Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-10

| can State Convention assembled at ten
| o'clock this morning in the English Opera
House, and was called to order by the chair
man, J. H. Jordan. Rev. T. II. Lynch in
voked the Divine blessing.
The committee on permanent organlza-
! ton, through their chairman, Senator
| Grubbs, reported for the Chairman OF the
| Convention, Hon. Richard W. Thompson,
and n. 2. Richmond, principal secretary.
The report was unanimously adopted.
John 0vermeyer, chairman Of the COM
mittee on resolutions, then read the follow
| ing
Platform and Resolutions,
which were unanimously reported.
The Republican party of Indiana, repre-
| sented in delegate convention, recalls as
| as an incentive to further exertions for the
| public welfare, the achievements Of the
party in restoring the national honor, in
| overthrowing slavery, in securing to dis
| abled soldiers and TO the widows and Or
phans Of those who fell in battle or died from
wounds or diseases contracted in the SER
vice of the Union, laws providing for liber-
| al bounties and pensions, in building up an
unexampled public credit upon the simple
| foundation of an Interchangeable public
| faith, in reducing the largest debt necessa-
rily incurred for the suppression OF the re-
bellion one-half and the interest on the re-
| mainder to so low a rate that the national
establishing q currency equal to any in the
| world, based upon the convertibility OF
greenbacks and national bank notes into
| gold or silver at the option Of holders, in
| increasing the value of agricultural pro-
ductions and the wages OF labor by building
up home markets on the policy OF reasona-
bic protection tft,ru to domestic fss v.,Is in,
| of our naturalization laws to our foreign
born fellow-citizens by securing to Ameri.
can naturalization everywhere the full
rights of American citizenship, in the
| founding OF American citizenship upon
manhood and not upon complexion, and in
| declaring that citizenship and the ballot
| shall always go hand in hand in, maintain.
| ing and cherishing, as chief safeguard OF
| liberty. our system of free schools, sup
| ported by tax imposed upon all property
! for the education of our children, and in
| the submission, from time to time, III re-
| spectful obedience to what has been
| deemed the popular will, of amendments
| TO the National Constitution and the con-
| stiIutions of the States.
Animated by these resolutions, it is
Resolucd, That reposing trust in the peo.
pie as the fountain of power, we demand
| that the pending amendments to the con-
stitution shall be agreed to and submitted
| by the next Legislature to the voters OF the
| State for their decision thereon. These
| amendments were not partisan in their
| origin and are not so in character, and
| should not be made so in voting upon
| them. Recognizing the fact that the peo-
| pie are divided in sentiment in
regard the propriety of their adoption nr
| rejection, and cherishing the right OIL
| private Judgment, we favor the submission
of these amendments at a special election,
| so that there may be an intelligent decision
| thereon, uninfuenced by partisan issues.
That we feel it due to the momory OF
| President Garfield to express our sense oil
| the great loss suffered by he'nation in his
death. We recall, with pride, the fact
| that springing from the humblest condi-
tions in life, Lincoln and GARFIELD rose,
step by step, without any heip out the
| force of their abilities and virtues, to the
| frsnt rank among Americans, and were
chosen by the Republican party to bear It's
| banner in its struggle 10 MAINTAIN the
supremacy and glory OF the National
| Union.
3. That the lapse Of time can not efface
| from the grateful recollection OF the Re-
| publican party its memory OF the brave
soldiers, from whatever section or party
ranks they may come, who offered thelr
lives in support OF its policy OF restoring
and maintaining the union of the States.
4. That a revenue greatly reduced In
amount being all that is now needed 10 pay
the interest on our public debt and the eX-
penses of the government economically ad-
| ministered, the time has arrived for such
reduction of taxes and the regulauon OF
tariff duties as shall raise no more money
than shall be necessary to pay such inter-
est and expenses. We therefore approve
of the efforts now making to adjust this re-
duCtion so that no unnecessary burdens
upon the consumers of imported articles
| NAV exist, and no injury be inflicted on
our domestic industries, or upon the indus
trial classes employed therein.
After the adoption Of the resolutions the
| present State officers were unanimously
nominated as follows: Secretary OF state,
f. R. Ham; Auditor of State, Il. ii. wolf;
Treasurer of State, Il. J. Hill; Attorney
General, d. p. Baldwin; Reporter of the
Supreme Court, Jonathan w. Gordon;
Superintendent of Public Instruction, John
NJ. Bloss.
One Thousand Five Hundred Ballots.
BEARDsTowN, ILL, August 9.-The dis
trict convention met ct $40 this morning,
and began with the l,45Oth ballot, which
resulted as the last of yesterday evening:
Singleton, 20; Wike, %; Withers, p. The
ballOting was continued without change
until the l,5OOth ballot was reached, when
a recess of half an hour was taken.
Illinois PrOhibitionists-
Il
hibitiOn State Convention assembled at ten
o'clock this morning, at Washington Hall.
Out of 672 delegates in the full convention,
about one hundred were present. From
advices it is thought perhaps two hundred
delegates will be here this afternoon, and
the meeting though small is full OF enthu-
siasm. 1t was called to order by Rev. Hay
man, of Chicago, chairman OF the State
Executive Committee, and opened with
PRAYER by Rev. W. H. Holmes, after which
c. c. Campbell was elected temporary
chairman, and A. +. Smith temporary sec.
retary. Committees were appointed, and
John B. Finch, of Nebraska, called upon
and made rousing and thrilling speech.
after which the convention adjourned until
afternoon No Committee on Nominations
was appointed.
Renominated.
CINCINNATI, August "a Marysyille, o.,
special says: The Republican convention
Of the Ninth district, this morning, re-
nominated Gen. Jas. S. Robinson for Con-
greSS.
ATLANTA, GA, August 9.-In a speech at
Acworth, yesterday, Governor Colquitt,
candidate for the United States Senate,
planted himself sduarely on the platform
Of temperance, and against the manufsc-
ture and sale Of whisky in Georgia
Stewart Challenges Beaver.
PHILADELPHIA, August "a special from
Chambersburg says Senator Stewart, Inde-
pendent Republican candidate for Govern
or, last evening forwarded letter to Gen.
Beaver. Republican candidate, proposing a
Joint discussion with Gen. Beaver OF the
political differences in the State, at such
place and time as may be agreed upon by
the chairman Of the respective committees.
IL is said that Stewart also contempiates
inviting Comptroller Pattison, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, to meet him
in joint discussion.
Killed Himself.
LONG BRANCH, N. J., August 9.-James
L u A NJ khL, Vast End