The Rock Island Argus., 1881-08-05
POLITICS.

RALEIGH, Aug s. - Seventeen counties
give majority of 81 ,748 against prohibit
ion, and other counties will probably make
it sixty or seventy thousand. The whites
are divided while the negroes solidly OPP
posed the measure.
RALEIGH, Aug, 4.-The election passed
off quietly The towns where the prohi-
bition strength was conceded to lie have
all given, as far as heard from, heavy anti
prohibition majorities. The vote is light.
The negroes voted solidly with the Repub
lican leaders, who had pronounced against
prohibition The majority against the
measure will be large, perhaps 10000.
JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 4.-The Demo
cratic state convention adjourned last
night, after the first ballot. Ten ballots
have been taken to-day, SO far, without
definite result. The last ballot was Stone
| 106, Barksdale SO, Featherstone %, and
Calhoun 18. There is evidently a dead
! lock.
| Gn the Goth ballot the vote stood: Stone
1O6, Barksdale 80, Featherstone 24, Cal
houn II
There is no material change The con-
vention then adjourned
The deadlock will probably break soon.
RICHMOND, Aug. 4.-The Conservative
Democratic State Convention met at noon
with j. n. Stubbs in the chair.
A recess was taken.
After a half hours recess, several dele
gates reported and committees were form
ed There was then another recess.
On reassembling the committee on per
manent organization made Its report and
Thos O. Babcock was made President.
A recess was then taken until o'clock.
At the evening session the Committee on
Platform made the following report
The Conservative Democratic party of
Virginia, democratic in Federal relations,
and conservative in its State policy, assem-
bled in convention, in view of the present
conditions of the Union and of this com
monwealth, for the clear and distinct asser-
tions of its political principles, do declare;
First the equality of right and exact justice
to all men, special privileges to none; free
dom of religion. freedom of press and free
| dom of person under the protection of ha-
beas corpus; of trials by juries impartially
selected and of pure upright non-partisan
| Judiciary election by the people free from
force or fraud of citizens, or of military or
of military and civil officers of the govern
ment and the selection for public officers
! of those who are honestly best fitted to fill
them; the support of State governments in
| their rights as most competent administra-
| traitors of our domestic concerns and surest
bulwarks against nti-Republican tenden-
cies and the preservation of the general
government.
COLUMBUS, Aug. 4-The State Prohibi-
ton Convention endorsed the State ticket
recently nominated by the Temperance
Convention at Lowell, except that Henry
Kemp, of Coshaton, was nominated fol
ATTORNEY General, to fill the vacancy on
their ticket.
+ LEWISTON, Me-, Aug At the Second
Congressional district Democratic conven-
ton after temporary organization, Gov.
Garcelon made speech, advising the IN
lstiorsernent of Washington Gilbert, Green
back candidate, or an adjournment without
nomination. He had the pledge of Gil
bert that If the Greenbackers assisted the
Republicans in the organization OF the
house he would resign.
The Convention refused to adopt either
course
After permanent organization Franklin
Reed was re-nominaied by acclamation.
The resolutions indorse the Cincinnati
platform, the administration of Gov. P1ais-
ted, and execrates the attempted assassina-
ton of President Garfield
DEs MONIES, Aug 4.-The Republican
State Central Committee of Iowa has been
called to meet at the Kirkwood house, at
Des Moines, ON Thursday, August IL, to
complete the organization of committees,
and arrange all details necessary for the
prosecution of an active campaign