Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-19

The platform adopted declares allie
glance TO Democratic principles
praises the present state govern
ment, and concludes with a declara
ton Of unalterable opposition to
lotteries and the adoption Of the pro
posed revenue amendments to the
constitution. The combine candi
dates are now in caucus marking
out a plan Of campaign.
BATON ROUGE, Dec. 9.--The reg
ular Democratic convention yester.
day afternoon nominated Judge s.
d. McEnery for governor, aud ex'
Governor Robert Wickllffs for lieu.
tenant governor, amid wild enthu-
siasm. A recess was then taken
until today.
The Democratic caucus made the
following nominations: Secretary
of state, Leonard f. Mason; auditor,
o. b. Steele; superintendent Of edu.
cation, John v. Calhoun; state treas
urer, Gabriel Montegut; attorney
general, Edgar w. Sutherland. AS
these nominations will be confirmed
by the convention, the state ticket
may be regarded as complete.
FROM CANADA.
QUEBEC. Dec. ia monster
mass meeting is being organized by
liberals throughout the province.
The police are in readiness to march
to the official residence Of the lieu
tenant governor to protect 1t against
any hostile demonstration that may
be made. The citizens of st. Roche
and st. Sauver, especially, are boil
ing with indignation. Mercier has
made public his views on the politi-
cal situation, and published the cor
respondence between himself and
lieutenant governor and interim re-
port of the royal commission. This
report regrets that certain correspon-
dence was not produced, and con-
cludes that it is not proved that
Mercier knew of the existence of a
bargain between Armstrong and
Pacaud, and the gentleman declares
that he is benefited In no way
thereby.
In his reply to the lieutenant gov.
ernor, Mercier tell the latter he has
had the audacity to do what the
queen would never dare to DO in
England without provoking revo
luton. Good citizens say he must
admit there is limit to tyranny,
aud man, though he be a minister
is not slave. Mercier charges the
lieutenant governor with having
carried out the most odious conspir-
acies ever entered into against the
constitutional liberties of a free
people. He taunts the governor
with desire to place power in the
hands of his political friends against
all the rules of decency, and with
trampling under foot the dignity Of
the crown.
HOUSE BLOWN DOWN.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ia two
! sinrsr fra,,nn h..ii.li-.e, q, J., A. ,,..sU vi
city known as the Western addition
was blown down this morning by
the wind. Owen O'Donald, a hod
carrier, was killed; two carpenters
were probably fatally injured, and
the iamates of the house, Mrs. Kren2
and her two daughters, were more
or less bruised.
A SENSATION.
READING, Penn, Dec. ia sen,
sation was created in the court house
here today by ex-Nightwatchman
of the County Prison Reuben
Rhoades pleading guilty to releas-
ing from prison Beatrice Collins, a
female counterfeiter, and John
Miller, burglar. He made a state
ment describing the most shocking
disorder and drunken carousals in
which female prisoners and Jail
officers participated at night. The
court has ordered full investigation.
THE VESSEL LIBELED.
PORTLAND, Dec. 19.-United
States Prosecuting Attorney Mays
this morning filed libel against the
cargo of the British bark Ochter-
tyre for $4,000. The cargo which
was seized by the collector of Gus
toms last night consists of hard
ware which was shipped TO Port.
land from New York by the way of
Antwerp in violation of the statute
prohibiting shipping of domestic
merchandise In foreign vessels be-
tween two American ports.
JIM TURK AGAIN.
PoRTL AND, Dec, l9.-Jim Turl :
the we'll known sailor boarding,
house man, turned twenty-five men
out Of his place, the Garfield house,
corner of Thirteenth aud s streets,
yesterday.
The men are all sailors, who have
been staying with him tor from
three to six weeks. Some OF them
have been at his house for three
months. He has put them out and
kept their clothes and belongings,
valued, according TO their estimates,
at about $500, The trouble all arose
over the men refusing TO cut wood
for the kitchen when told TO do so