Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
The Liberal State Convention Of New York

The Liberal State Convention Of New York
met at Albany on the 9th and adopted plat
form and adjourned, without making any
nominations, to the Goth. The resolutions de-
clare against third term for the Presidency,
and that sound policy requires that no Presi-
dent should bere- elected that the return OF the
country to specie basis is of paramount i'm
portancc, and that the business interests Of
the country require that a free banking sys-
tenn should be established.
Thomas NJ. Patterson (DemocraD has been
elected Delegate to Congress from Colorado by
between 1000 and 1000 majority over Je-
rome B. Chaffee, present Delegate.
Congressional nominations on the 9th:
Democratic-Gen. John B. Clark, Eleventh
Missouri District, renominated Hon. Milton
Sayler, First Ohio District, renominated; Gen.
Henry B. Banning, Second Ohio District, re-
nominated; Col. II. Casey Young, Tenth Ten
nessee District. Reform and Liberal-E St.
Julien Cox, Second Minnesota District; Prof
d. G. Pinckney, Fifth Illinois District; Free
man Kelly Seventh Indiana District
The Nebraska Democrats have nominated
A. Tuxbury for Governor; John Atherly for
y.
General, and J. W. Savage for Congressman.
The resolutions favor the adoption Of gold
and silver as the basis of currency, and the
resumption Of specie payments as soon as
possible without disaster to the business in
terests Of the country, by steadily opposing
imitation and by payment OF the national in
debtedness in the money Of the civilized
world; the right and duty of the State to pro-
tect its citizens from extortion and unjust
discrimination by chartered monopolies, ETC.
Congressional nominations on the 10th:
Republcan-Lloyd Lowndes, Sixth Maryland
District, renominated; VIM. s. King Third
Minnesota District; H. B. Strait, Second Min
nesota District, renominated; Hon. s. A.
Hurlbut, Fourth Illinois District, renomi
mated. Democratic-Henry Boyle, Sixteenth
Ohio District; W. A. j. Sparks, Sixteenth
Illinois District. Reform and independent
Col. jeff A. Seay Fifth Missouri District; A.
V. Pendleton, Sixth Indiana District; A. G..
Cook, Second Wisconsin District; Alexander
Campbell, Seventh Illinois District
The Michigan Democratic State Convention
met at Kalamazoo on the 10th and made the
following nominations: For Governor, Henry
Chamberlain; Lieutenant-G Governor, Freder-
lex Hail. Secretary of State, George II. House !;
State Treasurer, Joseph.M. Stcrling; Auditor
General, John II. Graus; Commissioner
State Land Office, Chauncy w. Green !;
Attorney General, Martin V. Montgomery;
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Duane Doty, Member Of the State
Board Of Education, E. w. Andrews.
The resolutions adopted demand the "aban-
donment of all efforts to rule States for cor
rupt party purposes by an infamous alliance
of carpet-baggers, scalawags and bayonets;"
the repeal of the law increasing salaries, and
the "gag law" a reservation of the public
lands for the benefit Of the Union soldier and
sailor and Of the actual settler; the repeal of
the Legal Tender act, and specie basis and
free banks with secured currency, etc.
The Prohibition State Convention OF
Nebraska have nominated: For Governor, j.
8. Church; Secretary of State, w. G. Ollonger;
Treasurer, Thompson Bissel; Attorney
General, present incumbent, j. r. Webster;
Superintendent of Public Instruction, J N.
Mckenzie; Prison Inspector, q. B. Parker;
Congressman, J. G. Miller; contingent Con-
gresham. j. A. Fairbanks.