The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-05-26

decided not TO choose the Presidential
electors until after the St. Louis Conyep'
ttion. .s-.,'-...-'''...
The Democratic State Convention re.
assembled at noon and elected q Sttae
Central Committee, and adopted plat
form as iollows:e " ''"
/. Fidelity to all the provisions of The
Constitution OF the United Stats.
9. Perpetual union Of States, with local
self-goSernment in every section. W
s. Civil service reform, restitution Of
tests Of honesty, fidelity and capacity in
the qualification Of public officers.
4. Retrenchment and economy in the
Federal States and municipal adminfs-
pations, lesSening the burdens on labor by
reduction Of offices and taxation.
8. Exposure and speedy punishment by
the penal laws, OF corruption and pecula-
lation in the administration Of public
affairs. r. .-
0. Private use and appropriation Of the
public funds by official Shstodians
means enbezzlement aud robbery; official
accountability can be enforced by better
administration OF the civil and criminal
laws.
7. State corporations superyisable by
and subordinate to State legislation in the
interests Of the people.
Free schools exempt from all secta-
rian control; free press accountable tor
abuses to the civil and criminal laws.
0. Preservation OF the public faith and
credit and the honest payment OF the
public'debt. l ~ g1
10. Money, under tho Constitution,
gold and silyerthe only legal tender.
II. Tariff, for the pupose OF revcn ne
only. H.' 9ugtyO- p
u. No Chinese immigration; it Is so
thoroughly obnoxious TO our people and
institutions that its prohibition is imper.
atively demanded, and all the powers of
the government should be exetted TO that
end, and the following resolution
Resoiped, That tho majority of our del
egatIon TO the National Convention cast
the vote Of this State. as -
The following resolution was passed by
acclamation under suspension OF the
rules.
WHEREAS, Hon. Samuel J. Tilden,
Governor Of the State Of New York, by
his manly dcfuse Of the people against
corrupt schemes Of political trickSters,
has pointed him out as true reformer and
a it champion for the people in the con-
ilict with official corruption, and by his
bold advocacy OF a hard money circulating
medium in our country has made him
the unobjectionable leader OF the Demo-
cratic party. Therefore be it 'r1a .
Resolved, That his nomination as Pres.
ident OF the United States by the Nation
al Democratic Convention would be very
acceptable to the Democratic party of
California as glorious victory in the
cause OF an honest government.
Delegates Nnninstrucled, bat in favor
OF TiIden at present. A resolution was
adopted, shutting out the proxies at St.
Louis, and the convention adjourned till
the last Wednesday in July, to choose the
Presidential electors. The First and
Fourth Congressional districts renOmina-
ted Piper and Wigginton respectively for
Congress; other districts deferred nom
nations. ...I
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
LOUISVILLE, May 25.-Thc State Dem
ocratic Convention assembled here to-
day, and was called to order by Hon.
Isaac Caldwell, OF Louisville, Chairman
OF the State Central Committee. Hon.
Willis i. Machon, ex- United States Sena-
tor, was made temporary chairman, and
Lucius Desha permanent President Hon.
Isaac Caldwell, Of Louisville, and Gen.
J. $. Williams, OF Mount Sterling.
chosen electors for the State ut large,
Twelve nominations for the delegates to
represent the. State at large at St. Louis
were made, and Henry Watterson, OF
Louisville; Col. W. C.P. breckenridge,
ofLexington; Hon. w. B. AIachon, oily
on county, and Hon. John NJ. Rice, OF
Lawrence, elected TO fill the four posi-
tions.
A platform was adopted US follows:
The Democratic party is party Of the
Constitution, party Of ofreform and econo.
my, and II entrusted with the admins
tration Of the Federal government will
hold it to be Q pressing duty to restore
full and perfect equality among States,
arrest aggressive usurpations OF cen
traliLed power, re.estahlish moral char
acter Of government and eliminate
crime rs a common characteristic Of po-
litical life; that the present deplorable
condition OF the morals and business In
terest OF the country is the result Of the
corrupt and partisan administration, and
that reform Is absolutely necessary for The
relief Of the people and tho preservation
Of the government, and this can only be
done by change OF administration; that
in view Of the present distressed condition
Of the country we declare that We favor
the immediate and unconditional repeal
by Congress Of the act of January
Il, 1876, which is commonly known
as the resumption act, but in order that
our opinions on d subject Of such grave
importance may not be misunderstood We
also declare that regarding gold and sil.
yer as the true baSisior q currency, specie
payments should be resumed at the
earliest time at which it -, can
he done without detriment to the com
mercial and industrial interests Of the
people; that We demand that labor shall
be relieved from the oppressed bur
deus Of a protective tariff by the adop'
ton OF tariff for revenue only
that the delegation from this State To the
St. LOUIS Convention is hereby directed
to cast its vote MS unit on all questions
coming before the convention.
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION..
CHIcAeo, Mayf 2se-A Times specia
from Council Bluffs, Iowa, says that the
Eighth Iowa Republican Congressiona
Convention there to-day nominated, by
exclamation, Colonel W. F. sapp fol
Congress. -