Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-04
Political Notes.

Grants declaration that he has no "aspira-
tons" does not discourage his boomers. Ne
braska has declared for him with hurrah per
republican convention Thursday.
The New York Star (Tammany organ) has
rather unlikely story to the effect that Tilden
has bought stock in the New York Times to the
extent Of $4,000, and that the Times Is to work
hereafter in the interest OF Tilden.
The Cincinnati Enquirer deny says: 'sThe
hurrah for Hancock does not take in Ohio"
GOV. "Blue Jeans" Williams, Of Indiana
Is said to feel sighted because he has not been
invited to take part In the Ohio canvass.
Joseph Thompson, the blacksmith orator OF
Baltimore, has returned to the democratic fold
On the other hand, Miles Kehoe, Of Chicago,
ex-chief OF the fire department and ex-state
senator, has renounced democracy and joined
the republican party. He is an Irishman, and
had great deal OF influence as a democrat
Whether or not he can take his former Irish
followers into a new political camp remains to
be seen.
The colored voters of Virginia have sound
and honest views on the state debt question
Rev. w. B. Derrick, a prominent colored minis
ter, Of Richmond, says:-"The negro as voter
white fellow citizens) should show by the cast
ing OF his votes that he comprehends the situa-
ton, and is determined to maintain both the
state and national credit"
The Oxford miss Falcon democratic pa
peper published at the home of Senator Lamar
takes gloomy view OF the prospects OF the
regulars OF the party in the pending canvass.
1t says: "Never in the history of Mississippi
pclitlcs has the democratic party been so dis
organized, so nearly without leadership as 1t is
now, wholly and entirely without platform
debating the true line Of policy upon which the
night is to be made, the party gropes in the dark
or divides and follows OF would be leaders,
who dictate and advocate platforms and poll
cies OF their own, without consulting the party
or shaping these platforms and policies to fit
party views" The Falcon also charges that
some OF the men entrusted with the manage
ment or the campaign are conducting 1t in
their personal interests, without regard to par
~ good, and altogether, seems to think the
party is in bad way.
Judge Settle, OF North Carolina, gives the
following as the exact words of Grant to him
last republican national COL ition: /" would
not have you think OF doing SO. For 16 years |
have been under strain which / do not see
how i, or any other man, could endure and I
am determined at the end OF my term to have
some rest and recreation" The Judge thinks
now, however, that Grant has had his rest aud
recreation; that the reasons which might have
existed against his candidature no longer exist:
and that the ground-swel in his favor is ire
sistible.
In Connecticut, on Monday, october 6, town
officers will be chosen, and the sense of the
people will be taken upon proposed amend
ments to the constitution Of the state, which
provide for biennial sessions OF the legislature.
and give judges OF the supreme and superior
courts Of the state tenure OF Office during good
behavior till Is years OF age.
In Colorado, on Tuesday, october I, will be
held an election for an associate judge OF the
supreme court OF the state, and for district at
torneys, &C.