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t^: t$f§ctttg f laiudcatcr vj,^,. •;;..:W>lrJ '• --^l:ci' ..««' -»•, vV, , . _ ' '. 1. VAN SLYKE. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THE NEWS CONDENSED. EAST. •;-*• of Tncker, Hammond & Co., jobbers of email wares, at Boston, k announced. Liabilities, $100,000... The private bank of G. Hall, at Elmira. N. Y., patronized by business men, laborers and formers, has failed. The deposits are re­ potted at about $100,000. Two PERSONS died recently at Arietta, Hamilton County, N. Y.. and many other persons were taken sick, from eating ham obtained from a local butcher, who says it came from Thorn & Co., of Chicago. An analysis of the ham show6 that it contained It appears that the persons who /.V • 1 , ;':t ; died used the meat in n partly cooked state. A workman at Gloucester, Mass., discov­ ered a spark in a bucktfnl of dynamite cart­ ridges which he was carrying. Hurling the backet from him, it struck a tree, and the explosion which followed shook houses for blocks aronnd, arid demolished windows. .... .D. Root, Sons & Co.. agricultural im­ plement manufacturers at Mount Joy, Pa., have failed for $46,000. OVERHOLT & Co.'s distillery at Connells- ville, Pa., has been destroyed by fire. The bo'adeJ warfhonse attached, containing 7,000 barre's of whisky, was also burned. The less on the bail lings was $115,000, and $550,000. Both th3 build- were fully insured. A en the whisky i ings and gcols ber of those v who collected daring the fire drank of the whisky as it flowed from the and got drank.... An assign- has been mide by Hand & Ellsworth, dei lers in New York, whose liabilities w1- ^ i ' v , • ' . . JUDGE REIXINGKK, at Mason City, Iowa has decided that the prohibition law of the aimilar decision has been rendered, but an •ppeal hns been taken .. .The owners of 50,000 head of cattle in Oklahoma have formed a pool to reduce the expense of tak­ ing care of herds, and will employ one man and eight horses to every thousand head.... By a boiler explosion at Mount Vernon, Ohio, two tramps sleeping in a blacksmith shop near the scene were killed--one named John Carey and the other unknown Some boys playing in a lumber-yard at Davenport unearthed a box containing sev­ eral pounds of counterfeit 10-cent pieces, bearing the date of 1845 ... Some carrier pigeons liberated at Springfield, UL, flew .to Cleveland in aboat eight hours. THE Rev. Dr. Henry Cosgrove, Vicar- General of the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, who became its administrator on the death of Bishop McMullen, has been appointed to succeed that ecclesiastic as Bishop of the diocese The Laflin & Rand Powder Companv attached the property of the St. Louis 6re and Steel Company, and £than Hitchcock was appointed provisional receiver. It is stated that an extension is •11 that is needed by the company, as their assets are ample to meet all claims. The capital of the company is $5,000,- 000, and the bonded debt, $2,600,000 Judge Blodgett has decided that the Chi­ cago branch of the Bank of Montreal must ry internal-revenue taxes on what money uses in business at Chicago, which for­ merly averaged $1,500,000 per month. He gve judgment in favor of the Government r $59,2*29.68, with interest at 6 per cent, for the past three years.. Frank Calvert, divorced husband of the present wife of ex-Gov. Sprague, of Rhode Island, died suddenly in a Cincinnati hotel. There are suspicions of suicide, but all his friends agree that he died of a broken heart.... Representatives of St. Louis. Omaha, Bur­ lington, Ottumwa and other mills formed a linseed oil pool last week at a meeting at Lake Minnetonka, Minn. BY the explosion of a steam thrashing- machine near Litchfield, 111., two men were killed and six others were seriously scalded. ....A hail-storm three miles in width caused a damage of $50,000 to crops in the vicinity of Huron, Dak As a result of a blow in the breast from a ball, received some weeks ago, John McDonOugh, catcher of the Fort Wayne ball club, died at Mt. Clemens, Mich., of quick consumption.... Since Jan. 1 3,798,169 bushels of wheat were shipped from Milwaukee, against 952,787 for the corresponding period in 1883. There are only about 77,000 bushels at present in store. A GENTLEMAN from Philadelphia has shown the secret-service officers in Chicago a $20 Treasury note made wholly with a pen, its execution being so complete as to deceive a keen expert "Wear, Boogher A Co., dry goods, St. Louis, have made an assignment. The liabilities are $450,000, and the assets greatly in excess of that sum.... The cigar manufacturing firm of Louis Cohn & Co., of Chicago, has failed. The liabilities exceed $50,000. The value of the assets has not been determined... .The Mississippi River Logging Company, at a meeting at Clinton, Iowa, resolved that it Was the sense of the association that the mills close down Sept. 15, provided the Wis­ consin, Michigan, Illinois, and Iowa mills suspend operations at the same time. At Dayton, Ohio, Dodd's hay-rake works, six frame dwellings, and a number of sta­ bles and sheds were destroyed by fire, caus­ ing a loss of $75,000 There are 28,000 names on the pay-rolls of the Chicago, Mil­ waukee & St. Paul Road. DUBTNO a thunderstorm at Des Moines, Iowa, lightning fired four houses, which were entirely consumed, and a large dairy barn in the suburbs, causing a loss of $20,000. The storm was the heaviest known in the history of the city.... The wholesale cigar house of Frederick Deutech, in Chicago, has been closed by the Sheriff. His assets are estimated at $46 .000, and he has been doing a business of $150,000 per annum... .Three men were killed on a farm near Rushville, Ind., by the explosion of a steam thrasher, and five others received serious injuries. has purch'is »d th<* greater portion of Look­ out Mountain, and intends to set engineers at work on a railway from Chattanooga to the summit, after the model of the Mount Washington Road. THE Supreme Court of Virginia has de­ cided tnat the act passed by the last Legis­ lature of that State prohibiting the inter­ ference of School Superintendents in poli­ tics is regula- i ord. r to THE President has issued the foltowing proclamation: to^Uie" He'^'sut^-^h^Goneral Government hus reposed certain powers In the President to be used at his discret ion in preventing a threatened epidemic. Feeling it my duty, 1 hereby call up­ on all persons who, under existing sys ems in the several States, are Intrusted with the execution of quarantine tiuns. to be diligent. and on the alert, in previ ut the introduction of the pe which, we all regret to learn, has made its ap­ pearance in some of the countries of Kurope. between which and the ports ot the United States intercourse is direct and frequent- I further advise that the cities and towns of the United States, w hether on the coast or on the lines of intercommunication, by sound sanitary regulations and the promotion of cleanliness, tie prepared to resist the power ot disease and to mitigate its severity, and 1 further direct the Consuls of the United States in the ports where the pestilence has made or may make it* appearance to exercise vigilance in the carrying out of the instructions heretofore given. and in communicating to the Government of the United States any information of value relating to the progress or treatment of the disease. CHESTER A. ABTHUB. PRESIDENT ARTHUR has culled for the resignation of Gen. Longstreet, United States Marshal of the District of Georgia. Attorney General Brewster complains of Longstreet's inefficiency and carelessness, and has recommended his removal. Mr. John E. Bryant, it is thought, will succeed PRESIDENT ARTHFB received A from Queen Victoria, in which she congrat­ ulates the United States on the rescue of, Lieut Greely and his surviviug compan­ ions. The President returned a suitable reply thanking the Queen, and again ex­ pressing appreciation of the timely gift of the Alert. He informed the Queen that the survivors are doing well. THB Kansas Democratic State Conven­ tion will meet at Topeka Aug. 20, to nomi­ nate candidates for State officer. ...It is said that Senator Mahone will endeavor to enjoin the Secretary of State in Virginia poll-books under the new apt claiming that tlie measure to pass the Legislature by a two- thirds vote. INDEPENDENT Republicans from several States gathered in New York on the 22d for a conference. George William Curtis, called the meeting to order, and Charles R. Codman was chosen President. The latter called the nomination of Blaine an insult to American manhood. Thomas Bacon said the Independents had twice defeated the aspirations of Blaine within the party. A platform was adopted declaring tbat the abuses of the past cannot be corrected un­ der the leadership of the Republican nomi­ nees, and it was unanimously decided to support Cleveland and Hendricks. IN the Sixth Iowa District Convention at Ottumwa the Democrats nominated Gen. Weaver for Congress. The Greenbackers' convention, held at the same time, also nominated Weaver. EUGENE KEIXT, tha New York banker, has been nominated by the New York Dem­ ocratic Committee for Presidential elector- at-large, vice William Purcell, of Roches­ ter, resigned. IN the National Prohibition Convention at Pittsburgh, a Maryland delegate stated that the administration had sent the Com­ missioners df Pensions, and Indian Affairs to advise the members against separate political action. R. H. McDonald; of Cali­ fornia; John P. St. John, of Kansas; and others were placed in nomination for Pres­ ident, but the overwhelming sentiment in favor of the latter caused him to be se­ lected by acclamation as the candidate. William Daniel, of Maryland, was nomi­ nated for Vice President. ITie platform favors the abolition of internal revenue tax­ es on liquors and tobacco, aud de­ clares that the ballot should be placed in the hands of woman for her protection Two Prohibition State Conventions were held in Indianapolis. One faction was op­ posed to the nomination of a State ticket, while the other placed R. S. Dwiggins in the field for Governor At the meeting of the new Demo­ cratic National Committee, at New York, the Hon. William H. Barnum, of Con­ necticut, was re-elected Chairman, and the Hon. F. O.-Prince, of Massachusetts, Sec­ retary .. .The Democrats of West Virginia, in convention at Wheeling, nominated E. Willis Wilson for Governor, and indorsed the national ticket and platform. GENERAL, TBK SOUTH. MAWIKBT, editor of the New Orleans Standard, the organ of the colored Repub­ licans of Louisiana, recently accused the Custom House officials of sending gangs to bgeak up Blaine and Logan Club meetings. Dupont, the Naval Officer of the New Or­ leans Prrt, resented these statemento, and meeting Martinet the other day, angry words were exchanged, which led to a rough-and-tumble fistic encounter. Both Were considerably damaged. Some of the adherents of Martinet and Dupont renewed the row at a later hour, and considerable blood was spilt A RECEIVER has been appointed for Green's Bank, at Jackson, Miss. Inability to secure a loan on ample security caused •he trouble. The bank holds deposits of IMost of the Mississippi Sheriffs, and the Inlure will result in much annoyance. MORRIS OLIVER, one of Mahone's Lieu- tenants at Warrenton, Va., stole a box con­ taining $11,000 from the residence of Dr. C. P. Cooper and hid it in a hay-stack, it was found the next day The iny's Fertili 1 Baltimore, A CORRESPONDENT of a London journal, who was sent to investigate the commercial resources of Mexico, reports having been so badly clubbed by bandits that he lost his hearing, but he boasts that he killed his assailant The cholera scare is materially affecting European travel. MANITOBA, with a vastly increased acre­ age of wheat, estimates the yield at 9,500,- 000 bushels... .The Clearing House ex­ changes last week--$690,735,112 -- were $12,910,477 less than reported the previous week; and when compared with the returns for the corresponding period in 1883 show a decrease of 32.6 per cent. THE Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com­ pany has announced a reaction of rates to all important Southern and Western points. The tariff adopted is 25 cents for ten words --about half the present Western Union charge... .John C. Eno, the wrecked New York banker, has rented a furnished house in Quebec, and has been joined by his wife and three daughters. ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, President of the Irish National League, has called a conven­ tion at Boston for Aug. 13, on which occa­ sion addresses will be delivered by Thomas Sexton and John E. Redmond. AN organization under the name of the Miners' Amalgamated Association is being perfected in the bituminous and anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania and Ohio. It is estimated that a membership of 100,000 has already been obtained. The organiza­ tion will be extended to the West. The leaders claim it will be protective in char­ acter, and that strikes will be discouraged as far as is consistent with the interests of the members. FOKEIO!«. worth of dock property. Other arrests have been made in Dublin in con­ nection with the loathsome Cornwall-French scandal.... Dr. Cues ir Henry Hawkins, an eminent English surgeon, is dead. A FIRE at the Wapping docks, London, swept away property valued at $2,500,005. About l,000tons of ^epper^nearly one-third stroyed. A LONDON dispatch says: "It is persist­ ently asserted in Catholic circles that there |s a great likelihood of Mary Anderson join­ ing the Clementine Anns." The Irish rifle team won the Elcho shield at Wim­ bledon, England. THE French Academy of Medicine pro­ poses an international congress to discuss the prevention and cure of cholera. Dr. Koch has asked that the congress meet in Berlin. A Marseilles dispatch says: "The aspect here is becoming somber. The 6teamer which arrives weekly from Algeria is suppressed. The 'line to Syria is stopped. The South American packets have ceased to call here. The cus­ toms offices and quays are deserted. There iy funerals during the night, the burials being performed by the aid of Ian- terns. The Mayor has interdicted the an­ nual fair, and forbids the processions of Aug. 15." 1VAL New SURGEON GENERAL HAMILTON was no- that a child who recently arrived at Orleans from Toulon died on the Annie P. Silver, at Port Anderson, Miss., probably from cholera. A strict in­ vestigation was at once ordered by Dr. Ham­ ilton. JOHN P. ST. JOHN has accepted the Pro­ hibition nomination for the Presidency. Many of his friends claim that they can carry Kansas and Maryland and throw the election into Congress .. .John E. Bryant has been appointed United States Marshal of Georgia, vice Gen. Longstreet, removed. RETURNS from 159 letter-carrier post- offices for the quarter ending June 30 show a falling off in revenue as compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year of $350,316. On this basis the re­ ceipts for the year will be $2,0( 0,0t!0 less than for the previous year. The diminu­ tion is due to the reduction of letter-post­ age from 3 to 2 cents. The post-office authorities look upon the showing as satis­ factory. CHABLES F. SAUER & CO.'S tannery at Louisville, Ky., was destroyed by fire. The total loss is about $60,000, partially covered by insurance. A fireman fell from the burning building and was fatally injured. Kendrick Holland and Victor Elot, wife murderers, were hanged by the Sheriff at New Orleans. JOHN M. JOHNSON, of Dakota, one of the Grand Army veterans, was accidentally injured while jumping off a street car at Minneapolis. Both legs had to be ampu­ tated. Corporal Tanner, of Brooklyn, after the election of the Grand Army officers, called the attention of the comrades to the matter. In a few minutes $3,000 was sub­ scribed for him, the national organization giving $500, and the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois State organizations $250 each. Several individual subsciiptions were handed in by the comrades.... H. H. Young, Statistical Agent of Minnesota, af­ ter deducting losses by recent storms, places the wheat yield of that State at fully 44,000,000 busheis... .C. A. Sylvester's car­ riage and wagon works at Charles City, Iowa, were burned, resulting in a loss ol $48,000, with, $25,000 insurance. GEORGE O. JONES, Chairman of the Greenback Committee of New York State, has written to Charles Jenkins, a prominent Ohio Greenbacker, expressing dissatisfac­ tion at the attitude of Gen. Butler. Mr. Jones says Butlec ' must in­ dicate his intentions very soon, as the true men of the Greenback party care nothing about outside combinations, and they are becoming impatient and dis­ contented at the delay. If Butler does not run, Mr. Jones says, another candidate will be selected, and he suggests a conference of leading Greenbackers for that purpose the 9th of September. THE attendance at the Grand Army of the Republic encampi was the largest in the Gov. Hubbard welcomed the veterans to the State, and Mayor Pillsbury, on behalf of the city, extended a welcome. The second day of the encampment witnessed a grand paride, thit was received with tremendous cheers by 60,000 people, who thronged every street on the line of march. The j arade passed the City Hall, where children on a canopied platform were waving banners and singing an old war' song, which the vete­ rans took up, and passed on with Uncovered heads. The third day's pro­ ceedings were somewhat tame, and were not so largely attended. A good many old soldiers had private reunions at the camp and in the streets. There was also a prize- drill, and in the evening a camp-fire, at which Gen. Sherman delivered a speech. The fourth and last day was devoted prin­ cipally to the election of officers for the en­ suing year. J.S.Koutz, of Ohio, who entered the Union army in 1861 as a drummer boy, being then but 15 years of age, was elected Grand Commander; John P. Rea, of Minne­ apolis, Senior Vice Commander; and Ira B. Hicks, of New Haven, Conn., Junior Vice Commander. Portland, Me., was se­ lected as the place for the encampment next year. THE MARKET. NEW YORK. THESE was a great demonstration of the English trades unionists and agricultural laborers in London to condemn the action of the House of Lcrds in rejecting the franchise bill. The various divisions carried flags bearing mottoes express­ ing approval of Mr. Gladstone's course and menacing the Peers. The streets through which the procession marched on its way to Hyde Park were densely thronged. The agricultural laborers were loudly cheered. At Hyde l'ark the great crowd was addressed by several noted Radicals. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the House of Lords as fell G„». Company's FertiUzerwirkB'al & SMlLiSSSS'Sfc. SSt Locust Point, destroyed by fire. to $85,000. were entirely ounts B. W. COT*, a Kuhrille, ' * stone's political course... .Philip Chatham, who was nude a Freemason in England in 1811, has just died, at the age of 97 Jingland, datfroyed THE INDEPENDENTS! of the Conference ^ iHeld in New York. [Associated Press Report! A meeting ot Independents opposed to Blaine and Logan took place to-day (July 32) at the University Club Theater. For an hour before the time fixed there was an unusual stir in that gent rally quiet locality, and inside the corridors of the little theater consultation of Independ­ ents was busily carried on. Among the more prominent faces not ceable were George William Curtis and Carl Schurz. The latter was the center of an interested and animated group. Clarence Bowcn, of the Independent, and other nembers of the Brooklyn Young Re- Club we e up lists of t tts to be except New York. A ew fiom Connecticut and we e on the roll. following: From Boston, Georg'i W. Hale, F. C. Lowell, aud J. B. Gardner; Cambridge, Jabez Fox, G. W. Wright, F. B. V. Kern, Col. T. W. Higglnson, A. M. Howe, and J. B. Thayer; Con­ cord, Samuel Hoar, Ar.hur J. Fuller, and Messrs. Chapman and Hudson; Fail River, S. Borden; New Bedford, F. B. Summers and W. C. Law- son; Brookline, Theodore Lyman; Quiucy, E. a Huntin ton, Josiah Qnlncy, W. B. ltice. William Everett, and Mr. Slaue; Woburn, W. V. Kelly; Newton, Col. A. A. lope, J. B, Canter, J. F. Ober, F. F. Raymond, and J. 8. Fallow; Chelsea, A. D. Bosson; Dedham, F. J. Steven­ son; Lexington, Cornelius Wellington and C. 8. There were delegates present from New Haven, New Jer-ey, Rhode Island, and Pennsyl- "l&hallwas called to order. THE PROHIBITIONISTS. laws and liquor traffic, the twenty-fOHr TMT» John P. St. John, of Wflliam Daniel, Maryland, BKEVBS.... $7.00 0 8.80 HMW 6.75 <«) 6.25 .'LOUK--Extra 4.00 <& 6 .50 »VHEAT--No. 2 Chicago.,.. .91 .92?4 No. 2 Red ;.. .97 (fi. .98 CORN- No. 2 .63 <3 -B4 )AT-I--Widte .44 (9 .47 I'oitK--New Mess 1C.7S <">17.25 CHICAGO. <">17.25 BEEVES--Choice to Prime Soeers. e. no @ 7.03 Good Shipping 6.00 6.50 Common to Fair 4.75 C" 6..M) locts 0.25 (« 5.75 •'LOCK--l-'ancy White Winter Ex 5.23 i". 5.75 Good to Cholc; Spring. 4.50 (<» S.25 .VHEAT--No. 2 Spring •HIV,® .H2& No. 2 Red Winter ,H8 vf .»:» Co*v-- No. 1 .58 (>?. .54 L)ATS--No. 2 .28 ® .:io i{VK--No. 2 .OS <«? .«4 SAUI.EY--No. 2 •5*J @ .61 IUXTEIT--Choice Creamery .n,i( f r .iti Fine Daiiy .12 («: .|:t 'HEE8E--Full Creain .OS <0 .00 Skimmed Flat.. .03 (tf. ,or> ifios--Fresh .15 (" .16 POTATOES--New, per brl 1 50 2.00 Ponx--Mess 23.7FT W24.25 LARD ; .07 & .07"* TOLEDO. & .07"* WHEAT--No. 2 Red .87 .«) .89 OonK-- No. 2 .54 «P .50 OATS--No. 2 ; .3S @1 .35 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 . . . . . . . . . ; .81 <$ .H2 'COKN -No. 2 ,55 .57 OATS--No. 2 .33 .34!$ 'BAHI.EY--No. 2 -.58 .55 P BE--Mens 15.25 <*15.7> LARD 7.00 & 7.25 ST. LOUIS. & 7.25 WHEAT--NO. 2.... .84 .H5 Co(t\'--Mixed .40 V* .47 'a :>. TS-- Nc. 2 .31 & /JJ'/t RYtC .68 m .64) PORK--Mess 15.76 @10.25 CINCINNATI. @10.25 W»IEAT--NO. 2 Red .8FT @ .87!4 ( O :N .53 m) .nr, ATB--Mlxel.. .33 «* .34 PORK--Mess 16.00 #',16.50 LAKD... .06 .07 K DETROIT. ?IX)UB 6.00 & 6.75 WHEAT--No 1 White 1.03 vfi'> 1.04 COUN-Mixed .64 & .56 OATH--No. 2 Mixed........ .36 .3ft POKE--Mess 18.00 <$18 50 INDIANAPOLIS. <$18 50 WHEAT--No. 2 Red JM & .86 JORX--Mixed .49 m .51 O ATB--Mixed .32 <0 .84 EAVT LIBERTY. CATTLE --B-'st .6.50 (» 7.00 Fsir 6.2"> i" 6 0 » Common............... . 3. 0 (<" 4.< 0 HOGS SHEEP tne i la Curtis called the conference to noon, and welcomed the delegates. call for the conference. Charles R. C oilman list ot Vice Presidents and the names of the En­ rollment Committee were read, including Carl Schurz, Gen. Barlow, and C. J. Jionaj arte of Maryland. The nominees were all elccted. Col. Codman made an address, in willch he said: "You confer »rreat hoi:or on me in choos­ ing me to preside over the deliberations of, not a • ody of office holders, but of citizens, whose only desire is for the good of the whole country. We have decided to cast aside pat ty affiliations for the time being. The nomination of the Re­ publican i arty for the Presidency is an insult to American manhood. Blaine has not cleared his from the charges that he used his public ft r private gain, and we fear i hat he will his usual methods; that he will prove no dead-head in any enterprise he may embark in. We make no charges against h s private character, but Rlaine is not fit to be President of the I lilted States. There is no great issue clearly defined between the two i arties, so that we have to contin ; ourselves to the question of the fitness of the candi'iaies." After Chairman < odma I had concluded his speech, the Hon. Carl schurz moved that a com­ mittee be appointed to act on resolutions and the address. Carried Horace E. Deming, of Brooklyn, said he be­ lieved this conference would le*ve behind it some work that would show it intended to do some fighting during tue cam pa gn. He moved that a committee be appointed to report on a plan of perman :nt organisation. Carried, and a committee was appointed with Mr. Deming as Chairman. '1 he committees retired for consultation, and Col Theoaore Lym in, of Brook ine, Mass., made an address. He had no o jection to parties. It was a dangerous ihing to be an "Indet endent" f r several reasons. There was even the risk of being called a "crunk." Thomas Bacon, of New Haven, said the Inde­ pendent movement had grown to an enormous strong, h. Col T. W. Higginson, of Massachusetts, said he never saw a more gratifying assemblage. It reminded him of the gatherings in the t mes of the anti-slavery i citation, 'l i at movement was successful, and he believed this would be. As the Conimitt?e cn Re oiutions was not ready to report a recess ft r an hour wa* taken. When the co iferen e r^ass mblei, the Secre­ tary made a statement in regard to letters re­ ceived by the New York c< minittee from citizens in various States from Maine to California. Mr. Quinby, of \ew Jersey, ^.d ti.at to save the Republican party Bla ne must be beaten, and t at for every Democrat in New Jer-ey that wanted to vote for Blaine t iere were fi "e Re- p. blicans who would vote lor Cleveland. F. ( latlin, of Illinois, said th re was a very strong Cleveland element among the Republicans in the West. President Seelye, of Amherst, said he was not prepar«A^o join the Democrats, but was in fa­ vor Of l&ving a S3parate candidate. He also made a idea for temperance principles. The Committee on Permanent Org miration recommended that a Nationnl (Jonmi tee should l.e appointed, and the Chair appointed the following: From New York--Carl Scburz, Theodore Ba-* con. John H. Cowing, Charles H. Miller, R. P. Bowker, George W. f'olsom, Kthan Alien Dotv, George Walton Greene, < nd Horace K. Deming. From Ma sachusetts--Willi <m H. Forbes, Jo­ seph Tucker, Joseph H. Walter, Samu '1 Hoar, Phineus PTarse, George V. Tieverett, and Winslow Warien. From Connecticut--S. E. Baldwin, O. P. Arm­ strong, and H. W. Farm.m. from New Je sey--Daniel Drake Smith, Simeon Huntington, and W. G. Pec*cham. From Pen sylvania--F. B. Ite.ves, Stewart Wo >d, and Joseph Parish. C hairman Codman and Mr. Claflin, of Illinois, were added to the committee. Ctrl Schurz, in behalf of the Committee on Resolutions, said there wai no Intention to make a platform for the new party, bi.t only an appeal for government. George William Curtis read the address, which is as follows: THE PLATFORM. : ' The paramount issue of the Presidential elec­ tion of this year is moral rather t.ian political, it concerns the nat.o lal honor and character, and the honesty ot the ad ministration, rather than th- general policies of go\ eminent, up n which the platforms of the two part es do not essen.ially dilfer. No positi n taken l,y one platform is s riously traversed by the other. Both evidently contemplate a general agreement of public opinion upon subjects which have been lung in controversy, and indicate an un­ willingness to declare, upon other and cardinal Questions, vsews wnich in the present condition Of opinion might seriously disturb the parties within themselves. I arties, indeed, now cohere mainly by habit and tradition; and since the great issues which have divided them have been largely settled, the most vi al political activity has been tne endeavor of good citizens in both parties to adjust them to living issues and to make them eltcctive agcncles of political prog- r< KS and reform. The indispensable m cessity of this course has long been apparent, for in a time of profound peace at home and al road the n ost threatening national peril is Insidious po- l.tica) con uptlon, a mercenary and demoraliz­ ing spirit, and a tendency the result of what is well described by Senator Hoar, of Massachu­ setts, as "Tue sha meless doctrine that the true way by which power eh< uld be gained in the rej nbli: is to bribe the people with offices cre­ ated for their s rvice. and the true end for which it should be used when gained is the i romotion of selfish ambition and gratification of personal r venee." I ut this doctrine, naturally, has ] reduced results Which are still more alarming. The corrupt spirit and t n leu y have so rapid v developed tnat they - eek political power not. onl v to grati y ambition ai d revenge but to promote private gain. They decide appeal-) to the public con-1 so once, defend the soile I reputa i >n* of public men by the bold as-eiton that nil pub!fc men are equally guilty, declare that success in ol>- ta ning eminent posltii n dis)>ose8 of eveiy im­ putation and suspicion of wiongnoinir, and de­ spising all practical tneasuics to reform the sys em of < flicial patronage which footers dis­ honest | olitics, makes a great patty nominally resi onsible for ) rolonted aud m< nations frai d, I proclaims- tbat it is tl'e duty of every citizen, who for great and beneficent ends has habitually supported the party, to reward the SUCJCSH of tha I arty at an election without regard to the charuter of those whom it selects as its exec utive agents to be a supreme natl< rial necessity. A t -ndency more fatal to the pul lic wdfar ' cannot l.e conceived; a id whrn by public indifference or misunder­ standing thi< < orrupt spirit is a hi-; to demand that the country shull ap rove it byacco dim: to itth- i ighest li< nor In its gift, every pario ic citi/t n must perceive that no duty c uld l>e more pr ssinur, vital snd imperative than that of baf- ning and defe t ng • he demand. If the Republican Convent on had presented a candidate whose character and < areer were the pledge of resolute co itest with the tendencies that we have described; if tlieV bad foretold a ste n de ling with political corruption, and a rigorous correction of the vast abuses which long and undisturbed tenure of power by any pa ty Is sure to breed; if the suwess of the candidate had promised i flexible honesty of adm nistration. j u ifi- cation of the G> vernment, snd the elevation of the party stan ard, every Republii an voier would have gladly supported the nom nation. But these are precisely the anticipations which the nomination forbids. It oilers a candidate who is an nnft leaf'e , shown by his own wor s and uis acknowledged acts, w leu a?e of otf clal record, to bs unwort iy of r s;.ect n d < onti- dence: who has t aded upon his oft clal trust for hs pecuuiaiy gain; a repr seh'a i.e of men, methods, and co duct whicf' the public IOU- scienc • condemns and whic i illustrate ti e very evds whic h h nest men w< uld re.orm. Suci a nom nation <'O-.-B not I romise (n the I-'.xe mive < ba r Inflexible official integrity, cool and wis* j' dgnvnt, a so'erega-d for the public wel- f re, an ' an unshrin ing determlna.ion to pro­ mote r iforin in the civil service an I ei^elessly |ur-ue and punish pubic nbbers of everv kind and degree. The lndep< n lent voters have gen 'rally s lpporte i the Rep ddlcnn no^ina-ions'as more srrely promising reform thali those of the Demo ratic pa ty. 'i he Inde- Sndents, ho never, an <ot support a nom n -on w ,ich is the culmination of a ten lency that they would correct. Republicans cannot leal morality and of pealed direct'y to the narty first sp M the party of pollt- liberty. ft ap- eof the but like all parties it was a polit.cai i gi Uv,., to be worshiped but to be carefully held to tne spirit and pe.rpos s on which and for which it was organized. "I do not know," said Mr. He ward, thirty years aiiO, when he l»ft the Whig party to join the Repaid! an. "I do not know that it wiil a ways or even long preserve its courage, its moderation, and its consistency. If it shall do so it will secure and save the country. If it too shall become untaithfu , as all prec d ng parties have done, it will, without sorrow or regret on my jart, perish as they are perishing, an I wilt give place to truer and better one." the Republi ans, faithful holding witu the i politics 1 morality i are more prociou: to be pu.e of the Republic seded all other issues by official honestv. This question cannot be avoided except upon the l)lea that the nttiolal • harafta- of thn Candi­ da e need not be con«id >rcd. And that in order to secure a pnrtv President the members of the party ought to vote for any candidate who has been regularly nominated. This is the plea beyond whloh party madness cannot go. Acquiescence in it won d require the surrender of the self-respect of every voter. There tan lie no candidate so unfit that this plea would not demand his sup­ port. and Republican success justified by the argument which defies the public conscience would be the overthrow of the vital principles of the narty, and show that the spirit and char­ acter which created its great traditions are rap­ idly perishing. Upon the practical questions of the tariff and finance and other questions upon which both parties are divided within them­ selves we a e also divided in opinion. We shall vote, therefore, in our choice of Representatives and other officers according to our individual opinions of their political views Republican purity of ad questions, we tion tbat tlu presented for tt.e < the character of integrity. As n publ e policy are united in foundation of offla should be pure, and that the . in the countrv should be filled by a man of absolutely undisputed there is no distinctive issue upc of candidate 1 ecomes of the hiehest importance to all citizens who do not hold that party victory should be secured at any cost. While the Republican nomination pre­ sents a i>»rty whom we cannot support, the Democra'ic party presents one whose name la the synonym of political courage and a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e l e f o r m . H e ' every official tmst with sole regard to the _ welfare and wi h justdisregard of mere partisan or personal advantage, which, with the ap- p'ause and confidence of both parties, raised him from the chief executive adm tration of a gr at city to that of 1 S ate. His unreserved, intelligent, and support of reform in the civil service has firmly established that reform in the Stat - and cities of New York; and his personal convictions, proved by his official acts, mure decisive than any possible platform declarations, are a guar­ antee that in its spirit and in its letter the reform would be enforced iu the National Administra­ tion. His high sense of duty, his absolute and unchallenged official integrity, his inflexible courage in i existing party pressure and public outcry, his great experience in the details of ad­ ministration, and his commanding executive ability, and independence are precisely the qualities which the political sltua ion de­ mands in the chief executive officer of the Government to resist corporate monop­ oly on o .e hand and demagogue Communism on the other, and at home and abroad, without men­ ace or fear, to pro:ejt eve y riuht ot' American citizens, and to respect every right of friendly States by making politl- al morality and private honesty the basis of constitutional administra­ tion. He is a Democrat who is happily tree from all ass ciation with the fierce pa. ty differences of the slavery contest, and whose finano al views are in harmony with thuse of the best men in both parties, and coming into publlo prominence at a time when official purity, cour­ age, an l character are of chief importance, he presents the qualities and promise which inde- pt ndent vo ers desire, and which the gre it body of the Republi ;ans, believing these qualities to be absolutely indispensable in the administration of the Govern­ ment at this time, do not find in the candidate of their own p irfcy. Such independ­ ent voters do net propose to ally themselves in"xtricably with any party. Such Republicans do not pro, ose to abandon the Republican par­ ty nir to merge thtmselv s in any other party; but they do propose to aid in defeating the Re­ publican non,illation, which, not tor reasons of expediency only, but for bitch moral and pa­ triotic consido atioiis, with dse regard for the Republican name and for the American charac­ ter, was unfit to be made. They desire not to evade the i ropar res] onsi .ility of American citizens by declining to vote, and they desire also to make thei* yj»tes afc effect ve as possible for honest, and ptife ,and w se administration. How can suco voters w ho, at this election, canno: consc eutiously support the liej ublican candidate promote the objects whloh they de­ sire to accom- lish more surely than by support­ ing a candidate who represents the qualities, spirit, and purpose which thev all agree in be­ lieving to bs of contio ling importance in this election? No citizen can rightfully avoid the issue or refuse to cast his vote. The ballot is a trust. Every \oter is a trustee for goo l gov­ ernment, bound to answer to his private con­ sc! nee, for his public acts. This conference- there ore, assuming that the Republican ana Independent voters who for any reason cannot sustain the Republican nomination desire to take the course which, under the n cessary conditions and constitutional methods of the Presidential election, will mast read.Iy and surelv secure the result at which they aim, r,,-t 'ctfully recommend to all such citizens to h ... ort the electors who will vote for Grover CI -veland In order most e "ectually to enforce their convh tlon that nothing could more de -ply stain the American name and prove more disastrous to the public welfare than the delibeiate in tiffe ence of the people of the United States to the in rising public corrup­ tion and to the want of official integrity in the highest trlists of Government. Mr. Crrtis, during the reading, was frequently lnteriuptcd by applause, and wuen he had fin­ ished the les stations were adopted without a dissenting voice. Mr. William Everett,of Massachusetts, offered a resolution naming Cleveland and' Hendricks as the nomine s of the conference. Laid on the table, and soon after the conference adjourned on motion of Mr. Lvman, of Massachusetts. After the adjournments the Conference Na­ tional Committee went into session and dls- cu^se l a pian for pe manent organization, but no definite action was taken and the matter was referred to a KU -committee consisting of Mess. s. Deming and Miller, oi New York, and Pearce, of Massachusetts, to reoort plans. It was also dcci led to have an Executive Commit­ tee of ten, who shall have power to increase their number. The reports ' from general committees in the various States were reserve', and it was thought that the most efficient work could be done in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massai-iiuse: t^. and strong efforts will bo made to carry those States whe.e State Commit­ tees can lie organized, as also In Pennsylvania. Tne sentiments expressed show thai the major­ ity of the members are in favor of conducting the campaign in an indei endent manner, with perhaps occasional conferences with the Demo­ crats to avoid possible collision. Pittsburph on Wednesday, the 23d of July, and was called to order by Gideon L Stewart. More than 400 delegates were in t ttendance The call of the convention was read by the Secretary. wi ihJJk Chicago. C L Ross, of ^dl1,Ter d an address of welcome, ton to the "F -wart rcpon ted Hec died atten-ASFEASA »thefawthat the hall in whU-h thev met was of historic interest. Nearly t irtv-two * the anti-e,a\ery patriots assembled in it to organize ie which i there was ery pat riots campaign against the slmo t ruined the re- hn response to the opening address. He held relation enemies or slavery and of liquor, and tha, they had mutually sustained each other. The destruction of liquor, he said, s compromise with the liquc ejected s' cwll? £rVVS?dbrld«e» of Ohio, and DaSê »r̂ ̂ranef SRT&kKn,n M*ryl8nd united, they good man in After the Credentials, the afternoon. The aft rnoon session opened with a felicitous demonstration, the entire convention participat­ ing in the singing of "John Brown," ancl, after prayer, of Crown Him Lord of All." The 8. c- retary reported the following State representa- YICTORIA TO CHESTER* Cable Meimagn Between (lie Kulers Con­ cerning the Oreely Expedition. President Arthur lately received the fol­ lowing cable message from Qneen Victoria: LONDON, July 21. To the Presilcnt of the United States, Wash­ ington, D. C.: The Queen heartily congratulates the President and the people of the United States on the rescue of Lieut. Greely and the gallant survivors of the arctic expedi­ tion. She trusts that favorable reports have been received of the sufferers. V THE QUEEN. ' Windsor Castle. The President replied as follows: To the Qneen of Great Britain and Ireland, Windsor Castle: The President, for himsalf and for the people of the Uni'ed • States, sincerely thanks the Qut eu for her most welcome congratulations upon the rescue of Lieut. Greely and the survivors of his party, and is happy to say that favorable reports are received as to their health. The President hikes this occasion to expiess anew liis high appreciation, nnd that of the people of the ! andsal'"of alcShoUcbe1 United Sta'es, for the timely gift of the tatned by the laws of th Alert, which generous act added spirit and enoourugement to the expedition. CHKSTEK A. ARTHUR, President United States. A PARISIAN dame recently gave a ball to her female lriends, and asked each to bring a iiving animal. All except three brought thpir husiiauds.. BEFORE the construction of modern ma­ chinery for pin jpiaking pins were so expen­ sive that "p.11 money" became a household Word. . •« New Jersey, 18; Maryland, 16; New York, 75; Missouri, lu; Tennessee, 12; Texas, 10; Pennsyl­ vania, 58; Wisconsin, S6; total, 446. Telegrams were received from all parts of the country encouraging the work of the couven- W. C. A. Blanchard, of Illinois, addressed the convention, but in the course of his remarks gave offense to some of the Wisconsin delegates, who succeeded in forcing him to give up the Moor before he had concluded. At the evening session the permanent organi­ zation was announced, with Prof. Samuel Dickey, of Michigan, as President, a great many Vice Presidents, and Mrs. Woodbridure, of Ohio, as Secretary. The selections of the committee were concurred in. the delegates were foroed't convictions to attend this meeting. Thev were not in harmony with those who believed in the taxing or licensing ot liquor. Thev could not let it alone. They believed that it ought to be committe 1 to earnest, independent political action. Its object WHS to found and to build up from its foundation an intelligent body of voters whose political thought would be a complete suppression of the liquor traffic. To that work they were pledged, and by that work they expected to stand. With the power of the General Government in their hands it would be wielded wisely and well, and the na­ tion would be redeemed from the curse or the rum power. A proposition was made to adopt a two-thirds rule for the nomination of candidates. It was discussed aud rejected, and it was decided that it would require only a majority of the votes cast to nominate. The r, 1 of States was called for the nomina­ tion of one member from each, of a oommittee on finance, and two members of the National Executive Committee. Various propositions were submitted and re­ ferred to the Committee on Resolutions. Among them was one to make the basis of representa­ tion at the next Aational 1 rohlbition Conven­ tion two for each Congressional District and four for each State; and another to change the party's name. The convention at 10 o'clock adjourned till 9 tb m. Thursday. Second Day. The convention was called to order at 9:10 a. m. by Chairman Daniel, and the exercises of the day were i .pened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Le 'r, of New York. Mr. Mosher, of Maiyland, said, satirically, that the thanks of the i onvention were due to the General Government for the interest, shown by it in this convention as evidenced by it* sending two high officers (the Commissioner of Pensions and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs) to Pittsburgh to advise the delegates. These gentlemen, it appeared by the morning papers, had gone back to Washington and re­ ported that the convention could not be bribed at any price--that they could not even be hired to go home. At lu:oOa call of the States was ordered for the presentation of candidates for the Presi­ dency. When California was reached Mr. Bab- cock ascended the roscrum and plucsd in nom­ ination Dr. McDonald, of California. The si>eaker described Mr. McDonald as a man who had borne the banner of temnerance in the wine-cursed State of California, and who in return had been maligned because he manufact­ ured a brand of patent medicine. Mr. Babcock was positive that there was no foundation for any of the charges that had been made against Dr. McDonald, aud he assured the convention that there was not a particle of alcoholic stimu­ lant in the bitters. He described his candidate as a man of great generosity, and of conserva­ tive views. In response to the call for Illinois, Mr. George C. Christian advanced to the rostrum and pre­ sented the name of ex-Gov. J. P. St. John, whom he described as a man whose record specially commended him to the consideration of the convention. He was a man who had seen war, who ha:l lived on the bloody plains of the far West. He was the father of actual, practical, constitutional prohibition. He was a man whose whole soul and energies were en­ tirely devoted to the cause. He might not be able to contribute very largely in a material wav, but heoould give to the cause the influence of "moral force and moral heroism which no other man now named or to be named could ever hope to give it. Not only that, but he was a brother-in-law of the President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Miss Frances E. Willard seconded the nomina­ tion of St. John, whom she had known since childhood. St. Jonn's nomination was also seconded by Mr. Minor, ot Massachusetts; Mr. Hanney. of Michigan; Mr. Satterlee, of Minne­ sota; Mrs. Hoffman, of Missouri; Mr. Hopkins, of New York; Mr. Finch, of Nebraska, and many others. Mr. Babcock withdrew McDonald s name, and seconded the nomination of 8t. John. , Mr. Eustis, of Maine, presented the name of Oideon T. Stewart, of t hio, but Mr. Stewart de­ clined. He said that he was in favor of St. John. The Hon. James Black, of Pennsylvania, also refused to be a candidate, and urged his friends to vote St. John. Mr. Chapin, of Wisconsin, seconded the nom­ ination of St. John, and declared that the fight in the coming election would be between St. John and Cleveland. . After some t ilk. without actlnf on the nom­ ination, the convention at 1:30 took a recess till 4:30. .. . When the convention reassembled, a large number of dispatches were read urging the nomination of Gov. St. John, of Kansas, for President. One from New Hampshire read: "Two hundred thousand Methodists are wait­ ing to vote for St. John." Another from the State Prohibition Convention at Indianapolis conveyed greetings. The Chairman said, aft -r the reading of these dispatches, that the pending business was to make the nom­ ination of Mr. St. John unanimous. Prof. Hop­ kins, of New York, submitted an amendment that the roll ot States be called. Many of the delegates urged that tlie nomination be deferred until after the adoption of the platform. The convention refused, however, and tlie call of the roil was ordered. All the delegations voted unan mously for St. John, and wheu the Secre­ tary made the announcement giving the total vote cast as 602, the aud.ence rose to its feet and cheered. These demonstrations were kept up tor several moments and finally broke out into a song ot "Glory Hallelujah," closing by the long meter doxology. Dispatches were read from New York, Boston, Portland, Providence, and other Eastern towns, describing the enthusiasm with which the nom­ ination of Mr St. John bad been received among church-going and temperance people. The committee on resolutions reported the platform, which is as follow: 1 The Prohibition Home Protection party. In national convention assembled, acknowledge Almighty God as the rightful sovereign of all men, and from whom the jui>t powers of gov­ ernment are derived; to whose laws human en­ actments should conform, and that peace, pros­ perity. and happiness only can come to the people when the laws ot the National and State Governments are In accord with tha di­ vine will. , . . 2. That the importation, manufacture, supply, " beverage, crcated and main- the National and State Gov- errimeiT. s. during the entire history ot such laws, is everywhere shown to be the promoting cause of intemperance, with resulting crime and pau­ perism, making large demands upon public and private charity, imposing large and unjust tax­ ation and public burdens tor penal and shelter­ ing institutl ns upon thrift, industry, manu­ factures, and commerce; endangering the pub­ lic peace; cans ni/desecration of the Sabbath; corrupting our pol tics, legislation, and admin­ istration of the laws: »-ho> tening lives, impair­ ing health, and diminishing the productive in- dustry; CAUS'IIU education to foe NEGLECTED and "despised; nullifying the tea bings of the Bible, the church, and the s hool-- the Hfand^rdn and iruides of our fathers and their children in the founding and growth, under God, of our widely extended country, and which, impt riling the perpetuity of our civil and religious liberty, sre baleful fruits, by T WENTY-TWO women working in tt«. which "we know that these laws are alike con- chain f ft 'g wrs one of the sad sfezhts at A£T trary to God's laws and contravene our happl- n,. i..t • noss; and we m11 upon our fellow-citizens to lanta, Ga., last week. S>- ad sailors, their dependent disabled in the service of 'ort policy. Territc national domain, and governments for them es­ tablished, and States from them admitted to the Union, in neither at which has this trade been tor bidden, or the people of these Territo­ ries or St .tes been permitted to prohibit. That there are now over Mo uu> di«tUle:le«, breweries, and retail deal rs in these drinks, holding cer­ tificates and claiming the authority of the Gov­ ernment for th * continu tlon of a business dest ru .tive to the mjral and material welfare of the people, together with the fact that they have turned a deaf car to remonstranoe and for the correct on of the abuse of civil . is conclusive that the Republican party is insensible to, or impotent tor, the redres»of those wrong , and should no longer be Intrusted with the powers or respon­ sibilities of government. That although, that party, in its late national convention* was silent on the liquor question, not BO its can­ didates--Messrs. Blaine and Logan. Withla ' he year past Mr. Maine lias publicly recommended the revenue derived from the liquor traffic- shall be distributed among theStates,and Sena­ tor Logan has by b 11 proposed to devote these- revenues to the support of schools. Thus both, virtually recommend the perpetuation of the traffic, and that the States and its citizens shall become prtners in the liquor crime. The fact- that the Democ ratic party tins in its national de­ liverances of party oolicy arrayed itself on the side of the drh.k-mnkersand sellers bv declaring against the policy of prohibition of such traffic under the false name of "sumptuary laws." and ,p°iWfr , BOIQe °* the States refusing to legislation, and in Congress re.using to ot a board of inquiry to in- rt upon the effects of this- proves that the Democratic party si ouid not be intrusted with power or place. That there can be no greater peril to the nation than the existing competition of the Republican and' Democratic parties for the liquor vote. Ex­ perience showa that any party not openly opposed to the traffic will engage in this com­ petition, will court the favor of the criminal' classes, will barter away tne public morals, the purity of the ballot and every trust and object, of good government, for party success, and: patriots and good citizens should find in this practice sufficient cause for immediate with­ drawal from connection with such party. 4 That while we lavor ref. rms in the adminis­ tration of the Government in the abolition of all. ;ures and useless offices, we favor the elec- by the people of the l'ostoffice officers of t, instead of appointment by the that competition and sobriety are- qualifications for holding a civil office,, and wc oppose the removal of such persons ex­ cept so far as it may be absolutely necessary to­ st cure effectivenefs as the vital issue on which, the Governmt nt is intrusted to a party; that the collection of revenues from al ohol, liquors, and tobacco should be abolished as the vices or men. and not a proper subject lor taxation. 5. That revenue tor customs duties should be- levied for the support oi the Govenimeut, eco­ nomically administered, and when so levied the fostering of American labor, manufactures, and industries should constan iy be held in view. C. That the public lands should be held for homes for the people, and not for gifts to cor­ porations, or to be held in large bodies for spec­ ulation upon the needs of actual settlers. 7. That all money, coin, and paper shall be- macJe, issued, and regulated by the General Gov­ ernment, and shall be legal tender for all debts! public and private. H. That grateful care and support should be given to oursol iters and widows or the country. •9. That we repudiate as un-American, con­ trary to and subversive of the principles of the- Dcclaiation of Independence, from which our Government has grown to lie a Government of 55,000,000 of people, and a recognized power among the nations, that any pe:s >n or people shall or may be excluded from residence or citi­ zenship with all others who may desire the ben­ efits which our institutions confer upon tha* oppressed of all nations. 10. That while these are important reforms^ and demanded for the purity of admin- : istration and the welfare of the people, their importance sinks into insignificance when compared to the reform of the drink traffic, which annually wastes $SOO,00>>,000 ot the we ilth crea ed by toll and thrift and drags down, thousands of families from comfort to poverty; Which fills jails, penitentiaries, insane asylums,., hospitals, and institutions for dependency;, which destroys the health, sai s the industry, and causes loss of life and property to thou­ sands in the land, lowers intellectual and phys*>- ical vigor, dulls the cunning hand ot the artisan, tue chief cause of bankruptcy, Insol­ vency, and loss in trade, and by its corrupting power endangers the perpetuity of free institu­ tions 11. That Congress shonld exercise its undoubt­ ed power and prohibit the manufacture and1 sale of intoxicating beverages in the District ot Columbia, the 'ierritories of the United States,, and in all places over which the Government has exclusive jurisdiction. 12. That hereafter no State shall be admitted, into the Union until its constitution shall ex­ pressly protiibit polygamy and the manufacture- and sale of intoxicating beverages. We earnestly call the attention of the labut'it. and mechanic, the miner and niniiu frtcttirer, " and ask an investigation of the baneful effects upon labor and industry caused by the needless liquor business, which will be found a rohb ;r, which lessens wages and profits--the destroyer of the happiness and familv welfare of the- laboring man; and that labor and legitimate industry demand deliverance from the taxa­ tion and loss which this traffic imposes, and that no legislation can so healthily stimulate- production or increase a demand for capital and labor, or produce s i much ot comfort and con­ tent, as the suppressing of this traffic would, bring to the laboring man, mechanic, or em­ ployer of labor throughout our land. 13. That the activity < r co-operation of the- women of America for the promotion of temperance has, in all the history of the past,, been strength and encouragement which.- we gratefully acknowledge; and the methods, the earnestness, zeal, intelligence, and devo­ tion of the mothers and daughters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union have- been eminently blessed by God. Kansas and Iowa have been given her as "sheaves" of re­ joicing, and the education and arousing of the public mind, and the constitutional amend* ments which now prevail, are largely the fruit of her prayers and labors; and we rejoice to have our Christian women unite with us, sharing in the labor that shall bring abolition of the traffic. She shall join in the grand "Praisj God from. Whom All Blessings Flow," when, by law, our boys and firesides shall be tree from legal drink temptation. 14. That, believing in the civil and political, equality of the sexes, and that the ballot in the hand of woman is right for her proteotion, and would prove a powerful ally for the suppression of the drink saloon, the execution of the law, the promotion of reform in civil offices and the removal ot cor uptlon in public life, we delegate the practical outworking of this reform to the discretion of the Prohiblon party in the several States, according to the condition of publlo sentiment in those States. 15. That gratefully we acknowledge and praise God for the presence of His spirit, guiding coun­ sel, and granting the success which has been vouchsafed iu the progress of temperance re­ form, and looking U» Him for all wisdom and help, we ask the voters of the United States to make the principles of the above declaration a ruling i#rinciple in the government of the na­ tion and of the States. The Rev. Dr. Miner, of Massachusetts, one- of the three members of the Committer on Resolutions, to whom the platform was referred for literary revision, said that the committee- would not be able to report to the convention for action. He moved that the name ot the party be fixed as the Prohibition party. Miss Wi'lard spoke in favor of retaining the name of the Prohibition Home-Protection Partyv The vote resulted in 223 to 156 in favor of Mr. Miner's motion, and the name of the party was ordered to be "The Prohibition Party." The convention then, at 6:30 o'clock, took a recess 11118 o'clock, when, after some discussion regarding the raising of a campaign fund, the roll of htates was called tor nominations for the Vice Presidency. Mrs. Carolina Buell, of Connecticut, presi nied the name of George P. Rogers, of Connecticut, speaking of him as a Christian gentleman and a Christian prohibi­ tionist--the father of that party in Connecticut. Mrs. Minnie Mosher Jackson, of Savannah, Ga.,. presented the name of William Daniel, remark­ ing that as they had John P. St. John to lead them on they should have "a Daniel come to judgment" . , ̂ Mr. Babcock. of California, seconded Daniel s nomination, being assured tbat be would carry Maryland for prohibition. ^ , Alter a rambling discussion of various topict' and a profu-e seconding of the nomination of Daniel, the States were called and he was unan­ imously chosen the candidate tor the Vice Pres­ idency. . Mr. Daniel briefly r turned thanks, and. after- some further unimportant business, the conven­ tion at Midnight adjourned sine die. Indiana 6reenback«rs. [Indianapolis telegi am.] J The Greenback State Central Committee met. j last night, and named Hon. E. 8. Weeks, ot Ad- § ams, as the candidate for Supreme Court Re- 1 porter. The vacancy for Supreme Court Judge-1 was left to be filled in a few days, and the com- I mittee resolved to recognize no one who was not- an out-and-out natlon-d. A resolution was passed indorsing Butler's course at Chicago, and inviting him to Indiana, and it is expected that he will make at least half a dozen speeches in this State during October. - The following Presidential el motors were- ' announced: Presidential electors-at-large, Reuben A. Riley, of Hancock; John S. Bender, of Marshall. First District, John G. Nesbit, -if Vanderburg; Second, M. F. Ireland, of Knox; Ttiird, W. 8. Austin, of Harrison; Fifth, John T. A. Newsom, of Bar h ilomew; Sixth, Rufns H. Davis, of Henry; Seventh. Joshua K. Speer, of | Marion; Eighth, Edmund G. Pottswood, of Ben- | ton; Muth, Rtbert S. Cook, of Clinton; Tenth* R. S. Rogers, of White; Eleventh, John Stude- J baker, of Wells; Twelfth, Joseph Butler, of Steuben; Thirteenth, Harry Harr s, t f Laporte. The Fourth District will be filled at an early date. , i BUFFALO, N. Y., is said to have mora miles of railroad track within her ccupqt&ta i limits than any other American city. ̂ •