Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-09-01

dert signed the general de6cIency bill today.
 WAsHINNToN, Aug 24. - Secrets :ary Gresham and the British ambassador, Sir Julian Paun afo z. have agreed upon a convention providing for commission to consider ths amout of damages to be paid oy he United States for seizing 20 Canadian sealers more than three miles from land baiweel 1886 and 1890.
 WAsHINGToN, August 24.-The senate adopted the house resolution providing for an adjournment at p. m. Tuesday The senate has reached an agreement ! about procedure after the executive calendar is cleared up. Bil's may S, i.- troduced to which there w.li h. rI cb lsctions. No speeches will be H.i0s ej.
 RENO, New, Aug. 24-The rrpuS!:can state convention meets thls ,.f IT.. .Ia. Colcord, Gray and Clevr rc ase al mentioned in connection wI;L tAe gu,.,r- material nomination.
 JACKSONVILLE, O, Aug. 24.-Trains are rum ns on the Columbus, Hooking Valley aId Toledo road. The A. R. U. yielded and have appointed grievance committee acceptable to the railway.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Attorney General Maloney is attempting to get a hearing on his motion for the revocation of the Pullman company's charter.
 PoTTsvILLE, Pa. Aug. 24.-An explo- si of gas took place in the coal mines at Gilberton today and twelve men are buried in the mine. The number kill ed are unknown.
 RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 24.-All miners of cUal in Ray county are again on A strike for higher wages. Last Monday they went to work under a contract holding good until May, 1895
 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 24-The conven ton convened at 1920 this morn- ing. The names of members of the !, state central committee were announced. The next business was the nominations for governor.
 Wm. Matthews, of Santa Clara, took the platform and amidst loud applause nominated Murphy, of San Jose, for governor. He eulogized his candidate as an unswerving snti-railroad corporation man, with spotless character. James V. Coleman, of San Francisco, 1 seconded Murphy.
 Jas. H. Budd, of Stockton, was nomi- hated amidst repeated cheers. by F. D. Nichols, who said Budd was first in bat tie against Estee.
 Calvin McNab placed Congressman Jas. G. Mcguire in nomination as a man fighting for the people at Washington against the Southern Pacific.
 Ex-Judge Robert Ferrall, of San Francesca, seconded Maguire's nomina tion.
 Dennis Spencer, of Napa, was nomin- sted by Raleigh Barcsr, of Solano. No enthusiasm was evoked. Gillis Dooley seconded the nomination of Spencer.
 The nominations were then closed and the roll call began.
 First ballot-Budd, 2O6; Murphy, 2sO; Mcguire, Sl; Spencer, AS; scattering, 20, No choics.
 Second ballUs-Murphy, 292115; Budd, 296; Mcguire, 2i: scattering, fl. No choice.
 Budd was nominated for governor on the third ballot.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 23.-The platform endorses the administration of President Cleveland; favors a tribunal of arbitration for labor disputes; favors legislation for the suppression of trusts; favors legislation for the protection of fish; favors river improvements and the establishment of a national irrigation commission; reaffirms opposition to Chi nese immigration; expresses hearty sym- pathy with every lawful effort on part of laboring men to secure themselves full compensation for thelr labors, and afford themselves every opportunity te i'm prove their condition; favors legislation pre- venting the sale of oleomargarine, sim liar to the act vetoed by Governor Markham; opposes all sumptuary laws; favors a liberal appropriation for the public school system; favors national legislation which will preserve the man. hood of American sailors; favors legis- lative aid in the construction of such works as will promote hydraulic mining and permit 1t to be carried on wherever it can be without material injury to yes ted rights.
 The platform also declar, it's devotion to the principles of the national platform of 1892. and congratulates the people arcn the fact that notwithstanding the open opposition of the republican party, and the conduct of a few pretended dem- 0;Tats, substantial measures of tariff re- form have been elected; favors consti- tutional amendment: for the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people; recommends amendments to the state constitution for election of railroad and equalization commissioners by the state at large; pledges the nomi nees that state taxes shall not exceed forty-tive cents on each one hundred dollars, and denounces the present state administration for it's extravagance: favors the Nicaraguan canal, and favors the manufacture oi ice at the Folsom prisom, for sale to fruit shippers and other consumers at about the cost of production.
 The republican state board of equsIi- zatIon Is denounced for releasing the railroad companies from g, ,000,OOO delin- quent taxes.