The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-09
POLITICAL.
Eighth
in height.

Congressional nominations Eighth
Pennsylvania District Daniel Ermentrout
Democrat; Third Ohio, f. S. Williams, Repub-
lican; Sixth Missouri, Odin Guitar, Republi-
can; Fourteenth Illinois, J. H. Powell, Repub-
lican; Thirteenth Illinois, j. A Connolly, Re-
publican; Thirteenth Pennsylvania, W. +.
Shepard, Democrat; Twelfth Pennsylvania,
j. H. Swoyer, Democrat Fifteenth Illinois,
William Lindsay, Democrat First Iowa, John
H. Gear, Republican: Tenth Virginia Jacob
Yost, Republican; Fifth Michigan, M. II. Ford,
Democrat and Greenbacker; Ninth Michigan,
l. G. Mason, Democrat and Greenbacker.
Two hundred Greenbackers attend
ed the Indianapolis conference called by s +.
Norton, of Chicago. Thos NJ Gruelle, an In
dianapolis printer, presided A great pro-
portion Of the delegates present were from
Indiana and Illinois with a sprinkling from
Pennsylvania, Ohio, NJ chigan, and Kansas.
b. s. Heath, of Chicago, Chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions, presented a long
document in the form of a declaration Of
principles. 1t sets forth that.
The Republican and Democratic parties have
WED with each other in betraying the interests
~ the people and administering the Govern
They have ignored every principle uDon which
tho Government was founded and substituted
- stems and methods whose essential features
are borrowed from the feudal ages.
The document deals largely with the
ourages perpetrated upon the labor
ing man, who is reduced TO hopeless poverty
and slavish dependence through pernicious
system of finance. In conclusion an appeal is
made 10 all citizens of the American Republic
20 unite for an overthrow Of these pernicious
and oppressive systems, and TO this end the or
RanizatiOn OF an industrial party was recon-
mendef, to be comprised of Knights of Labor,
agricultural organizations, anti-monopOlists,
trades unions, the peoples party, and temper
ance reformers.
On motion of Col Norton committee Of nine
was appointed to arrange for national conven-
ton to be held in Cincinnati, Feb % 1887
In the Missouri Republican Conven-
ton, at Sedalia, ]. G. Cravens was nominated
for Judge of the Supreme Court, NJ. f. Butler
for State Superintendent, and s. W. Crawford
for Railway Commissioner The platform
affirms that whenever any large number of
voters petition the Legislature for the submits
sion of an amendment providing a change in
the organic law OF the State il is the duty Of
that bodyto grant the petition; denounces the
national administration for ats utter failure
to originate any measure of relief whereby
tAPchSts VI Nnc pONeInHcub Ctu DC re-
duced or the relations Of labor TO capital
more equitably adjusted, or by any other
benefcent measure in the interest of the peo-
ple;' favors liberal pensions TO Union SOL
d ers, and denounces the Presidents pension
vetoes and "thc removal of ex-soldiers from
Office for partisan reasons"
Indiana Republicans met at Indian
apolis and put the following ticket in the
field: For Lieutenant Governor, r. s Robert
son; Secretary Of State, Charles l. Griffin;
Auditor, Bruce Carr; Treasurer, J. A. Lemp-
ke; Attorney General, l. II. Michener; Su-
preme Judge, Byron +. Elliott; Clerk Of
Supreme Court, w. l. Noble; Superin-
tendent Of Public instruction, s. u.
La Toilette. The platform favors
-the maintenance of the principle Of pro-
tecton," the reduction Of the legal num-