Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-07
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON.
VRNTION AT NEW YORK.

Is increasing hourly. PEN
friends indulge in expressions
Of confidence in his nomination. Sey-
mour is their second choice. It Is be-
lieved that they control over one hun
dred and sixty votes. Wash. Mclean
and Judge Flynn Of Cincinnati had q
interview with Seymour and a
few leading New York Democrats.
will not be pressed to a split.
It is very likely Seymour will be nomi-
mated by reclamation before six ballots
are had and forced to accept. Should
Seymour be nominated, Hendricks or
Blair will be Vice President.
New YORK, July 4th.-The National
Convention assembled 10
Hall which is handsomely
decorated for the occasion With large
American flags, ETC., and deliberately
painted e%scutcheons. The accommoda-
tions for the delegates Of all the States
are ample, and excellent arrangements
are provided for the press. The hall
and galleries are densely crowded. At
twenty minutes past 10 o'clock August
Belmont called the Convention to order
and spoke at some length, denouncing
the policy and character of the domi.
nant party. He concluded by nomina-
ting for temporary Chairman Hon.
Henry W. Palmer Of Wisconsin, which
was agreed to. Palmer took the chair
amid applause and briefly returned
thanks for the honor.
Prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. Nor
gan, rector Of st. Thomas Church.
After considerable discussion the
rules of tho House of Representatives
were adopted for the government of the
Convention.
Several motions were made in regard
to the appointment of Committees on
permanent organization and credentials.
A motion to allow Territories to be
represented on both Committees was
lost-l08 to "a.
A motion 6nally passed allowing
States only to be represented on those
Committees, which were %thereupon ap-
pointed. California is represented on
the Committee on Credentials by w.
Jacoby and on the Committee on Per-
manent Organization by A. H. Rose.
The Committee on Resolutions was
subsequently appointed. California is
represented by E. Steele.
A resolution was adopted %instructing
the two former Committees to report at
Z o'clock this evening.
A motion was adopted that all reso-
~lutions offered be referred to the Com
mittee on Resolutions without debate.
It was ordered that the Committee on
Organization be instructed to report
rules for the government Of the Con-
yention.
Brooks, on behalf Of the New York
delegation, moved to reconsider the res.
olution for a meeting tonight, and
urged as q reason the extreme heat, and
also the fact that the city Of New York
had arranged for the appropriate cele-
bration of the day, and hoped the Con-
vention would participate.
After q lengthy discussion, the mo-
ton to reconsider prevailed, and the
Convention adjourned to Monday Mt 10
o'clock, the Secretary having first read
the Declaration of Independence, by a
vote Of the Convention.
CHICAGO, July Specials from New
York say that in the Committee on Per-
mauent Organization one half of the
States-eighteen-yoted for Horatio
Seymour for Permanent Chairman. Nc
Donald, Of Indiana, was nominated by
the Western men against him. He got
fifteen, and Governor Bigler, Of Penn
sylvania, three. Seymour is therefore
the Permanent Chairman.
The Pendleton men complain bitterly
of the Partially shown in the distribu-
ton Of tickets by which Tammany Hall
was filled by New York local politicians
and the Pendleton escort got no show.
A Tribune special strongly denies the
truth of the report that Chase has writ
ten a letter ~pledgiug himself In any
event to support the nominee Of tue
Convention. Chase freely says if the
Convention adopts his principles, inclu-
ding the recognition of the existing re-
construction Of the South, negro suf-
frage, and honesty in the payment OF
the debt, he would support the NOM
inees.
NEW YORK, July 6.-The Committee
on Resolutions met last night. The fol-
lowing platform was presented by
Henry E. Murphy, which has the ap-
prevail Of Governor Seymour aud the
New York delegation, and is regarded
as certain Of adoption
WHEREAS, The Democratic party, in
National Convention assembled, stand
ing as ever by the Constitution of the
Government and guaranteeing the lib
critics Of the citizen, recognizing as con-
sequences Of the late civil war the ex-
tinction Of slavery, Of the heresy Of
secession, with the return Of peace, de-
mand :
First-The restoration of all the
States to their rights in the Union, and
the restoration Of civil government to
the American people.
Second-Amnesty for all political Of
tenders, and the regulation of the cleo
tive franchise in the States by their
citizens.
Third-The payment Of the national
obligations in strict accordance with
their terms.
Fourth-The taxation of Government
bonds to the same extent that other
property is taxed.
Fifth-One currency for the Govern
ment and the people-the laborer, Office
holder, pensioner and bondholder.
Sixth-Economy in the administra-
ton Of the Government, the reduction
of the standing army and navy, the abo-
lition of the Freedmen's Bureau and all
political fundamentally designed to
secure negro supremacy /; the simplif-
cation Of the revenue system, and the
discrimination Of inquisitional modes
Of assessing and collecting Internal
Revenue, 80 that the burdens Of taxation
may be equalized and lessened, the
credit Of the Government increased, the
currency made good and the national
debt funded at q lower rate of interest.
Seventh-Reform of abuses In admin
istratiou, the expulsion of corrupt men
from Office, and the reservation Of pub
lie lands for homes for the working
people, the restoration Of the rightful
authority and independence of the Ex-
ecutive and the Judiciary, and the sub
ordination of the military to the civil
rule, to the end that the %usurpation Of
and the daonot;s- sc th..-ord