The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-06-24
POLITICAL POINTS.

President Garfield, says Washing
ton telegram, is strongly inclined to help Ma
hone in the Virginia campaign, but has in
formed Congressman Tucker that the Cabinet
will decide the matter.
The Pennsylvania Greenbackers held
a State Convention at Pottsville, and nomi-
mated R. W. Jackson, of Mercer county, for
State Treasurer.
The Greenback-L Labor party of Ohio
met in convention at Columbus and nominated
the following ticket: For Governor John
Sietz of Seneca Lieutenant Governor, Charles
Jenkins, of Mahoning Supreme judge Joseph
Watson, of Knox; Attorney General, Z. NJ.
Tuttle, of Lake; Treasurer, W. F. Lloyd, of
Montgomery member of Board of Public
Works, H. L. Morrison, of Ashtabula.
The ballot for Senator at Albany on
the 18th inst. showed no change in the situa-
ton. The Bribery Investigating Commit
tee finished with Senator Sessions and
heard two or three new witnesses. Ses-
sions maintained his version OF
the interviews with Bradley to the end.
Assemblyman Young related his experit nee
with the lobbyist Edwards, and the latter's at
tempt to bride him. The most significant fact
Of the day WAS given by the President of the Ma
tonal Commercial Bank of Albany, who testi-
fed that on June 4 his bank cashed for Ed
wards a draft on New York, signed A. D. Bar
Der, for $4,000.
The sixteenth ballot for Senators from
New York gave Depew. for the long term, "a
votes, Herman 50, and Platt 27 while for the
short term Jacobs polled 81 votes, Wheeler SS.
and Conkling 80. The Central Committee of
the anti-C onkling Republicans met and adopted
resolutions declaring that, inasmuch as Depew
had received the votes of majority of the
Republican members of the Legislature it was
the duty of all the Republican members who
desire that the State shall be properly repre-
scented in the United States Senate to concen-
trate their votes on him, and thus throw the
responsibility of defeating an election on the
friends of the Senators who created a vacancy.
In the bribery investigation, Orsino s. Jones
was examined, and corroborated Rradley's EVIL
deuce.
The Iowa Democratic State Conven-
ton mot at Des MONIES June Is. $50 delegates
being in attendance. Judge l.. d. Kinne was
nominated for Governor Capt. J. NJ Walker
for Lieutenant Governor, Hon. b. B. Hender-
shott for Judge of the Supreme Court and
Prof. W. H. Butler for Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction.
The ballot in The New York Legisla-
ture, June II, for Senator for the short term
gave Conkling n votes, Wheeler So, and Jacobs
AZ. Plat had % supporters for the long term,
Depew So, and Herman As. In the bribery In
yestigation, Senator Strahan testified that John
l. Davenport offered him the New York Mar
shalship if he would vote against Conklng
which trade was declined with thanks.
A Virginia Republican delegation,
headed by Gen. Wickham, was told by Pres-
dent Garfield that he was emphatically opposed
to violation of public faith and credit; that
no one was authorized to promise appointments
or threaten removals, and he would not give
the patronage of any State to one man.
The balloting at Albany for Senators
on the 18th inst, resulted as follows: For the
short term: Wheeler, 20: Conkling, 90: Ja-
cobs, "a Cornell, s.; Lapham, IS /; scattering,
4. For successor to Plat: Depew, A Platt,
II Herman, 81; Cornell, s.; scattering, g. In
the Assembly, concurrent resolution for final
adjournment on June 30 wks tabled, the Demo