Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-12


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The democratic national convention
met at Chicago last TUESDAY morning.
Elk Coy. Hubbard, OF Texas, was chosen
as temporary chairman, and Hon. w.
f. Villas, OF Wisconsin was made per-
malent chairman. We have no room
this week to give even a synopsis OF
the work done. A good platform was
adopted, which we print in part. The
following candidates were put in nomi-
nation: Cleveland, Bayaru, Hendricks,
Thurman, Mcdonald, Carlise, IIoad-
ly and Randall. At l2o'clock Thursday
night the first ballot was taken, which
resulted as follows: Cleveland, 1872:
Bayard 10: Randall IS: Thurman So:
Mcdonald Sc: Carlisle %: Hoadiy 8;
Flower 4; 1ilden /; Hendricks l..
Necessary 10 a choice 3D..
No further ballot was taken until
Friday afternoon. The second ballot
resulted as follows:
. Cleveland GS3.
Bayard 81.
Hendricks 4JI.
Thurman 4.
Mcdonald 2. Il
The nomination OF Mr.. Cleveland
was made unanimous.
After the nomination OF Cleveland |
there was an Oulburst of applause and
cheering, lasting for two lhours.and the
convention was forced to adjourn till
> O'Clock.
The convention reassembled at 81
o'clock, and nominated Thos. A. Hen
bricks, of Indiana, by reclamation, for|
vice president. The convention then
adjourned sine die, singing "Auld Lang
Syne.'
AT this writing, at 8 O'Clock Friday
the city is full of enthusiasm.
The courthouse is Illuminated. and
decorated with flags. There is a per-
oar ofcannon and crackers.and il
is almost impossible to hear the brass
band which is playing. AT intervals
there is a lull in the storm 'of noise,
and speeches are being made. Every
indication is that the nomination. per-
fectly satisfactory.
Speeches were made by Mcssrs.
Richard Field,Jno. S. Blackwell, VIM.
Young, M. V. l.. McClelland, Y. Ry-
land, j. ID. Conner and Al. Hall.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Times telegraplis rs iollows:
"A war is threatened between France
md China. An Influential party in
}hina is instigating it. Prominent of
such rs Tso-tsung-tang, Peng-
'u-lin and the Marques Tseng, are re
to repudiale the recent Franco
chinese negotiations. The French will
probably claim an indemnify and de.
that the island Of Formosa be
pledged to secure its payment" Nj.
.'atenctre, the French minister to
China, who has been absent from his
post to negotiate Il treaty with the king
Of Annam, has been ordered to 90 to
'ekin Immediately and maintain the
lights OF France. In the event of
.hina's refusing :edress for the action
Of her troops NJ Lang-son, France will
declare war. Active pre-.
partitions aie being made for reinforce
lncnts to leave France for The East. Al
a cabinet council in Paris to-day Prime
Ferry stated that the Chinese
board did not disavoW the :c- !.
ton of the Chinese regular troops at
The board admitted that
the Chinese army had obeyed its orders
to retain possession OF that city though
this was contrary to the second article
the recent Franco, Chinese treaty.
which provided for the Immediate
withdrawal OF the Chinese oarrisons.
CHINA, however. commended that the
evacuation of the frontier towns was
conditional upon the signature of n
deiimitive treaty between France and
China. China also refused 10 recon-
nize the stipulation agreed upon be
tween Ii Hung Chang and Captain
Fourier for the evacuation of Lane
son, Cao-bang and LaO-kay between
June 9 and June 26. Lii Fon~-Pau, the
Chinese minister at Berlin, has started
for Paris.