The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-10-07
Political Notes.


II is regarded as settled that Blaine and
Sherman will be presidential candidates at the
next Republican convention.
Charles F. Fitch, editor of the Warren
Democrat of Phillipsburg, N. D., has been
indicted for libel by the grand jury of Warren
county. The prosecutor is Henry L. Harris,
the Democratic candidate for Congress In the
fourth New Jersey district
The ofice-holders all over the land will be
clad to hear that the q. s. assessor, j.. A.
Hubbell, has been set aside. The Republican
convention of the 18th Michigan district, which
he represents in Congress, has nominated, Dy
exclamation, a Mr.. Edward Brietung as his
successor. .sT s Hst
The Brooklyn Young Republican CLUB on
Thursday night adopted resolutions declaring
that the Saratoga nominations for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor were procured by
omen and scandalous abuse OF Official power,
and that Republicans are under no party obi
CATION to support them. s@
Thomas Marshall, who was nominated by
the regular Republicans of Pennsylvania Tor
Congressman at large, but declined to run,
has finally identified himself with the indie
nendents and taken the stump for the Stewart
ticket. So has Hon. George Lear, president
of the convention that nominated Beaver,
Cameron's candidate.
Malone is steadily losing ground in Vir-
ginia. Judge Palmer, of Roanoke county
Court, and Judge G. M. Board, member OF the
Legislature, both pronounced Readjusters,
have each recently declared for Massey, Dem
ocrat, candidate for Congressman-at-lar
Mr.. Corbin M. Reynolds, late Readluster state
treasurer, and Mr.. James T. Wood, OF Rich
mond, well known journalist, have also re-
pudiated the Malone Republican coalition.
State Senator Stewart, the Independent
Republican candidate for Governor OF rem,
sylvania, is making a very active canvass ana
is greeted with large audiences wherever ne
speaks. He is quoted as expressing the opln-
ion that if the election could be held now the
independents would poll at least 150, 900 votes,
he further claiming that the Independent
cause is growing stronger every day, and will
continue to do SO to the day OF election.
The Providence, RhodeIsland, Press shows
ND very completely one of the little jobs in the
river and harbor bill. Five thousand dollars
was appropriated for the improvement OF 20
towomut river. a small stream emptying into
Narragansett bay. The Press shows that the
Improvement" benefits nobody but one rich
Yacht owner who wants to get his yacht up the
creek at low tide, and who could very we'll
afford to pay for the work out OF his own
pocket. ID. e..# taa l.ai
At full meeting of the county committee
ofthe Coalition party of Prince William coun-
ty, Va, last week, the nominations of Wise
and MAYO for Congress were discarded, and
Dawson and Wolff, straightout Republican
congressional candidates, were endorsed. A
resolution was adopted declaring that William
Malone had forfeited confidence as party
leader, and that the committee would no long
er recognize him as chairman of the ReadJus-
ter State committee.
Henry Starr and Nicholas P. Barbee, who
have been connected with the Philadelphia
almshouse, the former as engineer and the
latter as captain of the laundry, were arrested
last week, at the instance of the committee OF
One Hundred, charged with conspiracy in
making false and fraudulent returns at the
election held in February last, in the second
division of the twenty-seventh ward, IN which
the almshouse is located.
The action of the Massachusetts Republican
State Convention was defeat for Senator
Hoar His candidate for Governor, Congress
man Grape, was defeated. The plank of the
platform which demands that all appropria-
tons shall be limited to such objects only as
are within the plain sanction of the constltu-
ton is understood as a rebuke to Senator
Hoar's action in helping to pass the river and
harbor bill over the Presidents veto. ..
The Georgia Republican State Committee
is the last organization to follow in the wake
of Jay Hubbell with demand for the money
or the. life (oficial) of the hapless depart
ment clerks The clerks credited to Georgia
have already settled with Mr.. Hubbel and
were much surprised and chagrined to receive
this supplemental demand, and from such a
quarter One of the clerks of the Treasury,
who belongs to Georgia, was showing this cir
cular around last Saturday, said that he did
not intend to pay the least attention to it for
the reason that with $4,000 Democratic ma
jority in Georgia there was no legitimate use
to which the money could be put.