The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


The Star.route cases were revived at
Washington on the by the examination
of expos master General James and ex-At-
torney-General MacVeagh by the Springer
committee.
JOAQUIN MILLER appeared before the
House Committee on Territories at Wash.
inGton on the 9th and stated his belief that
polygamy was decreasing, that the Nor
mon people were extremely ignorant, and
were led by cranks. He opposed repress-
i've measures, and urged education as the
cure for olitical disorders in Utah.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR on the evening Of the
9th gave state dinner to thirty-seven
Senator'S and Representa- ives who are
bachelors or unaccompanied at the capital
by their wives.
The United States Brewers Association
has requested its members to make out lists
of voters in their employ, and also give
the names of those who have neglected to
take out naturalization papers.
AT the second days session of the
Louisiana Republican State Convention at
New Orleans on the 9th John A. Steven
son was nominated for Governor and
William Burwell for Lieutenant- Gov.
ernor. The platform adopted favors judi
cious protec' ion, encouragement of Amer
ican ship-buil illing, vigorous foreign pol.
icy, the extension of public education, and
indorses President Arthur's Administra.
ton.
THE National Council Of the National
Union League held its annual session at
Washington on the 9th and elected James
S. Negley President, with Secretary
Chandler heading the list of Vice.Presi
dents.
THE Illinois Democratic Committee has
called the State Convention to assemble at
Peoria July2.
JUNE II has been fixed as the date for
holding the Maine State Democratic Con-
vention.
AT the annual session in Washington on
the 9Th of the Woman's National Suffrage
Association Elizabeth Cady Stanton, of
New York, was elected President.
The Ohio State Prohibition Convention
met at Columbus on the 9th to select dele
gates to the National Convention to be
held at Pittsburgh May 81. The delegates
elec ed were instructed to work for the
nomination of G. T. Stewart, of Ohio, for
President. Resolutions were adopted de-
claring all good men and women tired
of repeated compromises with the liquor
traffic; that Prohibitionists have suffered
from unfair counts of ballots, and urging
the friends of the cause to remedy this
state Of things, and demanding the with
drawal of all restraints from the suffrage,
without regard to color or sex.
GENERAL JAMES K. MooRHEAD, one of
the oldest and most prominent citizens of
Pittsburgh, Pa, died on the 9Th, aged sew
enty-eight years. He represen el the
Twenty-seconl District in the XXXVIth
to the XLIst Congress.
CHARLES H. REED, Guiteau's counsel, in
an interview in New York on the 9th as.
serted that in private conversation, the last
one, taking place the day before his execu-
tion, Guiteau solemnly averred that no one
but Col and himself knew of his purpose
to murder President Garfield.
The Michigan Republican State Conven-
tion, to elect delegates to the National
Convention, will be held at Grand Rapids
April "a.
AT Washington on the 7th the Senate
Committee on Territories decided to adopt
tho name of Lincoln for the State which it
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kota.
The Massachusetts Reform Club at re-
cent meeting in Boston adopted resolu-
tion to call National conference of per-
sons who desired thorough Civil-Service
reform, reduction of the revenue, and ces-
sation of the silver coinage" to nominate,
II deemed expedient, candidates for Presi-
dent and Vics-President.
BEFORE the Springer Committee on the
7th ex-senator Spencer, of Alabama, tes-
titled that in New York, in January, 1881,
he met Mr.. James, then postmaster, who
asked his aid in getting the office of Post
master-General. Spencer promised and
aided as agreed. After James, appoint
ment, he told him he could make a
splendid reputation by breaking up the
Star-route ring, which would leave his de-
partment self-sustaining and enable him to
reduce postage to two cents. Spencer was
promised by James and Garfield that his
words should not be repeated. Spencer
thought the Government masqueraded
before the public by taking the most com
plicated Of the Star-route cases. The Dor
sey combination was the only one prose
cuted, and its holding was the smallest Of