The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-02


ter of the State Land Office, NJ Rodarmal
Of Story. Resolutions were adopted
indorsing the doctrine Of the inviolability
of State and individual rights, and de-
nouncing the Administration in that it had
inteEfUed In, certain States with
matters with which it had nc
,kproper concern; condemning the
1kxtravagance and waste Of the
Government As now administered, and III
H u incapacity to meet tn ital ques'
sIyl6Rs Of TIE day; declaring that ne fsitI
/ and credit Of tie iiatioR must Sc mali:
tanned inviolate that the public debt, Of
whatever kind, should be paid in strict
accnrdsnce with the law under which il
was contracted; insisting that tariffs
shotiId be imposed for revenue only; that
railroads should he subservient to the
public good, and demanding such leg
islation as will secure the industrial
and producing interests of the country
against all forms of corporate monopoly
and extortion; deprecating any action
calculated to retard railroad enterprises
or work injustice to these invaluable aux
iliaries to commerce and civilization
favoring the limitation of the Presi-
dency to single term and the
election of President, Vice President
and senatorSby direct popular vote; de-
mandihg modification of the Patent
laws; insisting that the personal liberty
and social rights Of the citizens should
not be abridged or controlled by legis-
lative enactment, except SO far as may
be necessary to promote the peace and
welfare Of society; favoring the equali-
zation of bounties to soldiers and sailors,
and advocating such legislation as shall
grant to each one of them or to his
widow and children homestead of 100
acres Of land
The French Assembly, on the 25th, rati-
fed, without debate. the postal conven-
ton between France and the United
States.
Several arrests were made in Rome on
the evening of the Gath, of parties engaged
in anti-papal demonstrations.
hCCOIuiHS W SdICutld tCiCbi dhhs VI VIC
a5th the distress in India, in consequence
of the famine, was sensibly abating.
Hon. L. X. Bass, Of the Thirty-frst
New York District, who was recently APP
pointed Assistant-Secretary Of the Treas
ury declined the appointment on the
25th.
The Rhode Island Legislature on the
25th postponed the election Of United
States Senator until January next, and
adjourned. The last ballot resulted as
follows: Burnside, AZ; Dixon, 26; Bars
tow, 10; scattering, 16.
Hon Henry L. Dawes, of Massachu-
sets, has written letter declining to be
a candidate for reelection to Congress.
At the Vermont Democratic State Con
vention held at Montpelier on the 25th
the following nominations were made:
Governef, Hon. W. L. III. Bingham;
Lieutenant Governor, Henry Chase !;
Treasurer, Otis Chamberlin. Resolutions
were adopted renewing devotion to the
Democratic party; favoring the repeal Of
the prohibitory law and adoption of a
stringent license law, and hailing with
joy the prospect of the early completion
of the Caughnawaga Canal, as beneficial
alike to the farmer, manufacturer, pro-
Queer and consumer.
A well attended convention of the pro.
moters of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers
improvement was held at Oshkosh, Wis,
on the Gath. Col. C. D. Robinson, Of
Green Bay, was chosen President, with
A. J. Turner, of Portage, and Curtis Reed,
of Menasha, as Secretaries. A series Of
resolutions was adopted urging the i'm.
portance and necessity of the proposed
improvement of said rivers. A letter was
read from Gov. Taylor, stating that the
objects of the convention had his hearty
approval.
The official vote for Congressman in
the recent Oregon election was as follows:
Ladow Dem), 9,64s; Williams (Rcp.),
934O; Davenport lind J, $3.50.
A few evenings ago Elvina Blazier, of
Lincoln, Neb., attempted to light fire
with the aid Of kerosene oil. The poor
girl was burned to death.
A Paris dispatch of the Goth says that
on the preceding day the police had made
domiciliary visits to the houses Of promi-
nent Bonapartists and to the 1mperialist
journals, and had secured important doc
uments
Bayonne dispatches of the Goth say
that the Carlsts had raised the siege of
Figueras, and that Gen. Conchas attack
on Estella was hourly expected. The
defense Of the latter place was managed
by Don Carlos in person.
| Hon. Geo. F. Hoar, from the Worcester
Mass district, has recently avowed his
determination not to be candidate for
Congress next fall.
According to New York dispatches of
the Goth Mr.. Beecher, in conversation
with reporter, said he had at present
no intention Of saying anything in reply
to the recent statements. He had a
large pastorate under his charge and had
no time for personal controversies. II,
however, the examiners of Plymouth
Church should decide that it would be
well for him to speak out in regard to
the recent letter, he would do SO without
hesitation.
Hon. James Wilson has been renom-
mated for Congress by the Republicans
of the Fifth Iowa District, and Hon. J.
w. McDill by the Republicans Of the
Eighth Iowa District.
The Attorney-General Of Iowa has
given an official opinion that the new
State law for the regulation of railway
and passenger tariffs is valid and its en-
| forcemcnt feasible.
Madrid dispatches Of the 9th and SStf
chronicle. the defeat of the Carlists al
Cheloa and the capture of three OF the
outlying defenses of Estella.
The thieving nephew Of the Gar o
all the Russiss has been banished fol
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