Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-23
POLITICAL T

The seorch for testimony in the Wallace.
Mckinley contested.teAt case in the
Eighteenth Ohio congregational district
makes it evident that there will be q long
and bitter tight in tn, next congress before
n decision IL reached. Both sides claim to
have gained an advantage in the present
investigation, but neither one can show
more h a very small majority in favor
oil Tvs candidate.
Wilson, republican, YVES given o certif.
cate Of election as representative in con.
gross for the Fifth district of Iowa upon
an ostersible majority Of "a votes at the
November election. Frederick, his demo-
cratic oppopent, claims to have discovered
errors ia the count Of votes that will re.
verse The results and give him q margin of
100 or more.
Henry b. Payne, Of Ohio, is said to be
quietly laying plans to capture the demo.
cratic nomination for president. He Is rich
an cunning, ard has, it is said, q thorough
understanding with Tilden, whose choice
he was OF Cincinnati in 1880.
This circus in Massachusetts, this fall,
and the efforts to get Governor Butler out
as ringmsster, promise plenty Of amuse-
ment for all of New England this year.
There are to te no other elections Of i'm.
portspce.
The Iowa republicans, at their state
convention On June q. are to nominate q
Candidate for judge Of the supreme court,
and EX-SENATOR M,Dll is regarded 90 the
most available man for the place.
y Thu colored man is coming to the from,
in Tenne see. Toe new collector az the
port OF Memphis, Thomas Il. ca seulls, IL
u black man, and his bond for $780, il
aigned by men of his own r.ce.
Governor Foster, of Ohio, says thu
highest ambition OF his life is to 20 to the
United States senate, and he is already q,
work to secure a msj )rity In the next leg
i%slature with that end in view.
Governor Hamilton, of Maryland, is re
ported anxious for a denomination, and, il
order to get it, is said to have formed sr
alliance with ex Senator Whyte to head of
the other aspira Is.
The New Hampshire legislature will
meet on May 80, when o sucoe sor to Sen.
stor Rollins will be elected. 1t ia believed
that tn struggle will be bitter and pro
tracted.
Mcdonald, Of Indiana, and Stockton,
OF New Jersey, is the latest democratic
combination for 1894. 1t is a ~fragrsn,
mixture of raw whisky and applejack.
Hendricks and iIcDonald are 30 hostil,
la their views on the tariff question tina,
their best friends say they can never har.
monize and work together.
The nomination of Proctor Knott TO,
governor OF Kentucky is regarded by his
friends as an insurmountable obstacle Ia
tae re-elec. ion Of Senator Williame.
New Jersey republicans have some hore
OF eiecting their candidate for governo,
this fall, and will probably make d vigor.
Gus campaign.
Van Voorhis, CT New York, SAYS he il
greatly annoyed by being mistaken fol
Dan VOORHEES,. We do not blame him TO,
being annoyed.
Toe democratic ring of Maryland dc
not want to renomiLate Gen. Hamilton,
but, it Is said, they are afraid to throw him
overheard.
Governor Waller, Of Connecticut, IL
listening to the bu,zipg Il the presidential
bee, and imagines it may settle on his owr
bonnet.
The granEers are organizing in Missis-
sippi, and threaten to make trouble tor the
democracy Of that state.
Hendricks has more strength In Ohio,
according to his friends, than Med Jnalo
has,