Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
PERSONAL AMI POLITICAL.

ventlOn met at MADISON on the ID ana re-
nominated the present State officers, as
follows: For Governor, Jeremiah NJ.
Rusk; Lieutenant Governor, Samuel S.
Fifield; Secretary of State, Ernest G.
Timme; State Treasurer, Edward c. Nc
Fetridge; Acknowledgement, Leander F.
Frisby; State Superintendent of Schools,
Robert Graham; Railroad Commissioner,
N. z. Haugen; Insurance Commissioner,
Philip L. Spooner. The resolutions
adopted reaffirm devotion to the Republic
an party, indorse the Republican National
platform, and eulogize Blaine and Logan.
The Massachusetts Republican State
Convention met at Boston on the Sd and
renominated George d. Robinson for Gov.
ernor by a unanimous vote. The platform
adopted indorses the National platform
and candidates; favors a discriminating
tariff; the regulation of the hours of labor;
opposes the further coinage of the silver
dollar, and favors civil-service reform.
THE Iowa Democratic State Convention
met at Davenport on the Sd and nominated
E. L. Burton, of Wapello County, for
Judge of the Supreme Court, and ratified
the Greenback nominations for Secretary
of State and for Treasurer. The ticket is
as follows: Secretary of State, James
Dooley, Keokuk; Treasurer, George Derr,
Union; Auditor, j. Z. Henriques, Mar
shalltown; Attorney-General, M. V. Can
non, Scott; Electors at Large, D. o. Finch
and Daniel Campbell.
THE Texas Republican State Convention
met at Houston on the Sd and adopted a
resolution hat it was injudicious to place
a State ticket in the field, and recommend
ed the Republicans to aid in the election
of all Independent candidates.
THE Massachusetts Democratic Conven-
ton met at Worcester on the Sd and
nominated William C. Endicott for Gov
ernor. The platform adopted demands
war taxes in time of war and peace taxes
in time of peace; demands the ~restora.
ton of American shipping, and advo
Gates the rights of labor and extended
suffrage.
GENERAL B. F. BUTLER, the Anti-Mo-
nopoly and Greenback candidate for Pres
ident, addressed a large assemblage in
Chicago on the evening of the Sd.
The demurrer of the Indianapolis Sen
tinel in the Blaine libel suit was overruled
by Judge Woods on the Sd at Indianapolis,
and the defendants would answer on the
4th. The Sentinel people claimed that
they would not be ready for trial before
November, because their witnesses all live
at a distance.
CoNGREssMEN were nominated as fol-
lows on the Sd: Republican-1llinois,
Third District, William E. Mason, lin OPP
position to George r. Davis); Iowa, First
District, John S. Woolson; New Jersey,
Sixth District, George H. Halsey; New
| Vo,1y Tbirt y-tIirJ niet,;cf Iob, ~
Weber. Democratic-Alabama, Seventh
District, w. H. Torney; Texas, Second
District, j. H. Regain; Pennsylvania,
Twenty-second District, J. H. Hopkins;
Twenty-third, NJ. Foster; Rhode Island,
First District, S. O. Slocum. Greenback-
er-Michigan, Third District, H. F. PEN
nington.
BISHOP PIERCE, of the NJ. E. Church
South, died a few mornings ago at Au-
gusta, Ga.
The following Congressional nomina-
tions were made on the 4th: Republican,
Missouri, Sixth District, w. S. Shirk.
Texas, Seventh District, T.. B.. Rentfrow.
Michigan, Tenth District, Charles T. Glib.
son. New Jersey, Fifth District, William
Walter Phelps (renominated). Massa-
chusetts, Twelfth District, Francis w.
Rockwell (renominated.) Democratic.
Georgia, Fifth District, N. j. Hammond
(renominated); Sixth, James H. Blount
(renominated). Illinois, Eighth District.
P. c. Haley. Texas, Sixth District,
DIN Wellborn (renominated). Minnesota,
Second District, j. j. Thornton. Virginia,
First District, Thomas Croxton. Wiscon-
sin, Seventh District, G. NJ. Woodward
(renominated). Pennsylvania, Third Dis.
trict, Samuel j. Randall (renominated).
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Seventh District,
Rev. Isaac Tomlinson. Wisconsin, Second
District, 7. j. PATCHING; Third, j. M. DIN;
Fifth, D. j. Miller; Sixth, j. j. Sutton;
Seventh, L. B. LOOMS.
CHARLES J. FoLGER, Secretary of the Treas-
ury, died at his home in Geneva, N. Y, at
4:55 O'Clock on the afternoon of the 4th. He
had been in failing health for some time,
his lungs and kidneys being affected.
Judge Folger was born in Nantucket,
Mass, April 1G, 1878, and removed to &C.
neva, N. Y, when twelve years old. He
was made Secretary of the Treasury Octo-
Der %, 1881. The Secretary leaves one son
and two daughters, his wife having died
seven years ago.
THE Wisconsin Prohibitionists met in
'otdue convention UU MuulSOn OH CQe 4Ul
and nominated the following ticket: For
Governor, S. D. Hastings, of Dane Coun-
ty; Northumberland, A. A. Kelly, st.
Croix; Secretary of State, E. G. Durant,
Racine; Treasurer, c. NJ. Blackman, Wal
worth; Acknowledgement, F. NJ. Angel,
Barron; Superintendent Of Public In
struction, Robert Graham, Winneba-
go; Railroad Commissioner, Henry San.
ford, Manitowoc; Insurance Commits
%sioner, Nelson Ladue, Lafayette. A full
electoral ticket was appointed. A plat.
form was adopted indorsing the action of
the Pittsburgh Conventions; demanding
the submission, adoption and enforce
ment of a Prohibitory amendment, and
favoring woman suffrage.
FAYETTE LoDAw1CK ROBINSON, better
known as "Yankee" Robinson, the famous
circus and theatrical showman,d died at New
Jefferson, Ia, on the 4th, aged sixty-six
years. He had devoted nearly fifty years
to the show business.
MRS BELvA A. LOCKWOOD on the 4th
formally accepted a nomination for
the Presidency Of the United States by the