The Portland daily press., 1884-09-12
POLITICAL.
Republican Gains Among the Ger
mans and Irish in Indiana.
REPORTS FROM THE SOUTHERN
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS,

Especial Dispatch to the Boston Journal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-Ex-Congressman
Desendorf of Virginia, who is campaigning in
Indiana, gives Secretary Mcpherson of the
Congressional Committee, in a private letter,
the following information as to the progress of
the campaign in that State: / have now been
in Southern Indiana a week. speaking every
day, and sometimes twice a day. am glad to
report that after the most careful INQUIRIES
made in each of the counties | have visited
there is positively no detection among the Re-
publicans; that there is no truth in the report
ed detection among the Germans On the con-
trary we are gaining from among the Ger
mans, who have heretofore voted the Demo-
cratic ticket, and also among the Irish.
The OutlOek at the south.
A gentleman from North Carolina was at
the Republican headquarters, and gave great
assurances of the ability of the Republicans to
carry one or two Congressional Districts al
least, and good hopes that the fusien might
carry the State. The Republican Committee
is always glad TOT hear these encouraging re-
ports, bat the factional contests in number
of Southern Congressional Districts are dis
couraging. The latest news is that Jere Ha-
ralisen, the negro ex-Congressman, who has
attracted considerable attention in Congress
for various reasons, has thought it necessary to
run as a second Republican candidate in the
Mobile (Ala) District. Craig, the other nom-
nee, is the present contestant, and has secured
mittee, and under the usages of the party
would be entitled to the nomination without
opposition from factions. There are Republican
factlonal contests, too, in the ShoestriUg Dis
trict in Mississippi, which has twelve or four
teen thousand Republican majority, and the
Democrats now claim that they will carry that
district
Secretary Mcpherson is busy preparing the
terse campaign letters for which he is cele-
DRAFTED, and which are greatly in demand by
the campaign orators
What MIR. Hendricks Thinks of Prohi-
bitiOn.
(To the Associated Press.)
TOLEDO, o., Sept 11.-Ex-Governor Hen
bricks spoke at the Ohio State fair yesterday.
In the evening he addressed a large Demo-
cratic meeting. He denounced prohibition as
an Infringement of the rights of the people.
Prohibition and the Republican Party
AWise Conclusion.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 11.-Col. A. B. Jet
more, prohibition nominee for Governor of
Kansas, declines the nomination because he
thinks prohibition can only be ACCOMPLISHED
by the aid of the Republican party. He
thinks it is not yet time to form National
Prohibition party and he will give his support
to the Republican National and State tickets.
General Logan i'm Ohio.
TOLEDO, O., Sept. 11.-General Logan was
present this afternoon at the State fair and
made speech to an audience numbering T.
900 or 5000 persons. He spoke upon the COM
mercial, manufacturing and agricultural inter-
ests of Ohio and of its wonderful growth. He
was presented by ex-Govern or Foster.
TOLEDO, Sept 11.-Gen. Logan spoke at
League Park tonight to one of the largest au-
dlences ever assembled at political meeting
in this city Previous to the meeting there
was a parade of Plumed Knights and other
Republican organizations numbering nearly
one thousand torches. Ex-Gov Foster presided
and opened the meeting with brief speech,
after which Gen. Logan was introduced amid
great cheers.