The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
Resolutions of the National Republican
Committee.
POLITICAL STATE CONVENTIONS.

The New York Republican State Convention
met in the Academy of Music New York city,
there being 1000 persons i'll attendance. Hon.
Thomas G. Plat called the delegates to order.
lion. Frank Hiscock was proposed as tempo
rary Chairman, but declined in the spirit Of
harmony The new Senator, Warner Miller,
was then elected by a majority of 1903 over His
cock. George William Curtis submitted q reso-
luton in Endorsement of civil-service reform,
which was referred to the Committee on Plat
form. Cbauncey NJ. Depew was chosen
permanent Chairman. The following ticket wac
nominated: Joseph Carr, Secretary of State ;
Ira Davenport, Comptroller; Leslie W. Russell,
Attorney General; Silas Seymour, State En-
,ineCr, and f. NJ. Finch. Judge of the Court of
Appeals. The proceedings were harmonious
throughout. lengthy platform was
~ OF the late President Garfield, the
second is complimentary to President
Arthur the third relates to the national finan-
res and favois toe reduction of national taxes,
hut that such reduction must be made with a
view to the continued protection of American
ndustry the fourth faVors the earnest prose-
Z sution of the staT-roue} swindlers, MS well as
MI others wronging the Government the 9th
fayors q proper civllseryice reform; the sixth
is complimentary to Gov. Cornell the seventh
is in favor of making the canals free; the
Eighth and last favors equal taxation and OPP
poses monopolies that unjustly Cypress the
people.
Tho Massachusetts Democratic Convention
assembled Mt Worcester and nominated the
following State ticket Governor, Charles ?.
THOMPSON; Lieutenant Governor, James H.
Carleton; Secretary of State, Gen. NJ |. Dona-
hoe Treasurer and Receiver General Col.
Francis J. Parker; Auditor, Charles r.
Field; Attorney General Gen. Patrick
A. Collins. The platform declares that the
tariff needs reimbursement monOpolies
have to be watched corporations should have
their charters revised shipbuilding should be
encouraged, not by subsidies, but by doing
away with taxation burdensome to ship
builders prohibitory laws have not accom-
plished the purposes for which they were en-
acted. and are an invasion of the personal lib
erty of the citizen the payment of the poll
tax as a qualification for voters should be
abolished the national debt should be re-
duced as fast as possible, and the rate OF inter
est lowered, etc.
The Maryland Republican Convention
vas held at Cambridge, in that State,
under the Presidency of ex-Post-
master General Cresswell. Thomas Cor
| such, in Frederick county, was nominated
| for Comptroller. Ihe resolutions fea1nrm the
supremacy of the nation over the State, the
equality of all citizens before the law, demand
honest voting and fair counting, legislation for
the promotion of national industries and for
the development of the resouc es of the coun-
try, and call upon Congress to provide an i'm
proved method for the ascertainment of the
will of the people at Presidential elections.
The Minnesota Democratic Convention met
at St. Paul and nominated the following ticket
Governor Gen. R. W. Johnson; Lieutenant
Governor, E. P. Barnum; Auditor, Rudolph
Lehmicke; Secretary of State, A. J. LambertOn
Treasurer, John F. RUSSELL Attorney General,
George n Baxter; Railroad Commits
gioner. r. s. Cook. The platform
is notable for its brevity. embracing, as itdoes,
only three resolutions. The first denounces
repudiation the second expresses grief for the
death of President Garfield, and the third and
last reafirms the principles announced in the
L;or,oI na,,n oora fio NoTvapti0p