Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1874 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1874.

THE STATE CONVENTIONS. OHIO DEMOCRATS. 2OMrNATIONS AND THE PLATFORM WILLIAM ALLEN CHEEKED AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT. Columbus, O., Ans.25.-The Democratic State Convention to-day nominated the foUowlng ticket: For Secretary of State, William Bell, of Licking; for School Commissioner, C. S. Smart, of Pickaway; for J adze of the Supreme Conrt, W. J. itlraore; for Clerk of the S.i pre me Court Arnold üwn.ol Curaljoga: for Member of the Board of Public Works, Martin Schiller, of Ä Darin the convention Uov. Allen made iisuort pph.ereatio great enthusiasm, and at the close was fciven three cheers as the next president of the United States. THE PLATFORM. The convention adopted tue following platfo m with great unanimity : Resolved, That the democratic of party Ohio adheres to its ant lent principles of securing equal rights and exact Justice to all men and to all the States and communities of the American peopleof rnalntainlog irn independence ot the coordinate departments of tbe federal governroant, the iegisla;ive, the executive and i he Judicial, condemninR all encroachments of el her upon the functions of the others, and resisting every attempt to usurp anv of tbe powers reserved by the constitution fO tne btates respectively and to the people. Kesolved. That a sound currency Is indispensable to the welfare of a country ; that its volume should be regulated by the necessities of business, and that all laws that interfere with such natural regulations are vicious in principle arid detrimental in their effects; that we are in favor of such nn increase of the circulating medium as the business interests of the country may lrom time to time require: that sound policy and luistice require that not less than one half of the customs duties should be payable in the leal tender notes of the United States, commonly called greenbacks; that the power of the national banks to issue and loan theii notes v-pon interest is a power to draw interest upon their debts, while the people pay interest on what they own; that this special and unequal privilege ought not to exist unless it is maulfest . that In no other way can a sound pair currency be supplied, relieving that a better system can be devised, and one that will be lree from UDjust privileges, we are in favor ot abolishing the franchise of the national bonds to issue a paper carrency as soon as the same can safely and prudently be done, and that the notes w withdrawn by the banks be substituted by the government with a legal tender currency. Ilesolved, That the democracy of Ohio reiterate their declaration that the 5 20 bonds by the letter and the spirit of the law and the general understanding of the community were payable In legal tender note, and the act of March, lNi9, which pledged the faith of lhe nation to their nayment in coin, was an unnecessary and wicked raerifice of the interests of the tJ-paying laborer for the benefit of the non-paying bondholders. Resolved, That without equality of taxation there can not be equality of rights, and the exemption of the public bonds from bearing their due proportion in supporting the federal government and maintaining the laws is unwise and unjust. . , , Resolved, That we are friends of all the industries of the country, whether agricultural, merbanlcal or commercial, and believe that these industries thrive best when no unequal privilege is conferred by law upon one over the other. "We are, therefore, opposed to the unjust and oppressive features of the existing tan it laws and insist on their repeal or modification, so that a revenue tariff shall be substituted for them. Resolved, That we are opposed to all combinations and devices of whatever character that tends to increase the cost of transportation beyond a fair remuneration to the carrier, and we demand tbe exercise of all constitutional powers to remedy existing evils in this respect, and to prevent their occurrence in the future. Resolved, That we are opposed to excessive taxation, the deadly toe, as all experience proves, of every Industry, and we insist upon the strictest economy in every departnuntof government, federal or State, county or municipal. We are opposed to the grants of the public domain to railroad corporation, and we rejoice at tbe fact that the determined opposition of democratic senators and representatives m ionKress, and the unequivocal condemnation of the Ieopie. have put a stop to a scheme of legislation that but lately threatened to bestow upon great corporations, corapa'atlvtly few in number, the whole oodyof the public lands. We favor the r ol ley that looks to the owuershlpof these lumls y actual settlers, and, therefore, approve tlie principle of the homestead settlement law. Resolved, That the freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of public lilerty.

and we denounce the attempts made by tne radicals at the last sesirn of Congress to subject the proprietors of the principal newspapers of the ITuited (States to indictment and trial In WaelxIngton City for all as etlorts to revive aa m inoy in legislation the spirit of tbe gag and sedition laws of the elder Adams' administration, and which were overthrown, as it was hoped, foKver by (he election of Thomas Jefferson. Resolved, That while we admit the equal- . lty of all persons before the law, we pro- ' test against the attempt that Is being made by the radicals In i'onitre&s to enforce social equality ty unconstitutional pal us ;nd penalties, and we call the attention of the voters of Ohio to the fact that although our Supreme Court unanimously decide hat our statute which provides for separate hools for white and colored children is a constitutional law, and this decision is supported by recent judgment of tbe Supreme Court of the United btates, yet the civil rights bill, so called, waich passed tbe Senate at its last session, and is now pending in tbe House of Representatives, to overthrow our statue and in disregard and defiance of it, to compel mixed schools in Ohio by the Infliction of severe criminal punishment and civil penalties upon all who lestst that unconstitutional attempt. Eesolved, That we have seen with alarm and regret the advocacy, in Influential quartern, of th election of the president of the United Ktatf for a period beyond that to which tbe traditions and usages of the country have almost given the sanction of fundamental law; that noch an ehction would be a long stride on the road to practical monarchy and perioral despotism, and we are decidedly In favor of establishing the one term principle by an amendment to the constitution. Resolved, That we favor the submission to the people, bv the general assembly, of an amendment to the constitution authorizing the passage of license laws. Resolved. That with this declaration of our principles rod policy we arraign the leaders of the republican party for tueir extravagant expenditures and profligate .waste of the people's money for their oppressive, unjust and defective system of taxation, finances and currency, for their continued tyranny and cruelty to tbe Southern Statin of tbe union, for their squandering of the people's lands, for their continuance of Incompetent and corrupt men In office at-home and abroad, and for - their general mismanagement of the government; and we cordially invite men without regard to past party associations to co-operate with us in expelling them from power and in securing such an adminis tration ef the public affairs as characterized the purer ana better days 01 tne republic MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS. DOMINATIONS THE PLATFORM OP Till NCI PLK8 REVIEW or THE PARTY'S HISTORY A GUSHING DOCUMENT. La.nsiso, Mich., Aug. 26. IThe republican Btate convention assembled to-day in this city. The Opera House was crowded with delegates and spectators. The following are the nomination : For governor, J. J. Bagley ; lleutenent governor, H.H. Holl; secretary of State. E. (J. 1). Holden, of Grand Gapids; 8 tale treasurer, W. H. McCrury. of (ienese county: auditor, Oen. taipn luiy, oi urauoi ; commissioner or tbe Ktate land office, L. A. t'lapp, (renominated): superintendent of public instructions, D. Ü. Briggs, (renominated . The preamble and reso lutions auopiea oy me con venuon aa a p .at for in were asioiiows: PLATFORM. "We, tbe delegate representatives of the repub lican party in Michigan, assembled In conven tlon on the twentieth anniversary of its organization, appear before the people of the State and of the Union, efter the uninterrupted exercise by that partv of all the responsibilities aDd power. DuriDg its entire existence, offering no apologies, depreciating no criticism, Invoking no charity in the construction of its act, bot challenging' a faithful scrutiny of its record through the vieloitudes of war and peace, and tlie candid judgment of all Just men. In no rplrit of vain glory, but in simple deference to history and truth, we assert that since the r -pnblican party tailed its banners at Jackson in Isil, It has never fallel. ander trials more severe than have beset the history of any other party ince the organization of the overnmett, to atand in the advance line of human and the nation's progress. During the turbulent years before the cvar, throughout the war and in the nnpreoedeni tl perplexities which succeeded. It lias forfeited none of its pledges to humanity, to its slater Btates, nor to its Interests of our own citizens. It has promised the protection of ood laws, and the faithful adoalaistration of thVm. It has legislated wisely

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It has been liberal in the encouragement of learning, and bountiful in providing lor the unfortunate. It ha persistently cultivated better civilisation, aua there is no malignant nana that can point to any of Its legislation which may be nsed to make man worse. At the same time, U haa been prudent and economical in expenditures, has kept down taxes, baa been, and is, stealily reductng the public indebtedness and the financial credit of the State under lis management to the highest standard In a the commercial cities of the world. We shall regard it as a good reason lor according to the statement of our opponents that the MISSIOIC OP TlTK REPUBLICAN PARTY U ended, when we are pointed to a political organization, made benelcial In alms, or more devoted or comprehensive in its patriotism. But as long as it leads all other parties, as it has done In the past, and as it still does in the advancement of the good work of the investigation of grievances and the redress ol wrongs, we can discover no reason for. surrendering the reins of power into the hands of a party whose best public service was to drag the country into a civil war, to disgrace nnaucia credit and to leave the government on the very brink of dissolution, and which made Its last effort to regain the confidence of the peo ple under the lead of its lifelong enemy in rue most brazen, barefaced and shameless coalition ever known in the history of parties, formed solely and avowedly on the basUof spoils alone. Upon the financial record of ihe republican party alike in the nation and the State, we confidently challene comparison with any other party which ever held power in either. We point with Just pride to the great and steadilv increasing reduction of the national debt, and the improvement of national credit recompensed bv an equally remarkable reduction of taxes and of expenditures inadroit istraUug the government. With all this our material Interests and general prosperity luve enormously increased and our citizens are better clothed, better fed, and better paid for their labor than any other pec pie in the world. In this State the state representative management hs secured the same blessings of light taxation, economy In &! ministration, and rapidly diminishing uebt. while our State institutions have been Merallv built up until they have become the pride of the peop.e. Education, public morals, and the various branches or Industry have been fostered, crime haa bpen repressed, suffering a.leviated. and the uufortunate provided tcr. Large and important improvements have been projected, and are in process of completion, and every State interest has been generously and economically eard for with such scrupulous honesty in every department of the State government that even partisan enemity dare not bring a specific accusation against any. Weiutlv appreciate the extraordinary character of THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY through which the country has recently passed, and regard it as inevitable that able and patriotic representatives should have differed like their constituencies as to what were tbe proper remedies in the circumstances wherein they were without specific precedent for guidance. We endorse as wise and t'mely the measure finally agreed on by Congress between contltcting interests and opposing theories. While we recognize In the greenbacks and national bank notes a circulating medium far superior to any paper currency heretofore existing in the United States, saving as it does the people directly and Indirectly many millions of dollars annually, over the old State bank system and exchange and discounts; we demand that in all financial leglslat on Congress shall keep steadily In view the resumption of specie payments, to the end that on the earliest day practicable the promises to pay of the government may be equivalent to coin in like amount throughout the commercial world. We beieve that Kinking, under a well guarded national system, should be free, tbe volume and locality of Issues being regulated by the business law of demand, and we denounce repudiation in every form or degree, holding the pledged faith of tbe republic sacred and inviolable, in both letter and spirit. We would not forget the claims of thecoloied people of the South to the nation's fostering ca'e and protection. Wrested lrom their master's control, with freedom conferred on them by government, as a war measure, and in aid of the Union cause; given the elective franchise as a means not alone of protection to themselves but ot protection to the nation, it is now tbe hlRh duty of the government, from which It can not shrink witheut increasing and deserving the execration of mankind for all time, to protect tem in the rlghtsand privileges or this enforced cit izenxtiip. Their lcorance la not their fault. Their errors of theory and mistakes In conduct are but the legitimate fruits of their former enslaved condition. The govern ment assumed tlie responsibility for the evils resulting from this when it clothed them with the full rights and privilege of citizens. We ap peal to the national government, as the good name and fnlr fme of Hie nation is dear to it, to protect these people In their civil and political rights, and in thetr persons, property and houses, and to provide and secure 'thera In the enjoyment of all the educational advantages ana privileges. lhe following resolution was offered as a minority report, but was accepted: Resolved, That we believe a return to a gold basis should be speedily made, and approve and adopt the principles of finance embodied n the veto message of Uiesidenturant to what Is known as the Senate currency bill, and affirm that part of the 13 resolutions adopted at ihe national republican convention held at l'hliadelphla in lä72, relating to the resumption of specie payments. PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS. ORGANIZATION OF THE CONVENTION NO PLATFORM TO-DAY BALLOTING) FOR CHIEF JUSTICE. PiTTSBURo, Aug. 28,-The democratic State convention assembled at Library Hall at 11 o'clock this morning, and was called to order by Dr. Andrew Newberger, chairman of the State central committee. The Hon. William A. Wallace was chosen temporary chairman. William II. Witt presented a resolution that a committee of one from each senatorial district Oe appointed, to wnicli ail resolutions be referred without debate, and that the chairman appoint a committee to open telegraphic communication with other conventlous now In session In otber States. Committees on resolutions and permanent organization were selected, after which the convention adjourned. It reassembled shortly after 4 o'clock. The com ml '.tee on permanent organization presented their report recommending ".the Hon. W. A. Wallace for permanent chairman with a large number of vice presidents and secretaries, which was adopted. The report of the committee on resolutions was called for, but il was announced that It would not be able to report until to-morrow forenoon. The committee then proceeded to ballot for tbe nomination of a candidate for bupreme judge. Five ballots were taken, which resulted in no choice. Among the important features of the plattorra, which it is believed will be adopted, are the demanding of restrictions upon national banks, and denouncing attempts to procure decisions from the Supreme Court adverse to the new constitution, and determinedly opposing mixed schools, believing that the co-education of whites and blacks would be detrimental to both races. The first .ballot stood as follows: O. M. Dallas, 36; J.Trunkey, 33; W. B. Ross, 87; S.B. Wilson, 11; K.J. Woodward, 40; J. R. Ludlow, 4j. Fifth ballot Dana, Uraham and Wil son withdrawn; the ballot resulted as follows: Clark,; Dallas, 28; Trunkey, 39; Rors, 80; Woodward, 41; Ludlow 40. On the filth ballot for chief justice the vote for W, R. Ross, was onethird of the total vote cast. During the ballot ins considerable excitement prevailed. Afterthe announcement of the fifth ballot a motion was made to adjourn till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. This was resisted by the Ross delegation, but was carried by a vote of 135 to 10 NOMINATIONS AND PLATFORM HARD MONET AND UNMIXED SCHOOLS ARRAIGNMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. PiTTsnuBG, Anv. 27. The democratic State convention reassembled at :15 o'clock this morning and proceeded with tbe balloting for a candidate for Supreme Judge. On the sixth ballot the Hon. Warren J. Woodward, of Berks, received 128 votes, and Henry P. Ross, of Montgomery, 108. Woodward's nomination was made unanimous. The Hon. John Latta, of Westmoreland county, received the nomination for lieutenant governor on the fl'th ballot. The convention then adjourned until a o'clock p.m.. when It reassembled. Justice F. Temple, of i reene county, receivea me nomination tor aaditorfienern). The committee on resolutions reported as follows: TLATFORM. Tlie democracy of Pennsylvania, In convention assembled, declares that the republican party since its accession to power, has violated tbe federal constitution, degraded the judiciary, prostrated industry, plundered the people, usurped power, loaned Its credit to corporations without constitutional tanctlon, fostered corporations to the detriment of the agricultural Interests of the county, introduced frauds and corruption Into the department of government

and among its office holders and failed to dismiss them when exposed and convicted, appointed spies and informers to oppress

the business interests of the country, increased taxation till labor can hardly live, business prosper, trade and commerce earn their fair rewards or manufactures continue their operations, overawed and ignored the civil rower and set ud the army as the exponent of the law, invaded and subverted the sovereign rights of states, revived the sedition lawa and by federal legislation attempted to destroy the liberty of the press, dominated the white with the negro race in some Ktatee and by its civil rights bill made a war of races imminent. Therefore, charging these offenses on the republican party we call on the honest and upright citizens to redress theru by ao voting iu November as to produce a change and expel their authors and abettors from all places of public trust ana confi dence. Rlved, That tbe following are among the leading prineip es of our political belief; that the present prostration of the industrial and commercial interests of the country has been brought about by tne unwise legislation or the republican party, and that prosperity can only be restored by a change in the administration of the government. 2. That we are opposed to governmental grants of public lands to corporations as tending to general corruption, and the demoralization of the nnbllc service. 3. That we favor an honest and economical government, the lopping off of every needless expense and the reduction of the number of office holders, the abolition or the fie system, local and national, and the return to the moder ate salaries and plain customs of former days. 4. That we cherun a gratetui rerueniDrance or our brave soldiers and sailors, and will give a prompt recognition to every just claim lu their behalf, or ou that of their widows and orphans. 5. That a steady effort should be made to brirg the government notes to par with gold, and to secure a return to specie payment at the earliest posfri Die period mat resumption can neenected witn safety. 6. We denounce the civil rights bill of the last Congress, believing tnat lw passage would bea gross Invasion of the rights of the States to cont ol their domestic concerns in their own way, and that It would result In Incalculable evil to both the white and the negro races. 7. That while we recognize to tho fullest and broade-textentthatlt-is the duty of tbe Slate to secure to it all the blessings of education, and hence that ourpublic school sy tern should be generously sustained, we emphatically declare against establishing mixed schools by law. in which white and black children shall be compulsorily associated, believing, as we do. that the interests ovlbe two races will be best served by training the children in separate schools. . That the leaders of the republican party, having opposed the present constitution of this state, Invoking the supreme court to proclaim, inadanre of the vote for its ratification, partisan objections to Its provisions, selecting to preside over Its late State convention a member olthe constitutional convention, who refusrd to sign the constitution, as adopted, and nominatii g for State fficers avowed opponents of tne instrument, can not deny their hostile attitude in the past to constitutional reform, or decel ve the pe- ple by false pretenses in regard t tneir future policy. The platform was unanimously adopted. Gen. w llllam Alccondles-s, of FhilarjeJpiva, was nominated for secretary of internal affairs. At ö:äO the.convention adjourned. KANSAS REPUBLICANS. THE PLATFORM IT STRADDLED THE FINANCE QUESTION AND REJECTS THE INDIAN PEACE POLICY. Topeka, Kan., Aug. 26. The republican State convention met here to-day and permanentl organized by the election of T. Dwight Thacher, of Topeka, as president, and John A. Martin, of Atchison, as secretary. The committee on res olutions reported a platform wh'ch was unanimously adopted, after a lengthy preamble which recites a record of the repub lican party Lorn its oganization to the present time, especially noting its action and achievements during the war and subsequently, reconstruction and other measures Tr the welfare or tne country ana commending In strong terms its rare courage in investigating official delinquencies and punishing official dis honesty in its own ranks, it proceeds as follows: We recognize the "act that parties cannot llye nron glory. New issues are constantly arising. and the party that desires to live must be ready to provide for thtlr solution. The past only affords a guarantee that the intellizence which created ine repuDiican party, and tne patriotism and wisdom that nave sustained it are sutllcient to provide for the emergencies of the present, and make this period date not only the death of slavery, but as well tlie birth of a comprehensive nationality. '' he strictest and firmest lntegrl y in official trusts, a Just protection of individual rights against corporate powers, through practical reform in every department of pnblio sorvice, lionei-tly distributed burdens, and honestly exercised powers, there foie. Resolved, That the powers of the general government having been stretched to aa unreal thy extent to meet the crisis of civil war and reconstruction, should be restored to their normal action, that tbe public debt should be reduced, not spasmodically, but gradually and surely, and in a way that will not burden the industries or the country by excessive exactions, that any and all schemes of taxation devised to meet an extraordinary demand should be modified according to the dictates of tbe strictest principles of economy and justice, thatofficlal prodigality, recklessness and corruption incident to times of waste, irregularity and convulsion mut give place to economy, stability and honesty, and finally, that tlie onlvlest of political rrefermnt Rhould ham. pacity and integrity in discharge of official trcsL Resolved, That as the policy of the republican party in relation to the finances has af forded the people not only a sound and popular currency of equal and uniform worth in every portion of the commonwealth, but bas greatly improved tne creun oi tne country at nome and abroad, we point witn pride to lis record and accomplishment in this regard, and while reaffirming the policy announced by the party in tne national convention in IMS and 1872, and triumphantly endorsed by the people at the polls as a policy which, while contributing to the pubile credit, has also enhanced the individual and collective prosperity of the American people, we favor such legisla tion as win make note banking free to an under just la W8, based upon the policy of specie re sumption, at sucn a time as is consistent wiLn the industrial interests of the country, to ti e end that the volume of currency may bs regulated by the natural laws of trade. Resolved. That while all the necessary wants of the State government would be supplied by reasonable, just and uniform taxation, tbe laborer and producer of the commonwealth mi st not be stopped by the employment and maintainance of too many office holders. Hence it becomes the duty of the legislature to lesson the number or officials and make such a revi sion or tne laws or the state as to provide for a more economical administration of tbe State and county offices. We are opposed to all official gratuities under the guise or an increase of pay or salaries during official terms. Resolved, That the peril of the government lies not soroucn in nign amoitions as in low dishonesties, and the pressing duty of the day Is to secure honesty and purity in tlie public service. We commend the courage of the republi can party in instituting investigations oi cor ruption in office, sparing neither friend nor roe, ana we demand such legislation as will bring to a certain punishment any officer who, being entrusted with the charge or public funds, appropriates the same to his own use or fails to properly acoonnt for their embezzlement, as it is theft and ou;ht tobe punished as sucn. Resolved. That all the railroad corporations In the State are creatures of its legislation, and it Is tlie duty of that body to subject them to sucn wise ana impartial enactments as win motect the DeoD'e of the State from extortion, will secure the transportation Of products, merchandise and passengers at reasonable rates. A revision of the patent laws of tbe United (States is imperatively demanded so ss to prevent a monopoly of useful inventions, and at the same time give pro. er encouragement and remuneration to inventors. Resolved, That the present peace policy of dealing with the Indians has failed to afford - adequate protection to frontier settler, and we are in favor of transferring the Indian bureau to the control oi the var lerartment. Resolved, That we commend the action of Congress in repealing the act known as the back pay law, ana lavor an amendment to the na tlonal constitution which shall forever prohibit any congress lrom settling 1U own coinpensa tlon. Resolved, That drunkenness is one of the greatest curses of modern society, demoralizing everything it touches, imposing fearful burdens of taxation upon the people, a fruitful breeder of pauperism, crime, and a worker or evil, aDd oniy evil continually. Hence we areln favorof such legislation, both central and local, as ex perlenes shall si;ow to be most effectual in de stroying this evil. Resolved, That we rejoice with the citizens residing on the Osage ceded lands, over the late decision of the United States Circuit Court in their favor, and point to that decision ari evidence that tbe rights of the people are safe In the hands of the courts. Resolved, That an unwritten law, enacted by the example of the father of his eounlry In declining a re-election to the third presidential term,

is as controlling asthouzh it was Incorporated

in tbe national constitution, and ought never to be violated. Resolved, That the public lands In the United States be sacredly held for the use and benefit of actual settlers, and we condemn and disapprove of any further grants or public domain to railroad or other corporations. At the night session, Uov. Thos. A. Osborn was renominated for governor on the second ballot. Tbe convention Is still in session, and will not conclude its labors Uli to-morrow. FtNISHXNO UP THE WORK THE REST OP THE NOMINATIONS. Topeka, Ks.J Aug. 27,-On reassembling this morning tbe republican State convention completed the nomination of a state ticket as fol lows: Secretary of 6iatf , T. II. Cavanaugh ; treasurer, Samuel Lapham; auditor, D.W. Wilder; attorney general. A. M. F. Randolph; superintendent of public lrstrnctioo, John Krazler; associate Justice of the bupreme Court, D.M. Valentine. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS. THE It ULK OF REASON A HARD MONEY PLATFORM SHORT AND 8WEET THE NOMINATIONS. Spbingfield, Ili, Aug. 26-The democratic State convention met at noon to-day and effect ed a temporary organization by the election of Geo. W. Armstrong as temporary chairman. After the appointment of the usual committees, a recess was taken until 2 p. m. At a late hour in the evening tlie committee on resolutions submitted the following majority report : 1. The resumption of gold and silver as the basis of currency, the resumption of specie payments as soon as possible w' thout disaster to the business Interests of the country, by steadily opposing inflation and by the payment of the national indebtedness in the money of the civilized world. 2. Free commerce and no tariff, except for revenue purposes. 8. Individual liberty and opposition to sumptuary laws. 4. Kieid restriction of government, both State and nationa , to the legitimate domain of political power by excluding all executive and legislative intermeddling wl;h the affairs of society whereby monopolies are fostered, priviliged clssse aggtandtzed, and individual freedom necessarily restrained. ö. The right and duty of the State to protect its citizens from extortion and unjust documents of chartered monopolies. A minority report signed by the members of the committee was submitted, substituted for the first resolution as follows: 1. The restoration of gold and silver as a basis of currency, and the resumption of specie payments at the earliest moment practicable, without any Injury t the business Interests of tbe country. The minority report rejected by vote ayes, 211; noes, 311. The platform, as a whole, was adopted. The: following additional resolutions were adopted: Whereas, The republican party haa ignored the Just claims of ourdisab'ed soldiers, and violated ita pledge repeatedly made, whereby thousands of these noble wards of the nation are compelled to live on the cold charity of the world. Resolved, That we now demand that all the pensions of our crippled soldle' be so increased as to shield everyone from dally want without compelling them to take refuge in a so-called soldiers' home. Resolved, That the present system of pension agencies is vicious and detrimental to the interests of tlüise It Is pretending to protect, and should be investigated by Congress. Charles Carroll, of Ualiatin. was nominated for state treitsurer, and s. M. Etter, the reform candidate, rho endorsed the acts of this convention and its platform, for State school superin tendent, xne convention men aajourneu. MISSOURI DEMOCRATS. NOTHING DONE UP TO A LATE HOUR. St. Locis, Aug. -6. The democratic State con vention met at Jefferson City to-day and organ ized by electing, William I. Hall, president. Three sessions have been held, but up to the present writing (11 :30) nothing has been done except speech making and ordinary preliminary business. The session is now in progress, but it Is not likely that any balloting will take place to-night. . TUB FLA7F0RM NO DECLARATION ON INFLA TION greenbacks FOR THE BONDS FRER TRADE AND NO WHISKY TAX. St. Louis, Mo., Ang. 27 -The democratic State convention met again at Jefferson City this morning and adopted a platform, which, after reviewing the democratic administration of State affairs the two years past, is as follows: Resolved, That we favor now as in the past. a Strict constitution of the United States and es pecially of that article which provides that the powers not delegated by the United States by the constltuticn nor prohibited by it to tne state, are renewed to the States respecting to the people. . , KeKOlVCa, illat w7 unction iuc uuiiuijai itrpubllcan administration as having proven false to the true principles of government, and to the constitution, in the revival of the worst features of the sedition laws by the passage of an act known as the Poland libel law, and as disclosed in the shameful Credit Mobllier and revenue notoriety frauds, and we denounce as, especially unworthy of confidence every man democrat cr republican, who voted for the equally nagrani increase oi congressional ana presidential salaries. itMsolved. That we are opposed to the passage of the civil rights bill, believing it to be uncalled for by the blacks ami grossly udjusi to me u-hitps. save to work great injury to the cause of education throughout the nation, and possibly lead to a dangerous con met net ween tne two rac. While thus declariug, we announce our selves in favor of a liberal system of educaiion for the benefit of the neuro as well as the white children of Missouri, but are opposed to the minclinf? of white and eiacK races in our puuac schools or other educational Institutions. Resolved. That ueyona guaranteeing to eacn Stale a republican form of government, neither the president nor Congress has the slightest right nor Justification for Interfering witn their domestic concerns, atid that the personally Irresponsible, wasteful and anarcblal rule in South Carolina, Louisiana and other Southern States, by which republican institutions have been brought into general disrepute. Is the natural result of the violation of this fundamental article of the democratic cieed. Resolved, That the public debt should be paid in exact accordance with the contracts whereby it was created : that anything less wonld be repudiation, and that anything more would be an unjust iflivle abuse of power by Congress in the interest 3e bondholder, and to the detriment of every -er class ; that the five-twenty bonds authorized hy the acts of February, isti,and succeeding acts, are distinctly by their tenures made payable In legal tender notes or greenbacks, and that the act ot March 18, li9, whereby Congress solemnly pledged the lalth of the United States töreoin redemption was an utter and unjustifiable usurpation of power. Resolved, That while not conceding tbe right of government to issue and maintain a national paper currency, if this policy Is to be persisted in, we favor a repeal of the national banking law and a substitution of greenbacks to the extent of the national bank currency, thereby providing for an Immediate corresponding redemption of our bonded indebtedness and the saving of S24.ou),uu0 of interest annually to an over-taxed people. Resolved, That the evils which necessarily attend upon an Irredeemable paper currency should be removed by a removal of tbe cause, and tha as the first, and. as we believe, tbe only necessary step to such a result, the legal tender notes of the United States, In addition to being receivable' in payment of all debts and demands of every kind due to the United States and to individuals, should also oe made receiva bie for duties on imports. Resolved, That railroads and all other corporations created for ealn or profit should be ren dered subservient to tbe public good; that we demand such legislation upon the auDject, ootn State and national, as will effectually secure the industrial and producing Interest of tbecountry against all iorms oi corporate monopoly anu PTflfttions. Resolved, That wedenouce the present tariff as having been concocted aione in tne interest of Eastern manufacturers, and in lieu of it we recommend a tariff for revenue only that will be Just to all sections of the country. Resolved, That while the West is heavily burrlenefl to sustain the manufacturers of the East. a sum of upwards of one hundred millions of dollars Is annually coiiectea imm us m tne shape of a revenue tax on distilled and fermentmi tmlrits. the Drodncl of ' our grain, and on to bacco, which, by another upjust provision of the same law, tne producers ar pronioiieaireiu sei. inn in the best markets. e, therefore, demand in a spirit of Justice that this law be repealed, so that we may be thereby relieved from this nnjtut and partial system of taxation. Resolved, That tho democratic party of Missouri will elevate to office no man upon whose personal or political Integrity there resta even a well-fonnded uspicion, and that honesty and capability are the requisites for all candidates, and that the officer who forgets that he is simply the servant of the people, and seeks his own aggrandizement at the public expense. Is peisonally dishonored, and should be pronounced by all honest men, without reference to part ie or past affiliation. The following btate ticket was nominated: For

governor, chas. H. Hardin; lleutenent governor, Norman J. Coleman; secretary of State, M. K. McUrath; auditor, Thos. llolladar; treasurer, Joseph W.Mercer; register of lands, O.car Kochtilsky. ;

THE NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS. THEY APPROVE THE AAST OF THE PARTYASK FOR 6PECIE PAYMENTS AND PROTECTION. Trextox, N. J., Aug. 27.-The republican State convention met at noon. John. Hill was chosen permanent president. The Hon. Geo. A. Halsey, of Essex.was nominated unanimously foriovernor. -Tbe resolutions adopted approve the principles upon which the republican party was founded, and eulogize its achievements, particularly as to the reconstruction measures, the maintenance of the national credit, reduction f the public debt and the honorable adjustment of foreign complications jexpress unabated r onfldence In President Grant, favor such legislation as will maintain tbe fa th of tbe government to the creditors and secure a speeedy resumption of specie payments and approve such a tariffand such equal Internal taxation as will afford protection to domestic industries. FORT WAYNE SENSATIONS. RELEASE OF THE ALLEGED KIDNAPPERS LARUE TEMPERANCE PICNIC IMPORTANT RUMOR FROJI WASHINGTON ERISTOW TO RESIGN. By Telegraph to the Sentinel. Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 27. William and Elizabeth Thompson, charged with kidnapping little Ida Shannon, had their preliminary examination yesterday, lasting from 10 o'clock a. m. until midnight. A large num ber oi witnesses were examined, but tbetes tlmony not being deemed sufficient to jus tify the holding of tne defendants in custody, they were discharged. The examination attracted much attention. A large temperancs picnic was held here to-day at Williams grove, under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, of Fort Wayne. Several thousand persons were in attendance. Tbe proceedings opened with prayer by the Rev. C. II. Martindale, of Indianapolis, secretary of the State Temperance Alliance, after which Jrrs. J, S. Avelino introduced Mrs. Emma Malloy, editor ot the Elkhart Ooserver, who deliva w ered an eloquent and forcible address about onehenrand a half in length. A basket dinner was then partaken of, after which Mother Stewart.the celebrated Ohio crusader, and the Hon. J. S. Vinton, of Wisconsin, and others made speeches. To-night Mr. Vinton is addressing a large crowd from the court house steps. The Sentinel this evening publishes a letter from Washington written by a gentleman known to hold an official position there, from which I make the following extract: It will be remembered that just after Mr. Bristow qualified ior the position which he holds he was suddenly called to the bedside of a dying uncle at bis borne in Kentucky. It will also bo remembered that soon after his return it was announced through the newspapers that an uncle of Mrs. Briscow had died, leaving an estate valued at $500,000 to Mrs. Bristow and her sister, and that Mr. Bristow was named in the will as one of the executors of tbe deceased uncle's last will and testament. It was subsequently stated in an enterprising sensational newspaper that it was possible that Mr. Bristow would ba obliged to resign bis portfolio in the cabinet in order to give his personal attention to the settling up of the aforesaid estate. Mr. Bristow did not resign; consequently the world rested ea?y, and the report was regarded aa a canard. But from present indications there wa more truth than poetry in the statement, as further developments will go to prove. According to my informant it is already understood among cabinet oflicors that Mr. Bristow seriously contemplates sending. in hi3 resignation at an early day, for the reasons above given, in which event your fellow citiaen, the Hon. Hugh McCulloch will ba called upon to fill the position of secretary of the treasury for the second time." The correspondent adds that his informant is a minister of the gospel, who, strange to say, is in the confidence of several cabinet officers, including Mr. Bristow. LIBEL SCTT AGAINST THE FORT WAYNE SEN TINEL CHANGE EXPECTED IN THE GAZETTE OFFICE. By the Associated Press. Fort Wayne, Aug. 27. Mr. Charles Billings, a telegraph operator of Cleveland, formerly of this city, baa entered a suit in the Circuit Conrt against the Fort Wayne Sentinel Company for libel on account of a slanderous article which recently appeared in that paper to the effect tbat some years aeo Billings married a woman in Fanama. swindled her oat of ber fortune, some thirty or forty thousand dollars, tuen abandoned ber, came to this country and married again; and that, on account of ill-treatment, his second wife had left him. The whole story is claimed by Billings, and admitted by Morse, the local reporter who wrote it, to be a fabrication based on some idle rumors gleaned from an irresponsible party. Mr. Billings lays his damages at ?25,000, and bas refused to listen to any offers which have been made to compromise the matter. Considerable indignation is manifested against the reporter, and much sympathy extended toward Mr. Billings, who is well known here, Messrs. Ninde and Colerick appear as counsel for the plaintiff. It is rumored to-day tbat the Hon. Isaac Jenklnson, ex-consul to uiasgow, win soon assume the editorial control of the Gazette. Imagine a shanty of two rooms, furnished with a rickety bedstead and two chairs. floors destitute of carpet, and dingy wall unpapered, location In this city, north part of town. In the corner stood an oldfashioned piano, in front of which sat a rnri'legged colored girl on a broken-backed chslr. sinzinff "Home Again" witn great en thnsiasm, and beating time wildly on the tuneless piano. Fire-wood was scarce in this colored family last winter; perhaps they bought the piano by the cord, thinking wood might be high next winter. Leavenworth Commercial. .A correspondent relates the 'following anecdote of Pope Pius: The delight, however, of tbe simple-minded old man reached a climax the other day, when a French nun hit upon the scarcely original idea of putting a contribution to Peter's pence into a largo papiermache" fish, which she then presented to the pope. This ingenious allusion to St. Peter's haddock excited the holy father's warmest admiration, and lias confirmed him in his good opinion of the intelligence and resources of his children. . On a late Sunday the Rev. W. IT. Mills, senior bishop of the Methodist Colored Church, occupied the pulpit of a white church in Louisville. This is the first time in the religious history of that city that a colored minister has preached to a white congregation. .

THE WOMEN INDIGNANT.

AN OPEN LETTER TO CANDIDATE CT.ATPO0L A DIBIW LADY APPLIES A HIT OF SANDPAPER. To the Hon. R F. Claypool, Republican Candliur vongress in tue rinu uistrlct of Indiana: Allow me, a woman of the republic of the United States of America, a thinking human being of tbe nineteenth century, and an interested inhabitant of the village of Dublin, Wayne county, Indiana, where you delivered a political speech on last Saturday evening, to give you a faint idea how that speech was received by many of your hearers. Meeting first an intelligent schoolgirl and asking wnat impressioo your discourse had made upon her, she answered me sadly, "Ob, I was disappointed. I did not think Mr. Claypool was polite to ladies. 1 have interested myself much during the last year in the history of my country and its present condition. I went to bear Mr. Claypool with a desire to learn more but he supposed' right in the bf ginn:cg of bis remarks that all young ladies would care more for some passages of poetry or scraps of novels than lor politic?, apd presumed all we knew about finance was that it took money to buy our fancy drease. and I am so tired being always talked to as though I bad no thought above the vanity of dress." I next interviewed a school-teacher, a selftaught, noble, cultivated and ttill younp, woman. One who out of the earnings of her own industry has boucbt a eim tollable home for hersell and her father, besi ies educating her younger bisters. I would that you, Mr. Claypool, could have seen the fine flash of honest indignation in that girl's eyes as she told me of jour manner of addressing the women before you. Wounding at least, if not insultirjg thm. by treating them as beings incapable of reasoning, and of far less importance than the crowd of vulgar, illiterate, tobacco-chewing boys, who in all village audiences far out-number the thoughtful and intelligent men, who leave their own cheerful firesides ior the good of their country, or the love of their party, to bear some candidate tell the oftrepeated tale of tbe nation's pressing need of just men to fill her places of honor and profit, and who receive never sj much as a snub for investing their money in a Broadway necktie, new style Paris dress coat, or a polished stove-pipe hat tbat article of dress so wonderfully adapted to the needs of prtectton to the masculine head through all the changes of our country's climate. Nay, verily, never so much as a reproof for finance wasted on Principe cigars, tbe luxury et cooling soda water, lemonade, or . I know not how some communities may enjoy or receive with indifference, your attempt to edify the women of Indiana, who feel a patriotic interest In the matters of which you speak, but I do not know that our village of Dublin has advanced far beyond tbat semi-barbarous condition, where it is considered eminently genteel to shape remarks for women as for a claEs ol simpletons. Now, Mr, Claypool, I appeal to you In the name of enlightened Christianity and a successful common school system: in tha name of our beloved Indiana, a State tbat can boast of such champions for woman's enfranchisement as Robert Dale Owen, Schuyler CoUax, (leorge W. Julian, It. W. Thompson, our Senators Morton and Pratt, with Bishop Bowman added (and these men have not seven other equals in the State); in the name of the mothers and wives, sisters and daugh ters of this commonwealth, and ask if you can not give woman a helping band on the treat highway of life, that you will at least pause, reflect, and conclude not to cripple your own influence, or dwarf your own manhood in vain efforts to retard her prog ress. Respectfully, Louise V. Boyd. UCBLIS.1SD., Aug. '21, 1874. A PROPHESY ON RED CLOUD. THE PEDIGREE OP RED CLOUD AN HQUINE PREDICTION. The following letter from tho Turf, Field and Farm will be of interest to the admirers of the "coming horse:" Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 11, 1S7J. Dear Gossip: Now that Red Cloud has taken indisputable rank among the fastest flyeis of the trotting turf, and by his gentleness and honesty enshrined himself in the affections of all Uoosierdom, ifnotot the entire West, allow me, in a sort of circumlocutory way, to bear testimony to the prophetic judgment of a Mr. Anderson, then, and perhaps yet, of Dayton, O., In regard to Legal Tender, the sire of our incomparable young trotter. Some nine or ten years ago we had a race track here, about two miles east of the town, on which all sorts of equine speed and stamina were brought off. Rather than such arenic rivalries should not be known beyond our immediate locality, in the absence of aome one better able to do . so, I took the responsibility of reporting the referred-to consents to a contemporary of yours over my own name. About this time Legal Tender, was doing some pretty tall pacing, and in such a "fair and and square' manner as to attract the attention, elicit the admiration, an J beget a desire to own him on tbe part of the Mr. Anderson adverted to. Not knowing to whom the coveted horse belonged, and supposing me to be a horseman instead of a "retailer of rags," he wr de me. requesting tbat I would find out, if not already in possession of tbe desired information, eertain things regarding , THE 2:21 PACING PRODIGY, for it was the firm conviction of my strange correspondent after carefully watching and weighing the pacer's performances, tbat he was tbe horse of all others to breed trotters out of fine Kentucky mares, several ot which he owned. The needed knowledge was obtained and forwarded, but .in the meantime unanticipated circumstances rendered the possession of Legal Tender an unnecessary acquisition and there the matter ended. But -the more recent achievements of Red Cloud, and still more lately obtained knowledge that our "beautiful bay" is a son of the black pacer, bring before my mind all tbe more vividly o-ification of the ratiocination of Mr. .lukiMD, ventured in "black and white" long before an issue from the lusty loins of the now illustrious sire and son afforded data on which to base his prophetic opinion. Aside from the object expressed in this epistle, I have no other motive in writing to yon, except it be, perhaps, to remind Mr. Anderson that in not possessing Legal Tender he Indirectly let a fortune slip out of his hands. David Cafjstairs. A Saratoga letter-writer, in speaking of John G. Saxe, the poet, says that he has made his athlete form very familiar to tbe visitors of Congress Hall by coming there many succeeding years. The poet is not perceptible in bis personnel. (Six feet and more in his stockings. A face which does not indicate the use of fine clay in its construction. A swaggering gait, and the ott outcropping of an indifference to surroundinc, which may be due to the fact that New York treemen have never united much in pouring their votive offerings at his ftct. John P. Bigelow, chief of the loan division of the treasury department, haä left Washington for Europe for duty In connections with the delivery of the bonds of the new loan.

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