Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-30
POLITICAL FACT AND OPINION,

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POLITICAL FACT AND OPINION.
At the next meeting of the California state
board of trade resolutions will be presented
for adoption containing a memorial to Presi-
dent-elect Harrison asking that the Pacific
coast be represented in his cabinet
Republican papers in Massachusetts suggest
ex-Gov Robinson for Gen. Harrison's attorney
general.
Mr.. ]. Scott Harrison has been visiting Ihis
brother, the President-elect, at Indianapolis,
and in talking of the circumstance to Kansas
City Times man, he said: II don't want an Of
fee and would not take any one that could be
given to me. Furthermore, any supposition
that will take any part in the distribution of
local patronage is a mistaken one. That is a
matter for the republicans to settle among
themselves, and it would be officious for q
democrat to interfere. You know that Ben
and 1 are on opposite sides of the political
blanket / am none the less a democrat be-
cause he was elected President on the republi-
can ticket"
A mandamus was issued by Judge Boyd, in
Wheeling, W. Va, Wednesday, on petition of
George W. Atkinson, republican candidate for
Congress, and directed to the county commits
sioners, restraining them from certifying to the
governor the result of the recount in that
county, and citing them to appear to-day and
show cause why they shall not be required to
certify the vote as originally returned by the
commissioners and canvassers of election.
Joseph II. Manley has been unanimously re-
elected chairman of the Maine republican state
committee.
Young Congressman Belmont has been sent
to Spain by President Cleveland Mr.. Brice
should commission him to search out some Of
the castles he was building in that country
few weeks ago.-Minneapoli Tribune.
The Vermont legislature having refused
women the right to vote in municipal elections
certain women have sent in a petition declar-
ing that taxation without representation is
tyranny" and asking to have all taxes re-
moved from property owned by women.
The Utica Herald feels constrained, in view
election, to suggest Lieutenant Governor Jones,
of New York, as the democratic candidate for
the presidency in 1892. The total vote cast for
Jones was over 200 more than the total vote
cast for Hill; the plurality by which Jones was
elected was over 5000 more than the plurality
by which Hill was elected.
Three weeks after election, and nobody
knows whether Harrison has the majority of
the popular vote. What fine time we should
have over the returns il the election was by
popular vote without the electors.-Hartford
Post.
Whatever else may be done, we hazard little
in predicting that the Blair educational bill
will not become law this session.-Neto York
Times.
Among the visitors to Gen. Harrison Wednes-
Col. Thompson, ex-Secretary of the Navy and
Congressman Butterworth, of Ohio
Registration for the city election in Boston
closed Wednesday evening with the names of
81 900 women on the list who are entitled to
vote for the school committee at the election
next month. The number assessed was 5000
Last year but S37 women were registered, only
725 of whom voted.
The executive council of Iowa has COMPLETED
the official canvass OF returns ON the vote for
President The total vote is 404 1876, divided as
follows: Republican. 2I1, 59s: democrat. 40 :
ST.; union labor s.lO5; prohibition, $3.50; Har-
rison's plurality, 3172l
John t. Morgan received all the votes cast in
each house Of the Alabama legislature for
United States Senator on Wednesday, and was
declared Senator-elect from that state for the
term beginning in March, 1889.
The official count of the vote of Kansas shows
plurality for Harrison Of S0.15S. The union
labor party polled s7.7s7 votes and the prohibit
Owing to the fact that in the sparsely settled
out to the election, Harrison's majority in
Oregon is not quite SO large as Hermann's ma
jority was in June; that is, it will be 6. 700 or
$500 against ,407 in June last.
The following is the official vote of Virginia
as canvassed by the state board: Cleveland
Isl. 977, Harrison, 43S; Fiske, 167S A
number of cities and counties failed to make any
return of the prohibition vote. For congress-
men: First district, Browne, rep. Ala majority:
second, Bowden. rep, 6,095; third, Wise. dem,
26l; fourth, Venable, DEM. 642 plurality; 18th.
Lester, DEM, 1853; sixth. Edmunds. dem.
$3.50; seventh, OFerrall. dem. $3.50; eighth
Lee, DEM, 1.123; ninth. Buchanan DEM. 473:
tenth, Tucker, DEM, $50.
This habit of speaking of part of the coun-
try as constituting separate community is
very common and very mischievous There is
constant reference in the press of the SOUTH
ern states to ''our people" 1.-THE southern peo-
pie" ''the south, 1.-The people of the south"
which in its degree is unlike the practice of
any other part Of the country, and which has
no result except to foster and emphasize an in
furious sectional feeling.-Hnypess Weekly
The democra attic account with the mugwumps
seems to bear stating in this way: The demo-
Gratis tried to elect q President six times from
1860 to l864) without their aid without success.
That aid was afforded in 1884 and success fol-
lowed Four years later, having scolded lot
about the mugwumps in the interim and in
dueed their President to do considerable to
drive the mugwumps away, defeat again over
took them.-Bost0n Herald
A meeting Of the executive committee of the
national association Of democratic clubs has
been called for December IL at the Albemarle
hotel, New York.
The New York republican county campaign
committee has investigated the republican or
ganization in the eighth assembly district. Jno.
j. O'Brien's stronghold, and unanimously de-
cided that OBrien and his men had been guilty
OF fragrant treachery.to the republican county
ticket