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ALBANY REGISTER.
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V. relal Paper for Or kb.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1874.
Press of matter upon our column?
this morning compels us to defer any
remark upon the Democratic Con
vention or the platform adopted b" it.
We shall pay oar respects to it next
week, lit the mean time we may be
permitted to remark that its most
prominent feature was it "adjourn
ing" prochrllttes.
The Supreme Court of New
Mexico has decided tliat the Pueb
los Iudians of that Territory are
citizens. They number 8,000. They
live in villages, cultivate the soil,
and are said to be remarkable for
industry and sobriety.
.:
Ttie estimates of the cost of the
proposed branch railroad from the
line of the Northern Pacific to
Olyrapm, a distance of 14.83 miles,
range rrom $154,000 to $181,000
Cheap enough. Now, will it be
built?
At a meeting of retail grocers in
San Francisco on the evening of the
13th, bitter speeches were made
against the ladies temperaiioe move
ment, and resolutions adopted to
organize for vigorous opposition to
it, and to the passage of the pro
posed ordinance by the Board of
Supervisors discriminating against
their class.
On last Wednesday the P. M. S.
Company's new steamer, City of
Pekin, was launched at Chester,
Pa. She will be the second largest
vessel in the world, being about
5,000 tons burden, and built entire,
ly of American material. Another
vessel of the came class will be
launched io about thirty days.
Recently at the regular half-
yearly meeting of the Directors of
the Bank of England, in London,
it was announced that the total ex
pense incurred in the pursuit and
prosecution of the two 1 5 id wells and
McDonald, the parties who com
mitted frauds on the Bank, was
$46,000.
Saturday morning, just before
daylight, a chimney in a Detroit
hoarding house was burned out,
and there was great excitement, it
being the belief that the house
would go. The landlady rushed
up stairs and pounded at the doors,
screaming to the boarders to get up.
All jumped out but a Toledo man,
audi as she rattled away he called
put : " What's the row ?" "Get up !
gat up! The honse is on fire!'' she
screamed. "It is, eh ?" he growled
back. "Well, what's that to me?
I don't own the old caravansary,
doir
It is said that there is a dog in
Iowa which its owner, a farmer
named Tremaine, values at $82,.
000,000. We have dog ourselves
which we value somewhere in the
neighborhood of tlt sum, but to a
warm personal friend who wanted
him badly, and seemed to tbiiuc he
cou'dn't get along without him, it
is not wholly impossible that, in a
inomest of convivial joy, when the
fioart heats hSgh and warm with
iiance and song and banquet wine,
we might jbs.juduced to sejl him for
fifty xnteGnurieJamal,
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The House Judiciary Committee
are at work remodeling tie Bank-
reft bill in such a way that it
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DEMOCRATIC STATE t-OXVESTIO.
Albany, Wednesday March 18, 1874.
This Convention met In the Court Hon'
of Albany, and was called to order hi 10 A.
M.. whan a temporary ooranltatton as
elreSll)y Ore election Of J. 8. M. Van
Cleave temporary Chairman and Mr. Mo
1'liwWa, Secretary.
A committee on creuent wis was men v"
Sointed, and a resolution adopting an Or
er of Business (th same that was after
ward adopted) ottered and voted down,
when the Convention adjourned.
About ljf P. M. the Convention was call
od to order, and the report of the Commit
tee on Credentials presented and adopted.
On motion of Ben). Hayden. Messrs. an
Cleave, McPherson and Galloway were
elected permanent officer of tlie Conven
tion, the first nanied ns Chairman and the
other two as Secretaries. The resolution
on Order of Business was then referred to
a committee with H. KUppcl, of Jackson
county, as Chairman. A Committee on
Resolutions was then appointed, consist
ing of oik delegate from each County, with
Mr. Bellinger as chairman.
The Convention then adjourned.
The Convention was called together
twice again durlngthe afternoon, but done
no husincss, and finally adjourned until 7
P. M.
At 7 P.M. the Convention was called to
order, and the Committee on Order of
Business presented their report, which
was adopted. The following wastlieorder
adopted: . , ,
1, Election of Permanent offices. 2, Plat
form. 8, Nominations for candidates for
Governor. 4, ror Congress. 5, Secretary
of State. , State Treasurer. 7,State Prin
ter. 8, Superintendent of Public lnstruc
lion. 9, Ratification of the District nomi
nee. 10, Klectton of StateCoiitralOommit
tee. 11, Selection of place fur next State
Convention.
THE PLATFORM
Was then presented by Mr Bellinger:
SendveA, 1st, We declare our unfaltering
devotion to the Constitution of the Cnited
State and to the Union of the States thero
bv established, and we affirm that the peo
ple of the several States have the sole and
exclusive right of governing themselves
us free, sovereign and Independent States,
subject only to the limitations of the Con
stitution and that all powers not herein
expressly granted to the national govern
ment, are reserved to the States respect
ively ; and we deny the right of the Fed
eral Govern ment, through the treaty ))w
er, to permanently domictl Mongolians
within any State, without the consent of
the Legislature thereof.
id. We altirin that the greatest danger
with which we are now threatened Is the
corruption and extravagance which exists
in high official places ; and we do declare,
as the cardinal principle ot our future po
litical action that retrenchment, economy,
and reform are imperatively demauded in
all the Governments of the people. Feder
al, as well as State and municipal ; and we
here proclaim ourselves the uncompromis
ing foes of ring politicians, and land mo
nopolists, whoever they may be, and wher
ever they may be found, whether they are
in officii or out, and we appeal to honest
men everywhere, without regard to past,
political affiliations, to Join us in branding
as they deserve these corrupt leeches on
the body politic, and assisting ns to purge
official stations of their unwholesomeness
and baneful presence.
Sd, The present Federal administration,
by its utter inability to comprehend the
dignity or responsibilities of the duties
J rub which it is charged ; by its devotion
o personal and ri Isan interests; by its
weak and incompetent management of the
national finances ; by its unwarranted in
terference with the local self government
of the people, by its support of the corrupt
governments whiuh it has imposed by its
power upon several of the States of the
Union, by its complicity with corrupt
practices and scandals In various quarters,
and by its appointment of notoriously in
competent men to high official positions
has justly brought upon itself the condem
nation of the American people.
4th, That the persistent interference by
Federal officials in loud elect ions in the use
of large sums of money to defeat the vote
of the people through the ballot deserves
and receives onr severest condemnation.
nth. That corporations are the creations
of law ; that their franchise and privileges
are granted to subserve the public interest:
and when these are used to subvert the
objects of their creation and for purposes
of oppression and extortion we declare it
to he the right and duty of the legislature
to regulate and control such corxrations
in their dealings with the neonle. and es
pecially those engaged In the business of
common carriers.
6th, That we favor a speedy return
to specie payment, and favor a Just and
equal taxation for the support of the Fed
eral and State Governments, and that we
are opposed to all discriminations in the
assessment of Federal revenue for the pur
pose of protection.
7th, That the free navigation and Im
provemen t of t he Corauibla River, the con
struction of a breakwater at Port Orford,
the improvement of the Coanlllc and Wil
lamette Kivers, and the construction of
the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Kail
road, are Imperatively demanded by the
commercial interests of this Slate, and
that the Federal Government ought by all
proper means to assist those measures:
that we are In favor of the bill now before
Congress generally knownasthe Portland.
Dalits) and Salt Lake Railroad Bill: and
that we also Savor the early completion of
the ( iregon ana aiitornia uaiirnau to the
sou t hern boundary of the State.
8th, That we deprecate all measures in
the Interest of capitalists and monopolists
against lalior, licllevlng that distinctions,
if distinctions should be made, should be
made In favor of the laboring class, who
constitute the mass of our t it izens and the
producers of the wealth and property of
our country, we inereroieapprovc ot the
declared principles and sympathize with
the avowed object of the organization
known as the Patrons of Husbandry, and
with those of all other orders having for
their objects retrenchment nn d reform in
public affairs and the social advancement
of the people.
0th, That we are opposed to a monopoly
In the publication and sale of books used
in the common schools of this State, and
we are in favor of amending the existing
law In relation u such books, so as to take
away from the publishers of the Pacific
Coast Series of Readers and Spellers the
privileges in relal ion thereto, which they
now enter.
10th, That the act relating to the fees of
Sheriffs and Clerks ought to V so amend
ed -cither by nuking such officers salaned
or by reducing the fees now attached to
the atme-m shall nance the compensa
tion received by such officers to a fair re
muneration, and nothing more, for the
men rWMltMOf them; that the Con
sUtatlon ongfct to be so amended that all
printing for the State, after the expiration
www mponnnie oiuaer; that
TVUian Should he
oorremond aa norir
those efcaigad for private
I lunate oblart of
wwwi mm aniens
res. liberty, unmertv anil th
pamUot bapplrxw; that Jo aooomplbb
.Tedueedsoas to
UttLTtat
govern
in
this direct means only should bo resorted
to ; that the good resulting from a depart
ure from this rule Is temporary, the evil
lasting., Wo are therefore opposed to the
State engaging in the purchase, teasing
or speculating in property of any kind,
except such only as Is necessary for con
ducting the ordinary functions of the
Government.
i Tim wit fuvnr I.M ftnmmtlata eon.
st ruction of a good and serviceable wagon
road along the south lionk of the Colom
bia River from the mouth of Sandy" River
to the Italics.
13th. That the compensation of all offi
cers should be only such as will be a just
remuneration for their services.
Ben Hayden moved the following as an
amendment to the 7lh resolution.
ft-Vived. That wc are in favor of Con
gressional aid for the construction of the
Port land, Italics A Salt Luke Railroad, and
'also for continuing the Oregon Central
Railroad between St. Joe nnd Junction
Cltv.
The amendment was carried nnani-
uionslv. ' . u.
Mr. llavden next offered the following
as an additions! resolution, and it was
adopted without dissent :
R sottnl. That we are in favor of free
trade and direct taxation.
Mr. Holmes, of Polk, moved tho follow
mg as another additional resolution:
fonolv That we are in favor of the re
neol of tho Litbiant Act.
Mr. Bellliigersiilnnitted that if the re
port was to lie weighted down in this man
ner by matters not exactly Democratic, it
had better lie referred. There werealready
anemone in it witnont i he addition jum
proposed. Them had been introduced an
opinion on tree trade, when it tiireuaycon
taincd a resolution of protective tariffs.
and he must certainly oppose a resolution
for the repeal of the Litigant Act so long
as the report contained an expression of
opinion favoring a reduction of the rates
forprlnting.
Mr. Hayden replied that he had support
ed the Litigant Act in the Legislature; he
saw the obnoxious results of t hat act, mid
as a Democrat he was in favor of its repeal;
he thought it nothing but right that the
Democratic party who passed the measure
should come forward and demand its re
peal, now that they saw the disastrous ef
fects it had had. Solar as loading down
the platform with measures not Demo
cratic was concerned be would onlv any
Unit if free trade and direct taxation to
support the affairs of our Government
were not Democratic -principles then he
was not n Democrat, in the sense of the
honorable delegate from Multnomah ; he
apprehended he had a perfect right to in
troduce tlie resolution. The committee
were not thegreattriAfrim(lnughterand
cheers) of that Convention. Asafrec man
and Democrat lie apprehended he had a
Ierfect right, so long as he was in order,
to introduce any amendment or addition
to the platform lie thought desirable.
Mr. Holmes' resolution was then put and
carried by 45 votes to 4.
A motion to adjourn was next made and
lost.
Subsequently the platform and resolu
tions, as amended and added to. were sub
mitted to the Convention seriatim and
adopted.
Mr. J. R. La id of Multnomah, moved
that in the selection of candidates tho vot
ing he by haunt.
Colonel White, ot Clackamas, moved as
an amendment that the voting be viva
voce.
An animated discussion ensue , result
ing in the adoption of the amendment by
a vote of 81 to 4ft.
KOXISATIONS IN ORDER.
Mr. Pitch motfed that all candidates, it
present, be called upon to announce their
positionson the platform, which motion
was adopted. -
L. T. Grover was then nominated and
fame to the front witli his little piece. At
its conclusion-a delegate moved the nom
ination of L. F. Grover by acclamation,
which motion prevailed, and L. F. Grover
was renominated for the office of Governor.
A motion to adjorn was lost. Nomina
tions for
COXGBSSSMAN
Wore next in order, and the following
named gentleman were placed in nomina
tion: T. A. LaDow, of I'matilla county;
W. W. Page, of Multnomah ocunty; J. W.
Mesmlth.ofPolk; 8. F.Chadwick, ol Ma
rion ; Ben Hayden, of Polk ; J. H. Reed, of
Multnomah.
ChodwirJcand Hayden were subsequent
withdrawn. On second ballot LaDow was
declared the nominee of the Convention
for Congress. Hon. 8. F. (.'had wick was
then placed in nomination for Secretary of
State, and a motion made that the nomi
nation be declared unanimous which mo
tion prevailed.
For State Treasurer there were six nom
inations: L. Flelsehner, of Multnomah;
O. a, savage, of Wasco; Henry KUppcl, of
Jackson : A H. Brown, of Baker ; M. Meyer,
of Marion, and W. G. Scoggin, of Washing
ton. After two ballots without electing, Con
vention adjourned until 9 o'clock Thurs
day morning.
On Thursday morning the Convention
met, and after the fifth ballot Mr Baker
was declared the nominee of the Conven
tion for Treasurer.
The following gentlemen were then
placed in nomination for Slate Printer:
Mart. V.Brown, of Linn; John Curry, of
Multnomah : J. M. Shepherd, of Baker ;
and P. D. Hull of Jackson.
As Mart. got. away with 85 of the 123 votes
cast, he was declared the nominee of the
Convention for State Printer. Being call
ed upon, he came to the front, and said :
I accept the nomination of State Printer
because I wanted it. As my friend Ben
Hayden says tho platform Is elected, I pro
pose to come in on top of that platform."
For School Superintendent there were
three nominations: Dr. Dawne proved to
be the strongest man of the three, and was
declared the nominee of the Convention
for State .Superintendent of Public Schools.
District nominations were made, Central
Committee appointed, etc., when the Con
vention adjourned.
Tlie Cubans in New York City
have received information of an up
rising of the slaves on tlie sugar es
tates in the district of Marct, about
forty-five miles from Havana, in
the neighborhood of Bahai Honda.
The uprising began on the estates
Juquirre, and was fomented by poor
planters, who are of the impression
that if the slaves should rise in
their vicinity the authorities would
feel bound to arm the whites to
maintain their power at borne, and
sent to fight, on the eastern side of
the Island. Tbs Captain General
has ordered troons to the vicinity
Prince Bismarck is suffering
from recurrence of gout-
Tbe Ways and Means Committee
have decided to recommend the un
conditional repeal of the law under
which banboru, Jayne, and others
operated.
In New York City Owen Mang
ham, No. 200 West Twentieth St.,
threw a lighted kerosene iamp at
his wife, on Saturday night, and
burned her so severely that she
died yesterday. Maugham was
committed to await the action of
the Coroner.
Judge Brady has granted the
motion of Tweed's counsel toamend
the Clerk's record of Tweed's sen
teutence to conform to Judge Da
vis' language as taken by the sten
ographers, thus substituting the
County Jail for the Penitentiary.
N. H. Bloomfield has brought
two suits before Justice Beall, at
Kalaina, against F. L. Bud long,
for services as attorney in the ex
press robbery cases. He claims
$'200, and will probably continue
to claim it, even if he should gain
his suits.
A Woodbridge, Canada, tele
gram ot toe 14th says : Burglars
entered the office of the Wood
bridge Agricultural Implement and
Machine Works, blew open the
safe, took the contents, fired the
building and escajied. Total loss,
8200,000. One hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
At New York oh the 14th, the
jury in the ( .'hall is libel suit against
WoodhuII and Claflin returned a
verdict of not guilty. Judge Suth
erland characterizes the verdict as
one of the most outrageous he had
ever heard.
The Register says Vancouver
needs a City Marshal. Mr. Shea,
the Marshal elect, has removed to
the Dalles, and is engaged in a mail
contract between that city and Och
oco valley. That city lias virtually
been without a City Marshal for six
months past.
Mr. II. Oliver, from Centerville,
Snohomish couuty, informs the
Transcript that the farmers in that
section are preparing to put in large
crops. Double the amount of
acreage will be sowed and planted
of any previous year. Farmers in
this county tell us the same thing.
Grain looks flue and promises unu
sually well.
A special from Lightning Creek,
British Columbia, Feb. 16, gives
tbe following wash op tor the past
week: Point, 92 onnces; Van
Winkle, 130 onnces; Victoria, 90
ounces; Vancouver, 532 ounces.
The Vulcan Company 6tmck slum
in their shaft last week, and there
were fears at one time that they
would lose the shaft, but by
great exertions they managed to
save it.
A petition, signed by Alonzo Ice
land and seven other citizens ot
North Idaho, praying that that
portion of the Territory be attached
to Washington Territory also a
memorial from the Legislature of
Washington Territory, asking for a
portion of of Idaho, were presented
to Congress by Hon. J. W. Nes
mith, and referral to the proper
committee. The Delegate from
Washington Territory takes no ac
tion in the matter; "he is not hunt
ing after more Territory." Nor do
the members from Oregon.
A delegation of 100 ladies, from
a large meeting in the Clark St ,
Chicago, M. E. Chwrch, marched
on the 16th, to the City Hall and
presented to the Council a remon
stranco against the repeal ot the
Sunday Saloon closing Ordinance.
The Council received the petition,
but passed the repeal ordinance by
a vote of 22 to 14. The defeated
ladies then ran the gauntlet of a lot
of bummers, who insulted, hooted
and yelled at them all the way
from the City Hall back to the
church.
Disraeli has issued an address to
his eonstituetita askina ones more
for fhei' suffrages. He proposes to
defend tlie rights of all.
Imperialists from all parte of
France have arrived in London, or
are on their way to England to at
tend festivities at Chiselhnrst on
.Monday, on the occasion ot Priuco
Louis attaining his majority.
Le Pays publishes a correspond
ence which shows that the Empress
Eugenia and her son have finally
broken off all relations with
Prince Napoleon, because he has
refused to go to Chiselhnrst to-morrow.
Senator Sumner's body was taken
from Washington to Boston on the
14th, where it arrived at 7 o'clock
in the evening. Ten thousand peo
ple were at the depot. At Spring
field and Worcester i.umense crowds
stood at the depots as the train
passed. The body was convejed
to the State House and deposited
in Doric Hall, where the Shaw
Guards (colored) acted ?s a guard
of honor.
In the Committee of the Assem
bly, Paris, on Election Law, on
the 13th, a proposition has been
made by the Right tor the disfran
chisement of the colonies of France.
Laboulaye made an earnest remon
strance, warning members that the
British colonies of America had
been alienated from the mother
country by a denial of the right of
representation. Colonial deputies
have unanimously demanded this
right.
Fanueil Hall, has seldom been
the scene of a more popular demon,
stmt ion of love and respect to ex
ceed the one on the 14th. An
hour and a half before the exercises
commenced ladies were admitted to
the balconies, which were thrown
open to the public The hall was
tilled to its utmost capacity, and was
elaborately draped. On the plat
form was Vice President Wilson
and a targe number of distinguished
men. Opposite the plattorm was a
portrait ot the late Senator, with
date of his birth and death. .May
or Cobb presided. Among tlie
Vice Presidents were Wendell
Phillips, Robert C. Windthrop,
Richard II. Dana, B. K. Curtis,
Sidney Bartlett and William
Lloyd Garrison. The services were
commenced by reading from tlie
manuscript of Sumuer's eulogy on
President Lincoln, followed by
Rev. Dr. Lathrop. Richard H.
Dana then addressed the meeting
and offered a series of resolutions
which were adopted. Addresses
were also made by J. R. Smith, R.
N. Rice, Rev. K. E. Hale.ex.May
or Gaston, Ralph Waldo Emerson
and others. Governor Washburn
requested the officials of the cities
and towns thronghont the com
monwealth to make provision for
solemnization of the hour named
for the funeral at three o'clock,
Monday by tolling bellij and such
services as they may deem appro
priate. Dispatches from a number of
Southern and Western cities state
that the colored people appropriate
ly noticed the death of Sumner.
Advices from Massachusetts in
dieate the probability that Dawe
will be elected to succeed SnmVr,
notwithstanding the efforts to Wat
him by exciting the suspicion that
he has In en leagued with Bat lor.
The Tribune will advocate tb
election of Charles Francis Adam
in the place of Sumner.
The Boston Advertiurr fawra
Adams.
Dr. McKay informs the Pendle
ton Tribune that he will start lie
low iii a tew days, taking with hint
his brother, Capt. Donald McKay
and twelve Warm Spring Indian
scouts; also tlie ee 'unrated moun
taineer and trapper Joe Meek.
Among the Indians arc 'aro-l
and A-wen-a-chat who captured
Capt. Jack after lie left the iival e I ,
It is the intention of the Doctor to
start on a tour of the States with
thisooropaiiy some time next month,
making their debut at San Francis
co. U is his design to deliver a
lecture at each of the entertainments
or exhibitions ; and as haw s regu
larly educated phyvieiau and speak
the English language AmiDy we
have no doubt his lectures win 'be
interesting and entertaining.