Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-11
PERSONAL mi POLITICAL.

Department.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The New York Democrats met in State
Convention at Saratoga OH the 18th and
elected delegates to the National Conven.
ton. They were uninstructed, but were
understood to favor Cleveland. The plat
form adopted favors the abolition of the
contract system of labor in prisons and
commends the administration of Governor
| Cleveland.
w. G. COOPER has been nominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Ninth
Ohio District, and Horace Alvord has been
nominated by the Democrats in the Nine
teenth District.
The Democrats of Colorado met in State
Convention at Denver on the 18th and
elected delegates to the National Conven-
ton. The platform demands free, I'M
limited silver coinage and an efficient
navy.
The Louisiana Democrats held their State
Convention at New Orleans ON the 18th
and elected delegates to the National Con-
v%ention. The platform declares generally
for the old principles of the party, and for
a tariff for the encouragement OF home in
dustries and home production.
THE Ohio Prohibitionists met at Colum-
bus on the 18th and nominated E. j. Nor
ris, of Cincinnati, for Secretary of State,
and J.. W. Roseborough, of Fulton County,
for Supreme Judge. The Committee on
Platform concluded to let the formulation
v%ention.
U,y- IL A. D-...L1- NJ e
Maine AVE nominated John F. Lynch for
Congress.
The Florida Independents met in State
Convention at Live Oak on the 18th, de.
nounced Bourbon Democracy, and nomi-
mated F. w. Pope, a boiling Democrat, for
Governor, and ]. G. Greedy, Republican,
for Lieutenant-Governor.
MICHIGAN Democrats met in State Con.
vention at Detroit on the 18th and elected
delegates to the Chicago Convention. The
platform denounces the present tariff laws
as iniquitous and unjust, the parent of
every economic evil, and demands a tariff
for revenue only.
THE Tennessee State Democratic Con-
vention was held at Nashville on the 18th
and delegates to the National Convention
were chosen.
BISHOP SIMPSON, of the Methodist Epis.
copal Church, died at Philadelphia on the
18th, after a lingering Illness. He would
have completed his 73d year in a few days.
GEORGIA Democrats met at Atlanta on
the 18th and elected delegates to the Ma.
tional Convention.
SAMUEL E. PINGREE was nominated for
Governor by the Vermont Republican State
| Convention nf R,1,.1i il, oto, ~, +l,o 1o+l, Il
j. Ormsbee for Lieutenant-G Governor, and
w. H. Dubois for State Treasurer.
The degree of IL. D. has been bestowed
on President Arthur, Governor Albeit, of
New Jersey, and Justice Harlan, of the
United States Supreme Court, by Prince
ton College.
j. CAMPBELL and j. c. Martin, chosen
Presidential Electors at the Democratic
State Convention recently held at Stock
ton, CAL, resigned OIL the 18th. They re-.
fused to indorse the platform.
A STATUE of the late Governor Bucking.
ham, of Connecticut, was unveiled. OH the
18th at Hartford, in presence of six thou
sand militiamen and a vast concourse OF
citizens.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., of Bos-
ton, has been elected President of the
Union Pacific Railroad.
The Indiana Republicans met in State
Convention at Indianapolis on the 10Th and
nominated the following ticket: For Gov
ernor, w. H. Calkins, of La Porte: Lieu
tenant-G Governor, Eugene Bundy, of Henry;
Secretary of State, Robert Mitchell, ofGib.
son; Auditor, B.. Carr, of Orange; Treas
urer, R. Shiel, of Marion; Attorney-Gener.
al, w. G. Wilson, of Tippecanoe; Superin-
tendent of Schools, B. C. Hobbs, of ParSe,
Resolutions were adopted ratifying the
platform and nominees of TIE National Re-
publican Conventions; indorsing the Ad:
ministration of Governor Porter; APPROX
ing the movement for the erection of a
monument to the Union soldiers; favor
ing the administration of charitable, edu-
cational and benevolent institutions, re.
gardless of politics; and condemning the
system of prison contract labor.
The Prohibitionists of Illinois Ae}d their
State Convention at Bloomington on the
10Th and nominated the following ticket:
For Governor, James B. Hobbs, of Chicago;
MISUNDERSTANDING, DR.. James Perry.
man, of st. Clair; Acknowledgement, Hale
Johnson, of Jasper; Treasurer, Uriah
Copp, of Iroquois; Auditor, A. B..
Irwin. of S%angamon; Secretary of
State, G. w. Enos, of Jersey. The
resolutions call for the prevention Of the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating bev-
erages; condemn the proposition that the
revenue from whisky be given to the
States for educational purposes; demand
eivil-service reform, the granting of the
ballot to women, and oppose competition
between convict and honest labor.
COLONEL BURNSIDE, late disbursing CT
ficer of the Post-ofice Department at
Washington, was on the 10th believed to
have begun stealing in the first year of his
term. 1t had been learned that he appro
priated $4,000 received for waste paper
and material, in addition to taking $4,000
from the treasury.
AT the Tennessee Democratic State Con-
vention on the 18th Governor Ba4e was
renominated. The platform adopted con-
pemns the present tariff system, favors a
limited taxation and the announcement
OF popular education.
REPUBLICANS of the Illinois Twentieth
district have renominated John r. Thomas
Tor Congressman by reclamation, and the
Republicans of the Eighteenth Ohio Dis
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