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CO e . ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. VOL. XX, 10. J 29. THE SECRE1S OF A NOMINATING CONVENTION. As a general rule the" candidate- who have planned in advance for a nomination to the office of president, have been defeated. There are ex ceptions, just enough to sustain the rule. The last president who 'laid the wires" for his own nomination was James Buchanan. It is a curi ous fact that for the last twenty years the nominating machinery has been, for the most part, disregarded by na tional conventions. It was respected to some extent in the nomination or Tilden. But Hayes, his Republican competitor, was not prominent as a candidate before the convention met at Cincinnati. His nomination was an afterthought, although there was a reserved force who had been secretly working for that .result a short time before the convention met. Four, years later the Republican convention met at Chicago. There were three candidates who had be come conspicuous by the preliminary work which had been done in their behalf, as well as by the personal efforts which each had made to secure the nomination. These were Grant, Blaine and Sherman. But these were all defeated, and Garfield "was nomin ated, who had not made any effort for his own nomination, but was under stood to be a strong Sherman man. General Hancock, who was nomin ated by the Democratic convention, had not been conspicuous ai a candi date. At any rate he had not at tracted public attention by working the political wires in his own behalf. In both instances there was a spon taniety of action which went far to override the machine work done in advance. These facts belong to the political history of the times. The moral is already apparent It is now only three months to the time when both national conventions will assem ble to make nominations for the pres idential office. There is not to-daya stereotyped candidate in the fore ground. Not a single candidate who is conspicuous by any known use of machinery, or other means, to bring about his own nomination. Indeed, . there is not an explicit declaration on the part of any man that he is a can didate for the high office of president. Neither Grant, Blaine, Sherman nor Edmunds admits that he is a candi date, or is known to be working for the nomination. No doubt a great deal of silent work may bo. going on. But no slate is made up". "No names are conspicuous, and it cannot to-day be guessed who the nominees will be in either party. It is reasonably cer tain that they will not be prominently mentioned in advance of the sitting of the conventions. Reducing the proposition to the fewest words, the political aspirants who are most con spicuous workers for the nomination never get it They will not get the nomination three months hence. Some interesting facts are brought out touching the nomination of Abra ham Lincoln for a second term, by "W. O. Stoddard in the last number of the JS'orth American. Previous to his first nomination Lincoln was not a conspicuous candidate. No doubt he had presidential aspirations. Gar field at a later day was not without them. But Lincoln was not so prom inent a candidate as Seward, Chase and one or two others. It could not be affirmed in advance that he would receive the nomination. Seward had done a great deal of work in his own behalf, and his friends had done a great deal for him. Chase had been active. He was known to have power-1 lui backers, moments 01 ootn tuese mi :. ..n ii.il I men were extensively canvassed in the , eastern states. Lincoln was not .mucu talked about The least conspicuous candidate before the time of the con- vention carried off the nomination, So much was pretty well known. But it was not so generally known that a "Dowerful onnositiou just on the eve of the convention which' met four years later came "near defeating his second nomina- j tion. Lincoln did little or nothing to secure the nomination. He did many things calculated to secure his defeat He removed McClellan from the command of -the army of the Potomac. He broke many idols, but never one on account of any personal prejudice or animosity. Gen. Mc Clellan's removal actually secured his nomination, by the opposition party, to the office of president As early as 1862 the Union League was formed. It grew out of the efforts of less than a dozen men. Its purpose was to sustain the Union cause and to foil the secret hostility of foes at home and at a distance, : who were working for disunion. It beoame the most powerful secret political organization ever known in this country. There was not much secrecy about it beyond the fact that its deliberations were not made known at the time. It did a great deal of work preparatory to the na- tional'Bepubhcan convention which met in 1864. On the eve of that conven tion the Union League congress met, containing many senators and repre- Bentatives in congress, a large num ber of delegates to the national con vention, and a very large radical ele ment of the republican party. Lin- coln, by the removal of McClellan, had made a candidate for the demo cratic party. In fact, he had insured his nomination. But he had done nothing for himself, beyond the hon est discharge of his duties in one of the most trying emergencies ever .known in the history of the country. 'The Union League congress which assembled on the day before and held its session far into the night, held the nomination of Lincoln's successor in its .hands. All the hot headed and turbulent spirits who had grievances, or who supposed they had, were given full play. The "undertow" was very strong. It looked for a time as if the defeat of Lincoln was certain. For some Itours none of his friends came forward to his defense. Grant, Chase and Fremont were freely mentioned as acceptable candidates. The nomi aation might fall to one of these men. Hhere were some sore spots. The compulsory draft of men for the army "'had produced riots in New York, and had been very unpopular in other 'places. It was as true then as now that Mr. Lincoln had not removed a single man fiom office with any refer ence to its effect on his second nomi nation. He had conferred office ou a large number of men who were not Republicans. This fact was an ad ditional ground of complaint by the more radical members of the Union League. All that was said and done in that connection will never be known. The doors were closed against all reporters and agents, all persons not members of the council. Had the complaint and charges Tvhich were made in the first hours of that mem orable session been allowed to go into the public prints, Abraham Lin coln would have failed of a second nomination. "There were not many faults possible to a ruler of a free people whereof Mr. Lincoln was not accused before tho excited patriots made an end of these 'speeches for the prosecution' of the public crimi nal whoso career in office they were denouncing." It was not a conven tion of sore heads, but rather one in which there were, many sore hearts. Finally there came a lull in the storm when "Jim" Lane of Kansas arose m j the midd e of the hall and was in stantly lecognized by the chairman. He waited a moment for silence, and then spoke nearly as follews: Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Grand Ceuncil: For a man to pro duce pain in another man by pressing upon a wounded spot requires no errant decrefi of atranoth. and he who presses is not entitled to any emotion j of triumnli at the nconv exnressed I by the sufferer. Neither skill nor M not a 'urc .' it W a Mo(Kl-pi.erMd wisdom has been exercised in todffl$$S8 barbaric process. For a man, an ora- : duces many disorders, known by different tor, to produce an effect upon sore names to dtiugulsh them according to ef ,m '.., i,.,.,. ornnof1 Tritli heets. but being really branches or phases o and weary hearts, gangrened with ,.,., t uen.Tic d sorder. Imiuirlty 01 man hurts, worn out with many sac- rifices, sick with long delays, broken I .,..'... -.- ? .' ,- with bitter disappointments; so stir 3ll"r 1 and ring them up, even to passion folly, demands no high degree of ora torical ability T : .. i.: do, as we have seen this evening. Al most anybody can do it For a man to take such a crowd as this now is. so sore and sick at heart . and now so stung and aroused to pas- sionate folly; now so infused with a I ueiusive nope ior tne tuture, as wen as with false and unjust thoughts concerning the past; for a man to address himself to such an assembly and turn the tide of its passion and its excitement in the opposite direc- tion; that were a task worthy of the highest, greatest effort of human oratory, I am no orator at all, but to precisely that task have I now set myself, with absolute certainty of suo cess. All that is needful is that the truth should be set forth plainly, now that the false has done its worst. Making then a rapid sketch of the leading features of Mr. Lincoln's ad ministration, he proceeded as fol fel fol eows: "I am speaking individually to each man here. Do you,-sir, know, in this broad laud, and can you name to me, one man whom you can or would trust, before God, that he would have done better than Abraham Lincoln has done, and to whom you would be more willing to entrust the unfore seen emergency or peril which is next to come? The unforeseen peril, that perplexing emergency, that step in the dark, is right before us, and we are here to decide by whom it shall be made for the nation. Name your other man!'' After dwelling at some length on the faithfulness, toil and unselfish character of the administration, he closed with these werds: "We shall come together to be -wnffiliwl. in limniM Kdnmmr hv nn this country bv all the civilized .. -.r --"--.-., v world and if we shall seem to waver J io our get purp0se, we destroy . pg. and if we permit private feel- 'mg. to-night, to break forth into j discussion we discuss defeat; and if U nominate any other -man than I Abraham Lincoln we nominate ruin! nantiom-m nt tv. mnii nnnn;i r the Union League, f have done." . There was no reply to that speech. ' The Union League had been welded almost to a unit The resolution which was immediately past approv- mg tne administration made the nominat on of Lincoln a few hours later a certainty. Had the Union League ruled otherwise, it is held that there would have been no renom- ination of Abraham Lincoln. The Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal., publishes a letter from CoL D. J. Williamson, an Army officer and Ex- U. S. Consul, affirming, that after' long years of intense suffering from acute rheumatism, after using all' other known remedies, the baths of other countries and spending S20 - UOU without relief, he was cured by St Jacobs Oil, the conqueror of pain, and nas turown away nis crutches. FOK Finest Groceries, & A FULL LINE OF HARDWARE AND Ship Chandlery. A- NEW SLIP Just Finished in Rear of Store. ASTQRXA Brewery Beer Saloon. The Best Beer 5 cts a Glass. Hot Lunch eery Day from 10 to 12 A.M The best of Liquors and Clears on hand. A deservedly popular place of social resort. GEO. HILLEB, FA! STBS THE GREAT GERMAH REMEDY FOR PAIN RliTes tad ecrw RIIEU3UTIS3I, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, BACKACHE, SEIBICSKOSEICZX, SORE THROAT, QUN3Y. SWELLINGS. sritAixs, Sennets, Cati, Errata, FROSTBITES. BCKXS, S CA2.DS, Aad all otW boll tcbet nFTT CXCT3 1 EOTHL Saiitj til nrngjrliu ui DeoJen. Dlroctloai la 11 Ths Chirlu ATeals: Cs. (Stnwm t A. Xenla k C.) lUIUnora, M4, C 3. X, pu -i!wl - ML JijQ' & Elood mood. Such are Dupqwta, BUlUnune., Lfrtr Cjiijifafn. Onixtiwiinn, A'envnw DU- antrt. Hrnilnrht. linthneht. fitncral Wtak- 7i a. Heart Dicae, Dnipiy, Kidncu Dicae, Pilot. Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scr"fula. Skin I7WK UCf, J. tiriILA. UltLf, OUlUlltyOf UVti lore. tt.inr or mi isiooa nrpveius ana cures these by attacking the catwe. Impurity of the blood. Chemists and ph siciaus agree in calling it "the most genuine and emVIrnt preparation for the purpose." Sold by Drug- irlwra ff tiArltnttln Qua f i.wt Itnfitil lit. riirf tions. &c. in ramnlilet. "Treatise on Dtaa-s ot tb Blood." vranpf d aronndv-.ich bottle, U' aShom. SON Co.J'rops The Gem Saloon. T. n..i- d .. A,a..:nnB The Popular Resort for Astonans. -FOK THE- Finest of Wines and Liquors Go to the GEM SALOON. ALEX CAMPBELL, PROPRIETOR CHAS. A. MAY New Store, New Stock Toy-. Fancy Goods, Tobacco and Cigars. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS A PINE ASSORTMENT. Squemoqu iMivel, next door to the Empire Strv. H17-6U1 GEBMANIA BEER HALL -AND- BOTTLED BEER DEPOT, Cheuamus Street, Astoria. T. Q Daex . , K ritt a Pl?lce '"e Best La9er cts a w'aSS. n , , , . . Onlere for the Celebrated flnlnmKia R,.Wnrv "Roor UOHlIUUIdi Dll.Vtly Jjl.t1 """ m ""tended to Pnpu5 r-o cheap ban Francbco Beer sold at this place. Wm. BOCK, Proprietor, THE LATEST STYLES in n ttt t T t a t n t ! VV A Li Li 1 A X ill 1 V AT B. B. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAN OFFICE. x ver' ,HrBe Stoc!: fn,u which to select, Window curtains made to order, HrMy patent Trimmer to rut Wall Paper v",belmmdconTeu,eulton,ypatr,,ns - Astoria Shooting Gallery Next Door to A. G. Spexarth's Cheuamus stteet, near Main. Try STo-vlt STi.ni As a MarKsman, and w in a PRIZE. First-class Guns : Charges Moderate. Open till 10 :30 P. M. A. 1V.JUATJES, - - Proprietor. A. V. Allen, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In PravisloBS, MILL FEED. Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, LlquorsJobacccCigars of the Ed. D. Curtis & Co. Carpets, DBlolstery UNSURPASSED IN STYLE AND FINISH. :N-EW- FURNITURE, A COMPLETE STOCK. Hardware and' Ship Chandlery A. VAN OUSEN & CO.. DEALERS 1H Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Yarnish, Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, '' Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails, Agricultural Implements, Sewing Machine Paint and Oils. Groceries, etc. Wilson & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. niCAMfiltl IS Iron, Steel. Coal, Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, NAlLs AND SPIKES, Shelf Hardware, Faints and Oils STEAMPACKING, PROVISIONS. FLOUR AND .1111.1. FJ?r;i. Agents for Salem Flouring Mills, and Capital Flour. FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCALES. All sizes, :tt Portland Prices, In Stock. Cornpr Chenamus and Hamilton Strf u ASTORIA. OKEGON. C. H. BAIN & CO. DKALEK3 IN Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms Turning, Bracket Work. Sliop "77"orls. A specialty, mid all work guaranteed. Oak, Ash, Bay, and Walnut lumber; Ore gon nnd Port Orford Cedar. All kinds of boat material on "hand. C. 11. BA1X A CO. , B. F. STEVENS & CO., CITY BOOK STORE, Have lust received a mammoth stock of Books. The younjr and old, rich and poor can all be accommodated. AGENM FOlt THE Kranirh A Iturh and llandsfeldt A Xotnl Piano anil Western Cnttaxe Organs. Orders for all kinds of Music orlnstxu men.s I11 be promptly lied. & Boat Building. JOS P. LEATHERS Formerly orer Arndt & Fsrchea' Machine Sho TS BUILDING FIRST-CLASS BOATS 12 f lie khnn formerlv occunied bv M. John son on C -ncoinlv street, one block west of Hansen Bro- Mill. Mcmei, jiaicriai aao FJaUh Flrt-clns. BOAT BTTILDING, R. M. LEATHERS Has reopened his boat shop, over Arndt & Ferchen'.s, foot of LaFayetit street, nd is prepared to turn out FIRST-CLAS BOATS. A till WORK GUARANTEED. Oregon Paint "and Varnish Works, Manufacturers of Paints, Yarnisl ani Lacpr. Any shade mixed and ground to order. C. F. PEABSOft & Go., P.O. Box H?. Portland, Or. Copper Paint. IN HALF GALLON TINS. At WILSON & FISHEB'3, rAXlbexalSlMouct to'tbTxradei it'll mpvpi 1 1 ttIm STONE & MYISSOS (HUME'S BrjIUJISG.) AGENCY Red Crown Flour. Guaranteed a Superior Article. DEALERS GBAIN, MILL FEED, . " . TOTATOES, 'Country Produce, htc. yCouslnment3 Solicited, and Advauces " made xu same. 3ARNDT & FERCHEN, A8TORIA. - OKE(M)N. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP AND Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORE Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, I'OOl OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ARNDT&.FERGHEN, Agents for Oregon, Washington Territory, and Alaska for E. XV'. BOSS Special Cannery Machinery ! Engines. Soldering Machines, Improved Acid' Bath and Crimping v .Machipes, Power Presses, foot Presses, Squaring Shears, And all other machinery used lu cauueries, including the new COMBINATION OIES. Working without small springs, constantly on hand. We respectfully invite all canuerymen to call and examine the ab n e machinery" as it is greatly superior to any heretofore, mtro ducrd on this coast. Orders solicited. AKXDT A -fr'EKCIICX. Foot of Lafayette Street, Astoria, Oregon. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bknton Stkket, Nkah Parker Housr, ASTOKIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LANDaiMABIEENGIES BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Ofall Description! made to Order at Short Notice. A. D.Wabs. President. J. G. HrjSTEKit.Secretary, I. W. Cask, Treasurer. John Fox.Superintendent. BARBOUR'S S DM HAVE NO EQUAL THE The London Fisheries Exhibition ' S HAVE AWARDED THE G&LD MEDAL TO Tie Barter Brothers Company FOR THE ' SU PERIORITY OF THEIK FLAX NET THREADS. 0, Tell.Me Where Is Fancy.Bre(a)d ! "WHY, AT THE Astoria Mery & Coictioiery CHEXA3IUS STREET. Not only SUPERIOR BREAD AND CAKES. AND PASTRY in great variety, but also THE LARQEST STOCK OF CANDIES IN TOWN. Weddings and parties supp'Ied with the most elaborate- ornamental work on the shortest notice and on reasonable terms. This is the most complete establishment In Astoria. - , ED. JACKSON, Prop. ' aim MS HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. PARKER. HOUSE, H, B. PAltKKR. Prop.. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. Al. CROSBY, - - Day Clerk- Phil. BOWERS, - - Night Clerk. Jas. DUFFY has the Bar and Billiard room. First Glass in all Respects. FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. IT ISA FACT!! -TUT JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE On Concomly Street 18 THE BEST IN TOWN - That he has ah as s on hand FRESH SHOALWATER BAY AND EASTERN OYSTERS. THAT- "JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT He has been Proprietor of the "Aurora Hotel" la Knappton neuiijca". OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. A Good Cup of Coffee AND OYSTERS AT Mrs. Powell's Coffee House, On Main Street next to Oregon Bakery. Campi Restaurant. XEW AXD WELL EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT. L. Serra has rebuilt his establishment nrd is prepared to accommodate the traveling puouc. A good meal furnished at any hour of the aay or nigiu. 'i he fl est Liquors and Cigars at the bar. Two doors west of Ike roster's. n28 6m LUIGf SERRA. Figures Hew Lie ! A2TD JEFF OF THE CHOP HOUSE Can prove by his books that he Is doing the nicest nusmes oi any RESTATIEANT In th nltv. and hn fimrmirfA n avn the best meal for cash. MARKETS. CENTRAL MARKET, General assortment of table stock constantly on nand. such as Canned Fruits and Jelly, Bacon, Hams, Shoulders, Lard, Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Fish, Poultry, and Game, In the season. Cigars and Tobacco, Best of Wines and Liquors. All cheap for CASH. Goods sold on com mission. Opposite I. W. Case's store. J. ROUGERS. WASHINGTON MARKET, Malatreet. Astorln, Oregon. BEKGMVttl CEKGV, PKOPRIHTORS, OESPECTFOLLV CALL TOE AT TEN- IX tion of the nubile to the fact that the above Market will alw ays be supplied 1th a FULL VARIETY AND BEST QUALITY FRESH AND CURED MEATS ! ! Which will be sold at lowest rates, whole sale ai d retail. C-r Special attention given to supplying ships. STAR MARKET. , WHERRY & COMPANY, Fresh and Cured Meats, FRUITS, BUTTER, and EGGS. OPPOSITE OCCIDENT HOTEU CHEN A HUH Street. At tor in, Og WYATT & THOMPSON. DEALERS IN FRESH AND CURED MEATS, CHOICE GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Crockery and Glassware. ivrm :FecaL,:E2to, GEORGE LOVETT, Tailoring,' Cleanini, RepairiDi, NEAT, CHEAP AND QUICK. St., epailte3T. laeVs. Astrla, r. BUSINESS CARDS. GEO. A. DOBRIS, GEO. KOLAND. NOtAXD & DOBRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ofuce in Kinney's Block, cpposlte City Hall, Astoria, Oregon. Q U. THOMSON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Room No. C, over White House, ASTOKLA, OREGON, c. vr. fultox. a. c fultox. rULTOUT BRUTHEBS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rooms 5 and 6. Odd Fellows Building. X O..A.1SOWJLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chenaraus treet, - - ASfORIA. OREGON JOSEPH A. GILL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 8-0fflce with J. Q A. Bowlby, ASTORIA, - - - - - Oregon. r j. cuitTis, ATT'iT AT LAW. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds lor Caiitorula, 2ew York and Washington Ter ritory Rooms 3 and 4. Odd Fellows Building, As toria ur-gon N B -Claims at Washington. D. C, and collections a. specialty. A V. ALLE3J, '--v Astoria Agent Hamburg-Magdeburg and German-American FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. P C. HOLDEX, NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGENT. C. IV. LEICK, ARCHITECT AND DRAUGHTSMAN. Scholars received for Course of Draughting Eff-Offlce-oYer White House Store. QJBLO h FlilKB. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and City of Astoria Uitlco :-Cheuumus street, V. M. C. A. hull Koom No. 8. JAK. X. C. UOA.T21AX, Physician and Surgeon. Itooms 9 and 10, Odd Fellows Building. ASTORIA, OREGON. TAY TUTTLE, 3L, . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offick Rooms 1, 2, and 3. Pythian Bulld Inp. Residknck On Cedar Street, back of St. Maiy's Hospital. 1 F. V. UIOKS. A. K. SHANV . HICKS & SHAW, DENTISTS. Rooms In Allen's Building, up stairs, cor ner Cas and Squemoqua streets. Astoria Oregon. I RiSBERG. Practical Tailor. On Genevieve street, opposite Bozortb t Johns. jlU-sm GKO. P. wnEELEK. Notary Public W.L. ROBB. WHEELER & JROBB. GENERAL Seal Estate I tarance Apts. We have very desirable property In As toria and Upper Astoria for sale. Also, tins farms throughout the county. Accounts carefully adjusted and collec tions made. We represent the Royal, Norwich Union anil Lanes. Mliire Insurance Co'a., With a combined capital of 836,000, OOi. THE Travelers Life and Accident Insur ance Co, of Halt ford, and the 1 an battan Life InNurance Co.. of New York. We are aepnt for the Daily end Weeklti Nnrlhicest iVeics, and the Oregon Vidette. All business entrusted to our care will re ceive prompt attention. Bozorth & Johns, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, and Brokers. ASTORIA. Oregou. 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