The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-19
Political.


Boston, 1S.-The state greenback
convention met, organized, and adj.
Journed till afternoon. The green.
back convention proceeded to ballot
Tor nominee for governor. with
the following result; Whole number
of votes, 156; necessary for a choice
"A; b. +. Butler, 81; Judge Israel
W. andrews, 90; John M. Devine
81 Inc name of Deyine was with
Drawn. The second ballot resulted:
Whole number Of votes, 1856: neces-
sary for choice, SO; B. F. Butler,
16; Judge Andrews, 40; john NJ.
DeVine, IS; Horace B. Sargent, |.
General Butler was declared NOM
mated.
After the nomination of Butler
the following were nominated
Lieutenant governor, Dillon, OF
Springfield; secretary of state, John
Howes, Worcester; treasurer.
George Foster Lynn; attorney.
general, E. A. Snow, AtnOl: audi.
tor, Augustus F. Merchant. Lev
erett. Power is given the state
central committee to fill all vacan-
cleS that may occur en- the state
ticket. Resolutions were passed
that the greenbackers in Maine
should support Governor Plaisted.
Adjourned.
The resolutions state that while
old the political parties ridicuIed
the greenback principles they are
adopting them from time to time.
Among principles thus adopted is
the policy of destroying greenbacks.
which has been changed to issuing
it and silver, which was demone-
tiZed secretly, has been publicly
restored to its former place
Our declaration that its only Weak-
ness was because of the burdens
placed on its back by friends or
dupes Of the money power have
been proved true by the action Of
John Sherman, secretary of the
treasury, who, upon his own au-
thority, removed the greatest of
these objections, and brought green
backs to a premium over gold and
silver coin. Our position, that the
government should retain for itself
the option Of paying its bonded
debt whenever il had the money to
do so, instead Of funding into long
time bonds, is rapidly becoming the
position of the Intelligent masses
of our people.
The resolutions further demand
that check be put upon the power
of wealth; that the national debt be
paid as rapidly as the revenues will
allow it; if refunded, to be made
payable at option; that government
issue all money, metallic or paper.
and make il fully legal tender; abol-
lSh national banks as banks of issue i
that no one be allowed to mOnop-
Ollze air. light and water, and that
ali citiZ-ns be allowed TO ballot on
equal terms equal taxation against
the property qualification for stuff
rage; favor eight hours as days
labor. and boards of arbitration in
disputes between the employer and
the employed; speak against convict
contract labor. The resolutions con-
clude that as Americans, we deplore
the arbitrary Imprisonment and il
legal detention of our citizens in
British bastiles, and deplore our
continued misrepresentation at the
court of st. James by a minister
who sanctions the illegal conduct of
the British government.
Watertown, n. Y, 1S.-The first
assembly district democratic COIL
ventiOn instructed delegates to vote
for Hon. Roosevelt p. Flower for
governor.
Richmond, Va, 15.-George D.
Wise was nominated for Congress
by the democrats of the Third Dis
trict. The MISREPRESENTATION
coalition convention nominated J.
Bower for Congress from the Ninth
District. He is a son of ex-Con-
gresham Bowen, of the same Sec
ton.
Newark, Ohio, 1S.-The demo-
cratic congressional convention of
the Sixteenth District, after a ses-
sion Of two DAYS and casting III
ballots without making a HOmina-
ton, adjourned to CoshOeton, Al
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