Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-09-16
POLITICAL.


Bryant, the Democratic candidate, is elect
| ed Mayor Of San Francisco by small ma
jority
| The Alabama Constitutional Convention
met at Montgomery on the 9th. Gen. L. P.
| Walker was chosen President by acclama.
| ton, Republicans and Democrats all voting
| for him.
! All the State constitutional amendments
submitted to the people Of New Jersey on the
7th were adopted except the clause repeating
the Five County act"
| Dr. Edward Ransom, Democratic nominee
| for President of the North Carolina Constitu.
| tional Convention, was elected on the It'll on
the fourteenth ballot, thus securing Demo-
cratic organization of that body.
| Stephen b. Elkins (Rep.) has been re-
elected Delegate to Congress from the Ter
ritory of New Mexico
! The New York Republican State Conven-
| ton was held at Saratoga on the Sth, and
the following ticket was nominated: For
| Secretary of State, F. w. Seward; Comp
| troler, F. E. Spinner Treasurer, Gen. E. A.
Merritt; Attorney General, Geo. L. Danford
| State Engineer, o. f. ?. Cornell; Canal Com
missioner, Vim. E. Tnsley; State Prison In
spector, Rev. Benoui T. Ives. The platform
| adopted declares against further currency in
| iation and in favor of the speediest possible
return to specie payments; recognizes as
| conclusive President Grants declaration that
he is not candidate for denomination, and
declares opposition to the election of any
| President for third term; indorses the Ad-
ministration of President Grant, etc.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Con-
vention met at Erie on the 18th and effected a
permanent organization, but adjourned for
the day without making nominations or
| adopting a platform.
The Democratic Reform State Convention
| of Wisconsin, in session at Milwaukee on the
| Sth, renominated the present State officers
| by acclamatlon and adopted platform in
| dorsing the reform resolutions adopted in
! 1873, including the declaration in favor of a
sound currency in coin or its equivalent.
| The Maryland Republicans met In State
| Convention at Westminster on the Sth, and
adjourned to meet in Baltimore on the odd
The Pennsylvania Democracy, in their
! State Convention at Erie on the 9th adopted
resolutions on the currency question similar
to those in the Ohio platform. They de-
mand that the policy of contraction be
| abandoned and that the volume of money be
made and kept equal TO the wants of trade;
| favor the extinction Of the National Banks
ard the retirement Of their circulation, to be
| replaced ty full legal-tender issues by the
| Government, and the establishment Of a sys-
| TEN OF free banks of discount and deposit
under State regulation. Judge Cyrus l..
Pershing, of Cambria County, was nominated
for Governor on the eleventh ballot, and his
nomination was made unanimous
The Farmers and Mechanics Conference,
recently held in Cincinnati, passed resolu-
tons demanding the repeal OF the National
Banking law and the issue of paper money
directly by the General Government, to be
made legal tender for all debts, public and
private, including duties on imports, aud to be
| interchangeable for registered interest bonds.
| Auti-monopoly resolutions were also adopted,
and one favoring the limiting of the Prcsi-
| dent of the United States to one term OF
office.
The Republicans of the Third Mississippi
District have nominated Finnis II. Little for
| Congress,