The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-07-18
POLITICAL NOTES.

senatorship,
Col. VIM. Johnston is candidate
for the nomination for Congress
from the Charlotte, n. c., District.
Some few Gcorgians nro found
who believe that neither Stephens
nor Ben Hill saved the State.
Kearncy, the California commute
rist, Is said to bo first class
swearer.
Now we know where to f1l Ben
But!er--till the next Fourth of
July
The President has at last been
endorsed. Anoka county Minneso-
tiars, in Republican convention
assembled, declare that he is getting
along first,rato.
The Radicals of the second North
Carolina district have nominated a
negro named O'IIarl for Congress.
This district has had heavy black
majority.
The Potter Committee is still en-
gage1 in tea ing to pieces the repu-
tations OF those E,uiicAis OF whom
Sherman recently said they We as
honest us himself.
Some time since Postmes;cr~
General Key volunteered tho infor-
nation that tho Potter Committee
would AtoNicau;2o the country ard
bring unnumbcred woes upon the
people. Ho now SAYS it is IL hun
bug, and is doing II thing. The p.
IN. s. may write himsc!t down an
ass.
The Botisi,na Qlrrtattc, Andcr-
son. Weber, Baker and Mrs. Jcnks,
is now practising swat Sl I'll the
harvest BE ?" Shcrm IN is tutor
ana hopes t. hlva his t.vori5a pa
pills ready as u glcc club for the fall
campaign Tlcte wolil have been
aquintettc, hut +NAyc's Il missing
suit since Eliza p.nN5ton dropped
GUS
Secretary Sherman is rcportc l as
saying that Grant is the Republican,
nominee, an II thlt wee the election
held now he would be chosen by
accl.,netion. Johns wish is father
TO the Thought, for daring Grants
two terms no raHcallv otico>holdcr
clmc t"gricf through the virtue of
the administration. 1t WAS Il carni-
val OF thieves am corrurtionists..
Instead Of rushing home t., his
enthusiastic constituents inme e:iilte-
" after the adjournment OF Con-
gress. the Hon. JOHN J. Pattcr ca
seeks region not SO open to eli
matic and other obiectlcns. He is
sheltered within tho protecting
bosom Of Pennsylvania now, and
roams at large just as any United
States Senator: but he doesn't ap-
pear to be carrying ont his ''fvc
years good stealing" programme
with so much enthusiasm as former
ly. Somebody must have inter
ruptcd him in that noble labor.
During the last session Of Congress
Hays attempted to remove Collector
Arthur and Naval Officer Cornell. Of
New York but ConkliMg rallied to
the defence Of his hcnchmAn. pat on |
his war paint and defeated the
removal in the Senate. Now that !
tho Senate has adjourned, Hayes
has quietly dropped the heads Of !
these immaculate officials into his t
waste basket. Merritt and Bart !
succeed them. Cornell was the
first office holder who openly re-
bellcd against the civil service order.
Conkling declines to express m
opinion.
Ben Butler has looked over the |
political field in New England, and |
that with 100000 deposit
tors savings banks in Massachusetts |,
who cant get TIER m onay, all tho
general decentralization that rules in !
Maine, there will he general smash |;
ing of the old party machines next |
fall in those hitherto Republican
Gibraltcrs. Hc ~, hsl:l fro III
California, and will run for Goveln-
or of Mass ,chus": IS by MY of keep
ing tbe bail rolling. Butter isn' ; 4 !
bad gnesscr in politics, AMI his d.
version toward the Nationals means
business.
HAD REALLY ARRIVED. Two Cor !
mans met in San francisco recently. |;
After affactionato greetings the
following dialogue opens
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