National Republican., 1878-09-09

fore. There are several candidates and appar.
emily no chance for agreement. The Trrreiic7
fayors the candidacy Of the Hon. John d.
Alley.
| Rev. LEWIS CAPELL, OF Virginia, has an.
nounced himscllas candidate for Congress In
the Lynchburg district on the platform Of IN o
interest on money, and death to lawyers"
JouS A. ANDERSON. the Republican candi.
date for Congress In tho first district Of Kan.
sas, is Presbyterian minister and president
of the State Agricultural College at Manhattan.
COLONEL IIoYT, the Republican candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania, is making a
| vigorous fight in the oil regions where the
tireonback craze Is apparently most to be
| feared.
THE Democratic convention which nomin.
ated Congressman Hester Clymcr. Of Penn.
sylvania, for reelection formally presented him
as q candidate for United States Senator at the
next election.
Ex-Governor DAVIS, Of Texas, ono Of tho
| strongest Republicans in the State, advises all
members of his party to vote the GreenbaclS
ticket, for the reason that by so doing they can
| oppose Democracy.
JoHN f. MINES, who tried to destroy Conk-
ling. and found himself in the condition OF
the bull that tried to butt the locomotive oil
the bridge, has gone over, body aud breeches,
to Ben Buffers party.-Inter- Ocean.
THE Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle expresses will.
lingness to have tho Democratic majority in
the next Congress made smaller by one mem.
Der, provided that one be that monumental
fraud" Hon. Carter Harrison, of Illinois.
An Iowa Greenback meeting has adopted a
resolution rs follows: We demand that mort.
cages shall be untaxed, so that no one need pay
taxes on property he does not own" They
seem to have forgotten their antipathy to the
money-lender.
FouR names arc being more or less actively
canvassed in Cumberland County, Nd, in con.
nection with the Republican Congressional
nomination, viz: Hon. Lloyd Lowndes jr.,
Hon. Henry w. Hoffman, DIR. G.. L. Porter, and
Colonel Charles Gilpin. 1t Is not unlikely AL
legany will present one of the above names to
the convention.
IT Is said that S. 900 has been received by
Milton Siyler from Kentucky, rs q means of
aiding him In the canvass. If each dollar Is
not represented by u voter from that State on
the -Ih of October II will be u wonder. Ken
tuckiaus have a way of crossing the river on
election days TO help their Democratic neigh
bOrs on the Ohio side.
ATTORNEY. GENERAL MCJuSKIN, of Iowa,
has informed Governor Gear that, in his opin-
ion, 1t would not be legal 10 hold q separate
election for Congressman in that State in No.
vcmbcr. lie says that the time for the elec.
ton of at least some Of the State officers is fixed
by the constitution OF tho state for October,
and that consequently, under the amendment
to the national law, the election of Represen-
tatives in Congress must be held at the same
time.
CONGRESSMAN AYLErT II. BrCRSER, of the
thirteenth district of Missouri, said in recent
speech that he could not indorse the State
Democratic platform without stultifying him.
self aud surrendering his honest opinions and
convictions which he would not do to retain
his seat. the Democracy of the district, he
added, were unwilling to trust him. holding
these opinions, they could set him aside or let
him 20 before the people, and he would canvass
the district aud denounce from county to
county the absurdity and utter impracticablity
of the views held by the so.called National
Greenback party.