Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-26


ton to the Chairmanship of the Democratic
National Committee offends the Independ-
ents. The Times says "The Democratic
Convention under the stimulant of strong,
widespread public sentiment, rose up
fairly TO the opportunity presented to 1t
i'll nominating Cleveland Whether it will
maintain this level in the management of
the campaign seems very doubtful. The
selection of ex-senator Barnum gives little
assurance of it. Buying forged letters and
similar devices may easily check the rising
tide OF popular favor"
Greenbacl<ers Showing Impatience with
Butler.
New York July 25th-Charles Jenkins,
twice a candidate of the Greenback party
Of Ohio for Governor, wrote George O.
Jones, Chairman of the State Committee of
that party in New York, saying it was
doubtful whether the State Convention of
Ohio, on the 2Sth instant, would nominate
an electoral ticket to be voted for at the
coming election, and asking advice on the
subject Jones. in reply, says; "If Cen
eral Butler runs as the candidate of our
party, or even a third party, whose candi
date recognizes our principles and organ
ization in the canvass, he will poll a large
vote in this State including that of nearly
every greenbacker here; but he must indi-
cate his intentions very soon, for our true
men care nothing for outside combinations.
They are becoming impatient and dis
contented at this delay. They want
and will have candidate to
represent them, not other parties or organ
iZations, which do not or dare not touch
| the questions Of vital importance to them
selves or the country. Our State Conven-
ton will meet in this city August 27th
nd f,rn Of
sincerely hope that our party in each State
in the Union will do likewise Besides
placing State and Electoral tickets in nom
ination, hope your State Convention will
appoint committee to act in concert with
other true men throughout the Union in
the selection of a candidate for President
in the event of General Butler declining
to run us our candidate. and suggest Tues
day, September 9th, for such action, if it
becomes necessary.
The Democratic Congressional Com mrnit-
tee.
WASHINGTON, July 25th.-Owing to the
absence of the members at New York, the
meeting-rooms of the Democratic Congress
sional Committee have been closed for the
past two days. The committee will, how
ever, settle down to business within the
next few days, and the work of furnishing
| campaign literature to the various commit
| tees and clubs throughout the country will
| begin The work of the Congressional
Committee will be devoted mainly to the
| Congressional elections, and it will concen-
| trate its efforts upon the doubtful districts.
Quite a number of Democrats have ex-
pressed a fear that they will lose their ma
| .iority in the House, even if they elect their
| President. Such a prospect is not very
| satisfactory for them to contemplate, and
| TO prevent such q catastrophe they have
gone to work in earnest.
The Contract Labor Question.
| New YORK, July 25th.-Notwithstanding
| the recent authoritative statements regard
| ing the increase of undesirable foreign con-
| tract laborers i'll Pennsylvania, both the
| Times and Herald this morning seem to
favor the system. The Times says "The
| importation of men, able and willing to
work under contract, TO work ont their
| passage money, although it horrifies Blaine
and Logan and California hoOdlums, is not
a grave public danger"
The Herald admits that they do not in
| tend to stay in the country, and that they
| send nearly all they earn out of it, and
asks Is it meant that the Republican
party is willing to shut out voluntary i'm
| migration?"
The Ereaiag Post joins its anti-Blaine
cotemporaries, the Times and Herald, in de-
claring legislation against contract labor
| impractiCable, if not impolitiC. After adj
mitting that all the parties this year are
| thoroughly united against the system, the
! Post says Contract labor is simply an
other word for labor, and that the United
| States will deliberately undertake 10 pro-
| hibit inIfaigration of IabOring men we shall
| believe when we see il" 1t says, ironically :
Better adopt the anti-Chinese plan We
| forbid the Chinese To come here why not
| also Poles, Hungarians and Italians, and
any other nation whose laborers are will
ing to work for too little pay?"
| 4 Mad SIistress-EXciting Scene.
New YORK, July 25th.-An exciting
! scene occurred in a clearinghouse at Il
Clinton place this morning A young
! woman. conspicuous for good looks. had
lived since April in a front room with an
elderly broker named F. Lee, who repre-
sented himself rs her husband. She began
to show signs of insanity two weeks ago,
being frequently violent, and passed the
| principal part Of her time in bed. Lee de
voted himself to her. She went out for a
walk every day, and Lee had great diff
| Guilty in getting her back to their room.
The house is kept by Mrs. Hangslang, who
has forty boarders. This morning Lee,
vino had been up nearly all night with the
woman, left her for a while, and during
| his absence she gathered her costly ward
| robe together and made a bonfire in her
apartments The lady boarders rushed
into the room, when Mrs Lee met them
and hurled glasses and pieces of crockery
at them, crying wildly, You want to mur-
der me-" Policemen were called in, and ii
took three of them to carry her down stairs
She tore one of the officers uniforms from
him. Finally she was placed in an ambu-
lance and taken to St. Nincent'S Hospital
At Superintendent Walling's it was stated
that her name is Ida Hunt, 81 years old
She was elegantly attired, wearing costly
ieweiry. Her true relation to Lee appeared
not to have been known in the house where
she boarded.
LATER.-The brokers' name IS now sale
to be Frederick q. NOnes The value o
the dresses and laces burned was $1,000
The damage to the house by the fire wa
800.
Doing Grand Jury Duty.
NEW YORK. July 25th.-After the Unitet
States Grand JHry was sworn in the Unitet
States Circuit Court yesterday, Judge Bene
dict called for orders issued to jay Goult
and Robert l.. Cutting, Jr. TO show caus
why they should not be punished for fail
ing to answer the summonSes requiring
them to attend as jurors, Cutting eXplaine
that he was lawyer and as such was ez
empt from jury duty The excuse was aC
cepted. Then Deputy Marshal HOlme
handed up an order issued against GoulC
upon which was written, Within-name
Jay Gould cannot be found Holme
afterwards explained that Gould was OF
, OF the city. Later on Judge Benedict issue
q new summons to Gould, which was pu
in the Marshars hands. The order was nc
returnable until October, and if Gould ver
tares into the city at any time during I'll
summer he can be compelled to prove to Ii
Judge that he ought not to be fined or in
! priSoned for contempt, or to undergo
| | penalty. Ii is understood Gould has il
! sLucted his lawyers to fix the matter b
&ing fines, however great
. Protection Claimed.
CINCINNATI, July 25th-A petition W;
presented to the Mayor by the proprietor
> of stores, foundries and cigar manutactu