The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-01
WEST AND SOUTH.

The National Prohibition Convention met
at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 18th, and nomin-
ated Gen. Greene Clay Smith, of Kentucky,
for President, and G. T. Stewart, of Ohio, for
Vice President. The resolutions reaffirm the
prohibition plank of the platform of 1872,
and declare in favor of equal suffrage and
eligibility to office, without distinction Of
race, religion, creed, property or sex.
AT the opening Of the United States Court
in ST. Louis, on the morning of the 18th, Ma
guire and Mckee were committed to the
County Jail The latter paid his fine of &c..
600. After their cells had been carpeted and
otherwise fitted up for their reception they
took possession of them.
The Iowa Democratic State Convention
met at Des Moines on the 18th, about 1926
delegates being in attendance. Hon. II. H.
Irlmble was chosen President. Delegates to
the National Convention at St. Louis were
chosen, and were Instructed only to vote as
unit. 1t is said they are mostly for Tilden.
The resolutions demand that the National
Convention select for standari-bearers men
whoselives, private and official, are a guar
antee of their ability to carry on the work of
reform made necessary by the crimes and
corruption of the Republican party; favor an
early return to specie payments, but depre
cate the forced resumption contemplated by
the Sherman Resumption act of 1875" and
demand its repeal, on the ground that it has
mad and is now having q blighting effect on
industry.
The Independent State Central Committee
of Indiana has nominated Arson Wolcott for
Governor. in place of Landers. declined.
A FORT LARAMIE (Wy. T.) telegram of the
18th says the Indian war, for years predicted,
had actually begun. For months numbering
OF white men had been confined to the Black
Killers, but recently United States mail
carrier, en- route to Camp Robinson and Red
Cloud Agency, had been killed, scalped and
fearfully mutilated.
THOMAS NJ. PETERS is the Republican can
didate for Governor of Alabama. The dele.
gates chosen to the National Republican Con.
vention are uninstructed, but are said to
favor the nomination of Secretary Bristow
for the Presidency.
The expedition against Sitting Bull "the
bad" left Fort Lincoln on the 18th, under
command of Gen. Terry.
Or the twenty-feur delegates to the M.
tlonal Convention chosen by the Republican
Convention of Tennessee, on the 18th. fifteen
to eighteen are said to favor Senator Morton
for the Presidency. The others are divided
between Blaine and Bristow. ...-f
The Ohio Democratic State Convention met
at Cincinnati on the 18th. Hon. George n.
fendleton was chosen permanent President.
The following nominations were made: For
Secretary of State, William Bell: Judge Of
Supreme Court, VIM, e. Finch; Member of
the Board Of Public Works, H. P. Clougt ::
Electors at Large, Judge William Lang and
granville Stokes. The financial resolutions
OF the platform adopted declare in favor of the
immediate and unconditional repeal OF the
specie Resumption act; the defeat Of all
schemes for resumption which involve either
contraction Of the currency, perpetuation Of
oahk issues, or increase of the interest
burden Of the debt; the gradual but earlv
substitution OF legal tenders for, National
Bank notes; the issue by the General Gov
eminent alone of all the circulating medium,
whether paper or metallic The Delegatee-at-
Large TO the st. Louis Convention are re-
ported 70 favor the nomination Of ex-Gov.
Allen for President; - s;1-@,3 .t.} - ~
iHE steamer Pat Cleburne exploded her
boilers on the night Of the. 18th. about ak
miles below Shawneetown, H., and the VA.
sci was burned. Five persons, including the
captain (Fowler), an express agent named
Dick Partridge, and Charles Cotton, the sec.
ond mate, lost their lives, and several Of the
passengers and crew were seriously injured
The Delaware Republican State Convea.
ton has elected q solid Blaine delegation L
the National Convention. 81,