Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-29
The National Greenbaek Convent.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
The National Greenback Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 2Sth.-The National Green
back Convention assembled at EugliSh'S 0per,
House at II o'clock. Hon. John Tier. of Florida
was elected temporary Chairman. All tn,
States were represented except Delaware anC
Mississippi. The business transacted AZ tht
morning session was the appointment of a Com
mittee on Credentials one from each State
There is contest from Maine, one set of dele
gates being headed by Scion Chase, anti-Butler
George @. Jones, of New York, attempted severa
times TO get in resolution favorable 10 the
Chase delegation, but was not recognized by the
Chair and was hooted down by the Convention
Adjourned till O'clock To give the Credentia
Committee time To report.
During the dayt the following telCgraTnS passed
between Governor Begole and General Butler
INDIANAPOLIS. May 18th.
GorerRor Ben Batter, Boston: VIII you accept
the nomination on a satisfactory PLATFORM Ne
other question here j. w. BEGoLE.
BoSroN May 18th
J. " Bfgole. Indianapolis, Thanks for your
consideration; but why should be asked a'ques-
ton which, under like circumstances, was never
put To any other man. Is not my record as a
Greenhacker for twenty years sufficient without
formal pledge TO you. which would cause me
TO be pointed AT rs man who bids for "a nOmi-
nation! BENZ. T. BUTLER.
SECOND DISPATCHl
INDIANAPOLIS. May 2Sth.-NoSt of the after
noon session was occupied in discussing the
question whether delegates representing States
whose delegations were not complete should
be allowed 10 cast the entire vote 10 which thC
States were entitled. The discussion was quite
spirited and IT times great confusion and dis
order prevailed. After three hours debate il
was decided that no votes be counted except
those OF delegates actually present, this being
Ynfrsf sfrsf HwnHH Del 1
decision, the actual vote of the Convention is
Al. II was ordered that all resolutions be re-
ferred to the committee without debate \
Committee on ReSOlutiOnS-one from each State
was then appointed. The Committee on Per
manent Organization submitted a report, which
was adopted, naming James r. Weaver. of Iowa.
for Permanent President of the Convention.
General Weaver was conducted Ia the chair.
and delivered Speecn. reviewing the record Oi
the Grecnback party, commcudmgi its principles
and deuOUnCing the financial measures enacted
in recent years by ueluhers of the old parties.
At the conclusion of Wcavers speech, a recess
was taken till 1:3n T.. w..
Affairs at Chicago.
CHICAGO. May 9Sth.-Thus far only a few o.
the delegates 10 the National Republican Con
Ventiou, which VIII meet here on Tuesday,
June Sd, have arrived. \ portion of the National
Subcommittee on Arrangements arrived some
days ago, and with the Chairman. John C. New
OF indianapolis, has since been busy with the
details. The committee spent The entire day III
discussing the question of the manner o
seating the delegates and 0ltenateS. with
out fully reaching conclusion The prob
abilities are, however, that they VIII
be seated in alphabetical order, beginning with
Alabama next to the platform. New said TO an
Associated Press reporter this evening that the
tickets would all be ready for distribution by
Saturday. stephen l.. ElkinS, of New York ar
rived this morning, and viii open the Blaine
headquarters ut the Grand Pacific Hotel to-
morrow. The other headquarters are not yet
open. Arthur will have his HEADQUARTERS
at the Grand Pacific, Palmer and Leland. The
headquarters for the colorcd delegates from the
southern States was opened by local col0red
politicians to-day. They say il is purely mat
ter Of social courtesy and has no political sig
niticance. The New York delegation viii have
its headquarters at the Leland. The Colorado
delegation will leave Denver tomorrow night
and be met here Saturday by Senator Chaiiee,
who comes on from New York. The California
delegation will arrive Saturday afternoon.
The Methodists.
PHILADELPHIA. May 2Sth.-At the General
Conference of the Methodist Church the Com
mittee on the State of the Church called up its
report for final action. Governor Pattison. Chair
man, presented report on marriage and di-
vOrce. 1t recommends that no divorce be grant
ed except on grounds justified by Scripture and
also that Commission be appointed to confer
with the Governors OF all the States and endca-
vor TO secure the enactment of uniform laws on
this subject. The first was amended. making ii
the sense of the Conference that divorces should
not be granted except for adultery, and any one
divorced for such reason, if he or she be the
guilty party, cannot be married again by any
minister of the Church The report as amended
was adopted.
PHILADELPHIA, May .2S'h.-The Methodist
Committee reported Il series of resolutions de
nouncing polygamy, and declaring it TO be the
sense of representatives of MethOdism in Gen
eral Conference assembled that il is the duty of
the legislative department of the Government
to proceed without further delays TO enact laws
such rs Will depoSe from political and official
power in Territories of the United States those
who either practice or advocate polygamy from
civil or religious rights. An effort was made BY
Rev. Drs. Buckley and Curry to amend the re
port by striking out the clauses which proposed
to deal out summary chastisement not alone to
those who practice, but those as well who advO-
cate the Utah system. Governor PattisOu made
Il strong appeal for the adoption of the report
and his remarks had IL telling effect upon the
delegates and audience. The report was
adopted with applause.
Means to Reclaim the Mormons
NEW YORK, May 2sth-At the Madison Square
Presbyterian Church last night, n meeting was
held to consider the best means of recaiming
the MOrmOns. F. W. BlOhm and Rev. G.. W.
Martin, of Manti, Utah, Commissioners to the
General Assembly, made addresses. BlOhm had
once been Mormon, and told how the Nor
mons gained proSelyteS in Denmark of which
country he was Il native. Since 1850. $1,000 con
Verts to MOrmOnSm had LETT Denmark for this
churches at Manti and St Ephraim, said it must
be conceded that the rank and file among the
MormOnS were Just aS earnest and sincere in
their faith as the majority of Christians Laws
should not be enacted to remain dead letters
In seven years residence among the Mormuns
his personal rights has not been interfered with.
Bad Condition of the Pennsylvania Bank.
PITTsBURG May 2Sth.-In the extremely mud
died condition of the PENNSYLVANIA Bank affairs
and in the absence of the President, the only
-Ip hg1 do
bank, and the reticence of the Directors and
Others concerned, no definite conclusion can be
reached But il is now taken for granted that
depositors are fortunate if they get five per rcent
of the amounts intrlsted To the bank il is def
nitely known that the concern is completely
Quilted. The assets are diminishing rapidly and
the liabilities are swelling even more rapidly
Those who had Il call on the resources drew
with unsparing hand, and there is little left to
tell the tale. The books shed very little light
on the identity of those who deposited in the
institution, as the accounts are in fictitious
names. The shortage grows hourly as the intri-
cacies of the book accounts are unTaveled, and
from s350OO0 oyerdrawn it has grown to 81 ,00O,-
900 to-day, and the end is not yet. The liabili-
ties are believed to reach over S2,OO00O0. II is
said the banks methods date back three years
TO the time of the Cherry Grove oil excitement
and since then the bank has been losing
steadily.
Recreation for Ward.
NEW YORK, May 2Sth.-The Hoi7d says: Ward
was taken out OF lall yesterday ana gwen tOur
hours recreation. About fifty feet northward
of the main door is n carriage-way, which was
to be disconnected with the Jail
Through this gate the prisoner and his escort
passed about i::}0 ?. NJ, and, unnOticcd. entered
y carriage at the corner of Broome and Ludlow
streets, they drove to Fleischman'S restaurant
after which the party drove in westerly direc
ton. 1t was learned that they drove to a house
where they met General Grant and had long
interview.
Miss Crowley's Funeral.
New YORK May 2Sth-The remains of Rep-
resentative CrowleyS daughter Maud were
buried at Lockport yesterday. TelegramS of
were received by the bereaYed family
from President Arthur, Senators Logan, Fair
Camden, Davis, Mahone Judge Field, of the
United States Supreme Court and Others. There
is not one word of truth in the special pub
lished in a New York paper regarding the cause
of Miss CrOwley'S death. LThe dispatch referred
to stated that Miss Crowley had died from IL
broken heart; that she had been engaged to
marry Alan Arthur, son of the President and
the latter broke off the engagement without any
reasonable or Just cause.
Murder Case in Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 2Sth.-Neill McKeague charged
with the murder of the aged Wilson couple at
Winnetta two months ago, was acquitted this
on the indictment charging him with
the murder of the husband. The indictment
charging him with the murder of the wife is
still pending. but the evidence is the same in
both cases. The trial occupied three weeks.
Pennsylvania knights TempIars.
ERIE, May 2Sth-The thirty-first annual Con