The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
TOLEDO, TAMA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY JULY 1876.
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Your committee have also had referred to
them and recommend the adoption of the
following resolution: olht
Rtsolged, That this Convention, representing
the Democratic party of the United States do cor
daily indorse the action of the present House of
Representatives in reducing and curtailing the ex
penscs of the Federal Government in cutting
down salaries and extravagant appropriations, and
in aboshing useless offices and places not re-
quired by the public necessity. and shall trust
TO the firmncss of the Democratic members of the
House that no Committee Of Conference and no
misinterpretation of rules will be allowed to de-
feat these wholesome measures Of economy de-
manded by the country. =. ~
ResolUed, That the soldiers and sailors of tbs
republic, and the widows and orphans Of those
who have fallen in battle, have just claim upon
the protection and gratitude of their fellow
citizens.
Gen. Ewing, of Ohio, then made a minority
report, signed by himself, Voorhees,, of In
diana; Brown, of Tennessee; How of Penn
sylyania; Trumble, of Iowa; Davis, of West
Virginia; Davis, of Kansas, and Hardce, OF
Missouri, which report was as follows:
The undersigned members of the committee
recommend that the following clause in the reso-
utions reported by the committee be strick en- ont;
= such hindrance We denounee the resumption
clause OF the act of 1870, and we here demand its
repeal And they recommend that there be sub
stituted for that clause the following: THE law
Tor the resumption of specie payments on the LIST
OF January, 1879, having been enacted by the Re
or discussion before the people, and being both
Intellectual to secure its object and highly fniur-
ons to the business of the country, ought to be
forthwith repealed
\ lengthy discussion ensued on this re-
port, amid much confusion, when a motion
to strike out the clause in the report of the
committee reading: {" As such hindrance we
dcnOuncc the Resumption clause Of the act
of 1870, land We here demand its reDealn
was put and lost-yeas, 219; nays, $50.
The roll was then called on the question
of the adoption of the majority reporto of
the Committee on Resolutions, and the re-
suit was announced as follows: Yeas 65l
nays So, and the platform was declared
adopted.
Candidates for the nomination for the
Presidency were then named in the follow
ing order:
Mr. Whitley, of Delaware, nominated Sen
ator Thomas F. Bayard.
Mr. Williams, of Indiana, nominated Gov.
Thomas a. Hendricks.
Mr.. Abbott, of New Jersey, nominated
Joel Parker.
Senator Herman, of New York, nominated
Gov. Samuel j. Tilden. Mr.. Tildens nomi-
nation was seconded by Virginia, Texas and
Wisconsin. r ID -
Gen. Ewing, of Ohio, nominated ex-Gov.
William Allen.
Mr.. CEymer, Of Pennsylvania, nominated
Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, and was followed
by Gen. Brent, of Louisiana, in the same
behalf.
The vote of the States was then called for
the first ballot, which resulted as follows:
Tilden-Alabama, l3; Arkansas, 12; Cali
fornia, y; Connecticut, II; Florida, s;
Georgia, 5; Illinois, 10; Iowa, IA; Kentucky,
"A; Louisiana, 9; Maine, IA; Maryland, 4;
Massachusetts,, 26; Michigan, IA; Mnneso-
ia, 10; Mississippi, 16; Missouri, 2; Nebras-
ka, 6; Nevada, 3; New Hampshire, 10; New
York, 70; North Carolina, 0; Oregon, 6;
Rhode Island, s; South Carolina, IA; Texas,
l014; Vermont, 10; Virginia, II; Wisconsin,
10; Total, 4033.
Hcndricks-Alabama, 5; Colorado, 6;
Illinois, 90; Indiana, 80; Iowa, 6; Kansas,
10; Maryland, 3; Michigan, s; Missouri, Z;
North Carolina, 4; Tennessee, "a; Texas,
~; Virginia, l; Wisconsin, l. Total, 13014.
Thurmun-Nevada,3 3.
Hancock-Alabama,' 2; Georgia, 1; Iowa,
2; Louisiana, 5; Missouri, 10; North Caro-
lima, 5; Pennsylvania, IS; Texas, 2. Total,
"a.
Bayard- 6; Georgia, 16; Louis
lana, 2; Maryland, 2; North Carolina, 2;
Texas, /; Virginia, 4. Total, 33.
Allen-MissOuri, ,; Ohio, Al; West Virgin
ia, 10. Total, So.
Parkcr-Ncw Jersey, IS.
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