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ESTABLISHED 1865.
BBE3STHAM, TEXAS, FEED AY, JULY 26, 1878.
VOL. XIII TO. 30
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loninicra'es: State and District oHm, 810;
County, 37.50; rrecinct, 45. The money to
accompany the announcement, ia eTcry instance.
The woman's rights women are
holding a .meeting at Rochester,
N.T. Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth
Cady SShtDnrPhoebe Cousins
and other distinguishe'd"yourg"
ladies are present.
The; hot weather continues
unabated at St Louis.
Yellow fevor is reported in
the navy yard at New York.
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Thc Pomological exhibition
at Houston closed on Friday.
Thr Potter investigation is
still in progress in New Orleans.
Work on the Santa Fe rail
road bridge across the Brazos
began on Monday.
The Nationals or Grecnback
crs at Memphis, Tenn,, have
frone over to the Rads.
The congressional conven
tion for the Fourth District
meets atBryan, August 15.
Maj J. D. Sayers delivered an
eloquent and forcible address at
the opening of the convention.
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The Galveston News wrestles
with the problem: "Is univer
'sal suffrage a failure?" It thinks
it -is not.
Tile, Houston Age pays a
high and well deserved com
pliment to the Democracy of
the Northern States.
Paper flour barrels are now'
made and sold at one-th'ird of
the cost of wooden barrels.
They are also much better.
The Houston. Telegram thinks
.the advcnt.ofanewr apd vigor
ous party in Texas would be a
Godsend to the Democracy.
One of the strong points
made against Ireland was the
fact that he was once a Know
Nothing. This killed him with
the Germans.
A speclu. to the Neil's from
Scguin says the people are very
much pleased with thc action
of the minority in the San An
tonio convention and will go
solid for Ireland. Just so.
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In the convention, on Friday f
Lang's name was withdrawn af
ter the third hallot. The tenth
and last ballot of the Jay was:
Throckmorton 714 'Hubbard
754 ; necessary to choice 996.
The Dcnison Herald comes
squarely in favor of thc whip
ping post. We will never be
satisfied that the whipping post
is a failure until thorough tried
in Texas and, found wanting.
The Sherman Register says
that Hon. Sam Evart, of Tarrant,
is the Greenback candidate for
congress in that district. He
proposes to run independent
a la Wash Jones. He will be
left.
Gov. Hampton invites all
citizens of South Carolina now
away from the State on account
of their kuklux doings to re
turn home. The only condi
tion is that they behave them
selves. The present State convention
is too numerous and cumber
some. The resolutions submit
ted propose a reduction of dele
gates to one for every 300 votes
or fraction over 1 50 votes cast
at the next election.
THE CONVENTION.
The heated term still contin
ues at St Louis. On Thursday
there ..was forty-two sunstruck
patients at the dispersary at
noon.
A wild Irishman created a
sensation in a Tennessee town
by running stark naked into a
church. He is a religious mono-
.maniac.
.
A rumor is in circulation in
Austin that the Central will
build railways from Brenham
-and Waco to Belton and thus
forestall the Santa Fe.
An impression prevails in San
Antonio that a hostile move
across the Rio Grande will be
made on the occasion of the
next raid from Mexico.
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The committee on platform
declare that is the duty of the
legislature of the state to regu
late the rate of freight tariff on
all railroads in this state.
Wm. E. Gray, known in Tex
as as Dr. Geo. Colletso, is now
in thc New York jail on a
charge of fogery. He raised
only 310,000 on forged papers.
The first bale of new cotton
was received at Galveston on
Wednesday and sold on Thurs
day at 16 cents. It wae raised
by L. E. Newhaus, of Lavaca
county.
The outcome of the San An
tonio congressional fiasco will
be the political death of Hon.
John Ireland. His political
friends had as well prepare his
obituary.
It is claimed, and with a reas
onable show of truth, that the
express companies realize three
fourths of the value of the fruit
crop of Texas. Tariffs are enor
mously high.
The Navasota Tablet says
papers in the "old States" will
confer a favor on young lawyers
by advising them that Texas is
raising her own. supply, and will
hive a large surplus
The jury on the trial of the
tram robbers at Austin, on the
18th, returned a. verdict of guil
ty as to Pipes and Hcrndon,
.principals, and acquittedthose
accessories who are held as be
ing accessory to Bass and oth
ers.
E. A. Oakly, in 1870, 'stole
300,000 from a New York
bank. He succeeded in elud
ing arrest until a few days ago.
At the time of the theft he
was cashier of thc bank. Since
the crime he has at times been
so destitute as to be forced to
beg berad.
Gen. Ord gives it as his opin
ion that a failure to re-elect
Schleicher would be regarded
at Washington as evidence that
the 'people of western Texas
were opposed to vigrous meas
ures to repress raiding, as
Schleicher had been the fore
most champion of an aggressive
policy.
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The Dallas Herald says:
"Though supporting Mr.
Throckmorton as a candidate
for governor, it has cast no stain
upon the honor or integrity of
Gov. Hubbard or Mr. Lang."
A contrary policy has been
pursued by no small number of
Texas papers.
The Galveston Nevis has a
fearful time with its "N. A. T."
letters. N. A. T. hardly ever
writes a letter that does not
call forth a reply correcting
some wild assertions. The last
correction comes from Fayette
county, and is a defense of its
fruit growing industry.
.
Work on the Washington
monument has been resumed.
The foundations will be strength
ened and the unfinished shaft
completed. It has been decid
ed to place on each of the four
sides of the monument panels
of bronze thirty by fifteen feet,
representing bas-relief scenes in
the life of Washington.
The following summary of
the proceedings on the second
day of the State Democratic
convention isv compiled from
thc dispatches to the Galveston
News: Both delegations from
Brazos county were admitted.
Permanent organization was ef
fected by the election of M. D.
K. Taylor, of Marion, president;
John Bookhout, of Dallas, sec
retary; G. B. Zimpleman, Ser-geant-at-Arms.
Committee on
permanent organization report
ed that there being no data fur
nished by which to determine
the representation of counties
organized since 1876, they be
excluded. A minority report
was offered, claiming the right
of lately organized counties to
representation. Amid much
confusion the unorganized
counties were ruled out. A
committee on platform was
then appointed.
The convention was called
to order at 8:30 in the evening.
The chairman said unless the
convention decided otherwise
the two-thirds rule will prevail.
Joel Bryan, of Brazoria, nomi
nated Throckmorton. Gen.
Young put in nomination R. B.
Hubbard:
Bassett of Washington sec
onding the nomination of Hub
bard, asked: Who have been
your governors? Have they not
worthily performed ther duties?
Why was Runnells made gov
ernor in 1857? Because he had
performed the duties of lieuten
ant governor. Why was it, at
a subsequent time, Frank Lub
bock was made governor? Be
cause he had been placed in
the line of promotion, discharge
ing the duties of lieutenant gov
ernor. He was nominated and
elected lieutenant governor in
1863, and subsequently that de
cree was ratified m 1865 at Gal
veston and elected by an unpar
alleled majority by the Demo
cracy making Texas-the banner
state. Now will you undo
what your predecessors have
done in the past to displace
Hubbard? for so the canvass has
been shaped. Are you prepar
ed to register such an edict?
Campbell, of Fannin, nomi
nated W. W. Lang. Mr. E. A.
Jones of McLennan said: Mr.
Lang is charged with being a
class candidate, I would not
support him as such. He rises
superior to cliques and classes."
The first ballot resulted as fol
lows: Lang 210; Throckmor
ton 560 13-20; Hubbard 679
146-165. Dark Horse 4 3-15.
The Brenham correspondent
of the Galveston Netrs, upon
the adjournment of the county
convention at this place, tele
graphed to the Nnt's that a ma
jority of the delegates elected
to the State convention were
Throckmorton men. Again, a
day or two ago, he telegraphed
that three-quarters of the peo
ple of this county were for
Throckmorton. Now Ictus ex
amine the first ballot in the
State convention and see how
near the A'ifi'i' correspondent
came to guessing the vote of
this county: Lang 6 1-2 ; Hub
bard 13; Throckmorton 2 1-2.
"A majority of the delegates
are for Throckmorton," says the
reliable correspondent. Com
ment is unnecessary. The del
egates are fresh from thc peo
ple and are among the best men
in thc countv.
Jackson is a populous coun
ty in Missouri, and composes a
Congressional district. There
were three candidates, all Dem
ocrats, for the position of con
gressman. It was decided to
hold a primary election and each
Democrat was permitted to vote
for the man of his choice, or
rather, to make his selection of
a candidate by a direct vote.
The plan seems to possess the
merit of simplicity and does
away with the possibility of
packing county and manipula
ting district conventions. It
arrives directly at the choice of
the people.
.
The Galveston Journal of
Comma ce says live cattle are
being shipped from New York
to London, and asks why the
same cannot be shipped from
Galveston. In central and
southern Texas corn is abund
ant and very cheap. Beef cat
tle can be fed cheaper in this sec
tion of country than any where
else because of the mildness of
the climate and pasturage the
whole year round. If the en
terprise be inaugurated it would
be a source of large revenue.
Cattle sell as readily for cash as
cotton.
The Santa To Read.
The Galveston News of the
19th says Col Flournoy return
ed yesterday from New York
and reports that his mission was
entirely successful. The con
tract for the sale of the Santa
Fe bonds has been satisfactorily
arranged. He and Mr. Kop
perl are highly satisfied with
all they have achieved. All
that remains now to be done is
the acceptance of the contract
by the stockholders of the
company.
That the stockholders will
accept thc terms agreed upon
by Messrs. Flournoy and Kop
perl we have no doubt. This
being done, the .vork will be
commenced vigorously, and it
is within the range of possibili
ties that thc cars on this road
will reach Brenham before
Christmas. The merchants and
business men of Galveston are
thoroughty in earnest about
this enterprise. We shall re
gard the completion of this
road to Brenham as the dawn
of a new era in her onward
progress.
The pomological at Houston
is attracting a good many v.si
tors. The displays of fruits,
flowers and vegetables are very
creditable. Thc Telegram ex
presses surprise that no entries
have been made from Washing
ton county to compete for the
Sioo prize. So far, Fort Bend
county has been the most suc
cessful competitor.
It is has been suggested that
at the congressional convention
the candidates be made to
pledge themselves to support
the nominee of the convention.
will fight it out to the bitter j Delegates will do well to press
end 1 this matter
The platform adopted by the
State Democratic convention
now in session is sufficiently
greenback to suit the views of
the most advanced Grcenback
crs and should do away with
the necessity of a seperatc or
ganization. The difference be
tween the Greenbackers and
the Democrats are so small that
they should be harmonized. The
idea of having "absolute mon
ey" is ignored in thc platform;
the scheme is so visionary as to
be unworthy of consideration.
Public Opinion.
N. A. T , who furnishes the
political opinions of the Galves
ton News, has discovered that,
in spite 0. the fact that the del
egates to the District Nomina
ting Convention from the coun
ties of Colorado and Burnet
instructed for Shepard, the peo
pie of those counties, to the ex
tent of three-fourths, are for
John Hancock for congress.
Tim is one of the po!iticalpar
adoxes for whicti the A'cics is so
famous; and, while it may elicit
some remark as a mere curiosi
ty, it will excite-no special in
terest, for the reason that no
body believes that such a state
of things as the Nnos describes
exists. Houston Telegram
N. A. T. has succeeded in ac
quiring an unenviable reputation
for reliability. He always finds
out things that are unknown,
save in his imagination. During
his perigrinations in this con
gressional district he was una
ble to find any but Hancock
men. Everybody with whom
he came in contact was enthu
siastic for Hancock, he found
no Shepard men anywhere,
yet, notwithstanding this una
nimity for his man Hancock,
but one county (Fayetle) in
stated for Hancock, and in that
county Shepard has many
friends and supporters. From
the tenor of N. A. T. letters it
would seem as though his chief
business had been to manufac
ture public opinion in favor of
his man. How far he has suc
ceeded remains to be seen. In
our opinicn, he has done Han
cock no good, but on the con
trary has made friends for Shep
ard. This was not his intention;
however, we can stand it if he
can. The people are abundant
ly able to manage their own af
fairs, and always instruct dele
gations who will represent their
sentiments; hence the instruc
tions for Shepard instead of
Hancock, who is the choice of a
few newspapers and not of the
people.
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STATE NEWS.
Williamson county has no
o deputy sheriffs.
Williamson county
ds will shortly be sold
year
caring
old almond
in Navarro
:ver
the
as-
obliter-
tneir.
ttftlie trades, mechanicl
riculture. He deprccr.
crowding themselves
cities. He said: "
we are a necessary cl;
nation all preiuaicesv
suaged, if not entirely
ated." In conclusion he gave
the following sterling advice :
"Never advance any man po
litically because he is one of
your color, and never vote for
any one who is not qualified for
the position sought by capacity,
ability and integrity."
Our colored friends in this
county, who ire now beset by
chronic office-seekers, will do
well to cut thc above out and
paste it in their hats for future
reference.
The Hempstead Messenger
acknowledges the receipt of a
call from the venerable father of
Judge McCrimaion of the Bell
villc Beacon. It says thc old
gentleman's hair and beard
were as white as snow. The
Messenger has been imposed
upon. It was not the judge's
father but" the judge himself.
Judge McCrimmon has done
one of two things; he has made
made arrangements to get mar
ried or he has abandoned the
idia of getting married. In
either case it was unnecesary to
paint his hair and beard; hence,
he turned sudenly grey and
was mistaken for his own father.
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Grow Your Own &Ieat.
Hon. Gustav Schleicher was
given a banquet by his freinds at
the Menger hotel. He an
nounced his purpose of making
ing an aggressive race. "Cast
ing the sheath of his sword be
hind him, he would hereafter
deal his blows with the naked
blade. He would enter the
race unhandicapped. It would
not be so with his opponent"
Ireland's friends assert that he
The Galveston Nezos publish
es a letter from a correspondent
who has very recently travelled
through the counties of Milam,
Williamson, Burleson, Washing
ton, Burnet, Lee and Colorado,
all of which have instructed for
Shepard and the peopl generally
are enthusiastic over the result
This does not agree w ith the
manifactured reports that Col
orado and Burnet counties are
dissatisfied with thc result.
This writer says that the De
mocracy of thc district arc
sound and that there has been
no abuse of the convention sys
tem. He says further that the
nominee of the Brenham con
vention will be elected.
An account of Bass' ap
pearance at Round Rock and
the killing of one of his men as
well as that of a deputy sheriff
has already been published. A
squad of Lieut. Reynold's men
captured Bass about seven miles
north of Round Rock. Bass is
now at that place fatally woun
ded. The Galveston Ncios giv
es a sketch of his life: He was
born in Southern Indiana in
185 1 ; came to Texas eight
years ago, locating in Denton
county and engagingas a herder.
His first celebrated exploit was
the Union Pacific robbery in
September 1877. His subse
quent exploits arc well known.
The Beltonwniiconsid
crs thc railroad prospects as
flattering. More cotton will be
raised than can be picked out
The committee on platform
and resolutions in the State
convention made their report
on Saturday. The advance
copy of the report is quite vol
uminous. The financial planks
are sufficiently greenback to
satisfy any reasonable man.
The 7th resolution is as fol
lows : "We favor one currency
for the government and the peo
ple, the laborer and the office
holder, the pensioner and the
soldier, the producer and the
bondholder." It is also de
manded that the bonds of the
United States be paid in legal
tender notes, except where spe
cific contracts have been made
otherwise.
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Nearly all the swindlers,
cappers, intrigures and fraud and
fogery manipulators in the Flor
ida and Louisiana electoral
frauds have been rewarded with
positions by which they can
live on the public crib. Nota
bly among them is Noyes, of
Ohio, who has been made min
ister to France. He is describ
ed as "a red-faced, beefy, sham
bling specimen of a Cheap
John polititian. truly a nice
speciman to represent the Um
ted States at Paris.
Waco has two ice factories;
the consequence is that the citi
zens buy ice at one cent a
pound. Herein Brenham we
have no ice factories; and, if a
man is good looking and behav
es himself politely he can get
a few pounds of ice as a mat
ter of accomodation at six cents
a pound. Brenham needs an
ice factory.
The Denison Herald, a quasi
Greenback paper says the
Greenbackers of Missouri are in
a quandary. The Democrats
have stolen all their thunder
and now they don't know wheth
er to return to the Democratic
ranks or fight it out on the in
dependent line.
The Democracy of Grimes
county are wide-awake and have
gone actively to work. A num
ber of Demecratic clubs have
been organized in different parts
of the county and the white
man's parly feels sanguine of
success
Hogs pay well. They are es
pecially worthy of attention
from Southern farmers. The
crowding of many swine togeth
er, as is usual among large swine
growers of the West, may lead
to disease, as it has in many in
stances; but it is far different
with those farmers who aim to
grow their own meat, with a
small quantity in excess. All
over the South hogs have lately
been raised, and the loss from
disease has been far less than in
any other section. Good atten
tion will do much to ward off dis
ease, while our more favored
climate, with the aid of chufa tu
bers, sweet potatoes, &c, will
enable the Southern farmers to
grow their own meat at a very
small expense of cither capital
or labor. A good cow, it is es
timated, will earn about fifty dol
lais per annum clear of expen
ses of keeping, and a good sow
will produce about forty dollars
per annum, where the increase
is sold off, or even double that
amount where the pigs are fed
and fattened for meat; and this
can easily be done, and at very
little expense where there are
cows, with skim milk to spare.
There is very little food that is
marketable that hogs will eat
twelve months, and yet many
can be grown on almost every
farm, and without adding any
thing to the running expenses
of the same.
Let every southern farmer re
sohe to procure at least one
good brood sow, and to grow
his own bacon, and thus become
perfectly independent of the
pork-packing, trichina-meat pig
gerys that every year make for
tunes by packing and speculat
ing upon the misfortunes and
improvidence of the Southern
farmers. When every one shall
gro'v his own hogs wc will hear
of no more horrible deaths from
eating unsound pork, meat pack
ed for Southern consumption,
of diseased and worm-infested
hojs.
The plan agreed upon to
bring Mr. Schleicher out as a can
didate for congress is to present
him with a formal and official
copy of thc proceedings of the
convention, showing a ballot of
120 to 85, and a letter asking
hunt take the field w ithout fur
ther ado. This he will do, pre
ceded or followed quickly by
Judge Ireland announcing him
self, and then there will be mu
sic by the band. Houston Tcl-fga--
ClosjING out of Summer Dress
goods, brown Linen 15c per
yard, regular price 25c ; Black
Grenedine 20, 30, 35 40 and 50c;
former price 25 j 40 50 and
65c; Colored Grcnedines 12c
and upwards, rare bargains, at
D W Bloombargh's.
is still- shipping
,, melons and vegetables to
e North.
' BelT county is making ac
tive preparations for a fair in
the fall.
The Comanche Greenback
Appeal is no more. It was very
short lived.
A firm at Navasota propose
handling cotton this seas
on at 25 cents a bale.
Iola Greenback club, of
Grimes county, w ill vote with
thc White Man's party,
A Greenback barbecue
was given in the vicinity of Coon
Bend in Austin county.
A sausage maker is wan
ted in Comanche; the unlicen
sed dogs are to be killed.
. The citizens of Sar. Saba
county are now having law and
order the rangers are there.
Four prisoners in the Jeff
erson jail overpowered the jailor
and escaped, on the 19th.
Dallas is being surveyed by
a corps of engineers prelimina
ry to system ofsewage.
Houston is recovering from
its hydrophobia scare. The
Telegiam thinks sunstrokes will
be next in order.
The Beaco'i and Argus are
at war. It would be more seem
ly that they dwell together in
peace and harmony.
The Greenback club at
Houston had fifteen converts on
Friday night. The Age says
they were "taken in."
S. S. Gabert's livery stable
at Navasota was burned on
Thursday. Incendiary. Loss
S 15,000; no insurance.
Thc Bcllville Beacon has a
good word to say for D. G.
Bowers our candidate for tax
collector in this county.
Mr. Joe Turner, while out
collecting bills in Houston, was
sunstruck. By the application
of ice and ice-water he was restored.
The town of Oakwood is be
ing moved a mile from its old
location to a new town of the
same name on the I. and G. N.
railroad.
Another shooting scrape
has taken place in Bell county.
One Taft was shot bvhis broth
er-in-law, Llewllyn. Cause,
tarantula juice.
The opinion is gaining
ground in Dallas that the Mexi
can, Devarra, did not commit
suicide, but was poisoned and
then hung.
The Navcsota 7abret man
weeps and says prize watermel
ons come in very slow. The
producers of melons can't be
bulldozed.
At Navasota a villian at
tempted to chloroform a young
girl 12 or 15 years of age. She
gave the alarm and the scoun
drel escaped.
Thc Chief 'is magnanimous.
It says as the Greenbackers have
no organ in Comanche county
to defend their nomineks it will
remain ncutal on that point.
The BtllvUlc Beacon says
its all a mistake to suppose that
a lie well told and stuck to is
as good as thc truth. The truth
is mighty and will prevail.
The Comanch Chief bran
dishes its tomahawk in thc
air and shouts that as long as it
has one- Democaratic subscri
ber on its list it will will battle
against Radicalism.
Denisori Herald: ' Texas
newspapers have all come to
the conclusion that they don't
know anything about candi
dates who do not advertise.
The Huntsville Item re
ports that a ruffian from' -'oh:
west" thought to take the townT
A Huntsvillian stepped up and
told the westerner to keep quiet
or he'd knock him down. The
gentleman from out west subsi
ded. Thc old Magnolia House,
near the Union depot at Hous
ton, was burned on the 1 8th
inst, It is supposed to have
been accidently set on fire by
tramps. The building was un
occupied, Loss, giooo; no in
surance. Last week a negro man,
named Wm. Thomas killed a
negro woman.named Celia De
lany, on her return from a part',
near Columbus. He shot the
woman as she was riding be
hind another fellow. Cause
jealousy.
Colorado county will hold-
a primary election on the 3d
prox. to ascertain the choice of
the Democracy for county offi
cers and also congressman and
representative. It will be defin
itily determined whether Shep
ard or Hancock is the choice of
the- people.
A cording to the States
man there is scarcely an end
to the wants of that place, she
wants a woolen miLl, a cotton'
factor', a tannery and many
other things, chief among whii
is a want of enterprise.
That's what is the matter
with Austin.
J. M. Gibbs, a prominent;
citizen of Grimes county, ancf
a leading Republican, publish-'
es a card in thc 7 ablet 'm which,
in response to the earnest so
licitation of a number of the
best citizens, hewithdraws from
the present canvass, lie says?
'And I now surrender these"
prospective honors and emolu
ments in difference; first to the
social welfare of my wife- ancf
children.' "etc.. etc.
On Friday evening when
the south bound train was'
about two miles- below Hemp-i
sterd a white- man and. negro
were observed some distance
a head standing near the track.
As the train approached them?
the white man suddenly sprang'
upon the track in front of the
engine. He was killed in an
instant The man was a rail-'
road laborer, but was unknown
to any of the section hands.
He was about 50 years of age.
It was a deliberate case of
suicide.
A passenger on the freight
train was set upon by seven
other passengers, while the train
was at Hockley and relieved of
35". Four men were captured
and taken to Houston.
The police of Dallas have
been ordered to attend strictly
to duty; they are not to go in
to saloons unless called to make
an arrest; are not to strike any
one unless in self defense.
A mysterious man with
manacles on his wrists has been
camping m the vicinity of 1 run
ty cemetery, at Dafla'?. The
man eludes arrest and is the
cause of much speculation.
The Beacon learns that
the director- of the Santa Fe
railway have instructed the con
tractor to proceed with grading
the road to Bovine Bend in the
lower portion of Austin county.
The Georgetown railroad
is becoming a reality, the grad
ing is nearly finished, and'a large
number of ties have been distri
buted along the line. The con
tractor has gone to New York
t" bin- iron
The National Democratic
Committee met last evening; 34
members were present- The'
political situation was again dis
cussed, and the following resolu
tion adopted:
Resolved, That the action of the
House of Represented ires map
pointing a committee fully em
powered to investigatcanof re
port upon the frauds alleged ttf
have been committed in the late
presidential election, to, the end
that the truth may be known to
the people and the repetition of
such frauds be prevented in the
future, meets the approval of
this committee.
No action was taken on the
subject of issuing an address to
the people, though Mr. Prince,,
secretary, had one already pre
pared, which he was willing tt
have altered. The fo. jwing
committee was appointed to co
operatewith the congressiorraf
committee in managing the con'"
gressional elections this fall:
Senator-Barnum, chairman; Sen
ator Ransom, of North Corblfna) "
Representative Ross, ot New"
Jersey; John G. Thompson, of
I Ohio; and Mr. Scott, of Pennsyl
vania. The national committee
then adjourned sine die. Wash
iigton Stat.
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