The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-10
THE CAMPAIGN.
Jim Blaine ana Ben Butler Again In
the Political Flel'.
He Of the SunstrOke and Sick Role Man.
agcth District Convention, and He
of the Crooked Eye Maketh a
Financial SOmersauIt.
Michigan Democrats Nominate n
strong state Ticket.

to-day, George Luthrop, of this city,
presiding. The following ticket was
nominated: Governor, w. l.. Web.
her; Lieutenant Governor, Julius
Houscman; Secretary Of State, George
ii, House; Treasurer, J. G. Parkls-tr;
Auditor, General +. Nj. Hallway, = d!
missioner of Land Ofllce, G. Green;
superintendent Of Public Instruction,
Hilatus Frusdale; Presidential Electors,
Governor Lathrop, Austin Blair, J. p.
lient1el, Alfred J.. Sayer IL. Lupton,
NJ j.. llo" ell, +. Hall, Hugh McCurdy,
), Is. Eldridge, Albert Meller and
Michael Finnegan. The platform al.
llrms an abiding faith IN the tradi.
uonal principles Of the Democratic
party; declares that the supreme object
OF political action ut the present time
Is to bring about such reform in the
public administration as shall re.
move from Office the men and
that party whose corruption has
dishonored the republic at home and
disgraced it abroad and restore TO the
people under II Democratic admins.
tration, just, honest, economical and
constitutional government; that
the declaration OF principles.
,SYiopted 10y the national
convention at st. Louis, is Just and
explicit statement OF Democratic
principles and an unanswerable pre-.
sehtation OF the necessity of reform in
the administration of public affairs
demand in public servants, State and
national, honesty, capability and lidel-
NY as guarantees OF good government,
and in our national standard bearers,
AS well ~ in candidates for State Of
ices, we recognize men who posses
pre-eminently these qualifications and
pledge them our cor lial support, de.
clare devotion to the Federal constitu.
ton, with NIL its Amendments, and in
sist that it is the duty of every State
government to respect the people in
the enjoyment Of their rights; and
admonishes the citizen, of whatever
nationality. or color, to bring to con.
Viction aud punishment all persons
guilty of violation of the laws.
The Missouri Republicans Nominate u
tuil State ticket.
ST. LOUIS, August 9.--'rhe Republi-
can State Convention, on reassem-
bling, elected Hon. Mat. McMillen, of
Cooper county, permanent president,
aud Hon. Eugene +. Weigel secretary,
with b. Wilsod, j. II. Ranchell and ID.
Coleman as assistants, and u vice
president from each Congressional
District. Nominations for Governor
being in order, George A. Finkelburg,
OF st, Louis, was nominated, notwith.
standing letter from that gentleman
was read, positively declining to be "A
candidate. The nomination was car
ried by acclamatlon, and committee
of one from each Congressional Dis
trict, together with the president and
secretary Of the convention, appointed
to formally notify of the action of the
convention. For Lieutenant.Go Governor,
G. G. Allen, of Jasper county; Secre-
tary of State, Eugene Il. Weigel, of st.
Louis; Treasurer, Colonel John Sever
ance, of Buchanan county; Auditor,
General George II. Smith, of Pettis
county.
The usual resolutions declaring the
Republican party political organiza-
ton of honesty, upon which hinges
the future of this country, and endors.
ing Hayes and Wheeler, were adopted.
Kansas Politics Red Kot over the Re.
nomination Of Phillips.
LEAVENwoRrII, August 0.-The re-
turns from the First Congressional dis
trlct in Kansas, show the election of
fiity-nine delegates favoring the re-
nomination of Phillips for Congress,
thirty-one votes for Guthrie and twelve
scattering. There are 1902 delegates In
the convention. Phillips will get q
majority of the scattering and doubted
votes, thus securing his nomination
on the first ballot by over thirty ma
jority, and he will be elected by twenty
thousand majority. Some of the whole
sale liquor dealers of Leavenworth are
working for the nomination of George
1. Anthony, United States Internal
Revenue Collector, and the fact creates
considerable comment.
a Splendid Tribnte to the Editorial
chief OF the Courier Journal.
New YORK, August 0.-The Herald
editorially says of the election to Con-
gress, from Louisville, of Mr.. Waiter
soil "rhis result, over fourteen thous-
and votes to five hundred for an other,
was tribute to leading journalist
and II shows how much the people are
apt to believe in an editor who serves
them with honesty and independence
Hen Butier, Nominated for Congress.
Makes Financial SummersanIt.
BosToN, MASS, August OBJ. +.
Buffers letter, accepting the preferred
nomination for Congress IN the seventh
district by the Republicans, Is pub.
llshed to-day. lie says he has not