Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL.
Gov. Osborn, of Kansas, has called an extra
session Of the State Legislature to vote an APP
| preparation for the relief of the sufferers by
the ravages of grasshoppers.
The State Central Committee of the New
York liquor dealers have resolved to hold
| their State Convention at Albany on the 3Oth
| instant.
Charles Foster has been renominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Tenth
Ohio District
Woman's National Temperance Conven-
! ton is to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, in No
vember next. The Women's Temperance
Leagues throughout the country are invited
to send one woman delegate from each Con
| gressional District. The date of the cOnven-
| ton is not yet definitely fixed.
Congressional nominations on the 1st: Re
publican-First Iowa District, Geo. W. Nc
Crazy Second nomination, which he finally
accepts; Second Iowa, J. Q. Tufts; Second
Wisconsin, L. B. Caswen; Twenty seventh
| Pennsylvania, c. B. Curtis. Democratic
| Twelfth Ohio, A. T. Walling; Twenty third
| Pennsylvania, A g. Cochran. Opposition
| First Minnesota, Franklin H. Waite. hide
pendent RefOrm-Twelfth Illinois, J. B.
Turner.
Returns received at Montpelier on the I'd
| from the State election in Vermont indicated
the election of Judge Peck (Republican) for
| Governor by the usual majority, after allow
| ing for light vote throughout the State. The
| House will be largely, and the State Senate
unanimously, Republican.
D, ~
| Columbus, on the I'd, nominated: For Sec
rotary of State, A T. Wykoff; Supreme
| Judge, long term, Luther Day; short term,
W. W. Johnson; School Commissioner,
| Thomas w. Howe; Clerk of the Supreme
| Court, Rodney Foss; Member of the Board Of
Public Works, Stephen R. Hosmer-all re-
nominations except johnson, who is NOM
mated for the unexpired term of Judge
Stone, resigned. The platform adopted re-
affirms the principles and policy of the Re
| publican party;E demands that the equal
civil and political rights of all citizens be en-
forced by appropriate legislation; fayOrs
| tariff for revenue, with incidental protection
! to aid and encourage American industry; de-
| nounces all forms of open or covert repudia-
| ton, and declares it to be the duty of the Ma
tional Government to adopt measures for
gradually restoring our paper money to
specie standard without a shock to the bust
ness interests of the country, after which
banking should be free; declares in favor of
National and State legislation to promote
cheap and prompt transportation; condemns
the recent alleged outrages and murders of
unoffending colored citizens in the South;
| favors the restraint of intemperance and its
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judicial and police powers of the State.
The Peoples State Convention of Missouri
| met at Jefferson City on the I'd, and nOmi-
mated William Gentry for Governor and Fl.
| W Headlee for Lieutenant-GoyernOr Reso-
buttons were adopted-aganst any further in
| crease of the State debt; declaring against all
combinations which tend to increase the cost
| of transportation beyond fair remuneration
| to carriers, and that it is the duty of the
| legislative branch of the Government to sub
! iect the railroads to such wise and impartial
enactments as will protect the people from
extortion without impairing the rights or
usefulness of such corporations; opposing
any further contraction of the national cur
rency as detrimental to the interests of the
! producing classes.
| The following Congressional nominations
were made on the ID: Republican-First
| Wisconsin District Chas. G. Williams, renom-
mated; Seventh Wisconsin, J. NJ. Rusk, re-
nominated; Second Kansas, Stephen A. Cobb,
renominated; Sixth Illinois, Thomas J. Hen
! derson; Sixteenth Illinois, J. S. Martin, re-
| nominated; Fourth Michigan, J. c.. Burrows,
renominated; Fifth Michigan, W. B. Williams,
renominated; Ninth Michigan, ]. A Hubbell,
! renominated. Democratic-Fifth Ohio, A. V.
| Rice; Eleventh Ohio, J. L. Vance; Ninth Ken
! lucky, Hansen Cochran.
4 Lexington (Mo.) dispatch of the I'd says
! that on the Both ult., near North Lexington,
| the James boys and one of the Younger gang
! stopped and robbed stage full of passengers,
realizing by the performance about $500 in
! chattels and money. They rode away in plain
view of hundreds of people who had got wind
of the affair and gathered on the bluffs to
witness it.
The Board of Trade of Columbia s. c., met
on the evening of the 2d and adopted resolu-
tons denouncing the attempt of certain par
ties, and particularly of John J. Patterson, to
create false Impression as to the relations
which exist between the white and colOred
people OF that State. They brand the state
ment that there is any danger of rupture as
false, and ask the national authorities to
cause an investigation to be made into the
truth ofthe statements of Patterson and others
made at Washington.
The Indiana Women's State Temperance
Convention was recently in session at In
dlanapolis, and a series of resolutions was
adopted, the chief points of interest being an
Endorsement of the general features Of the
baxter law, and an agreement not to support
any candidate for Office, be he Republican or
Democrat, not in sympathy with the temper
ance movement, and not pledged to sustain
and improve the Baxter bill in the next ses-
sion Of the General Assembly. The Sth day
OF October was fixed upon as day of humil-
iation, fasting and prayer. The following Of