Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-09
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Eastera Politics.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
Eastera Politics.
VIEWS OF GENERAL HANCOCK.
New York, August 7th.-Ths Herald in
terviewed General Hancock yesterday re-
garding the omission from his letter of
acceptance of his views on free ships and the
revenue tariff. Hancock said II have very
definite views, clear to my own mind, at
least, upon both topics. and 1 trust upon
| others which concern the country's welfare.
II was not without serious debate that con.
cluded they had no proper place in the letter.
Two considerations prevailed First-That q
letter of acceptance was not the right medium
through which to announce my final Judgment
upon any great question depending for its
solution upon future legislation and careful
executive review. Second-1hat have no
right to mar the present situation of the
party by a set of expressions superhuous to its
| adopted platform and principles, with which,
| as said before, | am in full accord" The
questions of tariff and free ships were SO in
teresting to Hancock that he did not refrain
from private discussion of them, which was
intensely interesting and at the same time
most tantalizing to his listener, whom the
General forbade to record word of it.
No, said he, 81 do not propose to supple
ment my letter of acceptance by any ad-
dendum. 1t is enough that I am cordially
In line with the party and the campaign"
GARFIELD GOING HOME.
General Garfield left to day for his home
in Ohio. He will rest on Sunday at Chau-
tauqua lake. AS the train speeded past
| several stations, the people gathered, waved
their hands, handkerchiefs and flags, and
General Garfield bowed his acknowledg-
ments. At Patterson, the first stopping
place, 5000 or 5000 people, mostly of the
laboring classes, closed around the car and
Fellow -citizens, thank you for this strong
demonstration of your kindness. / have
been in Patterson two or three times in my
life. l have seen your great industry and
your great growth, but the best thing in Pat.
terson, and the best thing of republic, next
70 liberty, is the labor of our people. That it
| shall be free and honorable and successful is
the very first element of the material pros
perity of our country. thank you Tor this
| reception" Great applause followed the
Generals remarks. The band played Hail,
| Columbia, and the train moved on.
ANOTHER SHORT SPEECH.
At Hancock General Garfield spoke as fol.
lows to the people assembled: "Fellow-eit.
izens: You have a town here named after
one of the trainers aud first signers of the
Declaration of Independence. He signed his
name in very big letters, and he helped to
make a nation that we think should be spelled
with big initial letter. That name. have
no doubt, reflects part Of its glory upon the
people OF your town, and all the citizens of
the Union are sharers Of the blessings of the
patton which he helped to found"
At Susquehanna, after General Garfield
had made brief speech to large crowd,
three cheers were given for Garfield and Ar
| thur, whereupon some one called for three
cheers for Hancock, which elected cheers and
laughter. There were perhaps 5000 people
around the depot when the train arrived at
Binghamton, to whom General Garfield
ssid This portion of New York has asso-
| Citations and relationship TO ne that cannot
forget. Just away on the road leading from
here is the spot where my father was born, |
| have long desired to visit it. and am as near
it to day as l shall be on this journey. /
thank you for this greeting"
! AT Oswego, Waverley, Elmira, Middleton,
| Corning Hornellsville, Addison and Wells.
vile, where the train stopped a few minutes,
crowds filed the depots and General Garfield
was compelled to utter few words of thanks
| jamestown at 1915 and took the boat for
Chautauqua.
HANCOCK TAKES A CHAT.
New YORK, August 7tL.-General Han
cock visited the headquarters of the Demo-
cratic National Committee to-day and chatted
| with the Chairman, Wm. III. Barnum, and
| Charles w. j. Jones, of Florida. also called.
THE GEORGIA DEADLOCK.
ATLANTA tGa.), August 7th.-The twenty.
| second ballot in the Democratic Convention
shows no change. When the twenty fifth
| Aol,. !.
| Convention adjourned till Monday.
A Heavy Majority.
MONTGOMERY (Ala.), August 7th. Returns
show the Democratic majority on the State
ticket to be fully $4,000.
Nominated for Congress.
CAIRO Ull.l, August 7th.-Wm. Hortsell
received the nomination to-day for Congress
in the Eighteenth District, vice Thomas
Heelman, declined.
We,tward.bound Passengers.
OMAHA, August 7th. - The following
through passengers were on to o,day's train,
leaving at 1915 P. NJ. to arrive in Sacramento
August 11th FL. S. Stevens, Tucson j. S.
Anna Macomber. Maine 3. G. Whitman,
t Virginia City, Nevada Mrs. John Mason,
Seth Cook, San Francisco; L. HI. Carrigan,
w. Fl. Caldwell and wife, Tombstone, Ari
zona.
Ninety through emigrants left on last
nights emigrant train, TO arrive in Sacra-
mento August 14th.
The FOrty.day StaIve Of DIR. Tanner Fin.
isbed.
NKw YORK, August 7th.-At O'Clock this
morning DR.. Tanner had fit of vomiting.
He got up and dressed at 7:30. He was much
exhausted, and lay down on his cot and re.
manned thus until 10:15, when he went into
the lower hall. After a walk he lay down
and was covered with a blanket At 1850
the Doctor arose and walked into the front
room OF the hall, where there was a fine
spread of watermelons. fruits bread, etc. At
| II the Doctor stood at the window on Thir.
| teenth street looking upon the crowd. His
brother-in-law, Gardiner, called His visit
seemed to make the Doctor nervous, and he
! complained of "goneness " in his stomach.
just before noon the temperature of the Doc
tor was %, pulse 92, respiration II. At Il
o'clock the Doctor completed his forty days
fast. at II o'clock they gave him glass OF
| milk and piece of watermelon. At high
| noon. when the time was up and the task fin.
| ished, the crowd cheered Tanner enthusias
| tically. About one thousand persons were in
the hall, and an
IMMENSE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
were on the sidewalk. Ihe Doctor drank a
| glass Of milk, and called for Georgia water
melon. This he tapped, dug his hand into it
and ate heartily. When demonstrated with,
he asked to be left alone, saying. No, my
lords, ] am running this now" When lie
placed o glass of milk to his mouth. he re-
marked, Gentleman, maybe you don't
believe that's good" The signal for the ex-
| piration of the fast was whistle from fac
tory in the vicinity. When it blew Tanner
had peach in his hand, but before he could
put it into his mouth somebody snatched it
away. In response to the plaudits of the
assemblage, Tanner, who was sitting upon o
chair placed upon table, waved his banker
chief over @ his head. At a quarter past twelve
o'clock Tanner got down from the table and
left the hall in charge of DR.. Gum. The
| Doctor walked unaccompanied down stairs
with shcs of watermelon in his hand. He
received an ovation from the crowd in the
| streets, shops and windows and exhibited
much qualification at his hearty reception. He
ordered the cover Of the carriage thrown back,