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' Ttil! fillOWTH OP CENTRALIZA'
I ; - TION.
I--, the beginning, soon, after inde
pendence Was declared, the two ideas
tint i'0'.v divide the country existed
. :i Government of the people and
for i e people and .by the peopIe,and
' a (. vrn:nent for aristocrats, moneys
kiiiu iI ofik?e holders. Alexander
H i:n;lion was horn a British subject,
an i 1 e lived aiid died fully wedded
to '.?-t hisjh notions that prevailed in
E.iu:' He wanted a Strong Gd
er:i v.- :tablii!iet with an aristoc
rat o; wealth.;'' He openly avowed,
thl:-, f 'i' he was ho cowardly trimmer.
If :.'i-. "to-ihty he. wonldjie the post-,
live a;i'l formidable advocate of a
t - . f -
.'disii:i'--tve policy of some kind; be
would be fur High Protection, or he
H-o'iM e squarely and openly for a
Low Tariff. : ' :
Hamilton first tried to secure a
-Constitution with centralizing pow
ers plainly declared. He failed in
-.'this, but he succeed ed in another par
ticular. A Constitution was framed
that was against the people.' The
fear was that a mere ropy of sand
'would be constructed, but the origi
nal isi-iirument is ail for the Govern
mo: it ;v!i l against the people.
Wli- ii Mr. Jefferson had returned
" froiu E n ope and had given the Con
stitution a thorough -; examination he
..saw bow : the people were not pro
tected biu. the Government was pro
-. teaVeit. a-.ii:it. the people. What
-did u tit.-niui? He set to work to
- ' . - - . .
-so a; .! and inform the people that
as last the twelve Amendments to
t!ie.CiiJ:stitution were adopted. It
is iii t'ii' se Amendments that the peo
jilf i.r. pi ot; ct ed against the Govern
jneip. ; it is vvell 'enough to mention
in j is-.i. lii ii. Mrt Jefferson was. the
auilr r t'i - plan of three distinct
' - - - . - - - -
dyi. -.ri:.i M-. f Government Exeen -
tivvlj v;.s; ii ive and Judicial. ' The
'first fsiM a t;is kind of triangular,'
:triiM! -; .ri k r Government is found in
a it- :
wroiv
em-- ;
17.
tlii- i
be'.- wnue f rom Paris, lie
Dii l-vriiionr. of Independ-
Virjjiuia Resolutions of
eitl-.er wrote or inspired
U y Kesolutions. fte was
poliiical genins of onr
the l;"-?t
; j::!ce the Amendments were adop-
ted t!u -,4-ar of ideas has continued.
Hfii;v!t..ii Kccepted the inevitable and
did what he ciiuM to procure the
ahipiion of the Constitution. - After
ba ,t inio office with much ingenui
ty lr sought to gain his ends by giv-.
ing ifVide and elastic interpretation
to th Great Charter. He was the
faUi.T of that whole school-of politij
ciansof whatever name who are lati
tudinarians and believe in the gutta
percha Constitutional theory. His
followers are now arrayed on the side
of Paternal Pedagogy in the Con-
' ress. Hamilton sought his ends by
stretching the Constitution by giv-
, ing interpretations, to clauses that
were never contemplated and that
were violative of both spirit and
letter. . -
. '''it it must not be supposed that
Hamilton was satisfied with the Con
stiiiition as framed. It was so weak
on tht. side of Government compared
with hU aspiring ideas that be xsalled
it a "frail and worthless fabric" in a
letter in 1802. Jefferson had saved
the country for the time from con
solidation. Hamilton saw that the
great Virginian was at least , vic
torious for the time and that a
consolidated Government was not
agreeable to the American, people.
Jerierson in a letter to Madison in
187 opposed what he called "an en
ergetic glverament" declaring thai
was "always oppressive." The
."ear 'hen felt is the fear now felt-
that the Centralized" Power may ab
.gorb and destroy the State Govern
ments. It was because of this need
ed and wholesome fear that Jeffer
8011 was placed in the Presidential
chair, a friend of a Strong Govern
me"t in the . Atlantic Montldy, of
Boston, for May, referring to the
Democrats of 1800, says:
ueuerson was the man for them. He
"ea. f. a large majority of them did,
it V a - m""10 of me National auJJwr-
fi ana m the inninlnMMf,, n Bft ln6
' 'ho . "'-"J vi iwitw vuwio,
- 7 the Constitution gave any
SSn nght8 ,t?llhe Government
tntuw uhlck ? Vrely conferred,
terili?were implied" Powers, was ut
. 7 abhorrent to him. He and hi bp WV
"uicnis even now not quite extinct, set
-
themselves sternly against the exercise of
any power .r vKich no express wgrrant
eould le fount in th Constitution?- -.-:-
Now this New England disciple of
Story and Curtis writes very "delibs-
rately as if Ihe doctrindasheld by
Jefferson, jiadisoa and Monroe was
almost utterly exploded. He is kind
enough to admit that it is "not quite
extinct.' If he had delayed writing
his article until the recent vote and
speeches in the Senate by Southern
Democrats in favor of Paternalism-
ef making the National Government
the patron ; and almoner of State
schools, he might have changed iis
words and written that the doctrine
of "expressly conferred' powers was
now totally .extinct," :
After awLile Judge, Marshall, a
Virginian, made decisions that had a
great deal to do in strengthening the
hands of the disciples of Hamilton
This is so much the easel that the
Northern writer already quoted from
says that "all the great principles! for
which the old party of ; strict con
struction battled have been, one by
one, abandoned." He declares that
so true is this statement that there is
"not a single exception to b6 made"
- Now who can deny this? We find
Democrats .from the South in the
present Congress out-IIeroding the
most advanced consolidation Herods
from , the North. Says the -New
England writer "When the exercise
of any new power by . the' General
Government is proposed, the objec
tion that the power is , not expressly
conferred by the Constitution is
never heard" i . i
Nearly all of the leading papers in'
the whole South' have : given em
nb.asis to this statement of the New
Englander by their advocacy of the
new-fangled Educational bill now be
fore the Congress. We have not
seen a single editorial in any ex
change that has fought the bill upon
purely Constitutional grounds. This
is a startling fact. " ' t
The New Englander says that the
State Rights men have', abandoned
their principles and surrendered to
the Consolidationists. This is our
language, "but 1 his language autho-v
rizes it. He insists that a great
change has been wrought and that it
is "the combined result of men.
preaching .Nationalism; of foreign
and domestic war of the acquisition
of territory; of the growTjh of the"
railroad system; and of a fseries of
legal decisions". He say 'that all
this is an accomplished! fact, and that
now all the able and luminob.3 "mes
sages of the early Presidents upotf
the strict division of po.wers between
State and Nation": are very "dreary
dissertations." As the people have
drifted away from a Government of
limited powers and become enamored
of a Centralized Power at Washing
ton the arguments of Jefferson and
Madison, 'and Monroe! and Jackson
and Calhoun haye ceased to be lnflu
ential or even entertaining. A new
idol has been set rup ia the National
Temple and all - men--office-holders
and office-seekers especially are ex
pected to worship this -"graven i im-
;e" labelled "A Centralized Go
vernment. -
l'HOSPIIATKS IN SOUTH EASTERN
:. CAROLINA. ; :! i
. TJie Monthiy Bulletin of the' North
Carolina Agricultural Department
for March has just been received. It
is late but instructive. Commission-;
er McGehee continues bis excellent
discussions upon Forestry. Number
four is devoted to "Forests in Rela--tion
to Springs." As we have- had
much to say in the matter of Forests,
their preservation, utility, import
ance, etc.," we pass on to a subject '
that is of much interest just now to
this section. There is an interesting
report on the "Progress of the Phos
phate Investigation." J Prof. Dabney
and his assistant, Gen. Gaston Lewis,
have been through Lenoir, Jones and
Onslow collecting specimens of phos-.
phatic rocks." They found immense
beds of shell, marl and rock along
the Trent river in Jones. The report
says:". . ; .A--
"Lean, phosphate rock was found one
and two miles northeast of Richlanda in
Onslow, and excelient specimens, as good
as anv we have found in North Carolina,
on Cohorn Creek. Thd following is the
analysis of the specimen from the last men
tioned locality: " !
I , - Per cent.
Phosphate of Lime i' ,.50.60
Carbonate of Lime. ...... i ......... 9.77
Sand. i .. . .... .25.36
In Duplin phosphates were found
throughout the county between
Goshen and Maxwell swamp. Duplin
contains "large quantities of phos
phate-rock with accessible depths'.
Specimens : from twenty-three dif
ferent localities were obtained. Many
others might have1 been secured;.
Gen. Lewis had fifty tons excavated
and hauled to the railroad. It cost
$165.30 to do this. but the labor,
&c, at his command were crude and
inexperienced. It ? cost, but little
over $3 per ton to put the '. rock at
the cars. Forty -six: tons of work
able, clean phosphate .were obtained
from 0.11 acre. A- portion of this
has been ground and manufactured
into superphosphate at the Navassa
Guano Company's works ' near this
1
WW
A sample of the dried and ground rock
was found to contain: ,
V - - ' Percent.
Moisture. . .... . . . . .... , . I . ... . 0 52
Phosphate of Lime... .. .. .. . . . ... .39.97
Carbonate of Lime. ... . . . . . ,- . . ... 7.77
fEquivalent'to Phosphoric Acid.. . . .18.81
The analysis shows that the North
Carolina phosphates are' fully as val
uable as those of ' South Carolina.
The report says:
'Six hundred to six hundred and fifty
pounds is about the right amount of acid
to this rock .This is a, considerably less
amount than is usually required in produc
ing superphosphate, nine hundred pounds
being generally used to the one thousand
pounds of rock! in making acid phosphate
from South Carolina phosphate. , This, of
course, cheapens the product just so much.
A saving of one third of the sulphuric acid
is a very great item. With this small
amount of acid still, the solution of the
North Carolina phosphate is so complete t
and prompts and the product dries out so
well; that an article is insured at .once
equal to the average of superpliosphAte' pro-,
duced from the other materials used in this
country. The result is unexpectedly good
for rock of this character,, which is consid
erably below the best of our North Carolis
na phosphate. When one considers - the
niassiveness of this rock and the ease with
which it can be gotten out and prepared for
the factory, :in connection with the fact just
stated, there can be little doubt that the
rock will be successfully manufactured into
superphospate at no distant thn?." ; '
These experiments and .results are
full of encouragement and we expect
that the phosphate business is . des
tined to attain to large dimensions in
the years to come. .
OCR FISn AND OYSTER INDUS
. - : TRIES.
: North Carolina has a splendid op
portunity I of becoming the greatest
fishing and oyster State if she will
avail herself of it. Her fisheries pro-
duco $827
695 yearly, . Can they not
to prod uce t wo or three
be made
times more than this? From the shad
$329,569 ; is realized. The annual
value of the herring is $142,784.
The mullet amounts to $80,500.
But the oyster product is but $60,-
000 nothing as compared with the
arge oyster fields north of us. We
are assured by Col. Pardee, who vis
ited the .New Kiver and other sec
tions, that 'the area that can be de
voted to the oyster business in this
State is as great as thtt of Virginia,
Maryland or any other State. We
must have a railroad penetrating On
slow, and then Wilmington can be
made thcjcentre of the large canning
business. .
We learn from the last report of
Fish Commissioner Worth that the
oyster district- extends from Wil
mington io Croatan Sound, a distance
of aboni two hundred miles. He
says every quality exists, from the
largest to the finest stock down. We
quote what h says of the fisheries:
"To airf John a. Leary ot jsaenton, a.
C. who is'an operator of pound nets I am
indebted for the following facts concerning
the .river fisheries about .bdenton :
In a stretch of thirty-five miles of river
and sound there are operated 227 pound
.nets in which are used 45,000 or 50,000
yards of net six to tsenty feet deep. Ave
rage catch for these per annum shad
25,000 to 28,000, herring four or five mil
lion; rock! and perch 150,000 or 200.000
pounds. Of seines there are six, contain
ing 13.000 yards of netting from IS to 30
feet deep.i Average catch of shad 125.000,
herring six to seven pillion, rock and perch
175,000 pounds. These fisheries lie be
tween Perquimans River and the Emperor
on the North side, and Lee's fishery and
Eden House Point oa the South side. . The
sea nsnenes are very important id iue
amount of yield and in the great variety of
products which are numerous and of the
most superior quality, embracing the Span
ish mackerel, pompano or eunfish, diamond
back terrapin, oyster, shrimp, ; crabs, &c."
Mr. Worth says the oyster and fish
interests have been much developed
since the -census of 1880 was taken.
We quote: , ;
'The ovster business" has increased large
ly in every direction and menhaden fishe
ries have been established with an exten
sive oil and fish scrap factory at Beaufort.
The. catch of Spanish mackerel for the
State wis then reported at 10,000 pounds,
and it is; now 150,000 pounds at Beaufort
alone. . i .; -.' .-. :
The total catch of blue fish was put down
at 600,000 pounds and now at Beaufort
alone the catch is 1.500,000 pounds, and so
on in other species."
The Washington letter in the An-
gusta fJhromde of the , 23ra says o
North! Carolina's favorite:
"Senator Vance has received some gentle
reprimands from his preacher friends,
anent his most excusable profanity in re
tort to John Wise s insolence, wnicn was
rapidly apologized for. ' I think that while
the .North Carolina clergymen reel uouna
to make mild expostulation they do not
find forgiveness a difficult task. As for the
massed in North Carolina they do not con
demn the grand old 'Governor who is
filled to overflowing with the-mild of human
kindness, and is only 'a bad man to project
with when provoked beyond ordinary en
durance. Senator Colquitt told Vance that
if the church session summoned him to
answer 'for words spoken in debate,' he
(Colquitt, would go -down to North Caro
lina and volunteer in his defence." , ?r
Colquitt is a Methodist. This re
minis us of Vance's well known saw
about his brother, the General, who
is a ( Methodist also. He said - that
the difference between him and Bob
wafy that Bob believed in falling
from grace and never fell, whilst he
did not believe in falling himself and
yeti he was always falling. - ;
Supreme Conrt. -. -
. : The consideration of appeals at the end
of the docket, as we learn from the News
and Observer, was resumed Wednesday
morning, . and causes were disposed of as
follows: . -
A. D. Waddell. administrator, vs. Fred.
J. awanc, from Sloore; continued by con
sent. ' ; .
J. A. Worthy vs. H. B.Shields,guardian,
irom moore; argued Dy Jttciver. fi; Black
for the plaintiff, and M. 8. Bobbins and
W. Murchison for the defendant.
IA D. Waddell, administrator, vs. Fred.
Jj Swann, from Moore; continued by con
sents ..' ;,;vfcK.i:'-,;;'U'':;Wi
i VanBuren Bryant et als. vs. Albert Mal-
loy et als., from Kichmond; argued by
Strong cs omeaes ior tne piaintm, ana K.
T.-uennew toy Dnet), j. u. Bhaw and
-George Davis ior the defendants. ., ,
, Pending the argument in the last named
case, the court adiourned until 10 o'clock
Thursday morning, . when the argument
was IO IHJ reouiucu. , - ,s ,
W W T:'
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WILMINGTON, N. C,
The Tobaeee Tax. r.- 4 ;
- In accordance ' with a request from Congressman-
Green, who is constantly receiv
ing other letters regarding rebate of the to
bacco tax, Messrs. A 6. Huske & Co., of
Payettevllle, send us the following 1 corres
pondence on the subject between CoL Green
and the, Assistant Secretary of the Trea
sury : ' - . . t . r
Messrs. A: & Huske & Cb.,- FayetteviOe,
N. C: ' . ' -
- Dbas Sirs : Enclosed please Had reply
Of the Assistant Secretary -of the Treasury
in reply-to your letter of inquiry regarding
rebate of tobacco tax. If not sufficiently
explicit, let me" know acd I wilt pnsh in
quiry' further on my return to Washington.
v . ' I am, yours truly.
" - - - . . - - - w. J. Ghbbn. ;
Treasury Department, ) .
' . April 18. 1884. V J
Hon. W.J. Green, FayetteviMe, N. .
SiK-In reDlv to vour letter of tie 17ih
inst., asking when.- where and bylwhom
the claims for rebate of tax on tobacco will
be paid, I have the honor to inform you
that they are paid by Internal revenue war
rants, and the drafts drawn thereon sent to
the claimants through the collectors of
internal revenue. The Department began
the payment of said claims . on the 1 19th
ult.. since which time warrants have been
issued coverins about eighteen thousand of
them. The remainder will be paid as rap
idly as possible. I am, very respectfully,
V. JS. UOOK,
Assistant Secretary. -
Evidently Derange.
An old white man, apparently . about 50 ,J
years of age, and unknown- to the police,
was discovered in. a' private lot, come? of
Fifth and Dock streets, yesterday afternoon
about 1 o'clock, acting in such a strange
manner that the officer who . took him into
custody thought he must be mentally de-'
ranged. He was taken ' to ' the station
house, and upon examination there were
found several string belts around his body,
beneath his outer garments, strung with
old shoe soles, &c. ; and in his pockets
were found pieces, of rock, empty match
boxes, a lot of string, and many other such
articles, which, put together, would make
a large package. One match box was
found to contain 42 cents in money and
another bad In it a small blue pebble, with
sand and cord packed in on top of it. The
other boxes had nothing in them. Chief
Brock attempted to get some information
from him as to his identity and place of
residence, but failed to elicit any response.
The old man is evidently demented, and
may have escaped from some asylum. He
was dressed in a shabby gray suit. :
Hoe Cholera.
; The tornadoes of wind and terrific tiers
in Pender of late are now followed, as we
learn," by a destruetivej epidemic of hog
cholera in that county.! We understand
this severe and fearful disease rages, with
much fatality in nearly every township
there. It seems to be epidemic as well as
contagious, and, as a general rule, defies
all treatment. It has prevailed for several
years there, but never with so much vio
lence and fatality as now. Mr. F. H. Bell,
of Bellsville, in that county, noted as a
successful farmer and stock raiser, has lost
a large number recently of his celebrated
Berkshire hogs by this much dreaded dis
ease. - .
Republican , Dlctrlet Convention : at
GoMaboro.. : -':.; ! !'
A special refort to the Stab, received
last night, says there - was a short but
stormy session of the Republican Conven
tion held at Goldsboro yesterday, for the
Third Congressional District Every coun
ty in the District was represented except
Onslow. . Lott W. Humphrey, of Wayne,
and John S. Leary. (colored), of Cumber
land, were elected delegates to the Republi
can National Convention, with S. H. Bu
chanan, of Moore, and Isham Whitley (col
ored), of JWayne, as alternates. No Presi
dential preferences were expressed.
District Conference.
The next Methodist Annual Conference
of the Wilmington District will be held at
Goshen, Sampson county, the latter part of
July. The Rev. Dr. Bobbitt, Presiding
Elder of this District, expects to attend'
and preside over its deliberations.
At the second Quarterly Conference for
this year of the Topsail Circuit, held at
Herring's Chapel, in Pender, on the 19th
and 20th insts.; the. following gentlemen
were - elected delegates to represent that
circuit- in the District Conference, viz. :
Dr. S. S. SatchweU, John E. Durham.Esq.,
Dr. J. C. Shepherd and Mr. A. Garrison.
Foreign Exports.
The Norwegian barque Albatross, Capt
Olsen, was cleared from this port for Lon
don, yesterday, by Messrs. D.' R. Murchi
son & Co., with 5,059 barrels of rosin,
valued at $6,323.75; also the British
barquentine Braztf, Capt. Davesoa, for St
Iago de' Cuba,5 by Mr. A R. Campbell,
with 257,670 feet of lumber (including 8,578
railroad ties), valued "at $3,890.40. Total
$10,214.15. m m : " 'V
Some apprehension is felt for the
safety of the schooner Femerick, ' Captain
Williams, bound from New York to Jack
sonville, ' Fla., now considerably overdue,
having been out twenty-seven days. Other
vessels that left at the same time and even
after the Femeriek have arrived out' Still
it is hoped that she has only -been subject
to one of those occasional mishaps that re
sult in nothing more serious than may be
incident to the delay experienced and the
fears aroused. Capt Williams, who was
married in this city some four orflve
months ago, is accompanied by his wife.
We hope to be able to announce the glad
tidings of the safe arrival of the missing
schooner in a few days."
Since writing the. foregoing we have
talked with parties .- well versed in nautical
matters one an old sea captain who says
there is really no cause for alarm as yet
Foreign Export. .
The British-barquentine Hattie H., Capt,
Cochran, was cleared from this port for
Hull, Eng., yesterday; by Messrs.' Alex.
Sprunt & Son, with 2.200 barrels of tar
and 1,900 barrels of rosin, valued at $5,740;
also, the schooner WmtlT. Boardman,Capt.
Richardson, for. Pbrt' Castries, St Lucie,
West Indies, by Mr. J. J57. Taylor, with
120,946 feet of lumber valued at $1,680.52.
Total, $7,410.52.
"Cnlcken Dlapnte."
The result of the "chicken dispute" at
Norfolk ' between North Carolina and
Washington City seems to have resulted
verv disastrously to the North Carolinians,
who were badly beaten by the Washington
crowd.. We hear of one "Tar Heel" who
left home with $500 to stake on his favor
its "birds," and returned with just $1.80
in his pockets. There were several wi
mingtonians present - -
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1884.
BRZUBLICAN CONVENTION.
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Appointment or Deleeatea to tne Va-
rlona Conrotlons Slncn WraneUae
; .AmoD ibe Paction An Opposition
Convention, See. : -
The Republican County Convention met
at the Court House in this city yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock. Gen. S..H. Man
ning, Chairman of the County Executive
Committee, called the Convention to order,
and named the following as the committee
on Credentials:' K J. Penny packer, J. O.
Nixori, A. H. Miller, John H. Davis, Lewis
Nixon, John J.-'. Hewlett, Archie L.-Freeman.
- " - - - "
The committee were absent. for some,
time, and when they finally reported, Oen.
Manning announced that the election of a
permanent chairman was in' order, where
upon the names of Geo. W. Price and C.
P. Lockey were placed in nomination. A
ballot was taken and Price ' was declared
elected- He was conducted to the chair
and made a speech to the Convention, in
which he counselled harmony and good
order. - r- . ' '' . ' . . "
r 8. Van Amringe. and Levi . Nixon were
made Secretaries. , 4 ' J .
After some considerable wrangling the
Chairman announced the first business to
be the election of delegates to the State
Convention ; and the following were chosen :
"Delegates W. P. Canaday, 8. H. Man
ning, Geo. W. Price, E. E. Green,
i AlternatesHenry Brewington, John H.
Howe, Levi Nixon. Archie L. Freeman, all
colored. '. . '
. The election of delegates to the Congres
sional District Convention was declared the
next thing in order, and- the following
were selected : . -
: Delegates 8. H. Manning,' Geo. W.
Price, John Holloway, J, E. Taylor. ''
'Alternates Alex. Sampson,: Chas. H.
Miller, Emanuel Nichols, Luke Grady.
; Next in order was the election for Sena
torial delegates, and' the following were
successful: .
Delegates S. Van Amringe, J. II. Dayis,
T. C. Miller, J. K. CuUar.
Alternates Wm. McLaurin, J. D.
Sampson, Paris JotfesGilbert Wingate. r
The business of appointing delegates
having been disposed of, C P. Lockey
moved that the Convention adjourn sine die.
Some other delegates moved that the Con
vention take a recess until the 14th of Oc
tober. - There had been frequent outbursts
of disorder in the Convention before, but
when this stage of the proceedings was ar
rived at the scene between the. Manning
faction and the Hewlett faction, (the for
mer favoring the recess, so as to hold the
present delegates, and the latter insisting
upon a sine die adjournment) was tumul
tuous in the extreme. - -.; v. :
The vote was finally taken, despite the
yells and shouts of the noisy assemblage,
and resulted in a recess being taken until
the 14th of October ensuing, when the
Convention will again assemble and nomi
nate County candidates.
In the Convention the strength was de
cidedly in favor of the Manning faction.
but among the outsiders Hewlett seemed to
have a strong .following.
Some apprehension was felt at first that
the Convention . might develop a serious
row, especially when one of the delegates
from the "Bloody First" walked in with
an "intimidator" in the shape of an axe-
handle in his brawny clutches; but though
there was any amount of that wrangling
and confusion incident to -Republican Con
ventions, there was no serious disturbance
between the contending "fractions."
.ANOTHER CONVENTION.
Upon the adjournment of the Conven
tion a large proportion of the crowd re
mained, .' and after several speeches . by
prominent colored men, among whom
were J. H. Whiteman, W. II. McLanrin,
G. L. Mabson, W. T. A. Cutlar, James A.
Lowrey and Lewis Nixon, on .motion it
was resolved to assemble in mass meeting
to give expression to the dissatisfaction at
the action of the Convention.
Lewis Nixon wa3 called to the chair and
M. W. EL Branch elected Secretary,
The meeting was in session for some
time and a number of speeches were made,
Which abounded in denunciations of Man
ning and his faction, declarations in
favor of Hewlett and : expressions of
disapprobation at the manner in which th
Convention had been conducted; and espe
cially in reference to the presence of a
squad of policemen, which they charged
were put there iot the purpose of intimida
tion. One ef the speakers declared em
phatically that "W. P. Canaday and his
Sherman delegates. - are not the choice
of -the colored "people of New Hanover
county." Elijah Hewlett was endorsed for
Sheriff ef New Hanover county, delegates
were, appointed to the various Conventions,
and a committee of five were appointed to
make arrangements for a mass Convention,
to be held, on the last Wednesday in Au
gust to nominate candidates for the vari
ous county offices.
The following is a list of the delegates
elected:
r " STATE CONVENTION.
Delegates W. H. Howe, Sr., G. L.
Mabson, James Henry, M. W. H. Branch.
Alternates Lewis Nixon, G. A. Hicks,
Chas. P. Geyer, JJ. P. Lockey.
- CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.- -
Delegates W. H. McLaurin," John H.
Whiteman, Paris Jones. ? - - -:
Alternates Edward Thomas, Alex. Mor
ris, DoveDeal." , ".
SENATORIAL CONVENTION. '
Delegates Joaeph Pickett, Jerre" Hew
lett, W. H. Waddell, John Smith.
Alternates-Joscph Hooper, Isaac Biz-
zell," Geo. Batson," B. BTBrOadhurat
The Convention, after considerable more
speechifying, and being pretty effectually
"paralyzed" by Col: Tecumseh Cutlar, ad
journed to the last Wednesday in August.
Fire in Sampson. ' ' ' '
The d welling house of Mr. A J. John
son, near Taylor's Bridge, in . Sampson
county, was considerably ; damaged by fire
several days ago. " It was insured in the
Liverpool, London" Globe, represented
by Messrs. Jno. W. Gordon- & Smith, of
this city.'
8not Himself. .
Montford Holmes, living near.Fayette
ville," committed suicide a few days since
by shooting himself in the head with a pis
tol. He lingered, a day or ' two in great
pain and died from the effects of the wound
on Thursday night last
Rev. D. A. Long is nearly -wel
from his recent railroad accident
Stab..
FORTY-EIGIITII . CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
Petitions Presented in the Senate
, Provision Asked for the Payment or
.. Jurors and Witnesses in V. S. Courts
Debate on thePlenro-Pnenmonla
' Bill Naval Appropriations In the
Uoo.se.' t - i
x - CBr Telegraph to the Morning Star.
- ' SENATE. , ; . (
'' Washington,. April 24.--Among the pe
titions presented and appropriately referred
were the following: . ' - j-M -.
By Mr. Frye, of Maine, from the Gov
ernor, Executive Council,' Sacretary 1 f
State and other citizens of, Maine, praying
that Congress may appropriate money in
aid of the Cotton Exposition at New Or
leans. ;
In presenting the petition, Mr; Frye said.
that Maine was as far, from - Louisiana as
any one could -reach within the limits of
the United States, -. and he Was verv elad
that his State took so much interest in the
New Orleans Cotton 'Exposition. r He sin
cerely hoped a suitable : appropriation for
the Exposition would - be. made by Congress.'-
". - r"'r. f l"-.
-The Chair laid before the Senate a com
munication from the Attorney-.General, re
questing mat immediate provision be mape
by a-Jomr resolution- Congress for the
payment of jurors and witnesses for the
United States courts. The sum recom
mended is $60,000. The Attorney General
states that the courts are in session all ever
the country, and "there is no money to pay
urors or witnesses. - - - j i ;
At the expiration of the morning busi
ness, the1 Senate proceeded to the calendar,
first taking up the bill to provide for the
disposal of abandoned military reserva
tions. . , '
After an amendment on the motions of
Messrs. Mandcrson, Conger, Bowen and
others, the bill was passed. It authorizes
the President whenever in his opinion any
portion of the military reservation becomes
useless, he shall Dlace it in charge of the
Secretary of tne Interior, who shall nave it
surveyed, sub-divided, appraised and sold. .
The bill amending tne Kevised btatutes,
relating to trespassers on the Indian lands,
was read a third time and passed. It adds
imprisonment to the tine already - provided
for. x
At two o'clock the chair laid before the
Senate the unfinished business: being the
bill to provide for a bureau of animal in
dustry, and to suppress the cattle disease.
Mr. Mcrnerson moved to recommit tne
bill.1 While Mr. Morgan was speaking in
opposition to the bill Mr. Plumb's attention
was diverted and the question was put on
the motion to -recommit andhhe Chair,
upon a viva voce vote, had got so far as to
announce that the "ayes seem to have it,"
when Mr. Flumb rose to speak. The Chair
said the only thing: in order was as to
Whether there should be a division of the
Senate. On the suggestion of Mr. Hoar,
however, the matter was treated as though
the question had not been put " i - -Mr.
Plumb then addressed the Senate in
reply to the objections made to the bill and
in opposition to the motion made to recom
mit He said it would be destructive to
the bill and an indication that the Senate
did not want to pass any bill on the sub-'
ject of cattlejdi8ease8 at this session.
Ihe remainder of the session was con
sumed in debate between Messrs.. Ingalls
and McPherson on th&: pending bill. Fi
nally, Mr. Jones, of 'Fla., took the floor,
but gave way to a motion that tne senate
go into executive session. Alter a lew
minutes spent in executive session, tne
doors were reopened and the Senate at 5.i0
m. adjourned. A
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
At the conclusion of the call of commit
tees, the House at 12.40 went into commit
tee of the .Whole, Mr. Converse, of Ohio,
in the chair, for the consideration of the
Senate amendments to the Naval Appropri
ation bill.' - ,4
Mr. Wilson gave notice that to-morrow,
at 2 o'clock, he would call up, in order to
move its reference to committee and make
some remarks on the subject involved, his
bill on inter-State commerce. .
No opposition to ' the recommendation
of non-concurrence was made until the
amendment appropriating $400,000 to com
plete the ordnance outfit of the new t crui
sers was reached, when Mr. Blackburn
moved concurrence. : He would vote,: he
said, for non-concurrence in all the Senate
amendments except this one. This amend
ment had been put on in the Senate on mo
tion of the Senator from his own btate.
The Government had begun the construc
tion of four vessels, costing in , the aggre
gate $3,000,000. and the amendment simply
proposed to provide for an . armament to
put on those ships. " ; He had not voted for
the construction of those vessels; he had
.not favored it; but with S3, 000. 000 invested
already he was not willing to go before the
country as refusing to appropriate $400,000
to make these ships efficient
Mr. Blackburn s motion was agreed to
114 to 2 and Mr. Randall gave notice that
he would demand the ayes and nays in the
House.
Mr. O Neill, of Fa., moved to concur
in the amendment for additional cruisers
with an amendment providing that at least
three of tne vessels - shall be constructed in
United States navy yards. Upon! this
motion another long and acrimonious po
litical debate arose, which ended in the de
feat of the motion, and . the remainder of
the Senate amendments were non con
curred in.
The committee then rose and the House
agreed to its report on concurrence in
the ordnance amendment yeas 136, nays
106. . " ' ' : .
Mr. Kasson withdrew the point of order
which had sent the postofflce appropria
tion bill and senate amendments to the
committee of the Whole, and the House
proceeding . to their consideration.' The
amendments were non-concurred in.
The House then, at 4.30 p. m., took a
recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session
to be for debate on the tariff bill. r t .-
Th e Naval Appropriation Bill A Bill
' to Enlarge the Powers, of the Depart
ment of A urlcult are Interest ate
" Commerce Bill for the HellefofMy
ra Clark Gaines, &c. ' -
i - SENATE. - ..:,
. Washington, April 25. The Chair laid
before the Senate a message from the
House, non-concurring - in the - Senate
amendments to the Naval Appropriation
bill, with the exception of the amendment
providing for the armament of the steel
cruisers already in r course of construction.
Mr. Hale, in moving that the Senate in
sist on its amendments and appoint
committee of conference, said that the
House had . rejected the. amendments pro
viding for additional cruisers, for the com
pletion of an iron clad monitor, for the
Gltine ud of the navy yards in order that
they may be enabled to compete with naval
builders, the amendment reviving tne gun
foundry board, and that providing for ad
ditional guns and - armament for : the navy
generally. Mr. Hale's motion was agreed to.
Proceeding io the calendar, the Senate
took up the bill reported by Mr. Plumb,
from the committee on Agriculture and
Forestry, to enlarge the powers "and duties
.of the Department of Agriculture, j The
bill enlarges that department to an execu
tive department or tne government, under
the supervision or tne secretary oi Am
culture, to receive the same salary as; Sec
retaries of other executive Departments.
: Mr. Kenna offered as a substitute the bill
heretofore submitted by him. The substi
tute provides for the creation of an execu
tive department to be known as the De
partment of Industries, to be in charge of
the Secretary of Industries. . The depart
ment is to comprise separate divisions of
sericulture, commerce, manufactures; etc.
to be under the supervision of experts in
the several sublects or division. ; :.
' ! Mr. Bavard thought the subject covered
by the bill and substitute (as contemplating
an 'addition to the cabinet .officers of the
government) too important to be disposed
of r properly debated without a careful
consideration oi tne measures presented,
t The matter went over for the present
: A message was received from the House
announcing non-concurrence m tne senate
amendments to the f ost umce Appropria
tion bilL - . -
i On motion of Mr. Plumb the Senate in-
NO. 27
aisled on its amendments, and the chair
anDointed Messrs. Plnmh All! Dnn on1
Beck a committee on the part of the Senate
to comer wiin a use committee on the part
of the House.- - ;
Another mnmm' nnnnnnrWI that tho
House had agreed to the report of the Con-"
icrence commiuee on tne diuerences in re
lation to the Special Deficiency Appropria
tion bill. - - -
On motion of Mr. Allison th Senate. un
agreed. -
v The chair announced as a committee ot
conference on the nart of Mia
gardin the disagreeing votes of the two
Hnnao. vm .Ka V.w.l .'A ......... 1 ...
Messrs. Hale. Logan and Beck. ? ; v :
. At 2 oVInrfe Mr WilaAn nswirdini 4
previous: notice," addressed, the Senate on
ma joini resolution recenuy submitted and
several bills already introduced relating to
inter-State commerce. - The resolution, on
motion of Mr. Wilson, was deferred to the
committee on Railroads. ;. . , .
-The pleuro-pneumonia bill was taken up,
andMr. Jones, of Fla., spoke against and
Mr
r. wuiiams in lavoroi it - ; . ;
Mr. Plumb said that he would on Mon
day
ask the Senate to pnma tn a imtB rn
tbi
to
the bfiLl . . . , . ; v ..
The Senate then, at 5.05 p.' m.,ad journed
iuoouay. .... , - : - - - . ;
HOUSE.OF JJEPBJ3NTATIVES,
In his prayer this morning J he .Chaplain
! the HoilSO invflbAfl flivfrio nrntoMinn nn
of
tn
tne Greely Relief Expedition, and divine
aid fori the successful termination of its
mission., - - ,. . : . ."
On. motion nf "Mr FToaiitt nf Alo M.o
Senate amendments were concurred in to
me oui creating an additional judicial dia
trictin Alabama. r'; '
The House then at la ftS nVWt ,
tion of Mr. McMillan, of Tehn., went into
committee of the Whni Mr tvi. nf
TT in the chair, on the private calendar.
up io; o ou p. m., tne time of the com
mittee was consumed in consideration of
the bill for the relief of Myra Clark Gaines.
At that hour the committee arose to enable
Mr. Randall to submit the
port on the little deficiency bill. ': He ex
piainea inat tne main point of difference
between the two houses was to the Senate
amendment striking nut the. fla
iting volunteer service in any department
in advance or appropriations. The confe
rence committee had agreed upon a com
promise, retaining nrohihition hnt erfmt..
ing from its provisions cases of emergency
luvoiving me ano property. The report
was agreed to and the committee of the
Whole reBiimp.fl its sraftlnn A fter further
discussion the Gaines bill was laid aside
with favorable recommendation. It nntho.
rizes the issue of patents for so much of
38,457 acres claimed by Mrs. Gaines as
have not been disposed nf hv the TTnited
States and provides that she shall be paid
at tne rate oi $1.35 per acre for 6uch as
have been disposed of.
' After actio? fftvomhl-o- nh kwrsl nthr
bills the committee rose.
The unfinished" business coming over
from last Friday was the bill relievfnff cer
tain soldiers of the late war from the
charge of desertion.
. jut.; steel, or lnd., moved to refer the
bill to the committee nn Militarv Affniha .
" Pendinsr a vote the hour of 5. n'r.lor.k ar--
riveu,- ana tne xiouse xook a recess until
' 1 - " 3 a TT .am
7.30, the evening session to be for the con
sideration of pension bills.
The House, at the evenintr Rpssirm n.iss.
ed fifteen pension bills, and at 9.50 p. m.
j . j . -1 . . .
aujourueu uuiu to-morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker announced the appointment
oi tne rouowmg uonierence committees :
On the Naval Appropriation bill Messrs,
Hutchins, Randall and Calkins. " V '
On the Post Office Appropriation billW
Messrs. 1 ownshend, Holman and Horr.
Mr, Cox, of New York, from the com
mittee on Naval Affairs, asked leave to re
port for present consideration Senate joint
resolution granting permission to Ensign
Reynolds, U. S. N., who is now on, duty
with the Ureely relief expedition, to accept
a decoration of the Royal and Imperial Or-
der.of Francis Joseph, from the govern
ment of 'Austria.
Mr. Robinson, of New York, objected.
saying, nowever, tnat ne was willing to
tender the thanks of Congress to this young
man, an honor compared with which these
ribbons were nonsense. ;
The House then proceeded to the consid
eration of the special order, being the bill
to remove certain burdens on the American
merchant marine, and to encourage the
American foreign carrying trade.
After reading the report Mr. olocum, of
N. T., was awarded the floor. Our navi
gation laws, he said, like those relating to
militia, had not been changed in . the past
century. They were to-day just what they
were eighty years ago. ; For fifty .years
they had been precisely the same as those
of the English thirty years ago. . England
bad changed her laws, and her commercial
marine; had increased vastly ; Irom that
modification, and the bill under considera
tion proposed to make our laws somewhat
similar to the' changes made by England.
The subject had attracted the attention of
the people, and tms measure was intended
simply i to sweep away some old laws
which ship owners, ship masters and mer
chants of the country argued should be
eradicated irom the statute oooks. it con
tained no provision which was pot unani
mously recommended by the shipping com
mittee,; and if it were to pass, it must pass
to-day. He would not detain the House
by any further discussion. . -
After speeches by Messrs. Deuster, Cox;
of N. iY., Parker and Fmdlay, the bill
was read by sections for amendments
Mr. Hatch, of Mich., offered an amend
ment excluding from the provisions of sec
tion 11, vessels navigating the great lakes
or water connections of the same, the St.
Lawrence river or Gulf of Mexico, and ves
sels engaged in the coastwise trade.
In the course of a brief discussion of the
amendments. Me. Hatch, as a protective
tariff man, declared himself in favor of
free ships. "
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Hewitt of N. Y., moved to amend
the section which abolishes consular fees
and authorizes the Secretary of the Trea
sury to allow such consular officers as are
paid in whole or in part by fees, such com
pensation for their services "as they -would
have received prior to the passage of this
act, by adding the words not to exceed the
aggregate, in any fiscal year, of the amount
of fees collected at each consulate Tor such
services for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1883. f Agreed to. ,
' On motion of Mr. Slocum the 14th sec
tion was amended so as to read as follows
"Section 14. That in lieu of a tax on ton
nage of 30 cents per ton -ter annum, here
tofore imposed ; by law, a duty of three
cents per ton, and not to exceed in the ag
gregate fifteen cents per ton in any one
year, is hereby imposed at each entry on all
vessels which shall be entered in any port
of the United States from any foreign port
or place in North America,. Ucntrai Ame
rica, j: West India ' Islands, Bahama
Islands, Bermuda Islands, Sandwich Is-
landsj or .Newfoundland: and a duty or o
cents per ton and not to exceed 30 cents per
ton per annum, is hereby imposed at each
entry I on all vessels which shall be entered
in thefUnited States from anv foreign ports
Provided, that the President of the United
States shall - suspend the collection of so.
much of the duty herein imposed on ves
sels entered from any port in the Dominion
of Canada, Newfoundland. Bahama - Is
lands! Bermuda Islands. West India Is
lands. Mexico and Central America down
to and including Aspin will and Panama
as may be in excess of the tonnage and
lighter dues or other equivalent tax or taxes
. a A 1 .1.
lmposeu uu juiwiiuui vcbbkui uy ui go
vernment of the foreign country in which
such port is situated; and shall, on the pas
sage of this act and .from time to time
thereafter, as it may become neces
sary,! by reason of changes in the
laws! of the foreign countries : above
mentioned, indicate - by proclamation
ports to which such suspension shall apply
and tne raie or rates oi tonnage uuiy, l
anv. to be collected under such suspension
and provided further, that all vessels which
shall have paid the tonnage tax imposed
by section 4.219 of the Revised Statutes for
the current year shall not .be liable to the
tax herein levied until the expiration of the
certificate ef the last payment of tax.
The words "not to exceed thirty. cents
per ton per annum" were- inserted, on mo
tion or jut. u-.wem.-or ra;
Mr. Adams, of N- Y.. moved io amend
section 15, which abolishesJthe'marine hos
pital tax, by applying its provisions as well
to vessels engaged in coastwise as to
lH08e engaged in foreign trade.; ; Adopted.
ja mwion oi jar. ueorge, or Oregon,
an amendment was adopted providing that
.vuviis oniimg n - yvno ui entry - ox tne-
United States laden with coal. salt, railrnart
iron and other like material, in bulk, may '
proceed to a .place within that collection
aistrict, to be sDeciaJlvj desifmatMl hir -thi.
Swretary of the Treasury,, at the expense
of the person interested, for the
unloading their cargoes. . : , . ? -
Mr. Cox, of New York, offered an
amendment providing that from and after
the passage of this act it shall be lawful
j wwwu v f ut7 uuiwu pwm io 1LU-- - . t- v- 'j-'f
port iron or steel built steamships of not " " 41
less than 4,000 tons measurement -free of ?2"tSl
TOT onv MhTan nr 111. TT..'aJ o... - . .
duty, and such ships shall be admitted to'-"v-'l'
American - registry ; provided, that said J '-f
ships shall be the exclusive property of a "'' --."?'."". i
citizen or citizens of the United States ; and
provided further, th at such ships shall be
Muuuniiiuui uuttstwise trace. ;. - : , . .
Ns. Slocum obiected to this amenrfmenf '
out of a desire- to keep the bill in such -shapeTts-would
make it the least obiee '"
tipnable to special Interests. . The Maine .
iaemoers, ana - otners representing 8hm
building constituencies, opposed the amenJ
ment on principle. -."r
ft Mr. Hammond, of Ga.,r thought that to '
pats the bill without the amendment would --5-SJ.f
be t like feeding an elephant on goat's milk. ;
In j the name! of common sense, if : the '-" ' S v 'A
House intended to encourage the building -of
ships, let ' it do something that looked ' r
like encouraging it , - : ? -
t The amendment wasargreed to vess 111 1 .
nays 69. . .- -,p-, - . i-.
On motion of Mr. Hewitt of N. Y.. an ':
amendment was adopted providing" that -.
the -expense of maintaining the Marine
tiospitai service, shall be defrayed put of
the rates from tonnage. ': i - .-s I ,
Mr. Townshend, of His., -wished to ;
offer an amendment for free material, but I,
he was cut out by a demand for the pre-; s
vious question. U - v -
the bill was then passed. H V ' ; r
Mr." Barnes, of Mo., from the' Commit- '
tee on Appropriations: reported the Pnn.
sular and Diplomatic appropriation bill and -
it was reierrea to tne uommutee of the
Whole. . ' . - -. I "t
J '' OHIO. '-"-jC
Republican State ' Convention Sher- "
man .Delegates - Elected The Plat- -form
Adopted &c
Cleveland. April 22. McKinlev. Chair- .
man of. the Republican Convention, was
escorted to the chair by the committee, and
made a brief and eloquent speech. The
names of Blaine, Sherman, Arthur, Grant,"
Lincoln, Edmunds and Garfield, were vo
ciferously applauded as they were . named
ny me speaKer.
lhe erder of business adopted was to ..."
nominate candidates for Secretary of State, '
supreme juage, member or the Board of
Public Works, and delegates at-large. . On '
the third ballot J. 8. Robinson, 'of Hardin
countyj was chosen candidate for Secre
tary of State. While , the ballots were 7
being counted, the Committee on Resolu
tions reported, and the platform was read.
The resolutions were adopted.but after adop-
tion were reconsiae rea ana recomminea.
Hon. Wm. McJohnson.present Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, was renominated ; .
for member or the lioard or Public Works,
Captain Flickinger, of Defiance; was nomi
nated unanimously. Judge J. B. Foraker
was then nominated by acclamation as
delegate at large. ; u ,
The following names were placed in
nomination as candidates for delegates at
large: Judge West; Gen. John Beatty, of
Columbus i Walter 8. Thomas; colored, of
ueiaware; Jacob A. Ambler, of Colum
biana ;" Samuel Craighead,' of Montgomery ;
jonn jr. ween, colored, or uuynaga; tev.
James Poindexter, colored, bf Columbus;
Hon. S. 8. Warner, of Wellington: and
Wm. McKinly, Jr. When Mr. McKinly's
name was mentioned a motion was made
to nominate him by acclamation. ; He, be-
ing the presiding officer, modestly refused
to put ! the motion, but Gen. Grosvener -
stepped to the front and put the motion,
and it was carried with enthusiasm. Mc
Kinly is not committed, but is considered .
to be for Sherman. He insisted that he
should not be elected. He had promised
friends he would not be a candidate as long
as certain gentlemen were in the field,
naming Messrs. Ambler and Hanna, and he
could not accept. Voices "You cannot
withdrawl" "No! Nol" He persisted in
declaring that he was not to be considered
as elected. On the question as to Whether
two or three delegates were to be elected.
he decided that there were to be three. An
appeal was taken and the decision was not
sustained, nut ne announced tnat three del- .
egates were yet to be elected, and a ballot
was taken. Before the announcement of the
vote could be made, there was a rush to
change from various candidates to McKin
ly, whereupon Judge .West moved that
hie be elected by acclamation. The motion
was carried unanimously, amid cheers. '
' A motion was then made to elect Judge
West by acclamation, which was tabled
and a ballot ordered. Before the vote was
announced a motion was made to elect
Marcus A Hanna by acclamation, which
was carried. This is regarded as another
Sherman j victory. A motion to suspend
the rules and elect Beatty (another Sherman
man,) by acclamation was lost As the
balloting proceeded many changes of votes
were j made. , Judge West received 390 :r
votes, and , was declared elected as the
fourth delegate. Gen.'Beatty received 252.
votes. The votes of the other candidates
Were not announced. .-.
The following alternates were elected:
Rev.-Jas.; Poindexter, colored, of Colum
bus; Graham Duell, colored, of Clarke r
county; Jno. P. Green, colored, of Cleve-"
land, and Robert Harlan, colored, of Cin
cinnati. ; . "-,",-' - T .. ;,'"
i Gen. Beatty and Gen. James M. Comly
were chosen Presidential electors at large.
The committee On Resolutions, to whom
the platform had been recommitted, re
ported as follows: That the Republican
party approves the policy of protection, and
it favors its application without discrimi
nation to American industries, thereby se
curing employment at remunerative wages ' -to
American labor; that it is in favor of
collecting an adequate revenue to defray -..
the proper expenses of the government - -rrom
duties on foreign imports and proper?
internal taxation, and that it condemns the"
Democratic doctrine of a tariff for revenue
only as destructive to the business interests :
of the country; that the doctrine of the -Democratic
party, favoring the putting of
what is. improperly called raw material
such as- ore, pig iron, wooL &c. on the
free list, is dangerous, and if carried out -will
be destructive of the best interests of .
the nation; that the reduction of duties on '
imported wools, made by . the act of
188, !, haa: seriously ' injured ,the prospe
rity of an important agricultural pursuit in
which more than a million of our citizens
are engaged; and unless this legislation be '
amended the business of wool growing will '
be paralyzed, if it be not transferred: to T :
other nations. Therefore,, we demand the
restoration of the wool tariff of 1837, which
gave the first and only " substantial protec- V
tion ever offered to husbandry in the Uni-"
ted States. "That the Republican party j
having aided labor liberating it when de-:
pressed, giving to it homesteads in the pub-!
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ne uora&m, sou ouppurnog ecuuois at puu
lic expense for children of all classes,: re
cognizes more fully than ever the great in-
terests ot American moor, iia ciaim upon
the care of the government, and its right to'
consideration with capital. That the Re
publican party stands by its legislation,
known as the Scott law, and condemns the
want of sincerity of the Democratic party -in
respect thereto. :- That the position of
the Republican party touching civil ser
vice, i as repeatedly expressed through
its . : conventions and "- exemplified - by
its legislation, faithfully, administered,
is heartily endorsed. That the Republican
party is in favor of maintaining the equal
civil rights of all classes of citizens under,
guarantees of the laws and the constitution
in all parts of the United States, and it also
demands that the elective franchise shall be
respected, to the end that every voter shall
have a free ballot ..which shall be honestly
counted. That we heartily approve and
endorse the administration of President
Arthur, both in his foreign and domestic
policies. : . v - v: : , . -.
; The resolution referring to the Scott law,
was stricken:' out, because objection was
made to fighting a national campaign on
State issues. ' The other resolutions were
unanimously adopted and the Convention
adjourned sine die. " - - . K
Two of the alternates at large are said to
be for Blaine; Poindexter for Sherman, and
Harlan for Arthur. Hon. Wm. McKinley,
being asked his preference for Presidential
candidates said ' to an Associated Press re
porter, "I absolutely haven't any." , . .
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