Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-01

| The rul,s that viii Govern the convention
will insure 4 good nomination aud bc clcGcd
! to call forth wisdom in making the platform
! Al the cOnclu SION he nominated Henry Wat
tcrSun, Of Kentucky. for temporary chairs
! man. tpVlaus. The nomination was
unanimously agreed to.
/ The chairman announced - temporary
secretary. Frederic o. Princ>. Of NasSachu-
>ctts. and T. @. Walker. Of Iowa. :. X Dons
AVIAN, # Ohio, assistant >"crt I1ric%: also u.
! Aj'ic. of Missouri, r,can, ri ATM.
Evening Session.
! Hanna. of Indiana from the committee
on permanent organization, reported t"r per
maicnt president John y. MrCicrnand. of
! Illinois, also list of vice presidents aud sec
r,iarics, among them the following: From
California. Col Jack Hayes, vice president:
Geo. NcCornwall, Secretary; Nevada, John
C. Fall and X NJ Kelly: Colorado. sam Ne
Bride y. ID Mar>ton; Kansas, Wilson Shan
non, ID. Donaldson; Nebraska, Alex Beer,
! ChaS Mcdonald; Oregon. l.. Il. Thompson,
! H. II. Gillry
\ delegate from Y vada moved to add to
the IL l,lin-. secretaries f. .. Perrin, Of New
York, who WAS re elected. The significance
of this motion lies in the fact that Perrin,
who had been reading clerk from the last con-
vcn,i"n. had been dropped for his opposition
10 TildcnS nomination.
McClcrnand. being conducted to the plat
FORM addressed the convention.
NEW YORK. June 2,.-SpecialS from 81.
Louis generally conccdc that Tillcn is master
there, with Hancock a strong second. The
excitement is intense at the evident growing
chances of Tildcn. Even the World confess
es his nomination is imminent
st. Louis Convention.
President McClcrnand called the convcn
ton to order ut II o. Introducing Father
Brady of s.. Louis. who Offered prayer.
Judge Meredith, of Virginia, chairman of
the committee on resolutions presented the
report He stated that Il great many rcSolu
tons were presented, all of which they had
carefully examined and discussed before com
ing to agreement.
The majority report Of the committee on
resolutions was adopted by COL ayes to So
nays.
At seven O'Clock, r. NJ. the convention
commenced balloting, with the following
result:
First balot-Tildcn 419l, Hendricks 1921,
Hancock 15 Bayard 3D. Parker Is, Allen So,
Broadhcad, 10.
Second ballot-Tildcn 4G1, Hendricks los,
Thurman ,, Hancock II, Bayard Is, Parker
Is, Allen 81.
Tilden was nominated on the third ballot.
Smallpox.
San FRANCIsCo,, June 2S.-Eight cases of
smallpox were reported yesterday, and six to
noon today, making total of 1:'3 to date
since May LIST.
Missin. Body Found.
The body of the captain of the bark j. Is:
Bell was found in the ship slip at Oakland
wharf last evening, about O'Clock. A rope
was tied around the body several times with
three large iron links attached to it at his
waist A large scar was on his forehead
over the right eye. The body was taken
charge of by the coroner of Oakland.
Washington News.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The Washington
special says that the latest basis OF compro~
mise suggested on the appropriation bills is
the joint resolution that may be passed, pro-
vding that an appropriation shall be made
for the next four or five months upon the
basis of the appropriation bills for the pres
ent fiscal year; and that there will be recess
of Congress until Immediately after the
Presidential election.
The Herald's Washington correspondent
thinks the Senate will yield on the approprl-
alton bills.
The President to-day nominated Albert nj.
Wyman Treasurer of the United States, vice
New resigned. VIM. p Titcomb, of Mas
sachusetts, Assistant Register of the Treasury