Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-15

GAeantnES From the Political Field.
PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN-coN.
GkESsloNAL AND STATE CONTESTS, ETC.
Arrangements have been made for joint debates
between the two gubernatorlal candidates in In
diana-MajOr Calkins and Colonel Gray They will
SPEAK at Fort Wayne on october 9TH. and then at
Greenburg, Terre Haute and Lafayette. Core
spondence is In progress between the two state
committees with a view Of extending these debates
into every congressional district Commissioner OF
Pensions Dudley is In Indiana working for Major
Calkins
The republicans and greenbackers of Missouri
met in st. Louis last evening and effected fusion
according to the plan agreed to at the Jefferson
City convention. The greenbackers filled the three
vacancies left In the republican ticket-secretary OF
state. register OF lands and railroad commissioner.
They Will have one half OF the electoral ticket.
They Will open the fusion campaign on September
Judge c. A. Newcomb has been nominated for
Congress by the republicans Of the tenth Missouri
John Hadly has been nominated as delegate by
the democrats Of Idaho.
The republicans of the second Maryland district
Talssd Ts a Blaine and Logan pole at Hyattsville
Hon. Robert J. Peelle, who was unseated in the
House by English, is doing active campaign work
Gen. Logan arrived at Detroit Saturday evening.
ana remained yesterday, as The guest Of r. A. Al
ger republican candidate for governor OF Michigan.
Gen. Butler arrived in New York Saturday night.
and was ,ersnaded by committee from the county
organization Of the peoples party and made shurt
| speech.
The Irish republicans OF New York are arrang-
Ing for mass meeting at the Academy OF Music
on Thursday evening next Alexander Sullivan.
late president OF the Irish National league and
others are TO speak for Blaine
The New York Tribune says: 1--WE have high au-
thority for stating that Secretary Fish has never
announced his intention OF supporting Gov Cleve-
Land and good reasons that he will vote for Mr.
Blaine"
The Colorado republican state convention COM
pleted The state ticket Saturday and elected full
electoral ticket. The resolutions demand the reStO-
ration OF the wool tariff OF 1867 and the removal of
IN o0uthern M Ute Indians from the state.
In New Orleans at the primary elections Satur-
tIlct republican convention, which meets at
Piacquemines on September @. nearly all the
parishes voted unanimously for Kellogg delegates
Ihe republican convention OF the tenth congress
S0nal district OF Georgia Saturday passed reSolu-
tlon declaring that 1t was tnexpedient to nominate
candidate for Congress
In the first New Jersey district Thos. NJ Ferrell
democrat, has been renomlnated for Congress by
| acclamat1on
In the election In New Orleans, Saturday, for
delegates to the second congressional district nOmi-
mating convention w. T. Housron's delegates car
ried all the city wards in the district.
In the seventh Michigan district e. c. Carleton.
democrat, has been renOminated; O. j. Atkinson
has oeeL nominated by the peoples party.
Inc Georgia state temperance convention Satur-
day was attended by eleven delegates. They ap-
pointed committee OF three to correspond with
temperance men and societies on the advsability
OF putting out st. John electoral ticket