The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-18
THE CAMPAIGN.
The Rag Baby Men Of Indiana In State
Convention COngreSSlnal
Nominations.
Anthony and Sailor the Republican Ticket
in Kansas Packard Seeking Re.
spectacle Recognition.
The South Carolina Democracy Adopt
u Ringing Platform.

The South Carolina Democracy Adopt
Ringing Platform,
COLUMBIA, $, c., August 1.-THE
platform adopted 10y the State Demo-
cratic convention declares an accept
ance, in good faith, of the thirteenth,
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the constitution; adopts the ST.
Louis platform demandsEgenuine and
thorough reform in the State arraigns
the leaders OF the Republican party for
arraying race against race, holding I'M
fair and fraudulent elections, misman-
aging final ces, h0pelessly involving
the State in debt, and for unparalleled
venality and corruption; calls upon
all citizens, irrespective of race or past
party aliiliality, to join in restoring
the good name OF the State, aud con
cludes IA follows: 1--WE dsnounce all
disturbances OF the peace of the State,
and denounce all instigators aud pro-
motors thereof and earnestly call upon
AL our fellow-citi2ens, irrespective of
parry lines, to exercise fOrbearance
and cultivate good will, and If the gov
eminent of the State Is committed 10
our control, we pledge ourselves to pro-
tect the persons, rights and property Of
all its people, aud to speedily bring to
summary justice any who dare violate
them. We desire u fair, peaceable
election, appealing to reason and not
the passion of the people, and demand
of the Republican party fair showing
in the appointment of commissioners
OF election. We demand fair cleo
ton and fair count.
Illinois Congressional Nominations.
MONMOUTH, August 1.-THE Repub-
lican Congressional Convention of the
tenth district, ut Bushnell, yesterday,
nominated Colonel b. i. Marsh for
Congress.
GALEsBURG, August 1.-THE Repub-
lican Congressional Convention, after
IN exciting contest yesterday, nomi-
mated Thomas II. Boyle.
Packard Wants 10 be Recognized by
Nichols.
New ORLEANS, August Us. B..
Packard, the Republican nominee for
Governor has addressed letter to
General Nichols, the Democratic nom
inee, in which he proposes public
joint discussion of the issues involved
In the pending canvass and will tend
to promote fair and peaceful election.
Wisconsin Congregational Nomination.
MINIATURES, August l7.-At the
Democratic convention in the Fourth
Congressional District, held to-day
VIM. T.. Lynde was nominated.
Anthony the Republican GubernatO-
rial Candidate In Kansas.
TOPEKA, August 1.-THE Republic
can State Convention on the seventh
ballot, nominated q. Il. Anthony, OF
Leavenworth, for Governor, getting
ten m ajority over John Guthrie; M. J.
Sailor, for Lieutenant Governor; Il. III.
Cavanangh, for Secretary of State; n.
]. Bonebroke, of Topeka, for Auditor;
John Francis, for State Treasurer;
Willard Dastis, OF Labett, for Attor-
ney General; A. M. Lemon, of Cowley
county, for State Superintendent. A.
j. Brewer was renominated for ASCOT
ate Justice. The Presidential electors
are now being nominated. The COM
mittee on resolutions has not yet re-
ported. A small majority of the con-
vention only are in their seats, great
many leaving on noon trains.
Tennessee Congressional NOInina-
tiOns.
NASHVILLE, August Nv. G.
Whithorne, the present incumbent,
was nominated for reelection to Con-
gress from the Seventh Tennessee dis.
trict.
The Rag baby Men Of Indiana In
state Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 1.-THE In
dependent State Convention, to fill
vacancies on the State ticket, met at
the State House grounds to-day.
Three or four hundred delegates were
present. After the selection Of officers
and the appointment of committees,
resolutions were reported endorsing
the platform of the Independent State
and National Conventions, denouncing
the act OF 1873, by which the silver
dollar was dropped from our list OF
proof, and demanding its return; that
its full coinage should be encouraged
to enable the government to pay its
coin obligations in silver, as 1t has a
right to do under the original contract;
that all values should be taxed equally,
including government bonds and
backs; that the Independents
have no faith in the professions of re-
form, which come on the one side
from corporation thieves and railroad
wreckers, representing the old Tam
many regime Of New York, and OF
the other hand from an organization