Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-22

" tnis, - ~ meant Q eolid orant DtsN
Central Committee. The vote stood Al
follows: Ayes, 274h; Nays, 2524. -.
MIR. Logan offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resolved. That General q. 8. Grant Il
the choice Of the Republican party Of ILL
nois for the Presidency, and the delegates
from this State are instructed TO use al
honorable means to secure his nomination
by the Chicago Convention. and to vote q
. unit for him. and said delegates shall
have power 10 ill all vacancies.
On motion of A. N. Jones, the Chairman
OF the convention was instructed to teie
grsJh to General Grant that Illinois stands
BY him with forty-two votes for President
The motion was carried. Loud cries Of
emo" being heard. Saint Clair county pre-
sented . protest, stating that 1t had ap
pointed delegates 10 Chicago according te
the conditions Of the call, and now they
were set aside nj others put in their stead
Delegates from the Third, Fourth, Ninth
Thirteenth, Tenth. Fifth, Second and Sixth
Districts concurred in this protest. Logan
then offered the following. and suggested
that 1t be the only platform:
Resolved. That the Republicans OF I'LL
nois, in convention assembled, declare they
will support the nominees Of this CONVEX
tion for State Offices. and the nominees Of
the Chicago Convention for President and
Vice President.
The resolution was adopted by . rising
vote amidst b greatest enthusiasm, the
vast body OF delegates unanimously rising
to their feet and cheering enthusiastically.
A resolution, directing the Secretary 70
notify the Republican Convention Of Ala
bama that Illinois sends forty-two votes for
Grant. was offered. but was Withdrawn on
account Of the great opposition.
The G~ubernatorial candidates were then
put in nomination, ~ follows: Gull
lom. Fort, Renaber, Hawley, Smith, Ridge
way and Carr. The committee here re-
ported the State Central Committee and
Presidential Electors, and the list was
adopted. On the fourth ballot Cullom
received the nomination. Henry 8. Dement,
was nominated for Secretary OF State.
The New York Tribune comments thus
on the Illinois Convention Grant has
won . victory In Illinois. That much must
be conceded. still it 10 not . victory Of
character to greatly encourage the advo-
Gates OF his nomination. or to discourage
in the least the opponents Of the third.
term scheme. He has gained what wai
conceded to him from the start. what in
fact it was absolutely necessary he should
get in order TO enter the race ct Chicago
He has. in short, carried his own State, u
Blaine. Sherman, Edmunds and Window
have carried theirs. The candidate who
cannot secure his own state is summsrily
dropped from the list. in obedience to I
custom - old a. Presidential elections
His success, however, il Of such . charac
ter, and was won by such strenuous efforts
from the jaws Of defeat, that it shows hii
weakness rather than his strength. II
conspicuously exhibits the rapid degeneracy
Of his candidacy, which began with boast
full confidence Of sweeping the country BY
. spontaneous outburst Of popular feeling
and has now got to such . pass that hii
supporters find cause for rejoicing in the
fact that he has barely escaped rejection in
his own State.
Mr. Daggett's Land Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 20. Tho House to-
night. in committee Of the whole, passed
Pages bill providing for the refunding Of
the fees Of commission. or purchase money
paid on void entries Of public lands, and
also Daggett's bill TO allow the State Of
Nevada to select two million acres Of non.
mineral lands, in such localities and bodies
~ may be most likely to render them sale
able, in lieu Of nearly four million acres
of the 10th and 37th sections heretofore
granted her for school purposes. The bill
u in accordance with the anticipatory law
enacted by the Nevada Legislature last
year, the purpose being to enable the State
TO offer inducements for the reclamation Of
desert lands by means Of artesian wells.
Mr.. Daggett procured the passage Of the
bill tonight by = neat little speech, in
which he explained its necessity. and by
showing. among other things. that the
State has thus far been unable 20 find pur-
chasers for more than seventy thousand
acres Of her school grant Of the scattered
18th and 3Tth sections. and replied to an
objection urged by Sparks, Of Illinois. by
showing there was no danger Of the State
monopolizing all the best farming land
under this bill, because the lands Of Nevada
have long ago passed ont Of the possession
OF the Federal Government. aud the sixty
million acres Of unsettled lands In that
State are practically all desert lands. The
bill having been favorably reported from
the committee Of the whole, Il will come
up for passage In the House tomorrow.
New Jerssy state Cenvsntiou.
TRENTON. Nay 21.-The Democratic State
Convention met here yesterday. r. H.
Leese was made permanent Chairman. The
resolutions affirm the indissolubility Of the
Union, and the inalienable nature Of the
rights Of States; declare for . free and fair
ballot. unintimidated by petty ~ofacials or
military show; oppose monopolies ; look
to the Democratic party for . Presidential
candidate smbodying these principles !:
favor the two-thirds rule. and express Alb
horrence Of the fraud which made HAYES
President. The following delegates ct large
were chosen o. Cleveland, John stock
ton, II. B. Smith and O. N. Gulick.
Miss Emlna Wixom.
NEW YoRx, Nay N.-Ths Times says
Mademoiselle Nevada. whose real name il
Emma Wixom. and who has Just made
such . successful debut ct Her Maiesty's
Theater in London. was born in Alpha.
Nevada county. California. In 1857. Since
leaving Austin. Nevada. she has been study.
Ing in the best schools Of Europe. and her
friends have great hopes Of her future.
She Il said to have shown indomitsbls per-
severance and courage, and 10 richly de-
serve any success she may attain.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.