The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-04
THE NEWS.
Arrangements Perfected for the
National Convention.
Tilden will Accept the Nomi-
nation.
Ben Butler Explains Himself
on the Tariff.

Ben Butler Explains Himself
on the Tariff.
Stocks in New York are Now
Bouyant.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27-The election
of. delegates in the forty-seven city clubs
to the State democratic convention to be
held at Stockton on the 10th of June was
continued till past midnight. The double
resolution, pledging the delegates to Til
den and against Field, was then nnani-
mously adopted.
NEW YORK, May 26-Stocks were
buoyant this afternoon, and the prices re-
ported show an advance of l to g as
compared with the lowest figures of the
day. Lackawana took an upward moye-
ment, followed close by Missouri Pacific,
Western Union, Lake Shore, Northwest,
Northern Pacific preferred, and c. B. &
@. The market was very active. Round
accounts of leading shares were taken
for long account on the way up. The
market closed strong.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-The editorial
in the New York Sun of yesterday, IN
favor of rendering Tilden the democratic
presidential nomination, is the subject of
a good deal of talk among democrats in
congress. 1t is generally admitted that
the Sun speaks for Tilden, and it is taken
to mean that he wants the nomination.
A democratic senator said to-day that
from all he had been able to gather he
had no doubt of Tilden's desire to run.
This senator is from state that recently
instructed its democratic delegate for
Tilden. The belief that Tilden will be
nominated prevails among democrats in
congress now.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-The senate
committee on public lands to-day decid-
ed to report the bills forfeiting the land
grants opposite the uncompleted portions
of the Northern Pacific, main and branch
lines, and Atlantic 4 Pacific. Senator
Plumb, chairman of the committee, says
it is impossible to calculate the number
of acres involved, as IN both cases some
of the lands were taken up before the
charters were granted, and in the case
of the Atlantic 4 Pacific it was not con-
structed in the direct line contemplated.
No,ninally, the senator thinks The for
feiture of the Northern Pacific will
amount to about 13,OOO,O 600 acres, and Of
the Atlantic & Pacific to about 5000, 900
acres. Senator Slater, who is the author
of the bill providing for the forfeiture of
the land grant of the Northern Pacific,
says the actual number of acres forfeited
along that line will be about 100000,
which is about 3O,OOO,OOO acres less than
proposed by the house. Senator Slater's
bill further provides that the lien lands
hereafter selected, if occupied by bona
fide settlers, shall be sold at S1.25 per
acre for 100 acres.
WASHINGTON, May A-Your cores
pondent called at the Blaine headquart-
ers to-day and inquired the state of the
boom. He was assured that Blaine
would be nominated on the third ballot.
On the first ballot he would receive $40
votes; on the second 1856, and on the
third would receive the solid vote of the
Ohio and Illinois delegation, which
would nominate him. The headquarters
are at the Office of J. Hale Sypher, an ex-
member of congress from Louisiana, and
Ed Hill of Arkansas, who seemed to be
in charge, said that Mr.. Blaine's canvass
at Chicago would be managed by Senator
Miller of New York, Congressman Phelps
of New Jersey, Congressman Bayne OF
Pennsylvania and Stephens S. D. Elkins.
A delegation of Blaine men from the
Southern States was going to Chicago
and open headquarters there with the
expectation Of securing good many
delegates from that section, and Mr.
Hill said they already had sixteen in
Texas, four in Arkansas, two in Alabama
one in Mississippi, six in Georgia, ten in
Tennessee, four in Kentucky, four in
North Carolina, ten in Missouri, and all
but two of the Maryland delegation
They count Iowa, Michigan and New
Jersey solid for Blaine. Mr.. Hill said
that the anti Malone delegation from
Virginia would be admitted to the con-
vention by the combined votes of the
Blaine and Logan men, and those TWEEN
ty-four delegates were included in the
$40 that are claimed for Blaine. The
Blaine men concede Arthur 28O votes
Edmunds 81, Logan "a, and Sherman 2e
DETROIT, Mich, May A.-The Evening
Journal publishes the following lettel
from Gen. Butler, giving an explicit ut
terance of his views on the tariff ques
ton:
BosToN, Mass MAY 19.-Upon the sub
ject of the tariff, can give my views il
word, for l have never concealed them
We cannot have froo t-aae in tl,ie oo,a..
trv, however desirable, theoretically, i
would be. Our country is SO large, ou
interests so vast, and so much is to b.
done by the general government, that fo
a series of years we must raise hundred
of millions of dollars by taxation of SOM
sort. The only constitutional taxation
that know of is the direct tax in Fro
portion to the number of inhabitants o
a state. The genius of our people viii
not permit of that direct taxation, and
therefore, taxation must be resorted to
From the beginning Of the government
to this time taxation by duties on i'm
ported articles has always been resortet
to by our government; except in times o
war, for limited period, other method
of taxation have been tried becaus
duties upon imports were insufficient
Therefore favor the raising of suffic
lent amount of revonue for the econOm
ical administration of the government
and no more, from duties upon imports
and in laying those duties to tax al
articles of luxury up to the collection
noint. tn make free all raw materials no