New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-18
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POLITICAL NEWS.

The Bonrbons of South Carolina han. a.
cided not to contest the With Congressional
that State, which has such large colored ,.,.S.
They say It would be beneath the dignity Of sny ~.
ocrat to enter ntoa canvass against such men !. y.
| In Mississippi. ssmed
There has been much doubt abont ..
position ex-speaker Galusha A. Grow occupied q, ~
fractional quarrel among tho Pennsylvania Repub..s
He has made speeches either side and given 49, - {
dication Of his attitude until last Saturday HI.
then appeared among the list Of officers al an Tnder.n
Rer ubican meeting in MOntrose The annourcas1I
hat he favored Stewart Is said TO have been vss
hearty cheers. sHs
The Democrats are unable to give an.
good reason for the election OF two Republican oov
men In West Virginia. and they.ascribe IL Ia ruo
But this will not account for the gains made all over e.
State by the Republicans, which evidenced by th ~
crease In the number Of members OF the Iec,ssS..
they secured The facts to be that the Repubc.
party united II nominated good candidates wnss
for them, and won. ~@
Mr.. Frank Hurd is to be pushed 20 IL.
speakershp OF the next Congress by tho free traders q
the Democratic party. His canvass has been beeun Al
ready Tho Toeo Journal dominates him for the plas
and says He is the exponent of aggressive Deoer,e,
and the leading exponent Of the distinctive Characters
tic Of the party Free Trade Let Sam Randall ana A..
protective hereses step aside and let the fresh blood S
brains Of the party as embodied in Mr. Hurd have
chance"
One Of the most fiercely contested Coneres.
sonal districts In the country the With District OF Mn
nesota. The interest Is wholly centred in tho Repqbi
canvass With two candidates in the field both A.
them making energetic campaign the party is getting
the most thorough shaking up 1t had in that region
Neither Kindred nor Nelson can claim regular nonins
ton, but the sympathe OF the better class Of voters ara
with the latter and 10 j. reported that the hopes hs
election are becoming brighter.
Montgomery Blair is very sanguine of his
election to Congress rom the With Maryland District
AS evidence he points to the fact that Tden had ma
oy OF 693 in the District when he ran for President n
1876 aad Mr. Blair thinks he is fully as strong a. Tdea
The two strings upon which will harp In his campaixn
speeches are Republican extravaganza and a mnJH
tariff
The speakers promised from outside the
State by the Regular Republicans of Pennsylvania lave
not yet appeared. 1t announced at first that tier
would be hand Immediately before the Maine ele,-
ton. Then their arrival postponed until the Ohio
canvass over Both OF these events have passed
and yet none OF the great named visible
Deprived Of outside help The Lancaster Ne Era says
Regular has been left almost entirely to Cam
erOns own nominees and the mastery manner In which
they have everywhere cOnriyed TO put their foot into
1t has become one OF the patent facts or the capsn.
From Beaver down the talk OF the machine candidates
has been loose, random, and often downright foolish"
After a canvass probably unparalleled in
Kentucky for the warmth with which It has been con-
tested, Congressman Blackburn has undoubtedly won
denomination In the With District OF that State In
the primary elections held Saturday he received largo
majority over his rival owens Blackburn made q
speech In Lexington when tho victory announced
but the report does not say whether not he compared
himself as Is his custom. to q chivalrous knight with
lance at rest and visor down."