Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-12
SACRAMENTO, MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY H. $780,

of society, have been led like cattle to th,
slaughter house, to vote for your own destruc
ton believe in plain language. and if any
OF you do not like it, you may do the mex
best thing. | believe in sending the Nationa
Banks and their Directors to the lowest re
gions of hell, and if the American people
had any courage they would hang John Sher
man.
Rev. De La Matyr, in ministerial garb
then read the call for the National Conven.
ton to be held in Chicago, June g. 1880.
A delegate then moved to condemn the ma
tional authorities for not enforcing the eight.
hour law. &c Let US all vote for this, cried
kearney; the crawling, creeping serpents
will come to US by and by for relief" The
motion was adopted.
After the meeting adjourned, Kearney
made another speech, beginning by announc-
ing his readiness to lead gang of men
to Maine to oppose any troops which might
be sent there. In the course OF his TRADE he
advocated lynch law freely, and denounced
John Sherman as thief, who would steal
coppers from dead mans eyes, and then
kick the corpse because they were not silver.
:" Fill my belly with potatoes, said he, land
L am a man. Give me dollar based on a
potato or cabbage, that will sustain life,
and mems teeth At the close he dealt with
the Chinese question and provisions in rela-
tion to the new Constitution of California.
If the United States NEEDLES with that
Constitution" he cried, "we will lop off Cal
ifornia and form solid West, and with a
solid South we will whip the devil out of New
England"
The Greenbackers' Platform.
WASHINGTON, January 10th-The call of
the Greenback Conference for a Convention
denounces bankers stockholders, land-grab
bers and others, who, it is affirmed. have as
sumed control of the Government and filled
the land with pauperism. crime and misery |;
who have assailed the very foundations of
popular government. 1t declares that l60, 900
people in the District of Columbia are dis
franchised. They give up all personal aims
and opinions for the purpose of restoring the
| control of the Government to the whole peo-
pie through the representatives chosen bu
them, uninfuenced by bribery, intimidation
or sectional hate; to enable the people to re-
cover complete sovereignty over elections,
currency, lands and lines of internal COM
munication, and finally to embody in law and
enforce the right of each laborer to the re-
suits of his toll.
That Convention of the National Green
back-Labor party be held in Chicago, H.,
| Wednesday, the 9th of June, 1880, and that
the basis of representation shall be, from each
State four delegates and four alternates at
idTSe, anu TWO ueleSdIes anu TWO alIeTnateS
| from each Congressional District, and two
delegates and two alternates from each Terri
tory and the District of Columbia.
! (Signed.) Thomas III. Murch. Chairman of
the Conference and of the Congressional
| Committee E. P Dewes, Chairman of the
National Committee.
The report was adopted without debate by
unanimous rising vote.
A resolution was offered and adopted en-
j., IA,z
Land bill, and General Weavers bill for
equalization of soldiers pay and bounties but
Immediately after its adoption Weaver him
self put in an appearance, and said this was
neither the time Lor the place to pass such a
resolution. and that he hoped the Conference
would reconsider its action and allow the
resolution to be withdrawn.
A motion to reconsider was adopted, and
the resolution was withdrawn. Adjourned
sine die.
ParneII and DiIlon-AppeaIs for Relief OF
the Distressed in Ireland.
New YORK, January 9th.-Mr. Parnell
started subscriptions for the poor of Ireland
on the Cotton Exchange to-day, and spoke at
the Academy of Music tonight to a large
audience. He said they simply wanted help
so as to prevent their poor people from being
starved to death. In one way or another,
the Irish people would insist on having the
land of Ireland for themselves. In conclu-
sion, he said he felt confident that the time
was very near at hand when they would
strike a fatal blow at the present land system |
of Ireland.
John Dillon also spoke at length of the
condition of the unfortunate people of Ire
land.
At the conclusion of Dillon's speech, Henry
Ward Beecher was introduced. He said he
could not allow this opportunity to pass
without saying something for the unfortunate
people who were in distress, while there were
prairie lands enough in America to raise
substance enough for Ireland and all other
countries. He said men who titled land
should be the owners of it, and, when they
were not, landowners were holding them by
their throats.
Father Hickey followed Beecher and at the
conclusion of his address the meeting ad-
journed.
Mr. Parnell has issued an address to the
people of America, asking for contributions
to alleviate the distress in ireland, and stat
ing that all subscriptions collected for relief
purposes NAV be forwarded to Drexel, Nor
gan 4 Co., of this city, who will forward the
money to the Treasurers Of the National
Land League in Ireland.
ParneH and Dillon at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, January 10th.-Parnella and
Dillon had a warm welcome here to-day AS
they alighted from the train an address was
presented in which it was hoped God would
bless their efforts in behalf of the down
trodden Irish. A committee escorted them
to the Academy of Music, which was crowded.
and on the stage were a notable company
ParneQ made speech.
Resolutions were adopted expressing deep
sympathy with the suffering people of Ire
land, denouncing their oppressors in unstinted
terms, and pledged assistance out of personal
means as much as possible. George w.
Childs was unable to be present, and sent
check for 81, 600.
Death OF Frank Leslie.
NEW YORK, January 10th.-Frank Leslie,
the publisher, died this afternoon at his resi-
dence, on Fifth avenue from fbrous tumor
of the throat. He had been suffering from it
for some time past.
Plan to Rob Grave Frustrated.
New YORK, January 1Oth.-The Herald
says: Superintendent Palmer. of Maple
Gsove Cemetery, where the body of Count
Joannes was buried, received information
on Wednesday that $500 had been offered
for the head and brain of the Count, and
that an attempt would be made to steal the
body some night that week. On that night
Palmer and one of his laborers kept watch,
and three men were detected in the cemetery
in secluded part, evidently waiting for
1aVOraDlt opportunity W DtSlu Tile WOrK Oh
exhumation, which would not have required
more than two hours time. The men went
out of the cemetery and down the railroad
track, as Palmer and his assistant ap-
preached their hiding place. On Thursday
| five men visited the cemetery during the day
and paid particular attention to that part of
the grounds in which the late Counts grave
is located, and that night Palmer kept four
men on guard.
Pennsylvania Republicans Indignant.
New YORK, January 10th-A Times dis
patch from Wilkesbarre says: Great indig-
| nation prevails here tonight, because Gov
ernor Hoyt this afternoon appointed Stanley
Woodward who is Democrat, Judge of the
Eleventh Judicial District, in preference to
ex-senator Payne, a staunch, honorable and
competent Republican, who was an applicant
for the position made vacant by Judge Hard
ing's resignation.
A. Minister'S Views on the Panama Canal.
WASHINGTON, January 10th.-Such por-
tions of the diplomatic correspondence of the
past year as are considered proper to be made
public, are in course of publication under
orders of the State Department. Among
them are several dispatches from Earnest
Dickman, Minister to the United States of
Colombia, in which he quotes and severely
criticises the provisions of the "Wyse con-
tract with the Colombian Government, in
behalf of De Lesseps' project for the con-
struction of the interoceanic canal across the