Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-29
POLITICAL.


The municipal election in Providence, K. l..
has resulted in the reelection of the present
general officers of the city Thomas \. Doyle,
for Mayor, had 2,117 votes; William g. r.
Mowry, Democrat and Prohibition, 1905. The
new Board of Aldermen elected will favor the
granting of liquor licenses reversing the policy
of the late Board.
Governor Dix, of New York, has vetoed the
| Local Option bill on the ground that it re-
| stricts the freedom of choice of communities,
| and cOmpels them to either permit the sale of
ardent spirits or prohibit the sale of lighter
beverages; and also, because no limits are
specified to the number who may engage in
the traffic. He favors local option, but not in
the restricted sense which this bill provides
The veto was sustained by the Legislature.
| The Southern and Western Governors Con
yention met at Atlanta, Ga, on the Goth. The
Convention permanently organized by the elec
ton of Gov Brown, of Tennessee, President
and one Vice President from each Of the thir
teen States represented. Over three hundred
delegates were present. The Convention
| adopted resolution that cheap transportation
was the only subject for discussion.
Charges have been preferred in the New
York Legislature against Ezra Cornell, found
er of the Cornell University, to the effect that
in locating and selling the public lands which
were granted to the University, he had VIC
lated the law and used his position as agent Of
the State for purposes of private speculation
and plumber. Mr. Cornell demanded an inves-
tgation.
The Ohio Republican State Convention, in
session at Columbus on the 21st, nominated
For Governor, f. +. Noyes, of Hamilton IRE
nomination.; Lieutenant Governor, AlphOnsO
Hart, of Portage; Supreme Judge, long term,
William White, of Clark Denomination; short
term, Walter f. Stone, of Eric denomination;
Attorney General, John Little, of Greene;
Comptroller of the Treasury, William T. Will
Hams, of Portage (renomination); member of the
Board of Public Works, Philip Herring, of
AnglaiZe (renominatiOn). The resolutions
adopted reaffrm confidence in President Grant
and his administration; declare that the
producing, commercial and industrial in
tcrests Of the country should have, the best
and cheapest modes of transportation possible,
and while capital invested in such means of
transit, whether by railway or otherwise,
should be permitted the right of reasonable re-
muneration, all abuse in their management,
exces siye rates, oppressive discrimination
against localities, persons, or interest should
be corrected by law, and the people protected
from such wrongs, and all improper and
arbitrary use of the growing power of railways
and other corporations; condemn aS unwise
the increase by Congress Of the salaries of its
own members, and condemn, without reserve
those who voted for or received back pay, and
demand the unconditional repeal of the law
The Atlanta GubernatoriaI Convention
adopted memorial to Congress urging aid to
| three great water-lines from the West to the
Atlantic. There was considerable discussion
on the proper method of building canal, the
minority thinking that it should be a Govern
ment work, and not under the control of a
private corporation. Addresses were made by
| Gov. Wood, of Missouri, and Gov. Brown of
Tennessee. The Convention adjourned sine
die on the 21st
| The Ohio Democratic and Liberal Republican
| Committees have decided to hold their State
| Convention at Columbus on the 9th of August
The cases of Susan B. Anthony and fourteen
other women who voted in Rochester, n Y,
and of the Inspectors of Election, indicted for
| receiving and counting the votes of the women,
came up on the 22d, in the United States Dis
trict Court in that city. All the indictments
were ordered to be tried at the June term of
the Circuit Court at Canandaigua, and the
defendants were released on their own recog-
nizance.
The Ohio Republican State Central Commit
tee have chosen me following Executive Com
mlttee: c. C. Walcut, Chairman; Rodney
Zoos, Secretary; Isaac Welsh, Treasurer;
Committeeman, James Williams, F. B. Pond,
and j. C. Donaldson.