The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-08-29

Convention Governor, S. G. Cusey, of Mi
ami county; Lieutenant-G Governor, E. Har-
rington, of Brown county; Secretary of State,
Nelson Abbott, of Atchison county; Treasur-
er, C.. F. Koester, of Washington county; Au-
ditor, G. P. Smith, of Wilson county; Attor-
ney-G General, j. P. Hall, of Cherokee county;
Superintendent of Public Schools, Fl. B. Nor
| ton, of Cowley county; Associate Justice,
W. P. Douthitt, of Shawnee county. The
nomination of candidates for Congress was
delegated to the people of the several dis
tricts.
The Kansas City Times of the 7th publish
es what it terms an erpose of Senator John
j. Ingalls, of Kansas. The Senator is charged
| with various misdemeanors, both personal
| and political, and the Times processes itself
| ready to defend libel suit if the Senator
| desires to vindicate his character in that man.
ner.
A National Reform party has been organ
| ized in Michigan, and acommittee appointed
| to call State Convention for the purpose of
nominating a ticket.
The Democratic majority in Memphis at
the recent election is given at 1888, in total
vote of a little over 10000. In Nashville the
Democratic candidates were elected by major
tiles ranging from 1000 to 5000, and the
counties generally throughout the State went
Democratic. The only serious disorder re-
ported on election day was at somerville,
where two men were killed, and a request
was sent to Memphis for assistance to quell
| the riot.
Returns from the election in North Carolina
indicate that the State has gone Democratic
by large maiority-said to be from 10000 to
10000 majority. Seven Congressman out of
the eight elected are Democrats.
Hon. D. W. Worries addressed large
Democratic meeting at Terre Haute, Ind, on
the 7th.
| The Louisiana Republican State Conven-
! ton renominated Antine Dublect, the pres
ent incumbent, for State Treasurer. The
resolutions declare /" that duty and sound
policy alike constrain us to support and nom-
| mate for office none but men of known honor
and capacity, and that men who are unmind-
full of the interests of the State, and whose
records are a reproach to the party, shall not
be permitted to force themselves upon us in
any capacity, under any pretense whatever"
They also indorse the State administration
for pursuing the right course while contend
ing with an organized system of villifcation
and Misrepresentation at home and abroad,
denounee violence and the attempts to bring
about conflict of races, and pledge the par
| ty to give fair election and to reduce the ex-
penditures.
Bishop Whitehouse the Episcopal Church
died at his residence In Chicago on the 10th.
after brief illness. He was seVenty-one
years of age.
Frank Moulton appeared before the Ply
mouth Investigating Committee on the 10th,
and tsvas supposed submitted the originals
of the documents in his possession bearing
upon the Beecher-Tilton matter. No posi-
tive information concerning his statement
could be CLEANED by the reporters. but it was
understood that it would be given to the
press on the following day.
There were number of versions of what
purported to be the substance of Mr.. Frank
Moulton's testimony before the Plymouth
Church Investigating Committee published
on the 18th, but most of these were SO utterly
at variance, that manifestly they were mere
guess-work on the part of the reporters anc
correspondents. No satisfactory information
could be obtained either from Mr. Mouiton OF
the members of the committee as to when tht
statement would be given to the press.
The Chicago Tribune of the 11th publishes
an interview between its correspondent
George Alfred Townsend, and MIR. Franl
Moulton, which is important as giving wha
is probably reliable expression of Mr. Moul
toms views fthe noted scandal in which b.
has taken the role of ''mutual friend" Mr.
Moulton very freely expresses his opinion
to Mr.. Beecher's criminality, and claims t
) have incontrovertible evidence of the fact il
the documents in his possession.
: The President has appointed W. FL. q
Clayton, United States Attorney for tn
Western District of Arkansas.
A call has been issued for straight-ou
Democratic Convention in the State of Ill
nois, to be held at Springfield on the 25th
. The call is signed by Joseph Ledlie, Chain
man, and j. o. Pallon, Secretary of the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee of 1872.
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