The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
POLITICAL.

"A Well-lnIOfmeu pOlltlclan VINO hOIdS
Office under the present administration writes
to friend In Chicago from the Western Re.
serve Of Ohio that Blaine and Lincoln are
the choice OF nine-tenths Of the Republicans
Of that region. Logan is preferred to Arthur.
A number of prominent white Re-
publicans OF Georgia, met ut Atlanta, Ca.
and laid the foundation for what they propose
to call the Why party OF 1884.
A resolution in the Cal. .ornia Senate,
thanking Minister Sargent for his services In
Berlin. was tabled by vote OF 2. TO IL.
J. &. Cannon has been renominatod
for Congress by the Republicans OF the Fiji
tecnth Illinois District.
The Republicans of the District of
Columbia selected Postmaster Congcr and
Perry Carson as delegates to Chicago, and
voted down resolution instructng them for
Logan.
The Democratic State Convention of
Pennsylvania appointed sixty Randall dele.
gates 10 Chicago, but left them unnstructeti.
w. W. II. Davis, a county editor, was nom
mated for congressman-at-large.
At the Republican Congressional
Convention for the Albany district, after the
election of presiding officer. a mob made
rush for the platform and threw OF the
Chairman and Secretary. A scene Of wild
disorder was followed by the appointment
In the same room Of rival delegations to
Chicago.
The municipal election in Cincinnati
was one OF the most quiet held for years, ana
resulted I'M the election Of the Democratic
ticket BY about 1000 majority, In very light
vote. The Republicans elected their mu-
nicipal ticket in Cleveland by about 1000
majority. The Columbus and Toledo elections
were carried by the Republicans, while steu-
bcnville and Newark were captured by the
Democrats. At Muskcgon. Men,, the Demo
Acknowledgements ticket was triumphant.
The Democrats also carried jackson, Ypsi-
lanti, Niles, Port Huron, Hillsdale, Charlotte,
Adrian, and Benton Harbor while the Repub-
licans were successful at st. Joseph, Big
Rapids. Battle Creek, East Saginaw, Saginaw
City, Rowland, and Kalamazoo. At Lansing,
tho capital OF Michigan, tho Republicans
elected the Mayor, while the Democrats elect
ed the Clerk and Treasurer. and gained four
Aldermen. The Democrats carried the day
Ut the municipal elections in keokuk and
Dubuque, Iowa.
District conventions to select dele
gates to the National Republican Convention
were held in the various Congressional Dis
tricts of Indianaon the 10th inst. Following is
summary of preferences SO far rs known:
niSsrs a.
trict - Unknown, 2; Third District - Tn.
known, 2; Fourth District Harrison, 2;
Fifth Decentralization, 2: Sixth District
Edmunds, /; Blaine, 1; Seventh District
Harrison, 2; Eighth District-B}aine, =;
Ninth District-Unknown, =; Tenth District
Blaine, =; Eleventh Decentralization, 2;
Twelfth District-Unknown, 9; Thirteenth
Observation-Disclosures, =.
1t is not quite certain that majority
OF the Southern delegates will go to Chicago
instructed for Arthur. There are many in.
dications that many Of them will go instruct
ed and prepared to vote for the man who.is
most likely to carry Ohio in October and
New York In November. So says the Chica.
go Tribune.
According to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, II of the delegates from Missouri
to the National Republican Convention will
favor Blaine, will vote for Arthur, ! for
Logan, and for Edmunds.
Gov. Sherman, Of Iowa, in an inter
view with Chicago Tribune reporter, said
that the Iowa delegation to the National Re-
publican Convention would be uninstructed.
The prevailing sentiment among the Repub-
licans of the State was in favor OF Blaine,
and the entire delegation might vote for the
man from Maine from the start.