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W&mm JUDGE PATSON. • tv - is4 * • V. . by the Chaiftoaa of the Illinois Republican Convention. TH® DEMOCRATIC F"*T > Beviewing Republic* i " A c h i e v e m e n t ^ I V J N s&f,;,:I r:-;- &?*•': IV; IfA: 8? Jfr: if Hon. Louis K. Payson, upon taking the chair as presiding officer of tin Illinois Republican Convention at Springfield, delivered a tolling addr»ss, from which we nuke the following ex­ tract: "I congratulate you. fellow BtpnHIotu, thai for the first time sine* 1861 we fua an enemy who is in possession of the Government We meet in sn open field, and the Democratic party must stand np for inspection. We all remember how they succeeded four years ago --Appealing so the fears of an all too credulous people, by emphatlo and repeated assertions «( 'corruption in office aud the squandering of the public fnnds and gross extravagance and mismanagement of an exoesslve army of of­ ficeholders, and the piling up of an immense surplus, and the necessity for economy, re­ trenchment and reform. They, by this and a aeries of accidents, any one of which not hap­ pening. the result would have been different, succeeded. "We turned the Government over to them, and how different fr >m its condition when we took it from them in 1861! They gave ns con­ tusion ; we gave them order. They gave ci the clouds of war; we gave them the blessings and result of pence. They gave us a bankrupt treasury; we restored the Government to them with one overflowing. They gave us an im­ paired credit; we gave it to them with the best in the world. They gave us an embarrassment as to fundB ; they took it with only anxiety as to its excess. They gave us an experiment as to administrative methods ; we gave them the best civil-service iu the world. Ws took it in disorder and tumult and delivered it up with the whole machinery or tl1 o Government work­ ing like clockwork. Taking it thus, what do they show? What improvements on Repub­ lican methods cr Republican legislation? I serve notice on the Democratic party now and here that silly I abbling about ltepublican in­ efficiency will not work this year. The people want the proof of performance for the luxuri­ ant promises which were made to them four years ago, and the record of the administra­ tion is as barren as the Desert of Sahara. "Until they came in the Presidents messages were bright with hope or joyous as to results, based on belief and confidence iu the country. Mr. Cleveland can only wail over prospects of impending disaster, and to-day only sees the «louds and gloom in the future of the country. That has been the fault of the Democratic par­ ty. It possesses the conservatism which has always been a decaying inactivity. Its funda­ mental ideas of construction have always been imbecility. This administration shows not only an inability to manage affairs, but a total want of governing capacity. The difference be­ tween its Republican predecessors and it is the distinguishing difference between the two par­ ties which have always existed--the difference between progress and inertness, between Sgrowth and decay, between vigor and indolence between activity and stagnation. "It should be our pride to-day, fellow-Repub­ licans. that our party has always been a radi­ cal party; in other words, one of progress and growth, and it has. always had opportunities equal to its distress. It found the country without cash and credit, both needed for its success and continued existence. It was con­ fronted with a situation that demanded daunt­ less courage and infinite capacity, and it demonstrated to the country that it had both. Its life has covered the most momentous period of the country's history, and it made more his­ tory worth recording than had ever been writ­ ten in any period Of tue history of the world for any continuous hundred years. When we took control not only were we without cash or credit, but tho war was upon ns. The Republican party was not content to deal with a single subject; national­ ity Shd proeress were its moving spirits, loyalty and intelligence were yoked together. Military •kill and inventive genius were both kept busy ; saving the Union and promoting the general prosperity were made kindred duties. Military operations and industrial enterprises on equally stupendous scales were carried on, and while one hand throttled the rebellion and crushed treason tho other was stretched out to tho West for empire and we conquered with both. Politi­ cal and economical legislation was initiated, citizenship and its rights were defined, financial theories solved and materialized into law till the system we now have w as matured, adapted as well to peace as war. "The years went on and new questions crowded in upon us only to be grasped and answered. Reconstruction and the great amend­ ments to the ( onstitution which will live and shine so long as civilization has a name; a system of tinance; paper money for the con­ venience of the people and to be as good as coin ; sustaining the national credit in its great strain and paving the national debt. All these qcestions were repeatedly before us and satis­ factorily answered. Later came the question of national education, which remains before us now. And during nil those years, under the immense strain of the Government of the ex­ pense of carrying on these vast operations, the laying of Federal taxes so adjusted as to pro­ tect American labor, diversify American indus­ try, and supply and preserve the home mar­ ket. was arranged so that the hand of the Federal tax-gatherer was never felt by the people. In doing these things we were confi­ dent in spirit, snatching success from the brow of defeat, stimulated by the grandeur of the results obtained. ThuB stood the Republican party. "Where was the Democratic party in these triumphant years? What was it doing while tho Nation was making these grand strides in its progress'! Was it putting its shoulders to the wheel and assisting in the onward march? Not at ail. Rut, acting on their conservatism and cursing the radicals, growling about al­ leged violations of the Constitution, somewhat in doubt during all these years as to whether President Lincoln or Jetf Davis was the most to blame, opposing every amendment which was proposed to the Constitution, they have opposed us always. The test of Democratic fealty for all those years was opposition to Republican policy. The record shows how they stood upon the local questions that were agi­ tating the people. Beginning with the home­ stead law, that great boon which gave free homes to free men, its first passage by Re­ publican influence was vetoed by the last' Democratic President preceding President Cleveland. Upon the question of national citizenship, where its rights were defined and secured by constitutional provisions, the Democratic party was most conspicuous and earnest in its opposition to the constitutional amendment which recognized this principle. Upon the great questions of reconstruction growing out of the favorable solution of the war. every proposition which came from the Republican party, and which lias been sus­ tained by the people of this country, was earnestly opposed and resisted by them. All necessary legislation, the enforcement of these constitutional provisions, and which they now accept and approve, met with their sturdy opposition. The logality of the paper currency of the Union was always earnestly deniod by them. There was no time, until after resumption became a fixed fact, and all the blessings to the coun­ try resulting from its accomplisment were made apparent, that the united Demo­ cratic party was not opposed to the system, and we all remember when resumption was pro­ posed the bitterness with which it was resist­ ed, both in and out of Congress, Substantially every Democratic member of Congress voted in favor of a resolution as against resumption of specie payments. Every Democratic orator in this country predicted the absolute failure of the attempted measure. Upon the question ot the decrease of the national debt and the es­ tablishment firmly of the credit of the Nation upon the principles of the extension of internal improvement oy aid from the Federal Treasury, and the great question of national education supported by Federal aid, upon the ques­ tion of international arbitration, and every question connected with the obligations of the country to the Union soldiers they have been conspicuous opponents of the Republican par­ ty. But the people in all these questions have stood by us and approved our position. All the propositions connected with the great ques­ tions have entered into and become part of the legislation of the country, and we look back with satisfaction overothe entire field, and see that which they opposed during all these years they now earnestly indorse, and the strongest claim for popular support which is made by the present administration is the fact that it is fairly administering Republican legislation. "Suppose they had succeeded in all these years. Suppose the Republican party had al­ ways been in the minority, I ask you, fellow citizens, what would have been the condition of the country to-day? I need not go over the details of Democratic ideas daring all these years, but the statement of the question sug­ gests the answer which maybe made to it. Then, as now, the Republican party repre­ sented liberty, freedom, progress, faith in the nation, and a striving always after some­ thing higher and better; and the Demo­ cratic party, now as then, is the incarnation of inactivity and incapacity. What haa it ever done? What has it ever proposed affirma­ tively in the interest of human liberty and hu­ man progress V Nothing--absolutely nothing. Its course has been one of opposition only. In this generation it bas never won a battle on principle, and its record is to be found, not in the bright pages of legislation for the public good, but in the inscriptions and epitaphs in the political cemeteries, where its propositions have been uniformly Duried by the considerate judg­ ment of the American people, while the great acts of lepis!atioa and the per.'ormances of the Republican party are but the milestones in the triumphal march of the progress of the nation. "I venture to express the hope that in the present campaign and upon the present ques­ tion tho Repnblican party will speak through its representatives with no uncertain sounds. Primarily, the question of the right of every citizen of the United States to cast his vote freely, and have the same fairly and honestly counted, occupies a paramount position. I do not refer in this expression to those localities, isolated and scattered here and there over the North, where Democratic majorities recently have been reduced on account of violations of the election law by a tbange of midaBM of the voter from this wart to the penitentiary, baft I rate to rsmote section pMnom«foB»tfao Of tha uli KmakT aad where tha amount of ItomajerttjrU de- •ermlaed always by the indgea of electlao. •Jf. ""IT need to look at the present example Jltta elections in the State of ^Louisiana to snow tha mission of the Republican party on that question la not yet ended. Whan the oA- °'al returns from prominent parishes show, notwithstanding the formal aanowneement was made by state authorities that a fair elec­ tion should be held, that there haa been a greater plurality for Democratic candidates than the entire population of tha nreeinet, men, women, and children, It Is time to aak |r"fth«r or not there la still a neceaaity at further agitation of this great question. On the question of national education, be­ lieving, as we have always professed, that the •«etv and security and the progress of tha na­ tion depend on a wide diffusion ot general in­ telligence, and believing that every child in tha nation Is entitled to the benefits ot a free- sohool education, and with a Treasury over­ flowing with the surplus coming from a wealthy nation like this, we believe, and should assert with no uncertain sound, that where from pov­ erty of the neighborhood and the illiteracy of the people there is a necessity for aid in this direetion. that aid should be given with the liberality which haa always charac­ terized Republican management in affairs of progress." ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Text of the Resolutions Adopted by the State Convention -- Judge Uresham Heartily Indorsed, and the Deuiocratle Party Scorching^? Arraigned. The Republican party of the State of Illinois deems it unnecessary on tho eve of a National Convention to make an extended declaration ot Srinciples further than to reaffirm those laid owu in the Federal platform of 1881, and to ex­ press the conviction that the public interests would be greatly promoted by a change of ad­ ministration. 'i he Democratic party has be­ come merely an organization for official spolia­ tion ; it has unbl'.ishiugly violated all its re­ formatory promises; it is not entitled to the confidents of the people. Its President sol­ emnly promised to carry out civil-service re­ form, but, with the full approval of his party, he has converted that reform into a shallow pretense. He committed himself to the princi­ ple of civil-service reform, but is now actually actually using the Federal patronage to secure a re-election. His partisan confederates proclaim devotion to equal suffrage rignts, but have trampled those rights under foot in tho South. The Dem- cratic party professes attachment to State sovereignty and home rule, but ruthlessly de­ nies them both to the GOO.OUQ American citizens of Dakota, fearing that the votes of the people may be cast for the Republican candidate at the coming Presidential election. It professes love for the Union Boldiers and sailors, but its continued policy has been to refuse relief to the suffering defenders of the Nation and their da- pendents. It rules the National House ot Representa­ tives, which alone can originate changes of tax and revenue bills, but it has done nothing in its last six years of control of that body to re­ duce the surplus accumulation of money in the. Treasury or to relieve the people from unneces-j ssry taxation. Its proposed tariff legislation isl a subterfuge and an attempt to destroy thei American policy of protection of American in-1 dustry and labor in the interests of foreign countries, which, if succestful, must nccessar-j ily bring disaster upon the business of this country and tend to reduce tho Araerioan rata of wages to the European standard. It has provided no seaboard defense against foreign invasion. Its administration of foreign affairs has beon weak to the verge of humilia­ tion. Our nation is now represented abroad by men who either sought its dismemberment, or openly sympathized with ita foes. The postal service, affecting every interest, has become a disgrace to the country. Par­ tisan spoilsmen, in violation of civil-service' reform, have displaced trained, competent,, and faithful officers, many of them ex-Union] soldiers. Every function of government isi mado subordinate to partisan onds. There is! a lamentable want of honesty of purpose and' efficiency of administration. A needed change of administration can be accomplished by se­ lecting a candidate whose courage, character, and record command universal confidence, ana will concentrate and unite the enthusiastic support of the whole Republican party. We must have an aggressive, not a defensive campaign. For a leader in such a campaign we turn with one accord to Walter Q. Gresham. In the opinion of this convention be is the best and mo t available candidate to lead tha Re­ publican party to victory in the coming Presi­ dential campaign, l'.v his brave and patriotic services in the war for the preservation of the Uni n end tho abolition of slaverv, Walter Q. Gresham has won a warm place in the hearts of tho volunteer soldiers and of tho emanci­ pated race. By h;s important labors in the great Cabinet positions he hss demonstrated high qualities as a statesman. By his unswerving rectitude on - the bench in holding tne scales of justice on even poise, irrespective . of the strength or weak­ ness or wealth or poverty of suitors, he has gained the confidence of the people, who1 recognize in him a just and fearless Judge, and in his whole life from his humble beginning to his present high position as Circuit Judge of the great States of Indiana, Illinois, and Wis­ consin tho people have seen in him traits of character resembling those of the immortal Lincoln. We feel confident that bis nomina­ tion for President by the National Convention will restore the administration to the keoping of the Republican party and give the nation a President worthy of its origin and history, its traditions and aspirations. We, therefore, re­ quest the delegates from this State to the National Convention to use all honorable means to secure his nomination. Wo assert that one oi the chief purposes of the Republican party has always been the fur­ therance of the true interests "of the laboring classes, and in pursuance of that policy we favor further legislation to that end. And that in view of the industrial prosperity of the State, and in order that that portion of the citi­ zenship of the Stato which is under employ­ ment--such as miners, mechanics, aud em­ ployes of all kinds--may more fully share in that prosperity, we favor legislation looking to the prompt payment of all wages in lawful money. We heartily indorse the nominations this day and pledge them oar hearty support. THE BOURBON ISM OF IOWA. ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS. In State Convention at Springfield They nominate Joseph W. Filer for Governor. Walter Q. Graham Ui iedljr Indorsed for the Presidency. Hon. J. P. Dolllver's Scorching; Reply to an Kastern Mugwump, At tha recent convention of Iowa Republican clubs, at Des Moines, Hon. J. P. Dolliver deliv­ ered one of his characteristic speeches brill­ iantly pointed with wit, sarcasm, aha gems of political wisdom. His principal topic was sug­ gested by an editorial in the New \ork Evening Past, denouncing what that paper described as "Ihe Bourbonism of Iowa." Replying to this taunting accusation, Mr. Dolliver said: "The men aud women who laid the founda­ tion of society in this State made the school house the silent partner of every man's busi­ ness, so that with our material advancement the crime of ignorance nas practically disap-- peared, while the cause of popular education has become tho favorite beneiiciary of the com­ mon prosperity. What, then, is the Bourbon­ ism of lowaV I will undertake to answer thati question. The Bourbonism of Iowa consists of' tho unbroken fidelity with which tho people have kept the Republican faith. We have had to wrestle with tho Democratic party in a very monotonous way. Kvery time v. e have thrown them down they have jumped tip with the claim | that we could not do it again. But we have done it again and again for thirty-two consccutive years. The Democratic party of Iowa has! spent so much of its time on the damp ground: that it has become crippled and rheumatic to a degree that would L>e laughable were it not pitiable. As a State we have not been un- , friendly to the political reforms suggested byj experience and required by the changing con-; ditions of the industrial world, but our experi-> euce with fruit trees that would not blossomj and lightning ro is that would not hold light-: ning has enabled our people to receive without' emotion the annual sealed proposal of the1 Democratic managers to. reform the govern-' ment. We have kept clear of Democratic promises, even when they were indorsed by thai Eveniivj Post and written, 'We, or either of us, promise to purify the politics cf the country.' For we have no privileged caste sitting above' the noise of conventions and voting its dele-! gates into the upper air for private tuition in matters of conscience and public duty, so ths«» for tnirty-two years no Republicans, except a few incurable sore-heads, have been found- ready to revile the chosen leadership of the Republican party. I tell you, brethren, it is a grand record for a State of this size never to have produced a I mugwump. That peculiar svndicate of headache nnd gall could not live for a moment in the atmosphere of generosity and fair play. But the chief feature of Iowa's offense against the mercantile spirit of these times is tha solemn sense of duty with which our people have cherished the conviction that the work of the Union army ou^ht not to be left to perish, nor the old age of its surviving veteraus be abandoued to poverty and neglect. The complaint of the Evenin / Post, reduced to plain terms, is that the people of Iowa continue to mix with their politics the authentio history of the United States. For some reason there is left among us a measure of that miehty inspiration that went with the enlisting regiments of Iowa in the defense of the Republic. It is useless to disguise the fact, that spirit still lives though the scattered population of 1801 has grown to 2.000,000 people, and the 80,000 sol­ diers of Iowa have been scattered by tima and chance and death. It lives in the humble homes of our people where thousands of care­ worn men aud women still relate with broken and trenfbling speech tbe story of the national a miction. It lives, let us thank God, in the hearts of the new generation in Iowa, the chil­ dren of the civil war. They may be trusted to guard tho grand traditions of American hero­ ism, the grave of every Iowa patriot, whether in some quiet churchyard, within reach of the ofierines of love or near some distant heroic field, where the malice of the battle took with the lives of heroic men even the poor memo­ rial of their names. Kvery one of them is a witness to the young men of Iowa of the infi­ nite outpouring of blood and treasure by which the national life has been redeemed. The alarm of these times is the bloodless un­ concern with which the now grand aristocracy of greed and avarice has dismissed the claim of those who gave all they had, evan their blood and their tears, to ttp * IB-*"""1 defense." Tha Illinois Republican State eon •ambled at Springfield on Wednesday, the 8d Inst., and organized by the election of Con­ gressman Louis E. Pay son at Chairman, and Daniel Shepard, George C. Rankin, Graeme Stewart, Q. w. Harper, and George I. Stewart' as Secretaries. The following resolution from R. A. Albert of St. Clair County, indorsing Gresham for the Presidency, was received with roaring cheers and a tossing of hats: Sesolved, That we declare our preference for Judge Gresham as a candidate "for President and reoommend onr delegates to.the Republi­ can National Convention to give him a hearty and faithful support, A. H. Reed, of Clay County, presented tha following: lteaolv*<t. That tne Republican party of Illinois recognises the just, honorable, and light public career of Shelby M. Cullom; that it approval his course as a Senator of the United States; and that it haa full faith in his wisdom, patri­ otism, and integrity. These resolutions disposed of, the convention proceeded with the nominations. For Governor^ •rtivate Joseph W. Filer, Gen. John McNulta, Col. Clark K Carr, Maj. James A. Connolly, Gen. John I. Rinaker, Gen. John C. Smith, and Mr. Francis M. Wright were placed in nomina­ tion. The first ballot resulted: Fifer, 288; Mc­ Nulta, 136; Carr, 115; Connolly, 100; Rinaker, 98; Smith, 58; Wright. 48 ; Ogleaby, 4. Second ballot: Fifer, 249 ; McNulta, 113; Carr, 110; Connolly, 96; Rinaker, 77; Smith, 45; Wright, 33; Ogiesby, 4. Third ballot: Fifer, 398; McNulta, 144; Carr, 97; Connolly, 89; Rinaker, 6i ; Smith, 3(5; Wright, 21. On the fourth ballot Fifer was nominated. The ballot resulted: Fifer, 006; McNulta, 111; Connolly, 58; Rinaker, :*2; Smith, 17 ; W right, 14; Carr,!». For Lieutenant Governor the names of W. H. Collins of Morgan County, Robert II. Sturgis of Fayette, Lyman B. Kay of Grundy, and James 8. Cochrane of Stevenson, were presented. Ray was nominated on the second ballot. For Secretary of State. W. F. Calhoun of Clinton, 1. N. Pearson of MoDonough, J. N. Beece of Sangamon, Thomas C. MucMillan of Cook, and G. H. Harlow of Sangamon were named. Pearson secured tha persimmon on the fifth ballot. For Auditor ten Richmond^ were entered, namely: E. C. Lewis, of La Salle; C. R. Swigert (the present incumbent), of Kankakee ; Harrison Blaok, of Clark; A. W. Berggren, of Knox; Jonathan N. Hyde, of Lee ; Frank Hitch­ cock, of Peoria; C. W. Pavey and John Yost, of Gallatin ; H. F. Reuter, of Washington; Dan Hoaan, of Pulaski. Pavey cap:ured the nom­ ination on the fourth ballot. For State Treasurer and Attorney General Charles Becker, of ht. Clair Countv, and George Hunt, of Edgar County, were respectively nom­ inated by acclamation. Judge O. A. Harkor, of Jackson County; t. A. Ballard, of Sangamon; Alexander McLean, of McDonough; and F. M. McKay, of Cook, were nominated for Trustees of tho State University. The committee to select delegates-at-large to the National Convention proposed ihe follow­ ing, and they were unanimously elected : Col. George R. Davis and henator Charles B. Farwell of Cook County, Horace S. Clark of Coles, and W. F. Had ley of Macoupin; alter­ nates, John H. Lott of Kendall County, H. D. Judson and Peyton Robert of Warren, and L. S. Wiloox of Champaigu. The report presented this list of electors, which was ratified bv unanimous vote: At Large--William H. Robinson and J. M. Frute. Dist. Electors. Dist Electors. 1 . John Crocar 11 Robert O. Moore 2. .Michael C. Kearney 12.. T. Worthing ton, Jr. 3 John R. Wheeler 13 D. t. Smith 4. O. W. Potter 114 5 Harvey A. Jonos|15 W. R. Jewell 6.Dunoan D.Makay,Jr. 16. .Ethelbert Callahan 7 James Dinsmore l7 J. A. McTaggart 8 Isaac C. Norton 18 Emery R. Slate 9... J. A. Hanna|l9 Allen Blakeley 10 R. A. Bancroft s Henry C. Homer Tha new.State Committee is as follows: Dist. Com Dist. Com. 1 Pliny B. Smith 12... J. A. Coates 2....Hairy Westerrteld 13 Samuel Bivorast 8 .....B. A. Echartil4 E. D. Blinn 4 S. B. Raymond 15 James H. Clark 3.... Walter S. Fras.er 16 Ed Rvan 5 A. M. Jones 17 H. M. Minor 7... Charles Bent IB. .Thomas B. Needles 8 C. C. Duffy 19 James S. Mastin 9 E. A. Wilcox 20 P. T. Chapman 11......H. F. McAllisters The convention adopted the following: "htsolved, That it is the sense of the Repub­ licans of the State of Illinois assembled in con­ vention that iu the de ith of John A. Logan the Ftate has lost one of its most eminent citizens, distinguished soldiers, purest patriots, and the nation one of its ablest statesmen. "Resolvrd, That the sympathies of this con­ vention be tendered to Mrs. Logan in her sad bereavement." The platform reaffirms the principles laid down in the national platform of 18S4; de­ nounces the Democratic party for its "failure to reduce the surplus in the Treasury or to relieve the people of unnecessary taxation ;" declares in favor of an aggressive, not a defensive cam­ paign, and for a leader in such a campaign we turn with one accord to Waiter <j. Gresham." CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS. The State Convention Elects Delegate#and Demands TarlJI' Reform. The Connecticut Democratic State Conven­ tion met at Hartford, and organized by electtaz Col. Charles M. Joalyn, of Hartford, permanent Chairman. Col Joslvn made a speech in which he eulogized President Cleveland, after which the following delegates to tho National Conven­ tion were chosen aud given power to apix>int their own alternates : At Large--Alfred K. Burr of Hartford, James T, Piggott of New Haven, Charles M. Allen of Putnam, and William H. Barnuin. The district delegates are : 1. Congressman R. J. Vance, of New Britain, and George L. Phillips, of Coventry. 2. Charles A. Tomilnson, of Milford, and Clinton B. Davis, of Haddam. a S. o. Bowen, of East Ford, and Alexander C. Robertson, of Moutville. 4. Milo P. Richardson, of Salisbury, and Henry A. Bishop, of Bridgeport. The platform demands a readjustment of the tariff laws : calls on Congress to revise tha in­ ternal-revenue laws in regard to tobacco; in­ dorses Cleveland's administration; and in­ structs the delegates to vote and work for bis renomination. With three cheers for Cleve­ land, tha convention adjourned. KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS. Delegates to Chicago Elected by tha Stato Convention The Kentucky Republican state Convention organized at Louisville with Gen. W. J. Land- rum of Lancaster as permanent chairman. W. O. Bradley and George lJenny of Lexington were chosen delegates-at-large. The district dflegntes chosen follow: 1. W. J. Debo of Marion and M. S. Allison of Mayfield. 2. George W. Jolly of Owensboro and E. W Glass of Hopkinsvile ; alternates, T. W. Gard­ ner of Hopkinsville and A. H. Cabell of Hen­ derson. 3. Judge Taylor of Morganton and E. M. Far- dice. 4. Charles Pendleton of Hartford and Judge Thompson of Springfield. 5. A/E. Wilson and W. B. Hampton of Louis­ ville; alternates, Burton Vance and Henry Johnson of Louisville. 6. John M. Wilson of Williamstown end John P. Ernest of Covington; alternates, Paris E. Morgan of Pendleton and D. B. Wallace of Warsaw. 7. William Caseins Goodloe of Chalanaa DAKOTA DEMOCRATS, A Split in tho State Committee Results la Two Conventions, The Dakota Territoria1 Democratic Commit­ tee convened at Watertown, and, the support­ ers of Governor Church being in the majority, it passed a resolution that the chairmen of the different delegations submit their credentials to the committee. The Day members of the committee denounced this as an outrage. Chairman Band's growing particularly indig­ nant, he claimed the right to pass upon the credentials of delegates himself. It was de­ cided to hold the Territorial Democratic Con­ vention at Jamestown July 11. The result of this action was two conventions were held. The Day Convention chose as dele­ gates to St Louis Judge Bangs and T. J.Walsh, while the Church party named as delegates Col. Steele and Col. Maguire. Both bodies in­ dorsed Cleveland's administration, and de­ clared for tariff reform. IDAHO REPUBLICANS. Delegates Named and Delegate Dubois Indorsed. The Idaho Republican convention mot at Boise Citv. Col. Charles A. Wood presided. The Hon. \V. B. Heyburn, a prominent lawyer of Cceur d'Alene, and George A. Black, a mining men of Hailey County, were elected delegates to the Chicago convention, with Willis Sweet and Joseph Pinkham as alternates. Delegate Du­ bois' action in Congress was strongly indorsed. Col. George L. Sboup was named for member of the National Committse. The delegates were not instructed. The platform opposes the division of the Ter­ ritory and denounces "the efforts of Senator Stewart to eiim uate Idaho from the map of the United States"; opposes the placing ot lead on the free list; favors the Mormon test oath and opposes Chinese immigration. PENNSYLVANIA PROHIBITIONISTS^ rhey Declare for Protection and the Re­ peal or Internal Taxes. The Pennsylvania Prohibition State Conven­ tion mat at Hanrisbung with about four hun- The Bay. John A, MoOoanoll a snare ; demands the repeal of internal-re venue tax on liquor and tobacco; favors tha election of President, vice President, and United States Senators by direct vote of the people; advo­ cates the settlement of national differences by national arbitration, and the settlement of differences between eapltal and labor by courts provided f«r snob: purposes; demands such correction of the tariff laws as will give full protection to the manufacturers and producing laborer against the competition of the world - asks such change in the Immigration laws as will prevent the introduction of convicts paupers, and those physically disabled, and the enforcement ot laws prohibiting the im­ portation of contract laborers, and declares for woman suffrage. Delegatea to the National Prohibition «v«.- ventlon were elected. IOWA DEMOCRATS*/ They Choose Delegates, Indorse President Cleveland, an# Oppose Prohibition. CH008IN& DELEGATES. Men Who Will Have the Naming of the Presidential Can- didatesr-^"7^ The State Convention at Des Moines --A Draft of the Platform ̂ Adopted. :Y: ̂ Col. Charles A. Clark presided over the Iowa Democratic Convention, which met at Des Moines on the -'d inst. The Committee on Res­ olutions reported as follows: 1. The Democrats of Iowa in convention as- i sembled indorse the administration ot Preai- ' dent Cleveland ana commend his onfoiceij/eht I ot all laws and his manly and courageousIdec^! laration for a reduction of useless war ta*~oa, : and his clean, honest, and economical adntin- 1 istrution of puolic affairs and tha liberkl, ' prompt aud generous payment of all deserviSL1 pensions on meritorious claims, 2. We are opposed to the exercise of the tak­ ing power for any but public purposes, and ! fully and unqualifiedly declare President ! Cleveland's message ns the views of the Iowa Democracy on the tariff question. In the in­ terest of American homes we demand free coatsand blankets. In the interest of temper­ ance and morality we oppose free whisky and tobacco. 3. In appointments to all offices the duties of which may reflect the policies of the adminis­ tration, persona should be selected whose prin­ ciples harmonize with the party having the re­ sponsibilities of such administration. But sub­ ordinates should be selected nnd retained tor their efficiency. Levying assessments upon officeholders for partisan purposes cannot be too strongly condemned, and we commend in the fullest extent every effort which President Cleveland has made in the direction of the re­ form and elevation of the civil servioe. 4. We again declare our opposition to all pro­ hibitory liquor laws iu State or nation. On the last plank there was a division of sen- ' timent, and a minority report wus presented j which opposed the introduction of State issues ! into a convention called to select delegates to a national gathering. A warm and bitter de­ bate followed, aud resulted in the adoption of the plank and the sustaining of the majority report by a vote of 38H to 170. For delegates-at-largo to the St Louis con­ vention the following were chosen: F, W. Leh­ man, Des Moines; J. C, KeUey, Sioux City; P. M. Ballingall, Ottumwa, and W. H. M. Pusey, Council Bluffs. For district delegates: First District--W. W. Baldwin, J. 1). Hamilton; Sec­ ond District--Moses Bloom, Thomas Lambert; Third District--Cato Sells, J, H. Scoleg ; Fourth District--G. T. Bellamy, L. L. Ainsworth; Fifth District--C. A. Clark, J. E. Henriques; Sixth District--S. S. Caruthers, L. J. Anderson; Seventh District--W. H. McHenry, A. E. Morri­ son; Eichth District--W. E. Sproat, F. a Whit- more ; Ninth District--J. S. Tarn, D. M. Wyland; Tenth District--J. J. Wilson, A. D. Keith; Eleventh District--F. D. HiRgs, W. A. Willis. A full set of alternates was selected. Some tableau effects were given prior to the regular proceedings, ill which the portraits of Washington. Jackson, Jefferson, Tilden, Han­ cock and Cleveland were successively dis­ played, the band playing an appropriate air as each portrait was uncovered. The convention fairly went wild when Cleveland's portrait ap- neared, aud then cheers were given for the first lady of the land. Other than the spoeches of the temporary and permanent Chairmen there were no oratorical efforts. The business of the convention was quickly dispatched and the meeting adjourned in the best of spirits. NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS. The State Convention at Omalifc Elects Delegates to St. Louts. The Nebraska Democratic State Convention assembled at Omaha, aud R. A. Buttery was elected permanent Chairman. He made a brief speech in which he supported free trade, and said that Nebraska would send a solid Cleve­ land delegation to St. Louis. After a stormy struggle between the opposing friends of James E. Boyd and the Hon. J. Ster­ ling Morton the loilowing delegates-at-large were chosen to atteud the St. Louis convention: Janus K. Boyd, Sterling Morton, James K. : North and Tobias Castor. | The following district delegates were elected: . J. C. Crawford, J. E. Sherwin, J.J. McAllister, • J. J. Meals. | The delegates were instructed to vote as a unit for President Cleveland's renomination. i The platform urges legislation against trusts, sncjl the forfeiture of unearned laud grants; sympathizes with the oppressed of Ireland aud other countries ; recommends liborol pensions for Union veterans, and reprehends the ing alive the hatreds of the civil war. 'to*' % ' 1 Indiana Bepnblio&n and Hew Jersey Democratic Conventions--Other Political Hem. . of the Kavy Richard tP. fBOBu- •°n was chosen to preside over the Indiana Re­ publican Convention, at Indianapolis. Al­ though Gen. Harrison was indorsed as the "favorite son" of Indiana, the mention of Gresham's name excited wild enthusiasm, •after the Chairman had made a half-hour speech the following resolutions were presented and adopted : "l- Republicans of Indiana, assembled in • j Convention, present to the favorable con­ sideration of tha Republicans of the United states and of the National Convention to be held in the city of Chicago on the 19th of June the name of General Benjamin Harrison as their choice for candidate for President of the United States. A Hepublioan without equivocation, always in the fore-front of every contest, devoted to the principles of the party with which he has been identified since its organisation, prominent and zealous in all its campaigns, wise and trusted in its councils, serving with honorable distinc­ tion in tho military and civil service of the Government, bis great abilities, long and dis- tingtiisbei public life, and the force of his nigh character and unblemished reputation com­ bine to make him one of the best-equipped and most available men that could be cliosen to lead the party in the coming contest; therefore tho deJepates-at-large this day elected are in­ structed to vote and to work eernestly and per­ sistently. together with the district delegates already chosen, to secure his nomination, ex­ hausting every honorable moans to accomplish that result. * lhat the Republicans of Indiana, in con­ vention assembled, send greeting to Senator J. IbkaIIh of K&nsfta for his> BcaUting expose of the tieasonabte record of Daniel W. Voorhees, a man who at the outbreak of the rebellion was in close accord aud correspondence with the Southern conspirators ; a man who, together with other Democratic time-serving ploiticians, declared the wnr to be the failure he endeavored 10 make it; a man who, as a member of Con­ fess, sought to embarrass the Government in its legislation ; a man who discouraged enlist­ ments in the I nion army by loading the volun­ teer Union soldier with opprobrious epithets; a man who bartered for arms to be used in a revolutionary uprising of secret treasonable societies, organized for the purpose of wresting Indiana from the Union, even at the expense of a bloodv domestic war -in tine, a man who, while acting the wart in war of the enemy of the Inion Bohtier, now in peace, relying upon the oblivion of years, poses »s his friend and through fulsome flattery seeks bis suffrage " The convention then proceeded to thj e'lec- tiou of delegates. Albert G. l orter was unaxU* mously selected by acclamation and accepted tho honor in a brief speech. Col. H. W, Thomp- son, W. P. Calkins, Clem Studebaker, J. N. Huston, (ten. J. M. Shackieford, and Gen. Lew « allace were nominated. Calkins and Thomp­ son withdrew, but the c.invention would not al­ low Col. Thompson to withdraw, and he was elected by acclamation. The ballot then pro­ ceeded, and resulted in the election of Huston and Studebaker. ;I£,bn of White County, M. M Hnrlev of iloyd, H, G. Thayer of Marshall, tind Stan- i'eelle of Marion were ohoaeu alternate*. By common consent the delegation will go for Harrison first, but will be ready to go to Gresham whenever it ia evident that the out­ side favors him. NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATS. Delegates to St. Louis Choaen and a Plat* form Adopted. The Democratic state Convention met at Trenton and elected these delegates to the Na­ tional Convention: At Large-- Gov. Green, cx-Gov. Abbett, Moaes OTHER POLITICAL XEWS. Iowa Republican Clubs. The State Convention of Republican Club* of Iowa met at Des Moinos on the 2d Inst., with a large attendance The Hon. Frank D. Jackson was made temporary Chairman and John N. Irwin of Keokuk was made permanent Chair­ man. A State organization was effected with these officers: President, Frank D. Jackson, Secretary of State: Vice Presidents, Charles M. Harly of Council Bluits, Johu N. Irwiu of Keo- ; kuk, and K. P. Seeds of Manchester; Secretary, Charles M. Junkin of Fairfield; Treasurer, Robert Fullerton of Des Moines Enthusiastic Allison speeches were made by Frank D. Jack­ son, J. P- Dolliver of Fort Dodge, E. R. Wall- 1 cott of Denver, CoL, and W. P. Hepburn of Clarinda. A platform indorsing Allison waa adopted. - Nebraska Union Labor Party. The Nebraska Union Labor party State Con­ vention assembled at Lincoln and elected the following delegates to the national convention of tlmt party at Cincinnati : J. Burrows, Pres- j ident of the State Farmers' Alliance; J. D. j Chamberlain, Chairman of the State Commit- j tee; Allan Root, H. H. Wood, N. D. Hubbard, { H. F. Miller, D. B Ballister. and A. C. White- ; field. A resolution was adopted indorsing the ! platform of the Union Labor party adopted a year ago. Jesse Harper of Illinois was present and addressed the convention. •SIS Union Labor Party of Kaasas. The Kansas Union Labor party held its State convention at Topeka. and elected eight dele­ gates to the National Convention at Ciucinnati on May 15. They were instructed to oppose the nomination of a Presidential candidate by their party, A meeting of the State Central Committee was called early in June for the purpose of devising ways aud means to propa­ gate single land-tax Ideas, in view of the pres­ ent agitation on the subject of taxation in Kansas. California Republican Delegates. The full list of California delegates to the Chicaeo convention, aa selected by the Repub­ lican State Convention is as follows: At large- John F, Swift, M. M. Estee, Creed Haytnond, aud Henry T. Gage ; iirst Congressional Dis­ trict--H. W. Byington and J. F. Ellison; Second District, A. W. Simpson and D. E. Knight; Third District. Eli Dennison and R. D. bob­ bins; Fourth Distiict, C. F. Crocker and T. W. H. Dimond; Fifth District, M. H. l>e Young and W. C. Frank; Sixth District, Davis Kll- bourn and H. Z. Osborne. The delegation is unpledged. Hoosler Republicans, Nearly a thousand leading Indiana Republi­ cans were present at a conference of Lincon League delegates, at Indianapolis, to perfect plans for the coming campaign. A resolution was adopted thankiug Senator Ingalls of Kansas for his speech in the Senate denunciatory of Senator Voorhees. The following officers were elected : President, William T. Ivyler, Indian­ apolis; Secretary, William H. Smith, Indian­ apolis ; Treasurer, N. S. Byron, Indianapolis; member of National Executive Committee, J. N. Huston; Vice President of National League, A. A. Jones. Utah Republicans. At the Utah Republican Tenitorial Conven­ tion held in Ogden C. S. Varian of Salt Lake and John J. Daly of Park City were elected delegates to the National Convention at Chioago. No in­ structions were given. Tom Reed Renominated. The Maine Republican First District Conven­ tion met at Portland. Thomas B. Reed waare> nominated for Congress by acclamation. Echoes of the Campaign. JOSEPH W. FIFER, the Republican nominee for Governor of Illinois, is a native of Vir­ ginia IT is considered certain that an anti-Cleve­ land delegation would have been sent from New Jersey if there had been any show lor Governor Hill. COLONEL SHKPARP, editor of the New York Mail and Express, and Vonderbilt's son-in-law, has, according to the New Haven Register, Bur- chardized the Depew Presidential boom while intending to give it new life. A KXPOBTEB of the New York Press notleed when Governor Hill visited the base-ball grounds the other day during the progress of a game that an attempt to apajlan(j faimi su&iFlth adkmallyfataliitjim ; Bigelow and Senator Baker. These district delegates wore chosen; L George Pfeiffer and John Summerill. 2. Garrett D. W. Yroom and Isaac H. Adams. 3. Millard F, HOSB and Thos. N. Met'ormack 4. Nelson Pidcoi k and Johnson Cornisb. 6. William B. Gourley and Samuel B. Taylor. 6. William Harrigan and George A. Hartford. 7. E. F. C. Young and 1'eter liauck. The platform adopted reaffirms the principles laid down by the last Democratic National Convention, stands by the tariff plank of that platform, and recognizes the wisdom of the recommendation of President Cleveland. It demands such legislation ns will check the growing evil of combined corporate power, «nd that it shall make it unlawful to maintain an armed band or a drilled and uniformed army in private handa for hire as a menace to *>"» people. RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICANS. Deleratoa-at-Large and District Delegates Nominated. The Rhode Island Hepublioan State Conven­ tion assembled at Providence and chose the Hon. Herbert S. Franklin of Newport perma­ nent Chairman. These delegates-at-large to the national convention were elected : Fred I. Marcy ot l'ro\ idence, W. R. Walker of Pawtucket, Richard Thornloy of East Green­ wich, and George T. Cranston of North Kings­ ton. These district delegates were named: 1. Melvin Bull, of Middletown, and Benjamin M. Bosworth, of Warren. '2. Albert L. Sayles, of Burrilville, and H. L. Ballou, of Woousockot. The platform adopted declares for liberal pensions, a froo ballot and fair count, and pro­ tection. It reprets the withdrawal of Blaine, and pledges the party to support the nominees of the Chicago convention. UNION LABOR PARTY. The West Virginia State Convention Nom­ ina ton a Ticket. The Union Labor party of West Virginia held its State convention at Charleston, and nom­ inated the following State ticket: For Governor--H. H. Pierson of Wood County. For Auditor--J. H. Burt of Ohio County. For Superintendent of Schools--O. D. Hill of Kanawha County. For State Treasurer--& P. Harvey of Green­ brier County. For Attorney General--D. D. T. Falnaworth Of Urehur County. OTHER POLITICAL NEWS. Georgia for Cleveland. Aa Atlanta dispatch says: "All the connttM in Georgia have selected delegates to the Dem­ ocratic State Convention, which will nominate delegates to the St. Loui* convention. Out of 137 counties ouly two have objected to the President's tariff message. The others specially instructed the delegates to vote not only for President Cleveland but for his tariff views as well. Senator Colquitt was unani­ mously recommended for re-election." Washington Territory Republicans. The Territorial Republican Convention met at Yakima and elected these dele- gates to the National Republican Convention: : W. J. Thompson of Tacoma aud E. G. Hyde of > Spokane; alternates, O. C. White of Dayton : and Edward Whltson of Yakima But one of the de legation is for Blaine. A resolution ! eulogizing Blaine was laid cn the table by a i vote Of i2 to 30. Two Kansas Delegates Instructed for I Blaine. The Hepublioan Convention of the Fifth Kan- I Bas District elected B. fl. McEchron and H. D. I ' Baker aa delegates to Chicago. Every refer- ! i enoe to Blaiue was received with rousing ap- ! plause, and resolutions were adopted instruct- ing the delegates to vote for him. Pennsylvania Prohibition Nominations. 1 j The Pennsylvania Prohibition State Conven- ! tion rounded up its work by nominating James ! Black as the candidate of the party for Su- : preme Judge. Clinton B. Fisk was indorsed for President, and A. A. Barker, A. A. Stevens, James Blaok and Charles S. Wolfe were ohosen delegates-at-large to the National Convention. ASnqUITT OF THE TBLEPHOMK. The Priests la ladla Have Used It for Two Thousand Years. [New York Graphic.] "Tha principle of the telephone has been known for 2,000 years in India,* tras the rather incredible statement made by Fred Amesbury, who lately returned to New York after a two years* sojourn in the laud of striped tigers and wonderful fakirs. MI do not assert, mind you," continued Mr. Amesbury, "that they use the telephone as we use it, or that they have any system of gen­ eral communication. What I do say i» that the high caste people have a method of communicating to each other by vibratory action on a diaphragm, just as we do, but it is eon- fined entirely to their temples, and its existence has remained • secret until within a few years. "I was in a town called Panj, about 200 miles from Madras, and while there became acquainted with an English officer named Harrington, who was a prime favorite with the natives because on one occasion he had saved a priest from drowning. He was a genial, pleasant fellow, and had that peculiar magnetism about him that made and kept friends everywhere. "There are two temples in the vil­ lage that are about a mile apart. In the interior and on the ground floor of each is a small circular structure which is guarded day and night from the na­ tives as well as from strangers and is supposed to be the abiding place of the 'government spirit,' but in reality is the terminus of the telephone line, which is laid under ground from one building to another. "The superstitious natives regarded this little structure with the greatest awe and reverence, because they had seen demonstrated before their eyes-- or, rather, ears--the power of this spirit to communicate with the other temple. They were required to make their offering in one building, and make known their wishes and desires. Then immediately repairing to the seo- ond temple they would be informed of all they had said and done, although neither priest had left his post. This was regarded as a demonstration of the power of the spirit. "We were unable to determine the composition of the wire that connected the two buildings. It was some kind of metal, but neither steel, copper, nor brass, although it closely resembled the latter. The transmitter was of wood and about the size of the head of a flour barrel, and to establish connec­ tion, instead of ringing a bell, the per­ son wishing to attract attention at the other end stood close to the curious- looking thing and Bhouted: 'Ooeyl ooey! ooey!' "This was answered by a similar shout, which, while faint, was distinct, and could be heard two feet away. "After Harrington and I had gained the confidence of the priests--or, rather after he had--we were given carte blanche to do as we pleased, and we talked to each other from one tem- Ele to the other for more than an our, and were enabled to make an in­ complete investigation. "We learned that the telephone that we saw had been in nse for thirty years. The priests were very old men, and they remembered that the line of com­ munication hod been renewed only once during their incumbency. "They showed us the remains of wormeateu transmitters and wooden conduits that must have been hundreds of years old. They claimed that the system had been iu existence since the creation, and laughed at us when we ILLINOIS STATO --George Steiner, of Decatur, was found dead Is an office si The Coroner's verdiet --The Be*. W. W. Leeta, of BidgafieM,, Conn., has been catted to the pastorate ot „ .« the First Congregational Chnieh of Boflik> fold. He will accept. --A man sopposed to be John Steinbeck was homed to death ia lloutzong's bees ' • , ,v| garden, near Elgin. The loss on thi ? building and stock was $6,000. ;: --At Boekford, McSweeneyA Dow, get- v \ . cers, have been closed on an exeevthm hi favor of E. M. Leonard for $619. Sprag--, , Warner Jk Co.* of Chloagtv are aaMngtfe* ' ; i Arm's creditors! ( --CoL Frank McCrilHs, commander-in- chief Department of Illinois Sons of Vete- raas, assisted by Capt. C. F. Mansfield aa4 * others, mustered Monticello Camp SOBS off v";3 Veterans with twenty-five charter members. ̂ There are 200 camps in this State with • membership of over 5,000. , --A year ago a jury in Coles Conotjr awarded Mrs. E. W. Smith $150 damage* against Dr. McFall, of Mattoon, because of his alleged neglect to properly care for' the complainant at childbirth. JedgW Hughes set the verdict aside on the ground r ̂ "M., of its not being in accordance with the ev- idence and facts in the case. A new trial ' was held at the late term and a verdict of , 1 $1,500 against the doctor was similarly disposed of by the same Judge. , , jK' --Nineteen members of the Chicago Sal- • •' vation Army were fined $25 each in the* police court. Their offense consisted ia parading the streets with drums and tan* - ̂ b o u r i n e s w i t h o u t a p e r m i t . H a v i n g b e e s t r " ' ' i refused permission by the oity authorities, : •":» they paraded without it. It is a past of, their religion to march through the streets^ as they believe that by so doing they SHS attract the attention of a class whieh would not otherwise be' Naohed by i»-' ligious influences. , * ̂ --A man, giving his name as Armstrong^ H j arrived in Monmouth a few days ago as a - J t agent of Snow Bros., a Boston firm of horse-dealers. Armstrong was buying- , % hones, and purchased one of J. E. John-::̂ ;:|p|t son, a horse-dealer of that city. He ,̂ showed Mr. Johnson a telegram purporting ' I to come from Snow Bros., authorizing Armstrong to draw on them for $1,000, : and induced Johnson to cash a draft for* v that amount. After obtaining tile money, ' • •%, Armstrong disappeared. Snow Bios, say ^ ^ the telegram was a fraud. * * %'J* --A handsome, well-dressed man, who - j bore the general appearance of a clergy- man, in spite of his seeming drunken con- ! dition, staggered into the office of Leonard House, at Boekford, and created -f ̂ such a disturbance that he was put out, He then walked into Schmauss' butcher*" < shop and lay down on the sawdust. Offloer '* I Chandler removed him to the cooler. "The ̂ man's name is Bev. M. Cookman Brittain^ i' and his home is in Lena. He is an able \ man, a" fine lecturer, and is armed with , innumerable laudatory press notices. Ho 'J is a Methodist, and for Ave years was pas- , -;v ^ ^ tor of the Broadway M. E. Church, Balti- ' ̂ '4 more. At the district conference n^Leaa ; he delivered a temperence lecture that held an immense audience, and Dr. GooJfiiiV^a') low, of Jennings Seminary, who followed, • told them that the samo principle has I complimented it as the finest thing he had • ouly been applied in England and ! heard. He has a wife and one child, and is related to the Bandolphs of Virginia* He is a man of much wealth, and owns property worth $140,000 in Baltimore. America within the last dozen years. In every part of India and iu Bnrmah this system of secret communication exists, although hundreds of travelers have never suspected it. I believe that it dates baok fully 2,000 years." Kentucky Delegates for Blaiue. The Kentucky Republican Convention in­ structed its delegate-, to support W. O. Bradley for Vice President and refused by a vote ot SW to 293 to instruct for Sherman. The delegation will support Blaine if ho is named. Convention of Anti-Saloon Republicans. The Anti-Saloon Republican National Con­ ference held a two davB' session in New York. It was decided that the different delegations should select one from each State to be dele- pates to the National Convention. The plat­ form adopted denounces the saloon, declaring that as a public enemy it ought to be abolished, that it is doomed and must go, and asks the ! Republican National Convention to Insert a plank in its party platform that shall be clear­ ly hostile to the saloon. CongrreKsional Nomination*. WILLIAM 8. HOLMAN was renominated for Congress by the Democratic convention of the Fourth Indiana District, at Lawrenoehurg, by acclamation. THE Republicans of the Second Kansas Dis­ trict renominated Congressman Funston by ac­ clamation. THE Republicans of the Third North Carolina District nominated O. B. Robinson of Golds- boro for Congress, In General, THSNew Jersey Democratic delegates AX* instructed for Cleveland. "IT is now no longer doubtful that Mr.Chaun- cev Depew is among the contestants for the : Chicago nomination," says a recent New York | telegram. I FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENKIU& ; STEVENSON announces that he is notseekiM cr expecting the nomination for the Vice Pr*sl- Suspicious Savages. The ignorant are apt to look with suspicion upon innovations which they do not understand. A savage who lias never seen a "stove-pipe" hat is quite likely to think it an infernal machine, liable at any minute to blow him up. When Richard Burton was traveling in {Southern Africa, he devoted himself to obtaining specimens of the multitu­ dinous dialects spoken there. This was no easy task. The savages could not guess the mys­ terious object of my inquiry into their names for one, two, and three; often they started up and ran away, or they sat in dogged silence, perhaps thinking themselves derided. The first number was rarely elicited without a "talkee- talkee," somewhat in this style: "Listen, O my brother! in the tongue of the shore (coast language) we say one, two, three, four, five," count­ ing the fingers to assist comprehen* sion. "Hu, hul* replies the wild man. "We say fingers." "By no means; that's not it. The white man wants to know how thou speakest one, two, three." "One, two, three what? Sheep or goats or women'" speaking the nu­ merals in the coast language. "By no moans only, one, two, three sheep in thine own tongue,the Wapoka." "Hi! hi! what wants the white man with the Wapoka?" And so on, until'patience was almost impossible. But, like the Irish "shay- horse," their tongues once started, often hobble on without halting."-- Youth's Companion. Wanted--An Endurable Pes, As for pens, will mankind ever in­ vent an endurable pen? The quill makes a dreadful noise, as Dora found when she tried to keep accounts in the presence of David Copperfield. Indeed the adventures of Dora with her pens are only those of less feather-headed scribes. The quill splutters a small shower of ink, a murky drizzle over the fingers, as over the lace ruffles that Buffon wore when he wrote. The de­ scending drizzle dots 100 i's where no i should be, nor indeed is, and per­ plexes printers. Meanwhile the steel peu begins as badly as a lame cab- horse, and rusts readily. After an hour's work the wretched instrument needs to be taken twice over every stroke, otherwise, it does not mark at all. One of its legs becomes shorter than the other. " Paper is the only thing that has made an advance on birch bark, sheets of lead, potsherds and parchment; nor can paper bear comparison with the vellum of the past. A kind of "pad," otherwise useful, has become hairy, and the hairs cling to the pen. No fountain pen has yet proved successful. You have to blow down them, to thump them, to humor them in a dozen ways, and they explode in your pocket and flood you with ink. The wonder is that when writing is so difficult so much is written. Nature may wisely desire to handicap authors. But it is the busi­ ness of science to thwart nature and to invent aud perfect tout ce qu'l faut --The see, over which the Bight Ben Johnnn Janssen has been installed as the first bishop of Belleville, is of great his- ' \ torical interest to the Catholic Church, 1 3 A cince probably in St. Clair County Chris-' k ? tianity was first planted in the Mississippi /; Valley. According to Judge W. H. Sny- '-^i '# der, who delivered the address of welcome - \ ' 1 at Ihe consecrat ion services , while those yi**! heroic and devoted Jesuits, La Salle, Mar-' v ̂ quette, and Joliet came to the upper part | of this State by the lakes, Father Alone, crossing what is now New York, reached J the Ohio Biver, down which he came to the southern point of the State, then turn- V- ing up the Mississippi to what is now ̂ venerable old Cahokia. This was in 1684 * ,C sv -- two or three years before William Pens had his charter from James IL Finding a \y"i i I considerable Indian village, there he and a • • few white men with bim established the j first parish and celebrated the first mass in the Mississippi Valley, and as nearly as ; ̂ we can ascertain, this was on the site of s £j t h e p r e s e n t c h u r c h b u i l d i n g i n t h e o l d v i l - > i lage. The old church in Cahokia is said '**<> j <o be the oldest house of worship in the ; ' ' United States. Father Alone established ' his church and created his parish thirty- - ^ three years before Xew Orleans was ! founded, and it was early in the eighteenth % ii century that this building was erected. ^ f --At Tolona stands a house that has , J long had the reputation of being haunted, r; The owner advertised it for sale for $1,100, _ „ . J H and, though it cost more than three times , the money, no one would buy it. This . spring, however, a Yankee came along and bought the property for $800. He sooved hij family into the house, and soon after ghosts began to make their presence mani« / .*) fest. He took his gun and went hunting ^ for the spooks. He found them located in an empty house near by, from which " place they had stretched a string over to J- ̂ the Yankee's dwelling, where it was f ened to a brickbat and dropped i some lattice work, which could be slammed vigorously when the string was pulled. He >, fired several shots at the "spirits," and '•£ gave them a lively chase for a long dls- ^ ^ tance. They have not annoyed him since. ^ --Charles Clark, a farmer living near , f' £ f Decatur, has lost thirteen head of good cattle which he had been feeding all win- . ter on wheat straw. As the animal* were ^ perfectly free from all kinds of disease % {"j Clark held an examination en three of ^ 'V1 : them and found in the stomach ef esch a ball of twine the sue of a base-ball and | •; or the kind used on his twine hinder 4mt- f ing harvest. --The five seres of ground at Murp^rak ~ boro, belonging to the Garteides heirs of St. Louis and wanted for the Mobile sad Ohio machine shops, has been condemned in court. ! ̂ , --Judge J. L. Primm, of Pinckneyville, ; /* is dead. He was 68 years old. Judge ^ Primm was one of the best known and most respected citizens of Perry Coonty.aad took an active part in all ooenty affairs, having held the office of County Judge CM several yean. For the past two years he -| f3 • ; 5 A X .