The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-12

I son that came here as witness
/ I received letter about q month ago
asking me to come, and I arrived here
! last night; l talked with Messrs. Sher.
man, Hill and Evsrts, since came nerei
! | carried narratives Of these converse.
tions in the tablet of my BRAIN l was
running in the interests of the Labor Re-
| form party for Attorney General Of the
State of Masssc usetts, and received a.
900 votes; there we're two other candi-
dates in the field, who outstripped me;
this was in l869-70; carry on law
business; there were several charges
against me then, one Of them pur-
/ ported to be Of criminal
offence; endeavortd to getft triId out and
could not | never was charged with per-
! jury or false pretenses practiced on an
insane woman; no such accusation as
! keeping a woman in an insane asylum
was ever made against me; never had
/ any difficulty in Washington at any
time; | was staff Of Admiral Dahlgren IN
the navy as advocate general.
! Redirect Examination-ln 1857, there
was charge made against my conduct
when was young lawyer; its general
allegation WAS that | received 500 from
| parties which it was said | should not
| have received; this case was HolleprOSSed,
| although / wanted to go to trial; the
parties concerned in this accusation were
| DR.. James Hannor, an abortionist, one
! harrington, nurse for the doctor, and
one Nose, district attorney, with whom
/ had difficulty; never knew nor did
| General Butler, my counsel, that there
was any grounds for this otfense other
/ than the general accusation; the matter
was noUe pressed, and there ended; !
never heard anything more OF 1t until
! this; | became Mrs. Woodhulls counsel
in reference to difficulty that arose
| about her obtaining hall for lecturing
purposes in Boston; Mr.. Tilton said that
! the divorce laws Of some of the New
England States, Indiana and Illinois
were preferable to those of New York;
! he lTilton) was Of the opinion that the
! laws should not interfere with the mar
! riage relations; Tiiton'S idea was that the
contract should be dissolved at the in
! stance of the one or the other of the par
| ties.
Re. cross exumination-l understood
by Tltou that if wife worn out in her
/ husbands service WAS deserted by her
husband she could sustain an action
against him for damages, but that the
contract was broken. This concluded
Mr.. Cowley testimony.
Adjourned.
| The New Party-Its Basis Principles.
CLEVELAND, March ll.-About sixty
| delegates, representing twelve States and
! the District of Columbia, assembled mt
Holes Hall this afternoon, with a view
Of forming new Independent party con-
vention. The meeting was called to or
! der By +. A. Altman, chairman Of the
/ National Executive Committee appoint
ed by previous convention held at In.
dianapolis on November 2Sth, 1874. The
call OF the meeting was read by Z. Il.
Buchanan, Secretary of the Executive
Committee. The call sets forth rs the
objects OF the meeting the preparatiou
of platform for the proposed party, and
the fixing of the time and place for hold
ing future convention, which shall
nominate candidates for President and
Vice President upon the following basis
Of the Union:
First-It is the duty of
/ the government to establish
a monetary system based upon the faith
and resources Of the nation in harmony
with the genius of this government and
adapted to the demands of Legitimate
business to this and the circulating notes
of all national and State banks as well us
local currency should be withdrawn from
circulation and paper money issued by
the government, directly to the people
without the intervention Of any system
of banking corporations, which money
shall be legal tender in payment of all
debts, public and private, duties on i'm
ports included in this money to be inter
changeable at the option of the holders,
with registered government bonds bear
ing a rate of interest not exceeding 1896
per annum.
Second-The interest Of the present
public debt and that portion Of the prin.
cipal OF the same which is by the express
terms of the law creating it, payable in
coin, shall be so paid.
\ permanent organization was effect
ed by the election Of Professor Hooton, of
Illinois, Chairman; J. T. Campbell, of
Illinois, c. w. Campbell, (colored) Nir-
ginia and r. j. Treyelleck, of Michigan,
Vice Presidents, and A. c. Cameron, of
Illinois, Secretary.
A committee of one from each State
was appointed on resolutions, to which
number of resolutions were read and
referred, including the following in sub
stance:
That Congress should provide for river
and harbor appropriations as objects OF
national concern, when necessary Tor the
safety and convenience of commerce;
that the Government should secure to all
citizens their inalienabc rights, except
where by valid legislation they are de-
prived thereof by means Of crime; that
the record of the old political parties Is
such rs to forfeit the confidence and re-
Spect of the people; that the Committee
on Platform confnc itself to the subject
of National paper mOscy, and that this
Convention limit itself to this matter
exclusively; that the productive in
dustries of the country should
receive the greatest possible protection
and support Of the Government that
the present revenue laws are unjust and
unequal and that more just method of
raising the revenue should be- adopted;
that the National banking law has estab-
lished monopoly, oppressive to the peo-
pie. dangerous to the liberties OF the
press, and State and National legislation,
and demanding its repeal; appealing 10
the American people to break loose from
all party,trammels, and unite on Gov
eminent whose legislation and admins
tration shall protect the industries OF the
nation from the avsrice of capitalists.
Several speeches were made, and tn"
Convention took recess until the after.
noon.
CoIored Day of Jubilee.
LOUISVILLE, March 1.-THE coIored
people held meeting tonight and pass
ed resolutions approving the civil rights
enactments and also the following reso-
luton for the celebration Of the event:
R,solrsd, That in consideration Of the