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IS' H * mTIIA, Editor and Proprietor. |
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
the NEWS op the two states
TOIjD in paragraphs.
•tovall & Boyd's Failure at Thomson
—A Sloop Caught in a Waterspout in
Tampa Bay— An Old Army Carbine
Takt-n from the Water in Walton
County.
GEORGIA.
w .rk on the West End Methodist Church
at AUanta, was begun yesterday.
W iliam M. Jones isa candidate for re-elec
• as Treasurer of Thomas county.
Tc first brick building on the Bay at Bruns-
'h is been commenced by Capt. Davidson.
V.i rain has fallen in four weeks around
.Jasper. Gardens and late cotton are nearly
ruined.
rge P. Stovall, of Thomson, is a candi
dat. fur the Lower House of the General As
sembly.
I . Miiton Democrat presents the name of
11. i homas L. Lewis as a candidate for the
Senate for the Thirty-ninth District.
Tli ‘ District Conference for the Augusta
District M. E. Church, South, will meet at
?• John s Church. Augusta, June 25-29.
lh anti-prohibitionists are stirring their
f r. es in a quiet wav. It seems to be the im
j :' ssion that the prohibition sentiment in Up
son is on the increase.
At Bainbridge, Frank Arline, colored, of
ier, was shot to death on Saturdav by a
’red boy named McGriff, whom Arline had
urged with committing an outrage on a
little white girl.
tt illiam Roach, a very promising young
man, while in- a drunken nt, broke 111s skull
with a rock. It is thought by his physicians
that his recover}- is very doubtful. He lives
near Talking Rock.
Mr. Charles P. Hansell has l>ecn appointed
V President for Thomasville for the Uni
versity of the South at Sewanee. Tennessee.
T •objector the University is to build anew
ege which will cost 465,000. cf which al
ready 135.000 has been raised.
The case of Thornton vs. Conley, to deter
aime whether the remains of the late Post
- newspaper belong to Col. Marcellus
K. Thornton or to Capt. John L. Conley, was
•■abed for trial in the Superior Court at At
lanta Wednesday and was to be continued
yesterday.
The will of Robert Siphers,colored, has been
filed m the Ordinary’s office. He is the first
colored testator in Hall county. It is dated
May 31. ls-Sl, and liequeaths his property to
ins four children, his wife and mother having
an interest in it until his youngest child is 21
years of age. when it is to be equally divided
among them.
On Friday night last a colored woman liv
. on the Bryant place, near the Byne place,
in Lee county, went off from home and left
her three litllechildren locked up in her cabin,
with the usual result. When she returned
-lie found her cabin in ashes, and it is sup
po.-ed that the children perished in the flames,
tin‘Ugh no trace of them could be found iu the
debris.
Cornelius Shehans has just secured a ver
dict of 1143 79 in a suit against Atlanta for
|j."oo damages for the burning of “the Beaver
■Slide,” a notorious block infested by the scum
of the city, which was leveled by fir£ by order
of the City Council when it became infested
w th small-pox during the epidemic of ISS2.
The amount of the verdict is supposed to be
aliout the market value of the old lumber in
the slide for fire-wood purposes.
A seining party on Marbray’s creek. Dear
Truman Smith's mill, in Walton county,
seined a carbine, which had been in the creek
for 20 years. In 1834 a soldier, in attempting
to cross the creek a few yards above where
the gun was found, came very near drowning,
and had to throw his gun in the water. The
stock of the old carbine is remarkably well
preserved, and the barrel is not rusted to any
i onsiderable degree. It was loaded, and the
cap was easily removed. Lloyd Thomas now
lias it. rubbing it up as a souvenir of ti e great
struggle.
Thomson Journal'. Messrs. Stovall A Bovd,
of this place, dealers in general merchandise,
have made an assignment to George P. Stovall
for the benefit of creditors. The assignment,
we learn, was not necessitated by the pressure
of the liabilities, but was the result of the pe
culiar misfortunes of the members of the firm.
Mr. Stovall, the senior member, has been una
ble to attend to business for a long while on
account of ill health, ami Mr. Boyd, the junior
memberris now prostrated with typhoid pneu
monia, from which it is hardly probable that
he will entirely recover for sometime to come.
Under the circumstances it was deemed best
to make the assignment. The assignee in
forms us that the liabilities of the firm are
about 42.608, the assets, notes and accounts
43,000, and the stock of goods 41,300. We are
also informed that someone or more of the
creditors have attacked the deed of assign
ment, and have obtained a temporary injunc
tion against the assignee. This, however, will
he nroperly adjudicated in the course of a fen
day*. '
FLORIDA.
Potato shippers around Quincy report that
they have lost money this year.
A three-storv hotel, to contain 65 rooms, is
to he built at i'ampa without delay.
There were 545 bales of tobacco imported
from Havana to Key West last month.
An onion weighing one pound and eight
ounces is scattering its fragrance at Tampa,
The oat crop is 1 icing harvested in Gadsden
county, and potato planting is now in order.
The post office of Feruandina was last week
transferred to its new quarters on Centre
etreet.
The scarcity of water at Key West will soon
compel a number of factories to suspend for a
short while.
The organ for the Episcopal Church at Key
Wost is being built bv the Pilcher Brothers,
of New Orleans. It will be about 15 feet high
and 7 feet wide, and will cost 41,200.
V new town is to be laid out where the En
terprise and Jacksonville. Tampa and Key
West Railroads cross each other. It is lo
cated aliout four and a half miles west of En
terprise.
The troops in garrison at St. Augustine
have commenced their long range target
practice, with a view of selecting candidates
tor the army team in the coming Creed moor
contest this summer.
The Tampa 7ri3asand the Guardian this
week come out with two of the best local
pages in F orida, and fill their other columns
with good, live matter. Such judgment
make- increased success questionless.
The side wheel steamer Margaret, owned
bv the Plant Investment Company, and now
running on the St. John’s river, is to run from
Tampa to points on the Alanatee river. She
will leave Jacksonville about the 10th of June.
There was a meeting of the citizens of Ti
tusville aud vicinity on .Saturday evening, 31st
ult.. at the Titus ’ House, and active 6teps
taken relative to the yacht race on July 4.
The selection of prizes and other important
questions were decided.
Lake City correspondence News, June 2:
Good rains, crops fine. Thermometer fel
Irom theOO's to the SO’s past week, and fires feel
pleasant; thick coats in requisition.—Light
ning struck Mrs. AlcNeill s house in Lake City
• luring a thunder storm last week.
The Plant Investment Company is having
built North two large, swift, strictly first
eiass steamships, with sulendid passenger ac
commodations and large freight capacity, to
U placed on the line between Tampa and
Kev West. They will be here in readiness
for next fagfa business.
report in regard to the recent
shooting of the woman Pearl Lawton, near
Tampa*is to the effect that it was done by a
jealous wife, residing in another town, w ho.
-u-peeting her husband of too great a degree
of mtimaev with the woman, adopted the
-hot-gun policy to remove her.
Tampa Tribune: As an instance of the rapid
enhancement in value of real estate in| this
section, we give the following: A place in the
UeaFfcater settlement was sold in for
41 iflo and other small considerations, in 1881
the same place was sold for 42,500; in Novem
her. U brought 418,000. and ... March,
issi it was again sold for the sum of 426.000.
When sold again, if ever, there is no telling
what it will bring.
Tauipa Tribunt: An old man named Zeb.
Mien, well known along the coast, and who
ad been living for some time on sneea
Island at the mouth of the Manatee river,
vas found shot to death by his own band_ on
his own ore raises on Monday last, lie had
placed the muzzle of a shot-gun under his
rl.in and polled the trigger, the entire charge
taking effect and death resulting instantly.
He left a small sum of money, which was
found rolled np tn a paper
sear-bv. together with a not* directed to <
M* Fogarty, requesting him to take charge
-f it and pay himself a small sum due him by
’lie deceased . The suicide is suppled to
jve Mrs committed on the previous Friday.
\<> partwalar cause for it has been assigned.
A meeting of steamboat officers was held
of the St. John's River Fast Day
I me st Jacksonville, Mondav, for the purpose
L f olr.niring an association for the protection
~f organizing an as m otion. the name
o STSSem ion wt adopted as the Nat on*
HSKfees&ss
s&£, ssgg*Lsw
Doorkeeper. Capt. - |he a6go ciation
-z anting the examination 1 !" when
of colored steamboat men wa.u:^**' 1 '" .
it was decided, that all persons shon.d he ex
amineil without regard to race or color.
I <tkf> fitv correspoDtlence of Kiws June 3.
A uf™ port ant jmpe r has been filed in tne
< of Columbia county by the sa
vannah Florida and Western Hallway to
the lletirypaS* a® Trn't t omnany of W
York. Amount 6f indenture, S*>,jMjO.OOO.- ine
and Wertern Railway h
*n thp estate in il*e >scimtyoi
required for their
buildings. etc.-Uve ° a * * l^ a "* t
artesian weli.-To-day the Co^“j£ a „ win a
sioners guarantee aid for tb e artesian well.
Lake City, and a meeting wiU hehekl on the
iih lnst. by our citizens 10 ‘im waU r
supply for the town.— Dr. W. C. Bacon,
peri iior of the college building, nj* g
progress of the work the closest "crutinj .. He
in every way competent, and we anticij ate
the completion of a splendid buiblmg at a
early day. -There w very small effervescence
on the political surface.— Everybody i# re
joiced at the flattering prospects of the crops.
Tampa Tribune On Thursday of last week
Mr. Joseph Bethel, of Point Plpehas. was out
*n a eloop boat at a clam bar in Old
Bay gathering elatas, when he observed a
waterspout bearing down upon him. ot
eonrae escape was impossible, and he had to
remain where he was and “truss to luck.
When It struck the boat he thought his time
had come. Things were shaken up at a lively
rat*, and the sloop spun around like a feather.
w* CrtUrninq Jgem
nd Proprietor t —— - ‘ v
the “rumens 11 wa Ufe t 0 the
things were over, and when
his surroundings His heave i°°K a Bur vey of
were gone • out of t? e ,il' r anchor and cable
Piled on dk onlv?fl^ 9 th had been
round; the cofl'ee b anywhere to lie
had on ,Wk V.n r a nd four brieks ‘hat
was torn to M d| s a Pl>eare<J, the sail
reefed the mloo 8 ' L be , halyards were un
with tiie'howsnri? had changed places
mixed up generally d ’ Bh ° rt ' were
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Orine Reported Better-The City Flood
ed with Counterfeit Coin.
A tlaxta, June s.—Archibald Orme is
reported much improved, and his chances
of recovery seem brighter. There is a
street rumor to-night to the effect that
several bundles of tickets have been found
which were thought to have been sold by
and the money not accounted for.
tickets be Tho then he WiH * et Credit for tbe
tickets. The rumor puts it that the tick
ets iound will account for nearly- all of the
.boroy Claimed. Nothin* auihoKtSe
could be gotten to verify the rumor, and
it goes for what it is worth. It. M. Far
rar the newly appointed ticket agent of
tcwiav UOn 1 a9sen K er I>epot, took c large
The Aklermanic Board of the city, at a
meeting to-day, concurred in the action of
t,ouncil, w bich appropriates a
sufficient sum of money to experiment in
the direction of an artesian well for this
The wife of Frank Miller, the well known
hotel manager, died here to-dav.
reported to be flooded with
counterfeit coin.
Hem;y Holmes, Superintendent of the
Dog W agon Brigade, was jailed to-night
on several warrants charging him with
appropriating to his own use monev for
tags paid him by the owners of dogs whom
be was to furnish with the tags if given
the money.
WORK OP THE HOUSE.
Republican Representatives Ignore
Their Party's Platform.
Washington, June s.—The House
to-day passed the bill providing for the
saie of the real estate owned by the
United States at Harper's Ferry, Va.
The Senate bill was passed authorizing
the Mayor and City Council of Nashville
to construct a free bridge across the Cum
berland river.
Jrivi?!, 1 J°n the rt ; l,cf of Ellen Call Long
£i K ' P revanJ ’ next of kiu lo K. K.
Florida, was passed, as was also the
bdl , “glands granted to the California
ami Oregon Railroad.
u a"d 17 were set apart for con-,
snieration of the bill to amend the Thurman
sinking fund act, and also the bill forfeiting
“‘a” l ‘o Bt. Louis and Iron
Mountain Railroad. In consideration of the
forfeiture the Iron Mountain Railroad is re
leased from the obligations of land grant rail
roads.
Mr. Lewis, of Louisiana, then called up the
roll Tor the forfeiture of the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg land grant. This
was opposed bv Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, and
Jlr. Belford, of Colorado, who contended that
a n quest ion of this importance should be
considered by a full House. They raised the
po nt of “no quorum” and intersected mo
tions to adjourn over, and were supported bv
a majority of the Republicans, wbich drew
forth the remark from Mr. Springer that,
while the Republican platform adopted in
Chicago to-day demanded the forfeiture of
unearned land grants, the members of
that party in the House were filibustering to
prevent the passage of all laws for that pur
pose. Finally, without taking action, the
House adjourned.
GEN. BABCOCK’S DROWNING
Claimed with Three Others bv the
Breakers While Struggling for Life.
Washington, June s.—The War De
partment has received notice of the
death of Gen. Babcock and the
cause of the drowning. When Gen.
Babcock’ff schooner arrived off Mos
quito Inlet, a large whale boat with
with seven men went off to him. On her
return Gen. Babcock and party embarked
in her to come ashore. On the outer bar
of breakers the steering oar was broken,
and the boat filled and Thp
General held on to the boat till she
reached the shore breakers, when he and
all hands were torn from the boat, and he
with three others were drowned. The
Secretary of War has telegraphed the
Signal office at Jacksonville, Fla., to
cause the remains of Gen. Babcock to
l>e embalmed and sent to Washington.
THE REMAINS PASS THROUGH JACKSON
VILLE.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 15.—The
body of Gen. Babcock, who was drowned
ill Mosquito Inlet, Monday, passed
through this city to-day en’ route for
Washington. The body of L. P. Luckev,
who perished at the same time, has also
been recovered.
More News from the Counties.
Wrightsvillk, Ga., June 3.—Below
are the names of delegates elected from
Johnson county:
To the State Democratic Convention to be
held in Atlanta on the 18th inst. —\V. G. Sam
mons and W. R. Daley, delegates, and Isliam
-tevens ami O. S. Fortner, alternates.
To the Congressional Convention for the
Tenth District, to 1* held at Saudersville on
July I—Dr. J. W. Flanders andjM. H. Ma
son, delegates, and W. L. Johnson and T. IV .
Kent, alternates.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing Hon.
George T. Barnes, as the choice of Johnson
countv for Congress from the Tenth District,
and requesting our delegates to use their votes
and influence in favor of his nomination.
COLQUITT COUNTT.
Moultrie, June s.—At a Democratic mass*
meeting the house was called to order by H.
L. Watkins, Chairman. Executive M. M.
IS lan ton was elected Chairman, and A. I>.
Patterson elected Secretary. On motion of
11. L. Watkins the chair apjiointed a commit
tee of three to suggest the names of delegates,
and Judge Henry Gay, Judge J. B. Norman
and J. Register were appointed. The com
mittee reported A. D. Patterson and M. M.
Blanton as delegates.
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Cantos, June 3.—A large audience of Dem
ocrats met in the court house to-day. Chair
man W. H. Perkinson and Secretary B. r.
Perrv were promptly in their places. The
following delegates were chosen to rep
resent the countv: ' Presidential, to meet
in Atlanta !Blh instant—Hon. J. R.
Brown and Hon. W. S. Teasley; Duber
natorial— H. W, Newman and \\ . J. Webb;
Congressional—W. 11. Perkinson and B. F.
Perry. None of the delegates were instructed,
vet the county favors the old ticket. Tilden
and Hendricks. It was resolved to adopt the
majority rule in all conventions.
Mr. Berckmans Off for Europe.
Augusta. June 5.—J. P- Berckmans,
President or the Georgia State Horticul
tural Society, and recently appointed for
eign commissioner cf the World’s hair to
be held in New Orleans, left this city this
evening to make an extended tour of
Europe and Africa, in the interest of
the horticultural department of the
New Orleans Cotton Exposition. Mr.
Berckmans will visit all the principal cities
in Southern Europe and Northern Africa
before his return. Mr. Berckmans holds a
commission both from the Exposition au
thorities and the President of the united
States.
The Contesting Congressmen.
Washington. June s.—ln the con
tested election cases of the present Con
gress the House Committee on Elections
has agreed to allow the following sum for
the expenses 0 f those interested: Massey
and Wise of Virginia, $3 000 each; Chal
mers and Manning of Mississippi, $2,000
each; English and Peelle of Indiana,
$2,000 each; Wallace and McKinley of
Ohio, $2,000 each; Wilson and Frederick
of lowa, $2,000 each; Wood and Peters of
Kansas. sl.sooeach; Craig and Shelley or
Alabama, SI,OOO each.
* Florida's Medical Association.
Jacksonville, June s.—The State
Medical Association elected Dr. W all, of
Tampa, President: Dr. Lancaster, of
Gainesville, First Vice President; Dr.
Caldwell, ot Sanford, Second Vice Presi
dent: Dr. Knight, of Jacksonville, Secre
tary • Dr. Fernandez, of Jacksonville,
Treasurer; and Dr. Kenworthy, of Jack
sonville, Librarian. The session was well
attended. Several valuable papers were
read. A resolution was adopted request
ing that a quarantine station be estab
lished at Tampa.
Reciprocity with Moilco.
Washington, June 5.-Representative
ii win of New Y ork, was to-day author
ed by the Ways and Means Committee
to favorably report the bill carrying into
effect the reciprocity treaty wit^Mexico.
Skin Cancer.
Mr. W. H. Gilbert, of Albany, Ga., un
der date of May 8,1884, says: Mr. Brooks
near here has an eating cancer on his face
which had nearly killed him —every one
thought he woula be dead in a short time,
as nothing seemed to stop the ravages of
the cancer. He commenced taking Bwiu s
Specific two months ago, and it has had a
wonderfttl effect on him. He was so far
recovered as to be out at bis work, anu
ppms in a fair way to get entirely well.
Treatise on Blood and Skin diseases
m The Specific Cos., Drawer 3,
AtUnta GaT 159 W. Kd street, New
York, and 12Co Chestnut street, Pniladel
phia.
READY FOR A BALLOT.
CHICAGO THE SCENE OF WILD
ENTHUSIASM.
Nomln ““on Greeted with a
Mad Tumult, which Was Repeated
hen Arthur Was Named—Logan,
Sherman and Edmunds the Other
Nominees—Balloting First on the
apis Aft*?r this Morning’s Reas
sembling Full Text of the Platform.
Chicago, June 5,10 a.m.— Col.N. A.Reed
of the Centralia, Mo., Sentinel , said to a
representative of the Associated Press this
morning: “All this talk about Gen.
Sherman not being a candidate is a hum
bug. Col. L. M Dayton, of Cincinnati,
who was the General’s personal and most
confidential staff officer, is in the city and
hasbeen circulatingextensively amongthe
members of the Loyal Legion, of whom
there are a great number in the city.
Col. Dayton said; ‘I knew that Gen.
Sherman had never penned any such
dispatch, as it was rumored he had, sav
tng that he would not serve as President
oi the U uited States, even though he was
nominated and elected. His position is
this: Gen. Sherman has attained the
highest honors which can be bestowed
upon any man by the American people.
tv is aware oi this. On the contrary,
John Sherman, while he has had great
honors bestowed upon him, has seen
honors beyond and above those which he
nas enjoyed. As long as John Sherman
was in the field, or rather until he had
reached the fruition of his ambition, his
brother, the General, would not allow,
even by implication, his name to be pre
sented, used- or whispered. Now it is
certain that John Sherman does not stand
the slighest show of bein<-
even more than mentioned in
this connection at this juncture,
the friends of Gen. Sherman are in no
way antagonizing the interests of his
brother, John Sherman when they sav that
if the American people see fit to honor
\\ illiam Tecumseh Sherman as a candi
date for the nomination of President of
the United States he will not decline the
honor. Now mind,” continued Col. Day
ton, “Gen. Sherman is not seeking the
nomination, but bis friends have been as
sured that a large number of delegates
will support him iu case it is known that
he would not decline.”
PLANS OF THE BLAINE MEN.
Chicago, June 5, 11:30 a. m.— lt is re
ported that the Blaine managers have
resolved to endeavor to break the policy
of delay heretofore pursued by the Arthur-
Edmunds managers and push matters to
a conclusion. While fighting stoutlv in
committee they will content themselves
with that and not invite resistance in
open convention. This seems to be their
best plar.. They also hope to defeat the
independents by inducing the Arthur men,
who also are opposed to dark horses, to
come to Blaine on some late ballot.
REASSEMBLING OF THE CONVENTION.
Chicago, June 5, 2:30 p. m.—The con
vention was called to order at 10:54
o’clock this morning, and was opened
with prayer by Bishop Fallows, ot the
Reformed Episcopal Church. He prayed
that those who should be elected bv this
elect ion for the greatest political positions
to which mortal men could aspire might
possess every qualification z>f body, mind
and heart for their high and holy trusts;
that personal preferences and* interests
might yield to*the just demands of true
and broad patriotism, and that the final
i atification of the choice might be made
by the people in an unmistakable man
lier.
Henry Ballard, of Vermont. Chairman
of the Committee on Credentials, reported
that the sessions of the committee had
been almost continuous, leaving the mem
bers no time to rest. He took pleasure
in saying that the proceedings hau
been entirely harmonious and without re
ference to personal'preferences. The re
sult was a unanimous report. This an
nouncement was received with applause.
The report of the Committee on Creden
tii) | C UOO llxou Vviud ty M* F o <-4, xrt Hv H
Jersey. It was to the effect that the sit
ting members in all the contested cases
are entitled to their seat, except in the
ease of the Nineteenth district of New
York and the Fifth district of Kentucky,
where both delegates and contestants are
admitted to cast half a vote each. In the
S’irginia case the committee found unani
mously that the delegation headed by
Senator Mahone was entitled to seats.
The report was adopted without discus
sion.
W. Parks, of California, from the Com
mittee on Rules, reported that the com
mittee had adopted substantially the rules
of the last convention except that it re
commended the adoption of Cushing's
Manual as the parliamentary law of the
l>ody instead of the rules of the House of
Representatives, except that the previous
question is to be in force as in the House.
G. W. Grow, of Pennsylvania, from the
minority of the committee, offered a sub
stitute for the tenth rule, which prescribes
the mode of electing delegates to the next
National Republican Convention. He
proposes that delegates shall be elected
in the same manner as members ©f Con
gress.
Mr. Parks accepted the proposed
amendment, Air. Grow having explained
that the delegates-at-large are to be
elected by the State conventions, and that
the manner of electing delegates from the
District ot Columbia should be prescribed
by the National Republican Committee.
The rules were then adopted. Mr. Parks
offered an additional rule as to the order
of business.
• THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, moved to
so amend it as to make’the order of busi
ness as follows:
First. The report of the Committee on Plat
form anil Resolutions.
Second. The call of the roll ot States.
Third. The presentation of candidates for
President.
Fourth. Balloting.
Fifth. The presentation of candidates for
Vice President.
Sixth. Balloting. •
The amendment was agreed to and the
additional rule was adopted.
Mr. Roosevelt, of New York, inquired
what bad become of the proposition in re
gard to representation in future national
conventions. He knew that there was a
strong feeling that there should be some
change by which the number of delegates
should be more nearly proportioned to the
Republican votes cast in their respective
States. ,
Mr. Parks, of California, Chairman of
the Committee on Rules, sa'd that that
subject had been withheld until a minori
ty report could be prepared.
Mr. Thurston, of Nebraska, moved to
amend the seventh rule, which provides
for nominations by a majority of the votes
CUfc>t, SO as to require a majority- o* all tUo
delegates. He said that no rule should be
enforced by which less than a majority of
the dulv elected delegates could attempt
to force a candidate upon the party. Such
action would be repudiated by the tree-
men of America. [Applause.]
Mr. Sanders, of Montana, ottered an
amendment that no person shall be eli
gible as a member of the National Com
mittee who is not eligible as a member ol
the electoral college.
Mr Hoar, of Massachusetts, explained
the effect of the civil service law passed
bv Congress a year ago, and said that it
w-as not the purpose of that law to pro
hibit any Federal officer from exercising
all the rights of an American citizen.
The amendment offered by Mr. Sanders
The amendment offered by Mr. Thurii
ton of Nebraska, was adopted after some
verbal modifications. This disposed, at
p> -3o o’clock, of the question of rules ex
cept as to representation in future con
ventions, that subject being withheld.
future representation.
Mr. Parks, of California, then made a
report upon the appointment of delegates
to future conventions. It directs that
each State shall lie entitled to lour dele
"ates-at-large, with two additional dele
gates for each member of Congress at
large (if any ), that each Territory and the
District of Columbia shall be entitled to
two delegates, and that each Congression
al district shall be entitled to two dele
" l >lr. Bishop, of Massachusetts, on be
half of the minority of the committee, re
ported a rule that each State shall be en
titled to four delegates-at-large and one
additional delegate for each Representa
tive-at-large (if any); that each Territory
and the District of Columbia shall be en
titled to two delegates; that each Con
gressional district shall be entitled to
one delegate and an additiona l dele
gate for every fO,(XjO ma
inritv votes or fraction thereof
cast'for the Republican Presidential elec
toral ticket at the last preceding Presi
dential election, and that the Republican
National Committee shall within a year
after each Presidential election certify
the representation to which each State is
Mr. Carver, of Indiana, supported the
minority report as entirely in keeping
with the genius of American institutions.
It did not increase the representation ol
an rl y . d , i . Btrl ? t > b ut only added to the repre
mjorities n accordance with Republican
mG^L-? radley ’ of Reutuckv, opposed the
minority report as something that might
come from the Democratic party, but not
. f r° m Republican. There had been
times when the South had saved the Re
pubhean party. It was Florida gave
them the President in 1876. K
LOOK OUT FOR THE TARIFF.
.. warned the Republican party that
the tariff question was coming up before
wh* n C ?i U l’i- y \? Dd l he time m '£ht come
! Stales miffht want the
aid of the South. Southern delegates
came here as freemen, not as slaves. They
(lid not come to dictate nominations, but
to surrender their man
hood. The gallows which it was now pro
posed to erect might hang some of those
who proposed it. West Virginia, North
Carolina, Florida and the Old Dominion,
in spite of Democratic shot-guns and in
spite of legalized murder, which cried to
God for vengeance, would give the Re
publican party their electoral votes at the
coming election. [Applause.]
Lynch, of Mississippi, also opposed the
minority report. It would be simply say
ing to the ballot-box stuffer at the South
and to shot-gun holders that they should
k ei, cfit of their crimes. [Ap-
A delegate from lowa declared that the
Mahones of the South should be encour
aged, and that lowa would cast 26 votes
to encourage them. (Cheers.]
■ml. Townsend, of New York, opposed
the proposition as an attempt to disfran
cb'fc the brave Republicans of the South.
Mr. West, of Ohio, also argued against
the minority report.
Air. Long, oi Jlassachusetts, said that
it was perfectly evident that the conven
tion was not prepared to adopt the views
of the minority report, but they were go
ing to elect the next President, and that
fact would go far toward settling equal
rights at the South, and at the end of the
next Presidential term the matter might
j>e taken up and decided. He therefore
hoped that the matter would be referred
to the next executive committee. [Shouts
of dissent.]
Mr. Filley, of Alissouri, opposed the mi
nority report, He spoke of the 66,000 Re
publicans of Alissouri, who united
their votes with the Greenbackers,
and asked whether they were to
he abandoned, or whether they
should not be encouraged as Alahone had
been encouraged, who had saved Virginia
to the Republican party. [Applause.]
WHAT ADOPTION ENTAILED.
Air. O’Hara, of North Carolina, declared
that the adoption of the minority report
would be a total Surrender of the political
rights of every Republican in the South—
white as well as black. *
Air. Claytou, of Arkansas, also opposed
the minority report.
Air. Bishop, of Massachusetts, then with
drew the report amid great applause, stat
ing that it was evident that the sentiment
jof the convention was against it.
The majority report was then adopted.
THE PLATFORM.
Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, from the Com
mittee on Resolutions, then presented its
report as follows:
The Republicans of the United States, in
national convention assembled, renew their
a’legianee to the principles upon which they
have triumphed in six successive Presidential
elections, and congratulate the American peo
ple on the attainment of so many results iu
legislation and administration by which the
Republican party has,after saving the Union,
done so much to rcmler its institutions, a just
equal anil beneficent safeguard of liberty anil
the embodiment of the best thought and
highest purposes of our citizens. The Re
publican party has gained its strengtli by a
quick and faithful response to the demands
of the people for freedom and equality of all
men, for a united nation, assuring the rights
of all citizens for the elevation of labor, for
an honest currency, for purity in legislation
and for integrity and accountability in all
departments of the government, anil it ac
cepts the new duty of leading in the work of
progress and reform. We lament the death of
President Garfield,whose sound statesmanship
long conspicuous in Congress, gave promise of
a strong and successful administration, a
promise fully realized during the short period
of his office as President of the United States.
His distinguished success in war and in peace
have endeared him to the hearts of tile Amer
iHMrtftintf a TTsk
conservative and patriotic poliev, under
which the country has been blessed witli
remarkable prosperity, and we believe his
eminent services are entitled to anil will re
ceive the hearty approval ot every citizen.
It is the first duty of good government to pro
tect the rights and promote the interests of
its own people. The largest diversity of in
dustry is the most productive of the general
prosperity and of the comfort and independ
ence ot the people.
THE TARIFF PLANK.
We therefore demand that imposition of
duties on foreign imports shall be made, not
for revenue only, hut that in raising the
requisite revenues for government such duties
shall he so levied as to afford security to our
diversified industries and protection to the
rights and wages of labor, to the end
that active and intelligent labor, as
well as capital, may have its just
reward and the laboring man his full
share in the national prosperity. Against
the so-called economical system of the Demo
cratic party, which would degrade our labor
to the foreign standard, wc enter our earneat
protest. The Democratic party has failed
completely to relieve the peopie of the burden
of unnecessary taxation by a wise reduction
of the surplus revenue. The Republican
party pledges itself to correct tlie iniquities
of the tariff, and to reduce the surplus reve
nue, not by the vicious and Indiscriminate
process of horizontal reduction, but by such
methods as will relieve the tax-payer without
injuring the laborer or the great productive
interests of the country. We recognize the
importance of sheep husbandry in the
United states, the serious depression
which it is now experiencing, and the danger
threatening its future prosperity, and we
therefore respect the demands of the repre
sentatives of this important agricultural in
terest for the readjustment of the duty upon
foreign |Wool. in order that such industry shall
have fuH t hnd adequate protection.
CURRENCY AND COMMERCE.
We have always recommended the best
money known to the civilized world, and we
urge that an effort be made to unite all com
mercial nations in the establishment of an
international standard which shall have for
all a relative status of gold ami silver coinage.
The regulation of commerce with foreign
nations and between the States is one of the
most important prerogatives of the general
government, and the Republican party dis
tinctly announces its purpose to support such
legislation as will fully and efficiently carry
oil the constitutional power of Congress over
inter-State commerce. The principle of pub
lic regulation of railway corporations is a
wise and salutary one for the protection of
all classes of people, and we favor legislation
that shall prevent unjust discrimination and
excessive charges for transportation, and that
6hall prove to the peopie and to the railways
alike fair and equal protection of the laws.
We favor the establishment of a national bu
reau of lalior, the enforcement of the eight
hour law, and a wise and judicious system of
general education by adequate appropriation'
lrom the national revenues, wherever the
same is needed. We believe that everywhere
protection due to citizens of American birth
must be secured to citizens by American adop
tion, and we favor the settlement of interna
tional differences by international arbitra
tion.
raurnn IARoH
The Republican party, liaviDg its birth in
hatred of slave labor,and in the desire that all
men may lie free and equal,is unalterably op
posed to placing our workingmen in competi
tion with any form of servile labor, whether
at home or abroad. In this spirit we denounce
the importation of contract labor, whether
from Europe or Asia, as an offense against the
spirit of American institutions, and we pledge
ourselves to sustain the present law restricting
Chinese immigration, and provide such fur
ther legislation as is necessary to carry out its
purpose. The reform of the civil service, aus
piciously begun under Republican adminis
tration. should lie completed by a further
extension of the reform system already estab
lished by law to all grades of the service to
which it is applicable. The spirit and pur
pose of reform should be observed in all execu
tive appointments, and all laws at variance
with the objects of the existing reform legis
lation should he repealed to the end that the
dangers to free institutions which lurk in the
power of official patronage may be wisely and
effectively avoided.
PUBLIC LANDS AND PENSIONS.
The public lauds are the heritage of the
people of the United States, and should he
reserved as far as possible for small holdings
by actual settlers. We are opnosed to the
acquisition of large tracts of these lands by
corporations or individuals, and especially
where such holdings are in the hands of non
resident aliens, and we will endeavor to obtain
such legislation as will tend, to correct this
evil. We demand of Congress the speedy for
feiture of all land grants which have lapsed
by reason of non-compliance with the acts of
incor]>oration in all cases where there has
been no attempt in good faith to perform the
conditions of suoli grants. The grateful
thanks of the American people are due to the
Republican soldiers ana sailors of the late
war, and the Republican party stands pledged
to suitable pensions for all w'ho are disabled,
and for (he widows and orphans ot those who
died in the war. The Republican party also
pledges itself to the repeal of the limitation
contained in the arrears act of 179, so that
all invalid soldiers shall share alike. Their
pensions shall begin with the date of disabil
ity or discharge, and not with the date of ap
plication.
THE FOREIGN POLICY.
The Republican party favors a policy which
shall keep us from entangling alliances with
foreign nations, and which shall give a right
to expect that foreign nations shall refrain
from meddling in American affairs, a policy
which seeks peace and trade with all powers,
but especially with those of the Western
Hemisphere. ’ We demand the restoration of
our navy to its old-time strength and effi
ciency, that it may in any sea protect the
rights of American citizens and the interests
of American commerce, and we call upon
Congress to remove the burdens under which
American shipping has been depressed, so
that it may be true again that we have a
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1884.
commerce which leaves no sea unexplored
fore if naV ' V whlch take * no from superior
a PP o ro“>enL-, by the Presi
dent to offices in the Territories should be
made from bona fide citizens and residents of
the Territories wherein they are to serve.
POLYGAMY MUST GO.
Resolved. That it is the duty of Congress to
enact such laws as shall promptlv imd effi
ciently suppress the system of polygamy with
in our territory, and divorce the political
from the ecclesiastical power of the so-ca'led
Mormon Church, and that the law so enacted
should be rigidly enforced bv the civil au
thorities if jiossible, and by ’the military If
need be. The people of the United States, in
their organized capacity, constitute a nation,
and not a mere confederacy of States. The
National Government is supreme within the
sphere of its national duly, but the States
have reserved rights which should be faith
fully maintained. Each should be guarded
with jealous care, so that the harmony of our
system of government maybe preserved and
the Cniou be kept inviolate. The perpetuity
of our institutions rests upou the mainten
ance of a free ballot, in an honest count and
correct returns. We denounce the fraud and
violence practiced by the Democracy in
Southern States, by which the will of voters
is defeated, as dangerous to the preservation
of free institutions, and we solemnly arraign
the Democratic party as being the guilty re
cipient of tlic fruits of such fraud ana vio
lence. We extend to Republicans of the
South, regardless of theirfonaer party affilia
tions, our cordial sympathy, and pledge to,
them our most earnest efforts to promote the
passage of such legislation as will secure to
every citizen of whatever race and color full
and complete recognition, paMessiou aud ex
ercise of all civil and political rights.
The Chairman called Galusha AV. Grow
to the Chair, while the platform was
being read by Air. McKinley. There were
interruptions of applause at the points
approving the President’s administration,
declaring that the duties of imports
should he made not for revenue only,
claiming full and adequate protection for
sheep husbandry, recommending legisla
tion to regulate railroads, disapproving
the importation of contract labor, whether
from Europe or Asia, favoring the civil
service law, condemning the acquisition
of large tracts of lands, especially by non
resident aliens, declaring a policy of non
Interference with foreign nations, and
that foreign nations shall refrain from in
termeddling in American affairs, for the
enforcement of laws against polygamy,
and condemning the fraud and violence of
the Democracy in Southern States.
The resolutions were adopted without
discussion and amid much applause. The
next business in order was the call of
States for the announcement of the mem
bers of the National Committee. A mo
tion to postpone the call was made and
voted down, and the call was then pro
ceeded with, after which the convention
took a recess till 7 o’clock this evening.
the evening session.
Chicago, June 5, 11:30 p. m.—Chair
man Henderson called the convention and
vast audience to order at 7:35 o’clock and
said:
Gentlemen of the Convention'. Under the
rules adopted, the order of business now is t he
preseutation of ciimliilates for President.
Air. Dutcher, of New York—
Air. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to
offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Scats be
directed to issue 500 tickets of admission to
veteran soldiers and sailors, to be distributed
through the Chairmen of the several dele
gations.
Air. Howe, of Nebraska—
I second the motion of the gentleman from
New York.
The Chair—
This motion requires unanimous consent.
[Cries of “Question,” Question!”]
The question being put, it was decided
by the Chair carried.
Air. Bayne, of Pennsylvania—
Mr. Chairman, I arise to ask what is the
business before the convention t According to
the order of business adopted by the conven
tion, before we proceed to nominate candi
dates for President the respective States
should be called to report the members of the
National Committee. [Laughter.] That busi
ness is unfinished, several States
not yet having reported. I
therefore move that the Stales which have
not yet reported their members of ttie Na
tional Committee be now called, and that
after tlie reports shall have been made from
ilie several •-tates, that the Secretary report
the members of the committee from the re
spective States, in order that we may know
that the committee is eorrectlv made up.”
The Chair—
me .xucioq win can me a- lues.
CALLING THE STATES.
The Secretary proceeded with the call
of States. Alabama, Arkansas, Califor
nia, Colorado, Connecticut and Delaware
all asked to be passed. Georgia nomi
nated F. F. Putney. Illinois, Indiana,
lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana.
Alaine, Alaryland, Alassachusett3 and
Alichtgan asked to be passed. Alinnesota
named N. J. Norton. Upon a call of the
rest of the States and Territories and the
District of Colorado, they all asked to be
passed.
The Chair—
The Secretary will now cal! the roll of
States, and when the name of a State having
a candidate to present is called, the party
selected to make the presentation will come
forward and speak.
HAWLEY’S NAME PRESENTED.
The Secretary then proceeded to call
the roll of States, calling Alabama, Ar
kansas, California, Colorado, and when
the name of liis State was called Air.
Brandagee, of Connecticut, arose and
took the stand amid great app.ause.
The Chair—
Afr. Brandagee, of Connecticut
Air. Brandagee then spoke as follows:
Mr. President nrul Gentlemen of the Conven
tion: AVe are here to select the ehief magis
trate for thirty-eight States and 50,000.000 of
people. If we choose wisely the selection of
June will he the elected in November, ami in
Alareh we will inaugurate the seventh con
secutive Republican President of the United
States. [Applause.] If we lie wedded to a
fatal choice,tbe solid South, which has already
captured the capitol, will occupy the White
House, and the results of the war will be
rolled backward for a generation.
In the course of his speech Air. Branda
gee, after describing the high order of the
man who should become the standard
bearer of the party, in behalf of the Re
publicans of Connecticut nominated
“one who fills all the conditions, and who,
in the largest degree, represents the fit
ness and availability of their candidate —
whose name can lead to victory in No
vember—Gen. Jos. R. Hawley, of Con
necticut.” [Applause]. Continuing, he
said: “Air. Hawley was born in North
Carolina. lie draws from Southern blood
and Southern soil and Southern skies the
generous chivalry of a nature that abhors
cant and hypocrisy anil falsehood, and
feels a stain like a wound.” Mr. Branda
gee closed amid rounds of applause.
LOGAN PUT FORWARD.
The Secretary called the States of Dela
ware, Florida and Georgia, without meet
ing with any response. When Illinois
was called and Senator Cullotu rose, about
4,000 voices indulged in the exclamation.
“Ah!” “Ah!” “Ah!” The Senator walked
down the aisle towards the platlorm, cool
ly buttoning up the buttons of bis coat.
As he mounted the platform he was
received with a fresh volley of yells,
as he confronted the audience from the
speaker’s desk.
Mr. Cullom began his speech with a his
tory of the Republican party, referred to
the’ nomination of Lincoln at the second
National Convention of its existence, and
said history repeats itself. The common
wealth of Illinois, which has never
wavered in its adherence to Republican
principles since it gave to the nation and
the world Lincoln, now presents to this
convention for its consideration as the
standard-bearer of the Republican party
another son of Illinois, one whose name
will be 'recognized from one end of this
land to the other as an able statesman,
brilliant soldier and honest man—Gen.
John A. Logan. The announcement ot
Gen. Logan’s name was received with a
wild burst ot applause, a great many per
sons rising to their feet, waving their hats
and handkerchiefs, and thousands of peo
ple in the gallery joining in the roar of
applause. The cheers were renewed
again and again.
In the course of his remarks lie
gave a sketch of Gen. Logan's life, his
career in the army where, he said, he
never lost a battle, and closed by offering
the name of the trjed hero and patriot,
the sagacious and uncorruptible states
man, the man who, though defeated, never
skulked in his tent. “We offer you Gen.
John A. Logan, and ask you to make him
nominee.” j Applause.]
Mr. Prentiss, of Missouri, seconded the
nomination of Gen. Logan, speaking of
him as one who had served his country
well in peace and war, and who had stood
by the Republican party in all its perils,
and had never forsaken it at any time.
The people of Illinois, who loved the
man, asked this convention to recognize
the services of the brightest star in the
galaxy of Union leaders.
The call was then proceeded with. In
diana, lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisi
ana, each being called and each passing
as called.
BLAINE OF MAINE.
Upon the call of Maine it seemed as if
the entire assemblage arose, and amid a
roar of applause, mingled with cries of
“Blaine!” commenced a scene such as
can be witnessed only at a national con
vention. The delegates from California
mounted on chairs, hoisted their white
hats on canes and waved them about in
response to the ocean of handkerchiefs
waved by the ladies in the galleries and
on the platform seats. One genius con
ceived the idea of opening his umbrella,
aud immediately about fifty umbrellas
were up and waved about, presenting a
novel sight. Alean while the great crowds
of admirers of Blaine were shouting in
one immense, never-ending shout, some
thing like the roar of a tempest, now
swelling aDd now sinking. The band
itself came to the aid of the shouts,
and thunderedjwith its basses and drums,
and although five minutes had passed, the
enthusiasm of theßlaineites knew no end,
and the roar of their applause still con
tinued. At last the President, who had
been looking with interest on the scene
before him, seized his gavel and
gave some raps therewith. The crowd
was silent a moment and then, regardless
of the Chairman’s rapping, again burst
out iu another shout in honor of their
candidate. The Chairman rapped and
the crowd shouted again, but at length,
after a succession of ballots lasting 7
minutes, the business was allowed to
proceed.
THE BLIND ORATOR.
After the Chairman had succeeded in
producing comparative silence, Judge
West, of Ohio, was introduced. The ex
citement was intense, and the interest in
Air. West, on account of his commanding
presence and sympathy for his infirmity,
blindness, brought all to silence about the
vast hall. Just then Air. West proceeded
with his speech, in which he was ap
plauded at the end of almost every sen
tence. In the course of his remarks he
declared in preferring Blaine that he
abated no jot of respect
for the other distinguished candidates.
Ilis mention by name of Blaine produced
several outbursts of applause,, which
brought the proceedings to‘ a standpoint
for a long time. In one eloquent
flight the speaker inadvertently men
tioned James A. Garfield as the
white plumed knight—the Henry ot Na
varre. Discovering his slip of the tongue
by its effect upon the audience, be cor
rected himself and brought his remarks
to a close by formally placing James G.
Blaine in nomination. Upon the mention
of the name of Blaine there arose
ANOTHER SHOUT OF APPLAUSE,
which, spreading rapidly, soon developed
into a greater, louder, more piercing
halloo than followed the call of Alaine.
The handkerchiefs of the ladies were
agiiin waved in unison, delegates
elevated their hats, and it seemed
likely for five minutes that
there would be merely a repetition of the
preceding uproar; but the visitors, who,
indeed, made ninety-nine hundredths of
the applause, wrested the flags from the
side of the gallery and waved them the
entire length of the hall. A large national
flag was also taken by the visitors
from the front of the platform
and waved from the platform amid
cheering. Subsequently upon a pole w r as
placed a helmet, exquisitely formed of
coronations and roses, with a long
white plume, wbich was hoisted
from the press table. The hel
met was the gift of some young
Ladies of Chicago. A tremendous accla
mation greeted this suggestion of the
plumed knight of four years ago. So went
on the waving of hats, umbrellas, flags
and divers other articles for several min
utes, until it degenerated into whistling,
cat calls and other like noises.
The Chairman seized the moment to
rap tbe convention to order, and after a
short fight with tbe whistlers, cat-callers
and other? , business was once more re
sumed.
After an interval of twenty-five minutes
the calling of tbe roll was continued by
the Secretary until the State of New York
was reached.
A RALLY FOR ARTHUR.
When New York was called, it was the
opportunity of the friends of Arthur, and
well was it improved. Such a burst
of enthusiastic applause upon the
part ot the general audience, such
an uprising and cheering of a
great body of delegates, and waving
of flags, showed their numbers and
earnestness. The colored delegates espe
cially raised their voices and their hats,
and added to the general applause,
form and alongside of and in the
halls. After 15 minutes of this
enthusiastic cheering, the Chairman rap
ped twice to stop the cheers, but was only
cheered for his trouble. He rapped twice
and the crowd sang “Alarching through
Georgia.” Again be rapped, and they
gave three cheers and a tiger for Ax-thur.
alter which business proceeded.
Martin I. Townsend, of New York, took
bis place upon the platform. The House
cheered and applauded for sixteen min
utes, and endeavored, if possible, to
counteract the enthusiasm gotten up by
the friends of Blaine a few moments pre
vious. As soon as it was possible to
be heard the Chairman vigorously rapped
on the table with his gavel and introduced
Air. Townsend. The scene during his
speech was a repetition of what had gone
before, the enthusiasm and throats and
lungs of the vast crowd, showing no evi
dence of weakening. At one
point in Air. Townsend’s speech
considerable confusion arose in the hall
from the fact that he frequently tui-ned
his face to the rear of the platform to
speak to the officials who occupied that
exalted position. Frequent cries arose
from the delegates and from the audience,
requesting Air. Townsend to turn around.
iace the iiv.t, we can’t hear you.” He
ceased with a formal mention of Arthur
as the man most likely to conciliate the
solid, anxious men of thq Republican
party. H. H. Bingham, of iMnnsylvania,
seconded the nomination. Iu was f o [.
lowed by Lynch, ot Mississippi, "'Vinston,
oi North Carolina, and Pinchbeck,-if Roul
isiana, in support of Arthur’s noniiiiKion.
FORAKER NAMES SHERMAN.
When Ohio was called Judge Foraktt
came on the platform amid loud cheers.
Judge Foraker said: “I want to say again
and now what I have had occasion to re
peat so many times since 1 came to Chi
cago to attend this convention, and that
is that tliis is a Republican State. [Ap
plause.] She will cast her electoral Vote
for the nominee of this convention. [Cries
of “good,” “good,” and cheers.] I am
not here to ask anything for her in her
name as a conditional precedent. On the
contrary, let it be distinctly understood
that, whatever she may do in other
years, 1 happen to know that, al
though she sometimes acts strangely
[laughter and applause], she never
failed to carry our flag to victory in a
Presidential campaign.
Gov. Long, of Massachusetts, nomi
nated
SENATOR EDMUNDS, OF VERMONT,
in a speech which was frequently inter
rupted by cheers, but did not provoke a
repetition of the w ild scenes of enthu
siasm incident to the naming of Blaine
and Arthur.
A motion to adjourn till 10 o’clock to
morrow a. m., was made after the second-
William Curtis, but after great excite
ment it was negatived by a vote of 412 to
381.
Subsequently both sides agreed to an
adjournment till 10 o’clock to-morrow.
GEN. SHERMAN INTERVIEWED.
St. Louis, Mo., Junes, 11a.m.—Gen.
Sherman was seen at his residence yes
terday and asked about his acceptance of
a nomination by the Chicago Convention
and about tlio rumored telegram to John
B. Henderson. “I sent no telegram to
Chicago,” he said, “but three days ago I
mailed a letter to Gen. Henderson. He
telegraphed me last night, and I presume
my letter reached him to-day, and I am
glad it got there.” *
“You would not accept, then, a unani
mous nomination?”
“No, I would not.”
“What are your reasons?”
“I have plenty of them, but keep them
to myself,”
Congress' Prospective Adjournment.
Washington, June s. —Hext Tuesday
the Ways and Means Committee will con
sider the resolutions referred to in fixing
a day for the adjournment of Congress.
It is not probable that any day sooner
than the 4th of July will be designated by
the House lor adjournment. The Repub
lican Senators do not propose to permit,
an adjournment until sufficient time has
elapsed after the Democratic Convention
to permit the delivery and circulation of
campaign speeches on the Democratic
candidates and their platform.
Burnside’s Successor.
Washington, June s.— The Postmas
ter General to-day appointed Richard
Devens Superintendent of the post office
building and disbursing officer lor that
department, vice J. P. Burnside, dis
missed. Mr. Devens is a son of ex-Attor
ney General Devens, and was formerly
disbursing officer of the Department ot
Justice, and is now a fourth class clerk
in the Post Office Department,
Journalism in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, June 5.—A two-cent inde
pendent morning daily, called the Sun,
appeared this morning without announce
ment. It is understood to be managed by
the Enquirer. The News-Journal was
sold at auction to-day bv order of the court
at $25,000. to Edgar *M. Johnson, who
represents guarantee™ and creditors.
MARYLAND’S DEMOCRACY.
SOUN D PLANKS IN THE PL YT
FORAI ADOPTED.
No Instructions Given to the Delegates
to the National Convention—The “Old
Ticket” the Favorite—The Vermont
Democracy Indulge in Rousing Cheers
at the Mention of Tilden’s Name—Con
necticut'a Democracy.
Baltimore, June 5. —The Democratic
State Convention to elect sixteen dele
gates to the National Convention and
eight Presidential electors met at 12:30
o’clock to-day at Ford’s Opera House, in
this city, and was called to order by lion.
A. P. Gorman, Chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee. There was a very full
attendance, every legislative district in
the State being represented. Philip B.
Laird, of Montgomery county, was
chosen temporary Chairman, and
Thomas H. Aloore, of Baltimore
county, Secretary. Ex-Gov. William
Pinkney AYhvte, United States Senator
Gorman and Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, are
among the members of the Committee on
Resolutions. The Committee on Creden
tials reported every county aud legisla
tive district in the State fully represented
and no contests. They receinmeuded that
the temporary Chairman be made the per
manent one. This was adopted. Ex-Gov.
Whyte, Chairman of the Committee on
Resolutions, report the following:
The representatives of the Democratic Con
servative party of Maryland, in convention
assembled, do hereby adopt the following
resolutions as indicating the opinions of that
party in that State upon the questions now
before the people of the United States:
First. That we adhere with renewed zeal'
to the well considered declaration of the Na
tional Democratic Conventions of tsro and
1880, ami we demand reform in every de
partment of the National Government.
Second. That every branch of the National
Government shall be conducted upon princi
ples of tbe strictest economv, ami no more
revenue shall he raised than' is actually re
quired for the proper expenses of the govern
ment and tor Hie gradual extinction of the
public debt, and therefore we insist upon a
revision and simplification of the present
tariff and such a reduction iu the taxes im
posed upon an overburdened people as will
relieve the Treasury of the large surplus
which now annually accumulates therein and
is a standing temptation to extravagance and
corruption; that no du*y should be imposed
ujion any article above the lowest rate which
will yield the largest amount of revenue.
That maximum revenue dutv should be im
posed upon luxuries, that duties should be so
imposed as to operate as equally as possible
throughout every part of the Union, and
not discriminate either for or against any
class oi^iction.
Third. That wc denounce any scheme which
proposes to distribute the surnlus revenue of
the Tre isury among the States as utterly
repugnaut to the constitution.
Fourth. That we are opposed to the system
of subsidies by the General Government undeV
which, during the period of Republican ascen
dancy, political combinations and corporations
have profited at the people's expense.
Fifth. That the Democratic Conservative
party is a friend of labor and of tlie laboring
man. and it pledges itself to everv proper ef
fort to protect him in bis just rights.
Sixth. That tlie recent financial develop
ments in Now York and other cities have
shown that additional ami more effective leg
islation is required, and a more faithful ad
ministration of the National Bank Depart
ment at Washington is necessary, to the end
that the managers of the moneyed institutions
of the country may be held to more rigid re
sponsibility for the execution of their great
trust.
Seventh. That the interest of tlie whole peo
ple requires that the civil service system of
government should be so reorganized as to
secure the appointment and continued ser
vice of honest and capable men.
Eighth. That the great fraud of 1876, by
which, on a false count of two States, and
through the eight-hy-seven political juggle
of the electoral commission, tlie, candidates
defeated at the polls were declared to be the
President ami Vice President instead of
Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks,
who had been truly elected, struck a death
blow at our system of republican government;
and the Democracy of the United States will
never cease an agitation through which that
wrong shall yet be righted bv a majority
of the electoral votes of the American people.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted; amid great applause.
Ex-Governor John Lee GarroiL of How
“: J t>. .7 . iu. Gwtnn, or Raitimore
City, Richard Hinson, of Kent county,
aud William Walsb,ot Alleghanv county,
were chosen delegates-at-large' lo tlie
National Democratic Convention. The
district delegates are: First district,
Robert F. Braton and Dr. James Dor
nckson; Second district, D. N. Heniin"-
and John S. Wiert; Third district, Robert
J. Slater and William T. Montague;
Fourth district, Fred Raitte and John
J. Fenton; Fifth district. George Wells
and Filmore Beall; Sixth district, Hat
tersly AY . Talbott and Gilmer S. Hammill.
The convention then adjourned. No
instructions were given the delegates to
Chicago, but the sentiments were unani
mously in favor of Tilden. In fact, no
other name was mentioned for President
during the entire proceedings.
A L ABA AI A’S TICK ET COM PLETED
Resolutions Adopted Hailing Demo
cracy’s Probable Restoration to Power.
Alontgomery, June s.—The Demo
cratic Convention reassembled here this
morning and completed the Stt° ticket
by nominating T. N. AD'Oietian for Attor
ney General and a. il. Palmer for Super
intende<’ ot Education.
me delegates-at-large to the National
Convention are L. P. Walker, E. W. Pet
tus, J. F. Johnston and H. C. Tompkins.
J. AI. White and J. A. Kirkpatrick are
the delegates from the Third District. No
resolution on the Presidential question
was adopted. It, is understood that near
ly all of the delegates are for Tilden. The
electors-at-large are W. H. Barnes and
c • W. Bowdoiu. The resolutions mostly
refer to State matters. The following is
one relating to Federal affairs:
Enjoying and appreciating the blessings de
rived from Democratic rule in our own
■Rate, we contemplate with pleasure the
frospects of a like happy consummation in
JVtiona! affairs upon the return of the na-
GOial Democracy to its old position at the
llea l of the general government, thereby se
['’i'l'g a thorough cleansing of the Federal
h£ u<l '. lie ''ringing to justice of those
" , r ° so long rfin riot on the public treas
r™t r." a ,n e and beliuve ‘ ba t among the
lie and of® T 1 be , a £ reat lightening of pab
of thVt IvT ® b, ! r,l f ns ' Ule ’'ringing to an end
°finn .5 t' em ' vh "' h exacts tribute from one
the^Zrif? ncb another, and the return to
i ti, Tlnc 'P |es aiul practices of the ta
mers ot in government, taking from the
or°an to.icsL l^ 11 only 80 m , ut ' h as is needed
lor an nonestrmd economical administration.
After the transaction of some routine
business the c(m vention adjourned sine
DEMOCRACY IN' VERMONT.
Tilden's Name L ce , ve „ with Cheerg _
Delega eß Selected.
Montpelier, Vb*mos T , June 5.-The
Democratic State Cotventit—, for the se
lnotioD of Proo?/l^'* 1 -• ..,/* /|a|
gates-at-large to Chicago and StftP. ” e '°-
assembled to-day with tOO delegates’[ip]' B
ent. The mention of lilden’s name by
Chairman McGetteriek, of St. Albans,
was received with thunders of applause.
The following were chosemlelegates-at
large to Chicago: B. B. Smalley, John C.
Burke, Frank H. Bascom and Amos Aid
rich. The following nominatioss for State
officers were made by acclamation: Gov
ernor, L. W. Redingto'n. of Rutland; Lieu
tenant-Governor, N. P. Bowman, of St.
Johnsbury; Treasurer, Henry Gillett, of
Richmond; Secretary of State, 11. F. Brig
ham, of Bakersfield; Auditor, C.S. Noyes,
of Morristown.
The platform declares for such a revision of
the tariff as shall limit the production of the
revenue to the needs of the government when
economically administered, ami opposes any
further reduction of the internal revenue tax
on tobacco and whisky, opposes all monopo
lies and class legislation; denounces the Re
publican party as the party of extravagance,
corruption and fraud; favors the enactment
of high and stringent license laws as more
conducive to temperance and good morals
than the present prohibitory liquor laws of the
State; expresses confidence in the delegates
elected and leave*them uninstructed.
S. W. Reddington, the nominee for Gov
ernor, made a twenty minutes’ speech,
being heartily applauded.
Connecticut for tli© Old Ticket.
New Ha\’en. June 5.-—The Democratic
State Convention met at the Grand Opera
House this morning, and was largely at
tended. Col. Charles M. Joslyn, of Hart
ford, was elected temporary Chairman.
At an allusion to Tilden in his speech the
convention cheered again and again, leav
ing no doubt that the preference of the
delegates is for the old ticket.
A. E. Burr, ot Hartford, was elected
delezate-at-large from the First district,
John C. Bixbee from the Second district,
Gov. Thomas M. Waller from the Third
district, and ex-Senator William H. Bar-
num from the Fourth district.
The resolutions adopted affirm allegiance to
Democratic principles, urge economy and
honesty in the administration of the
government, denounce assessments for
political purposes, declare it dangerous
to exact taxes beyond the necessary
requirements of the government, and advo
cate a tariff sufficient to provide a revenue
for an economic administration of the same,
favor the claim of soldiers for consideration
in the distribution of pension lands, and
pledge to support the nominee of the Chicago
Convention.
The convention adjourned to-night.
DEAIOCRACY’S WINNING TICKET
Bayard and McDonald the Standard-
Bearers that would Sweep the Country.
Washington, June s.—Outside of the
Democrats from New York, no one here
seriously regards Flower as a Presiden
tial candidate. The New York Demo
crats are divided between Flower and
Cleveland, with the majority favoring
Flower. Representative Stevens says that
with Tilden out of the way the delega
tion will be for Flower, and that he can
carry the State. Air. Stevens maintains
that Cleveland cannot carry New York.
He says that some serious differences with
regard to legislation in the recent General
Assembly have arisen between Cleve
land and certain elements of the party
which would operate against the Governor
at the polls. Air. Steven says that it is
absurd for Cleveland’s friend’s to point to
his majority when elected Governor, that
it was not Cleveland’s popularity, but
Republican division that brought that
about, and that with the party lines as
closely drawn as they will be next No
vember Cleveland could not carry New
York. lie has no doubt of Fiower’s
ability to carry the State. lie says that
August Belmont thinks Flower could
carry New York, but the Democrats from
other States, with few exceptions, ex
press the belief that it would be unwise
to nominate any other New Yorker than
Tilden. Tilden out of the race, they turn
to Bayard. Bayard and McDonald is the
favorite ticket.
Randall says that, despite the general
belief to the contrary, he feels certain that
Tilden will be nominated by the Demo
crats, and that if nominated he will ac
cept. Randall would not be apt to think
favorably of any statement made bv Dors
heimer.
CANDIDATES AT WASHINGTON.
Logan Dejected and Urged by His
Wife to Take Second Place with
Blaine.
Washington, Stine s.—The candidates
passed a quiet day, receiving and answer
ing telegrams from Chicago. Those who
are here did not get very far from the
telegraph wires. All the candidates were
buoyed up by the news except Logan,
Lincoln and Sherman. The latter was
greatly discouraged by a telegram from
bis most intimate adherent in Chicago
stating that all attempts to form combi
nations favorable to his nomination had
failed, and that there was nohope for him.
Logan and Lincoln had similar news.
Airs. Logan has been trying all the even
ing to persuade her husband to accept the
secoud place on the ticket with Blaine.
He had not consented at a late hour.
Arthur, Gresham, Hawley and Allison
are serene. This afternoon Hawley drew
on the blackboard at the Senate end of
the capitol a striking likeness of Ben.
Butler, with a few strokes of the chalk, to
show how _ steady his nerves were. He
said Tom Nast showed him once how easy
it was to draw such sketches.
UNDER WHIP AND SPUR.
Fast Races at Jerome Park and Two
Sales for Big Money.
New Uouk, June s.—The Jerome Park
races to-day were as follows:
Tue mile and a quarter race was won by
George Kinney, with Economy second and
[j. l ] r - v Murray third. The time was 2:16.
Flic Belmont stakes, for three-year-old?, a
ID, 1 , am* a half, was won by Panique, with
Ellersie second, and Himilya third. The
time was 2:42.
AVestchester handicap; one mile and three
eighths. Gen. Monroe won, with Hartford
~d and Ilalcdon third. The time was
The members, cup race, one mile, was won
by bonnett, with Corsair second. The time
was 1:42.
The one mile race was a dead heat between
Dan K. and Constantina. with Greenland
third. Constantin* had a walk over on tlie
run on. Ihe time was 1:48.
Dwyer liros. bought Panique from Mr. Kitt-
BO r U teu ' Ml ’°l lb > und Lo Appleby bought Jk night
of F.llersie for txa.soo. n * “
COVINGTON’S FLYERS.
Covington, Ky., June s.—To-day’s
racing events resulted as follows:
ot da - KS i-!. 4 A f E T Pnrse * 300: maiden two-ycar
”'e furlongs. Anna Woodcock won,
Jlf" 1 Lxile second and Tantrum third. Time
oirio C |?. S n,’iif A v lc 7T Pu . r . se * 450; 0110 an<l three
eighth mile*. Nellie Peyton won,with Gleaner
second and Powhattan third. Time i: 2B.
frJ a| l | B ? o .^ ACE '~ T . I I e Cincinnati Hotel stakes
tor dll ages, one and a quarter nnles. Aretino
Time VS * oßteral BCCODd i and Modesty third.
44 , AcE ~ 1 ‘ re £ WOO: maiden three
irtth Koo C atK forkings. Swinney won.
Time 2:02 BCcon ' l , and Slipaway third.
nmi'r,! l „i? AC c K - Unu,Uc ap; purse $500; mile
and a half. Sovereign Pat won, with
and Cardinal McClosmo’ third.
THE MEETING.
London, Jue s.— The race for the slan
chester oup look place to-day at the Manches
ter summer meeting, and was won by J
Hammond’s four-year-okl brown filly
Florence, with Newburgh’s four-year-old
chestnut colt Robertson second, and Mantou’s
siN-year-ola bay mare Carrie Kay third.
There were eighteen starters.
LABOR’S AVAR FOR WAGES.
A Great Strike Among tlie Shoemakers
of Philadelphia Imminent.
1 hiladelphia, June s.—The strike of
shoemakers in this city, which was pre
cipitated by the refusal of the manufac
turers to pay high wages to “welters,” is
slowly gaining in size. The employes at
the factory of Herbert Gardiner, 300 men,
vvent out to-day, as did also 30 finishers
at Laird, fccltober & Alitchell’s factory.
ine total number of men now out
exceeds 600. There are over 100
factories in this city whose operatives, to
toe number of over 5,000, are controlled
by the Knights of Labor, and that or
ganization in ease the manufacturers
don’t accede an advancq * will, it is
thought, order out all the shoemakers.
Ihe President of the District Assembly
of the shoemakers said to-night that the
strikers would be backed by tie Knights.
TROUBLE AT SOSIKRSETT, PA.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 5.—A special
from bomersett, Pa., says: “Five hun
dred laborers employed by Collins Bros.,
contractors for the South Pennsylvania
Ratiroad, struck yesterday. They con
gregated here with banners living and
armed with clubs, but committed no acts
of violence. During the evening a num
ber of them got into a free fight, and one
man was fatally injured by being struck
on the head with a stone. The contractors
will pay the strikers off to-day or to-mor
row, when the trouble is expected, as
about 200 Italians, who are among t**
most turbulent, will be discharged ”
SWEEP OF THE- "
i a., the .scene of a Fire
Which leveled Many Buildings,
ga., June 5.—A special
lrorn West Po,t says that a disastrous
fire occurred i that place last night.
The fire broke ov at about 11:15 o’clock
in Charlson & C # > 9 store and spread
rapidly, destroy it, tive barrooms, one
grocery store, the neW gp a p er office, one
general store, shoe shops, and
other buildings. Ai on£; the losers are
G. W. Edwards, J. N jimes & Cos., M. J.
Longshire, L. C. Hanson & Cos., W. C.
Bailey, G. TANARUS, Mitcham,m. and. Howe & Cos.,
G. & L. L. Craft, andj. \y. Brantley.
The houses burned were valued at $30,-
000, and were generally w,n insured.
aguero laughs a\ capture.
The Troops Unable to EflVt nj g Arrest
—Editors Fineu
New York, June s.—A. letter from
Havana, under date of May 31, ays: “The
edition of El Vigia (newspgpe j of May*
20 was confiscated and its editorfined SIOO
in gold. The newspaper El 4ercurio,
published at Santiago de Cuba, w>s fined
$250 in gold.
“It is reported that Gen. Aguero has *
deposit of arms and ammunition in Apata
swamps, where his headquarters are.
When he needs provisions or detains to
give his orders to other confederate bfmds
he makes excursions of 30 or 40 miles,
and notwithstanding that the swamps are
closely guarded by troops returns umno*
lested,”
Murray A Bauman’s Florida Water
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distilled direct from the petals of the
choicest and most fragrant flowers of tro
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of tha bath, or freely inhaled and applied
to the temples, it reinvigorates, inspires
and tones up to wonderful buoyancy both
the mind and body. Infinitely superior to
Eau de Cologne. To distinguish the gen
uine article from its numerous imitations,
look out fov the “Trade Mark,” which
coexists of a narrow white strip label
bearing the fae-simile signature cf Lan
in an & Kemp, New York, sole proprie
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A WALL STREET SCHEME.
SPECULATORS TRY TO MAKE
CONGRESS THEIR TOOL.
Mr. Rroadhead Asked to Secure an In
vestigatlpn of All the National Banka
In the Metropolis—A Dead Man’* Name
Signed to the Petition— The Fraud
Exposed.
" asuiisutum, June o. —. Representative
Broadhead, of Missouri, offered In the
House to-day a resolution providing for
the immediate investigation of all the
national banks of New York, by a special
sub-committee of the Bunking and Cur
rency Committee. He asked its immedi
ate consideration. Mr. Hewitt asked him
whether he understood the importance of
the resolution. Mr. Broadhead said that
he did. Mr. Hewitt then asked whether
he still insisted upon immediate consid
eration. Mr. Broadhead said that he did.
Then Mr. Hewitt objected, and the reso
lution, under that objection ,went to the
Committee on Banking and Currency.
Thence it will never emerge.
Representative Broadhead was a6ked this
afternoon why he had offered a resolution
wllicn c.nt euepioiou upon every national
bank in New York, and which might pre
cipitate a run on them all. He said that
he had offered it at the suggestion of cer
tain New York business men. He ex
hibited letters from several. The name
signed to one of the letters was that of a
man who had been dead several years.
When this fact was stated to Mr. Broad
head he was surprised. He said that he
had known the man years ago, but had
not heard of his death. This fact
goes to confirm the belief of the New
A ork city members that the proposition
was prepared by men in Wall street who
desired to bear the market with the intel
ligence of the adoption by the House of
Representatives of such a sweeping reso
lution of suspicion and investigation. So
convinced are the members of the Bank
ing and Currency Committee of this iaot
that they authorize a positive statement
that the resolution will never be reported
to the House. Mr. Broadhead seems to
have been imposed upon.
Wampler's Sixth Victim Found.
Kansas City, June 5.—A searching
party discovered the remains of John
Anderson, the sixth victim of the Pleas
anton, Kansas, murder, concealed in a
deserted coal shaft on the Missouri side
of the State line. He had been shot in the
head and the body thrown into the pit.
Parties are scouring the country in search
of Wampler, the supposed murderer. He
was lately seen in the vicinity and his
capture is probable. The County Com
missioners have offered SSOO reward for
him.
Kansas Corn for the Confederate noma.
Baltimore, June 6.—Five bags of
corn, about 10 bushels, a donation from
Kansas to the home for disabled Confede
rate soldiers at Richmond, was sold to
day at auction at the Corn and Flour
r;^ ha sS e - Tbe aggregate receipts were
•mlo. Jhe whole was then bought by a
member for s3l and resold for sll, realiz
ing $lO7. The corn will now be shipped
to Wilmington, N. C., and be sold again.
A llfasonic Reply to the Pope.
London, June s.—The Grand Lodge of
Masons lias adopted a resolution intro
duced by the Earl of Carnavon express
mg regret at the recent anti-Masonic en
cyclical letter of the Pope. The resolution
alarms that “the law, the practice and
the traditions of the Masonic order and
the positions of its rulers prove that the
Pope’s charges are utterly unfounded.”
Oregon In Republican Hands.
Chicago, June s.—Private dispatches
received by the Oregon delegation here
6how that the Republicans in Oregon have
52 of the 90 members of the Legislature.
The Senate is Republican by a majority of
4. T he House is Republican. The majority
on Representative in Congress is reported
by the Chairman of the State Republican
a te!feferraln 10 Senator Doipli
.John C. Eno Indicted.
New A ork, June s. —The grand jury
of the Court of General Sessions has
found an indictment against John C.Eno,
1 resident of the Second National Bank
for forgery in the second and third de
grees. fhe indictment is the result of an
examination of the books of the bank and
several of its officers, who have already
appeared before the grand jury.
Louisville and Nashville Directors
New York, June 6.—lt is vd
that a circnio” issued requesting
nil the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Directors to _ tender
their resignations, so as ~to en
able the owners of the property to re-or
ganize its affairs and appoint directors
from the leading stockholders.
Lowell Not to Resign.
London, June 5.—A representative of
the Associated Press called this morning
upon James Russell Lowell, the Ameri
can Minister, and asked him concerning
the truth of the report published yester
day in J ruth that he was contemplating
an early resignation. Mr. Lowell pr£
nounced the report without foundation,
tiiui stated that he had no intention what
ever of resigning his post.
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
Some Little Items of Interest and Some
Items of Little Interest.
London, June s.—Parliament reassembled
to-day after the Whitsuntide recess. In the
House of Commons, Geo. Anderson, advanced
I.'.beral member for Glasgow, asked if tha
government had made any representation to
2SS£. sssi?
~,I ' A KI I S’ s.—The Committee of the
Chamber of Deputies, to which the bill prof
f .°V l re Y ß,on the constitution was
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\? RK : June s.—The agents in this cltv
of the Hamburg-Amcrican packet line re^
nioTr'ct 1 CHble 'j*spatch to-day stating that
their steamer Insia had broken her shaft
seventeen miles off Portland, and was hem*
towed into port by tugs. The Frisia was mu*
J sr [j bound, and reported having' passed the
' I ,* a ", ,e i? te ?T r , M . ain L of t,le lNort b Germ*-
Lloyd, which had also broken her shaft
Ex-Speaker James W. H?FRKS.
MAm 7 rk lor Jonr
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