The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-04-11

expected, for nobody had o right to
expect Observation-Disclosures ZT,7aes
About the only Republican editor
who is standing by the President
solidly just now is General Joe
Hawley, of the Hartford Coetraaet.
Congressman Throckmorton and
Governor Hubbard are the leading
candidates for nomination to the
Chief Magistracy Of the Lone Star
State.
The Milwaukee Sentinel, the lead
ing Republican paper Of Wisconsin,
appears to think that Howe hasn't
one chance in three millions OF
being returned to tho Senate.
At the Fremont, Iowa, Greenback
Convention Senator Voorhees, re-
ceived forty votes as the next candi-
date Of the party for President, to
eight for Brick Pomeroy.
The Legislatureof Missouri Mt it's
last session rearrangod the Congress
sional districts of the State. It is
going to see if tho Republicans can
pick up four members next time.
The President never fails to take
notes when anybody is recommend
ed for appointment. It is sad fact,
however, that most of these notes
are regularly protested.
1t costs 100000 less to run tho
Legislature of Louisiana this winter
than it has done any year since Re-
construction, and yet there are peo-
pie who think Packard ought to bo
governor.
According to the Montgomery
Mail and Advertiser the Hon.
Peter Hamilton is the coming Demo-
cratic senator from Alabama. He is
leading lawyer, and, if elected, will
succeed Spencer.
Gen. Il. N. Bates, who was nomi-
mated for State treasurer of Illinois
by the Nationalists, on Wednesday,
is Republican, and is now working
to secure the endorsement of tho
COufeuUlOu.
Out in Wisconsin man named Geo.
w Allen is riding around on the
Honest Money League with the
cheerful expectation of finally being
carried into the United State Senate
the place where Howe now is.
Ex-senator Alexander Ramsey, of
Minnesota, thinks he has boen out of
public life long enough for tho pubs
lie good, and he will try to get into
Congress this fall. Senator Ram
sey is we'll known in Pennsylvania,
where he lived years ago.
The irreconcilable newspapers of
the West are keeping themselves
busy. these days nominating Grant
for the presidency in 1880. BY and
by the Republican convention will
come along and upset their calcula-
tions, very likely.
The workingmen of California
have not yet hung Senator Bones
Arrangements for doing so have
been temporarily disarranged by
proposal to hang the whole Legisla-
ture, which is the only thing that
will answer the purpose now, up
psrently.
Mr.. B. Gratz Brown no longer
buffers his watermelons. He is on
the stump for prohibition, and he
declares that Missouri must be
made "a sober State, peaceably if
we can, but byllegislation and forcible
measures if we must" Sensible
Brown
They say out in Indiana that Sec
retary Thompson, of the navy de.
partment, would like to succeed
Mr.. Dan Voorhees, in the United
States Senate, and tho story is very
probable. He is by all odds the
best Republican so far mentioned,
and the list is pretty long one.
The politicians are oil out of
breath trying to run their conven-
tions in ahead of each other. just
a. likely as not we shall got up
some of these fine mornings and
discover that the nominations are
all mado. There is nothing like
getting an early start in an uncer-
tain race.
In Massachusetts the Republicans
are again talking Of running Thomas