Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-24
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The PRESIDENCY.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Presidency.
WASHINGTON, May 22d-The action Of tht
Illinois and Alabama Conventions, ia addinl
81 votes to the Grant column, has createC
among Washington politicians what is com
monty described as the bulge" for the ex
President, and the fact that this feeling ha,
set in during the week Immediately preced
ing the meeting of the National Convention
is conceded to be decidedly advantageous tt
Grant. 1t is apparent that a great many
Congressman who ten days ago did not think
that Grant could have been nominated have
since the action of the Illinois Convention
reconsidered their conclusions. and freely ad
nit that it will require combination of very
unexpected circumstances to defeat him
The most prominent friends of the candida
cies of Blaine and Sherman do not, however
despair of still achieving success for their re
spective candidates. Sherman's friends stoutl,
deny the rumor that he is now desirous O
obtaining the second place on the Grant ticket
The Democratic members of Congress from
New Jersey unite in denying the claim thai
Tilden has received the whole OF the New
Jersey delegates. They claim that the dele
cation stands as follows: For Bayard s
Randolph 4, Ex-Governor Parker 8, Tilden
Jewett l, and l doubtful. Although tht
National Greenback Convention is to be helc
in Chicago on the 9th of June, there is bu
little interest attached to it, 1t is said tina
if General Grant is nominated General Butler
will support him. In view of this report
Buffers nomination by the Greenbackers
W hich at one time was in serious contempla
ton, no longer appears probable.
TWO political BURGLARS"
CHICAGO, May 22d.-The following card
dated Springfield, May 21st, from Hon
Charles 3. Farwell, will be published to-mor
row:
To the Republicans of Illinois: By the persona
and desperate eXertions OF Senator Logan, Of tn,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue and his Coec
tors, and by the disgracefu interference of natona
officers, in the primaries of county Conventions
General Grant has apparently carried Illinois by the
contemplate majority of 3S, with Cook county un
represented. IL the whole 92 delegates of Cool
county had been admitted the vote would have beer
64 against Grant. II the Sc uncontested delegates
from Cook county had been allowed to vote there
would have been Is majority against Grant The
Convention was packed from its organization The
Chairman was ordered to recognize only certain per
sons. The debate was cut of and parliamentary
law neglected or overrued the exigencies required
What is so meager majority in his own State worth
to General Grant? The anti Grant districts have
appointed delegates, and will present them at Chi
cago. Logan and Garcelon stand as the political
burglars OF the time, and Logan's crime against lib
erty will, in the end, bring him no more spoil thar
was won by Garceon.
TROUBLE IN PENNSYLVANIA,
PHILADELPHIA, May 22d.-A committee Of
the Democratic State Convention to-day
heard representatives of the rival city com.
mittees, and invites them to appoint commit
tees to meet on the Sth of July next and
confer as to the best plan of adjusting thei,
differences.
The Riches of California.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22d.-A sub-comlnit.
tee of the Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures, visited the Philadelphia Mint
yesterday, and, at collation. subsequently,
given by the Board of Trade, Horace Davis
of California spoke as follows: ''When all
the rest of the country was forced to paper
currency California adhered to her currency
of coin. Gold and silver flowed there from
all the States. People there at that time in
terested themselves in examining the coins
that came from other places, and they found
G stamped upon one, d upon another, and
an upon still another. These they recog-
nized as coming from the mints at Charlotte,
Dahlonega and New Orleans. But there was
always a large number which bore no letters.
These were from the eldest of the slsterhood
of mints, and they needed no distinguishing
mark, just as the eldest daughter of the fam
lily is Miss Smith, and not Miss Charlotte. 1t
turns out, however, that one of the Junior sis
ters-she at San Francisco-has a much
larger and finer establishment than the eld-
est sister has and am in favor of placing
the latter upon at least as high a level as the
more favored daughter on the Pacific"
Returning to the comparison between the
mineral wealth and agricultural wealth of
California, Davis said the wheat crop alone
of that State, leaving out barley, oats and all
other products of the farm, is now greater in
value than the production of the precious
metals. This is the second stage of Califor-
MAS progress, and she has entered upon the
third, that of manufactures, in which, as he
believed, the State had capabilities far sur
passing both the others combined; and this
has led Californians to reconsider their views
upon the subject of protection, and it may be
set down with reasonable certainty that the
Californian voice will hereafter be in favor OF
a policy of protection. AS Davis proceeded
with his remarks, and especially at the con.
clusion, he was greeted with frequent demon
strations of applause.
Glut OF Silver In the Treasury Mt New
Personal.
WASHINGTON, May 22d.-Secretary Sher-
man sent to the House to-day letter from
the Assistant Treasurer at New York, say
ing that the additional amount of silver he
can receive will not exceed SIC, ,O0O, 900. MAX
ing, with what he now has on hand, S2S. .OOO,-
900. The silver now in the vaults of the
Treasury there weighs 500 tons.
The British Minister here, under tele.
graphic orders, has conveyed to the Govern.
ment of the United States the sincere and
cordial thanks of Her Majesty's Government
for its generous and friendly conduct in hav-
ing dispatched the United States ship Con-
stellation, loaded with provisions, which
were SO much needed for the relief of her dis.
tressed subjects in Ireland, and which, be-
sides being a substantial aid to them, has
been accepted by Her Majesty's subjects as
proof of the friendly feelings entertained
toward them by the Government and citizens
Of the United States.
The Senate has confirmed N. G. Ordway,
Of New Hampshire, as Governor of Dakota
Territory, and James L. Dryden, of Illinois,
for United States Attorney for Montana.
The President has sent to the Senate the
nomination of Jonathan L. Biggs, agent for
the Indians on Colorado river, Arizona.
Speaker Randall left this afternoon for
Penn, where his mother, over
30 years of age, is dying.
The Omaha Strike.
OMAHA (Neb.), May 22d.-The strike con-
tinues at the smelling works. Nearly all the
imported colored men left for their homes in
Kansas and Missouri this afternoon. Gov
srnor Vance addressed the strikers this after
noon, and listened to their statements. He
told them that while no one could prevent
heir striking, they had no right to stop other
men from working. They will meet again on
Sunday morning to talk over the situation
among themselves. Two companies of regu-
ars and four companies of militia are under
arms in the city, and prepared for any emer-
sency, although no serious trouble is now an
siciPated. The workingmen, who have been
very orderly and sober, feel incensed at the
action of the authorities in calling out the mil
tary.
Flood in Georgia-FataI Railroad Acct.
dent.
COLUMBUS tGa.), May 22d.-From Friday
1t 5 A. NJ. to Saturday at A. NJ. 9 80 100
inches of rain fell in this locality, s 80 100
inches falling in ten hours. All the railroads
are broken up, no trains having arrived or
departed to-day. The through freight and
accommodation train from Macon to Mont
rOmery last pipht ran into Scba1uIya craaA