Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-18
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 17.-Deaths
62; new Cases 223, of which 122 oc-
Cured prior to the 14th.
BATON ROUGE, Sept. 17.-Deaths
2, new cases 50, during the past "a
hours, ending at A NJ.
CANTON, Miss, Sept. l7.-Total
number of cases to date 424; deaths
So. New cases in the last "a hours,
20;deaths IL There are 6 or s more
reported dying. DR.. A. T. Guge,
Que of the best physicians and
bravest workers, is dying. The
fever is worse than at any time
yet.
MEMPHIS, Sept. I7th.-Forty six
deaths were reported up to noon,
making 1Q1 since yesterday noon.
DR.. John Erskine, health officer,
died this morning, also Father
RiardaD, Phil l.. Lunn, w. b.
May, of rark Avenue, and B. +.
Plummer.
Massnehuser,s ConvcmsIoa Con.
| tIuued.
WORCESTER. Sept. I7th.-A mo.
tion prevailed that during recess
the delegates from the several Sen
atorial Districts assemble aud elect
members of the State Central Com
mittee.
Hon. Edward Avery stepped
upon the platform aud said: BY re-
quest of the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee l am here to an
nounce (cat calls and misses foi-
lowed each other in rapid success
sion, Avery maintaining his posi-
tlon on the platform.)
A delegate moved that Avery be
requested to leave the platform.
The Chairman decided that
Avery must leave the platform,
which he refused to do. The Chair.
man then decided that no motion
would be In order till the commit
tee on credentials report.
Maj McAfltrty jumped to his
feet aud said that Avery was am
bitiOus for the hOnOrs of a martyr.
He wanted to go out to the bl ue
bloods and inform them that he
had done their bidding-he wanted
, | w So obI thh III ttlE tit6l WHO
called the members of this conven-
tion communists.
II am authorized," said Avery,
again commencing to speak.
(Hisses again interrupted the
speaker, VINO was obliged to cease
speaking.)
An excited delegate requested
Avery to look in the glass and see
if he knew himself. Laughter
cAfferty again tried to speak,
urging the convention to listen to
what Avery had to say. The ex.
sitement ut this point beggars de-
scri ption, the delegates brandish-
ing canes, etc. Finally Avery got
the floor and declared the oonven-
ton adjourned until Wednesday
the 25th of September. Intense
excitement followed, amid which
Avery retired from the hall. Boyle
O'Reiily begged the convention
TO hear Avery, no matter what he
had to say. Avery had left the
stage and gone out of the hall.
A delegate moved that a COM
mittee of two be appointed to go
outside and inform the crowd at
the doors that the Committee on
Credentials would examine the
credentials OF delegates and admit
those who had proper authority to
enter. Tie Chair appoined Major
Nc cAfferty and Mr.. Tower for the
ensuing year.
Millen made motion that the
representatives Of the different
senatorial Districts constitute the
State Central Committee of the
party in the future. Unanimously
q topted.
Clark, Of Pittsfield, called atten.
ton to the rule adapted two years
ago and said, under the rule now in
existence, the members of the pres
ent Stale Central Cnmmiltee
would hold Office until the I.t of
January 1879. He therefore moved
that the authority by which that
Committee was t. remain In ex.
i-tence until January | t, 1879, be
rescinded and their places be de-
clared vacant. The motion was
unanimously adopted. Hon. r CHI
ard Spofford was then elected per-
manent chairman.
Inhls speech Spoford alluded t.
the wants of the laboring classes
and denounced the BODYBUILDING
aud banking monopolies. He was
heartily applauded.
AT the conclusion of Spofford's
speech John L. Rice, of SPRING
field, nominated General b. +.
Butler for Governor, amid cheers
aud great excitement, the dele.
gates all rising. Cook, of Boston,
seconded the nomination. At this
point, amid the must intense ex-
element, John g. Calvin took the
floor and denounced the action of
the committee, being repeatedly
interrupted by hlsses, groans and