, 1879-03-09
THE SITUATION.

| AAhRlsOS'S NOMINATION..
| The only thing Of any real interest In DO
litical way which happened yesterday was tht
nomination OF Carter q. Harrison for Aluyol
at the Grccnback Convention. This
was by no means unexpected. Ii
had been previously announced in the
| papers, and was only part Of programme
which had been determined on long before. Il
don't follow, however, oy any means, that this
| nomination will add materially to his
! strength. 1t recalled to the minds
OF some the nomination obtained
! by Lfeb for the 50 Workingmen's" Convention
| as represented in the Convention at least,
| consists of two factions,-the Nation
alists, As they are called. and
the Greenbackers. This nomination,
split the party asunder, and the irrecon-
anybody SO as to beat Harrison. That
the Democracy will indorse Mr.. Harrison's
nomination, there seems to be no question, the
leaders looking upon him as q stroBg man,
except, perhaps, for his squabble with the Irish
over Gen. Shields last year, aud that theY be-
IieTe he has outlired. But there is SO
little confidence felt in his election that there is
ee tor bs f1nsr cf io ae
putting up Mr. Harrison was the idea
that he wou1d bleed ltberal1y,-a thing
which other candidates had refused
to do. Mr.. Briggs might have been their favor-
been for the fear that his opposition to Kern at
the last election would have been repaid, in
case OF bis nomination, By the strenuous oppo-
sitio1 Of kern's friends.
NOT READY TO SPEAK.
4 reporter called on Mr.. Harrison late last
night to ask him whether he would accept the
nomination. &c refused to be seen, however,
aro of efof-1ase- sni3 that II n
he had heard of the action ot the Convention,
and that he would not be prepared TO say any
thing on the subject until Monday.
ON TIE REPUBLICAN, SIDE,
where there is an assurance Of victory, the state
Of affairs was much more lively, and the activity
Attorney, and Clerk was something surprising:
For the first position the candidates are still
Messrs. Hall, Farwcll, Sherwood, Floto, Chet-
lain, and John F. Stafford, an old citizen, who
has wide acquaintance and personal influence
among men OF all parties IN the cty. Joha
O'Neil, OF the North Side, has come out as new
candidate. He is a recent convert to Repub-
iicanism, aId is. under any circumstances, too
late in the field to have any show Of success.
eates m 'tiat that % aS s no o too~n T Mr. %
has been ont Of town for q few days, but
returned yesterday, and put his shoulder to the
wheel. For the City-Attorncyship,, the situa-
tion remains about as it was. Mr. sam
uEA &APD+(ItA OEHlL5 kAE tLALA u ta4V
story started By his opponents, that he
had Withdrawn from the contest. He intends
to go into the Convention, and to fight it out
till the end. The Convention will be held day
after tomorrow. The real fight Is on the door,
and it is almost waste Of tfmelto indulge in
speculationa as to who the successful man
will be.
ALDERNAN1c.
Owing to the contest for what are considered
the leading otfices-the more ysluable oucs-
the Afdcrmautc positions hare almost passed |
majority Of the many aspirants Tor |
them are persons who are not fitted to be men, |
bers Of the legislative branch OF the CITY |
Government. Some Of the persons who !
have been suggested bv the ward clubs |
at the meetings held yesterday, and on |
previous occasions, are young men, but it Ia !
impossible TO tell in how many cases the choice |
Of the clubs will be ratified at the primaries to
be held tomorrow night. The matter is one OF |
too much Importance to pass unnoticed, and !
every citizen who takes any interest in low |
taxes and an honest Government should turn |
out tomorrow afternoon and cast bis vote for q !!
good man.
Mr. Z. {. Cole has been put up 10 the field By
his friends as = candidate for Alderman in the
Eleventh Ward.
There issome talk Of running Theodore Brown
Tor Alderman in the First Ward, i'll o.
position to D. J, Lyon, who was nominated by
me OF the ward clubs last night Among o:hecr
oersons spoken Of are j. Ward Ellis, Milton