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The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-04-03

W
attention to the large, handsome
double-column display advertise
ment of j. W. T. Lowley. Rea-
LIKING the necessity of keeping
pace with the advancing progress
of the times, Mr.. Lowrey knows
that the only true way to do bust
ness successfully is to let the peo-
pie know what he has got and
what he proposes to do. Mr.
Lowrev always has good trade
but he knows when the readers OF
the journal shall turn to his two
columns and there read the aston.
ishingly low prices at which he is
Offering to sell Nuns Yelling
Muslins, Lawns, Linen, Columbus
Checks, Bed Ticking, Sheeting
Sugar. Coffee, Flour, etc, tina
there will be no sort of question
but what his trade for the mex
wear will be increased at least lOC
ner cent. Mr.. Lowrey has gone
to work right. He is determined
to put his goods down so low tina
the people will see the advantage
of trading at his store. Whel
YOU have read this local notice
furn to his advertisement and Sc
for yourself what he proposes t.
d.. For instance, see bis price o.
granulated sugar, -four, coffee ant
Such things. We predict that MI
Lowrey will sell more goods i
the next sixty days than he ha
now got in his store. At hi
prices he is obliged to draw TIL
trade.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09
AN EXTRACT.

On December 9, 1859, MI. Logan,
then a member of the House of Rep
resentatives from a distri- It in the
southern part of Illinois, made q
speech in Congress in which he said:
Does the Republican party Of ILL.,
nois obey the laws? Does it yield to
the constitution Of the country? 1
say it does not. I say to you, gen.
tlemen # the South, that you need
not think that the Republican party
Of IllinOis-where l reside and of
which I am proud to say l am a ma
tive-are for the constitution. They
are not and never have been its
friends. They are not law-abiding
people. and never have been. They
are not constitution loving people,
and they never have been. = =
The northern portion of that State is
now bDghted by the communicating
touch of abolitlonism, SO that it al
most refuses to produce fruits.
In Illinois, in the State from which l
come, in Chicago, there was a SYM
meeting, held in favor of
John Brown, and ministers of Cad,
attended the meeting and passed
resolutions of sympathy with that
traitor, thief and scOundrel.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09
WHITEWASHED.

1t would seem that whel: cur even
ing contemporary finds itself hard
pushed for a subject for editorial
comment it "pitches into" Major
Maginnis. 1t has the same old story
to tell about frauds in Missou.a,
Dawson and Custer countless and
bewails the prostitution of the ballo:
box and the setting aside of the Twill
of the people," etc, etc. A few even
ings ago it again required to the
same subject aud told how Maginnis
was "whitewashed" by the House
committe e on contested elections. 1t
failed to state, however, that that
very same House committee was
composed of u minority Of staunch
Republicans who are supposed to be
able to take care of t. z interests of
their party contestants, but who did
not submit a minority report in favor
of Mr.. Botkin. The MINER has al
ready shown the utter grouudIessness
of the charges of fraud made bv the
Inter Noun ain and does not propose
to go over the whole matter again.
The question has been reviewed by
the court of last resort for Contestants
and MI. Maginnis has been awarded
his seat This settles the matter for
Mr.. Botkin and should settle it for
bis friends.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09
THE CONVENTION.

The National Democratic Con
vention, which will nominate the
next President of the United States,
meets in Chicago to-day. From
present appearance s Governor Cleve-
land has the inside track f.r the
nomination, but there will be no
f%actional fight in the party should he
fail to receive it. The Democrats of
the country are too intent in their
endeavors to inaugurate a reform in
the administration of the Govern
ment to quarrel over the means
by which to effect it. 1t
is principle, not meD, for which
the party will fight.
The standard bearer may be C'eve>
land, O Thurman, or Bayard, or
Mcdonald, or Flower, or Hendricks,
or Randall or any other o of the
grest statesmen in the Democratic
Every one of the men
named has the confidence of the peo>
E,le and either one of them can he
The people desire a change
and a change they will have. The
,Ouvt nti0n at Chicago will give
hem the man with whom the change
will be effected
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Opening Of the Convention.

CHICAGO. July 8.-The dav opens
auspiciously for all the purposes of
the great convention held in the heart
OF July, save that there is a mist in
the air which may grow into rain.
The air is cool and bracing and sum
mer apparel does not burden the per
son. Crowds hogan to gather in the
vicinity OF the great hall in which
the democratic national convention
Is being held at az early hour in the
day, the door tenders and ushers re-
porting for duty at 8 O'clock with
people then in waiting to enter and
secure their seats inside of the audi
forum. However, there was an ap-
prOach to chaos the lahorers still
being engaged in giving the finishing
touches.
After having been employed during
all the preceding night they the, did
not desert the main platform where
were being hung to with
in half an hour of the time announc-
ed for the opening of the convention.
when they quilted the building and
the scene was clear. The picture pre-
sented was majestic, and truly so
with its seating Of 14,OOO auditors.
seat in the vast amphithertre
appeared to be occupied. the audi
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09
BEN

Governor Buffers declaration that
he will support the nominees of the
Chicago Democratic Convention, no
matter who be may be, is what may
have been expected iron any gentle
man who enters the convention as a
member Of the body and who par
ticipates in its proceedings. The
General is the nominee of two dis
tinct national conventions, but the
honors were conferred upon him
simply because he is an outspoken
advocate Of some of the principles
embodied in the platforms of tn ,ee
conventions. He has an elastic
political conscience which sire tches
around nearly every party dogma
and takes them all in. 1t seems he
can be a good Greenbacker, a good
Anti onopolist and Labor Union
ist, and q good Democrat. He was
once a good Republican, but the
General could not follow that party
in its rush for spells and greed for
place and returned to his first love. |
If the two parties which have nomi-
mated him for the Presidency can
him tor supporting the
nominations, the Demo-
,rats cannot object to his support of
heir candidates. Ben Butler il not
he only prominent man who once
opposed the Democratic party and
Who will now support its nominees.
They are as thick as autumnal
caves that strsW the brooks In
1allombrosa.
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JOHN KELLY.

Late advices from Chicago state
that Mr.. John Kelly threatens to
leave the convention. Mr.. Kelly
bitterly opposes the enforcement of
the unit rule, simply from the fact
that he does not favor the nomi-
nation of Governor Cleveland for the
Presidency. Mr.. Kelly is positive
that Governor Cleveland cannot
carry New York against Mulli9an
Blaine. Indeed Mr.. Kelly is noth-
ing If not positive. So, too, is
Congressman Cox. who has been
acting as the Washington tail to the
Tammany kite. absolutely certain
that the New York Governor
would be beaten in his own State.
Then there are several other braves
in flaming war paint who have been
heard from to the some effect.
Unfortunately tor the reputation
as prophets of Nj. John Kelly and
his partisans, the history of 1876 has
not been wholly forgotten. Mr.. kel-
ly's opposition to Cleveland has not
even the merit of originality in its
phraseology. 1t is remembered that
in 1879 Tammany went to st. L uls
to oppose the nomination of Mr.: TIL
den. It issued a circular appealing
to the delegates to oppose him. That
circular has long since been un~
earthed. 1t was signed by what was
denominated a "partial and very in
complete list of prominent New
York Democrats who oppose Mr..
on the ground that he cannot
carry his own State or the country"
Among the s1gners were q portion of
same sweet crew who are now
Ictively engaged in . similar move
nent against Cleveland. In spite o
Mr.. Tilden carried New
York by q large majority. Mr..
would do the same. His
ory often repeats itself.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09

It Is not generally known, but lie
nevertheless true that Herr Most is
not only still s%cjourning with US, but
is the editor of dynamite sheet in
New York in which his ldiocies are
daily published. Several good people
have taken fright and appealed to the
district attorney to suppress Most and
his daily vaporings. But that off,
cial holds to the opinion that such
publications are too absurd, unjust
and ridiculous to carry any weight
with men of sense Herr Most will
therefore not be made martyr as he
was in England. Contempt may
prove the better treatment of such
agitators a. he, and then again il may
not. There are always fools enough
10 do - knaves advise them.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09
THE DEMO CRATIC METHOD

The Democratic National Conven-
ton, which assemblies in Chicago to-
day, viii. consist OF 8O2 members. 1t
represents only the population which
votes for a President and Vice>Pres-
ident, and unlike the Republicans,
excludes representation from the
Territories and District of Columbia,
which have no vote. The National
nominating Convention isaltogether
of Democratic origin. 1t has its rise
as early as 1885, and is attributed, in
Its final contamination, to Nj. Van
Buren,, who Was nominated by the
first national convention ever held.
a popularity of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention is the prevalence
of the two-thirds rule, under the op-
Grafton of Which a two>thirds vote of
all the members participating is re-
quired to nominate a candidate. This
rule has always prevailed in Demo-
cratic National Conventions, though
the Whlgs, Republicans and other
or, anizations, nominate
by a bare ma prity vote.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09

When Ben Butler failed last year,
to receive the doctor degree from
Harvard, the old General Was ridi-
culed and laughed at all over the
country. This year, his successor.
Governor Robinson, went over to the
commencement in grand state at the
head of the Lancers, and returned
as did Butler without the honorary
title. 1t is now the Generals time
to laugh. Harvard, 1t seems, has no
more respect for the Boston blue
bloOds than it had for bluff ben
Butler.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09

In appointing Mr.. Pierce Governor
of Dakota President Arthur slapped
the late Republican convention at
Chicago directly in the face. That
convention adopted q plank in its
platform favoring the appointment of
che Governor OF q Territory from
among those who have been a resi-
dent therein for at least two years.
Mr.. Pierce is not q resident of Da>
kota. Another evidence that Re-
publican professions and Republican
practices do not harmonic.
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"Cuichaw" in Two Cities.

The following story, which is a
stubborn fact, is told for all 1t IL
worth: Last winter the wife Of the
rlchest mans son in America gavea
'adle>' lunch at her residence, on the
o er OF Faith Avenue and-well,
never mind, it Is a Fiftieth street. al
"Dlrh was presented the daughter OF
Que or B"ston'S most important anh
wea!'hlest citizens, and an heiress in
her own right to the fortunes of sew
eral aristocratic uucles and auD!s.
So q would dream of diSputlns
MISS It's sway as a leading belle
Ill her native town, where her fatn'
ers name is as gild4 ID as three or t"uf
generations of bankers could posi-
D'y make it. There was also among
guests a married daughter OF tue
r'chest man iE America aud conse-
!n"ntly slster-in~law t. the hostess
After considerable debate in her
h'nd as TO the propriety of co',deI
'cending to know this lady, who llaI
a Boston man of no orIa
'tandlng Tin her eyes, Miss n.
walked over to the wife Of the r'c't'1
nan IN Americas SOL and said:
mould like to he introduced to VIE
"CertainIv,' replied the.SF"r
'ous hostess. L will speak to hef.
this is what happened. II wan,
D Introduce Miss Lilo OF BVS"%
mentioning the whole name). WI
Ou come with me ?" The other lao!
4used a moment; Il think ~"
When l read Mamma rs VISIBLE
st in B 'ston, that n me was noaw
:" Boston blue tloed will plea
ave q it, From the Beacon. IS
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09
A GREAT MANS FOLLY
Prince Bismarck's Superstitiors-
His Fear OF Friday and Other
dies Nefasti."

After the battle of Gravelottetb su
was some speculation at dinner m
day as to what would b, the rpsr
Of a complete conquest Of France, and
the Chanctll or concluded an .xpo.i-
ton of his views on the subject with
the words. But we should non sneak
OF the bearskin before We have shot
our bear. l admit that | am suyet-
stltious in these matters.n Perhaps
somelh ng crossed his mind about the
grudge of the ola Greek gods. ''There
are not thirteen of Us for dinner
inquired bis G. usln, Count Bismarck.
bohl-n, counting the covers one day
at Reiins. No; that's right, for
the minister has all objection 70 that"
Another time, when there Were r.
ally thirteen OF us at table, | drew
the attention of Buchtr, who sat b..
side me, to the fact. But lie babe me
not to say anything about 1t, asst
would put the chi. INTO low spirits.
On the 14th of Octoner, 1870, Gen.
Boyer met the Chancetlnr at Ves
saIlles to negotiate on behalf of b.
Zaln-. But Bismarck does not SEEM
to have arranged a%nytLin. definitely
with HIM on that day. He asked II
the bureau what Gay Of the mon,hI
was. THE l4rh, your ExceIlency.'
"lhe 18th That was Hochklrrh
and Jena. No business should be
on that day !" Per;ap.it
to him, thai his li'h o! o..
It er Was a Friday. In 1882 he writes
Blankeniurg to Ills wife: Il
had not as good support at LttzIin.
gen this time 80 | had three year,
ago. 1t was a Ffida,.H And in the
same year be writes to her from
II kept c:agltating all dur
ny Journey yesterday whether, al
tr all, it were not Friday. 1t wasa
I es natustus at any rate" In proof
It Whlcn tie goes on to mention a Sc.
1e< Ut small di-comfnrts +xpprle' cpd
II route. such a. ali inn infested with
Jugs, Infamous cotTee,' Jew prd.
'ers, "s"me 'prince>se>' from he
teeseJnsse;;' and an o'"ru-ivp privy-
ouncllo' (Gehein7rotA) who tray
IN the same coupe. When the
lie of "Count" wa about to mM
red to- him, he hesitated fer along
me whether or not 20 arc-mW, W
E Knew that q number; If Pomr1aM
n families which had acuuir.d the
had b-cone extinct in a com:
'r .fively short space of time. I'VE
canho afford it," be re-
arktd, When mentioning the ma.
r. On the evening of the 23d Of
1870. as we were sitting
tea at Versailles, he began to ss,eak
out his death, and stated definitely
e aye to which it WAS aptointei
at he should attain, and the wear
which it was appointed that be
ould die. IL know it," he insisted.
l demonstrated with him on
9 subject. it is Il mystic NUMBER
ven years later, at Va,zin, he re-
ated the same assurance to the
rrator OF this remarkable ciIcuni-
rumstanre. but added, "God, how
I'll only knows. '-Horpc1's Nag
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09

It is clear that Massachusetts is
this year the doubtfullest kind of a
doubtful State. If the figures of the
last State election are taken as indi-
cations of party strength. and the
unattached r supposed to vote as
they did a year ago, the revolt of reg
ular republicans alone makes the
result doubtful. Regarded IN any
light, that State is not in the dead
sure list on either side. and on the
whole it looks rather dubious for the
republicans in particular.
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no other way. In namin.
De elected President Of g aln, |
States should he not he !" oh the UC%s
same way? That is nv c v"'s.a ias
was no power in the conv o'ce H.
could make a reportins ntioa d.
place a lie in the minntaas secrsS y
venticn and f~alsify Its ~, Of thssS1EE
II the chairman of the dahiaoceed,s'
nounced "a OF his colleapussgatio
for a certain cindidaia as rG
they already ANNOUNCED th ,o' WI
ton not to vote and If tho lasI
so reported them he and Sec'ssJ
leagues would be reported o. dig
in form which their lips des ~ SCH
it would be an outrase 'pd n
speech On 4
General Clnnic, of Calito,..
his delegation came all the m u's,s
! California to vote for thaa
nolitical retormer of the aue e Ses
}. TIlden. Speaking of tho ssnl
ut l>sne, he said, the deleps,Yuts
New York had been elected b
tricts at large and 1t wonn @&
outrage on the minority not y
them 10 vote according to tho
of their constituents. In III.
of justice. dtcehcy and fairS%
he called upon the tonyeosA
permit district delegates to wy
accordance with the wishes ~ y
who chose them. Wy.
The vote on the sm00,.
offered by Grady of New Yn us'pt
curing the individual pref+ra,ss, \
delegates t" be recorded as tha
Of their State, was then I ~, w
There was great interest ,aAst
tested during the taking of tho ' ~
The vote Of the state Of Neu W N
was withheld tenporar IL, and w. ~
all the other States were ca|Ied,. s
aggregate, without New York W.
ayes. 1872; hayes, 39l The vo w.
New York was then called fnr c.
Manning, the chairman Of tho az az
cation, announced Seventh!
woes in the negative. TIat W
was challenged bv the convso, w.
hut the temporary chairman had !.
vote corded d. aunnnu1.
The general result was annnn".'
as aye, $50, nays, AS. The yo,a r.
then taken on the original re,n,nt;
offered by Smailey, OF Vermont u,
IL was aG0l It'd.
A resolution was then off. rod 8,
adopted for the appointment If
committee on credentials and norn,
organ cation.
A committee on platform was o,
ordered and It VAS ordered ,hat
resolutions in r.gafd to the nl.,,.,
referred to the committee wi,ha
discussion.
Francis, of Missouri, moved fl
v hen the convention adjourn il
i'll IL o'clock to morrow nmrnir
Fhe motion prevailed.
The Secretary announced tho M
'eciinn ofthe vote on Grady's anna, ~
llent as follows: TotaI vote c,.t %
amendment, 332; against, 4g3. n
7otlng Z. Ad.j"urned.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09

Senator Logan enters a general
denial of the charges made against
him that he is q ''land grabber." AS
his denial was made in open Senate,
1t becomes part of the records of that
body, and that ls probably the
reason the General made his denial
where he did and before Congress
adjourned.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09

Minneapolis Tribune: The curse
of English landlordlsm has already
fastened itself upon this country. A
British lord has obtained possession
Of a 60, 900 acre tract of land in Kan
sas, and has e~ntailed the property SO
that no portion of it can ever be sold
but must remain forever In possess
sion Of himself and his heirs,
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An exchange says: "Mr. Blaine
has not decided to take the stump,
but will do SO if his personal char
acter is attacked. In that event he
will make speeches in several of the
larger cities of the country. He is
receiving q great many letters sug
gesting topics to be considered in his
letter of acceptance, and some OF
them from men who are said to be
opposed to him." Mr.. Blaine NAV
get ready to mount the stump if he
is only waiting for an attack upon
his personal character.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-09

Marseilles, We are reminded, last
euffered severely from cholera from
July to October 10 1865. Then, as
now, the disease had previously app
peared in Alexandria and elsewhere
in Egypt; first made itself known in
TouIon; spread from thence to Mar
settles, and extended along the coast
east and west, to Italy and Spain
In the following spring it reached
Bristol, and it is scarcely necessary to
add that 1867 saw in this country
the nearest approach to a cholera
epidemic since 1854.
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The Assembling Of the Con-
vention.
Hubbard, Of Texas, Temper
ray Chairman.
A Warm Discussion Over the
Unit Rule.
Democratic National Convention

Democratic National Conve ntion.
CHICAGO, July THE democratic
national committee began its session
at noon to-day, its chairman, Bar
mum, presiding. The states repre-.
sented are as follows: Alabama, c.
Z. Semple; Arkansas, John J. Sam
pier; California, James T. Farley:
Colorado, T. NJ. Patterson: Connec.
ticut, VIM. II. Barnum; Delaware,
Ignatus G. Grubb; Florida. Samuel
Puleston; Georgia, Geo. F. Barnes:
Illinois, w G. Cloudy; Indiana. A.
H. Brown; Iowa. M. M. Hano: Kan.
sss, Chas. w. Blair; Kentucky, II.
D. McHenry; Louisiana, B. F. Jones
Maine, Edmund Wilson; Maryland,
Onterbride Harsen; Massachusetts,,
Frederick O. Prince; Michigan, Ed
ward Kanter; Minnesota. p. II.
Kelly; Mississippi, w. T. Martin.
John G. Prather, Nebraska, J. Ster..
ling Morton; Nevada, r. H. Keat>
ing; New Hampshire, Alvan Sullo-
way; New Jersey, Orestos Cleveland
New Y rk. Abram s. Hewitt; North
Carolina, N. w. Armstrong; Oregon,
A Noltner; Pennsylvania, VIM.
Licott; Rhode Island, J. B. Barnaby:
Carolina, F. W., DAWSON:
Tennessee, Robert F. Looney: Texas
Stockdale; Vermont, B. Smalley
Virginia, John s. Barbour; West
Alexander Campbell; Wis.,
ronsin, William F. Villas. MI. B srnes
If Georgia nominated Aux stus
,. Bacon, of Georgia, for temporary
chairman of the convention. Mr.. |
Of Texas, nominated Gov.
Robert B. Hubbard, of Texas. and
Mr.. Martin. Of Mississippi, nomin-
tied Charles E. Fl Nker, OF Missis-
ippi. The committee proceeded to
'ailot with the following result:
number of votes 81; Hubbard
eceived %. Bacon 8, Hooker 6. On
of Mr.. Prince the pomina-
ion OF Mr.. Hubbard was made unan-
NOUS. On motion of Mr.. Hewitt,
Prince was elected temporary
ecretary of the convention. The fol-
were elected assistant secre>
arys: E. L. Merrill, ILL ois; George
V. Guthrie, Pennsylvania; G. L
.hnsoD, Iowa; Root. NJ. BashfOrd.
Charles L. Vallandine-
an. Missouri: Henry J. Linden and
lichael j. Barrett, New Jersey.
he following we're elected reading
erks: T. O. Walker, Iowa; Thos.
petit, of the House of Representa- j
YES; Nicholas NJ. Bell, Missouri,
ames +. Morrison, New York; 81. F,
Bryant, Delaware; Arson Open.
ELM, Minnesota. The official tteno s
'apher, Edward B. Dickinson. New
OH; serReant-at-arms, Richard J. ]
Indiana; The committee Wa q
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Among the humors OF the canvass
is the throat of Mr.. George o. Jones,
chairman of the New York green
back~labOr committee, to bolt Ben
Butler, if he be nominated by the
Democrats. Mr.. Jones will not be
put to the necessity of boiling his
own candidate on account of a DEM
ocratic nomination, although we fear
that the threat would not deter Ben
Butler from excha- ging the green
back tor the Democratic candidacv.
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MI Tild "a as Justly earned tn
name of s'Great Decliner." Horatio
Seymour declined quite as often and
was nominated in spite of it. MI.
Seymour accepted the honor; Mi.
Tilden may do as much. There are
very few men in this sordid aye who
would decline the nomination for the
Presidency after it is made, notwith-
they may have declined it
before. The convention may prob
ably try Mr. Tilden's declining pow
ers with the nomination for the
Presidency handed to him in a tele-
gram.
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In refusing to pass the Fltz John
Porter till over the Presidents veto,
the Republican Senate has dis,
appointed no one. The fact remains,
however, that General Porter has
been vindicated by Congress aud the
country. The Presidents veto SIM
ply nullihes the will of the people
for the pre- ent.