National Republican., 1878-08-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

How would Tom Ewing do for the second
place on the Ben Butler ticket2
KEARSEY says he picked up all he knows.
He must have lived where II was poor picking.
Ar the rate things arc going politics will be
ll2 degrees In the shade aud still rising before
fall
The Boston Journal says II is entirely void
Of fear as 10 the results Of tho Governorship
campaign.
THE Missouri Democratic State Committee
have levied political assessments Of $3.50 each
on candidates for Congress.
THE Cincinnati Commercial says that Mr..
Dennis Kcarncy has achieved o great success
| In making Ben Butler ridiculous"
THE Columbus (Oho) Republicans are think.
ing of running General Waicutt for Congress.
He would give Mr.. Converse hard fight
The Massachusetts, Prohibitiouists seem to
have settled upon Mr.. George G. Ewing, Of
Holyoke, as their candidate for Governor.
BETWEEN March 4, 1877, and May 20, 1873,
Mr.. Hayes has parloned 2Si offenders against
the laws This affords the nucleus Of Hayes
party.
COLONEL W. p. BuRwELL retirea from the
Congressional race in tho Richmond district,
and pledges hearty support to the nominee
Of the convention.
IT Is thou ght that the creation Of the new
| county Of Lackawanpa, In Pennsylvania, will
| insure the defeat of the Labor ticket In the
| old county Of Luzerne.
THE Democratic press Is denying that JEFF
DAVIS is a candidate for United States Senator
| from Mississippi. This Ia all that was needed
to make the thing sure.
| EX-SESAToRs HARLAN and Wright, Sena-
| tor Kirkwood, and Hon. James +. Wilson are
named as the chief Republican speakers in the
Iowa campaign this fall.
| GESEpAI Ena " n act inn In the Trnitod
States Senate from Georgia is already secured,
| III members Of the Legislature Of that State
having declared for him.
Two Democrats have been murdered by
Democrats In Cincinnati already, and the
campaign is scarcely begun. IL this thing
goes on there will be nothing left for the Re.
publican party 10 fight.
SENATOR WALLACE docs not seem to work
we'll In harness with Blackburn, his political
godfather. Not that he differs with him as to
the Vice Presidency, but he wants Hendricks
not Thurman at the head OF the ticket.
THE Mobile (Ala) Register predicts that When
the balauce of power shall have passed from
the East to tho West and south, tho East will
be eager for separate government. This il
an example Of great industry in borrowing
trouble.
CONGRESSMAN PATTERSON, of Colorado, ha,
challenged james b. Belford, Republican can
lawfully entitled, to u joint discussion of tn,
issues Of the campaign, and Mr. Belford hs'
accepted.
PRIVATE DALZELL has withdrawn his nam,
as Republican candidate for Congress In tn,
thirteenth Ohio district, though he had gooi
chance for securing the nomination. He did
II because he thought the present incumbent
Mr.. Van Vorhes, would poll larger vote. Thi
is sound patriotism az we'll is good sense.
THERE is trouble among the Democracy IL
: the thirteenth Congressional district OF Ohio
4 General Warner who became Democrat II
1875, has captured tho Democratic nomination
by o free use OF money, II is claimed by his op
poncnts. The leading Democratic paper II
the district Is very unhappy over the result.
AN American lady, missionary at Volo
has been threatened aud iusulted by tn
Greeks. II was n Democratic Congress tina
I withheld appropriations with the intent t
=. withdraw American consular protection iron
, citizens abroad. The United Statos gunboa
, Dispatch is inIuiring into this case,
HESTER CLYMER has been renominated :
Congress, despite the formidable opposition O
b Peter Wanncr. There was a bitter feeling Il
= the nominating convention, the Wanner me
1 being especially acrimonious. They will whet
into line however, and support tho nominee
and Clymer will be returned to the Forty.sixt
Congress with the loss of but few Democrati
c votcs.