Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-24
EASTERN NEWS.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY SENTINEL
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
The Democracy In Council.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE CON.
MENTIONS.
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
PUUNsYLvANIA.

noon to-day. Jacob Sergles was
chosen temporary chairman. After
recess the committee on resolutions
reported. First: The induction of
Hayes into Office despite the election
OF Tilden was "A high crime against the
Government which has not been con-
doned and will not be forgotten, and
the patriotism which furebore u con-
test on the first offense will furnish the
second. Second: The application OF
the Democratic policy by the Federal
Administration in regard 10 southern
alters. Third: The present administra
ti0n's proclaimed intentions to Reform
the civil service is a confession of a
failure of radicaiism and a trib
ule to Democracy. Fourth: Both
State and Federal legislation have too
highly favored capital combined
in corporate organizations, and
its demand for large eturn are incon
sistent with the depressed condition OF
the laboring and business interests of
the country. We oppose further enact
ments for its special benefit at the ex-
pense of other interests. Labor II
capital should have no aust of antag-
onism, and they should be left free to
adjust their own relations. The right
to contract merely exists for both par
ties. Filth: We accept The admonition
Of Jackson concerning standing ar
mics, as dangerous TO a flee Govern
ment. In time of peace the increase OF
the Federal army, and any attempt to
employ it, or any part, as an agent of
the Federal authority, or for Interior
eDce with the sovereign rights of
States, will receive the continued and
earnest opposition of the Democracy
\ IF at,oxlx.pi That the lonr,va fiAt.
of employment OF many thousand of
industrious citizens and laborers, and
their deep distress, entities them to
sympathy, and we declare, in the Ian.
guage OF Jefferson, the founder of our
party, that "A wise and frugal govern
ment which shall restrain men from
iniuring one another, and shall leave
them free to emulate in their W pur-
suits Of industry and improvement,
and shall not take from the mouth of
labor the bread it has earned, or the
hope of the people in adversely, and
their security in prosperity, and that
under such government which 1t Is the
mission of the Dem ocracy to maintain
and perpetuaie, any resort To force or a
violation of law, or invasion of tho
rights of persons or of properly to re-
dress grievances, IS needless and at
war with the free institutions under
which the only righttul remedy is by
frequently recurring elections of rep
resentatives Of the people in State Leg
~islatures and in the Federal Congress,
to accomplish the will OF the majority.
Sixth: In our insane desire to make
rich men richer by legislation, we have
brought about a conflict between sec
tons and interests, and therefore the
grants by Congress or State legislatures
of exclusive privileges, and the estab
lishment of odipus mOnopolieS under
the pretext of public benefit or justice
tn certain sections, are direct assaults
upon equal rights, and the Democ-
racy of Pennsylvania denouncs them
as enriching the few and beggaring the
many. 1t protests against subsidies,
land grants, loans OF public credit and
the appropriation of the peoples mo-
ney to any corporation. Seventh: We
view with alarm the ~pretensiOns of the
great Transportation Company to be
above the fundamental law Of this
Commonwealth, and until it accepts
the constitution of 1873 in good faith, it
should be carefully watched. Re.
solved, that We adopt and reaifirm the
financial resolutions Of the st. Louis
platform of 1876.
Completion of Keokuk Canal.
kEoKUK, Iowa, Aug. %.
The Government canal around the
rapids of the Mississippi river here,
was formally opened to-day with a
suitable display and large attendance.
The officers in charge express them
selves as entirely satisfied with the
workings of the machinery. These
rapids have been the greatest obstruc.
ton to navigation i'm the river, and in
low water were always impossible,
and the cost Of transportation of goods
and passengers around them by rail
had fallen on individuals aud will now
be saved. The sum thus saved will
amount to about Sl00, 900 annually.
The canal is seven and three tifths
miles long and 800 feet wide, extending
along the Iowa shore from Keokux TO
Nashville. The minimum depth is
five feet. The fall is 1874 feet, and the
earth em5ankment 60 to 80 feet wide
at the bottom and 10 feet wider at the
top. There are two locks $50 feet long
and so feet wide Of cut tone masonry.
The lower lock Is at keokuk. The
gates can be opened Oh closed In a
minute or less, aud the lock ills III
about three minutes, SO that u steamer
may pass through in eight or twelve
minutes. The work was begun in 1867
and has cost the Government 81. l55,-
600. There il a balance OF $lO0. 900 on
hand, and It is estimated that 500, 0O0
more will be necessary to finish the
improvements.
Whereabouts Of Governor Tilden-
Generous Act Of John Morrtssey.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.
A Herald'S London special says:
Governor Tilden and John Bigslow,
Secretary Of State for New York. ar
rived yesterday from Scotland, both IN
excellent health. Tilden proposes to
visit Canterbury Kent, where some
collateral branches of the Tilden family
reside. He will remain i'll the neigh
borhood Of London for two weeks. and
will after ward visit Paris, returning
to America about the middle Of Octo
Der.
John Morrissey has given the negro
boy Minnie. just q q to West Point
from the First Ward, $50 as an outfit.
Senator Morton's Condition.
RICHMOND. Ind, 10 p. NJ, Aug. %.
Senator Morton passed an uneasy