American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-06-01
York. The first seven are Democrats
the other four Republicans.

| the other four Republicans.
THE Vermont Republicans have NOM
| mated Col. Redfield Proctor for Gov
ernor, Z. p. Cotton for Gov
ernor, and John A. Page, present in
cumbent, for State Treasurer. The plat
form heartily approves the motives and
general course of the Administration of
President Hayes, and condemns rs I'M
| fair, uncalled for and revolutionary the
re-opening of the Presidential question
''by means Of the proposed Potter inves-
tigation. st.t
SEcRErARY SIBERIAN has addressed
letter to Hon. Clarkson N. Potter,
Chairman of the Florida and Louisiana
Investigating Committee, declaring the
charges made against him to be abso-
lutely destitute of even a shadow of
truth, and offering. to prove that the
elections in East and West Felieiann
parishes, Louisiana, were controlled by
force and intimidation, and that the
protests referred to were true, support
ed by testimony and properly acted
upon by the Returning Board. Mr..
Sherman has designated Hon. Samuel
Shellabargar as counsel for him before
the committee.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention, held at Pittsburg on the
Esd, nominated Andrew H. Dill, of
Union County, for Governor; H. p.
Ross, of Montgomery, for Supreme
Judge; John Fertig, of Titusville, for
Lieutenant Governor, and j. Simpson
Africa, of Huntington, Secretary of In
ternal Affairs. The resolutions declare
against further monetary contraction
and in favor of the reissue of legal-ten-
der notes as fast as received into the
Treasury; for a protective tariff, State
regulation of railway freight and pas
senger tariffs, etc. They also approve
the proposed investigation of the al
legged frauds in the late Presidential cleo
ton, but "oppose any attack upon the
Presidential title as dangerous to our
institutions and fruitless in its results. y,
THE Missouri Press ,Assdciation held
terminating May %, and adjourned to
meet at Columbia next spring. The
attendance was large, and the exercises
unusually interesting and profitable.
The convention was followed by-an ex-
cursion over the St. Louis, Iron Noun
tain and Southern Railroad to Mobile
and New Orleans.
! THE National Greenback ana Labor
party of Indiana held State Conven-
ton at indianapolis on the 22d and
nominated full list of State officers as
follows: Secretary of State-Henry
James, of Grant County; Auditor-Ja-
cob F. Bird, Of Gibson County; Treas
urer-R. p Main, of Floyd County;
School Superintendent-John Young, of
Marion County. The platform opposes
Fthe resumption of specie payments, de-
mands the abolition of all bank issues. the
free and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver, and the issuing by the Govern
ment of full legal-tender paper@in an
amount sufficient to meet the wants of
trade, to give employment to all labor,
and to do cash business, etc. The
Ered-nag Communists and the Commun-
ism Of National banks, bond syndicates,
and consolidated railroad companies are
equally denounced. Finally the Toledo
National platform is Endorsed and re-
affirmed.
THE National Democratic Committee
met in Washington on the 23d for a gen
eral interchange of views. The only pub
lie expression of their feelings given is
embraced in resolution approving the
action of the House in appointing a COM
mittee to Investigate the frauds alleged
to have been committed in the late Pres
iential election, ''to the end that the
truth NAV no nadia Enoyyn IN tho nanp1a