Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-10-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

William Il. Earle aud }. J. Darlington
have brought suits in the district court at
Washington against Congressman E. w. NJ.
Mackey of South Carolina, on behalf of
Samuel G.. Lee and Gordon McGrath, for
services rendered to Mackey as notaries in
the contest with NJ. P. O'Connor for a seat
in the forty-sixth congress. 1t is alleged by
the complainants that Representatives Mac
key obtained the money for congress to pay
his expenses in .contesting the seat and ap-
propriated it to his own use.
The republicans of Wabasha county,
(NIinn.) nominated James G. Lawrence for
and Legmour Jones for the house-all for
Window S. g. Comstock of Moorhead,
was nominated by the republicans for sena-
tor in the Forty-forth district and F. r. Lar
kinson for the house.
The West Virginia district has elected Golf
(republican) to congress by from 800 to 500
majority. The same counties in 1880 gave
Hancock for president, 1,4s4 of majority,
a republican gain of probably 1900.
The republicans of Freeborn county,
(Minn.) have nominated for senator Sergeant
L. E. Bell and A. n Bartlett were nominal
ed for representatives.
The democrats of Dodge county, MINI.
have nominated for senator James A. Bah
cock; representative, James A. Walker. :
Steele county, Mimi, democratic nomi-
nations: Senator, E. NJ. Morehouse; repre-
sentative NJ. Guthrie.
DR.. r. H. Mcdonald of San Francisco was
nominated for governor of California by the
prohibition people.
Adolph A Bierman has been appointed
congressional candidate for the First Min
nesota district by the democratic committee
and has accepted the appointment. Mr..
Biermann is a resident of Rochester, and has
been county auditor of OlmsteaC county for
number of years He is about forty-tive
years of age. and has never held any politi-
cal office in the state other than that of
county auditor.
The greenbackers have nominated Will
liam Potter forrepresentative for the eastern
part of Olmstead county, MINI.
The Second MINI. district geentackers
have nominated the following: senator,
William Meighen; representatives; j. N.
Grazing, R. L. Fleming, w. A. Peas, Thorn
las Erickson, G. o. ISauer.
The democratic convention for the Thirty
second MINI. district no minated J. f. billy
for senator and Adam Hin for representa-
tive
H. A. Larson of Lac qui Parle announces
himself as all Independent candidate for the
office of representative from the Thirty-sev-
enth Mimi district.
The democrats of the Ninth (Minn.,) SEN
atorial district, at their convention held at
New Ulm, endorsed the nomination of Col.
William Pfaner for senator.
The Prohibitionists of Hennepin county
60 of h.
inations-that of Judge Gilfllan for the SUI
from the Twenty-ninth district, and Col.
Hicks, and nominees for representatives in
the same district. Mr.. G. M. Pond is pitted
against Hon. r. B. Iangdon as senator from
the Thirtieth district, and the only republi-
can endorsed in that district is Mr.. w. II.
Grimshaw for representative.
The following changes are made from the
first reports of the electors of congressman
in Ohio: Morey in the Third is elected over
Campbell i(Dem.) by ~ majority, while
Hart (Rep.) in the Twelfth district has
majority of IA over Neal Dem, These re-
turns are official, Mckinley, (Rep.) in the
Eighteenth is defeated by Wallace (Dem.)
by majority of 40.
The republican convention of Carver coun-
ty Mimi, made the following nominations:
Senator-Julius Ackermann. Representa-
tive-C. G. Halgren, Peter Iltis.
At the republican district convention at
Anoka (Minn.,b Senator Gilfllan was re.
nominated to the senate. At legislative
convention at Fargo, composed of Cass and
Richland counties, Hon. s. G. Roberts OF
Fargo was nominated for member of the
Territorial council. Maj. A. w. Edwards,
editor and proprietor of the Argus, Fargo,
and John c. Pyatt of Wahpeton were unani-
mously chosen candidates for representatives
in the legislature.
ga republican convention at Hudson, Wis,
nominated, James johnson of New Rich
mond for the Assembly.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Hon. Charles Furber is in Chicago in the
interest of an English syndicate, who viii
buy 13 1000, 600 acres of land in Mississippi in
the delta Of the river. They will cut the
timber and make cotton land. Half mil
lion has been deposited with Phelps, Mar
shall & Co., for the purpose. They also con-
temp, ate purchasing 1000, 900 acres in Tex
as for stock raising.
Thomas Clark's will was filed for probate
in Buffalo, N. Y. He leaves an estate val
600 TT