Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-05-18
political Pfckings.

The Prohibitionists OF Tennessee held
their State Convention on Wednesday.
The Illinois State Prohibition Conven-
ton instructed its delegates to work for
woman's suffrage.
Chase b. l.. Pitts was Permanent
Chairman of the New York Republican
State Convention.
The Union Labor party adopted reso-
luton in opposition to fusion with either
of the two great National parties.
j. w. Goshorn, of Charleston, w. Va,
has been chosen Chairman OF the Ma.
tional Executive Committee of the
Union Labor party. III
The Minnesota Republican are wildly
enthusiastic over the candin ;y of Wal
ter O. Gresham for the Republican Ma.
tional standard bearer.
A. j. Streetor, of Illinois, is the candi-
date of the United Labor party for Presi.
dent, and Chas. j. Cunningham, oil
Arkansas, for Vice. President.
The platform OF the New York Repub.
licans urges perseverance in defeating
the Mills bill and every device intended
to place free-trade theories on the statute
books of the Nation.
The Virginia Democratic State Conven.
ton gave President Cleveland hearty
endorsement. Speeches were made be.
fore the convention by Senators Barbour
and Daniel and Gov. Fitz-Hugh Lee.
the platform of the Minnesota Repub.
licans contains temperance plank, the
regulation formulas against the admins
tration of President Cleveland, and the
usual partisan resolutions on tariff legis.
lation.
The Greenbackers, in their National
Convention at Cincinnati, resolved tc
stand firmly by their doctrines and
name. A committee was appointed tc
confer with the labor parties with a view
to fusion The nomination of a ticket
was left to future convention.
The United Labor Convention at Gin,
cinnati vas puzzled what to do with the
woman's suffrage question. Finally il
was settled by the adoption of resolu.
ton to the effect that suffrage is inherent
with citizenship, and should not be
abridged or denied on account of sex.
General Neal Dow, N. F. Woodbury., S
S. Burrows and Hannah ]. Baily are
delegates-at-large to the National Prohi
bition Convention from Maine. Volney
B. Gushing is the nominee for Governor
of the State, and General Dow and Mr.
Putney are also Presidential. electors. at
large.
The Union Labor party adopted the
usual Labor platform, including equal
pay for equal work of both sexes, and
woman's suffrage and Georges views on
the land question, the latter plank prac-
tically excluding the United Labor party
from uniting with the Union Labor
organization.
The Delegates large to the Chicago
Convention, from New York, are Chaun-
cey M. Depew, Frank Hiscock, Warner
Miller and Thomas G. Platt All were
elected by reclamation. A bitter fight
was waged between the friends of His
cock and Levi p. Morton, until the latter
telegraphed that he desired to have
his name withdrawn from the canvass.
The Blaire and Sherman men had a
stiff tussel for the control of the Alabama
Republican State Convention. The
Sherman faction came out best and a
coloTed man was made speaker. Three
fifths OF the delegates were representa-
tives of the colored race. The Conven-
ton was a stormy one, owing to the
rivalry between Blaine and Sherman
men, each faction charging the other
with fraud and corruption. Resolutions
favoring the Blair educational bill and
condemning President Cleveland's Ad-
ministratior were adopted.