Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Gathered From the Recent Elections and
Convent ons-StrREs Which Indica tho
Prevailing Current in Various Local 1itieS.

Convent ons-StraTs which Indica ate tho
Prevailing Current in Various Localities.
CtNCINNATI, o.. April g.
Returns from all the precincts except
three indicate that the Democratic iticket
is elected W III small ma ority, save the
candidate for Clerk of the Police Court.
The Republican candidate for that office
will probably pull through. The vote is
very close, and rumorS of frauds at two
or three precincts may change the COM
pleNion of the ticket. Reports from all
parts of the State show Republican gains
OIL Il light vote.
At Columbus the Republicans gain $50
o$cT last fall.
At Cleveland there is Republican gain
of ) 900, with the Council evenly divided.
The l.auor men We're disgrunued and
would not vote.
Fostoria elected the entire Democratic
ticket.
Dayton went Democratic.
In Indiana there were Republican gains
throughout the State, except at Indian
apolis.
CISCINNATI. o., April :.
Reports from Il large number of
small towns throughout Ohio say the
tl'ilIoH luiHCt Iiiooeis oA i'~N>A
issues. The gains and losses were about
equal between the Democrats and Repuo-
liCanS.
CLEVELAND. o., April 3.
The Republican city ticket is elected by
an average majority of 3,l0o, including
twenty-one Councilnen and twelve MEM
bcrs of the Board of Education. The
Democrats elect eleven Councilman and
seven members of the Board. The City
Council is Il tie, fourteen Democrats and
four Republicans holding over. At least
two Democ ratio candidates for tue Coun-
Gil will contest. j. L. Urban, Republican
candidate for Police Commissioner, car
ried seventeen of the twenty-five wards
and has Il majority of 3,450. John II.
Farley, the Democratic Mayor, holding
over, was elected last Spring by $500 ma
ioritv The city has been rcdi>trictrd
within the year, making twenty-five
wards out of eighteen. The Workingmcn's
ticket polled 500. The total vote WAS 2G,-
500.
AILESTowN PA. April s.
Randall has captured the State Conven-
ton. The Democrats of Pennsylvania Will,
elect Il delegation which will be almost
if not entirely solid for him. There will
be no fight: it will be Il Randall conven-
ton out and out. The tariff plank will
be- that of the Ohio convention, and the
of the platform Will be in favor
Of Randilrs policy-cconomy in Govern
Nearly all the delegates have arrived
the district delegation caucuses
.l. taI dali fts tn hn \afI
icntion, every one of whom reported for
Randall for first choice, Il very strong I'M
lercurrcnt exists for Tildcn. The per-
Craftsmanship of the convention is
to II. Milton Spcer. The nomi-
nation for Congressman at large has twO
w. ii. III. Davis and DR..
/. l.. Forwood.
PARIS, liz, April 8.
The Republican County Convention held
here yesterday to appoint delegates to the
State and Congressional conventions, in
structed the delegates to Vnt" for Logan
for President, O"!cSby for Governor,
Hunt for .ittorncy-tiencral and Cannon
Tor Congress. The latter instruction more
than inSurcS tn" denomination of Joseph
e. Cannon at the Danville Convention,
W illCH lutctS ttit ''ti ih@e-
The Democrats are still undecided as to
VINO they will nominate for Congress
4 gainSt Cannon.
CARLiNvI!.LE, ILL, April9.
Tie Republican County Convention was
held in this city Yesterday presided over
by Hon. j. ID. Mctcaife, of Giraru. The
passed resolutions strongly in
favor of Logan for President, oglesby for
I, x4,l f.,. I
crnor. Delegates were selected to attend
the State ana district conventions to be
held at Peoria and Nandalia. The Rcpub-
Iicans of Central Illinois will present as
their Candidate General John /. Rinakcr,
of this city, for Lieutenant Governor, and
will make Il strong fight for his nomina-
ton before fine State convention. No
for county officers were
made.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April9 ..
The Republican State convention pet
with full representation. The pro-
ccctiingS were harmonious. \ resolution
was unanimously adopted indorsing the
of President Arthur. The
adjourned at nine O'Clock last
night to await the action of the delegates
from the various districts who will ASSEM-
BILE at nine O'Clock to-day and report the
selection of delegates to the National con-
ycntion. \ prominent delegate remarked
ut the adjournment that there was
slight probability of the National dele
yates ocin1 for Arthur and Lincoln if i'll
ut all.
ATLANTA, GA, April @.
The State Convention of white Re-
publicanS of G2or"i, met in the Senate
t'hambcr of the Capitol here yesterday.
About fifty men were present. The negro
was reliuiouSiy excluded. The body was
called to order by Jonathan NorcrosS,
who aldrcsScd tn convention at length.
He thought the new departure would do
the Republican party of Georgia much
good. That party within the past few years
had lost nearly all its power. The party
would get along better if the whites and
blacks held their conventions apart. Corn
and wheat fiourished best in separate
patches There could be no harmony in
mixed conventions.
\ committee of three appointed on per-
mancnt organization reported in favor of
VIM. Markham, of this city, as Chair
man; w. L. Clark, permanent Secretary,
and appointing one NIce-Prcsidcnt from
each Congressional district. The
report was adopted and Mc>srS. Long
street, NorcroSS and Smith were ap-
pointed to prepare business for the con-
vention. After being out 4 short time
the committee reported 4 series of reSO-
lutions which were adopted. the sub
stance of which was for 4 free ballot, fair
count, honest returns, civil service re-
form. iudiciouS protective tariff, Biair's
educational bill, and inviting Northern
and Western speakers to address the peo-
ple % III. South.
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