The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18
POLITICAL POINTS.

Joseph E. Mcdonald has been elected
Chairman Of the Democrats State Committee
of Indiana, and j. Riley was chosen Secretary.
Ex- Congressman J. NJ. Leach, OF
North Carolina, publishes an open letter with
drawing from the Democratic party.
Congressional conventions were held
in many districts, on the 9th inst. The Re
publicans OF the Sixth district OF Virginia NOM
mated David l. Woodfn for Congress. The
Democrats OF the Tenth Ohio district placed
Hon. Frank Hurd in the field. Gen. James s.
Robinson was renominated in the Ninth district
of Ohio by the Republicans. The Democrats
of the Nineteenth Illinois district renominated
Hon. Richard Townshend. The remark
able contest in the Twelfth Illinois district. in
which the Democratic Convention spent two
days at Mount Sterling and three days at
Beardstown, closed by the nomination OF James
M. Riggs of Scott county, dark horse, on the
1,52lst ballot. In the Eighteenth Ohio dis
trict the Republicans nominated William Nc
Kinley, Jr. A. M. Scales was renominated ut
Raleigh, N. c., by the Democrats, who will also
return j. II. Blount from the Sixth district Of
Georgia, and ]. @. Clements from the Sew
enth.
The Nebraska Democratic State Con-
vention is SGT for Sept. IA, at Omaha.
At meeting of the Anti Prohibition
League OF Indiana the following resolutions
were passed: Resolved, That at the election in
November next we will support the Democratic
party Resolved, That we request all indepen-
dent voters who care more for the welfare Of
our country than for party to stand by US in the
battle for personal liberty. This action was
taken after the proceedings of the Republican
State Convention.
Stewart, independent Republican can
didate for Governor in Pennsylvania, has in
vited Gen. Beaver the regular nominee and
Pa;tison, the Democratic candidate to discuss
with him in public the political matters of the
State.
The Washington Cd. c. Sunday
Gazette, in an article attacking the prosecution
in the star-route cases, and more particularly
Attorney General Mcveagh and ex-Postmaster
General James, publishes letter over the sig
nature OF ex-senator s. w. Dorsey to Pres-
dent Garfield, in which it processes to find the
animus Of the star-route prosecution. The
letter was written soon after Gar6eld's
election, with the idea that he was about to
consult with Col. George Bliss as to the New
York representation in the Cabinet. 1t adj
vised the General to have no intercourse with
such men of comparatively small renown,
and not to ignore Conkling and Arthur
and their following in order "to make peace
with Curtis, Wayne MacVeagh and others OF
that class" The letter says: 1--WE now have
great well organized, active and aggressive
army. If you want to muster out that army in
order TO pick up sneaks, bummers and deserters
III the rear go ahead, and l predict you will
land in a surrendered camp l am tired Of
this blathering talk about Macveagh to go into
the Cabinet from Pennsylvania, and James
from New York. Such detestabe rot should
be smoked out at once and you ought to do it
in some public way, as l have repeatedly urged
upon you"
John Kelly, of New York, has written,
and the Tammany organ has published, mani
fes.o declaring, in effect, that the Tammanyites
will never enter the regularly-called Democratic
primaries