The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-09-28

| legislate as TO do the greatest good TO the
greatest number of inhabitants. Rec0s.
MIXING these principles, and recognizing
that the tempting effects of intoxicating
beverages jeopadiZe the safety, health
and morality of any people among whom
Trey are tolerated, we believe and declare
| that il is the duty of the state to restrain
the sale of liquors and reduce it's
harmful effect to minimum.
Il denounces as destructive not cnlv
10 the welfare and permanence of The
party but also to free republican ipstI-
! buttons the vicious and corrupt system
of boss" rule.
1t favorS universal education, and TO
that end demands that the public school
| system of this state be made so compre.
henslve as to afford good school f4cilities
Tor at least eight months school in every
year.
1t arraigns the Democratic party for
Its notorious disregard of the insti;u
lions ant statutory provision. of the
state against railroad corporations en-
Grating and controlling parable, and
competing lines in open violation of
unmistnkable and PLAIN constitutions
enactment
THAT TELEGRAM
SARATOGA, Sept. 81 Great excite
ment is caused by the discovery that
the dispatch was forgery authorizing
the police commissioner of New York
10 act as proxy for Collector Robertson.
at the meeting of the state committee.
The dispatch reads as follows:
NEW YORK, Sept. 19-To Stephen r
French, Grand Union hotel, Saratoga,
New 1ork-Please act as my proxy at
tne meeting OF the state committee, and
oblige.
[SignedI w. H. ROBERTSON.
Considerable indignation is expressed
and rigid investigation will be made |
TO discover the perpetrators of the fraud. |
The forged message has been photo !
graphed and copies circulated among |
delegates with the view of identifying |
the handwriting.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21-The Evening |
Post has a dispatch from Saratoga which |
says that General Hustled received To- |
day the following dispatch: White |
Plains, N. Y, Sept. 21.-To General j.
w. Hustled, care OF j. w. Vrooman:
Stephen u. French has no authority and /
never had TO represent me in the con-
Vention. His unauthorized appearance
was an insult to the Westchester dele
gates aud fraud upon me. 1t is ma
chine tactics over again.
(Signed) w II. RoBERTsOS
The above was received at congress
hall yesterday, but as Hustled was at the
Grand Union hotel il did not come into
his hands until II O'Clock to-day. At
the close of the convention French was
again sought out and asked with refer.
ence to this Hustled dispatch.
THE DEAR DEMoCRACY's DIFFICULTIES.
The committee Oh contested seats
heard heated arguments By representa-
tlves of various organizations in the city
OF New York, and adjourned to allow
the disagreeing bodies To arrange basis
for the settlement of differences.
q. m.-The committee on contested
seats has just finished its labors and de-
clded 20 report to the convention to adj
NIT the New York contesting delega-
tons on the following basis: County
Democracy, IS; Tammany, pa; Irving
hall, TO-
THE CREED OF THE NEBRASKA REPUR-
LICANs.
OMAHA, Sept 21.-The platform
adopted by the state Republican conven-
ton reaffirms faith in free labor, free
speech, free schools, currency on specie
basis, protective tariff, legislative control
Of corporations, and maintains that leg.
islatiQn shout prevent an unjust dis
on the part of railways
BROWN BUTCHERED.
ATLANTA, Sept. al.-Great excitement
prevails at Athens over the mortal stab
bling of Randall Brown, colored, by
Matt Davis, colored postmaster ut
Athens, and Il atroHS supporter OF Con.
gresham Speers. Brown is an advocate
of the election of n. D. Callender, the
Democratic nominee. Both are negroes
DEMOCRATS AT DENVER
DENVER, Sept. 21.-The Democrats of
Colorado this afternoon nominated by
reclamation James 3. Grant, of Lake,
for governor; John r. Powers, of Bent,
lieutenant governor, and Vincent d.
Markham, of Arapaho, judge Of the
supreme court Adjourned until to-
mOrrOW. |