Show POLITICAL Contesting Republicans South in they Sundry Maters In Politics Chicago 25 Times1 Washington Secretary Sherman said to a caller this afternoon that ho intended to remain in the senatorial contest Tribunes it burg There is s move ment by business men of western Penn jlvani to put General 6 K llorebead in the United States Senate in the place jf Wall ace Moreb ead will not be a candidate can-didate of any faction or special interest A n effort will be made to induce George W Cessna to withdraw New York 2kThe Tribune says The unexpected but premeditated Garfield Gar-field elector in Californ is balanced by the expected and accidental Hancock elector in Indiana Thai Indiana case involves in-volves I hardship which the California case did not California voters who scratched the name of one of tho democrat demo-crat 2 electors did so deliberately and with the knowledge that so far as i lay in their power they were depriving Hancock pwer cock of an electoral vote but there is no question that the majority of tht people Indiana intended that Garfield should receive all the fifteen electoral votes of the state Their failure to give him all is due t a purely clerical blunder on the part of those to whom the mechanical duties of tbe canvas were assigned To this extent the Indiana Hancock elector will misrepresent tho ctal With 213 electoral votes assured for Gen Garfield the loss of the 2l4ih is perhaps no great matter but in such a campaign cam-paign a that of four yean ago I mistake like this woud have reversed the result and revolutionized the administration admin-istration It i certainly 1 grave defect in tbe electoral system that it would be poaiiblu for a careless clerk or printer to elect a president in this way in actual opposition to tb will of the plo While we still have tho electoral system it would be well to bear this incident in mind t point tbe moral absolute Al curact in future campaigns Other journals are criticising our electoral system and demanding a change tr tbo reasons given as above i Ohicajo InterUceans Washing ton Information i received here that there will be a solid delegation of republican repub-lican contestants from South Carolina Tbare are five congressional districts in the state and every republican candidate has filed notice of contest The fact that the next House will b republican will increase in-crease tho number of contestants in the south to an unprecedented number Of late yean republican centestants had no show Now the boot is on the other leg Congressional contents are usually de cideu on party lines indeed this has got to boa sort of precedent Officials at toe war department aro authority for the statemint that the pre ent irritation over West Point will result in relegating the control of the institution institu-tion to engineers where it belongs by law and that neither Miles nor Terry will b put there as has been reported Too war department has been only waiting wait-ing for provocation to recover control of the academy again given into the hands of the general of the armyby Secretary Cameron There is so much opposition to the appointment ap-pointment of Miles as chief signal ap thathe will it is understood be asugned to the charge of the recruiting office for a while I is said President Hates personally per-sonally prefers Hazen for signal officer backed by Stanley Matthews but tbe Sherman interest is all being thrown for Miles I is reported in soma quarters that the President having given unwilling unwil-ling consent to the appointment < f Miles has now found a way out of the difficulty by giving Miles another place tand making Hazcn his own choice for signal officer In the excitement of the Presidential campaign several very strong strictures campaIg were made by senators and representatives representa-tives belonging to the two parties upon many of the public and private acts of each other In consequence it is anticipated antici-pated that soma unpleasant scenes may occur when Congress meets Friend Conkling says he It i very much aggrieved concerning certain comments made upon big acts by enator Bayard and Bajard will ba called unon for an exnlanatinn I Triounes Portland OIS nTf cial vote gives Gaifield 20618 Hancock lJ950 Weaver 245 The Tribunes Wsihington gives extracts ex-tracts from private letters showing that frauds in Louisiana were followed by assassinations i as-sassinations and attempted aeiassinations I of republicans Speaking of the South Carolina tpeaking Carolna contests con-tests the Tribunes Wahington say there is no doubt that Mackey republican can was elected in Charleston District by at least 8000 msjority Judge Leo claims a majority of 6000 The action al aJ fc ot the state board of canvassers in thing th-ing out republicans has astonished democratic demo-cratic loader and one of them Hagood has protested against tho outrage Tribunes Bottiu General Butler contrary con-trary to current report has no idea of ab aairiair from active carticination in political affiirs and that instead of retiring retir-ing into private life he intends to organize organ-ize an independent party in Massachusetts J Massachu-setts and with a personal following of 100000 voters to hold the balance of J power in the old commonwealth I is i I jenoral Butlers purpose tj come to the front in next years state campaign and j if the times are auspicious to renew his 1 fight for the governorship in expectation expetaton that his supp > rt of General Hancock will give him every douccrntic vote in the state of Massachusetts Republicans arrive here say however that even i Butler can command all the democratic votes he will not he able to take any republicans re-publicans over with him to the democratic demo-cratic party I Washington 25 Garfield listened patiently to the appeal of Congressman douk Tennessee for a southern representative repre-sentative in the cabinet and his protest against a sectional cabinet 0 olumbus 26John G Thompson will retire from politics and become a journalist having purchased a halt interest inter-est in the Daily limes which he Trill make a central democratic organ |