Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-08-30

ceipt of your communication notifying
 me ot my nomination by the Democratic
 c ,nve1tlOn at Chicago as candidate for
 the office of Vice President of the United
 States. May l repeat what l sad on
 another occasion! It IS a nomination
 which l had neither expected nor de-
 erred. yet I recognize and appreciate the
 hign honor done me by the convention.
 he choice of such a body, lrOnOnUc.
 w:th sn"h lnaBiMity. accOmpauIei by
 90 generous Hn eXpres sion of esteem and
 C ntidet Ct, should outweigh all peTsunsI desires and preference of my own. l
 trust, alsO, from a deep Sense of personal
 duty, that 1 uow accept the nomination
 and shall abide by the judgment of my 1 country men. Ihave examined with cart
 the declaration of principles adopted by
 the convention, copy of which you
 submitted to rue, and ID their sum and
 substance l heartily indo ss and ap-
 prove the same. Your obedient servant, Signed "I. A. Fl SDRICKs." | BusToN, August 20-At the Parker
 Hou-e yesterday Mrs. Parnell held
 conference with a number of Catholic
 bishops aud leaders of the Irish Ma
 IioDal League concerning tbe means by
 which the coming political contest III
 this country could be utilized to the ad
 vantage of IreIand's cause. It Is under - stood that she represented her son at
 the conference, Mrs. PaTnelFs prOpOsI- ton was that a direct offer be sub
 mit:ed to the political part e, as
 follows: If, ln accordance with the friendly feeling expressed toward Ire | land m America. the Americans of one
 Of Ihe political parties Will incorporate plank in its platform favoring the ad- mission of goods of Irish manufacture | free of duty, specifying such goods aS caDnot be manufactured elsewhere than ID Ireland, and the importation of which do not compete with American pro duct-, then sucn party will Receive tLe "rxaDlIed support of the Irish in | America.
 During the conference it was stated that the reason why Alexander Sullivan 90 persistently refused re election tO the presld-ncy Of the Irish National League Was that he proposed to enter the Canvass ID support of Blaine. and did not wish to compromise the lrlsh- American vote by bee ming public speaker in support of tue Republican candidate while holding the 1ftice of president of the Irish National League.
 SEDALIA, Aug. 22.-The Prohibition Ali. nee State Convention yesterday nominated the Rev. John A. Brooks, President of the Prohibition Alliance, for Governor. and Henry Estabaugh for Lieutenant Governor. The Home Pro lection and Prohibition State Conven- ton, which also met here yesterday, ratified t'ese nominations.
 WAsHISGToS, Aug. 22-Representa- ! tive Cobb of Indiana Is Chairman of the House Committee on Public Lands III the present Congress. a position that gives him ample opportunity of know mg the ruth about the land grants tO railroads. In his own State Mir. Cobb ] IS seeking to make lIIile capita l against the Republican party on this | question, giving IL out that he IS at the | head of the Committee on Pubic Lands | and ought to know what h. Is talking l about. From the argument of this l statesman 1t would appear that tn, ! Democratic party never voted any Cf | the public domain to aid railroad con | strucnOn. glance at the reports of 1 the General Land Office would set him l right. From them 1t appears that Con ! gress passed the first railroad iand- l grant bill Ill 1850, and from that time | until the Republican party came | into power in 1861 there were | voted to railroads by Congress q tOtai | of nearly 42,JOO,tO0 acres of land, or Bn | average of near y 4.tOO,OOO each year | During the twenty-th:ee years the Re | puilIcsn party has held the national l purse rings the grants of land Co raIl- | roads have a. segregated nearly lJIOOOCO ! acres, or average of about 6.JOOOO . year. Over twOthirds If this amount | of land Was given to build the leading | Pacific ruads, nearly oDe-third going tO | the Northern Pacific alone. It Is ac- knowledged by all sides that if the gov erbment had not extended its aid these | great transconiinent8l lines, with such | great difficulties in their path, wOuld | nt yer have been constructed, and the | growth of the nation would have been | sensibly retarded. Take out these Pa | cIfic railroad grants, and but htth more l was voted by the Rrpubhcans in twenty three years than by the Democrats Tn | eleven. or au average of only about | 100000 acres each year. Mr. CObO | should revise his figures.
 ST. LOUIS. Ang 22.-A special core 1 spondent uf the Globe Democrat makes tue fol owing statement TeIardIng the l condition of affairs in the City of Mex Ico, the bcrOuut giving the latest scces- slblr facfs H. the case: "lt Was rumOred here on Saturday last that four prison CTS III the conspiracy csse had been shot, but the ruinur Is uBfOUnded. After in- terviewing prominent government off ciAls this afternoon, all of whom deny the said report, your repres' ntative k convinced that 1t is untrue. Your cure rpundent saw GeLetHl CbavarTia's son H few minutes. He reports that be Saw his father this mornir z. who had been brought bacK to his former place of i'm pris ,nment, the barrachs in this city General Chavarria sent yesterday pro test to the z vernment paper, declaring that he had never had tue slightest con nectIOn with the conspiracy, and knew nothing Of It before his arrest. He says, moreover, Why would consplre against General Diaz and his party, when I fought on their side at the time O. the overthrow of the LerdO govern meut by the Tuxtepec revolutionary partyT Francisco Meiia, the most em inent among the alleged cJnspirators, Is confined Tn the barracks m this cily. with several others of th- accused cou- spIrators, all guarded by the second regiment of infantry. X man who saw Mej,a yesterday assures me that he l. still alive, though reported by certain correspondents here 70 have been shO; last Saturday. |; is generally believed by cItiZ, ns here that some of the pFis
 oners will be shot, but nobody knows who yet"
 NEW YORK, August 22-A young lady f om San Francisco famed m the | Boreel building to-day. and before sbe | recovered a satchel she carried contain | ing S6JD was stolen by an unknown per | son. On TeSbinIng c nsciuusness she sand her name was Allie M. Squire of ! Sal Fran. iscO and that she vas stop
 ping at the Gilsey House. She ire queutly visited friends in the East, but | tuIs yeO came later than usual at q | found that all her acquaintances were
 out of town. She arrived at the Gilsey
 last Saturday and intended returning
 home tomorrow, She called at the
 office of a friend of her father, in tre ! Boreel building. but he, too, was out of ID .N "