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THIRD ALABAMADISTRICT.
Hou. Wm. J. Bamford Nominated by
Acclamation.
Special to Times. 1
Eufaula, Ala., Sept. 1878.
Hon. Wm. J. Samford was nomi
nated by acclamation after the 754th
ballot. L.
Eufaula, Ala,, Sept. 17.—After the
754th ballot in the Third District
Convention, Williams, present in
cumbent, withdrew his name, which
was immediately followed by the
withdrawal of Baker and Oates,when
Samford was nominated by acclama
tion.
YELLOW FEVER.
WORSE THAN EVEB AT CANTON.
■till Fearft.l at N.wOrlean. aud Memphis.
Holly Springs, Sept. 17.—More
cheerful reports are made as to the
number of convalescents. P. R.
Dunn, of Miss.; Lewis Thompson,
Laura Demny, a nurse from New Or
leans, are dead. John Barter? and
J. W. Athey are improving. Mrs.
War Crump has passed the crisis.
Grenada, Miss., Sept. 17.—Four
new cases and six deaths yesterday.
Memphis, Sept. 17.—Dr. Saunders
is improving. Dr. John Erskine,
Health officer, Is expected to die.
Robert Hammond, of the State Bank,
is in a critical condition. The fever
is spreading in the suburbs and sur
rounding country. H. H. Hargrove
has recovered. Dr. Bankson, of
Stephenson, Alabama, is dead. Drs.
Nickes and Green are in a critical
condition.
New Orleans, Sept. 17.—J00. K.
Irwin, formerly of the Memphis
press, is dead. The Young Men’s
Christian Association reported 79
cases yesterday; the Howards 358.
Charles McCoy married Thursday,
was taken sick on Friday, died Sun
day, and was buried Monday.
The fever has again appeared at
Bayon Des Allemandes.
New Orleans, Sept, 17.—T0-day’s
reports-62 deaths, 123 new cases, of
which 121 occurred prior to the 14th
Inst.
Canton, Sept. 17,-In the last 24
hours 20 new cases, 12 deaths ; 6 or 8
reported dying. Dr. A. F. Cage, one
of our best citizens and bravest work
ers, is dying. The fever is worse than
at any time yet.
Memphis. Sept. 17.—Forty-six
deaths up to noon, making 101 since
yesterday. Dr. John Erskine, health
officer, died this a. m., also Father
Riordan, P. H. Lunn.W. B. May and
B. T. Plummer. J. W. Heath is dy
ing. W. B. Shepard is also In a criti
cal condition. His wife is dead.
Mrs. J. W. Clarke, a volunteer nurse
from Omaha, died this morning.
Weather warm.
A Liberal French Contribution.
Paris, Sept. 17.-Wm. M. Evarts
telegraphs Minister Noyes, thanks
to himself and subscribers for $6,000,
the first installment of the French
contribution for the relief of yellow
fever sufferers in the United States,
remitted yesterday.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
London, Sept 17.—Yellow fever has
almost ceased in Sengale and Geore,
where it has been epidemic since
July. There bud been one hundred
and fifty deaths, six physicians, six
nurses.
Portland, Eno., Sept. 17.—Condon
and Melady, discharged from Port
land prison this morning, left for
Southampton in charge of a Deputy
Governor of prison and two wardens,
who attend them until they embark
on the Mosel, which sails to-day for
New York.
Flood In New Jersey.
New York, Sept. 17. A May’s
Landing, N. J., special says: The
dam above Wood’s cotton mills, on
Egg Harbor river race, burst last
night. Hundreds of persons narrow
ly escaped death. The town was
soon submerged; bridges, lumber,
coal and all movable things were
borne|away by the flood. The villa
gers were aroused by the crashing in
of windows, doors, and a current of
muddy water carrying sticks, coal,
and stones through the houses. Sev
eral persons are reported lost.
Political Merementt,
Woodbury, N. J,, Sept. 17.—The
Republicans of the First District
nominated Geo. M. Robeson for Con
gress.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 17.—Patrick
Leaning, Labor Reform candidate,
was endorsed by the Democratic
Convention of the Seventh District,
Luzerne county to-day.
MASSACHUSETTS.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
A Lively Contest Between the Butler
and Anii-lluiler Delegatee.
HIT I. ER NOMINATED.
THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE CALL
ANOTHER meeting.
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 17.—There
is a very large gathering of delegates
to the Democratic Convention. But
ler’s are present in large num
bers, meeting with most determined
i opposition, and [show signs of
■ weakening. If the Butler ranks are
, broken, Chas. Thomas Russell will
I be, nominated. The State Central
Committee are deciding contested
cases against the Butler wen.
Eight o’clock. The Butler men,
having possession of the Hail, placed
L. Powers, of Springfield, in the
chair and proceeded to business.
After a long wrangle, Mayor Platt
took the platform, and said persons
in the hall might remain, but no
others would be admitted.
A resolution thanking the Mayor
for his decided stand was unanimous
ly passed, amid great applause. A
recess of fifteen minutes was taken.
At 11:10, David Powers took the
floor and requested the delegates to
nominate a chairman. Mr. McDav
itt, Sherman’s secretary, moved that
a committee be nominated to see
that only delegates bearing creden -
tials be admitted to the hall. The
motion was carried, and the commit-
tee elected retired.
Before it returned a rush was made
for the hall and an outsider forced
the door. He was closely followed
by a mob, but the doors were closed
by the police. At this junction Maj.
McCafferty entered the hall and was
received with cheers.
Hon. E l ward Avery stepped upon
the platform and said ; By request of
the Democratic State Committee, I
am here to announce—(cat calls and
hisses followed each other in rapid
su-c'seion) Avery maintaining his
position, a delegate moved be be re
quested to leave the platform.
The chairman decided that Avery
must leave the platform, which he
refused to do.
Major McCafferty said Avery was
ambitious for the honors of a martyr.
He wanted to go out to the blue
bloods, and inform them that he had
served them. He wanted to go out
and inform the men who called the
members of the Convention com
munists that he had performed that
duty.
lam authorized, said Mr. Avery,
again commencing to speak. [Cat
calls and hisses again interrupted
the speaker, who was obliged to
cease speaking.]
McCafferty again tried to speak,
urging the Convention to hear what
Avery had to say. The excitement
beggared description, the delegates
brandishing canes, hats, ete. Final
ly Avery got the platform and de
clared the Convention adjourned
until Wednesday, Sept. 25th. He
then left the Hall.
Further proceedings resulted in the
election of Maj. N Cafferty.of Worce
ster, as temporary chairman, follow
ed by making Richard O. Spofford,
of Newburyport, permanent Presi
dent.
On taking the chair, Spofford made
a speech, referring to the wants of
the laboring classes and denouncing
bondholders.
During the proceedings, previous
to the election of permanent chair
man, Dr. Keyts, of Boston, declared
the action of the Democratic Com
mittee an usurpation of extradinary
authority, and deserving of the cen
sure of the Democratic party of
Mississippi.
LATER.
The Democratic Convention unan
imously nominated Butler for Gov
ernor.
The Convention was further organ
ized by the choice of Dr. A. R. Rice,
Matthew Foley and P. Me ban as Sec
retarys.
John L. Rice, of Springfield, said
he proposed to nominate a man who
believed in the good old Democratic
principles, and would right the old
commonwealth. Therefore he nom
inated for Governor Gen. Benj. F.
Butler, (Cheers and great excite
ment; the delegates all rising and
cheering.)
Mr, Cook, of Boston, seconded the
nomination.
The chairman stated the motion,
when Jno. C. Galvan, of Stoughton,
took the floor and protested against
the name of Benj. F. Butler,and ask
ed how in the name of God a Demo
crat could consistently nominate
Gen. Butler as the Democratic nom
inee for Gov. For 15 years Butler
has opposed every Democratic prin
ciple. By bis own declarations, he is
not a Democrat, and you cannot
consistently nominate him. The
speech was received with hisses and
cries to put the speaker out. At the
conclusion of the speech,three groans
for the speaker and three cheers for
Butler were given.
The committee on resolutions was
then appointed.
On motion, a committee was ap
pointed to report candidates for the
remaining offices on the State tick
et. A recess was then taken.
When the State Central Commit
tee fully realized that the Butler
COLUMBUS, GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1878.
faction had control of Mechanics
Hall, they appointed Messrs. Geo.
W. Gill, Geo. F. Avery and Everett
Saltonstall a committee to see what
could be done toward procuring a
Hall. They waited on Mayor Pratt
at about 10 o’clock this morning
and informed him of the state of
affairs. After the Mayor went to the
hall, he wrote the following:
Worcester, 17th.—To Geo. W. Gill
and others, Committee etc.—Gentle -
men: Mechanics Hall was taken
possession of this morning, between
4 and 6 o’clock by some disorderly
persons who broke down the entran
ces thereto, and at 10:45 o’clock are
now in possession of said Hall. I
demanded that; said persons leave
j said Hall at the request of the State
Central Committee, which they re
fused to do, and lam of the opinion
that said Hall cannot be cleared
without by violence and perhaps
bloodshed.
Respectfully yours,
[Signed] Chas. B. Pratt,
Mayor.
Ou receipt of the above the State
Central Committee unanimously
voted to adjourn the Convention till
Wednesday of next week, to|Fanleil
Hall, In Boston. This action was
rendered necessary from the fact that
Butler’s friends have secured all the
available halls in Worcester. The
leaders also take the ground that af
ter the mob proceedings which have
taken place here to-day, they can go
before the people and lead a move
ment that will crush Butler. Lead
ing men, such as Judge Abbott,
Chas. P. Thompson, F. W. Bird, Gen.
Whitney, and Wm. Aspinwall, have
shown great moderation In their ac
tion to-day, and their advice was to
their friends to use every effort to
prevent any breach of the peace. It
is due to these leaders that no seri
ous trouble has occurred, as there
were a large number of men who
were so indignant that they volun
teered to take possession of Mechan
ics’ Hall and clear Butler’s forces
out.
Worcester Sep.l7.—At the Bay
State House, Hon. F. W. Bird, of
Walpole ha s just addressed a crowd
and announced that inasmuch as
a mob had taken possession of Me
chanics’ Hall, and Worcester’s
Mayor had no authority to remove
it, saying that a forcible attempt
might result in riot and bloodshed,
the speaker gave (the dicision of the
State Committee that, the Democratic
State Convention be held in Fanueil
Hall in Boston Wednesday next,
September 25 where an ample police
force would be on hand to protect
the Convention’s rights. He said
the crowd in Mechanics Hall would
rue the day they took forcible poss
ession of the place. The announce
ment was received with deafening
cheers, and cries were made forP. A.
Collins John E. Fitzgerald and Judge
Abbott, neither of whom responded.
The crowd then dispersed and at
about 11:40 the accredited delegates
were admitted to Mechanics Hall.
The facts are as follows relative to
the securing of Mechanic’s Hall by
the Butlerites: At about 5 o’clock
this morning some 150 Butler dele
gates, headed by Dr. McSheeby of
Boston, Mr. Power of Springfield,
Mr. Tower of Randolph, and others,
entered Mechanicts hall and proceed
ed to elect P. J. Hughes, of Boston,
chairman and declaring their inten
tion to remain until the Convention
was fully organized. At 5:05 a. M.,
Dr. McSheeby sprang to the platform
and nominated Butler for Governor.
Speeches followed, every delegate de
claring he would stay there until for
cibly thrown out. By 8 o’clock the
regulars had all waked up to the situ
ation and at 8:30 a. m. the Mayor of
Worcester arrived with a posse of 50
officers. He appealed to them to
disperse, and told them if they would
go out he would protect them in all
their rights. A delegate asked what
he meant by protecting them in. their
rights. The Mayor intimated that
the police of the city should not be
used to clear the hall. When the
Convention was regularly assembled,
and J. J. McDavitt, Butler’s lieuten
ant, appeared on the scene and ask
ed the mayor if it was true
he had posted blue-coated policemen
in the corridors and locked the doors
to prevent egress or ingress. The
Mayor said: No; any one could go
out who chose. “Can they come in
again?” asked McDavitt.” “No,
sir,” replied the Mayor. “Then,”
said McDavitt, “We refuse to leave.”
And this declaration was answered
with a paßsionatt|,Yal of applause.
Dennis Kearney, the sand lot ora
tor, ha« arrived in town, and it is
understood he will speak on the
common to-night. In anticipation
of the event, a large posse of police
will be in attendance.
Worcester’, Sept. 17. —At the after
noon session, after the choice of del
egates for members of the State
Central Committee had been an
nounced, Maj. McCafferty was called
upon. He said the ward from which
he had been selected, instructed him
to vote for Alston, and he had obey
ed instructions, recognizing the right
of the people to instruct him so to
act. The men who instructed him
recognized the signs of the times.
They had seen the star in the east,
and had made up their minds to be
up and doing in the great cause of
reform.
The committee to nominate the re-
mainder o't the State ticket reported
as follows:
Lieutenant Governor, Jno. F. Ar
nold, of North Adams; Secretary of
State, Chas. M. Strauss,of Hingham;
Attorney General. Caleb Cushing, of
Newburyport; Auditor, J. Boyle
O’Reily, of Boston; Treasurer, D. N.
Stallings, of Winchester.
The nominations were unanimous
ly endorsed by the convention.
CONNECTICUT TOO.
-'■OFT MONEY” CARRIE® THE DAY.
New Haven, Sept. 17.—The Demo
cratic State Convention met in Mu
sic Hall this forenopn. Every town
In the State was represented. F.
A. Maiden, of Stamford, was chosen
temporary chairman, who said the
financial question was the important
one before the country, and people
were expecting such a platform from
tnis Convention as would undo the
financial legislation of the last 16
years.
Various committees were appoint
ed. Francis A. Marden was chosen
permanent President, with a Vice
President from each Senatorial dis
trict, and a Secretary from each
county.
The Committee on Resolutions are
in favor of “soft money.” Senator
Eaton and A, E. Burr are not in the
Convention, and it is expected that
they left town in disgust when they
ascertained the complexion of the
Committee on Resolutions.
The old State ticket—Erhart D.
Hubbard, of Hartford, for Governor;
Francis B. Loomis, of New London,'
for Lieut. Governor; Dwight Morris,
of Bridgeport, for Secretary of State;
Edwin A. Buck, of for
Tteasurer; and Chas. C. Hubbard, of
Middletown, for Comtroller—were
nominated by acclamation.
The declination of Francis B.
Loomis, for Lieut. Governor was
read and the declination accepted.
Chas. Durand, of Derby, was nomi
nated for Lieut. Goveror by accla
mation. Durand has accepted the
nomination.
FIFfM.
Boston, Sept. 17.—A fire occurred
in the Merchants’ Bank building,
corner of State, Devonshire and Ex
change streets, this morning; loss
$30,000.
I. O. O. F.
Baltimore, Sept. 17.—The Grand
Lodge of I. O. O. F. elected ns offi
cers for the next two years: Grand
Sire, John B. Harrison of California;
Deputy Grand Sire, Luther J. Glenn
of Georgia. The following were re
elected : Jas. L. Ridgely, of Mary
land, Grand Secretary; Joshua Van
sant, of Maryland, Grand Treasurer.
The President's Movements.
Toledo, Sep. 17.-A dispatch from
chief Justice Waite states he will be
in Toledo on the 19th. The President
Is to reach the city that morning
both from Dayton, where they attend
the session of the trustees of the Sol
diers Home.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
War Department, )
Office Chief Signal Officer, >
Washington, Sept., 17, 1878. )
For South Atlantic and Gulf States,
stationery, followed by fallingbarom
eter, south and east winds, warmer
partly cloudy weather.
“L’homme qul rit”—The man who
laughs is a happy man, and no man
can be happy with his blood loaded
with impurities. The remedy which
all can depend upon for every vl-
Hat.no condition of the blood Is Dr.
Bull’s Blood Mixture.
The Air Lino Headlight tells these
fearful stories:
A gentleman in Habersham county, on
Tallulah river, has 23 sons, and a man in
Gwinnett county is 92 years old and has
22 children, and that he is the best hoer
in the county. We don’t doubt it. A
man in Hart county had 27 children and
he and his wife are still alive, hearty and
well. We heard a gentleman, who stop
ped out of a stoim at the bouse of a Hart
county friend, say that be was amused at
the old lady calling up the children and
counting them as they came in the house.
Tb< re are a dozen counties near the Air
Line railroad in Georgia, that could raise
boys enough in the next 20 years to whip
any country on the earth except the Uni
ted States.
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These are solemn days with the
Democratic Executive Comtmctee of
Massachusetts. They view with
alarm the insubordinate proceedings
of the Democratic caucuses which
have chosen Butler delegates to the
State Convention, and they are at
their wits end to know what to do
about it. The Committee has under
taken to arrest the tpischief and re
store discipline by formally promul
gating the opinion that these dele
gates will not be entitled to seats in
the Convention; but whe.tber the
Convention will take this view of the
matter remains to be seen. Certain
ly it would be a queer spectacle to
see the Massachusetts Democracy
supporting Ben Butler for Governor;
but it is a hardly less singular sight
to see an executive committee under
taking to dictate to Democratic elec
tors whom they shall and whom they
shall not send to represent them in
the State Convention.— N. Y. Sun.
The Chinamen in San Francisco,
despite their violation of some of the
commonest sanitary rules, are a
healthy class. The vitiated air of
their sleeping kennels does not seem
to affect them unfavorably. The San
Francisco Newsletter says that their
good health is due to temperance in
eating and drinking. Their strong
est beverage is tea, and they eat very
little rich food. Their simple fare
makes them require less oxygen.
They are free and frequent, too, la
the use of soap and water.
THE DEMOORATIO PARTY.
ITS COMING TRIUMPH.
Extract from the Constitution’s re
port of the speech of Hon. B. H. Hill
at the Atlanta meeting of congratu
lation to Col. N. J. Hammond :
Fellow citizens: You need not
doubt it, you need not question it.
The Democratic party is going to
cmtrol this government for a gener
ation. There is no party which
can control it; no nation on earth
can control it.
I begin to think that the Demo
cratic party can never be killed
[Applause] Secession did not kill it,
the war has not killed it, fraud has
not killed it, it has not killed itself,
and it will not die. [Applause.]
Here is the point to which I want
to direct the attention of my friends.
It is natural that after this sectional
Republican party has been in power
eighteen years, it should have passed
a great many things that bear heav
ily on the prosperity of this country.
You hear of disaster, sorrow, de
rangement, confusion financially and
otherwise all over the country. That
is true. They are all results of Re
publican rule. They are deep, wide
spread, terrible as I consider it. A
sectional, unconstitutional class leg
islating party can not dominate over
this country eighteen years without
producing misery to the people, and
the Republican party has produced
these results.
We are all anxious to remedy these
results. We want to restore prosper
ity to the country. But it is natural in
seeking a remedy for these great
evils that we among ourselves should
differ. Independent, honest thinking
men on such questions as this will
differ. Take this financial question.
The Republican party deranged it
and the trouble which sprung out of
the war has kept it deranged. When
we come to remedy this, one Demo
crat thinks that one means is better
than another. What do we differ
about? Not in the belief that the
evil exists; not in the belief that the
country Is suffering; not in a belief
that a remedy is necessary. All that
we differ about is what is the remedy.
That being the case, what I wish to
say to you is this. The only power
in this country that can give efficien
cy to any of these remedies, is the
Democratic party. You cannot ex
pect it to come from the Re
publican party, because it pro
duces the mischief. You can
not expect it to come from a third
party, because to have any strength
it must be composed mainly of the
Republican party, and what the Re
publican party cannot cure in its own
name, it cannot cure under any
other, and no party can give relief to
the contrary but the Democratic
party. (Applause.) And here ie my
proposition : If you and I differ as to
the remedy for these evils, let us
agree in this, that we will stick to the
party. You cannot carry out any
remedy otherwise; you cannot hope
to accomplish it otherwise. If you
do not propose to do so by the Dem
ocratic party, how will you do? You
must do it by some other party.
What other party must you rely on?
As I said, you must go to the dying
Republican party or organize a new
party, to be composed largely of the
Republican party and its controlling
element to be of that party.
Fellow Citizens: Have you honest
views ? I have my views. Ido not
doubt what will be the remedy for
these evils. You and I may differ.
Then let us make the Democratic
party the arbiter between you and
me; and let us both go to that arbi
ter. I say to you, that while I have
my judgment as to this remedy, if
the Democratic party differ with me
on that subject, I am going to agree
with the Democratic party. [Ap
plause.]
Now, my friends, you who differ
with me, who are you going to differ
with ? Are vou going to differ with
the party ? If you do you will be as
wise as a preacher who read a text
different from some previous com
ments he had made, and said: "I beg
leave to differ with the Lord.”
[Laughter.] He neither injured the
Lord nor established the correctness
of his position. I assure you that
you cannot correct the evils other
wise. Whatever may be your views
as to the remedy to correct the evils
of the Republican party, I beseech
you to-night to seek the accomplish
ment of your remedy in that party
which is the constitutional party,
the national party, the party which
includes the intelligence and patri
otism of the country from one end
to the other.
It is going to call into action the
organized efforts of this country. If
you refuse to act with the Democrat
ic party you fight it, and if you put
yourself against it you weaken the
party to that extent. It you ask me
what remedy that party is going to
adopt, I tell you I don’t know.
I could tel' you what I think proba
ble as an individual, but the party
has not gained possession of the
Government, and you cannot tell
what the party is going to do until
it gets possession of the Govern
ment. I beseech you, fellow-citizens,
to battle for your rights within the
ranks of the Democratic party ; and
when the Democratic party shall
come into power and determine,
after calculation, what is the best
remedy for all these evils, let us go
with it aud accomplish that remedy.
No man ever accomplished any
good who fought everybody that did
not agree with him. He is a schis
matic.
But I will tell some features of the
remedy which will be applied. In
the first place, the remedy which the
the Democratic party will apply
will be a constitutional remedy. It
will be within the powers granted to
Congress by the constitution. Do
you agree with that? If you do not
you are unconstitutional and a Re
publican. The Democratic party, I
tell you, is the party of the constitu
tion, and it will be false to itself if it
attempts to adopt a remedy uncon
stitutional in its character. One of
the great evils that affects this coun
try is the disregard of the constitu
tion by the Republican party ; and
naturally the great means to correct
this evil is to return to ‘ the
consitution. [Applause.] In the
second place, whatever remedy the
Democratic party adopts will be an
honest remedy. Are you in favor of
that?.
You don’t want a dishonest reme
dy. Os course you don’t. Now, you
have beard a great deal said as to
what is an honest remedy. An
honest remedy in the language of the
platform adopted.by the Barnesville
i Convention (though I have not read
it yet) is a remedy which will carry
out the intentions of the Democratic
party according to the constitution.
The Democrat!® partv will legislate
for all alike. The difficulty with the
Republican party is that it has been
legislating for sections. It has been
legislating for classes. If you insist
on class legislation you become a
Republican; because sectionalism
and class legislation are among the
sins of the Republican party. They
will build up an autocracy in the
country. The Democratic party are
opposed to that, and whatever they
do will be for all sections and classes
alike. It will not have a different
law for the rich and the poor man,
but they will stand under one law.
[Applause.] These are the great
leading features of the platform the
Democratic party will adopt, and I
am sure there is not a man here to
night who will differ with me on
either of these points.
Now, if the Democratic party is the
party of the constitution, if It is tn
favor of measures to promote the in
terest of all sections and all classes
alike, then loonjure as you love your
country, as you love your wife and
children, as you will bring relief to
the starving people of whom we
have heard so much, to unite our
efforts to attain the success of that
party. [Applause.]
If you do not, you yourself will be
endeavoring to prolong the suffering
of which you complain, and you
make for your excuse your peculiar
theory.
We cannot do otherwise wisely.
Why should people abandon the peo
ples’ party to relieve the people?
Why should the people be faithless
to that party which by every indica
tion of the times is bound to be the
arbiter of the destinies of this coun
try for generations to come.
Then, my friends, remain with your
party, keep in the ranks. No one
man can save this country. The
great cause, the great underlying
cause of all the trouble that affects
this country has been the abandon
ment of the constitution. The great
remedy—the great overshadowing
remedy that shall bring relief and
restore prosperity is a return to the
Constitution. Therefore, whatever
remedy you propose, whatever theo
ry you advance, first of all Inquire if
it is in accordance with the Constitu
tion ; secondly, if It is honest In it
self; thirdly, if it will promote the
interest of all people a"nd sections.
If it fails in any of these points you
are bound as true men, honest men,
and true Democrats to abandon It.
I believe the Democratic party will
have the wisdom to meet this crisis.
The Republican party la going out
of power—the party which domina
ted over this country for eighteen
years, leaving behind it its track of
blood, its track of miseries, and how
great they are! Millions are suffer
ing by their wrongs. We are suffer
ing by it. Millions of widowsand or
phans are suffering to night who
would have husbands and fathers,
had there been no Republican party ;
and millions are wandering up and
down, starving and homeless, over
the face of this country, who, but for
this Republican party, would have
home and shelter to-night. [Ap
plause.]
Therefore, my friends, be willing
to sacrifice any of your personal
views, your individual theories, for
the purpose of giving success and
efficiency to the great party which
will give relief to the people. Why
not set an example? This is the
Metropclitan district of the State,
and you havea man of worthy to lead
you. [Applause.] Why can not we
subordinate all of these interests,
real or imaginary, and uniting this
great district, make it an example in
the harmony it will show to the
country ?
The man who will abandon the
Democratic party for the purpose of
seeking relief is seeking relief against
the Democratic party. [Applause.]
I do not care what may be the pe
culiarity of a man’s views if he will
just come up and say “I will stand
up to the Democratic party to the
last,” that man is a patriot, that man
is an honest man, that man is really,
earnestly battling for the relief of
the country. He is entitled to your
fullest confidence and respect, and
he has mine. I feel intensely on this
subject. General Grant said on one
occasion, on his tour among the
royalties of Europe, that his
hope was that the Democratic party
might lose its chance of regaining
power by doing something foolish.
Yes, and that is aii the hope the old
man has got. [Applause] The only
hope ofthe Republican party to vital
ize its carcass is division in the
Democratic party. Will you help to
vitalize that dying carcass? If you
wish to do so, be an unruly member
of the Democratic party. Would you
help vitalize that party which has
brought on you all the sufferings you
endure? Would you disorganize the
country and trample on the laws of
the country? or would you help to
give that party Its final death blow?
There Is only one place In which you
can do it, and that is in the ranks of
the Democratic party. The Demo
cratic party will get control of the
country whether you help it or not,
and you had better help it! We are
going to win! Mark that.
We are going*to triumph. [Ap
plause]
Every breeze that sweeps over the
country bears us the glad tidings of
Increasing power in the Democratic
party. [Applause.] We are going
to power. The constitution de
mands it; the people demand it; God
Almighty gives it his smile, and, I
tell you, fellow-citizens, we are
going, into power. [Applause.] And
when we do succeed and provide the
remedy for all these evils, what a
shout of victory will be heard all
through this country I How will you
feel if you are not along with us!
How will you feel if you go through
the country carping about your pecu
liar nostrums to save the country?
Oh, you will feel very badly.
[Laughter.] You will leel mean.
My good friends, abandon your divi
sions. We have all had common
sufferings; we have all had common
victories, and just as we are coming
out of our struggle, and just as
the Democratic party is com
ing back to power, don’t you abandon us.
It is a bad time to get out of humor. Give
the Democratic party time. You cannot
expect all tbeevils inflicted by the Repub
lican party in 18 years to be remedied in
au hour. You cannot expect a man with
a long trying disease to be cured in an
hour. Give this party lime. I think I
understand the situation. I tell you it is
going to bring relief. I tell you when
you area few years older that lelief will
come. I tell you all these miserable scars
inflicted by the Republican party will be
rubbed out; I tell you the starved will
have bread and the naked will bare cloth
ing. Every one of you will be the citizen
of a happy and prosperous nation once
more. This country is on the eve of pros
perity never before known, unless some
exceedingly great madness shall seize upon
her. I don’t mind how men talk; I don’t
mind how men differ. All I wish is that
men shall not break ranks. Let the sol
diers talk; let them differ, but don’t let
them break ranks. Follow your leader.
You have him. He has been given you
by an honest convention, aud the out
spoken voice of the people of Ibis district,
and it is your duty to Mlow him. I do
not ask you to abandon tMf peculiar feel
ings you may have, white you may in
dulge your views and convince a* many
as you please that you are right. All I say
is, keep in ranks; keep in step of the order,
and I tell you victory will come-, and it
will not make much Ur our
peculiar theories'. I Lave my peculiar
views and 1 believe they will be ultimate
ly adopted, buts I believ« that 4he Demo
cratic party is wiser than I am, and if
they are not right I don’t want them
adopted. When they adopt a remedy,
that is going to be my remedy. It is im
possible for pen to picture or tongue to
describe the prosperity we shall see if we
wait and betrue to each other. And why
shouldn’t we wait? Haven’t we suffered
alike—haven’t we been wronged alike?
And after we have suffered all the priva
tions and misery of the half of forty years,
shall we break ranks just as the eye falls
upon Canaan? Advocate your views with
your fellow-citizens, but go to the ballot
box like men, and tell everybody else to
go.
Babies are the institution and
should be guarded from attacks of
colic, flatulence, etc., by Dr. Bull’s
Baby Syrup. Price 25c. bottle.
Mysterious Crime in tbb Suburbs
of Boston.—Still another horror-has been
added to the long catalogue of dark and
mysterious crimes for which Boston has
been noted. The viietim was a woman,
respectably dressed and about titty years
of age. Her name has not yet been dis
covered, and, of course, there is no clue to
the murderer. The scene of the tragedy
Is almost the same as that of the Leehan
murder, the lonely track of land that lies
along the Black Bay containing portions
of B ston and that part of Brookline
known as Longwood. The body was
found last Tuesday night, but the officers
kept the matter private until Friday
morning, when the town was thrown into
a fever of excitement by the discovery.
As soon as the medical examiner was
summoned he proceeded to bold an au
topsy, ano the facts proved beyond doubt
that the woman was outraged, murdered
and the body thrown Into the basin to hide
the crime forever. But It floated to the
surface, and the fiend who so ruthlessly
butchered the defenceless woman knows
that his deed of blood is known. The po
lice authorities have made every effoi t to
discover if any woman is missing in Bos
ton, and several people have called at the
morgue to try and identify the body, but
so far nobody has been able to do ao. No
clew whatever has been discovered by
which the detectives could start out t
find the murderer.
The Dark Day.—An old lady now ,
living on the Little Colorado, who
has attained the comfortable old age
of 128 years, was thirty years of age
at the time of the dark day, of which
she has a vivid recollection, and re
calls many interesting incidents that
took place with her people, the Span
ish, and also the Indians, who were
more superstitious. The Spaniards
burled all their saints, of which they
had a goodly number, while the In
dians took to feasting upon dogs and
other animals. The "dark day” was
so-called on account of the remark
able darkness that extended through
out America. The obscuration com
menced about 10 o’clock in the morn
ing of May 19,1780, and continued
until the middle of the next night.
Birds sang their evening song, disap
peared and remained silent; fowls
went to roost, cattle sought the barn
yard and candles were lighted in the
house. The true cause of this re
markable phenomenon is not and
will probably never be known.—Ari
zona Miner. ‘
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has Just arrived at
Kt. Clair Street
Hamilton Hotel
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tion of those wishing to spend the summer
tn a quiet and healthful village.
BOARD
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EIGHT DOLLARSFEB WEEK.
TWENTY DOLLARSFEB MONTH.
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night and day. Patronage respectfully solicited.
mchd ly A. CAMHEI,-
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HAHE undersigned, 10-1
1 cated on Oglethorpe
/AvrfflWfeSw® Street, opposite Steam
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manufacture cf
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