Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1884 — Page 6

LITTLE AH SID. Little Ab Sid W»« a Christian kid—--1 cute little cum, you'd declare— With eyes full of fun And a nose that becun Right up at the roots of his hair. U Jolly and fat X Was the frolicsome brat, he played through the long summer day, And hraidea his cue As his lather used to, fa Chinaland, far, far away. Once o'er a lawn That Ah Sid played upon A bumb'e-bee flew in the spring; “Melican bnttleiiy! Said he, with winking eye, •Me catch and pull off urn wing." | Then with his cap He struck it a rap—this innocent bumble-bee — And put its remains In the seat of his jeans, for a pocket there had the Chinee. Down on the grass Sat the little sardine, in a sty e that was strangely demure, And f-aid wlth.a grin That was brimful of sin, Me mash um buttlefly, sure." Little Ah Sid Was only a kid. for could you expect him to guess What kind of a bug He was holding so snug h the folds of his loose-fitting dress. “Ki-ya! Ki-yip-ye!" Ah Sid cried, as he lose hurriedly up from that spot, "Ki-ya! Yuk-a-kan! Dam un Melican man— Tmbnttlefly belly much hot!" ton Francisco Wasp.

A ROGUE'S REWARD.

BY KENRIDGE.

L strange motto for a family, is it he asks, holding up the heavy ring he had drawn from his finger. iVhat is it ? Translate—you know n’t read Latin,” says my lady, lookup from the depths of those soft, cushions, against the dark velvet hich her neck and face and arms te like pure Carrara. e leans still closer and drops his e, as if the words held for him some ige forboding. le who forgets shall be in turn foren.” r es, it is a queer one,” says my , meditatively, gazing intently on landsome, youthful face beside her. eer, too, that you should read it to i ow—under such circumstances, you |v. If it were different ” she esand shrugs her shoulders and js her hand impatiently, then sighs |turns her face to the wall The ring | to the floor, and Julian Frere les her hand as it rests flatteringly i her breast! ■ly darling,” he cries, forgetful of rery words that gave rise to her bion, “only answer me as I wish—i must be answered, and we shall be f >y —oh, so happy, if you will. |y lady slowly turns her face back i, and her eyes are dark with pas- | yet with a half contempt for his manliness in their dreary depths I h he has never seen before. ho you think, Julian, that there are I Ireams from which we must awaktove scenes over which the curtain |fall surely when the little comedy [been played, and even the actors ■ selves are yawning?” i z lady smiles, and looks away, far | <ver the waters of the Mediterra- | , and the expression of coolness and I jm'pt deepens in her eyes. I t Julian only sees a beautiful | an who d y by day and week by | has lured him on to love and I hip her. | i stretches out his arms to clasp I I them, but she makes.no response J e has always done f has been no comedy on my part,” I mttered, fiercely. “You have no

(to say it has been only our 3.” h, my friend, did I say that? I meant—well, you will force me to Buch plain words. ; That motto ; ?ht to mind the peculiar circumes which surround us "both. Here te —” she suddenly stops, then goes >ly on—“here you are, I mean, ; fed to a young lady, not beautiful, « 3ay, but talented, Jxustful, and 1/ e, one who would mate you happy j far happier than I could or would. | I am terribly selfish, Julian—” 1 tughs gayly as if in denial of the I is charge she so lightly brought I st herself—“and I would not make S 1 good wife. I am too fond of pjingaway naps at dear- Mr. Blanc’s green table. I like the society of sex too well to put up long with 1 with the—oh, the fact is that a ®hd, you know, is just like your you get used to his style, and I of it, and naturally want a change. ith me exactly, dear Julian. We I enjoyed ourselves together for a V Shall we not part as friends, . ifriends, if you choose, but—but | ig more, you know?” I ,£akes her hands and kisses them I mately. I iftre for no one else and can think one else now. Heavens forgive t |it I cannot!” he murmurs. ; a moment she says nothing, but ; tn his arms, peaceful, content. ; o remorseful picture disturbs his | al feeling, shall she allow the ■ w of a woman whom she has I met to come between them then? ; 3 sure, she is married—she has ; told Julian that—but Lord is away off in Algiers, where I rar is, and perhaps is dead, or I -so, for the Africans are terrible , rs, they say. So she gives herself I his caresses, and for an hour I' instant only it seems to | < he is happy in the silence which I oothingly upon them, as the twill -steals over the quiet waves and es all the brightness without to I firs which creep, creep slowly into , aoms and leave dim forms and I jin every comer. other days had been passed | B manner, and Julian Frere had content to let them go in sweet fulness of time, of place, of eterf t>;Bself—content to sit at Isabel I'? feet > enslaved—enamored, if ! | ike, but trapped of his own free ■ I t . long the time was since he had sown home in England, he neij Hew nor cared. How long since he a face—so dear to him once— I / sd not and would not even rememI t gentle lettero came very often, K t

breathing love and truthfulness, but never a word of reproach at the cold answers which his unwillling fingers penned. He had once imagined that he loved this English girl, with her tender manners and soft-brown, trustful eyes. But, oh, Dio mio, he had not then seen tender eyes flash with a passion whose fierceness enhances their brilliance, nor lips more than half willing for frequent meetings with his own. The gentle English girl should have his name—it was promised, and he was in honor bound to that. But this dark, tawny woman of the South, with her Italian arts of love and Parisian graces, which charmed and lulled his senses into dreamland—never could he wring his heart from her keeping, and what will be will be. He went out from his room that evening, and left the ring with the strange motto engraved on it lying on the floor. The next day he called at the Villa Carlio, but my lady was out. The day after, at his accustomed hour, he went again. My lady was still out, the footman said. “But had she left no word—no message?" asked Julian. “Oh, surely. If the signor came there was a little note.” Julian’s hand trembled as he received a small, crumpled note, which the footman carelessly drew from his pocket. Beneath the huge porch of the Parthenon, where the moonlight streams down in a broad flood and merges step by step into the farther shadows, Julian read the letter: “Caro mio,” it began—ah, the soft Italian phrase, which seemed doubly sweet and tender from her lips or pen —“I have been thinking deeply these last two days, and have come to a sensible resolution. If my Lady Eva could have shown half the sense of which 1 shall presently make an exhibition much trouble might have been averted. “Dear Julian, you will stamp and curse and swear when I tell you. Well, so be it. I shall not be there to hear, but what I say is this—that we must part. “For your little English girl will begin to be impatient at your absence, and I—well, I must tell you my husband is coming home from the war in Algiers, for I am married. Why not tell you before? It matters nothing now. If you will be angry, console yourself with one thought—that I love you for yourself, and so send you from me.

“If I loved you for myself, I would not be such a model of domestic virtue as you will now picture me, but would keep you near me whether Milord Carlio comes or not, or would fly with you to the earth’s end before my arms should ever loose their hold upon your neck. “But I have a memory of a young heart broken for sake of him who went away and never saw again the olives and the vine-leaves which grew in the valley of my country home. She is waiting for you, Julian, in her own land, and I—well, I am waiting for Milor d Carlio, as a good wife should.” The letter closed abruptly. Julian leaned up against one of the marble pillars, and pondered deeply every word. “Loved him .for himself, and so sent him from her ” his egotism would not allow him to believe in her unselfishness. “Tired of me, more likely,” he muttered angrily,“and so, womanlike, shifts the blame from her own shoulders when weary of old game, and longing for new.” He linged for three weeks in Rome, in the hope of some chance meeting with her, but the meeting never occurred. Then he sailed for home, with a manliness of which my lady scarcely deemed him capable; he resolved to take the advice she had given in the letter, and go back to England— to his betrothed. It was not until he was well on his way that he began to think of the terrible length of his sojourn in Rome—some seven months—he was reluctant to acknowledge it, yet he had scattered bon-bons with my lady in the gay carnival season, and it was past October now.

On the pier at Dover his eldest brother met him. “Why! where are you bound for?” asked Julian, in surpise. An expression of sorrow came over the other’s features. “I was going in search of you,” .he said hurredly, “for I—l don’t think the home coming will be pleasant for you now. ” “Why not?” said Julian, a vague feeling of relief creeping unconsciously upon him. “Well, you see—over two months ago it happened—John Moorly, you remember him—he and Marian—oh, I can’t tell it—the girl was such a traitor, but she’s gone with him, left home, broke faith with you, everything, to marry a sub in a marching regiment.” Such a wave of happiness swept over Julian’s face. “George, dear fellow!” he cried, seizing his brother's hand eagerly, “I —I don’t Care —my heart’s not broken. She neveryeally liked me. lam glad she’ll be happy in her own way at last. But I can’t stay here to see it—it would drive me wild,” he added with untruthfulness. So George turned toward London, while Julian took the next steamer for Calais. How the journey passed, the days—the hours, he knew not. He could only think of their reunion in that lovely Italian land. Would she be glad to see him, and would he be as happy as he imagined he would be to sit at her feet apd dream of castles that would never be peopled, but with fancies and of hopes which could never be realized owing to the unfortunate existence of Milord Carlio.

Yes, he would be happy—supremely so—only to sit in the same sunshine that cast its brilliant beams on her, only to wait like her pet dog, Barco, on every caprice of a whimsical mistress. Hour by hour he left the cities and villages of France behind him, and came at last to the Eternal City. He had not the courage to go at once to the Villa Carlio and proclaim his freedom —a vague idea that she would laugh as well as welcome held him back. Yet she knew of his arrival. Some

lines in the Italian journals spoke oi that. One day while he was coming out o’" Spithover’s, where he had been to gei some of Anderson’s photographs, th* well own brougham of Lady Carlio, with its liveries of crimson and silver, drew up. Its handsome mistress alighted. She started with evident surprise as her eye fell on Julian. Then she came nearer and gave him her hand. For a moment neither spoke. “I—l had your letter, and obeyed,” said Julian softly. “Then why—why are you back again ?” asked my lady, with a little quiver in her voice. He looked meaningly around him. “Such a crowd—so many here,” he said, and shrugged his shoulders. “Ah, I understand. There is some explanation. Come to me at 5 o’clock.” She bowed and passed on, leaving Julian standing irresolute on the pavement. It was 2 o’clock then. Up and down the Piazza di Spagna he paced, unmindful of the sun which, notwithstanding the freshness of a Roman winter, beat down in a fierce, blinding glare of light. He so longed to go, and now that he was bidden, he scarcely dared to obey her command or his own ardent inclinations. But toward the hour appointed he turned out into the Via Babuino, the street leading directly to my lady’s villa. She was alone in the very room in which their last interview had been held. She came forward to receive him with a slight timidity and diffidence which well became her, rare though these moods were. She only said: “I am terribly glad to see you, Julian, things are so dull.” But her eyes gave forth a welcome which he had not dreamed she would offer. “What is the matter—why are you here so soon?” she questioned, and breathlessly and somewhat hesitatingly he answered her. When he had finished, she glanced up with a look of almost eager longing into his face.

“Julian,” she said, in a low tone, “we have met with misfortune. I, too, have lost. Poor Carlio never came back from the war in Algiers." “Yes, we are unfortunate,” he answered, with some embarrassment. “The old motto is on. my ring—you spoke of it that day, you recollect. Well, the cursed saying proved true in my case. I was base enough to forget, and so lam forgotten. Are you glad or sorry ?” He did not look at her for her answer. He only leaned his head against the low marble mantel, and his thoughts seemed to wander far away. Gently she clasped her hands around his arm. “Dear Julian,” she said, faintly, “you are not forgotten. Will you not believe that one will always remember?” His head was turned away, but he pressed her hands tightly with both his own. “Caro—caro, must I beg of you? Why will you not forgive me for sending you away?” Still he was silent. “There is nothing now to reproach me. There will be nothing to reproach you, Julian—caro mio. Why are you cold to me now ?” He had gone there half resolved to pay her in part for the anguish she had made him sutler when she wrote those cruel lines which banished him, but he could not withstand her pleading tones. He caught her light form in his arms, and almost crushed her in his strong embrace. “Oh, my darling, I shall never be cast off now. Of what matter if all the world forgets, so that you alone will remember!” He kissed her passionately and pressed her closer to his breast. My lady looked up with an arch smile into his earnest eyes. “Julian, caro, I am thinking, we were once so wrong in loving, and now we are so happy. Why is it that the wicked ones have paradise and the good ones are often beggars at the gate ? If you had been too true to the English girl to have looked at me or ever kissed me, and I too good a wife to take such kisses, why, she might have stayed to make your life unhappy, and Milord Carlio weuld have come home from Algiers as sure as daylight. But you were different, you see, and other things were different also.” So it shall always be. There are other men like Julian, and there is a Lady Carlio for every one.

Appearances Are Deceitful.

A very tall girl, wearing a Mother Hubbard dress, stepped on a platform scales at Coney Island, and informed the proprietor that she wished to be weighed. He placed a 200-pound weight on the hook, and the suddenness with which it came down frightened, him. Then he tried a 150-pound weight with the same result. “Strange,” he muttered, with a perplexed look at the girl, “something must be wrong with the scales. ” Finally, after repeated attempts, he informed her, in a dubious tone of voice, that she weighed just eighty-nine pounds. “Thank yOu,” she said, handing bin. the nickel. “I seem to be gaining,” and she tripped away. Then the amazed scaleman looked after her and remarked: “Some young fellow will get terribly fooled by that Mother Hubbard dress.” —New York Sun.

Spoons Speeding the Spoony.

First Bridemaid—You’ll never tell? Second Bridemaid—Of course not; I never do, you know. First Bridemaid—Well, she told me in strict confidence, understand, that though Jack was poor they were going to travel all summer and stop at the best hotels, and that they got the money by selling their duplicate wedding presents. !• wonder whether my spoons are’paying part of the expenses. —Troy Press. The ladies of Washington have taken to tricyling. A slub is talked of.

POLITICAL.

lowa Republicans and Michigan Democrats and Greenback* ers in Convention. Party Conventions in Other States— The Platforms and the Nominees. lowa Republicans. The Republican State Convention of lowa met in the Grand Opera House, at Des Moines, and was called to order by Senator Donnan, Chairman of the State Committee, who announced J. C. Dolliver, of Fort Dodge, as temporary Chairman of the convention, and J. Fred Myers as temporary Secretary.The usual committees were chosen, when the convention adjourned till afternoon. The State Central Committee was announced as follows: First District, C. McJunkin; Second District, W. P. Wolf; Third District, E. O. Perkins; Fourth District, E. 8. Fonda; Fifth District, Charles Wiers: Sixth District, W. H. Needham; Seventh District, C. C. Goodale: Eighth District, C. H. Stryker; Ninth District,. E. C. Consigny; Tenth District, John Scott; Eleventh District, H. C. Curtis. On reassembling, Hon. S. M. Clark, editor of the Keokuk Gate City, was elected permanent Chairman. A committee of three was appointed to Invite Gen. W. T. Sherman, who was in the city, to honor the convention with his presence. The Committee on Credentials reported full delegations present from every county. The report of the committee was adopted. The Committee on Permanent Organization reported for President 8. M. Clark, of Lee; for Secretary, J. Fred Meyers, of Crawl ord; for Assistant Secretaries, Frank Davey, of Emmet, and E. D. Chassely, of Mitchell; for Reading Clerk, E. D. Hutchins, of Polk. A full list of Vice Presidents from each district was also named. Mr. Clark, on taking the chair, made a brief but rousing speech, which was frequently interrupted by applause. The convention then proceeded to place candidates in nomination, the speeches being limited to three minutes each. Shortly after 3 o’clock Gen. Sherman entered, when the whole convention rose to its feet, waving handkerchiefs and hats. The applause was long continued. Frank D. 'Jackson, of Butler County, was nominated for Secretary of State on the third ballot, receiving 465 votes, against 446 for W. W. V. P. Twombly, of Van Buren County, was nominated by acclamation for State Treasurer. J. L. Brown, of Lucas County, was nominated for Auditor of State by acclamation. The first ballot for Attorney General resulted: P. M. Sutton, of Marshall County, 389; Smith McPherson, of Montgomery, 187; Gen. A. J. Baker, of Appanoose, 217; G. 8. Robinson, of Buena Vista, 150. Baker was nominated on the fourth ballot. Judge J. H. Rothrock, of Linn, was nominated on the first ballot as his own successor for Justice of the Supreme Court, receiving 570 votes to 313 U for C. C. Nourse, of Polk, and 30& for J. H. McKean, of Jones. For Presidential electors-at-large CoL W. F. Tapp, of Pottawattamie, and John Van Valkenburg, of Lee, were elected, and the following from the districts: First District—D. J. Palmer, of Washington County. Second—W. A. Foster, of Scott. Third— Daniel Kerr, of Grundy. Fourth—John McHugh, of Howard. Fifth—O. H. Mills, of Tama. Sixth—H. J. Vail, of Mahaska. Seventh—John A. Story, of Adair. Eighth—W. H. Tedford, of Wayne. Ninth—J. D. Holmes, of Audubon. Tenth—J. S. Kelso, of Hardin. Eleventh—D, C. Early, of Sac. The Committee on Resolutions reported the following, which was unanimously adopted: The Republicans of lowa hereby reaffirm the full platform of the National Republican party as adopted at Chicago, in June last, and that with reference to State issues the Republican party of lowa reaffirm the platform adopted at the State convention of 1883; declaring furthermore their respect for the law and their demand for allegiance to the law. and that they also heartily support the declarations as set forth in the letters of acceptance of James G. Blaine, the nominee for President, and John A. Logan, the nominee for Vice President.

Michigan Democrats. The Michigan Democratic State Convention, at Grand Rapids, was presided over by E. F. Uhl. Short work was made with the nominations when a division was once agreed upon. The convention indorsed six of the Greenback electors, nominated seven of its own, and the following officers on the State ticket, these being the ones assigned to it by the joint conference committee: Lieutenant Governor. Matthew Maynard; Secretary of State, William H. Shakespeare; Treasurer, James Blair; Auditor General, Col. Georg? P. Sanford; for State Board of Education, the Rev. Christian Vanderveer; electors-at-large, Wm. B. Moran, Detroit, and J. W. Flanders, St. Joseph. District electors, E. Millard, Lenawee; William D. Thompson, Jackson; Maj. A. F. Kelsey, lonia; John R. Savidge, Antrim; H. O. Rose, Emmet. All these electors are to be voted on jointly. The six national electors selected fcr that purpose will be voted for separately by each partv, according to the Butler plan, so that the electoral vote may be thrown for Presidential candidates in accordance with the popular vote of each party. The following platform was adopted: We, the Democratic partv of Michigan, in convention assembled, view with alarm the results of nearly twenty-five years of Republican policy and misrule, as shown by an increase of pauperism in our own State, the number of persons supported in the county poor-houses of this State having increased from 3,156 in 1871 to 6,547 in 1880, and the number of persons temporarily relieved, not in poorhouses, having increased from 14,600 in 1871 to 33,200 in 1880; the increase in population being 38 percent., and the increase of pauperism 130 per cent.; by the fact that, although the value of the annual product of manufactures in the United States had increased between 1870 and 1880 over $223,000,000, yet the value of the annual product of agriculture between 1870 and 1880 had increased only $224,000,000, and this although the volume of the principal products had increased over 80 per cent.; ana. although while the capital invested in manufactures had increased $6,727,000,000, the capital invested in farm ing had increased $907,000,000; and, while the in crease in the number of manufacturing establishments was but 1,692, the increase in the number of farms was 1,349,000, and the increase in acreage was over 128,000,000; while the number of employes in manufacture had increased but 678,579, the increased number of farmers and employes was over 1.648,000; by the decrease in the annual earnings of the wageworker from $376.50 in 1870, to $347 in 1880, and the prevailing discontent and unrest of the industrial classes; by the alarming decrease in the percentage in our schools; by the fact that while deposits In national and State banks in the United States increased between 1876 and 1882 from 57 to 60 per cent., the increase in deposits in our savings banks was but 12H per cent., and the increase in population during the same period was from 15 to 18 per cent.; by the alarming increase of crime; by the general stagnation of legitimate business enterprises; by the growing encroachments of capital, represented by large railroad corporations. We are, therefore, unalterably opposed to a oontinuancs*Of the policy which is productive of such results, and in the inauguration of this campaign against the natty resensible for them, it is by the Democracy of Resolved, That we hereby indorse the platform adopted and the candidates nominated by the National Democratic Convention recently held at Chicago, and we furthermore declare on our own behalf: 1. That for the payment of the war debt, the pensions of Union soldiers, and for other incidental expenses'of the government economically administered, we favor the maintenance of internal and tariff taxation, so levied that luxuries shall bear the chief burden, and necessaries of life be practically free. 2. That the system of contracting the convict labor of our penal inst tutions should be abolished, and the detention ot criminals sentenced by the courts of other States in our penal institutions should be prghibited. 3. That we favor a liberal mechanics’ lien law, making claims for labor a first prefeired lien. 4. That in granting of corporate franchises the State should reserve the right to regulate the conduct of corporations so as to promote the public good. Resolved, That we cordially approve the administration of Gov. Begole as eminently honest, fair, and impartial. Resolved, That to the six members of Congress elected by ns two years ago we tender hearty thanks for the ability and fidelity manifested by them in their representation of the interests of their constituents and of this State.

Michigan Greenbackers. Richard F. TreveUick, the well-known labor agitator, was chosen to preside over the Michigan Greenback State Convention, which convened at Detroit. After a heated discussion, a resolution in favor of fusion was adopted The platform adopted reaffirms the national platform, and commends Butler as worthy of support at the polls. It objects to the consignment t>f dead paupers to “the pickling vat at Ann Arbor,” and

heartily oommenda the administration of Gov. Begole. After the adoption of the platform, Gov. Begole waa renominated by acclamation. The following nominations were also made, which complete the State ticket: Attorney General, Francis M. Cook; Commissioner of State Land Office, J. H. Dennis; Superintendent of Public Instruction, David Parsons. A new State Committee was chosen, W. D. Fuller, of Newaygo, being re-elected Chairman.

Texas Democrats, The Democratic State Conventian of Texas convened at Houston, and organized by the election of William Upton, of Taplette County, as permanent Chairman. The report of the Committee on Platform was unanimously adopted. The platform indorses the National Democratic platform; declares in favor of common free schools for both white and black children; opposes the enactment of a herd law; recommends that the Legislature of the State should limit the amount of real estate owned or held by corporations; declares that school lands are a sacred trust in the custody of the Legislature,and advocates the leasing of such landsuntil actual settlers desire to purchase the same. Several motions to adjourn were voted down. The only name presented for nomination for Governor was that of Ireland. The rules were suspended, and John Ireland was nominat d for Governor by acclamation, amid great enthusiasm. State Senator Barnett Gibbs, of Dallas, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. The following additional nominations were made: For State Comptroller, W. J. Swain, of Red River County; Treasurer, F. R. Lubbeck, of Galveston; Commissioner of the Land Office, W. C. Walch, of Travis County; Attorney General, John D. Templeton, of Fort Worth.

Connecticut Republicans. The Republican State Convention of Connecticut, which assembled at New Haven, chose J. A. Tibbets, Collector ot New London, for presiding officer. The following State ticket was nominated: Governor Henry B. Harrison; Lieutenant Governor, Loren A. Cook; Secretary of State, Maj. Charles Russell; Comptroller, L. J. Munson; Treasurer, V. B. Chamberlain. The following platform was adopted: The Republicans of Connecticut, in convention assembled, declare that they heartily ratify the nominations ot James G. Blaine and John A. Logan; that they indorse the declaration of principles contained in the platform of the Republican party, adopted at its recent convention at Chicago, and in the letters of Acceptance of its candidates; and they are especially gratified with the sound doctrine upon tariff therein set forth, and the spirit of genuine patriotism that will hold this country in its deserved position among the nations of the world, and protect its citizens at home and abroad, and they present to the electors of Connecticut, in the persons of Henry B. Harrison and his associates upon the State and electoral tickets, candidates worthy of their cordial support.

Missouri Prohibitionists. The Missouri State Prohibition Alliance met at Sedalia, with Rev. Dr. J. A. Brookes, President, in the chair. A conference committee was appointed to confer with a like committee of the State National Prohibition Convention also in session at Sedalia. The committee reported a resolution that the alliance proceed to nominate candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and adopt a platform. After a spirited debate the motion carried, and the convention proceeded to nominate Rev. Dr. John A. Brookes for Governor and Henry Eshbaugh for Lieutenant Governor. The Prohibition convention ratified the nominations. The nominee is a Presbyterian minister of St. Louis. During the war he was esteemed a Southern sympathizer, and refused to take the iron-clad oath in the Drake Constitution. For this he was ostracised from preaching, but managed to evade the law by lecturing. He is one of the ablest ministers in the State, and the most eloquent pulpit orator in the West.

New Jersey Democrats. The New Jersey Democracy assembled in convention at Trenton, and selected Gen. George B. McClellan as Chairman. A Presidential electoral ticket was nominated, and the following platform adopted: Resolved, That the Democratic party, in convention assembled, affirm their devotion to the principles of the party as enunciated in the platform adopted by the State convention on the 14th of May, by the national convention at Chicago in July, and declared by the letter of acceptance of Grover Cleveland. Resolved, That in Grover Cleveland and Thomas A, Hendricks we recognize representative Democrats, pledged to honest government and administrative reform, and we pledge to them the united support of the Democracy of New Jersey. ' Michigan Anti-Monopolists. At a State convention of the Anti-Monopoly party of Michigan, held at Detroit, Wildeman Mills, of Sanilac, was nominated for Governor, and the State CentrahCommittee was authorized to fill the electoral ticket with five Anti-Monop-olist and eight Butler electors from the Greenback ticket. The convention also nominated George P. Sanford, of Lansing, for Auditor General, and Frank W. Cook, of Muskegon, for Attorney General. The last two nominations were agreed upon by the joint Greenback and Anti-Monopolist conference.

THE CROPS.

August Reports from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. [Washington special.] The report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for August on the condition of the growing crops has just been issued, and gives the following summaries of the reports of the agents for Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, Indiana wheat is turning out much better in quality and quantity than was expected. The yield of 1882 will be equaled, if not surpassed. Corn, tobacco, potatoes, and pasture have suffered from drought; the rains during the past ten days have improved the conditions, and prospects are good for an average crop. Illinois.—Com is rated three points lower than on July 1. Drought during the greater part of July in a majority of counties in the southern division of the State, and during the last week heavy rains prevailed throughout the State, and in many sections winds prevented the crops. The average temperature was below that for July, 1883. Wisconsin.—Large and most excellent prospect for corn. The southern and eastern portions in particular show a small increase in acreage, and the condition is more favorable than has existed for years. Spring wheat promises to be a fine crop. Barley is most excellent as regards yield and weight. That harvested and housed storm of July 22 will also show good color, but considerable of the crop has been damaged in this latter respect.

Sugar Planters in Convention.

[New Orleans telegram.] ♦The convention at New Orleans of Louisiana’s protected industries declared for protection as a principle. It refused to indorse W. P. Kellogg, and indorsed Carleton Hunt. Democrat, for re-election to the First District. The same compliment was paid to Senators Jonas and Gibson. The other Congressmen from the State were not mentioned. They were all Democrats and voted for the Morrison horizontal bill. No politics were discussed, nor any resolutions proposed looking to the indorsement of any of the Presidential candidates, although the majority of the delegates will support Cleveland.

Hanged to a Tree.

[Galveston (Tex.) djspatchj Day before yesterday a murderous assault and outrage was committed on Mrs Juheman, wife of a dairyman residing three miles down the island, and late tonight the body of her assailant, Bichard Flichsig, ■was found strung up by the neck to a cedar tree. Flichsig at the time of the assault was in Juneman’s employment — A woman is employed at Saratoga to advertise soap by sitting in a booth and exposing her clean, "white skin. Novel, if not nice.

CLEVELAND AND HENDRICES.

Their Letters Accepting the Nominations for President and Vice President. CLEVELAND. Got. Cleveland’s letter formally accepting the Democratic nomination for President of the United States is as follows: ? k* Te recelved yeur communication dated July 28, 1884, informing me of my nomination to the office of President of the United States by the National Democratic Convention lately assembled at Chicago. I accept the nomination with a grateful appreciation of tne supreme honor conferred and a solemn sense of the responsibility which, in its acceptance, I ftssumo. I have carefully considered the platform adopted by the convention, and cordially approve the same. So clain a statement of Democratic faith and principles upon which that party appeals to the suffrages of the people hjadß no supplement nor explanation. It should be remembered that the office of President is essentially executive in its nature. _ The lav< enacted by the legisItisro branch of the Government the Chief Executive is bound faithfully to enforce. And when the wisdom of the political party which selects one of its members as a nominee for that office has outlined its policy and declared its principles, it seems to me that nothing in the character of the office or the necessities ot the case requires more from the candidate accepting such nomination than the suggestion of certain well-known truths so absolutely vital to the safety and welfare ot the nation that they cannot be too often recalled nor too seriously enforced. We proudly call ours a government by the people. It is not such when a class is tolerated which arrogates <» itself the management of public affairs, seeking to control the people instead of representing them. Parties arc the necessary outgrowth of our institutions, but a government is not by the people wuen one party fastens its control upon the country, and perpetuates its power by cajoling and betraying the people instead of serving them; a government is not by the people when a result which should represent the intelligent will of free and thinking men is or can be determined by the shameless perversion of their suffrages. When an election to office shall be the selection by the voters of one of their number to assume for a time a nubile trust, instead of his dedication to the profession ot politics; when the holders of the ballots, quickened by a sense of duty, shall avenge truth betrayed and pledges broken, and when the suffrage shall be altogether free and uncorrupted, the full realization of a government by the people jvill be at hand. And as a means to this end; no one would, in my judgment, be more effective than an amendment to the Constitution disqualifying the President from re-election. When we consider the patronage of this great office, the allurements of power, the temptation to retain public place ones gained, and, more than all. the availability a party finds in an incumbent whom a horde of officeholdeis, with a zeal born of benefits received, and fostered by the hope of favors yet to come, stand ready to aid with money and trained political service, we recognize in the eligibility of the President for reelection a most serious danger to that calm, deliberate, and intelligent political action which must characterize a government by the people. A true American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. Contented labor is an element of national prosperity. Ability to work constitutes the capital, and the wages of labor the income of a vast number of our population; and this interest should be jealously protected. Our workingmen are not asking unreasonable indulgence; but as intelligent and manly citizens they seek the same consideration which those demand who have otherinterests at stake. They should receive their full share of the care and attention of those who make and execute the laws, to the end that the wantsand needs of the employers and the employed shall alike be subserved, and the prosperity of the country, the common heritage of both, be advanced. As related to this subject, while we would not discourage the emigration of those who come to acknowledge allegiance to our Government and add to our citizen population, yet, as a means of protection to our workingmen, a different rule should prevail concerning those who, if they come or are brought to our land, do not intend to become Americans, but will injuriously compete with those justly entitled to our field of labor. In a letter accepting the nomination to the office of Governor nearly two years ago, I made the following statement, to which I have steadily adhered: ‘The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when endangered by aggregated capital; and all statutespn this subject should recognize the care of the Slate for honest toil, and be framed with a view of improving the condition of the workingman." A proper regard for the welfare of the workingmen being inseparably connected with the integrity of our institutions, none of our citizens are more interested than they in guarding against any corrupting purposes which seek to pervert the beneficent influences of our Government; and none should be more watchful of the artful machinations of those who allure them to self-lnfiicted Injury. In a free country the curtailment of the absolute rights of the Individual should only be such as is essential to the peace and good order of the community. The limit between the proper subjects of governmental control and those which can be more - fittingly left to the moral sense and self-imposed restraint of the citizen should be carefully kept la view. Thus laws unnecessarily interfering with the habits and customs of any of our people which are not offensive to the moral sentiments of the civilized world, and which are consistent with good citizenship and the public welfare, are unwise and vexatious. The commerce of a nation to a great extent determines its supremacy. Cheap and easy transportation should therefore be liberally fostered. Within the limits of the Constitution, the General Government should so improve and protect its natural waterways as will enable the producers of the country to reach a profitable market. The people pay the wages of the public employes, and they are entitled to the fair and honest work which the money thus paid should command. It is the duty of those intrusted with the management ot their affairs to see that such public service is forthcoming. ' The selection and retention of subordinates in Government employment should depend upon their ascertained fitness and the value of their work, and they should be neither expected nor allowed to do questionable party service. The interests of the people will be better protected ; the estimate of public labor and duty will be Immensely Improved; public employment will be open to all who demonstrate their fitness to enter it. The unseemly scramble for place under the Government, with the consequent importun.ty which embitters official life, will cease,and the public departmentswill not be filled with those who conceive it to be their first duty to aid the party to which they owe their places, instead of rendering patient and honest return to the people. I believe that the public temper is such that the voters of the land are prepared to support the party which gives the best promise of administering the Government in the honest, simple, and plain manner which is consistent with its character and purposes. They have learned that mystery and concealment in the management of their affairs cover tricks and betrayal. The statesmanship they require consists in honesty and a prompt response to the needs of the people as they arise, and the vigilant protection of all their varied interests. If I should be called to the Chief Magistracy of the nation by the suti rages of my fellow-citizens I will assume the duties of that high office with a solemn determination to dedicate every effort to the country’s good, and with a humble reliance upon the favor and snpport of the Supreme Being, who, I believe, will always bless honest human endeavor in the conscientious discharge of public duty. Gboveb Cleveland. To Col. William F. Vilas. Chairman, and D. P. Bestor and Others, members of the Notification Committee of the Democratic National Convention.

HENDMCKS. The following is a copy of ex-Gov. Hendricks’ letter of acceptance of the Democratic nomination for the Vice Presidency: Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication notifying me of my nomination by the Democratic convention at Chicago as a candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States. May I repeat what I said on that occasion, that “it is a nomination which I had neither expected nor desired, and yet 1 recognize and appreciate the high honor done me by the convention.” The choice of such a body, pronounced with such unusual unanimity, and accompanied with so generous an expression of esteem and confidence, ought to outweigh all' merely personal desires and preferences of my own. It is. also, from a deep sense of public* duty that I now accept the nomination, and. shall abide the judgment of my countrymen. I have examined with care the declaration of principles adopted by the convention, a copy of which you submitted to me, and in their num and substance I heartily indorse and appapva the same. - I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant. T. A. Hendbickb. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20. To the Hon. William P. Vilas, Chairman; Nicholas M. Bell, Secretary, and others of the notification committee of the National Democratic Covention.