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9 TEDS "WEEKIaY CONSTITUTION: 'PUjsSDAY MAY 6,1884 TTTELV3B PAG1JSL ATiQ i M^iir t TATfnn pipfT^H I renencient, tl)6n ( 8n r ?? tncnulonp, will clftim UUK AW li???LIUUUK rlurli. I tliB,put forward for ihc naloons he recognized aa valid. When the lnierea a of the poor are beaeficient, then, and then alone, will claim i THF PDF ITTPAT FiFI F) fh??.nnt forwent for the xatonna he recoonized 1 FIL lULll l U/fiL f ILL-LJ. Four delegatts were chosen lo the national convention. Resolutions were adopted de daring that the government should alone ex seen to consist in the ptrpetuatlon of pover- THE DRIFT OF the PARTIES ASP I erclae the function of issuing nJl currency, , ty. in the blocking of every avenue of escape GOSSIP OF PARTY LEADERS* declaring against monopolies, demanding the from squalor and abject indigence, in the I I enactment of laws to prevent tl Against the Demon of Intemperance For Happy Homes and a Happy People. (We solicit short letters giving the evil effects of I decency, in the g.oriticatlon of sottishness and llquor lncommunities, is wttneaMd by the wrlteis. I self indu'gence, then and then alone, will it propagation of all foul and filthy habits and . , _ , nlll . .Mleh. I f??? pl ??J men * , 0 * young children iu tendencies, in the extinction of shame and M owa 8 Convention Blaine in Ohio-Mich I factories, and for theircnmpnlsoryeducation; igan Republicans Meet???Tilden I condemning the practice of exempting cer- ,_g I tain classes of property from taxation, and W??don ,t ??r.h ? arg ? oant ! . i _W. want_f??u_M_d | be admissible to say that the temperance ana nenoncxa notes. declaring that In flue opinion of Urn con van gE^eSSS)?Xdhal5tott?flght???SSShsT??????thSi movement is a schehie of the rich to crush ???Ion the question of a constitutional prohibl- teS'b!eMdSoirtng6?i{!l 8 g thepoor. Iowa???s Cosvxsitost.-The largest demo ory amendment should not be made a party The saloon Is an institution which makes I cn>\c state convention ever held in Iowa met I '???????? A on favoring the nomination Intemperance in England.???Oakey Hall the poor poorer continually. If only half : n jinrllmrion in thannxrahrinui Evervconntv I of 0e . nera * Batl ?? r for preside:nt was unatii- in a London letter to th?? Brooklyn Eacle the ??????Dual expenditure of the wage earning j n Darlington in the operaboase. Every conn y I mously adopted, ami the platform of the save- No f??? S classes upon drink were sgped, tha elevation in the stato but Pocahontas was represented. Chicago convention of 1880 was adopted. The s ys. o place so much needs the temper- 0 [ tb o8e clssses would proceed by leaps and I and mostly with full delegations. Hon. E H I delegates tothe national convention for the onnn mnuomont aa T I s * m. . > * i_i I ' ?? I navaral ilintp ala trara alaaia.l ??? .l..i .a ???ht-out . , , * - ._ manufactory of misery. At every turn the I Committees on credentials, permanent organ-1 J*pnDlloan state convention met In Mozart bnrbs, he hears everywhere the clink of glass-1 purveyor of drink entices him, gets be-1 nint _j hall at noontoday, about 120delegates, more es alternating with church chimes, which tween him and his family, between Elm and '" tlon ??? nd refolutiona were then appointed, than half of whom were colored, being pres- ' ***'*???hood, botweeu hioi and bis happiness I after which the convention adjourned until I ent. Jno. J. Dezvndorf, chairman oi the - - 1 - - ???slate committee, called the convention to order. He explained that the convention evervwhere rim* th.nn.-i??? I his manhood, Dotsveeu mm ana ms Happiness taiujxwxncu 7 . ? q h ??? ??? makins The prevadlng Influence of ram pursues tie two o'clock. the heedless take note of time by its tone, slaves of appetite unceasingly, and makes I the distbict delegates. . . ???A drop of aummnt??? is literally in every their lives a constant struggle or a succession The district conventions met at 9 o???clock I ???*.9 ???somhled In re-ponse to the 4^^nb m Zm'J r r, lh - " ial r??r Ie Pi H^h~/prcv.len, influence is the blt . Ud selected the following delegate, to tha .ft "SESS* ???I* ^^Mall club room to the denizens of Fox court terest curse that rests upon modern civiliz*.1 national convention: I BO-called republican convention had met here and Saffron hill, made so famous by Dickens. I tion. and It will destroy civilizition if it is I First district???Ueorge R. Smith, Van Buren I and had placed In the field an Apropos of drink, J. E. Murphv, wbo return-1 not itself destroyed. For the discontent, the I county: John Walback, of Henry county. | "Cjcet WHo^ but a single man on It ed to-day to America, had a grand eend off I f?? ftr ??bio tendencies, the seditious doctrines, I Second dlstrict-W. F. Brannan, of Muscatine ~ '* I * fpu???.,i >>.. . .. ... . I the dangerous dispositions that are manifest* I g n wtdicith of Clinton iast Thur^ay at Mission hall, Waterloo h og in c ; nt res of population, together with S ???E! schZi., street, S???, Helens in the east, where a thons- the vices of administration which alarm the _ h dui.intJn BivtimandA s Doolittle and people, under the joint pair xnsge of vicar thoughtful aufl the difficulties in the way of 5???*?.***"?;* o' 1 ? *? d A??? j and congregational preacher of the Parish, I wSStt&XZSE*- said good-bye. Mr. Murphy???s native and and origin in that habit of drinking, that po-1 8eventh dlstrlct-J. W. Goode and J. R. North characteristic eloquence has made a great im* tent drink influence, which baffles the en?? I Eighth district???J. H. Duggen and William Bard' preasion, and clearly his field of usefulness is ???5 a,lasm ???J 10 reformer, and laughs to scorn ley. here where onsrtarn. of h..oA??? ?????? the ???PPeals of religion, for reason and of self- Ninth dlstriot-Danlel Farrel and Dr. J. M. Em. here, where quarterns of gin and brandy on respect. This evil influence is degrading and m , r t the top of oheap beer muddle brains and in- brutalizing society, and progress will be slow '??? Tenth dls , tlct _ N . B Hyatt and John Cleggett. spire crime, rather than in the states, where * nd unsatisfactory nntil a pubiio opinion is bonrbon, that honeycombs the Sidneys, can I ??? ormed which refuses to palter with the abuse be left to the medical fs cal try. Even Sir longer.???New York Tribune. Charles Dllke hat taken up the temperance 1 who had ever voted the republican ticket. He likened Hahone???s republicanism to John Kelly in New York. How many republican votes would he get in New York for the so- called republican ticket compoeed of eleven democrats and one republican. The conven tion must adopt a platform which would de clare to the world that they were republicans, and always bad been a party, like that in New York, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, the bulk of whose electors would name the next ?? resident of the United State. He concluded y naming Mr. J. E. 0. Hines, of Fairfax, as temporary chairman. The platform embraces seventeen planks, very largely directed to formulating the The convention reassembled at two o'clock I wrong* of the Virginia republicans at the Eleventh district???R. M. Suthrll and P. O. Css- sidy. hands of Arthur???s administration. It declares in Holborn owned in l'ortpool lane ten aus- 8Md fellowship, including that advanced | ??? ate , ar8 u D j na tracted, bat all favor Tilden. I picious houses, tnat in 8&. Puncras, a place I where a group were rolling over each I ... ... , .1 ??? ,??? . . - . , m r,??? 1 7 condemned by surveyors belonged to a mem-1 other and granting affectionately in tones I Th?? c??raxisittea ??n re????luUon?? made a report, I conveniion met bare to-day. Alter the usual her of the vtstry whist futhcrandgrsud. "e??? distinctively expressive of swear- reaffirming adherence to theplatformof the formal preiminsrk. Hon. J.D. hong was ??? ' _. 1 . ... ".*??? 11 a ??.n?????i_i_.ii ???Their reel-1 democratic national convention of 1870 and I trade permanent president. He addrrsed Massacbcsetts Acia.-aThe republican state condemned by surveyors belonged to a mem-1 ????? tler and gruntiiTg sffsctionateT berof the vistry whtsi father, and grand-1 , that were distinctively express' father were also members of it. and that in I * n 86????d fellowship all around. Amur icci- ??? -v???. * * .??? . ???.. ??? -z-~ ??? Clerkenwell that two i lint riteuitnr. if Sir ing and staggering and the exDression of 1880 i favoring revenue and tariff reform, and I the convention for about an honr. After Charles had been in Brooklyn he would have | ft* that ??>??> ho1 had I I JM???=P.*SS used the word b ing committees owners??' Observe and vestry and not. as .... making much headway; but it wonlil seem I cording to old-fashioned notions of hospital!-1 S5_K.f or T_jll 8 *m!L!i r^riP*s!!?&. I !k! k.%???^ .k**???kik*??_ Zing^niu^ oroDrietarv*!^ 11 ???: b/mix 0 inTvsru, d a n . 0 c^N 0f wHh P 0,er FSreke^ Ju.l^ Wes" JuVTmbl???er' Ihe .,,^01 tb^repubM^n "c'kot and we will be too atrasBfor???viMtho I food, in proportions about ??corresDondine Mar0U3 A - Hannan. Foraker and Hannan I sweep the field like a whirlwind. The demo- on Howererf as???thetamented^LU- th! JoSS hSl'pMof wtESfflSSf are ??8\?? 1 * d ?? 'or Sherman. The others are cratio party is still unfit In the Judgment ??????Reformer. mn.rn.i ???????? until The alcohols that we tirink in wine milt I str0D 8 Bsine men. When tbe convention of the country, to assume the government, psucrambl's/??? Peg ??? WV Un,il liquvTwb.sky!^HollsSS,?^bren?? eto.??? n??? UcK ?????? 1,y w ???? ???T??? ed u t ?, tb ???? b ? r ?????? f^"* d t0 ??? k ? ?? d ???nlnJs.r f .Iouof Presi- fill? ??????is advertisement appear, in v.ri.bly produce .Veep, prostrat/n .and gen- by the committee and made , and . o- HAArthur u, wjtw* that tho brewing terest will i propoaiiion coin said, ' tbe hard Meanw several London _ temperance drink of tbe cheap intoxicating . . tbe public are accustomed bas long been felt. chusetts, he said, would have avast influence convention. There been a pronounced Domination of tbe and, none of the inany drinks hitherto In use ??nrvivore were killed aid rabjected to a post ad ??P????? d ??*. nomlnata ??? adid ???'s *?????- distinguished senator from Vermont (Long having aohieved more than a temporary pop-1 mortem examinetlon. All were f sand to be I ol state, supremo judge, members of I and continned applause.) and while the ularlty, two prises???the first of ??70()! nn^ P tlfe in i n / ad . bnt the mischief was greater when }b?? board of pubiio works, and delegates at I Mauacbusett delegation to tbe national second of yc(y)_ 9r . nnv n o*. r _x r__ i.k_ I crude spirits were used, less when It was I * ar ze. I convention favored tbe nomination be3t temperance drinks nndcr conditions a I carefully redistilled and purified *'???Potsular I The resolution referring to the Scott law I of George P. Edmunds for president, and coDVof'which'mav be ohtafSeT nrmS Science Monthly P ropuiar ^ out becauseohjecllon was made thesou of the iliustriots Abraham Lincoln waiSlneTo theTemeteJv nSd K 7 to a fight in tbe national campa-gn on state for vice-president, it would notgo there with bearing*the name and iddrew of the eppB? I ???Tnx Dbiskiico HABtr.???The'. New York | L?????????- ?*?????? ? ,he - r .'??* oluti . OB * w *????? unanl - I?? J^ctiou* disposition. I quantities, in order^'to* ??keep U roo*l U l Mosto??f I *t>oko at considerable length on the issues I The'followiug delegates at largo to Chicago Tn* Way to Pot It ???Tha fnllnwlmz from I toem poured ice water into their Honor or I ??* *be day. A secretary from each district | were choeen: j7 It. Bodwell, George 0. Wing, ???* Texas paper makes out a strong case: The I took it after their liquor; but they did the I 7** {b^n elected. The committeea on ere-1 Joseph S Wbeclright end J. H. Drummond, veriest drunkard on earth, In hi! lucid mo- the rentedn the depth of the winter. Can d ??ntlsla, permanentorganlzxlonandrrsolu- The rcsolutic ns adopted favor a protect ive luents, will freely confees that drunkenness aD J drinking man tell the public for a cer- t,00, > * ero chosen hv the dtstrlcls, and the I policy; demand that onr civil service is brutalizing, dabislngand ruinous to lwth tain| y whether alcohol makes the drinker convention then took a recess until two I be controlled by strictly business body and mod. All sots commenced aj cool? If the stuff la cooling, whv did he take ?? clock ln order to give the committeea time principles, and that it be placed mo/erateand occasional drlnk^ and hStod | ^1? wlctorto mak. him .warm; Or if. he | **??!2*& ,fe d ???rRe???a' prud'nTthSugh firm foJ^J I policy; present the namo of James G. Blaine as their choice for the presidency; approve tbe present administration; express severe disapproval of the action of the democratic they could stop at any moment. All feel this degree " fidence in the strength of their own tions at the ontset. Tae occasional may gradually become the regular drinker, . the moderate may insensibly drift into " immoderate drinker. ???The appetite^??? upon j^the craving /or stimulants Increases* I boards were loaded with brandy, wine, etc I gates, as.near as can be ascertained, are habit ripens into eecond nature, it takes an I 0n on ?? occasion Perkins, of the Sons of Tem- 1, increased quantity to keep off depression, perance, dined with the bishop wbo, ponriag SjSimdSStei???BWne A mUnd * * and the end of it is, that the moderate I??d r -* g???a<?? ot wine, desired him to drink I Throdherlct???Budues. i of con- when It is manifested at considerable fx . Y Atwood were placed in nomination. The I majority In congress upon the Morrison tari 11 ???resolu- peuse, tbe money coming out of the drinker???s i??? l l 7?? represent the colored element. I billand ou the shipping bill; commend the I pocket. DUblioeurioaitr& inevitable??? I The rules were Buspended and Congressman I fidelity of the republican cudgressmen; in- nr drinker^ I 7 ??? I Horr was elected by acclamation; also W F I dorse Governor Rohio???s administration, and ft into the A * Apt Retort.???It is said that the late ??*?????????? C Watson was chosen on the re-tffirm their approval of tbe policy of pro jpetite,??? as I Bishop Doane, of New Jersey, was strongly I J???? 111 * ballot, and J G Burrows on the third I h bitiun. . at it Feeds oppoaeci to total abstinence, and his side- 5^. jajtowoM o^the djslrict dele- delay, and when Mr, Piympfon rnpp-d the convention to order, ha Imme diately delivered a long speech, rcyicYing tbe action of the democratH JJ a ? ac b uae t , s for four years, and alluding in highly complimentary terms lo the service of Governor Butler In accomplishing needed reforms. He styled the present gubernato rial administration, like that of President Hayes, aa ??cak and colorless The living '???sues of the hour involve the right of labor to its just reward, the abuse of moaopolled power, extortion and taxation, the rescue of the public lands from dishonest railroad cor porations, the restoration of our commerce, ???he enunciation of a foreign policy which shall compel a recognition of the just rights of our citizens abroad; and a complete restoration of peace and good will between the two great sections of our coun try. Mr. Flympton???s addressoccupied thirty minutes. At its conclusion lie nresented Hon. Edward Enery os presiding officer, who simply announced that tbe convention was ready to proceed to business. A motion by William W. Simmons, that it Is the sense of this convention that General Butler should be nominated for president of the United Slates at tbe national democratic convention at Chicago, was adopted unani mously with great enthusistm. The following were elected delegates at targe; Bxnj.-tmin F Butler,rsslahG. Abbott, M. J. McC???afferty and James Delaney. A mo tion to instruct the delegates to vote for Beu Butler for president at Chicago was tabled. Tbe Virginia readjuster stale convention voted down a nation Instructing delegates to Cnicago to vote for Arthur. General Mabnne was eltcted chairman of the delegates. The llatform adeptrd, merges the readjustees into he republican party. Tho New York republican aiate convention allowed th* Edmunds men tommeone ticket etof deiegatis. The Biaine mea lost tbelrop- poriunlty by indecision. The Connecticut republican slate conven lion elected uninatrncted ilelegater. with t recommendation in favorofS-nalo- Haslxy. The fiist congressional disuict republic.us of North Carolina elected Arthur delegates. The fourth,sixth and twelfth Massachusetts district republicans elected unicslrticled del- egatxs to Chicago. The eighth Massachusetta sends Eltnundx delegates. The republican slate convention of Dakota elected Blaine delegates The majority of the Michigan republican de???egitee are for llla???n*. drinker often b.c ones the absolute and help less slave to alcoholism and n< gleets his bnsi - ness as well aa brntalixs bis nature and iutel- lect. He may go so far si to lose his self- respect and feel no sbtme in being drunk in public. Moderate drinkers should be careful. They may before they are aware of it, go too for. with him "Can???t do it, bishop. ???Wine is mocker.??? ??? ???Take a glass of brandy, then." ???Can???t do it, bishop. ???Strong drink is lime the bishop, becoming excited, remarked to Perkins, "You will pais the de- Vebkomt fob Edmubdj.???The republican state convention was organized here to day. with James M. Tyler, president, who made a speech favoring tne nomination of E inmnds and Lincoln, and asked tbe con vention to indorse the administration of President Arthur. J. Gregory Smith, H-dtiald Proctor, Fred Billings, and B. 8. Harris were elected delegates at large to Ohlosgo. The resolutions reaffirm allegiance to repub- lican principles, approve the system ot pro- Tbe delegates at large are uninstructed. I taction. (Iceland a revision ,o( the duties on Adjourned. I wool and woolens, and a reduction ot taxa ??? I tion. present the name of Edmunds for pree Tildzx and Hendricks.???In no state has I ident ami instruct the delegates to vote for the resistless strength of the old ticket been I him ee long aa hie name is before the con- more clearly shown than in Kentucky. The | ventlou. With???Edmunds!. Seventh???Illalno 2. Eighth??? Bialue 1. Eleventh???Blstae 2. It is said there are in the United States I canter to the gentleman next you!" 200,000 incorrigible drunkards, and.that 80,- I, "No, bishop I can???t do that ???Woe unto 000 drunkards die annually, mere wrecks, I him that putteth the bottle to his neighbor???s bodily and mentally. Alcoholism helps fill I lips. Dimeter. onr poor houses, jails, penitentiaries and I _ . .- _ ... , asylums as well as our graveyards. It also I Practical Aboument.???A practical temper- I state has been cenvassed thoroughly for Mo-1 transmits to posterity various diseases, phys* I ance argument was one day very deftly put I Donald, and the Waitenon-Carlisle influence I West Virginia iNsrnccrsroBBLAiNg.???The ical and mental. 7 *1 forth by Professor Houghton, of Trinity col- has been thrown for him. The first demo-1 republican slate convention met here to-day, There Is hardly a town that is without half I leg??. Dublin. A friend silting t-y him or-1 cratic primary held at Vaneburg, and the I and selected fourVelegales at large and four a dozen miserable wrecks, the victims of at- dered brandy and water with a plate of oys most enthusiastic meeting ever held there, alterna'es to the Chlcego convention, coholisiu. who were once worthy and prom- I ten. Professor Houghton implored him not I declared for Tilden with but one dissenting I .The f blowing were chosen delegates: B. ising tuen. It is a melancholy and depiora* I to rain his digestion in that way, and sending I vote. Mason, Barren, Oldham, tisrrard, I B. Dorener, Ohio county; .William O. D*w* ?? X .V . , , 7 . c r I / .1 < 1 I A t. ...?? I L'.anlzl I n Pavla* \fai enn A n.lavBAn P..lilts I mnn P sn nn rniinfv K lx R (1 tt H r k. K ????? n R )l R ble state of things, yet drunkenness is 'upon I for a glass ot brandy put an oyster in It before | Franklin, Carter, Madison, Anderson, Bullitt I son.Preston county ; E L Buttrick.Kanawha the increase. Temperance societies are pallia* I the eyes of his frieha. In a*aorttime there | and many other counties hsye already re- ] eounty; Warren Miller, Jackson county, lives. Drunkards can only be cured by med* I l*y in the bottom of the glass a tough, I ported solid delegates for Tilden and Hen* | The convention instructed the delegates to ical skill, by rt Having the abnormal mor- leethery substance resembling tbe finger of a dricka. bidity of the stomach, superinduced by aico- | kid glove aud just as indigestible. hoi. This the be-t scientific skill of tbe ] world is now agreed upon. thehavana explosion. Twcatj-On* Society and tbe Saloon.???Two significant 4 episodes occurred on the same day in this cite within the past week. A speaker ad- . ???IrasteJ a meeting of liquor dealers, and told I explosion yesterday them that ???saloons area benefit to tbe com | Up to the present vote for Biaine as long as there was reason- TbeCourier Journal claims that the dele-1 able chaace for his nomination. Thlsreso- gates are < qually divided between Tilden and I lutioirwsa fought bitterly, but passed after a McDonald, but as the returns come in there I warm debate on both sides by a good major- is do donbt that Tilden hta carried the state. I ity. evvsatr-Niee | an( ] will control tbe convention. Tbe result I ??? ,, . Is a gvnnine surprise to thore who have been I N* w HAMrsBia*.???The republican state ftrMii Drad ud Wamdrd. ^ ??... Havana, April 30.???The effects of the I diiigentTy??????flxTng things up." were terribl*. time, the dead convention was organized with B. P. Prvacott as president, who addressed the eonvvn'lnn, Musotiat Wants Tilden.???Senator George I s??ylng that the esndidale had been ??-nua* I t^emy^T;;. tor'woo'm,^ I? hn ^Kl Q di,. U ^c,r D ^U^-fhT^ro? th???.' 1 :.^ ment was ???a scheme of tbe lien to crush the | rh. letter .r.ee.tt.nd ell a>?? I wr Aiiueu. xo a norm reporter I ^ Us( j ^ to ba m#t lt the next election, are end unity of action wss requisite, though D0 I without hostility to thesontb. lies from the neglect of drunken mothers. I ?????? ; ??? 1 ???. cu * .???(??? ;*????y^??v??* | difference whether he is old and feeble. The I The resoluUons of the convention Perhaps lt is only to audiences of liqnor deal- asenov I one million cartridge, 200,800 fcilogrxiuva of I 'j' ' 8 Q,ji that dceradfS even maternity the changer 'ol I E^7!l e . r i.????. 0 S??_ ???vfl-xTj! I Is remedied they cannot reat. I liasr | Ujsoai^yefpmeetesWiTerereJbeenJ^a^jtf !a horizon g the doe loo of dull Dg tbOM 1 I u -as stated yesterday, but by the explosion I ^Tre 'in "ui*ioarTlo"iend ???en un'instvnct*d I ctviriievslOTTdeienda'mneniion o( the coinage ^dhisw,?. p ,??nth??? jrsi?? pJoSSsm aasafiteffif ??ssr ??? uo ?????? *7 I b /h5??^^, | fi " 1 ??? BKrti's?? ??? ??? _ L mundi. with Arthurs* eecond.choice. Hon. Maine Geeenbackem-The state green- Oeorge HHtowell wee the eecond delegate back convention assembled here to-day. C. C. chosen. Biaine is bis first choice and Arthur Emerson, of Aubnro, presided. Dr. A. I??. Ibis eecond. On the fourth ballot E H Bol- rbeeD the life in her famished children end | _'VT th. I Katon pr. ??ented tbe following resolution: I line was elected third delegate. He Is for er wreUffredeelL Ask th.stunted boy.and | br0B ??? , ??? I Arthu? S B Olark wS vflec.ed fourth vrera* only uie our ranCldatrs d *l*K*'f ??? IsW- He la tor Edmunds and party and wa hereby declare toat ??rt an oppoiod I oppoted to Buune. to ration with eiiberof the old parUea, either open I ??? rzaczaa . . or r? reu ??? I Botlie Indomzd,???The MassacLuwtU Lientisaachemeof ihe rich igtinit the poor. I yo* know, Jedge, ???uUnt dt fence whet need* a lively d*D??w the resolution vu I democratic state convention for tbe choice of the thousands wbo in mtny derioos Uwyer, hit emdispo???nlg{fth, dstsmin fer It; 11 referred to the committee on resolutions. Th?? I f our (jele^tes at Urge to the national con- 1 have drank themselves to ruin and j ip ec* jtr better pin tone for him. I .^ # I veniion mstlo JIaawchaavtU hail todaj. ..me and physical, mental and moral wreck 7- ??? 1 I f??*?!, 11 , 1 ! 0 ,?? J????./???J S m X #nlto ? re ??? I Hon. Noah A. Plympton, chairman of the Ifciioonj are a benefit to the common* I ni* on Ei??iU*ii??r. I fused to lay it on the' l^ble, and after a sharp I 8 t??t?? central committee, called the conven- ??? cnrcuniATi, April 10.???Allen IngAlls, negro. ??ae I fight voted to adopt it A motion to nomt* I ^j on ^ order at 11:15 o???clock, at which Jioor IS inenas, aesirojea nis appgriuniueo. drvlnv I.ztsd hisexUrencv.il teMmitUaiik will ^ t ^ le t0 Ug b ,- tbe twithgeA??? 1 from the week???i wegf, which behasdea- Didn???t Need Any. ined to the saloon When vice and degradation, immorality i of the murduen charged with bakrlog the Tzjler I n??te ex Congressman Ladd for governor fell I lbere were not more then 500 delegatee pres end crime, brntaUty and obscenity???all that family of nccioei at Avondale last winter, hung fiat, a dozen hands only being raised, hr. I , nf . The delegatee several timis after eleven is earthly, sensual, devilish???is recognized es himself to the county Jail here this morning- * Eaton was then nominated by bellot. | o???clock manifested their impatience at the POLITICAL NOTES. Commissioner Lonikg wants to ri turu to his r,lil deik in congress next year. In Chicago there is slid lo be ns much pri vate talk about Lincoln ns tbe repubUcan candl* datu ai about General Logan. Governor Lowry, ot Mississippi, who is now in Washington, favors (be nomlneliou of Ben- ator Bayard (or president by the democrats. There is a split between tho white and col ored republicans ol Texes as well as In Georgia. The black man wantssomo at theofllces. Connecticut Is quite frantic over Hawley, but up to this tlmo his boom ie not much bigger than the wooden nutmegs for rhlch his stato la noted. Oinzral Sherman commends tho service of Robert Lincoln as secrotary of war. ???1 tell you there has not been to my kuowledze any snob sec retary ot war ns Lincoln,???- says Sherman. Congressman O???Hara, tho colored member from North Caroline, Is a graduate of Harvard end lawyer by profession. He lives lu good style end hat e white tutor for hit four children. Indiana mekes a very marked distinction placing value on the lorvicee of her male and female school teachers. Of bor nearly 7,OM tcacheis last yoar, over ?? 000 wore women, and yet they were paid an average of only ISAM per month, wbllo tho men received an average el 107.10. OmoiAL returns from forty-eight parishes In LouMana aud thoie estimated In the remain lng ten, give for governor: MoKncry, dem-mat, 8b 3.8, end 8tevonsoa, republican, 43.025 voter, In a in tel ot 128 321. tho largest vole polled slnco 1S7G. MoEuery???s majxriiy Is lt,48J mire man that of Wl.ts In 1870. The city of Rouen has just borrowed million of francs for iho creation of new schools, aud ell the large cities in France piopovo to follow Uiltrxtmple. This has brought into tbe trlbuno ol lbs .chamber M. deGavetdie, tho roaring apes lie nt monarchy, who announces Uiat tbe country will aeon be bankrupt. Old Dick Thompson, tbe bold mariner of the Wabash, will bee dolega???o lo the June oonve???n tion. He wane prominent speeker In tho ilanUon campaign ol 1840, end was chairman of the com > mltteeun nao.utlnnsm Iho eonventlon that Aral nominated General Grant, sixteen years tgo. He Is now In bis reventy.flfih year, but halo aud active. Ex-Senator J. W. Nesmith, of Oregoq, re fused to permit hit nams to go before tbe demo credo state convention as candidate for represen tative tn congress, end to Mr. John llyert wav nominated. Kz-Governor Thayer wea nominated forjudge of the supreme eourt of the state. The Foriiaud Oregonian says that tbuy ere both good mea. CoNoaaasMAN Stevensom, of tbe ninth Wbeunsln district, thinks that aa soon as the dele gab s from his state have given ex-Oovernor Fair- child a complimentary vote la tbe nedoeel con vention they will divide nn between Blaine, Ar- tbnrsnd Gtmunds. Mr. Fairchild???* nidmaot oh- Ject, hi- hvileres, la Angus Cameron???s lest In the United 8tales senate. Undib the law passed at tha last session of tbe MhiUxIppl IrglaUturu, chancellors ere given great power over habitual drunkards ol whlcb the following It e vkort end good synoptic Chancel lors ere given authority lodcclaro who ere drunk arris, appoint suardlent for them end tlulreitatea without ordering tueb drunkards lino con line men:, i rorder ihtm Into conflncment without ap pointing gnirillsni, or both guardian* aud uylums may be nreterlhed by Ihn chancellor*, end when nonSnemvat Is prescribed limey be In an atrium In or out of the Hate. PAUPERS BUHNSD TO DEATH. Ifes???reellen ef a Mlckleaa reerbeaaet TegaUae wl Mxleva I'.msIx*. Kalamazoo, Mich., April 30.??? Tbe poor home of VanBuren county, near Hartfort, Michigan, was burned last night. Fifteen or sixteen inmates lost their lives in tbe flames. Th* loss on tbe building is $10,000. Insured. The building was a frame strnctura nnd burned rapidlv. The patients who perished were in one wiDg and moat of them were smothered in their beds, but several were found together. Only one body loaod was recognizable. All that could be found of the other thirteen bodies was nut into one. box, the elxe of an ordinary coffin box. To* first known of the fire was through tbe cries of paupers, end the wing In which they were was at that time all in fl imas. Tne building contained 45 paupers. The lues on the building if$15,0U). New Yore, April 30.???Tbe total looses at the fire in Vanvolkenbu'gb & Boovitt???a atore. at Nne. 31 and 33 Tuoruas street, and 02 and (H Worth street, foot up about $340,000, of which $300,000 In a round sum fails upon Van rol ken burgh A BcovitL Their inrurance amounts to, it is said, $250000, distribut ed amoDg a Urge list of the cnmpanU'a. Tbe other losses ere aa follows: Numbers 02 and Ol Worth street, B. N. Bmith <t Co., Ary goods, com mission merchants, $10,000; Lewis 8 Cox A Co, agents of the Brighton mill, $10,000; building property of tbe ManatUn real estate cxiopanv, $12,000. Water damged. Noe. 27,20, 35 and 37 Thomas street, Upbam. Tucker A Co.'s dry goods commission met- chants. Their lose ie $5,000; Pratt A Fanner, fancy goods, $7,000; Brown, Wood A King man, woolens aud domestics, $0,000. Samuel F. Donnelly, the reporter of the New York San, wbo was injured at this fire, died to-day in tbe hospital from the effects of btainjortee. Donnelly was the proprietor of a western newspapers! one time, and was tbe western correspondent of the New York Herald. Let'erly be had been doing police work on the 8nn, PUBLIC OPINION The following are picked ou- and are from a great mass of letters of the samo tenor. Those subscribers whs do not find their kind words quoted here may feel that we have omitted them not from any lack of appreciation, but simply for lack of room: 2nd. Conddence???^ThlstsrcercelT less important Our circulation this week Is 22,000 copies. This speaks for Itself. As to tbe confidence the people havo In Tne Con tmuTiuH???the affection they have for it???the warmth with which theyswear by lt, read the fol lowing: -These are opinions extracted from an Immense mail. The wrlteaaare in earnest. They mean what they say??? J. N. Farker, Liberty Chapel, Ga???Wo take many leading newspapers. Tux Constitution la the best ol them all. Foithuuter, Melville, Ga.???The best paper that Is published. B. Bacon, Winona. Miss.???Better than ever A grand paper, and a week's full retdiug. J. Wakefield, Rxldrllle, Mlsa-???kncloted 11.25. 1 can't do wflhout tho best paper In Amer ica." J. T. Hudson, LlmeviUe, Ala ???The brat paper In tbe known world, 8! copies coming here now where thore wss one a year ago, and It wlUgo to 500. Everybody reads It and wants lt M. T. Elgin, llhnca Path, B. C.???"Talmage's Ser mons" and Bill Arp alone are worth double the price of the paper. It Is considered tho bext. John Heed, Wallace, Pi.???Specimens received, and enclosed find 11.25. The paper Is splendid. J. R. Nichols, Gum Spring, Ga???"I think It good ground for divorce It n man don't take The Con sTITOtl'iN for hta wife. Woolley's Fold, Ga???Tho ms 11 that brings Tbe Constitution lt locked for eagerly by all our peo pie. Orion Harmon, Orconta, N.Y.???TuzCoNerrnunoN t manly, entertaining nuj Instructive I ci.close |125 lor renewal. It It could be plsccd In every heme It) America Its goed effects could not bo measured, I carry In my breast a leaden bullet received (rom tome southern soldier at GalnetvlUA Virginia, butfeel no mallco. 1 shall help Tiie Con stitutiom. James W, Dodson, KIcsvIiIa Tenn.???"I saw a specimen ot your piper the othor day, and here la 11.25 for a year. It pleases me highly,??? 11. W, Hammond, LaPxjotta, AIa???1 enclose you three new subscriber* lor tho best and ebetpear paper printed. P. S.-SInce wilting tho above I bavo secured two more. They all want It. T. J. Wyatt, Knou, Ga???I am a subscriber as long as Ufe buds. Enclosed find renewal. B. E. Overby, Watklnsvllle, Ga???Wo can't get along without Tub Constitution down hero. Send usa good physician In ptaco ot Dr. D. R. Richards who has gone lo Atlanta. It will take your best to supply bis plica. W. H. Marlin, Ossrk, Ark.???You can count on on gotllngyou MU subscribers up here. Wo all stand by tho old Constitution. T. N. Cooper, Caldwoll, Kauiat-AUhough I ills sgreo with you on polities, I renew my subicrip tion and send three more. W, T, Moore, Hollingsworth, Ga ???I send eleven subscribers and $10, and giro my club tbo best pape published. E. A. Tracy, 8outh Coventry, VI.???I enclose $2.50 tor which 1 want lo renew for two years Mia M. A. Boss, Prescott, Washington Territory??? Your sample resalved. It la all I could wish, and 1 enclose 11.25, for whlcb Bond it to my addtem. Mr. J. B. Rogers, Sunny Dale, Ga.???Tiie Conbti TbnoN gets bcttcraud better, and bas something to nterest every member of tbo f amlly. "Long may It wave." J. A. Goodwin, Bclalr, aOa.-My olnb ol fivoie moro than sallsllcd with Tub Constitution, J. W. Dozier, lloynolds, Ga -*Upon TnECONsn- tution'h arrival lt Is distributed b sections among Ibo family and wo ull go to reading, old and youi'K It entortalm and edifies all, (Mr. Rey nolds Is proprietor of tbo Itoynolds mala and fetnnlo institute, ono of Ibo best lu tbo stato,) It. 8. Evarl, Hendersonville, N. C ??? Please ptaco wltbln to my credit and contlnuo The Con stitution???by long odds tho best paper lu tho ' south. E. L. Bradley, Morton???s Gap, Ky???Kudosed find |l 25. Can???t do without Tins CONiTiroTtoN. B. F, Moult, Georgetown, Ga???I am thoroughly oonvlnccd Ibat any ono who takes Tiib Constitu tion for a month nil find lt lndlsponilble. Joseph Underwood, Auburn, Texas???Eedoaed find renewal, 1 can???t do without IL K. B. MoArvor, Coosa, GcorgiA???All Tttz Consti tution lacks of belog tho best papor In tho ronth Is being gummed togothor. (We are going to gum It whon wo colour new preai.) 1. U. Walker, Capllola, Georgia???Tun Constitu tion has no equal anywhere. ??? ItaycaTtlle, N. C.???Hare I como with tbreo more conveitA Nearly everybody about hero ha* been reading Tun Constitition but ono perusal of Tin Constitution nukes them go down In their pockets and ray let???s bavo 1L Andrew Joyner. Louisville, N. O.???I Ala not know tbo south eonld boast of such a splendid pa per and an excellent an enterprise. W. It. Wheeler, Dsck Creek, Texas.???Thi con sTtTimoN Is tbe beet paper I ever saw. Jeff Norton, Augusta, Ga.???"The Constitution tv by all odds the best paper printed lu the south, and to mo tho most lnteitstleg and complete print ed anywhere.??? Salvador Sullon, Bolling, Alabama: ???1 er.clove you tl-25 for whlcb please smd mo The Constitu tion, tbo best paper published In AmcrlcA??? W T U Huntley, Union Academy, Rockdato coun ty: ???Hywlfo takes a paper on sanctification, but when In* Constitution comes sho quits being tancflfiid and goes for 1L??? H. C B. Hawkins, Warsaw, All.-"Enclosed find club of seven and money. The CoNtrriTuru.N lathe beat paper In tbe United StateA 1 will never be wlthoutlL" I. T. Fowler, WalkloA Ind. Ter.???"Tbe rowtn- tution Is tbo best paper published. 1 haro been taking It twelve months and like It below every week. 1 enclose money for myself and lour new fnbscrlbera 1 wUl sdd more.??? II. J. Ragsdale. UrenA Ga???"I enclose my own ???nbscrlpllon and will tend a club soon. Ican???tdo wlthoutlL??? B. J. Harper???"1 chargemy snbtcrbere only IL05 lor Utilr paper. When 1 send eno came in a regis tered letter I losotcrcn cents; on tbreo names I make only three cents, bnt 1 feet Ibat 1 am doing much good by clrculillng jour paper.??? M. V. McKIbben, Jackson. Ga??????I read Tn* Constitution, Sbaktpeare and tbe Bible, and be lieve In all of Uem." Horace B. Jones, Terre Hante, Ind ???"A short time since I saw a copy of The Constitution on a vary dark evening In a very dark Uttle village. 1 enclose yon a yearitsaksctiptlon.?????? II. C. Tillery, Fort Deposit, AIa-???I saw aspect- men copy ot your paper and 1 enclose HXi. f would not be without lt for double the money.??? Barry Jsvkse*???Venaresv, The Dinner-Watchman says In reference to tbe cindldacy of the above named gentleman: We know Captain Jackson to be folly the equal. If not superior. In every souse, to Colonel Ham mond. Captain Jackson deserves aemuchaean7 m tn In G< oral* at tno hands of bis etate and parly. Colonel Hammond hu been honored fully np to- hi* deeeltA and should now n* content to giro place lo somo one else. We ere opposed ?? one msn having a lease on any public once, for it la antagonistic to the principles of our republican government. Gen eral urai t wax defex ed for preiidcat upon this lisne, and tbe seme rule should apnly to cougrese- men. Propriety should nuke an officer step down ftnd out when he hu tervtd a reuouabl* length ol time, ana lx his greed f>r position prerenti thl?? )plo matt tdtnlolitrr the rthuko theoMlvei no pent >ii*l intgaetiun, * ncceo* urreAtntiftl to AiuccettfulcongriMoun, not even pic friends claim thit bo U poweiied of uj brighter Intellect than nU chivalrous youujr anUgoolsL who*e presence ia the hslls of coogret* will be m e rftj of bright sunshine from the south.