National Republican., 1878-07-22
POLITICdL NOTI:S.

EvEEY Confederate testi6es strongly for
General P0rter.-in.er Occrn.
SENATOR VoRIIEEs will open the campaign
In Indiana at South Bend, on the 9th.
Hon. +. J. ELLIS, of the second Louisiana
district, will be renominatcd by ncclamatiOn.
THE PennsylvaniG Greenback State Com
mittoe is to hold meeting at Crcss,n, on the
231 inst.
lITHE New Hampshire Republican conven-
tion will be held September 10th, and the
Democratic two days later.
The Democrats arc frightened about tho
sixth district of Maryland. 1t looks as If the
Republicans might capture IT,
A NATIONAL party Is developing In North
Carolina. Former Republicans and Demo-
Gratis unite In the movement
THE Republicans Of the fourth district of
Iowa have nominated Representative N. C.
Deering for reelection to Congress.
HAYES is doing 50 well, most of tho Demo.
Gratis would rather see him In the Presidential
office than Tilden.-- Cincinnati Enquirer
IT Is reported that Secretary Sherman prof
fercd the New York collectOrship to Postmaster
James, but the latter declined the honor.
tlTHERE is nothing more nonsensical than the
cry of danger from the election of General
Grant to third term.-St. Louis Journal.
THE Little Rock ark Gasctie says that
the next Democratic candidate for President
must be Western man and grcenbackor.
THE Grccnbackcrs of the thirteenth Con-
grcssiOual district of Indiana have nominated
Judge Tousley, of Noble County, for Congress.
EX. GOVERNOR SEYMOUR is refusing invita-
tiOns to speak at agricultural fairs this season,
on account of the uncertain state of his health.
THE Democrats begin to show the effects of
their wOrriment over the activity manifested
at the Republican headquarters at Washing
ton.
Hos. X. AUDLEY BROWNE, late candidate of
| the ProhibitiOnists for Governor of Peunsyl-
vania, is again on the stump In the interest of
! the party.
The Wisconsin State Journal says: "The
grcenhaCkcrs seem to be willing to furnish all
the candidates that the Democrats need to fill
every Office.
| Hon. GEORGE l.. Converse has definitely
announced himself u candidate for the Demo
cratic congressional nomination in the ninth
| Ohio district.
THE widow Butler, as a coquettc, seems ia
be decided failure. His nirtations with the
! Massachusetts Democrats bid fair to come to
! naught--SgrGcase Journal.
JUDGE WILEY, Of Wooster, Is the man the
sixteenth district Democrats have put up "a
] run against Major Mckinley. lie will never
be heard of after clcction-Clsreiand Lcader
THE nomination of Finley in the eighth dis.
trict increases the chances Of Il strong ltepubli.
can, aud Is likely to develop opposition to Civ,
ing Foster up to the Toledo distrct.-Ohic
State journal.
Hon. ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS writes to Q
friend In this city that his health Is better now
than 1t has been for the past twenty years
and he has no doubt but that he will DO re
turned to the next Congress.
THERE are Washbums aud Washburnes, buI
W. d. Washburn, who has just been nominated
for Congress by the Republicans in Minnesota
II one Of the Washburns, who embrace three
eX'Congrcssmen and two ex-Goyernors.
II jeff Davis could be induced to make {
tour of the country aud deliver politica
speeches for the Democracy similar to the one
he recently gave in Missouri, the success of tn,
Republican party would be assured every
whcrc.-PhsLurg Dipdtch
THE Pennsylvania GreenbaCk men, says al
exchange, have just discovered that Mr.. Mason
their candidate for Governor, Is acting as at
tOrney for six railroad and two other corpora
tiOns, and that on the subject of usury tn
matter is absolutely appalling "as he figures u