The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-07-23
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.


News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Hon. JOHN A. CAMPBELL, at one time
Governor of Wyoming Territory and later
Third Assistant Secretary of State, died at
Washington on the 18th.
TIE Democratic National Committee
met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York
CITY on the 18th. William II. Barnum, OF
Connecticut, was unanimously elected
Chairman, and Frederick o. Prince, OF Mas
sachusetts, Secretary. The commit
tee then adjourned to Governors
Island to attend the presentation
of the nomination to Gen. Hancock.
The committee appointed by the Cincinnati
Convention to inform its candidates OF their
nomination visited Governors Island and
presented formal letters to both Gen. Han
cock and Mr.. English. Gen. Hancock's
grandson, aged five months, having died
that morning from cholera infantum, the
presentation was purely formal. Gen.
Hancock signified his intention OF prepar-
ing his letter Of acceptance at an early day.
JUDGE T. M. RICE, of Cooper Coun-
ty, is the Greenback candidate for Congress
in the Seventh Missouri District. Judge Rice
is of Republican proclivities.
The Greenbackers of the Fourteenth
Illinois District have nominated j. r. Scott
for Congress, vice Col. Wolfe, declined.
GEN. JAMES r. CHALMERS, repre-
senting the Sixth Mississippi District in Con-
gress, has been renominated.
HON. JOHN A. ANDERSON has been
renominated for Congress from the First
Kansas District.
HON. GoDLovE S. ORTIZ has been re-
nominated for Congress in the Ninth 1ndi-
ana District.
HON. w. H. WHITTHORNE has been
renominated for Congress in the Seventh
Tennessee District.
THE following are the members of the
Executive Committee of the National Dem
ocratic Committee: William II. Barnum,
Chairman; F. o. Prince, Secretary; Gen.
Duncan S. Walker, Assistant Secretary. w.
H. Barnum, Connecticut; F. o. Prince,
Massachusetts,; George T. Barnes,
Georgia; William C. Cloudy, Illinois;
Austin H. Brown, Indiana; NJ. NJ. Ham,
Iowa; Henry D. McHenry, Kentucky; Out
erbridge Husey, Maryland; P. 81. Kelly,
Minnesota; A. II. Sulloway, New Hamp.
shire; Orestes Cleveland, New Jersey;
Abram S. Hewitt, New York; M. w. Ran
som, North Carolina; VIM. w. Armstrong
Ohio; VIM. L. Scott, Pennsylvania; Thos
O'Connor, Tennessee; b. B. Smalley, Yer.
mont.
The Missouri State Greenback Con.
vention was held at Sedalia on the 18th. The
following State ticket was placed in nomina'
ton: For Governor, Luman A. Brown, o.
Howard County; Lieutenant-Go Governor,
Homer F. Fellows, of Greene; Secretary o.
State, o. D. Jones, Of Knox; Auditor, DR.,
A. C. Marks, of St. Clair; Treasurer, Johr
M. Sneed, of Pettis; Attorney General, Ma
ior A. M. McGintey, of Moberly; Judge O
Supreme Court, Peter E. Bland, of St. Louis
The resolutions indorse the platform adopt
ed by the National Greenback Convention a
Chicago.
The Democratic National Commute,
on the 18th paid formal visit to Samuel j
Tilden and presented the resolution in refer
enee to him passed by the Cincinnati Con
vention. Ex-Gov. Stevenson made an ad
dress on behalf of the Committee, to whicl
Mr.. Tilden briefly responded.
A CONVENTION of Irish Republican
was held in Indianapolis on the 18th, Is
delegates from various States being present
After q two days. session an address wa
adopted, declaring among other things tina
the Irishmen Of the United States SHOULD
support the Republican party, as that part
has appointed and elected a very much large
number of Irishmen to positions of trust thai
the Democratic party.
CONGRESSMAN SPARKS has been re
nominated in the Eighteenth Illinois Dis
trict.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
The Texas and St. Louis Railroad
now open to Tyler, 12e miles from Texar
kama.
The Denver and South Park Railroa
is completed to Leadville, $50 miles frol
Denver.
THE Department of Agriculture hs
reports from nearly 1000 correspondent
including almost every county in the wheat
growing States, which give an approxima'
estimate of the crop of 1880. These return
give more favorable aspect to the crop tina
anticipated in information from otht
sources. The destruction of wheat b
the army worm has not been general NJ
extensive, the depredations being loo