Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-27
Political Notes.


An election takes place to-day In Baltimore
for the first branch of the city council.
The Republican Congressional Committee has
finished the distribution of documents for this
campaign, except a few being sent out when
they are asked Tor.
The Jackson Democratic Association have
concluded elaborate arrangements for receiving
at the Imperial Hotel, reuurnS OF the Presiden-
tial election on the evening OF the I'd proX.
Kenward Philip. who has been arrested to-day
In New York, as reported by telegraph. on
charge OF being the forger of the Chinese Letter
Is one OF the editors OF Tadh, the paper in which
the letter first appeared.
Senator Lamar Is stumping Mississippi, though
physically SO weak that he has to talk Sitting In
chair.
EXU L. s. Treasurer F. E. Spinner IS going
about on foot in Herkimer county. NY, making
per- onal canvass or voters In behalf OF Gar
field.
The following additional congressional nomi-
nations are annOunced:-S W. MoultOn (dem J.
18th Illinois; A. p. Forsythe {rep) 18th Illinois:
Rev. j. Hyatt Smith DENY, Sd New York; Daniel
W. Tallmadge rep), 4th New York.
At the instance of the national republican
committee, H. L. PelOuze. the republican nomi-
nee for Congress in the third Virginia district,
{Richmond,) has been withdrawn, and republl-
can voters requested to vote for John s. Wise,
the feadfuSter candidate, On account Of his
views on the tariff.
Secretary Schurz returned to Washington last
night, quite hoarse from the campaign in New
Jersey and Connecticut. This afternoon at 5:45
the Secretary leaves for Baltimore, at which
place he will speak tonight. On Saturday
night the Secretary will speak in Philadelphia
MIR. Schuz says that although New Jersey Is
ordinarily democratic state, the republic q
managers think it will give its electoral vote t.
Gen. Garfield by 5000 majority, and that New
loik Will roll up republican majority o;
$4,000. In Connecticut the republicans also are
confident OF success.
Gen. NJ. w. Gary, OF South Carolina, who has
been accused OF sulktng In his tent because he
did not get the democratic nomination for gov
was ''sO1e-headed.' He said the entire dem
cratic nominations, national, state and Local
must be supported and elected, this time, as :;
"party necessity but in 1882, he contiuuei
the fight for purification OF the state democracy
from ''fuslon1s1n and negroism' must be mad
Gen. Gary believes In a white mans party auc
IS opposed to the Hampton policy of obtaining
cclOTed votes for democrats.
II. L. Morey was found by the Utica ObSerre
but he has been lost again. Four days ago that
paper said that resident Of Utica named Win
n. NaSh who had formerly lived in Lynn IL.
membered Morey. But Nash makes the follow
ing statement In the Utica Herdid OF October
1.-The Observer OF this evening evid emily misuu-
dersfOed me. l said that had Ii ved in LYnl
Mass, during the years they stated In their ed
tor1aj; that knew there was man empiOye ed
by the Manufacturers Union to hire non Girls
pins, and that knew this man by sight. d;d
not say bis name was Morey, or Ii. L. Morey
as did not then nor do now know whethe,
bis name was Morey or not. Please make The
correction,