Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-02


county, in which there was contest, and the
Convention admitted both delegates The
temporary organization was then made per-
manent. A committee of fifteen on resolu-
lions was appointed, ard the Convention adj
journed to 5 o'clock this evening.
Il. b. Valentine was renominated for Con-
gress, and all the State officers except Land
Commissioner and Superintendent of Public
instruction were renominated.
OMAHA, September 1st-At the evening
session of the Convention at Lincoln, nomi-
nations were taken up, every one being noml-
mated by reclamation. j. w. Collins, j. NJ.
Thurston and James Laird were nominated
for Electors. Hon. L. K. Valentine, the
present Congressman, was renominated.
Colonel Majors was nominated for contingent
Congressman. A resolution to nominate
United States Senator was tabled. Governor
Nance, Lieutenant Governor Carnes. Secre-
tary of State S. J. Alexander, Treasurer G.
NJ. Bartlett, Attorney General G. j. Det-
worth, were all renominated.
Kansas Republican State Convention.
TOPEKA, September 1st.-The Republican
State Convention this morning elected L. II.
about the strength Of the st. John element
over the opposition. He will no doubt be
nominated on the first ballot. At $50 the
Committee on Credentials was not ready,
and the Convention adjourned to 4:30.
TOPEKA, September 1st.-The Committee
on Credentials did not report until 7:20. a
ballot for Governor resulted: St. John 220,
Carpenter 80, Henry, 30, scattering Al. St.
John was declared the nominee. The resolu-
lions congratulate the State upon its growth
and prosperity under Republican rule.
The Democratic Conference in New York.
New YORK, September 1st.-At the Irving
Hall and Tammany Conference to-day the 20
Democratic Assembly Districts were equally
divided by lot. The division of Congressional
Districts will be considered tomorrow, Irving
Hall not agreeing to Tammanys proposition
to take the districts now represented by Fer
uando Wood, Cox and O'Brien.
Nominated for Congress
SAVANNAH (Ga), September 1st.-The Re-
publicans of the First District have nominated
T. S. Collins for Congress.
SALEM Mass. J, September 1st.-The Green
hackers of the Sixth District have nominated
Il. Moody Boynton for Congress.
BALTIMORE, September 1st.- Andrew j.
Chapman has been nominated for Congress
by the Democratic Convention of the Fifth
| District.
CHICAGO, September lists. S. Farwell
has been nominated for Congress by the
Republicans.
UNION SPRINGS IN. ", September 1st.-
The Republicans of the Third District have
nominated A. A. MADISON for Congress.
UTICA On W, September 1st.-Cyrus D.
Prescott has been renominated for Congress
by the Republicans of Oneida District.
| ST. LOUIS, September 1st.-The Republi-
cars of the Sixth District have nominated r.
o. McBeth for Congress, and the Democrats
in the Thirteenth District have renominated
Judge A. II. Buckner.
CHICAGO, September 1st.-The following
nominations are announced Hon. S. S.
Mallory in the Seventh District of Iowa by
the Democrats Henry w. Kells by the
| Democrats of the First Minnesota District;
the Dakota Republicans nominated r. Z.
Pettegrew.
The lnfcrOceanic Canal.
WASHINGTON, September 1st.-The report
on the commercial aspect of the proposed
American Interoceanic Canal, by Joseph
Nimmo, Jr., Chief of the Bureau Of Statistics,
has just been issued. Following is a SUM-.
mary of the conclusions reached by Mr..
Nimmo:
First-That the shipping which would an
nually pass through the proposed American
Interoceanic Canal would amount to about
! 1,500 vessels, or ], CPS, 600 tons.
| Second-That upon the basis OF the
shortest voyage, the possible amount of ton
mage which, during the latest year for which
| the statistics can be collected, might have
passed through the Suez Canal, was about
| twice as great as that which might have
passed through the proposed American Canal,
and upon the same basis the possibilities of
the Suez Canal, with respect to the value of
commerce. were three and half times as
great as those of the proposed American
Canal, and would probably be confined, as is
the traffic of the Suez Canal, almost exclu- |
sively to steam vessels.
Third-That sailing vessels would continue |
| to take passage by Cape Horn when engaging !
in trade west of that point. and that sailing
vessels would continue to take passage by the !
way Of the Cape of Good Hope when engage |
ing in trade east of that point.
Fourth-Ihat during the latest year for |
which commercial statistics can be collected, !
the proposed American canal might have af- |
forded passage for 80 per cent of the |
foreign commerce Of the United States, q |
per cent. of the foreign commerce Of Great |
Britain, ] ! per cent. of the foreign commerce
of France, and less than 3 per cent. Of the /
international commerce OF the globe upon the
ocean.
Fifth-That there has been a very large
division of traffic from the route between
San Francisco and New York, via the 18TH
mus of Panama, to the transcontinental rail-
road already constructed in the United
States. The value of commodities trans
ported between New York to San Fran
CISCO via Panama, have fallen from S70,-
202, 029 in 1869, to Si,947,755 in 1879, and
the number of passengers having fallen from
&c, S53 in 1869, to 4, 456 in 1879.
Sixth-That the trade between the Allan !
tic and the Pacific ports of the United States, /
via Cape Horn, has also been to consider
able extent diverted to the transcontinental |
railway line.
Seventh-That there is now a large and |
growing commerce between the Pacific ports
of the United States and interior points east
of the Rocky Mountains. chiefly st. Louis.
Chicago and Cincinnati. The proposed canal
would not present any direct competition to
this trade between interior points in the
United States and ports on the Pacific coast.
Eighth-That in the event Of the construc-
ton of an American interoceanic canal, the
commerce between the Pacific ports Of the
United States and Europe would probably
seek passage through the proposed canal in
steam vessels.
Ninth-That the magnitude of the COM
merce OF the countries on the western coast
of South America is limited by that most
marked geological feature of the continent,
the Andean range, extending from the 18th
mus of Panama to the Straits of Magellan,
and also by conditions of climate and soil
herenbefore described
Tenth-That the shipment of guano and
nitrate of soda from the western coast of
Peru and Bolivia to the Atlantic ports of the
United States and to Europe, giving employ
ment to about 100000 tons of shipping an
nually, would probably continue to follow the
route via Cape Horn.
Eleventh-That part of the trade of Chile |
with the Atlantic ports of the United States
and with Europe, via Cape Horn, giving en-
pigment to about SS5 600 tons of shipping
annually, would probably continue to pursue
that route.
Twelfth-That only s per cent of the tea
imported in the United States during the
year ended June 80, 1879 was imported at
Pacific ports, and " per cent. at Atlantic
ports of the United States, and that prob
ably the entire tea supply of the Atlantic
States will eventually be brought from the
countries of its production to San Francisco,
and thence overland by rail.
Thirteenth-That on account of the nau.
teal conditions it involves in the passage
through the proposed canal, sailing vessels
engaged in the trade between the Atlantic
seaboard of the United States, and Australia
and New Zealand. will probably continue to
pursue the passage around the Cape of Good
Hope.
The War Against the ApaeIlcs.
WASHINGTON, September 1st.-The follow
ing telegram has been received at the War
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