The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-05-26

providing for specie payment jan
l, 1879, should be enforced at that
date. 1t endorsed Bristow by &C
cIamm alton and instructed its dele
gates to support him.
The Tennessee Republican State
convention on the 18th, did not in
struct its delegates, and they are
said to be divided between Morton
and Bristow.
The Ohio Democratic convention
met at Cincinnati on the 18th. and
was quite exciting. There were CSC
delegates present, and Geo. H. Pen
dletOn presided. The contest was
between the Thurman hard money
democrats and the Allen greenback
democrats. and the latter finally car
ried the day, $50 to 800, adopted
greenback platform, and instructed
the delegates to support the veneer
able Allen for president. The fnan-
cial planks of the platform were as
follows:
First-Immediate and uncoudi-
tional repeal of the Republican re-
sumption law.
Second-The defeat of all schemes
for resumption which involve either
contraction of the currency, perpet-
uation of bank Issues or an increase
of the interest burden of debts.
Third-The gradual but early
substitution of legal tenders for ma
t1onal bank notes.
FOurth-The issue, by the general
government alone, of all currency
medium, whether paper or metallic.
Fifth No forced imitation, no
forced contraction, but a sound cur
rency, equal TO the wants of trade
and industry, to be regulated in
volume and gradually equalized
with gold, by means of appropriate
legislation, such as making it re-
ceivable for custom duties OH i'm
ports, and interconVertible at
the pleasure of the holder,
with a bond bearing inter.
est not to exceed 3:65 per
cent, payable in gold, so that the
volume of currency shall not be de-
termined by the pleasure or caprice
of either Congress or the banks
This result of the Ohio couven-
ton will enable the greenback Dem.
ocrats to make big fight in their
national convention against a hard
money platform, and will probably
result in the defeat of Tilden's
nomination.
Some three hundred prominent
and Intelligent gentlemen met in
New York last week, to exchange
views on the political situation.
Charles Francis Adams, Carl Schurz
and other people of that grade, were
on hand. Most of the party ex-
pressed a preference for Bristow's
nomination by the Republican par
ty. They concluded to remain in
dependent of all parties, and act in
all cases as they thought the welfare
of the country demanded.
1t is announced that Gov. Hem
bricks, since his visit to the Centen-
NAL and the National Capital, has
come to the conclusion that it is
best not to be candidate for Presl-
dent. If this is so, the Kansas Dem
ocratic State convention need not
have been in such hurry to in
struct its delegates for him.
The Kansas I'd dist. Congressional
Republican convention is to be held
at Fort Scott June 2Ist.
The colored men of New York
State have held n convention, and
endorsed Senator Conkling, and ap-
pointed three delegates to urge his
claims at Cincinnati.
Godlove Orth, minister TO Aus
tria, has resigned, and will at once
take part in the Indiana canvass for
governor.
The New jersey Republican con-
vention favored specie payment "as
soon as practicable" and declared
in favor of Ex-Gov. Parker for the
presidential nomination.