Hon. O. D. Conger, Now Member Of

Congress for the Seventh district and cnndidate for re-election, has accepted the challenge of his Democratie opponent, A. E. Chadwiok, Esq., for a series of joint discussions. John Q. Hawley has a " grateful appreciation of the compliment " extended to hitu by the greenbackers of Wayne County in noininatiag him for Prosecuting Attornoy, but declines to bo their candidate. E. P. Allen, the Kepublican candidato for Eepresentative in the First distriot of this oounty is a Zack Chandler man, but Chandler not being in the field will probably figure for S. M_ Cutcheon. In any event Bagley won't get his vote. Hon. J. Webster Childs followed Mr. Willita Wednesday afternoon, - in a littlo speech that made his Republican hearers glad. It was the same speech he has made on similar occasions for a dozen years, more or less, and is so familiar to our readers that a report is unnecessary. Politics like poverty makes strange bed fellows : witness the fact Unit Butler and Blaino were advertised to address the samo Republican meeting at Philadelphia on Saturday evening last. Wonder if Butler recited, "For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, I name Speaker Blaine." " THE great American riflera " : that is what the New York Sun calla Belknap, Babcook, Blaine, Landaulet Williams, Kobberson (Robeaon), Bill Kemble, Boas Shepherd, and Jay Gould. It gay8 : " They have attained wonderful profieienoy by long practice in the Republican range, and we challenge the world to beat thein." Some astute Republican put up a job on Mayor Barnos, of Ypsilanti, to whom was conceded the nomination for Senator (before the convention met on Wednesday), byconvincing hiin and his friends that bocause of being a contractor to furnish the State with paper he was incligible to a seat in the Legislature. We should like to see any such constitution or law. "The Democratic Burnt District : " that is what the Hon. Edwin Willits, the Republioan candidate for Congress, called Manohester and adjoining towns, in his little after convention speech on Wednesday. The roasting Mr. Willits will get in that seetion of the county on the coming eeventh of November will convince him that something besides the district is burned. The Detroit Post is evidently of the opinión that " Union Soldier " ate a . set of gudgoonB, and that the Republican hook may be baited with any kind of ott'al and yet land a soldier at every throw of tho line. On Tuesday last thia paragraph, from an 1868 campaign document, was given to its readers, - tbr the special edificfttion of " Union Soldier": In January, 1804, a bilí allowing Michigan soldiers the riglit to vote during the present War and no louger, was originated aud supported by the eutire Union Repubhcai, purty, and resiated upoii the usual pretexte, by every copperheud. The Detrot Free Press, and the entiro Copperhead preBs, opposed the passage of the bilí. E. Cl. Morton, oí Mouroe, the luading Deniocrat in the House of Kopreseutatives, opposed the bill in a lengthy spench. Seuutors W. A. Clarke and Wm. E. Warner, of WayDe county, Copperhends, inúlating Bartly, of Ohio, said: " No govomment ever suivived the vote of it armies.' February ;d, a Copperhead moved that the title of tlie act be ! " A bill to toach onr soldiere in the field their political duty, our people a disregurd of Constitutiou aud law, and to make our electiou8 a farce." But the Union men adhered to the bill, auswered iairly all the copperhead argumeuts, and passed the bill by a party vote- 19 Union, 10 Oopperhead Senator; o9 Union, 23 Copperhead Representativos Votlllg. Why didn't the Punt advise its readers that the Deinooratio inembers of the Legislatura, and the Democratie journals of the State, opposed the bill solely on constitutional grouuds, and that the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan, Justicos Campbell, Christiancy, and Cooley - all Kepuhlioau - ooucurring, held the law unconstitutional and void? This decisión certainly sustainud the title proposed by Senator Gidley ; and the history of that army election proved it a farce. Hen voted as living in towns of this county who never resided in the county and were never in it ; minors voted, as wo have heurd them assert ; Democratie ballots were kept from the hands of soldiers wishing to use them ; and if, perchauce, a regiment received Democratie ballots and gave a Democratie inajority the returnB, somehow orother, didu't reach Lansing in time to be canvassed. The Post should throw tho muntle of silence over this chapter of history made by the Eepublicans of this State. It will not bear the light of day. A YEK or so ago the Republicana of Indianapolis buried the Deuiocracy bo deep that they considored no resurrection poesible. It was dono by polliug over lü.000 votes in a oity that, acoording to the census of 1870, hád but a fraction over 48,000 people, - wen, women and children. Politieians with sueh power of combina tion and multiplication are no doubt enough for any emergency, and the publio may well credit the charge that a general écheme of itnportation and colonization is being worked by the Republican leaders, that " boj'a in blue " (colored) are being drafted from Tennessee and Kentucky, and that New York and Philadelphia are sending out detachments and squads of theii most expert " repeaters." That these things are being systematically done by the agents of the agent of the party which makes cluim to all the morality and virtue in the country can scarcely be questioned. It stauds the Democracy of Indiana in hand to be vigilant and watohful, - both on the days of registra tion and election. It 18 THE custom of regular army offieers to be proud of their profession, proud of the gallantry and noble bearing, the honesty and honor of their comrades in urina, and especially of that portion of them who carne in at the orthodox gate,- West Point. They affect to scoff at menial servioe and look down upon the poor common civilian, in the ordinary or lower walks of lite, with perceptible disdain. Yet the daily work of the specially favored Babcock was not of a very high order, judging by this sample telegram of nis sending : " Executive Mansion, Washington, ) Oet. 1, 1874. $ " Mrs. W. W. Belknap, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New Vork : Please Iet your maid trim the Spanish hat for Mrs. Grant, and seud ït by expresa to Lindell Hotel, St. Louis. " O. E. Ba'bcock." (Frank per U. S. G.) 19 D. H. Pass. A go-between for the whisky ring, a planner of eafe-b urgíanos, a message aender to ladies' maida. That's galluntry and ohivalry with a vengeance. An army offioar of high rank detailed from his oommand and stationed at the White House to do such work. What say his brother officers? The Kepublicans have boen threatoning that when Tweed arrivés in New York he will confess everything, and that in consequenoe Tilden would be " knooked highor than Qilderoy's kite." And now oomes oonfirmation (uot quite so strong as holy writ), in the tthape of a letter furnished by a N. Y. World correspondent who claims to have interviewed the " Boas," and during the interview to have picked up the following letter which the " Boss " dropped : " Now York, August 31, 1876. 1 " Dearest William: Come homo and exposo everybody. The facto will be furuiuhed when you arrive. It is our only chance in a bloodyshirt campaign without money. Inclosed fiud a copy oí Campaign Supplement No. 2. Yours, J-ns N K-lp-tb-ck." O, why was Tilden born ! Or why didn't he hang himself years ago ? The eager correspondents of the Detroit dailies, and the local editora of the Courier and Iteyister, have given currency to a report that J. Willard Babbitt,, Dumocratic candidato for Prosecuting Attorney, has deolined the nomination and withdrawn from the ticket. We assure the Democratie electors of the county that this is not so. Mr. Babbitt's name is on the tickot to stay, he does not propose to withdraw, he will make all honorable effort to secure the eleotion of himself and fellow candidatos, and if eleoted will give his best abilities to the faithful discharge of the delicate and important duties of the office. MESSRS. WlI,LIT8 AND CüTCHKOK enlightened the electora of Manchester on Monday evening last, but if they gave their hearers no sounder information cencerinng political subjocts thim Willits brought away (judging by his Wednesday aftor-conveution speech) all hands wero victims of misplaced confidence. LlEUT.-GoV. DORSHEIMEK, of N. Y., speaks to the Democracy of Toledo, Ohio, this evening, and from that city goes into Indiana. Senator Thurman spoke to the Toledo Democracy on Monday evening. The New York Time filod what the [awyers cali "a bilí of particulars": that is itemized Gov. Tilden's incomo for 18(i'2. One of the items was : Feos ciuriiiR year frora Toledo and Wnbasl' IÍMliu:ul Company, f 15,0(10 In the reply of Judge Sinuott, that gnrttleiaan says of this item : " The recUesnness of this falsehood will ayuear when it is kuown that the Toledo and Wabash Uailroad Bompauy never,af any time, was a cliënt of Mr. Tilden, aud that he never, in the year 18G2 or at any other time, received any ees frotn tltat (lompany, nor rendered them any professional service whatever." And now the Times (Sept. 21) with as good grace as possible, but with an intimation that it had been the victiui of misplaced contidenoe, says : "In Judge Sinnott's letter it is asserted that the Toledo aud Wabash Kailroad Coinpauy never was a cliënt of Mr. Tilden, aud that neither in 1862 nor at any other time did ho recoive any fees from it. That we miutt accept as cwichutive. lroof of our charge was promised from authoritics in which we had confidence, but in ita absence that item muit be withdrawn." " False in one thing false in all " is a well established maxim, and the other specific charges of the Times must fall to the ground with thig ono. ïliuy ware all as baseless, all equally fabrications. It does not help the Time remove the brand of liar from itg forehead, to pload promisod proof " from authorities in which we had confidence." An honest journal would procure ite proofs before making its oharges. A slanderer tiros away at rundoni, - just like the lïmes. Ciiilds told the Kepublicans on Wednesday evening, on which occasion the " boss Oranger " again played second fiddle to the lawyer Willits, that he had been to the Contennial and seeu the big show, a wonderful show, a show that he could not have seen but the fox glorious and patriotio Eepublioan party, - the party which saved the Union. If the party had been entiroly composed of such Union savors as this same Childs, - excuse us, J. Webster Childs, - the Union would have gone to the dogs, and that show with it. It is capital to hear such Union savers - members of the home guards all -as Cutcheon, Willits, Childs, Sawyer, aud their name is legión, prating about how they savod the Union. Their valiant battles, not at the front, always remind us of the self-sacrificing spirit of the tamous Artemas Ward, who proposed to resign if drufted, and magnanimously volunteered, - lo let all his wifo's relations go to the war. Seriously, these Eepublican orators magnify their own services and the services of thoir party tremendously. Branch and St. Josepii Counties constitute one Senetorial district. In the former county the State Public School, orgauizetl under Bagley's administration, was thought to give the Governor a olaiui to support, and in the latter he lived in early manhood. But the Republican district convention in nominating a candidate for Senator instructed him to vote for the re-election of Senator Feriy. Bagley uiay as well throw up the nponge. TlIE Bepublicans of the Eighth district of Missouri "have nominated Col. D. S. Twitchell, of Kanaas City, foi Congress," - or that is the way it is announcud in the dispatchos of the Associated Press. This Mr. Twitchell was once a resident of this city, but it is a serious puzzle to bis old political associatea here ta decide whero he got the title of " Colonel," or any qualifications for Congress. A NUMBEB of our Domoceatic exchanges still retain tho name of John M. B. Sill on the State ticket as candidate for membor of the State Board of Education. ïhey should substituto Charles I. Walker. Other papers get the name of our candidato for Superintendent of Public Instruction wrong. It is Zelotes Truesdol, not Zulotas nor Treadwell. Whes Peters was honored with a nomination for Coroner by his Republican friends on Weduesday, he thauked thora for the honor, suggested that he was a modest man, and then proved it by adding, " I really do think that you are putting your best men at the bottom of the ticket." And Gus is not the only man who thinks 80. JUDGINCJ by the way Republican candidutes for Repreaentatives are her and there being in.structed to TOte for Ferry for U. S. Senator (if elected), Gov. Bagley has luade poor headway against that distinguished soit money man. Those House ( ïcrks. General Bauniug, the man who beat 1 layes for Cungress, suid, in a recent speech, speaking of the cry of "crippled soldiers " turued out by a "Confedérate House :" In the selection of clerks and other 8ubordinates somo unworthy men were chosen, whoáe services wero dispensed with as soon as they were found out. The old clerks, when removed, raised the cry of Confedérate Congress, and each home guard arnong thein who had gallantly served as a clerk from the beginning to the end of the war, raised the cry that we were turning out Union soldiers until, when our organization was completed, it was discovered that we had given positions to more Union soldiers than could be counted amoiig the employés of the previous Republican House. I will not detain you now to describe some of the old bummers who were turned out, further than to say that amoug theiu were two who, accordiug to their own confession before the Couimittee of Ways and Means, receivod several thousand dollars each of the Pacific Mail swng, and others whose plaues were done away with as totally useless and uunecessary.