Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-19

pal governments; endorses arbitration IN
place OF strikes and other injurious meth
DDS OF settling labor disputes.
AT THE SESSION
nothing was done except to receive a re-
port from DR.. McGlynn, touching the fail
ure of the effort to unite the two n
lions. He said the ultimatum OF the
United Labor party had been rejected by
the Union Labor committee on platform,
aud the joint committee has dissolved.
Adjourned until 7:3O p. m.
THE ENTIRE EvENINe
was spent by the United Labor convention
in trying to dispose OF the report of the
committee Oh resolutions. The chief point
of discussion was woman suffrage. This
ended by adopting s. resolution that suffrage
is inherent in citizenship, and is not to be
abridged or denied on account OF sex. The
discussion upon the p~ilotage system emptied
the hall of Western delegates, and at IL
o'clock the convention adjourned until
morning.
HACKERS.
CINCINNATI, May 16.-The G~rsenbackers
held a final meeting to-day and resolved
to stand firmly by their views and their
name. Committees were appointed to
confer with the two labor conventions with
reference to q fusion nomination for q
national ticket, which was left to a future
convention. Adjourned.
CALIFoRNIA DEMOCRATS.
Los ANGELES, CAL, May 16.-The Demo.
cratic. State convention reassembled this
morning, and because the committee on
resolutions was not ready to report. q re-
cess was taken until tomorrow morning.
The delegates from the Sixth District nom
mated Richard B. Ferry, of Fresno, for
Congress.
THE VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
NORFOLK, Va, May 16.-The Democrat
ic convention was addre to-day by
Senator Eliot Barbour, Governor Lee, Sen
ator Daniel, and John Goode. Every ref.
erence to President Cleveland vas ap-
plauded. Richard f. Birns, the editor oil
| the Richmond State, end John T. Harris,
were chosen electors at large, and John s.
| Barbour, J. W. Daniel. P. M. McKenny
and r. C. Marshall delegates at large. The
resolutions endorse Cleveland.
fHE MAINE CHANCE.
PORTLAND, Me-, May 16.-The Prohibi
ton state convention continued this morn
ing. After religious exercises the greetings OF
| the convention were sent to the Prohibitory
| conventions of Illinois and North Carolina
| w. W. Perry and G.. D.. Crane were chosen
| delegates to the national convention. The
| platform afirms that the traffic in alcoholic
| drinks ~endangers the public morals ano
safety, and is a FRUITFUL source OF corruption
in politics and that license laws to perpet
uate this traffic are wrongin principle. Pro
hibition as a
STATE AND NATIONAL POLICY
is the true method of procedure againstt tn
saloon. The Democratic and Republican
parties have neither the disposition mol
ability to overthrow the saloon. heentir'
separation of the Government from tn
liquor traffic requires the abolition of tn
internal revenue on liquors. The presen
tariff should be revised in order to cheapel
the necessities of life, and it can best b.
revised by q commission. The platform
also endorses the Australian system O
secret voting, denounces sectional issues il
| politics and approves the work OF tn
Women's Christian Temperance Unions.
THE SUCKER PRoHIBs.
SPRINGFIELD. Ill, May 16.-rhe Prohibi
t~ionists in State convention to-day nomi
mated a State ticket and adjourned. Dele
gates were instructed to work for til
woman suffrage plank, which was intro
duced in the platform. Adjourned.