The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-22

Mr.. Justice Mercur, of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania, was in Chicago the other
day and gave his views to a Times reporter
of the Credit Moblier swindle. He says
that "whie in Congress he knew, and every
body else knew, that Congressman were
holding stock in the Credit Mobilier and
nothing was thought of it more than would
be if they owned any other property. The
whole trouble arose from the lack of bold
ness in the men themselves; if they had
come and declared that they had the stock,
and asked what of it, nothing would have
been thought of it. But n sort of moral
spasm struck the country at that time, and
il was held to be wrong for congressman to
hold stock of any kind" At the same time
Justice Mercur admits that Ames distributed
his stock =" to prevent unfavorabe or unjust
legislation"
A young Mr.. Cox is running for Congress
in an independent way in the Fourth Dis
trict of Georgia. At recent gathering of
yeomen he declared his intentions in the fol-
lowing outburst: "If you see iii to send me to
Congress will 90 to the best of my ability.
[Cheers.l l believe | would like to go.
[Renewcd cheers.l In fact know | want
to go. Loud chcers.l l have heard that
the salary is ample, and, as have small
family, won't insist on its increase. [Cheers. !
cate myself. 1t has been hurled at me like
a thunderbolt that am too young. In an
swer to this say, first, | can't help it and
it is not my fault. Second, am trying to
grow older every day. Third, l am succeed
ing. Fourth, am afraid will be much
older than am before l get to Congress. :"
prolonged applause
After u dispassionate review of the Con-
gressional contests in Pennsylvania IA they
are now presented, the Philadelphia Times
thinks that the Democrats are certain to gain
one representive, with the chances in favor
of a net Democratic gain of two to four. The
delegation in the present Congress consists
of II Republicans, 8 Democrats, Green
back-Democrat, and Greenback- -Republi-
can-or, practically, OF IS Republicans and
Democrats. The gain that seems certain
is in Yocum's district. There will be no
change in Philadelphia. Six districts are
more or less in doubt. They are the Twelfth,
now represented by Hendrick b. Wright,
Greenback- Democrat; the Thirteenth, rep
resented by John w. Ryon, Democrat the
Seventeenth, represented by A. ii. Coilroth,
Democrats the Eighteenth, represented by
II. G.. Fisher, Republican the Twenty fifth,
represented by Harry White, Republican,
| and the Twenty sixth, represented by S. b.
Dick, Republican. of these districts, tht
| Twelfth and Thirteenth are naturally Demo
| cratic, and the Seventeenth, Eighteenth
Twenty fifth, and Twenty-sixth are natur
| ally Republican. In the districts represented
by Fisher, White, and Dick there are grave
quarrels among the Republicans the Green
hackers and Democrats are united againt them
and hence there is not n very bright ray o.
hope for Republican success.
The following members of the Forty-sixtl
Congress have, up to this date, been nomi
mated for reelection to the Forty. .seventl
Congress Messrs. II. A. Herbert and G. NJ
Shelley, of Alabama; Horace Davis, II.
Page, &. =. Berry, and r. Pacheco, of Cali
fornia; r. II. NJ. Davidson, of Florida j
ii. Blount, of Georgia; r. NJ. A. Hawk, y
j. Henderson, Is. j. Marsh, J. w. Singleton
w. NJ. Springer, A. Il. Stevenson, j. u. Can
non, A. =. Forsythe, w. A. J. Sparks, w
Il. Morrison, j. X. Thomas, and r. w
Townshend of Illinois William lleilman
y. r. Cobb, 4. NJ. Browne, q. De La Matyr
Il. S. Orth, w. q. Colerick, and w. II
Calkins, of Indiana; NJ. A. McCoid, 4. Up
degrail, N. C. Deering, W. q. Thompson, l.
II. Gillette, and &. C. Carpenter, OF Iowa
John A. Anderson, ID. e. Haskell, an,
Thomas Ryan, OF Kansas j. W. Caldwell
J. C. S. Black burn, and Thomas Turner, o
Kentucky Il. L.. Gibson, j. II. King, and u
| w. Robertson, of LOUISIANA u. Is. Reed, w
=. Frye, 5. ID. Lindsay, q. w. Ladd, and Y
II. Murch, of Maine; Il. NJ. Mcl.ane, OF Mary
land (; Edwin Willetts, j. C. Burrows, o. ID
Conger, r. q. Horr, aud j. A. Hub
bell, of Michigan; NJ. II. Dunnell
and w. ID. Washburne, of Minnesota
II. l.. Muldrow, II. ID. Money, C. Il. Hooker
and j. r. Chalmers, OF Mississippi; NJ. l.
Clardy, r. j. Frost, j. II. Waddill, j. i
| Phillips, and j II. Clark OF Missouri; X. NJ
Daggett, of Nevada; A. NJ. Scales, r. i
Amileld, and Il. b. Vance, OF North Caro-
lima Benjamin ButterwOrth, 4. L.. Young
j. A. Mcmahon, Benjamin Le Fevre, +. II
lIurd, j. w. Kiefer, II. S, Neal, q. /. Con
verse, q. Atherton, q. w. Geddes, A. J
Warner, j. 4, Updegraft, W. Mckinley, an,
Amos Townsend, Of Ohio William Naad A
u. Smith, II. q. Fisher, II. y. Beltzhoover
NJ. h, Wise, r, Erret, T. NJ. Baype, and W
s. Shallenberger, of Pennsylvania; NJ. l.
OConpor, of South Carolina; J.. C.. Houk, g
q, Dibrell, b. McMillin, j. i. House, w.
Whitthorne, and C.. u. smonton, of Tennes
see; d. B. Culberson, Il. O. Mills, aud
Epson, of Texas; C. II. Joyce and James NJ
Tyler, of Vermont; John Goode, Joseph Jon
genson, and j. G.. Cabell of Virginia; Ben
iamin Wilson and John Il. Kenna, of Yves
Virginia; C. q. Williams and II. l.. Hum
phrey, of Wisconsin. Nominations have nc
yet been made in one-half of the Congres
sional districts.