Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-09-20
NEWS SUMMARY.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ko Kun Hua, the new Chinese Professor:
Harvard, has arrived and taken up his resi-
dence at Cambridge. He is accompanied b
his wife, five children and an Interpreter
All are attired in the gorgeous costumes G
the Celestial Empire. Prof. 10 Kun Hua
engaged for three years, ut a monthly salar
of 500.
The Wisconsin Democratic State Conven
tion, held at Madison on the 9th, adopted
platform declaring, among other things
that the Union is indissoluble; that the Gov
ernment has proved itself strong enough t.
prevent any disruption, and that the grea
danger now to self-government is centrali
zation, towards which the Republican
party is rapidly tending. The inaug
uration of Mr.. Hayes into the Presi
dental Office to which Samuel J. Tilden
it is alleged, was lawfully elected, is de
nounced in unmeasured terms. The Demo
cratic party is declared to be utterly opposed
to violence, intimidation or fraud, by what
ever party practiced or wherever done
Gold and silver are declared to be the con
stitutional money of the country, and nj
other currency should he based thereon ant
convertible into the same on demand. Alex
ander Mitchell Of Milwaukee was nominated
for Governor on the first ballot.
The New York Democratic State Conven.
| tion, in session mt Syracuse on the 11th, re.
nominated Governor Robinson after a lons
and exciting preliminary contest. Prior tc
the vote being taken, but when Governor
Robinson's denomination seemed TO bt
assured, the entire Tammany (anti-TildenI
delegation Withdrew in n body, headed by
John Kelly. Among them were Augustus
| Schcll, Mr.. Dorsheimer, David Dudley Field
and others. They met i'm another hall and
nominated John Kelly for Governor.
They will support the remainder of the
regular ticket, which is as follows:
Lieutenant Governor, Clarkson n. Potter;
Secretary OF State, Allen c. Beach; Comp
trOller, Fred. T.. Olcott; State Treasurer,
James Mackin, State Engineer, Horatio
Seymour, Jr.; Attorney General, A. Schoon-
maker. The Convention adopted n plat
form declaring that the Constitution
and its amendments should be sa-
credly maintained; insisting upon
unity, fraternity and concord, and that the
issues settled by the War should not be re-
vived; charging the Republican party with n
tendency towards GENERALIZATION and CONSOLE
dation, and deprecating their alleged efforts to
revive sectional feuds; demanding honest
elections and an honest count of votes: op-
posing class legislation, but declaring that
special consideration should be given to the
working people. The Secretary of the Treas
ury is denounced for his alleged speculative
methods, extravaganza, and favoritism to-
wards particular monetary institutions, and
the Administration is charged with having
shamefully repudiated its professions OF
Civil-service reform. Gold and silver are
declared to be the Constitutional mon
ey of the country. Finally, the
Democrats in Congress are commended for
restoring fair and intelligent jury system
and in protecting the freedom of the ballot,
and the President is denounced for his ye-
toes.
Additional returns from the California
election do not materially change the result
as at first reported. The Republicans have
elected their candidate for Governor George
G. Perkins) and the rest of the State off
GERS, with the exception of Chief Justice, by
an average plurality Of perhaps 10000. Rob-
ert +. Morrison, elected Chief Justice,
was the only candidate receiving the COM
bined support of the opposition. The Rail-
road Commissioners and Associate Justices
are divided up between the three parties.
The Republicans elect three Congressman
certainly, and probably the fourth, and will
very likely control the State Legislature.
The Maryland Greenbackers have held a
State Convention and nominated Howard
Meeks Of Kent County for Governor.
President Hayes attended the opening of
the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition on the
10th. He made a brief address.
= John Shilito, the Cincinnati "dry-goods
prince" died suddenly on the 10th, aged G5.
"Cham," the famous French caricaturist,
is dead. His real name was Amadee de Noe;
his age, 60.
George C. Perkins, the Governor-elect of
California, is a native of Maine, and his age
it 40. In his eighteenth year he landed in
California and settled i'm Butte County,
where he found employment at farming,
mining, etc, and gradually amassed for
tune. For two years he represented Butte
County in the State Senate.
The Nebraska Democratic State Conven-
tion was held on the 10th. The only impor-
tant State officer TO be chosen is Supreme
Judge, and for that position Flyer Wakley
of Douglas was nominated. The platform,
in addition to the usual resolutions i'm refer
ence to national politics, arraigns the Re-
publican party Of the State for extravaganza
and mismanagement OF State affairs, where
by, as alleged, certain parties have been en-
riched ut the expense of the tax payers of the
State.
A Philadelphia paper claims to have trust
worthy information from private sources that
Gen. Grant, after his arrival in San Francis
co, will visit the Yosemite and other wonders
of California, after which he will 20 to Ore
gon, and remain there several weeks. Utah,
Wyoming, and Colorado will next be visited,
after which he will go 10 Galena, ILL.,, his
home, and remain there until May l. when
he will occupy his cottage Mt Long Branch.
Hon. William NJ. Eyarts, our Secretary Of
State, has recently been the guest of the Gov
and the Princess at the Gov
ernment House, Toronto, Canada.
The Massachusetts National -Greenback-
Labor State Convention was held at Faneuil
Hall, Boston, on the 18th. General B. +.
Butler was nominated for Governor, Wendell
Phillips for Lieutenant Governor, Jonathan
Arnold for Secretary of State, Wilbur +.
Whitney for Treasurer, Davis j. King for
Auditor, and Horace Sargent for Attorney
General. The resolutions declare that a
stability i'm prices can only be Sc
cured by maintaining uniform relations
between the volume and uses of money!
and this can be secured only by full legal
tender paper money, issued by the
Government; that legal-tcndcr greenbacks
should be substituted for national bank
notes in circulation; that the coin resump-
tion of the Republican party is a sham and
deusion, by making paper bank notes re-
deemable in paper United States legal-ten-
der notes, and these notes exchangeable for
coin over only one counter in the United
States in sums not less than $50. The plat
form further favOrs tax on incomes ex-
ceeding II 900; the immediate Use of coin i'm
the Treasury for reduction of the bonded
debt; the shortening Of hours of labor, etc
The Maryland Republicans have NOM
mated State ticket headed by James A.
Gray of Howard County for Governor. Ex-