Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

AT Boston on the 29th ult. the Massa.
chusetts G~reenbackers nominated General
James Sumner, of Milton, for Governor,
on a platform denouncing the existing
financial system and demanding the re-
peal of the Civil-Service law.
GENERAL E. s. JONES, of Binghamton,
was on the Goth ult. chosen to fill the
vacancy on the New York State Demo-
cratic ticket caused by the refusal Of Mr..
Flower to run for Lieutenant Governor.
For unlawful cohabitation, Bishop
Hiram B. Clawson was sentenced at Salt
Lake City or the Goth ult. to six months
Imprisonment, 5000 fine, and costs-the
full extent of the law.
THE South Dakota Republican Terri
torial Committee met at Huron on the 29th
ult. and issued a call for u convention to
nominate State officers to meet at Huron
October 81.
The President on the Goth ult. appointed
James 4. Healy Assistant United States
Stevenson, of Boise City, Governor of
Idaho Territory.
The Massachusetts, Republicans met in
State Convention at Springfield ON the
3Oth ult. and r~enominated Governor Rob-
inson by acclamation. The ticket as COM
pleted is as follows: Lieutenant Governor,
Oliver Ames; Secretary of State, Henry
B. Pierce; Treasurer, A. w. Beard;
Auditor, Charles B. Ladd; Attorney-G Cen
eral, Edgar L. Sherman. The platform
indorses the Civil-Service law; demands
the suspension of silver coinage; the
actment of a General Bankrupt law, aud
the vigorous enforcement of the Edmunds
bill in Utah; favors reductions or reforms
in the tariff which may not be inconsistent
with the doctrine of protection. and de-
nounces the suppression of the negro vote
in the Sonth.
T. annual meeting Of the Western AS
sociated Press was held ut Detroit on the
30th ult. Joseph Medill. of the Chicago
Tribune, was elected President, and H. E.
Baker, of Detroit, Secretary.
THE President on the Goth ult. refused to
accept the resignation of Surgeon General
Hamilton.
The registration in Cincinnati foots up
g ,09Gt5,OG0 less Than the vote at the last
Presidential election.
MANToN MARBLE, who was sent to Eu-
rope by the President to investigate the
silver question, will submit his report be-
fore Congress reassembles. German fnan-
ciers approve the proposed Monetary Con-
ference, but it was considered doubtful
whether England would participate in it.
A CONVENTION Of the colored voters of
Virginia, held ut Lynchburg on the 3Oth
ult., adopted resolutions r%enouncing al
legiancet to the Republican organization,
and proclaiming absolute independence
henceforth in political matters.
DR.. GREGORY, of the Civil Service
Commission, on The Both ult. placed his
resignation at the disposal of the Presi-
dent, and it was understood that his COL
league, Judge Thoman, of Ohio, had
taken similar action.
The "Straight Greenbackers" OF iowa
held Il convention ut Marshalltown ON the
LIST, and nominated Elias Doty, of Cedar
Rapids, for Governor; j. K. Clark, of
Mount Pleasant, for Lieutenant Governor;
NJ. r. Farnsworth, of Cresco, for Supreme
Judge, and j. D. Guthrie, of Oskaloosa,
for State Superintendent of Schools.
GENERAL LOGAN delivered a Grant me-
mortal address at Washington on the
evening of the 1st at the services held by
the G. A. r.
DTHE Detroit Post was on the LIST sold to
w. c. and C. A. Ninnocks, late of the Min.
neapolis Journal.
Ex-Governor MOSES, of South Caro-
lima, was on the 1st sentenced to three
years in the Massachusetts, Penitentiary
for obtaining money under false pretenses.
DIR. E. f. SHAKESPEARE, of Pennsylva-
mia, was on the I'd commissioned by the
President to visit European countries
where cholera exists and make investiga-
ton as to its cause, progress and pre-.
vention. His report will be made to Con-
gress at the next session.
EDWARD BRAIN, a polygamist, was sem
fenced at Salt Lake on the I'd to six months
imprisonment and $500 fine. Brain claimed