McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

Thomas A. Hendricks was in Wheeling or
he 4th, where great political demonstration
took place.
Last year the republican plurality in Penn
| sylvania was 1908 on the republican candi
date who ran lowest on the ticket.
Hon. j. G. Blaine spent last Sunday in Bel
| lalre, Ohio. He will remain in that state over
this week and will make several speeches.
The democratic committee of the Sixth Hi.
| nOis district has named e. w. Blaisdell. of
Rockford, as candidate for congress, vice
Thomas Butterworth, declined
The democratic committee of the Sixth IL
linois congressional district has named w. E..
Blaisden, of Rockford, as candidate for con-
gress, vice Thomas Butterworth declined
The New York Times says Il gentleman con-
versing with Roscoe Conkling after the demo-
cratic demonstration in New York, reports
him as expressing pleasure at the success of
the meeting.
The liquor party in Ohio is completely crush
ed by the signal defeats in Stanstead and Sim
coe counties. The feeling is growing that if
the Scott act was submitted it would be car
ried by Il large majority.
The democratic congressional committee
has issued card addressed to ex-democratic
employees of the government requesting them
to send their addresses to democratic commit
tee headquarters, so that correspondence may
be opened with a view to ascertaining the rea-
sons for their dismissal from government en-
ployment.
General Grant was asked to serve as q re-
publican elector in place of Rev. Dr. Derrick,
but he absolutely declined. He told the men,
Der who asked him that he was out of politics.
A member of the state committee said: "Yes,
we asked General Grant to serve as an cleo
tor, and he refused. He said he did not wish
to come into public life again, especially this
year. i
Major W. f. Haskell, of Westerville, Me-,
having addressed letters to the committees of
OF the democratic and republican parties on
the question offuller pensions and less strin-
gent laws for the allowance of claims, has is
sued call to his fellow-comrades of the AS
ISOLATION of Union Soldiers to meet at In
dlanapolis, Ind, on October p, to hear the an
swers to his letter and take united action.
General Butler, on his way from Oil CIV to
Pittsburg, was met by a crowd of 1000 persons
with brass band and military salute He
was driven to the base ball grounds, where an
immense crowd awaited him. His arrival was
the signal for great cheering, and after order
was restored he spoke for half an hour, assaiI-
ing the Standard Oil Company. At Franklin
5000 people were gathered at the depot to
meet the train. Butler was escorted to plat
form in the public square, where he spoke if
teen minutes.
Chief Supervisor Sherman, of the Chicago
district, in making up his list of supervisors
of elections to serve on November II, chose in
the second congressional district one repub-
lican and one Independent democrat or Fin
erty man for each voting precinct. An ap-
peal from this action was taken on behalf of
the democratic party before Judge Blodgett,
of the federal court. The judge quoted the
law, which provides that the two supervisors
for each polling place shall be of different
political parties" and held that the plain in
ference was they should be of the leading
political parties. He therefore ruled that the
list of supervisors must be made up eXclu |
sively from the republicans and democrats.