Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-18

al iASJ wear dL 1y ioSofN ~
so. 900 Democatic majority at the elec-
tion following and vindicated before
ali the people of this Republic by the
illustrious administration OF Samuel ).
Tilden.
From the N. Y. Platform, Syracuse, Sept.
~, 1911.
First-Gold and silver are the only
legal tender; no currency convertible
with coin. :.
Second-Steady steps toward specie
payments; no step backward.
Third-Honest payment of the pub
lie debt in coin; sacred preservation OF
the public faith.
Fourth-Revenue reform; Federal
taxation for revenue only; no Govern
ment partnership with protective mo-
nopolies.
Fffth-Home rule, to limit and To-
calize most iealonsly the few powers
intrusted to the public, municipal,
State and Federal; no Capitalization.
6th-Equal and exact justice to all
men; no partial legislation; no partial
taxation.
Seventh-Free press; no gag laws.
Eighth-A uniform excise law; no
sumptuary laws.
Ninth = Official accountability en-
forced by better civil and criminal
remedies; no private use of public
funds by public officers.
neutrality-suspicious. chartered by
the State always s~upervisable by the
State in the interest of the people.
Eleventh-The party in power is re-
sponsible for all legislation, when in
power.
Twelfth-The Presidency a public
trust, not a private perquisite; no Third
term.
Thirteenth-Economy in public ex-
pense, that labor may be lightly bur-
dened.
The Democrats of New York, in con-
ventioH assembled, pledge themselves,
their nominees and their representa-
tiyes in Senate and Assembly to
follow where an honest and fear
less Chief Magistrate has dared
to lead in reforming the adj
ministration of the great canals, so
long despoiled in their construction,
maintenance, repairs and revenues; to
carry on with unwavering purpose and
fidelity wise measures to increase the
efficiency of all departments of public
works and service, and to persist in
reducing our State tax, in which the bur
dens have already been lightend by
the retrcnchments and reforms of a
single item to the amount of nearly
So, 600, 900; and upon this paramount,
immediate and practical issue of ad-
ministrative reform VIZ cordially in
vite the cooperation of every true
Democrat, every Liberal Republican,
nd oil IF ans fnl1nvy nifi1anS of trhaf-
ever party name, who are willing in the
coming State election to unite with us
in supporting reform and the candi-
dates upon a reform platform.
Nominations were made as follows:
john Bigelow, by reclamation, for Sec
of State; Lucius Robinson, for
Comptroller; Charles s. Fairchild, for
Attorney General; Charles N. Cross,
for State Treasurer; John ID. Van
Buren,, for State Engineer.
Great Musical Festival.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. II.
The Welsh National Eisteddefod con-
tinues with great success. Governor
Hartranft presided yesterday at the
afternoon session. Fully 5000 people
were present listening to the several
choirs, numbering from 200 to 300 per-
each, in their competitor in choral
singing for the prize. The piece Sc
lected for the contest vas "Rise up,
arise" from Memberships St. Paul.
In the evening, when an immense
throng was present, the same piece
was sung by the united choirs of l,50O
persons.
The BOnapartists-Other Items.
NEW YORK, Sept. IL.
A dispatch from Paris states that the
formal conference of the Bonapartist
party, at Arenberg, has been aban.
doned. The cause assigned Is that the
popular excitement was so threatening
It was considered more prudent to re-
main quiet for the present. The Bon
apartist organized leaders preserve the
strictest silence as to affairs. The Gov.
eminent is closely watching the move.
ments of the Bonapartists and ls pre-
pared to act with vigor, should cir
cumstances require.
A special from Leiguitz says Quarter
Master Meigs, with son, and Lieut.
Newcomb and Col. Dickinson Wood
ruff and Delaney Floyd Jones, Of the
U. S. Army, yesterday witnessed thu
dUlttIIln il~ldLucN0iS VI thO oCA u
army upon a grand scale.
Sergeant Edward Shaw, of the Scot
land Yard Police, London, arrived
here to testify in the case of Lawrence
who is awaiting trial in the Londor
Jail on the charge of defrauding tn
United States. The detectives declar
that the combination, of which Law
renee was agent, is very powerful ant
has dekauded the Government o Diver.
large sums. It's operations wer
checked for a time, but not who'll,
broken up, and it is asserted that th
silk smuggling ring includes som
houses of the highest standing here.
The Great Overflow at Galveston.
NEW YORK, Sept. IL.
A special from Houston, Texas, pro
nounces the storm at Galveston tn
heaviest since 1867. The city !
partially under water, severa
feet deep In all the principa
| streets. Several wrecks have beer
reported. The Ocean House, on Gul
Beach, is entirely surrounded by wa
ter. and the out-houses are gone. TIL
City Hospital is filled with water
| Thirty workmen on the breakwater be
ing built by the Government were Gu
offand lost. The Santa Fe railwaybridg
across the bay has been swept away
ond tho Houetou railway bridUa /