The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-20
AMERICAN LETTER.
SAN Francisco, Jan. IL, 1892.
POLITICAL.

not think that Cleveland will get the
necessary two thirds majority for the
Democratic presidential nomination
and if he is not nominated on the
first ballot he will be defeated. In
the event of which he is of the opin-
ion that a Western man, possibly
Palmer of Illinois, would be chosen.
Paul Deschand, Deputy of the
Department of Eure. et-Loire, Paris,
has arrived in New York. He was
appointed by the French Govern
ment to investigate social questions
and condition of workingmen in this
country and will meet Powderly and
other labor leaders, and visit Balti-
more, Philadelphia, Boston, New
Orleans, Chicago and San Francisco.
Leading Republicans of Rockford,
ILL.,, state that Minister Robert 7.
Lincoln will be the next candidate of
that party for Governor of Illinois.
There is a very strong feeling
among the English people in Mon
treal over Governor Anglers dis
missal of the Mercier Government.
Preparations were made to give them
big reception and brass bands were
engaged, but the reception was q
failure, for the Ministers were Kissed
as they passed through the streets
and had great difficulty in obtaining
a hearing. MERCER denies the
charges that his Ministry embezzled
millions of dollars from the treasury,
and it looks now as if he was going
to obtain another triumph at the
elections.
The Blaine Legion of the Pacific
held a reception at the Commercial
Hotel last Saturday evening. Over
200 guests were in attendance. The
principal event of the evening was
the reading of the following telegram
from A. l.. Conger, chairman of the
National Republican Committee:
"Regret that / cannot be with you
tonight. With Blaine as our stand
ard bearer in the next campaign, on
a platform of reciprocity, protection,
honest ballot, we shall sweep the
country from Maine to the Pacific
Coast, and the country will receive
its greatest and most brilliant admin
istration since the foundation of the
government, and with the Pacific
Coast represented in the Cabinet
councils of the nation we shall have
an era of progress for all the people
of our country.
Advices from London state that
the Gladstonians are indignant at the
tenor of the address in which Lo1 d
Harrington, hitherto leader of the
Unionist forces in the House of Com
mons, babe farewell to his constitu-
ents of Rosendale on the occasion of
his succession to the Dukedom of
Devonshire and the consequent as
sumption of seat in the House of
Lords. The mwritten law in such
cases is that the new Peer shall not
interfere in any way in the contest
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seat in the House of Commons which
he vacates. The. Liberals claim that
Lord Harrington violated this rule by
making his address an election APP
peal in behalf of Brooks, the Union
list nominee for the vacant seat.
Both branches of the New York
Legislature assembled at IL o'clock
Tuesday morning. The Senate elect
ed the officers chosen by the Demo
cratic caucus. Edwards, Indepen-
dent, voted with the Democrats. No
effort at obstruction was made by
the Republicans. Walker, Demo-
cratic, for the Twenty-seventh Sepa-
torial District, was seated, Governor
Flower was then notified, who at
once sent in message congratulating
the people of the State upon the fact
that for the first time in eighty years
one Of their Governors was able to
address his suggestions to Leglsla-
ture in political accord with the
Executive, etc. The Governor
advises passage of a constitutional
amendment transferring to the courts
jurisdiction in all contested election
cases.
1t is rumored on good authority
that John P. Irish will resurrect the
Daily Alta in this city, in the inter-
ests of David B. Hill for President.
Irish is said to have made a deal
while on recent visit East.
A Washington special to the New
York Herald says: president Harri-
son will to-day furnish the first prac-
tical evidence that he is candidate
for reelection. This action will be
found in the office of the Internal
Revenue Collector at Philadelphia.
The men who are marked for decapi-
tation are ant-Harrison men, and
their places will be filled by other
Republicans who are favorable to the
Presidents second-te aspirations.
John Sherman is TO succeed him
self in the United States Senate.
Foraker is defeated, but even in de-
feat his leadership excites the admir-
alton of his opponents. With the
expiration of the Senatorial term to
which Sherman is to be elected, he
will have completed forty-four years
of continuous public service. 1t will
be record without parallel in the
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