Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-06
Latest Eastern News.
rho m,uaeso,n H.pns.,oans.

re-af1lrming the principles or tne
Republican party, to-day adopted
the following resolutions:
First-That the efforts to restore
harmony at the South in admlnis-
tering the various executive de-
paItments so that no taint of cor
ruption rests upon them, in the
emancipation Of the primary
council. of the people from the
domination of Office holders, in its
redemption of the pledges of civil
service reform and In its financial
measures and policy, the admins
tration of President Hayes meets
the confidence aud hearty cooper
alton of the people, and we feel no
disposition to censure that admin
istration for the embarrassments
caused by the incidents and col
lateral difficulties which are neces.
sarily important factors in the sit
uation.
Second-We believe the faith. of
the nation is pledged to pay its
debt. in coin. We urge persistence
in the policy of speedy specie re-
sumption, because we believe it to
be the policy OF common honesty,
wise economy and prudent states
manship. We warn the people
against the doctrine of unlimited
and irredeemabe paper currency
issued by the United States as a
pernicious delusion, because it Is
unconstitutional under the decis-
ions of the Supreme Court of the
United States, because it will un-
settle and betray the resources of
the country into demoralizing
speculation, because it will bear
with disastrous force upon the
laboring man by putting into
operation the well know n law that,
under such currency necessaries
of life rise first while the wages ol
labor rise last and then never to an
equality of purchasing power, be.
cause under such policy the price
of agricultural products is fixed at
and by the gold price of the foreign
: market, by which the farmer sell:
at gold standard, but is compelled
to pay currency prices for all he
buys, because such policy is prac'
, tical confiscation and is the folly o
communism, is dishonest and has
brought disaster to all the nations
who have persisted in it.
Third-Greater economy in State
expenses.
Fourth-We condemn as revolu
: tionary the effort being made by
the Democratic party to usurp thu
} Presidency, against the vote of tht
| ,,aA,la -
the tribunal by which all electora
questions in that behalf have beer
, definitely settled.
Fifth = The Democratic party
under false pretense of economy
and reform, has unnecessarily i'm.
paired the efficiency of the army.
Sixth Commends the present
State administration.
The Convention renominated for
Associate Judge of the Supreme
Court, John M. Berry; for Clerk Of
the Supreme Court, S. III. Mich OILS
for State Auditor, o. p. Whitcomb
The Fire at tOmaha-Three Firein eu
Ks,iea and Others IuJured.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5th.
from Omaha state that the Grand
Central Hotel, the finest west ol
the Mississippi river outside of San
Francisco, caught fire mysteriously
in the fifth story last night, and
after burning over six hours was
completely destroyed. The build.
ing was five-stOry brick, 1872 feet
square, aud cost 100000. 1t was
opened in 1878 and had just been
refitted under new management.
Ketchan Bro. .hers, of Leavenworth,
leased it from the proprietors,
COuntz Brothers and others, they
having just freed it from vexatious
litigation, which has been going
on ever since it was erected. New
carpets and furniture were being
put into it and in a few weeks it
would have been ready for occupa.
ton. The insurance was about
$l00, 900 on the building and $4,000
on the furniture. The loss on the
furniture is estimated at S25. 900.
Six persons were seriously hurt
and three men, James Mcnamara,
AlonzO Randall aud Chas. Rapp,
killed. AL. Harty, a fireman, was
injured seriously, and Henry
Lochelt fatally.
Aciion Against the sOuth Carolina
Rsiirond7
BALTIMRRE, Sept. 9th. The case
of Calvin Claflin and Cyrus Gate.
wood, of New York, John Carsons,
of New Hampshire, Frank G.
Eddy and Benjamin Hatch, of
Massachusetts, and others, against
the South Carolina Railroad Com.
pany, praying that an injunction
to restrain certain holders of a por-
tion of the second mortgage bonds
of the road from disposing of them
and an order of Court for the an.
pointment ofa receiver of the road.
was begun to-day before Judge
Bond, of the United States Circuit
Court for the District of South
Carolina, sitting in chambers in
Baltimore. 1t is charged by plain
tiffs that the affairs of the road
have been mismanaged; that it is
insolvent in default of interest on
second mortgage bonds and that a
portion of these bonds were illegal.
ly issued. The issue involves sew.
eral millions of dollars, and from
twenty to thirty eminent counsel
represent the various parties.
The Vermont Election.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt.
Sept. 5th.-Returns from 1856 towns
give the following vote: for Cover.
nor: Proctor, Republican, 27,274;
Bingham, Democrat, 1909; Mar