughout the north
ern tier OF Pennsylvania counties, aud con-
cludes that the malconteuts will cast a great
vote.
Down In Texas, where they will not allow
a negro TO vote the Republican ticket, one dis
trict, the fifth, has placed two leading Demo.
cratS before the people, aud each Is fighting for
the colored vote, under the plea that he Is
friend Of tho present Administration.
Or Wednesday the Minnesota Republican
State Convention will be held in st. Paul and
the Kansas Democratic IN Leavenworth. On
Thursday the Minnesota Democratic meets in
st. Paul and the New Hampshire Grcenback
| in Manchester.
The staunton Valley Pirginian says that few
men have endured more for his political con.
victions than Colonel Mosby, and it predicts
| that the timo will come when fair and Just
men everywhere will give him full credit for
tho high courage he has shown in this respect.
b. +. LoSG advertises himself as an Indie.
pendent candidate for Congress in the second
district of North Carolina on Greenbaok
platform, and mOdestly says he Is satisfied that
the principles he announces will meet the ap-
proval and receive the indorsemont of almost
every voter in the district.