The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
POLITICAL.
Rutherford b. Hayes sent the folio


ing communication to the editors Of the Ere
mont co. Democratic Messenger;
GENTLEMEN: Your request for an interview
| on the occasion OF the death of Mr.. Tilden was
declined, IN accordance with my uniform habit
on the subject of interviews l wish, however,
81 say that there has been nothing in the rela-
tions OF Mr.. Tlden and myself which would pre-
| vent me from sharing in the sentiments and
manifestations which are natural and fitting ON
| the death OF II public leader and statesman 90
able and distinguished as Mr. Tilden. Sincerely,
X. Is. HAYES.
Kinds County, Miss, says Jackson
dispatch, is "convulsed with excitement grow
ing ont of the election to be held under the
local option law passed by tbs last Legislature.
| The blacks outnumber the whites two TO one,
and the Prohibitonists, finding that the bulk
of them are going 70 vote the wet ticket,
| seem determined that they shall not vote at
all AN -Prohibitionists' meeting in the
county was broken up by body of armed
Prohibitionists, who fired fifty 10 one hundred
pistol-shots to intmidate the negroes
The Indiana Greenbackers met in
State convention at Indianapolis and chose
Richard Gregg, of Dearborn County, to pre-
side over their deliberations. The following
| ticket was nominated: Lieutenant Governor,
E. S. Pope, Marion County; Secretary of State,
Major John b. Milroy, Carroll; Auditor, Press
ley Gregg, Ohio; Treasurer, Benjamin Per-
lins, Nigo; Attorney General, John s.
Bender, Marshall; Clerk of the Supreme Court,
S. j. Douglas, Marion; Judge of the Supreme
Cont, ]. O. Green, Floyd Superintendent of
Public instruction, Professor George Bass,
Marion. The platform reaffirms former prin-
| ciples and declarations of the National Green
back party; declares i'll favor of unlimited
coinage of gold and silver and favors a pro-
hibitory amendment 10 the State Constitution.
A call has been issued from In
dianapolis for national convention of Knights
Of Labor, Changers, National Greenbackers,
Farmers Alliance, Anti-monopohsts, and all
other organizations which may harmonic out
side the old parties, for the purpose of form
ing new party. The convention will meet
Sept /, at Indianapolis.
James T. Johnston was renominated
for Congress by the Republicans of the Eighth
Indiana District at Terre Haute.
Capt. A ID. Van Osdel has been nomi-
mated by the Republicans of the Fourth In
diana Congressional District to contest the
district against W. S. Holman.
There are two Democratic candi-
dates for Congress in the Third Indiana Dis
trict-D. NJ Stoekslager and Jonas G.
Howard
Ex-Gov. Samuel ]. Kirkwood has
entered the race for the Republican Congress
sonal nomination in the Second Iowa District
The Democrats OF Kansas assembled
in convention at Leavenworth and nominated
the following ticket: Governor, Col Thomas
Moonlight; Lieutenant Governor, l. G. Isett;
Secretary of State, w. f. Patllon; Attorney
General, A S Devinney; Auditor, w. D. Kelly
(colored); Treasurer, l. Il Burchard; Super
intendent of Public instruction, W. J. Mont
gomery; Associate Justice, A. NJ. Whitelaw.
The Democrats of the Fourth North
Carolina District in convention at Raleigh
nominated John W. Graham for Congress.
He is the eldest son of the Hon. William A.
Graham, who was Secretary of the Navy under
President Fillmore. John Sobieski, of Neo-
sho, Mo, has been nominated for Congress
by the Prohibitionists and James b. McCreary
10y the Democrats of the Eighth Kentucky
District Messrs. r. II. NJ Davidson and
Charles Dougherty, members of the last Con-
gress from Florida, have been named for re-
election
Nashville Tenn dispatch: "Re-
turns from the State elections show Dem
ocratc gains. The Democratic State ticket is
elected by $1,000 and possibly 10000 The
successful candidates for the Supreme Court
bench are Peter Turney, Franklin County; W.
c. Caldwell, Gibson; w. H. Burton, Mont
gomery; b. L. Snodgrass, Hamilton; W. c.
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