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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
California and Nevada Demo
Gratis in Convention.
Delegates Instructed for TIL
den and Hendricks
Report Of the Swain Court
Of Inquiry.
Ohio German Republicans
Ratify Blaine.
Indian Troubles at Rosebud
Agency.
A Negro Fiend Climbs the
Golden Stair.
A Negro Fiend Climbs the
Golden Stair.
California Dsmocratie Cenvent.ep.

California Democratic Conveuta0n.
STOCKTON, Cal. June 10-The Dem
ocratic State Convention met al
Stockton this me- rning, John Wise
In the chair. MI. Wise in an clio.
quent speech said: Let US Demo.
Gratis of CALIFORNIA send a delegation
to Chicago for the old ticket-Tilden
and Hendricks. If Tilden is nomin-
ated We can pledge California against
the Plumed Knights of Maine.
The mention of Tilden's name was
greeted with tire mendous applause,
All present jumped to their feet.
waving bats, handkerchiefs and
canes. For several minutes the
speaker was unable to proceed. When
quiet was restored nominations for
temporary chairman were called.
Stephen NJ. White, of Los Angeles.
anti'lnonopolist, was elected by ac-
clamation. On taking the chair,
White, in the course of a speech,
said: It was . duty due Democrats
throughout the entire country to
nominate Tilden for President.
After the appointment of tho
various committees, the convention
adjourned till 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning. The Third Congressional
District assembled in caucus and
elected Warren B. English, M. F.
Tarpey, delegates to the national
convention. Both are pledged to
Tilden and Hendricks, with Thur
man second choice. John r. Glass
cock was unanimously nominated
for Congress.
The Fourth Congressional District
elected John F. Wright and Lewis
Holt delegates to the National Con-
vention. Both are pledged to Tilden
Hendricks. For Congress, r. r. |
Hastings was nominated, defeating
sumner by Sc to 8. Adjourned.
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How He Came to "Swear OF"
fChicago Horald1

mo, I won't drink with you to-
day, boys" said q drummer to several
companions as they seated themselves
in the smoking car and passed the
bottle. "The fact is, I have quit
drinking-I've sworn off," He was
greeted with shouts Of laughter by
the jolly crowd around him; they put
the bottle to his nose and INDUCED in
many jokes at his expense. but he
refused to drink, and was rather Sc
rious about it. whats the matter
with you. old boy?" sang out one.
IF you've quit drinking something's
up; tell US what 1t is." "Well, boys,
I will. though I know you'll laugh
at me. But I'll tell you, all the same.
I have been q drinking man oil my
life, ever since I was married, as you
all know I love whiskey-it's az
sweet in my mouth as suear-and
Cad only knows how I'll quit it. For
seven years not q day has passed over
my head that I didn't have at least
one drink. But I am done. Yester>
day I was in Chicago. Down on
South Clark street q customer Of mine
keeps . pawn shop in connection
with his other business. I called on
him, and while I was there q young
nan of not moro than Is, wearing
threadbare clothes. and looking as
hard a. II he hadn't seen q sober dav
for . month, came in with q small
package in his hand. Tremblingly
he unwrapped the package, and
said to the p~awnhroker, "Give me
ten cents" And bows, what do you
suppose it was? A pair Of baby shoes.
trifle soiled. As if thew had been worn
onlv once or twice. "Where did you
get these?" asked the pawnbroker.
"Got EN- at home." replied the man,
who had an intelligent face and the
manner Of . gentleman, despite his
sad condition. "My-mv wife bought
them for cur baby. Give me ten
cents for 'em-I want . drink" You
had better take the shoes back to
your wife; the baby will need Them"
said the pawnbroker. "No s-ehe
won't, because because she's dead,
She's living at home now-died last
night" As he said this the poor
fellow broke down, bowed his head
on the showcase, and cried like q
child. Boys" said the drummer,
"vou may langh If you please. but 1
have q baby Of my own at home,
and l swear I'll never drink another
Then he got up and went
another car, His companions
glanced at each other IN silence: no
one laughed; the bottle disappear, ed,
and soon each was sitting in q seat
BY himself reading q newspaper.
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the infamous Whiskey Ring, whose
frauds were exposed and brought to
. close by Secretary Bristow, at the
cost Of that gentleman's position and
influence in the Republican party
Babcock was indicted with others
for = conspiracy to rob the Govern
ment, but escaped conviction through
President Grants efforts and the
larceny of important documents
necessary t. the prosecution.
Or late years the country has lost
sight of Babcock and very few peo-
pie knew that, like most Republican
'leaders" after exposure and official
protection from punishment, he had
been quietly pensioned on a Govern
ment Office without regard to Civil
Service rules.
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POWELL CLAYTON,

The defeat Of this gentleman for
the temporary craftsmanship Of the
Chicago Convention has provoked
considerable inquiry - to his ante
cedents. The Mail and Express says
he Is a Pennsylvania by birth. He
was developed" in the toughest kind
of Kansas and Missouri border war
fare, and when the war ended he
drifted, like Dorsey, to Arkansas,
which offered fine chances for Du-
gald Dalgettys.
As to the subsequent career Of
Clayton. the Philadelphia Times
says:
It teok several years to work even
that State up to . sufficient degree Of
corruption 10 1T it for the proper ap-
probation of Powell Clayton. The
preparatory measures comprehended
the utter degradation Of the State in
every department and every political
division down to the smallest.
fraudulent State, county, city and
town bonds were issued without
limit. Jobbery was riie from one
end of the State to the other. Rail-
way aid bonds were issued,
offices were bought and sold, judge
ships were put up at auction, and .
of debauchery was reached
which South Carolina in its palmiest
days never exceeded. In all this
Powell Clayton was the leader Of
This is q hard record, but Nj
is doubtless . true repre-
sentative of carget-bag Republican,
lsm in the South. His rejection
by the convention reflects honor up
on that body, but what can be said
the 1877 Blaine Republicans who
supported him.
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The New York delegation of Ar
thur business men" at Chicago
seems to have cut a sorry figure
ut that place of sin. The gummy
manner and general greenness of the
gentlemen touching political man.
agement seems to have excited the
risibles of the old ranters around the
hotels. One correspondent says of
these remarkable men that thew all
seemed to be very much astonisbed
at the appearance of q National Com
vention. They thought it was at
tended by Examinations of the houses
for several weeks and large mass
meetings in the streets, but found it
consisted in walking around from
room to room of q hotel, recognizing
nobody and then going to the bar.
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Crop Reports.

CHICAGO, June lO.-Widely ex.
tended crop reports received by the
Rdrmers' Review, show no material
change in winter wheat since thu
last report, except that the general
condition is not so good. The
weather has been moderate for spring
wheat. In Minnesota all counha
report wheat looking fine, with the
exception of one or two countis
where the average yield is estimated
to fall below that of last year. Re.
ports from Nebraska and Indian
Territory are up to the average.
The majority of the Ohio reports srs
not such as to indicate anything
more than fair wheat crops. Indi.
ana has promise of average, except.
ing the southern portion of lhs
State where the outlook is gloomy.
The same Is true of Illinois. Iowa
reports good wheat and corn pros
poets, and the wheat yield in Kan
sas promises to be very large. The
wheat prospects In Kentucky are not
a. promising as q year ago. In Mis-.
souri, the average crop is predicted
Farmers generally are delivering
theil surplus stocks of wheat and
corn freely.
WASHINGTON, June 1O.-The June
report of the Agricultural Bureau
shows the condition of winter wheat
continues, the average being SO against
81 a month ago; increase in area of
per cent; the average of rye advanced
from IS to 81; barley average has
fallen from lO1 to SO.
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..,.d disconsolate 200 yards 0enino
ma. saw now more on SCe rd;"o nv
oo oi to Cincinnati. / was stanoane 10y %y
he trsin Is the passengers wele ~.
t;n. Of whsn I felt myself toucaeo
~ ~ eu I'm. turning around, I saw
p Printer mt Joel BE said cody "C ,sR1
tam, i've got . match; # you w was
o estt and not only gave him him me Inc
cicsr but said I would give him ms
1;gner II he would tell me how he
manaoed It. He agreed, and In =
neiohRorine restaurant he explained
hi he had caught the express ana
0ot in ahead of nay tram"
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That Cable4raIA.

WA sH1NGToN. June l0.-A eaes:
dispatch received from London sts. =.
In the British Commons to-day !n0
Under Foreign Secretary stated iepf
resentations touching the duiy
friendly powers in regard to oy ,bis
miters had been addressed 10 'nD
government, but no. reply had O~,
received" This dispatch was snU y,ht
Secretary Frelinghuysen to-Dr 4so.
and he said it seemed to refer 10 Int nt
reservations made this 6 oVernu tsat
touching the recent outrage. ous 'r ~
the State Department had ~ t,onp
ceived anything on the sub)ect ths
the British government since
commission Of the recent dys'
outrsgea.
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THE REPUBLICAN TARIFF
ANK

1--WE therefore demand that the
imposition of duties on foreign i'm
ports shall be made not for revenue
only, hut that in raising the requi-
site revenue for the government such
duties shall be 80 levied as to afford
security to our diversified industries
and protection 10 the rights and
wages of labor to the end that active
and Intelligent labor, as well as capt.
tai, may have its just reward and the
laboring man his full share in the
national prosperity"
The above is the tariff plank in the
Republican platform adopted by the
Chicago Convention. It is the old
tariff plank of the party with a
slight change IN its phraseology-the
same old shop without alteration
of its sign. 1t may mean
much or little. Like q cracked fiddle,
an expert player can grind out a va
riety of tunes upon it. 1t is intended
to tickle the ears of laboring men and
at the same time to assure corpora
tons their interests will not be dis
turbed.
Coming right down to the consid-
GRAFTON of the financial policy of the
Republican party, what do We see?
Heavy and unnecessary taxation
weighing down the businessinterests
of the country. keeping the people
poor. During the past year there
have been over 5000 bankruptcies re-
corded, with liabilities amounting to
nearly Sl73, 600, 600. There was a
greater number of business failures
last year than in any year in our his
tory, with the single exception of
1873, which was the eliminating
point of liquidation consequent on
the panic of 1873. In 1878 the fail
numbered a little over 10000.
The amount of bankrupts' liabilities
last year doubled the amount in 1879.
1880, more than doubled 1881,
and exceeded 1882 by $73, OOO, 600.
The commercial agencies which
these statistics find some en-
couragement in the fact that notwith.
standing these failures .''there are
departments of manufac>
ture and trade which are yielding .
liberal return, that corporations of
immense wealth, influence and use
are prosperous beyond what
they have ever been before in their
history, and that monetary institu-
lions throughout the land are On .
generally safe and paying basis" So
It may be seen that while the ordi>
nary business men of the country are
dragged down to bankruptcy, and
while the people r impoverished
with taxation, the corporations and
noneyed institutions are f%ourishing.
These are the fruits of the financial
of the Republican party, and
he plank above is in harmony with
hat policy.
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The Conductors Story OF 'sPrinter
Joo,"
San FHsncisco Chronicle.

"Printer Joe" said the conductor,
was q hard one to stand of. and
was known among railroad men all
over the country. I don't believe that
fellow would pay his fare from one
station to the next If he had a for
tune In his pocket. It's against:.his
principle that IL, If he is still living,
which I suppose he is. knew him
i've years and he was the boss of
them ALL"
An interested lot of listeners had
now gathered around and q desire to
hear more Of the famous Joe having
been expressed, the last speaker went
on as follows:
"Well, among the things which 1
remember Of him was the way he
beat me when / was running q Bal
timore and Ohio train into Cincin-
nati a few years back. 1t was an &C.
commodation train-that is, not one
OF the fastest-and stopped pretty
often. The express on that line was
fast In those days, and I guess it is
still. Well, one day [ found Joe on
board. He was riding in the car
next to the baggage. I saw him at
once, but did not appear to recoQ-
nize him, although I knew him all
the time. So I said to him 'Ticket!'
He looked at me in rather an
amused way ana pretended to paw no
attention to me. But I insisted upon
the ticket, whereupon he took me
aside and sadie: my friend, 1 ob-
serve that you are q new man on the
nae and don't know mt. I'm Direc-
o -, of the Baltimore d Ohio,
and of course, have free trans
portation over the road! I was
vexed, and told him I understood
his game, and that if he did not get
of at the next station he would have
reason to repent. He readily prom-
ised to get off, and kept his word. for |
l saw him walking away from the
1 was glad to be rid of him 40 |
easily, and you may imagine NV
chagrin when I came upon him
again Is 1 went through the train.
l said nothing at this time. hnt
when we came to the next station 7
put Mi. Joe of in q way that was
more forcible than polite. It was If
use. At every station I had tn
30 through the same G and
2nce l stopped between stations. al.
'hough we were behind time.
ND threw him out Of the smoking
ar. We pulled out as fast as poesi.
ne, but he caught on to the last plat.
orm, and at the next stop he stenned
II, looking as well pleased az IL he
been riding in . Pullman was
. mao wnen l saw him that I swore
% should 20 no further, and when
re were ready TO start I took him ~
collar, tripped him and held hic,
own until the train had started. =.
hen ran and caught the last a.
- Triumphant, and from the
latform, shook my fst st him AZ ~
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Nevada Democratic Convention.

AUSTIN, New, June 1O.-Geo. ",
Baker, of Eu ~eka, was elected TEN.
porary chairman. The platform
adopted aff1rms devotion to the Dem.
ocratic party and to the principles
laid down in the National Demo.
cratic platforms from 1856 to 1880;
demands the nomination of Tildeu
and Hendricks; the removal of all To-
stricti0ns from silver coinage: On
poses the acquisition of large tracts
of land by aliens and demands abso.
lutte exclusion of the Chinese.
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HOUSE.


WASHINGTON, Juno 1O.-The "A
cords in the court of inquiry in ,hs
case of General Swain, Judge-Adv"
cate General of the Army reports ths
facts as developed by the evidenes
and concludes as follows: The cam.
Ia of the opinion that while it ia mt
prepared to say that any specific aet
developed by the evidence i,
actually fraudulent, yet the evidepc.
does show serious transaction dis.
cred,table to any officer of the armv
and which especially demands n.
severest condemnation. when en-.
gagedin by an officer holding the hiah
position aud peculiar relations to tRs
administration of justice In the armv
held by Brigadier- General Swain.
The Secretary of War laid the r..
port before the President TO-DAY and
it was decided to order q court-mar.
tiai for the trial Of General swain,
The detail for the court will be made
In q few days.
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BUYING THE

Mr.. Thomas B. Connery, who for a
number of years was managing edi-
tor of the New York Herald, has re-
Gently purchased and now edits
Truth of that city. The paper pro-
fesses to be independent, and as far
As a newspaper which discusses poll
tics can be Independent it is inde-
pendent. But it has been from the
start of Arthur's Presidential boom q
strong partisan of that gentleman.
Mr.. CoDnery is an allie writer and,
withal, understands that the success
Of paper depends as much upon
what is kept out of it as upon what is
put in it. Hence the significance of
the following which we find in his
journal of the 5th INST, the day be.
fore the Chicago nomination: The
refreshing and apparently WELL
founded announcement is made from
Chicago that "if Blaine gets $40
votes, the other II will be bought up
on the floor" New York City is
clearly not the only place which
has sent a delegation Of bus,>
ness men to Chicago, if the
foregoing be true. The very
fact that any such statement should
be made "by a well-known General
from New York." aud supplemented
by the pregnant remark, I'VE are
going Z have the Convention If
money can buy it," and should be
put forth rs creditable. is an all>suf-
ficient commentary upon the shame
full depths already reached by the po-
litical machine.
There is nothing, however, which
need surprise thinking men at this
of the use of "soap." The
public avowal of its successful en-
.loyment in Indiana during the last
election and the gleefuI
with which the statement
was %applauded by the representative
men OF the Republican party COM
them to the view that the de-
of voters was not only the
'eadiest means to victory, but q
proper and laudable one. Now we
IRE told the nomination itself is to
be purchased. Why not put 1t up
auction ct once? Il
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A lnter-Ooean Canal.

WASHINGTON, Juno lO.-The sum
required BY Secretary Frelinghuysen
to secure for this government certain
rights which 1t Is underwood the
Nicaragua government has conceded
1or an inter-oceanic canal il $3.50, 900,
lot 100000 as heretofore reported.
1t Is embodied in . paragraph Of the
consular and diplomatic bill attached
to 1t by the Senate committee on an
preparations, and reported yesterday.
1t was the paragraph which was nm.
ger discussion In secret session Of the
senate this afternoon. No action
was taken, ~
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In calling the Chicago convention
to order, MI. Sabin who Is enduring
the pangs Of bankruptcy, named in
his speech all the Republicans save
Hayes. The humiliation to which
Hayes has been subjected by his own
friends of late should be q terrible
warning to the politicians who seek
to rise through fraud.
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REPUBLICAN SILVER PLANK

One of the planks in the Natlonal
Republican platform reads as
folio We:
W. have always rec ,mmenGed the
best money known to the civilized
world, and urge that efforts be made
bv the United Sites with all COM
msrcial nations for establishing an
international standard which shall
be once for all the relative value OF
gold and silver.
This plank is about rs clear as
mud. 1t was purpose'y worded TO
dodge the silver coinage question
and it neatly does it. The question
naturally presents itself, What is
"lhe best money known TO the evils
ICED world2" L. it greeDbacks.
national bank notes, gold or silver?
The plank is silent as to the nswer
and leaves 1t to be determined by
local stump speakers and newspapers
as best suits their listeners and
readers. The declaration that
efforts be made by the United States
with all commercial nations to
establish an international standard"
etc., is leaving the question of silver
coinage just where it is nova
debatable one, subject to the hostile
legislation of the. Republican party.
The Pacific Coast Republicans will
not be satisfied with the plank. 1t is
ambiguous. 1t defines no policy in
regard to silver coinage. 1t relegates
the whole subject to an"international
congress-" It gives no assurance that
silver would not be d~emonetized if
the party should have the power to
accomplish that end.
The question has been before an
international congress. That con~
gress could not agree. It adjourned
to meet again. 1t has not since met.
1t is not likely to meet again. New
may be chosen and another
congress held, but until England and
g. rmany turn q deaf ear to mono
and listen to the voice of
their people, an international con-
gress cannot come to = satisfactory
understanding in regard to the rela>
tive value Of gold aud silver
That plank in the Republican plat
form is a cheat. 1t gives no encour-
agement to the interests of silver pro
states and territories. 1t
means hostility to silver, for the par
ty has placed itself on record as hos>
tile to the metal through the recon-
mendations of its President, secreta- /
ries ofthe treasury and leading mem
bers in Congress.
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Wade Hampton's Old Friend.

A middle aged man approached
Gen. Hampton tho other day snd
liked his influence In pressing q
claim before the military c0mmlttee
If the senate. The stranger then
said: General. I am glad to see you
again. You do not recognize me, out
v0u personally made . prisoner OF me
durfn9 tho war" Comparing notes,
Hampton found out 1t was . fact and
recalled the circumstance. He was
accommodating one night and missed
his way. Around him burned many
more camp fires than he had left be-
hind him. Entering . house he dis
covered tnat he had strayed into the
eDemy's lines. A few soldiers were
seated around q table, and abruptly
addressing them, as II q superior In
their own army, he asked them who
they were and what they were doing
there, One spoke up and replied:
1--WE belong to the Eighth New York
Regiment, and Gen. Warren sent US
to get milk"
Hampton felt that all of his nerve
and address would be required to ex>
tricate himself from this dang r0us
position. He reached for his pistol,
held it along hia thigh, and on leav-
ing the house, commanded the man
who had spoken to him to follow.
He did SO. Hampton mounted his
horse aud called the man to him.
Bending down to the Federal soldiers
ear he whispered, II have q pistol
aimed at your head and will shoot
you If any alarm Is made" The
surprised soldier whispered: "D0n't
shoot; I surrender" Hampton then
babe him move on just ahead of his
horse, and 90 brought him into camp.
1t was this man who, after twenty
years, met his captor and asked q
favor of him as q Senator, that he
was more than willing to grant. 1t
was a strange and romantic cOinci-
dence In the returning cycles Of time.
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GEN. BABCOOK.s SAD FATE.

The New York World, in speaking
of the recent drowning of this gentle
man and his companions, says: The
drowning of Gen. o. e. Babc0ck,
Mr.. Levi P. Luckey and . com>
panion off the Florida coast IL q very
sad catastrophe. Gen. Babeock and
Mr.. Luckey had both been private
secretaries to President Grant.
Gen. Baboock's name became
notorious from his connection With