Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1876 — POLITICAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL NOTES.

The W maniac Democrat favor* the nomination of non. W. 8. Ilaymond tor congress. 7'— The Crown Point HerdJ has been resnsoitated to participate in the present political campaign. Admirers of lion. T. J. Wood, of Lake county, are nrfcing him for the democratic homination to cbngresa in this (the 10th) dlfttHdt; Decatur oouhty deniocritic convention : “In View of the charges preferred against otir supreme court and their defense of a bad precedent, we feel that they have lost l}ieir respectfulness in tho cause of reform, and we demsthd their retirement from the state ticket.*' Ciol. Kline G. Sbrynck, of Rochester, Col. W. 11. Rringhurst, of Logausporl, and lion. SalaryGrabbing Janies N. Tyner, of Peru, are canvassing for the republican nomination to congress in the Ulh district. Mr. Rringhurst has feinco withdrawn from tho oontest. The following table will show the official vote bf the tenth disdistrict, by counties, in 1874: Calkins. Ilaymond. Carroll 1,846 2,071 lake 1,470 1,112 Uperte - 2.475 3,200 Nrwum 701 667 Porter .. 1,041 1,485 Pulaski 710 1,015 ••«••••••• • ••4«e*#eeS*« 350 401 Hi. Joseph 2,000 3,045 White 1,281 ... 1,300 Jasper *75 7(50 Total 14,123 15,088 Raymond's majority.. 065 The vote of tho district In 1872 was 29,595; in 1874, 29,511. The full vote of tho district is probably about 38,000. If Mr. Foxworthy is not tho strongest candidate for Congress south of tho Kankakee, his friends are willing to withdraw his claims and go for whoever possesses the greatest strength. —Monlictllo Herald. Major Calkins is receiving a very warm support iu certain portions of the district At the same time, there is a fierce opposition in the north end of the district to his receiving the nomination.— Monticello Hfrold. . Politics make strange bed-fel-ImVs, and we are forcibly reminded of this fact when wo see Judge Daily, once a rampant democrat, Whispering with tlie republicans. Mr. Daily was once the editor of a j democratic paper, of the most ultra school, isl Fayette county, this state. — fowler Democrat.