National Republican., 1878-09-12
POIITICIE NOTES.

TuERE will he one Democrat in the Senate
of Vermont. How lonely lie will be.
CARROLL d. WRIGHT, tho statistician, is
talked of for Congress in Massachusetts,.
Hon. sTEwART L. WooDFoED, of New
York, will deliver two speeches in Indiana.
The Democrats of New Mexico have nomt-
mated Benito Baca for Delegate to Congress.
THE Democratic party will now throw It,
self hcadlong into the Greenbacker's embrace.
Ex-SECErARY RoBEsoS and Colonel scovel
will run against each other in New Jersey for
Congress.
JUDGE Z. NORTH CrLLoM Is the Greenbnck
nominee for Congress In the second district of
Louisiana.
THE young Republicans of Salem contem-
plate forninga club this week, and will advo.
cate the name OF General Dovens for Governor
of Massachusetts,.
CONGRESSMAN FRANK JONES has finally
consented to accept u denomination If the
Democratic convention of his district unani-
| nOusly tender 1t to him.
Major HENRY NJ SHORTER, a brother of
| Hon. Eli Shorter, announces that he Is an in
dependent Democratic candidate for Congress
iu the thirl district of Alabama.
THE Lansing Republican announces that ex.
Senator Chandler and senator Christiancy will
| soon unite in addressing q series of meetings
In Michigan Oh the financial issues.
BRADLEY JOHNSON is keeping livery
stable at Oneida, Utah, awaiting such time as
there shall be u Democratic President, when he
expects to bc appointed Governor of the Terri.
| tory.
THEY do say that Edward Avery Is ready to
| sell out the Democrats of the second COngrcs.
iional district Massachusetts,, ii Butler will
support him for Congress; but of course it is a
| SANDER.
THE Democratic vote in Maine for Governor
in 1876 was B),552 This year 1t is not likely
to reach 3D,UOJ. More than One.half OF the
Democratic party has gone clean over to the
Grcenbackers. Figures don't lie!
EX.GOvEaSOR CURrIN, Governor Hartranft,
and Mossrs. bill, HOyt and Mason, the can
| didltes Ot the three parties for Governor, arc
all to be present at the fair of the Miiliin County
Agricultural Slcety ut Lowistown.
Ar the close of the speech of Hon. James f.
| Wilson, at Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, on
| the 81 instant, Luvi Fairbanks, a lifu'lOng
| Democrat, u leading citizen and chairman of
| the Taylor County Democratic Central Com.
lnittee, announced himself Republican hence
| forth.
SOME surprise Is expressed because Hon. J.
| X. TarbON, who was 50 positive an anti-Butler
man two months ago, Is now out in his favor.
| But there Is nothing strange about it. A man
of his size can turn about several times In eight
weeks.-BOTtOR Trdrciier.
ACCORDING to the Raleigh (N. c. Observer,
Congressman William VI. Robbins has become
rcConciled to the nomination of Colonel Robert
| +. Armtel for his seat, and Is now giving
him support aud begging his disappointed
friends to do likewise.
Ex.CoNGREssMES JOIN HILL and William
Walter Phelps arc rivals for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the fifth district Of
| New Jersey. Congressman Cutler, who is
| likely to obtain the Democratic nomination,
has great deal of Democratic opposition.
AT the Democratic caucus in Ward l, Low.
ell, the following resolution was offered: Re.
| solred, That the Democratic party does not
wish TO be tackled on the tail of any new party
To be led by b. +. Butler, and sold out to
Grant, the coming nominee Of. the Republic
cans in lSsO
THE indianapolis Journal has discovered an
| easy way of breaking up Democratic meetings
| 1t merely sends u photographer to make q
| verbatim report of the speeches. Democratic
arguments may tickle the ears of tho faithful,
but II does not do for intelligent voters to study
them too closely.
Dir. W. q. HUNTER has been nominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the third dis
trict of Kentucky. One of the delegates re.
ports to the Louisville Commercial that the dis
| .rct convention was the best attended and
most enthusiastic tho Republicans have held
| in that part Of Kentucky for years.
THE champion speaker of the Forty. fifth
Congress is Mr.. Eden, Democrat, Of Illinois.
| An examination Of the Record shows that he
was on the floor 7?S times during tho session
which lasted from December until July. De-
Quoting the Christmas recess and days when
| the House did not meet, Mr.. Ellen rose" on
an average nearly five times per diem.
PROFESSOR c. II. CHURcHILL, whom the
Prohibitonists of the seventeenth district Of
Ohio nominated for Congress, has addressed a
| letter to tho temperance voters of tho district
declining the nomination, saying that ho con-
| siders Congressman Monroe good representa-
tive for the temperance people, aud does not
wish to do anything that will diminish his
| ma jority.
JUDGE LUKE p. POLAND, of Vermont, is to
contest the scat OF Justin S. Morrill, in tho
United States Senate at the approaching session
of the Legislature in that State. Poland was
elected u few days ago to a seat in the lower
house Of the Vermont Legislature for the
avOwed purpose Of being candidate to sue.
coed Morrill,, and 1t Is said he Is now trying,
with good chance of success, t0 be elected
| Speaker in order to increase his strength for
| the Senate.
JUDGE W. q. RILEY, of Virginia, has been
invited to South Carolina to take part in the
campaign. The Judge is powerful before the
people as u speaker, and does not fear the rilo
clubs or any other clubs. But Virginia is first
entitled to his services, as the outlook Is good
in his State for three Republicans and two In
dependents. In ls72 Virginia voted for Grant
and elected four Republicans to Congress; since
that time the State, in many Of the districts
has had Republican candidates who were un-
successful for many reasons Judge Riley is q
fine organizer, and knows who Is popular and
who the people prefer for their candidates.