New-York tribune., 1875-08-13
Of today's sitting. Tho Conference will be In session
three days.
POLITICAL NEWS.
OREGON CONVENTIONS.

OREGON CONNENIlONs.
THE INDEPENDENTS NOMINATE @. N. WHITNEY TO
CONGRESS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.-The Independent
State Convention Of Oregon met at Salem yesterday Ihe
platform adopted by the Convention fayors the resump
ton Of Specie payments and repeal Of the act doubling
the Presidents salary and pledges the nominee to river
and harbor improvements and locks ut cascades TO ee
late control OF fares and freights ana 70 tne w.
expenses. The Convention nominated u. NJ Whtheya
sawmill man. for Congress-
NOMINATION HENRY WARNER FOR CONGRESS BY
REPUBLICANS.
The platform Of the Oregon Republican Convention de-
cares adherence the Union and 70 tho sovereignty OF
the Federal Government; approves tue National Admin
ist.atiOn and favors the policy OF arbitration between
governments, the resumption OF specie payments, re-
vision OF the Patent laws legislative control OF corpora
,ions and Government sanction OF internal improve
ments; and opposes third Presidential term The Con.
venon nominated Henry Warner formerly Receiver oi
the United States Land Office at Oregon CITY, Tor Soh'
gress.
TAMMANY REORGANIZATION COMPLETED.
THE ACTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINE IN
DORsED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTFE-PROTEsr
PROM AssEMBLYMAN COsTIGAN-PLAIN WORDS
FROM JOHN KELLY-AH EXPLANATION FROM AS
sgMBLYMAN wAEHNER.
A very full representation of the General
Committee Of the Tammany Hall Democracy pres
the Id XIth and XVIII Districts, and receive the re-
port the Committee Organization Nearly all the
prominent members present. Vce-President quinn
presided, In the absence Of Abram 3. Hewitt.
The Special Committee which referred the reao-
luOns presented at the last meeting with reference 10
the reduction Of laborers wages, and which had given
in q report deporng the reduction rs unwse and I'M
called for to the Committee Organization submitted
this report. II put to vote and carried almost
without a dissenting voice. Assembly man Thomas
COstigan one Of the members OF the ff-
teenth District General Committee, who was
dropped when the reorganization WAS made spraDg to
his feet and endeavored to offer amendment. He was
of order by the Charnan who said he should
have offered his amendment sooner. Mr. Costigan, al
peslng to the Committee, demanded to know that wal
fair play in Tammany Hall. lie told by the Chair
that he would have opportunity to BE- heard MI
COstigan proceeded to read his amendment, which was
that Gen. FtzJohn Porter having reduced the wages Of
the laborers the public works was unworthy the con-
fidence of the Democratic party
John Kelly in the mean time had risen to point OF
order that amendment could be offered AS the vote on
the previous motion had been announced The Chairman
pronounced the point Of order well TAKEN and MI Cost-
gan sat down.
Major Quincy then read the report OF the Committee on
Organization the reorganization Of the lid, Xlt, and
XVIII Districts.
Mr. Costigan then offered amendment that SO
much of the report related to the XVIII District be
omitted. There question whether This amendment
was seconded or not and Mr. Kelly finally relieved him
OF the dilemma by seconding it HIMSELF in order TO bring
the matter before the meeting and allow the mover an
cradle length He denounced the attempt to deprive
districts OF the right OF representation or TO dep0so
their chosen representatives in the General Commit
tee Speaking OF his, own arragnment, he said ;
Now, Of what crimes have | been guilty, IL Is true
wages but has Tamnany Hall itself affected to do
the is e IN that IT. K @c TO 9e fS ss I To
take from the people the right TO elect their own civil
% Mhsss s OF s
Ader.nen But ! did this because my Democratic IN
rnc an% aSd my Se oa h' of office compelled me
judgment and not Mr. kellys dictated Am to be ex
PEELED because lived up to our Democratic platform and
Mr. Kelly said Mr. Costigan was asserting what was
ton TO tie Aldermen Mr. Costigan said he had
implicit faith the gentleman, but, nevertheless, there
Ksy ad that when the 6 bis hands gave
the power to appoint the civil M justices ,to 10
Board Of Aldermen It was found, after IN
yesgaten that the kepnefans would not segPI a c4 ts
$94 600 by reduction OF salaries lie had no desire 10
centraze power in himself Ne had been charged was
organization. lie valued bis position only Tor the opor-
ey eu lie e'Vvas" Was Wiling viii that all his acts when
Legislature was In session should Dc closely scru-
had linlea reduced de the salaries % Of all the Judicial
officers who will come before the people ior
or rendered He the
~ laborers wages When he learned that the heads of
Departments contemplated reducing the laborers wages
he pronounced it a serious mistake He understood the
arIous abore OF laborcr or mechanic he mad peen
mechanic and understood what labor was worth. He
thought considering the present condition OF affairs,
that 81 per day not too much for days work He
had striyen 10 build up the organization, and the
Democracy the city and State should now De proud OF
the General Committee, AZ the representative Or Tie
party in this city. lie believed reorganization was
the districts named There were traitors In
the Organization, and necessary that they should
be lie convinced that James Hayes was IN
league with those concerned III forming the outside
organization. No organization cOulu nope W succeeu
with traitors in II. -
characterized the speech or MT Cosugan as disorgahZ
ing and lnischcvous In it's tendencies. Many who spoke
for tue wOrkngmen and prOessed great sympathy Tor
Them never did fair days work In their lives. he lad
ina his pOs,cssiOn letters from officers Of the outside
constructed General Committees of the districts named
Mr. Kelly having Withdrawn ls motion 10 second Cos.
tigup's amendment "a vote had OIL the adoption Of
the report and 1t carried with only two or three dis
senting votes. ..,
Asemblyman Waehner to a question OF privilege.
He lad received in his notice to attend the meeting of
the General Committee copy OF an article en from ne
World in which lac charged with receiving bribe
while i'll tie Legislature lie pronounced the statement
false every particular In so FAR as II related To hiu ana
declared the statement % %as Inspired 5y sodm.d nr,aI
il bis duty to oppose while in the Legis-
laturc Mr. Kelly said he pleased to hear the re-
marks Of the gentleman His attention Was called 10 the
article when It appeared Ii was printed In Demo
cratic new spaper circulating all over the Union and hc
had looked long and anxiousy to see denial from those
whose names used. Although somewhat late, nc
the charges Not until have pure Legislatures lac
added, will We have good laws.
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
RALEIGH, n. c., Aug. 12.-The election for
o., tho Convention fOOts