Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-26
THE NEWS.

TO the NatlonaI republican Conyen-
ton.
The democratic national commit
tee met at Washington Tuesday and
on the fifth ballot selected st. Louis
as the place for holding the next
democratic national convention.
June q was chosen as the time of
meeting.
The Republican State central CON-
mittee of Maryland held meeting
in Baltimore on Tuesday. 1t wse
decided to hold the state convention
for the purpose of nominating presi-
Dental electors and selecting dele
gates to the national convention. in
Frederick city on May next.
A despatch from Helena, Montana,
reports the Sioux Indians encamped
in the vicinity of Fort Pease, at the
head of navigation on the Yellow
stone river. One man from the fort
had been killed by the Indians. and
as only fourteen men remained in
the fort, it is feared they will be
massacred if not relieved in time.
The Advisory Council of Plymouth
Church spent most of Monday in Sc
cret session, during which it is said
that five of the committee presented
full reports. Two other committees
however, requested further time.
which was granted. The members
OF the Council had not heard of Mr..
Moulton's letter Offering to prove the
charges against Beecher, which the
Moderator probably handed over to
the Business Committee without
reading to the Council.
THE Carlists seem to be fighting
desperately to retrieve their fallen
fortunes, but if we may rely on Mad
rid dispatches the beginning of the
end has come. The very important
points of Estella and Vera, in the
province of Navarro, have been wres-
ted from them, and the final battle of
the Observation-Disclosures expected
to take place yesterday at Tolosa, in
the province of Guipuzcoa. Hostile
operations are now confined to the
mountainous regions lying between
that province and the province of
Navarro, and there would seem to be
no escape for the forces of Don Car
los, since they are greatly ouenum-
bered by the government troops. AZ
ter he has wound up the present con-
test, Alfonso thinks he will be able
to spare 10000 more men for his Gu
ban cemetery.
The Indiana Republican State Con-
vention met at indianapolis Tuesday
and adopted platform, the leading
feature of which was the declaration
that any attempt to hasten the per-
lod of specie payments more rapidly
than brought about by the laws of
trade and commerce is inexpedient,
and that, therefore, SO much of the
resumption act as fixes the time for
resuming specie payments should be
repealed and the currency remain
undisturbed. Senator Morton is re.
commended for the presidency, and
State ticket nominated. headed by
Godlove S. Orth for Governor.
A greenback convention was held
at New Haven, Conn, Tuesday, at
which resolutions were adopted de-
handing the repeal of the resump-
ton act, and advocating a system by
which currency would automatically
regulate and limit itself. This sys-
tenn is to be accomplished by the fam
iliar plan of retiring national bank
notes and making the currency ex-
clusively national issue, intercon-
vertible at par with coin in bonds
bearing low interest, the currency
only to be issued when paid for, and
neither Congress nor banks having
any control over the amount issued.
1t is claimed that whenever there
was an excess of currency it would
then flow into bonds, and whenever
it became too scarce the bonds
would lie converted into currency.
IT turns out that the Democratic
Finance Caucus Committee of Con-
gress are as wide apart in their views
relative to a finance bill as ever. and
that there is little prospect of har-
monizing their differences. When
Speaker Kerr was in the chair. he
studiously avoided recognizing Mr..
Landers, of Indiana, for fear that
frightful infiationist would precipi-
tate financial discussion and calIse
a showing of hands on the part of the
Democracy that was not desirable.
In the caucus meeting Monday after
noon, the anti-resumptionists were
startled upon hearing Mr.. Payne, of
Cleveland, present a bill looking to
resumption in ten years and virtual
ly naming day therefor, when it
was understood Mr.. Payne's bill was
simply to include clause repeating
the resumption feature of the Sher.
man bill, without insertinga similar
Objectionable provision, which only
makes the time more remote. Mr..
Holman, of Indiana, expressed him.
self very pointedly on the PAYNE
full deceit, and declared he would go
into the house and submit q motion
for the unconditional repeal of the
specie resumption act if the views of
his side were not respected by the