The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-09-14
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Greenbackers OF Massachusetts, assem-
bled in convention at Boston last week and
nominated Wendell Phillips for Governor. The
platform denounces class legislation. land
grants and subsidies, protests against the fur
ther issue of gold bonds for sale in foreign
markets, and demands the reconciliation Of
silver.
The Republican State Convention of Penn
sylvania met at Harrisburg on the 9Th of Sep
TENDER and nominated the following ticket !:
Supreme Judge, j. p. Sterrett, by acclamation;
State Treasurer, William =. Hart, by acclama-
ton; Auditor General, j. A. NJ. Passmore. The
Committee on Resolutions reported the follow.
ing, which were adopted
ResOLUed, That, while we recognize and respect
the difference OF opinion existing among to
the course pursued by President Hayes toward the
South, we heartily in accord in honoring the
patriotic motives which have guided him. and in
hoping that the results of this policy will be peace
goodwill ana complete recognition of the equal
rights of all men in every section of the country
and to the efforts of his administration to carry into
effect the principles of the platform upon which
he was elected We pledge our hearty and cordial
support.
ResolUed, That the Electoral Commission having
been created at the urgent solicitation of the Demo-
cratic party and after the oft-repeated decara-
tons of its leaders in both houses of Congress that
no faction could cavi at Its decisions, we witness
with profound establishment the assaults of that
party upon the august tribunal Of its creation,
because its decisions disappointed their expecta-
ton of official patronage, which assaults, far
they seek to impair the confidence of the people in
the just title of the President to his high Office are
equally childish and foolish, but may become ex-
tremely mischievous in assisting to diminish the
popular respect for the decisions of lawful tri-
bunals
The third resolution calls upon the members
of the State and National Legislatures to assist
the return of prosperity to the country by
adopting such measures as will conduce to that
end
The fourth and fifth resolutions oppose any
grant Of more than 100 acres Of land to any one
person, and also oppose the reissue OF patents
by act Of Congress.
The sixth resolution is as follows
ResoIced, That the long and successful existence
under the laws of Congress of the double-coin
standard warrants us in demanding early repeal
of the legislation which demonetized silver and es-
tablished an almost exclusive gold standard and
We therefore, favor return to the free use and UNI
restricted coinage eff the dollar of 1885, and It's res
toration to the position II held as legal tender dur
ing eighty years of our national existence thus
preserving the equality of the commercial value of
the silver dollar with the gold dollar keeping both
in circulation.
The seventh resolution indorses the admins
tration of Gov Hartranft.
4 NE arc IN favor NJ tba Iavv and aoa{nst 1su
essness and anarchy, with all their attendant hor-
rors and crimes. Equal rights in making laws i'm
pose equal duties in obeying them when made and
we tender our hearty thanks to Gov. Hartranft and
the officers and soldiers of his command for the
prompt, and We hope effectual, suppression of the
awless disturbances which recently occurred in
this State ....-....
Q. That We hold in equal respect the rights of
capital to control its investments ag1 of labor to
determine the value Of It's services; tat we depre-
cate any assertion by violence Of the rights of
either, and assert 1t the duty Of all citizens
to hold their respective rights within the just mita-
tons Of the law, and that any attempt TO coerce
either by unlawful means should be promptly re-
pressed by such lawful authorities the exigency
demands.
The remaining resolutions, except the elev
enth, which favors protective tariff, relate en-
tirely to State affairs.
Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts,, avows his
approval of the Presidents Southern policy.
but does not like his civil-service order.
Thomas G. Anderson has been appointed
Deputy Collector Of Customs at the port Of
New Orleans
1t is positively asserted in New York polit-
ical circles that Senator Conkling will pro-
nounce against the administration in the State
Convention at Rochester.
In letter to the Newark Advertiser over his
own signature, Justice Bradley denies the
charges Of the New York Sun. He says he did
not read or express an opinion on the Florida
case other than the one made public, and SAYS
he decided the electoral vote honestly and free
from political or other extraneous consdera-
tons.
In regard to the California election a San
Francisco dispatch says 1.-THE Democrats
have elected ten Senators and fifty-seven AS
semblymen. The Republicans elect ten sena-
tors and twenty-three Assemblymen. Includ- !
ing hold-overs, the Democrats viii have thirty
eight majority on joint ballot"
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati EUening |
Times who interviewed President Hayes while
en- route from Marietta to Fremont, Ohio, !