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H I K _ l ffa/t nfbUitrs Sltitirn Ctnvrland to he the
P * " Unanimous Choice for I'rrsitlrnt.
Bw . 'ifa * * eoml day of the democratic na-
nf | tuMid avetionrug ualletl to order by
If OlMUra * w White , after aa Inch Bev. J.B.
l | I Greaa * , of JIjM jiri , addressed the
HI I thrmool jcmeeas foliows :
HS I Oil Lord , thou luist been our dwelling
B JS j4aow in all g „ ertioiih. Thou hatboou
M JL the Gd , mm ! art the ( iod , of all imtioua.
M/ % TImmc ImsC aHHMttk'd the bounds of their
f Ij liabitattiutML Thou hits been the Ciod of
M m this uatioH , tlie God of our fathers , and
f W wo their children. This rooming we
WrM Ht r mto the inheritance of the blessing
I ' t | that titan did t bestow upon them. We
H ' E come tbie morning to ask thy blessing
H M f > o * this aeibly ; upon these men who
I f l * v come up from the bister states
B > f B fr ia art over this great republic ; wlic
B I have come on this iiui > ortant occasion ,
s nt by their jHjople. Oh , God , do thou
H I bless flieni in this assemblythis morn-
H i j and as thou hast ruled over this
B nation in all the .Tears past , and thou
WM * hast brought good out of all our evil ,
K , do tlion this day rule over this conven
es tkm for the good of this nation and for
f * the glory of thy-great name. Wo pray
Kl * that thy blessing may be upon the presi-
f I dent of the United States and upon the
HP f governors of all the states of this country ,
Hk and niH > n the humblest oilicer of the
H | people , and upon the humblest citizen
R' j of this reiHiblie. We pray thee , O
Hi I Lord , thai thou wilt guide us in our
Hit destiny , help us as a people to fear God
H J 1 and to keep his commandment , aud di-
B f I ract us in all our ways that we may be
Hf I the Lord * * people , not simply in pro-
Hi 1 2 fassione of our lips , but in a godly and
B \ I hely aed jat.t life. Now we commend
T I ourselves to thee for the guidance of
H I thy iirit , and as thou must override
E 1 mistakes of men for the good of thy
B M name , aud as thou must jruide us in all
B * 1 things that are great and good , do thou
B % this day bless these men and lead them
B K in thy wa * , according to thy purpose ,
B S and let them remember this day as they
Hi sit in this convention that they are not
H a ? only making history for this country ,
Hi f * but they are also to determine that
Wk k which will be good for it or bad for it.
H $ F and may their policy and maj * their
r" % _ works redound to the good of all citi-
H zens of this country , and for the glory
b I of thy name in all the earth. Let thy
B \ blebsintr rest upon us now and ever-
H I more. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.
H J > The first business in order was the
H ( f - report of the committee on credentials.
H tk\ \ Gen. Patrick A. Collins , of Miss-achu-
* ' setts , was unanimously agreed upon for
BEF | X permanent chairman. He ac-
BPf § knowledged the distinguished honor in
K g a short s | > eech.
H M A resolution was offered bTimothv
F. m J. Campbell , of Xew York , as follows :
B I m Besolved , That this convention takes
Bj Wp occasion to express its great sorrow at
Bjh the serious aud dangerous illness of
Hf IP General Phillip 11. Sheridan , and to
1 . Vy , him whose noble and valient deeds will
H m j ever be enshrined in the hearts of his
B I'sT countrymen Ave extend our sincere S3m-
K 4 * f pathy. We earnestly trust the great
K ' & * soldier and distinguished patriot will
Hj meet with speedy recovery , and that
Hv divine providence may spare him in this
H ' nation for many years to come.
Ki i Resolved , That a copjof these rcso-
BI lutions be forwarded to General Sheri-
Bu. 5 -dan as expressive of the heartfelt - senti-
B ments of the democracy of the United
B States.
B The resolutions were adopted b\r a
Bj rising vote , with three hearty cheers for
BL , - the jrallant soldier.
Bj • * After some other unimportant busi-
Bk , _ ness , the clerk proceeded to call the
Bj * roll of states for nominations for presi-
B | i dent of the United States , commencing
BI i" -with Alabama. Ir. Peters , of that
Bi state , arose and said that his delegation
H | had instructed him to tender its lirt
B i place on the call aud lirst right to speak
B | * to the state of New York. [ Applause. ]
H I Mr. Dougherty , of the New York dele-
B 1 gation , then ascended the platform and
B t . addressed the convention as follows :
B / Y'ou are about to discharge more than
B * - fci an imperial duty with the simplest cere-
B * " monials. You , as representatives of the
B 4 people , are to choose a magistrate with
m X , " * more powerthan a monarch , 3-et checked
B . and controlled by the supreme law of a
B , -written constitution. Thus impressed I
' 4 ascend the ro-trum to name the next
m' president of the United States. New
Bv York presents him to the convention
Bl and pledges her electoral vote. Delega-
B L tions from thirty-eight states and all the
Bji territories are assembled without caucus
Kl y or consultation , read - simultaneously to
jf ' take up the cry and make the noiniua-
| | K tion nnauimous. We are not , indeed ,
jf j to choose a candidate but to name one
* \ the people have alread3 chosen. He is
I § / the man for the people. His career il-
1 ! • j . x itistrates the glory of our institutions.
Ilj I : Eight 3-enrs ago , unknown save in his
I i , / ] own locality , he , for the last four has
I stood in the gaze of the world dis-
1 charging the most important duties
that can bo confided to men.
To-day determines that not by his own
1 choice , but 03the mandate of his conn-
! trymen. ana with the sanction of heaven
he shall fill the presidency for four3-ears
more. He has met and mastered every
• question as if from j'outh trained to
i .statesmanship. The promises of his
I letter of acceptance and inaugnral ad-
\J \ dress have been fulfilled. His fidelity
, \JT \ [ in the past inspires faith in the future.
If % He is not a hope. He is a realization.
' disdaining re-elec-
Jf/ Scorning subterfuge ,
Mj tion by concealing convictions , mind-
m\ \ fnl of his oath of office to defend the
if constitution , he courageons - declares
$ gK to congress , dropping minor matters ,
j8 " > * / e \ \ that the supreme issue is reform , re-
) j vision , reduction of national taxation.
-Mjt / j [ Tlie treasury of the United States ,
j ppf'K ; , glittered with unneeded goldf > op-
'A- - X -J presses industry , embarrasses business ,
m&fr - endangers financial tranquility and
• * * H breeds extravagance , centralization and
IjT corruption. The high taxation necessa-
' 1 -zy for the expenditures- an unparal-
I leled war is robbery in the years of
• it prosperous peace , and the millions that
Jj pour into the treasury come from the
\ , tj 'hard earned savings of the American
I | ! T people. In violation of the equality of
* "li rights the present tariff has created a
f - privileged class , who , shaping legisla-
m-p " * • tion for their personal gain , levy by law
l- .contributions for the necessaries of life
mi irom every man , woman and child in
1 | * the Jand. To lower the tariff is not free
\ \
tnide. it is to reduce the unjust profits
of monopolists and boss manufacturers ,
and allow consumers to retain the rest.
The man who asserts that to lower the
tariff means free trado insults intelli
gence. We brand him as a falsifier. It
is farthest from our thought to imperil
capital or disturb enterprise.
This administration has rescued the
public domain from would-be barons
and corporations , faitldess to obliga
tions , and reserved it for free homes foi
this and coming generations. There ia
no pilfering ; there are no jobs under
this administration.
Public office is a public trust. Integ-
rit3' stands guard at ever3 * post of oui
vast empire.
While the president has been the
medium throughwhich has flowed the
undi'ing gratitude of the republic foi
her soldiers , he has not hesitated tc
withold approval from special legisla
tion , if the strictest inquiiy revealed the
want of truth aud justice. Above all ,
sectional strife , as never before , is at an
end , and (50,000,000 ( of free men , in ties
of brotherhood , are prosperous and
happy. These are the achievements ol
this administration. Under the same
illustrious leader Ave are ready to meet
our political opponents in highand hon
orable debate , and stake our triumph on
the intelligence , virtue aud patriotism
of the people , adhering to the constitu
tion , its every line and letter , ever re
membering that "powers not delegated
to the United States b3 the constitution
nor prohibited b3 * it to states are re
served to states respective or to the
people. " B3' authorit3' of tho democ
racy of New York , backed b3r the de
mocracy * of the entire union , I give yon
the namo entwined with victory. 3
nominate Grover Cleveland , of New
York.
When Dougherty finished his speech
the delegates and the audience set up a
3"ell. About this time the door at the
rear of the platform was swung aside
and in the panel appeared a portrait ol
Cleveland. Then the delegates and au
dience simply' went wild , and with furi
ous energy worked their voices and then
bodies in their effort to testify their ap
proval of the nomination. A band some
where in one of tho galleries started up
"Marching Through Georgia , " and the
air or sentiment , nobody knew which ,
elicited a tremendous outburst of cheers.
At this time about a third of the dele
gates and perhaps one-fourth of the au
dience produced bandanas and 'kerchiefs
and waved them frantically , and in re
sponse to this fresh incentive there was
an additional swell in the terrificout
burst of noise. After eight minutes ol
bedlam Chairman Collins pounded for
order , but with every thump of the gavel
arose a new section of yells from the as
semblage. At this juncture Daniel
Dougherty mounted a chair in the centre
of the New York delegation and
waved n flag. From all parts of the
hall delegates gathered in about Dough
erty , bearing the staudards of their re
spective states , and formed a circle
about him , holding in a sort of canopy
over Lis head the placards bearing the
names of the states. The standards of
Indiana and Kansas were decorated
with strips of black silk , indicating ad
herence to the cause of tho present
commissioner of pensions. Under the
canopy * formed by the standards a couple
of United States flags were introduced
aud the tableau was greeted with pan-
demoniac cheering.
The roll of states continued and when
there was any response it w.as to second
the nomination of Cleveland. Then , in
the midst of considerable confusion , the
chairman said : "The chair declares
that Grover Cleveland of New York ,
having received the unanimous vote , is
the candidate for president of the Unit
ed States. ' '
The Coming Republican National Convenlion.
Washington , D. C , June 10. A
large number of republican congress
men and senators will leave Washing
ton this week for Chicago. It is ex
pected that there will be nearly a hun
dred of them absent from their seats
during the convention. Most of the re
publicans here from Ohio will depart
for there the middle of this week.
Senator Sherman's managers are very-
active. Some of them are going early
for the purpose of keeping a close look
out after one of their number , Major
Mclvinley , who is regarded as a dark
horse. McKinley will leave Washing
ton on Thursday for his home sit Can
ton , and join the crowd thatwill go
from that section of the state. Mclvin
ley stops at the Ebbitt house here and
is receiving every attention from the
Ohio republicans that they can bestow
upon him. There is so much talk
about McKinley as a possible dark
horse that it seems necessary for some
one of the Sherman lenders , like Butter-
worth , or Grosveuor or Thompson , to
be on guard at all times with McKinley
aud sit up with him as long : is he shows
an3' disposition to sta3 * up. Whenever
McKinley is seen around in public places ,
except possibly the house of representa
tives , one is almost sure to see one of
the trio named keeping him company.
It is earnest but ludicrous. Notwith
standing the careful manner ill which
Thompson , Grosvenor and Bntterworth
are constantly after McKinley there is
no disguising tho fact that they were
greatly annoyed at the prominence that
McKinley is attaining in connection
i with the coming convention. McKin
ley receives the personal allusions to
himself with a modest look of approval ,
and when forced to sa3 * anything at all
sa3rs the nominee will come from Ohio ,
and that he is for Senator Shermau.
Ex-Senator Mahone of Virginia ar
rived in the city last night for the pur-
I pose of consulting with Senator Slier-
man on tho presidential outlook. The
republicans of Virginia are harmonizing ,
and it is stated that they will come to
gether and vote solidly for one man at
Chicago , being all inclined to Sherman.
The Sherman headquarters in Chicago
are expected to bo tho most capacious
of an3 * that will be opened , excepting
possibly those for Alger of Michigan ,
and Gresham. Senator Sherman will
have a large number of delegations
from the south assisting about his head
quarters.
B. E. Lee , son of the great rebel gon-
eral , has his father's gold spurs. They
• were bequeathed to him by his mother.
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THE DEMOCRATS IN THE FIELD.
And Ifrve i * ti 'te J'/ntfafin of Pt'tnelple.n for
irhieli Thry Will * A 1 : ltatlflcallon.
Following is tho platform adopted by
tho democratic national convention
held in St. Louis :
The democratic parly of the United
States , in national convention assem
bled , renewes the pledges of its fidelity
to the democratic faith an reaffirms the
platform adopted by its representatives
in tho convention of 1884 : and endorses
tho views expressed by President Cleve
land in his last message to congress as
correct in every respect of that platform
upon the question of tariff reduction ,
and also endorses the efforts of our
democratic representatives in congress
to secure a reduction of excessive taxa
tion.
tion.Chief
Chief among its principles of party
faith are the maintenance of that1 indis
soluble union of free and indestructible
states now about to enter upon its
second century of unexampled progress
and renown , devotion to the affairs of
government regulated by the written
constitution strictly specifying every
gwnted power.nnd expressly reserving to
the states or people the entire ungrauted
residue of power ; encouragement of a
jealous and' popular vigilanco directed
to all who have been chosen for brief
terms to enact and execute laws and are
invested with the duty of preserving
peace , insuring equality and establish
ing justice.
Tho democratic party welcomes an ex
acting scrutiny of the administration of
the executive power which faar yeart
ago was committed to its trust in the
election of Grover Cleveland , president
of the United States ; but it challenges
the most .searching inquiry concerning
its fidelity and devotion to the pledges
which then invited tho sufirages of the
people. During the most critical period
of our financial affairs , resulting from
over-taxation , tho anomalous condition
of our currency aud public debt un
matured , it has , by the adoption of a wise
and conservative course , not only avert
ed disaster but greatly promoted the
prosperity of our people.
It has reversed the improvident and
unwise policy of the republican party
touching the public domain , and has
reclaimed from corporations and syndi
cates , alien and domestic , and restored
to tho people nearly one hundred mil
lions of acres of valuable land to be
sacredly held as homesteads for our citi
zens.
zens.Wrhile carefully guarding the interest
and tho principles of justice and equity ,
it has paid out more for pensions and
lounties to tho soldiers and sailors of
the republic than was ever paid before
during an equal period. It has adopted
and consistently pursued a firm and
prudent foreign policy , preserving peace
with all nation1' . While scrupulously
maintaining all the rights and interests
of our own government and people at
homo and abroad , the exclusion from
our shores of Chinese laborers has been
efffcotualby secured under a provison of
treaty , the operation of which has been
postponed by the action of the republi
can majority in the senate.
Honest reform in the civil service has
been inaugurated and maintained by
President Cleveland , and he has brought
the public service to the highest stand
ard of efficiency , not only by rule and
precept , but by the example of his un
tiring and unselfish administration of
public affairs.
In every branch and department of
the government under democratic con
trol , the rights and welfare of all have
been guarded and defended ; every pub
lic interest has been protected and the
equality of all our citizens before the
law , without regard to race or color , has
been steadfastly maintained.
Upon its record thus exhibited , and
upon the pledge of continuance to the
people of its benefits , democracy in
vokes a renewal of popular trust by the
re-election of a chief magistrate who
has been faithful , able and prudent.
They invoke , in addition to that trust ,
the transfer also to the democracy' of the
entire legislative power.
Tho republican party controlling the
senate and resisting in both houses of
congress the reformation of just and un
just laws which have outlasted the
necessities of war and are now under
mining tho abundance of long peace ,
deny to the people equality before the
law and fairness aud justice , which are
their right.
When the cry of American labor for a
better share in the rewards of industry
is stifled with false pretenses , enterprise
is fettered and bound down to home
markets , capital is disconrged with
doubt and unequal and unjust laws can
neither be properly amended or re
pealed. The democratio party will con
tinue with all the power confided to it
to straggle to reform these laws in ac
cordance with the pledges of its last
platform by the suffrges of the people.
Of all the industrious freemen of oui
land , the immense majority , including
every tiller of the soil , gains no advan
tage from our excessive tax laws , but
the price of nearly everything they buy
is increased by the favoritism of our
unequal system of tax legislation. All
unnecessary7 taxation is unjust taxation.
Tt is repugnant to the creed of democ
racy that by such taxation the cost of
the necessaries of life should be unjust
ifiable to all our people. Judged by
democratic principles the interests of
the people are betrayed when by un
necessary taxation trusts and combina
tions are permitted to exist , which ,
while unduly enriching a few that com-
biue , rob the body of our citizens by
depriving them of the benefits of natu
ral competition.
Every democratic rule of governmen
tal action is violated when , through un
necessary taxation , a vast sum of money
far beyond the needs of an economical
administration is drawn from the people
and the channels of trade and accumu
lated as a demoralizing surplus in the
national treasury. The moneyr now
lying idle in the federal treasury result
ing from superfluous taxation amonnt ?
to more than one hundred and twenty-
five millions , and the surplus collected
is reaching the sum of more than sixty
millions annually.
Debauched by this immense tempta
tion , theremedy of the republican party
is to meet and exhaust by extravagant
appropriations and expenseswhether
constitutional or not , the accumulation
of extravagant taxation. The democratic
policy is to enforce frugality in public
expenses , and abolish unnecessary tax
ation. Our established domestic indus
tries and enterprises should not and
need not be endangered by a reduction
and correction of the burdens of taxa
tion. On the contrary , a fair and care
ful revision of our tax laws , with due al
lowance for differences between the
wages of American and foreign labor ,
must promote nnd encourage every
branch of such industries and enter
prises by giving them nssnrance of an
extended market and steady and con
tinuous operations.
In the interests of American labor ,
which shonld in no event be neglected ,
the revision of our tax laws contem
plated by the democratic party should
promote the advantage of such labor by
cheapening tho .cost of the necessaries
of life in the home of every working-
man and at tho same time secure to him
steady ami remunerative employment.
Upon this question of tariff reform , so
closely concerning every phase of our
national life , and upon every question
involved in tho problem of good govern
ment , the democratic party submits its
principles and professions to the intelli
gent suffrages of the American people.
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London 'Papers on tho Momlnatlons.
London dispatch : This morning's
papers , in referring to President Cleve
land's re-nomination , says that it is all
in the direction of free trade , and com
ments arc consequently congratulatory
in tone. Tho St. James Gazette says :
The democrats arc extremely likely to
have it nil their own way at tho next
election. Tho republicans have neither
tho man nor tho cause. Tho Pall Mall
Gazetto speaks oven of a third term as n
matter of course , and says : The point
of contest which wo feel the most inter
est in this country is the tariff question.
The Star says ottho proceedings at St.
Louis : "We may well re-echo tho en
thusiasm on this side of tho water , for
the re-election of President Cleveland
means the adoption _ _ of a high pro
gramme of taritt revision , and his idea
on that subject go a long way towards
free trade. "
The Winnebago Reservation.
Washington special : Late this after
noon the house passed a bill providing
for the sale of a portion of tho Winne
bago reservation in Nebraska. Tho bill
has not passed'tho senate , but will prob
ably ho pressed by Sonatoi Dawes and
will doubtless ro through.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPR SENTATIVES
A. Synopsis of Proceedings In the Senate and
House of Iteprcsentatiees.
House. In tho house on the 2d the
senate amendments to the experiment
ment agricultural station bill were con
curred in and tho house then went intc
committee of the whole on the agricul
tural appropriation bill. General debate
was dispensed with and tho bill ivas
read by sections for amendments. The
committee , then , after the reading ol
the bill , passed it. Tho regular ordei
was demanded , being Mills' motion tc
limit debate on the pending paragraph
of the tariff bill to ten minutes , which
prevailed. The amendment which was
under consideration was to strike from
the free list timber , hewn and sawed ,
aud timber used for spars and warves.
it was rejected. Bandall moved to strike
out the paragraph and insert "timber
not further manufactured than hewn ,
squared and sawed , " but this amend
ment was rejected without division and
the second paragraph of the bill , "tim
ber squared and sawed , " was read.
Taulbeo moved to strike this out. After
some debate tho amendment was re
jected. During the debate a motion
was made to limit debate to ten minutes.
A compromise was finally made on forty
minutes and the house again went into
committee of the whole. The third
paragraph of the bill , "wood manufac
tured , not specially enumerated or pro
vided for , " was then read and consid
ered. Bayno moved to strike it out.
Sknate. Among the amendments re
ported by the committee on appropria
tions , and agreed to by the senate on
the oth , were the following : Transfer
ring to the grade of envoys extraordina
ry and ministers plenipotentiary "the
minister resident in Berlin , the Nether
lands , Sweden and Norway and Venezu
ela , without change of salary ( $7,500) ) ,
inserting the item 'minister resident
and consul general in Corea , S7.500 :
transferring to the grade of ministei
resident and consul general the charge
d'affairs to Paraguay and Uruguay
without change of salary ( $5,000) ) , in
serting the provision requiring all con
sulates and commercial agencies whose
fees are collected or compensation al
lowed for the fiscal year of 1888 exceeds
§ 1,000 to be estimated for specifically
under classified consulates.
House. After routino business the
house went into committee of the whole
on the tariff bill on tho pending clause ,
( wood manufactures not specially en
couraged or provided for ) being limited
to thirty minutes. Mills called atten
tion to the fact that Canada imposed r.
tariff on sawed lumber and asked why it
was if the tariff meant high wages that
it did not bring high wages in Canada
as well as here. Hermann , of Oregon ,
presented to the democrats the compli
ments of Oregon and a message from
her people saying Oregon had voted for
protection by 800 majority. Moffatt
moved to strike out the paragraph. Tho
motion was rejected , Sowden , of Penn
sylvania , nnd Tarsney , of Michigan ,
voting with the republicans in favor of
the motion. Fuller , of Iowavoted with
the democrats against it. The speaker
pro tem. laid before the house a mes
sage from the president returning with
out his approval bills for the erection of
a public building at Bar Harbor , Me. ,
and for the purchase of additional
ground for the building at Council
Bluffs , la. The announcement of tho
veto of the'first named bill was received
with laughter by tho republicans.
Senate. In the senate on the Oth con
sideration was resumed of the diplomatic
and consular apportionment bill. After
amendment the bill passed. On motion
of Morrill the senate bill authorizing a
purchase of a site for the supreme court
of the United States passed. On mo
tion of Cameron the senate bill in rela
tion to cadets at the naval academy
passed. The bill providing for two addi
tional associate justices of the supreme
court of Dakota was taken from the
calendar and passed. Also the house
bill authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri river at Oma
ha , with amendment.
House. After the transaction of some
unimportant business , the house went
into committee of the whole on the tariff
bill , the paragraph being pickets and
palings , which McKinley moved to
strike out. After some debate the mo
tion was rejected and the paragraph
passed over , as well as the next. Buch
anan moved to strike out the nineteenth
line , "shingles , " and insert "shingle
bolts. " Rejected. With little delay
the remaining paragraphs , "clap
boards , " "pine or spruce , " and logs
were passed over down to the provision
that the existing duties shall be levied
upon the articles on the lumber sched
ules where export duties are imposed by
the country from which they are im
ported. Dingeley of Maine proposed
an amendment continuing the existing
duties on lumber schedules wherever
the exporting country denied our ves
sels the right to touch , to trade or to
take bait ,
Senate. In the senate on the 4th the
bill to repeal all pre-emption and timber
culture laws was reported from tho
committee nnd placed on the calendar.
The senate then proceeded to the con
sideration of bills on the calendar , and
passed , among others , the following :
Tlie senate bill creating an additional
retired list of the army for eighty offi
cers now on the active list , but incapaci
tated for active service ; the house bill
authorizing the president to appoint and
retire Alfred Pleasanton with the rank
and grade of colonel , with an amend
ment reducing the grade to that of ma
jor ; the senate bill authorizing tho
president to place on the retired list ,
with grade of major , Major General W\
W. Averill. The house bill to enlarge the
powers and duties of the department of
agriculture and to make it an executive
department having been taken up , ar
guments were made by Senators Mor
gan and Plumb against the amendment
reported by the cdmmittee on agricul
ture to strike out the fifth section of the
bill , which transfers the weather service
of the signal service bureau to the de
partment of agriculture.
House. The houso passed tho bill to
authorize tho construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river in tho counties
of Monona , Iowa , and Burt , Nebraska.
Mr. Mills moved that tho rules bo sus
pended and ovening sessions ordered for
the consideration of certain bills , but as
he would not consent to an amendment
setting apart cortain sessions for tho
consideration of pension bills , tho re
publicans refused to vote. As no quo
rum could bo secured Mr. Mills with
drew his resolution and moved that
debate on tho pending paragraph in tho
tariff bill be limited to ten minutes.
Messrs. McKinley and Beed demanded ,
as a parliamentary inquiry , to bo in
formed whether it was not in order to
suspend tho rules and set apart days for
general pension legislation. The speak
er pro tem. ( McMillan of Tennesseo )
replied that tho regular order was the
Mills-motion. A vote of tho houso was
taken , and no quorum being found
present , adjournment was taken.
. house. The time of tho house on tho
8th was passed in tho discussion of tho
salt schedule of the tariff bill. Tho
house bill was passed authorizing the
construction of a bridge over the
Missouri river near Omaha. Also , the
bill granting the right of way to tho Paris ,
Choctaw Sc Little Beck railway company
through the Indian territory. The Ding-
ley resolution was adopted calling on
tho secretary of tho treasury as to
whether an ordc is now in force by
which United States vessels passing
through Canadian canals to American
ports , when they make their voyage via
the St. Lawrence , pay less tolls than
when they make it by way of Lake On
tario , ami Avhether further legislation ia
necessary to authorize the secretary to
impose additional tolls upon vessels
passing through the Sault Ste. Mario
canal bound to Canadian ports , in case
Canada continues tho discrimination
against vessels bound to American
ports.
BRIEFLY TOLD BY THE WIRE.
Frederick N. Toye , township clerk ,
and his wife and three children were
cremated by the burning of their res
idence at Gravenhurst , Out.
William Quinn , an engineer on the
Louisville & Nashville road , was killed
in a wreck near Louisville , Kyand
Firemen Bichardson and Brakeman
Farley fatally injured.
Mrs. Allen , a widow residing near
Osceola , Tenn. , was outraged and
murdered , and one of her children also
kille'l last Sunday. Three white men
aiu " a x'gro have been arrested on sus-
pi < ion
Mrs. Dennis Mullins was brutally
murdered in Pittsburg in the presence
of her little children by a ueighborins
German named Scholer , who is in jail.
The murder Avas the result of a family-
quarrel.
Five drunken brutes broke into the
residence of Edward Leslie at Wilkes-
barre. Pa. , and after binding and gagg
ing him. outraged his wife. She is not
expected to live. The brutes were ar
rested and jailed. '
Instructions have been issued to nil
division superintendents of the Penn
sylvania railroad , on the lines < > at of
Pittsburg and Erie , to discharge all em
ployes whose service can bi disnensed
with. About 5,000 men will be dis
charged.
A steamer has been sent to Hayti ,
where a revolution is imminent to pro
tect American interests. She is the
smallest vessel of the North Atlantic
squadron , and should her force prove
insufficient , tho Atlanta will be ordered
to follow.
At Laredo , Tex. , Lee Pope , a wealthy
young stockman , quarreled with Juan
Bosealas , a saloonkeeper , and each
opened fire with revolvers. Pope re
ceived a bullet through the heart , dying
instantly. Bosealas was hit in the
bowels and lungs and died soon after.
Tlie railway officials in Pittsburg ridi
cule the story that originated in New
York to the effect that the Pennsyl
vania railroad management was negotia
ting for the purchase of the Chicago ,
Burlington and Quincy railroad. The
rumor is supposed to have been started
from tho fact that Vice President Mc-
Crea and General Passenger Agent E.
A. Ford , of the Pennsylvania com
pany , had been making a tour of the far
west.
Beports have reached Memphis of ft
most diabolical murder in Mississippi
county , x\rkansas. Mrs. Stokes Allen ,
a widow Lady who with her two children
lives near Osceola , the county seat , was
found with her skull crushed and near
her was her son similarly injured. It is
apparent that Mrs. Allen had been rav
ished. Three white men , Jack
Matthews , Tom Field and George Cur
tis , and John King , colored , have been
arrested on suspicion.
Investigating Operations of the Civil Service.
Baltimore dispatch : The select com
mittee of the United States senate ap
pointed to investigate the operations of
the civil service met here to-day. The
sub-committee present , consisted of
Senators Hale , ( chairman ) , Chase and
Blackburn. A score or more members
of the civil service reform association of
Maryland were present. Chas. J. Bona
parte , chairman of the executive com
mittee of the association , testified that
a number of federal officials were known
to have been engaged in active partisan
work at the primaries. He spoke of the
bad character borne by some of those
officials , especially mentioning Morris
Thomas , Eugene Higgins , J. J. Mahou ,
and .1. Freeman Bisiu. He said that
these men had bad characters and
reputations. Senator Blackburn asked
whether these gentlemen had
committed any definite act that
witness could mention which would sub
stantiate the assertion that they were
men of bad character. Bonaparte re
plied that his idea of a man of bad char
acter was one concerning whom general
report spoke unfavorably. John Quinn
testified that he is clerk to the boiler
and steamboat inspecter , and his duties
are to make out permit bills , etc. , for
steamboat captains. Senator Hale asked
witness to write out a permit such as he
issues from the inspector ' s office. The
witness replied that he is not much of a
scholar , and that his son did that sort of
work for him. He was urged again , but
declined towrite a permit. Witness
acknowledged that he had not done a
single stroke of clerical work of the
office since his appointment. His salary
is 31,200 a year , out of which he pays for
his son's board and clothing amounting ,
perhaps , to $12 or $15 a week.
The Niobrara Improvements.
Washington special : There has been
a disposition for some time on the part
of Bandall , chairman of the appropria
tions committee , to oppose the bill
which provides an appropriation of
$100,000 for tho improvement of Forts
Bobinson , Niobrara nnd Sidney. Ban
dall seems to have changed his views ,
nnd on the 8th sent word to the in
terested members that they would be
heard before the appropriations com
mittee. Tt is probnble that the result
will be that an appropriation for this
purpose will bo added to the sundry
civil bill.
The new depot at Wolbach , Greely
county , has been finished.
CONCERNING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
Hepreientatlve mtls and Others Interviewed
llegardlng the nominations.
Washington , Juno 8. There is very
general satisfaction expressed by both
democrats and republicans over tho
work of the convention. Tho demo
crats in congress liko tho way tho tarifi
was treated , whilo tho republicans arc
happy to soo tho lines drawn on the
tariff question , mnking tho issue in un
mistakable terms , and leaving tho light
a fair one in an open field.
Chairman Mills said : "I am ox-
tromely glad to see that they toed the
mark on tho tariff question. It was the
proper thing for them to not only re
affirm tho tariff plank in tho platform
of 1884 , but to indorse tho president's
message defining that plank. I am
especially gratified at the specific en
dorsement tho convention gave of my
tariff bill. This settles tho passage of the
measuro in the houso. I was pretty
confident of it before , but now there
can be no doubt about it. I expect to
seo every democrat in tho houso vote
for tho Mills bill. Tho national demo
cratic party has spoken , and I know of
no individual democratic member who
can afford to refuse to obey the demand.
The tariff is to bo the solo issue of the
campaign. Tho troops are in tho field
ready for the fight. Tho president is
in command. "
"Are you satisfied with the nomina
tion of Mr. Thurman ? "
"Thoroughly , " replied Mr. Mills ;
"thoroughly in every particular. J
think wo Avill win with Cleveland and
Thiirman and the tariff. Tho president
is a personal , as avoII as a general quan
tity and quality in tho democratic party.
He Avill bo an issuo with tho tariff.
Ho is tho foremost man of the party.
The Mills bill Avas compiled directly
under his supervision. We did not gc
as far as the president desired , but avc
went in his direction. Thurman is the
best man that could have been nomina
ted. To my mind , it settles avIio Avill
lead tho republican ticket. It makes
necessary the nomination of John Sher
man. I presume an eastern man Avill be
second on the ticket probably Morton
or Phelps.
Bepresentativo McKinley ( rep. ) , of
Ohio , had this to say : "For republican
success the ticket and the platform
pleases mo immeasurably , and 1 think 3
express tho sentiment of the entire re
publican side of the house. Allen G.
Thurman is a good old man :
I have long been his personal
friend. He aa-HI lend character to the
ticket , but he aaiII not give it strength.
Tho most that can be hoped for from
his nomination is a full democratic vote
in Ohio , and that can not make tho
state democratic. It Avill be republican
no matter who is nominated by the re
publican party. The democrats made a
fist of it on the question of tariff re
form. It tried to straddle , and in its
efforts to run fast and loose , has made
the worst record that it possibly could
have made. The democratic party is
for free trade. That is the truth of it.
Tho president wants free trade. Ho
has said as much in his message to con
gress. "
General G. C. Grosvemor , of Ohio ,
( rep. ) said : "The whole platform taken
and constituted together is a declara
tion against the policy of protection and
in favor of the Mills bill. It Avill be so
accepted by the country. The platform
howeverwill not be an important
feature in the contest. Tho message of
Mr. Cleveland and the bill of the ways
and means committee Avill constitute the
issue when the republican declaration is
made. Judge Thurman will appear as
the campaign goes on as a Dr. Jykell
and a Mr. Hyde a good citizen nnd a
bad politician. He Avill call out a great
democratic vote in Ohio and be beaten.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES BY TELEGRAPH.
Judge Baker carried the Cairo , 111. ,
district for supreme judge by about 2GC
majority.
The nnvoling of the Garibaldi statue
at Washington square , NeAV York , tooli
place on the 4th.
The Arkansas democracy indorsee
Cleveland and the Mills tariff bill at the
recent convention.
A cyclone passed over North Carolina ,
in the neighborhood of Milton , which
destroyed everything in its track.
Governor Hill of New York has
signed the bill abolishing hanging foi
all murdera committed after January 1 ,
1S89. and substituting death by electric
ity therefor.
The republicans of Oregon confident
ly claim the election of Hermann foi
congress by not less than 1,500 majority.
The legislature is claimed by the repub
licans on joint ballot.
Consul General Phelan at Halifax re-
ceiA-ed a dispatch stating that the fish
ing schooner Ambrose H. Knight of
Booth Bay , Me. , Captain Diggins , had
been seized at St. Johns , N. F. , and her
crew arrested for selling bait at St.
Pierre , Miquelon.
Snyder ' s drug and jewelry store of
Albany , Illinois , Avas robbed of nearly
$2,000 in cash and about $500 Avorth of
jewelry by parties unknown , avIio first
chloroformed Mr. and Mrs. Snyder at
their home , got the keys and tho robbed
the store. One thousand two hundred
dollars of the money Avas in Snyder's
safe for safe keeping.
An agreement has been reached
whereby a good portion of the $500,000
provided by the agricultural appropria
tion bill , which passed the house last
Aveek , for the extirpation of pleuro
pneumonia , is to be applied to the erad
ication of hog cholera. This informa
tion Avill'be good news to the SAvine
raisers in Nebraska , Iowa , and a few
other states AA-here hog cholera has pre
vailed to a more or less extent during
the past feAv years.
Colonel M. V. Sheridan has sent to
Bepresentative Dorsey a letter on be
half of the general , thanking him in the
warmest terms for the interest he took
in the passage of the bill reviving the
rank of general of the army. Mr. Dor
sey and General Sheridan have been in
timate friends ever since the war , and
the former hasAvorked faithfully for the
revival of the rank of general since the
retirement of General Sherman , belieA--
ing it Avas due to the man aaIio is now
promoted.
The executive committee appointed
by the Peoria waterway convention , last
year , met and prepared a request to be
presented to the committee on platform
of the national democratio convention
for an opportunity to lay before the
committee the resolution of the Peoria
convention. The request set forth that
the project contemplated is to connect
the great lakes with the Mississippi river
nnd the Gulf of Mexico so as to provide
a commodious water-way for commerce
and for the defense of the northern fron
tier in time of Avar. Similar actionwill
be taken at the republican national con
vention at Chicago.
A sod house near Ft. Hartsuff , oc
cupied by a farmer , was struck by-
lightning and pretty badly shaken up ,
but the family escaped uninjured.
The Bed Cloud street railway opened
for traffic last week.
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A Dull Woek in Congress.
Washington dispatch : Thero will ho \
littlo of interest dono in tho sonato dur- Vfl
ing tho present Arcek. An arrangement , lli
Avas made soveral days ago Avheroby tho fa i
democrats avIio have gono to the St. , 'II
Louis convention Avoro assured that no ( j - BI
proceedings of an important political ill
character would bo had in their absence. jSl
Tho fisheries treaty has been postponed Bi
until next Monday Aveek. 8 _ | j
To-morrow afternoon Senator Cnilom 1 If
will address tho senate on interstate I 111
commerce Tho bill providing for mak- j VI
ing states out of Washington , North Da- ' II
knto and Montana is to recoivo somo at- 1 11
tention , and tho diplomatic npproprin- J II
tion billwill probably bo taken up bo- , m I
foro tho end of tho week. 11
Tho houso will proceed on to-morrow m ffl
with the considering of the tariff bill , III
and Chairman Mills says ho hopes there 11
will be no interruption to consume any m 1
considerable time until the measure 1 ? „
finally disposed of. . . .
Tho army appropriation bill may Do
passed during tho Aveek. It will not re-
quiro a lengthy debate. |
Chairman Allison of tho senate com- |
mittce on appropriations Baid to a Unit- j
ed Prcs.s reporter to-day : "It will bo j
a physical impossibility for tho senate ?
to pass tho regular appropriation bills | k
beforo tho ond of tho present fiscal year , J
the 0th inst. Wo intend to crowd tho t
measures as rapidly as possible , but s
about half the ten which have not been
acted upon by our committeewill not
get through beforo tho end of the
month. Tho sundry civil , tho legisla
tive , executivo and judicial and tho na
val appropriation bills Avill bo among
those Avhich Avill bo unfinished at the
end of the fiscal year. I presume there
-will bo extension oT appropriations 01
some kind of temporary provisions
made to bridge over the chasm created
by tho failure of the house to take ac
tion sufficiently early to enable the sen-
ato to complete tho appropriations on * * -
time. "
BY THE TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
The senate has confirmed tho follow
ing nomination : T. D. Mareuni , of Ken
tucky , to bo Indian inspector.
The. reduction of the public debt dur
ing tho month of May amounts to $4 , -
000,000. Twelve million dollars was
paid for pensions.
Frank P. Fleming of Jacksonville ,
Fla. , was nominated by tho democratic
slate convention for governor on the
fortieth ballot. He is a leading lawyer.
Mrs. Carrie Harrington , Avife of a •
well-to-do druggist of Chicago , com- " *
nutted suicide by pouring oil on hex H
clothing ami then setting fire to it. She
had been in ill health for some time and I
frequently had fits of dementia. B
Tlie Washington Star publishes a do- - ,
nial from Senator Sherman of tho story / W
that he had urged Mr. Blaine to make I
an emphatic declaration , or to Avrito his I
friends letters on the subject of his I
declination of the nomination for the I
presidency. I
A thief Avalked into the residence ol m
Joseph Garneau at Omaha and picked fl
up Mrs. Garnenu'a diamonds valued at I
$2,500. He then stole tAvo revolvere .
belonging to Mr. Garneau , and point- ( L\ \
ing one of them at Mrs. Garneau , avIio L\
Avas alone , he made his escape. L\
Superintendent Dickinson heard the L\
protest of the Union Pacific engineers L\
against permitting non-union brother- ? ' B
hood Burlington engineers to haul Bur- t
lington cars over the Union Pacific ' ,
road. The trouble was settled by an ) fl
agreement to have the Union Pacific '
engineers do the work. jfl
While the Mississippi river steamex L\
Inverness , owned by McDonald Bros. \ L\ \
of Lacrosse , Wis. , wa3 towing a raft to L\ \
Hannibn' , Mo. , the tu'p lower flues col- Lm
lapsed ind ten men Avcjre blown over or B
jumped into tho Avater"to : escape the del- H
ugo of steam. Fivo men were _ H
droAA-ned. \ H
Democrats of North Carolina have " ' M
nominated the folloAving sta 'fyj officers : KW
Secretary , Wm. L. Saunders ; treasurer , M
L.W. Bain ; superintendent of pViblic in- - H
struction , Sidney M. Finger ; attorney- < H
general , F. F. Davidson ; auditor , BeA\ I WM
G.W. Sanderlin ; associate justices of the * " gM
supreme court , Joseph J. Davis , Jain es * H
F. Shepard and A. C. E\-any. j H
John Stephens , a Chicago young man's H
about town , was standing in tho cigar \ H
store under the Adams express building \ LW
Avriting a note.when James Bell , a young LM
businessman of Hyde Park , approached ! mU
took out his penknife and deliberately H
cut off Stephens' ear. Placing it in hia H
pocket , ho coolly disappeared and has H
not been seen since , though the police H
are looking for him. It is said that the _ _ _
.act. Avas to punish Stevens for his undue _ _ _ _ _
intimacy Avith Mrs. Bell. ! _ _ _ _ |
Judge Edward D. White , elected by LW
the Louisiana legislature to succeed H
Senator Eustie , is about 4-jyears of age , H
and has never been married. His father H
was a native of Tennessee , but emigrated _ H
to Louisiana early , was elected to con- H
gross several terms , and afterwards be- H
came governor. Tho son received his H
early education at Monnt St. Marv's mwrn
near Emmettsburg , Md. , and subse- - mU
quently was placed at Georgetown col- H
lege , but was withdrawn on account of - _ _ _ !
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tho war. 1
Doss Mot Mind Amendments. H
Washington dispatch : Chairman H
Mills says the tariff bill will not be laid H
aside during the Chicago convention as H
was intimated some days ago. He in- H
sists that the Avork of consideration * * ' ' _ H
shall progress steadily , and without in- * H
terruption until the measure is com H
pleted , Mr. Mills' euthusiasm goes up H
and down like the mercury of a ther- H
mometer carried through hot and cold H
cells. He is in a glow of happiuess one H
hour , while the bill is under considera- H
tion by the fi\-e minute rule , and as he H
moves from party success to defeat and H
disfiguration of his bill his atmosphere H
goes down. He believes , however , in M
the ultimate passage of his bill , and | H
says he does not care especially about |
amendments so far as details are con- |
cerned if free wool and two or three _ H
other articles , which he thinks cannot H
not be effected , are retained as they |
were originally proposed by the com- H
mittee. M
One Hundred and Thirly-five Horses Burned. H
Montreal dispatch : A fire broke out H
at 1 o'clock this morning in the stable of ] H
the Car Company at Hochelaga. and be- B
fore help could be rendered , the larger H
stable , in Avhich there were 135 horses , B
was a mass of flames. All efforts to save \
the imprisoned animals were fruitless , M
only one of the entire number being H
rescued. During the process of the firo H
their cries of pain could be heard blocks
aAA-ay. In the rear of the large stable
was a smaller stable in which there Avere |
eighty horses. These were all safely V
taken out , several firemen being badly H
burned whila doing so. The building H
was burned and the hospital also de- M
Btroyed. The fire was not extinguished H
untill 4. o'clock. Loss will reach § 100,000.
The wife of Secretary Whitney ia a H
fearless rider , and keeps a beautiful M
blooded saddle mare for her exclusive M
ose. M