, 1874-09-10
Ohrlatian burial In November as matter Of
charity. Tho Convention,
ArTEn ADOPTING THE p1ATronlf.
thon took recesa till 2 o'clock, whom 1t pro
cooded to nominate

thon took recesa till O'Clock, whom 1t pro-
cooded to nominate
arArB TlorEr.
frionds OF tho Hon. J. ?. Cook Of Hillsdale. aud
HoDry Chamberlain Of Dorrion County the lat
ter having steadily rofusod to bo candidate for
sny Office s9ying that that l,o preferred to sorys n
Heuato from Hillsdalo County q year ago to
a @ oouni9 uaf9oog ggvnE dssnt 2Ss roeoGa nia
5000 majority. 3lr. Cook took prom
inont position H., ~ /, tho Senate, and is
movement. Tho first ballot showed alr. Cham
por1ain to DO in tho lend tho scattering vote,
added to that for Cook, tlcing tho yoto for
Chamberlain. 4 second ballot
GAVE atn. oi1AMnEnLA1S rnR NoN1rAr1oN,.
which wna nado unanimous with great onthc-
afasn. As Mr. Chamberlain has boon for years
q leading Dornocrnt In Western Micligau. and
indeed IN the State, and ~ ho went into tho Lib
oral movement two .yoars ago earnestly aud
serloualy, there Is no doubt bus that THO Domo-
st Kalamazoo, will ratify tho nomination
by reclamation. hlr Chamberlain, Who owns
tho largest farm in Borrion County, wcnsinto tho
Farmors' Movemont at tho very outset, aud Is a
leading spirit in TINT Oldor. Ho Ia
A arAN or. ABILITY,
unquestaonad integrity. and will draw heavy
voto from tho aE1ioultnEnt clement which waB
atiubbed and uncorotnonioualy kicked ont Of tho
Hopublichn Confontion ut LanRtnE tWo weeks
ago. The balance of tho ticket is regarded MS
strong and much bettcr distributed, goograph-
tca!ly rs. we'll Is politically, tLa anto-
ccdeDts Of tho candidates being fo11r
Republicans and 1yo Democrats. The for
mer clement is recognized fai.ir. as In additlon
to tho nomination Of Mr.. Chamberlain for tho
first plaoo on tho ticket Alr. gfeone, of Oakland
County, for yeara prominently connected with
the State Agricultural Society, Rt,d who il prom
inontly connected with tie Grange, waa uomi-
untol for
COMMISSIONER OF T1E LAND oFr1oE.
Col. Mo1loynolds, nominated for Attorney
and tho disgust ovor the nomination Of m un-
known fonrth-rato lawyer by tho Nepublicana for
TINT position will elect Col buI,oynol1s boYond
doubt. Gu tuo whole, the Convention did far
bottor work than whR expected. 1t has noMf-
natod IN uuexcoptionally strong ticket on
SOUND PLATFORM,
md thoro ia Httie doubt but that thu Democratic
Convention will ratify the entire ticket, and
probably adopt norton Of tho platform.
Ia the dssocsated Fress.l "
JACKSON, Micii., Sept 9.-ln the Reform State
Convention tu-tlay the Committee Oh RoHotu-
tioua 1rade majority an1 minority reports. Thc
majority report waB ndnptGu, advocating re-
duction Of tho number aud lininMtion Of power Of
oilicers untlor tho National Government; rcdnc-
tim OF snlaro6 to tho oxtent that no fund Gnu
be raised for political purpoBeB from oi}ce-hoiu-
era; that political opinton should not bo a ron-
son for appointment to office. NOR ground for
by any Senator or Representative in Congress.
and tho election Of oil Federal officers BIZ tho
prople; specify return 10 l1ara money; all bunk
lug, Rtata aud National. e}.a,tld be FREQ; tagiR
for rovonuo; 4 Just md equitable systoin Ut Tux
alton.