Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-01
EASTERN STATES.

b New York: Henry WattersOn, editor
a of Louisville COurierJournal, was
: electe d temporary chairman and adj
: dressed the convention on taking his
d seat. and rules last Democratic National
/ Convention were accepted, including
u the two-thirds rule Miss CoZzenS
:. from Woman's Suffrage National con
: vention made speech; usual commit
4 tees appointed. Judge Hagar of Cal
a ifornia. is on committee on resolutions
n Convention adjourned until five O'Clock
5 this evening when committees are ex-
5 pected to report.
+ ST. LOUIS, June 21.-Proceedings IN
y the Democratic oanuantian--s hoIFed >r4
trast with the Cincinnati convention in
this respect, was striking. Evidently
members have little hope Of success or
they would have received with more
marked demonstrations cast iron pre-
dictiOns of victory, which scarcely
elected the feeblest cheer. The open
ing prayer was laughably inconsistent
with Henry WattcrSOn's address. The
:. chaplain offered special thanks for ma
tiOnal prosperity; spoke of busy fac
tories and furnaces and abundant de
mandS for labor ut remunerative rates.
all of which WattersOn had denied be-
cause of direful effects of Republican
ascendency.
The Illden men are very confident
that they will secure the nomination
and are hurrying proceedings so as to
reach balloting before the situation
changes. Tilden's opponents do not
give up the fight but still hope to com
bine for his defeat
Evening session called to order : %.
English Of California for the commit
tee on credentials, reported that there !
were no contested seats (applause,) and
that the States were all represented. /
y petition was presented for delegates
from the District of Columbia. The
chair SAID the petition under the rules
should 20 TO committee on credentials.
\ Maryland delegate moved to amend
the report Of the committee so as to ad-
NIT District Columbia delegates-Co-I
lumbus Alexander and Ball Without
vote, Clymer moved to amend furth {
er by including delegates from Terri
tories. This being accepted by the {
mover of the original amendment. It 1
was adopted and the report was adopt
ed. Hannah of Indiana, from commit
tee on permanent organization. report ;
ed for permanent president, John 4. :
McClenand of Illinois; also list of t
and secretaries: among G
them were from California. Col Jack I
Hayes, vice-president and George VI. g
cornwall, secretary; Nevada, John c. 'p
Fall and r. VI. Kelly; Colorado, Sam. ?
Mcbride, J. D. Marston; Kansas. VIII =
son Sherman, Daniel Donaldson; Ore. o
gon, 6. r. Thompson, II. H. Gilfrey p
\ delegate from Nevada, moved TO add n
o the reading secretaries E. O. Per. =
Inc OF New York, which was rejected. !,
The significance of this motion is that 81
'errlne, who had been reading clerk ?
Il last convention, had been dropped =,
or opposition to Tiiden's nomination. II
General Fizhugh Lee of Virginia N
nd Dortheimer of New York. were II
ppolnied committee To conduct Mr.
lcClenrand to the chair, but they be.
~ absent Manton Marble of New
ork and Buck of Virginia were sub =
ituted. al
The president addressed the conven. :,
on; at the conclusion, the committee -
D platform not being ready to report.
he convention adjourned till to-mor. ~ :,
Nv at II a. IN. ~
Several different delegates have sent ~ -,
the platform committee. resolutions
5ainst the Chinese immigration in y"
frying phrase and force. There is no -
'uot from informal expressions of -
e committee that the plank will he -
corporated- Judge Hager's propos, -,
resolution declares very specifically
ainst importation of Mongolian wo- -
en- Tor immoral purposes and men IN ~,
T servIle labor contracts, and in -.
keS the whole power of government , =
lis suppression.
The committee on organization to- d,
y recommended that the rules and 90
Sulations of the national Democrat
convention of 1872. be adonted by
convention for the government of co-
proceedings. This sustains the M;
o-third rule.
MIDNIGHT.-Prominent Tilden men Fin
vately admit the loss of near thirty 500
les since yesterday by disintegration cri,
instance, Georgia that cast sixteen ami
les for Bayard, a Tilden loss of bor
INT IN one State alone. Tilden's i'm,
ength IN the south was largely bas- of t
on the strength of the resolution of. con
Sympaihizers that he was the only ont
ndidate having a chance of success 10
persistent opposition from New mas
'rk' Iilden's weakness begins to be car
ected. Il looks now as If Tilden ros,
ght poll four hundred on first bal. me,
The south generally prefer Bav. ed
l. whose vote on the first ballo, beb
'mlseS to be encourarinq tn.