Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1876, Page 5

—_— POLITICAL. The Indiane Democracy Per- form Their Farce at In- dianapolis, Landers and Holman, After Much Fierce Fighting, Are Thrown Over- board. But the Spirit of Landers Sur- vives in the Queerly- ‘Worded Platform. Congressman J. D, Williams Finally Nominated for Governor. Hendricks the OConvention’s First Ohoice for President. June 22 the Date of the Illinois Demooratio Conventlon, The Gubernatorial Canvass as Regarded from the Standpoint of an Egyplian. THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY- BTATK NOMINATIONS AND LATFORM. special Diapoten to The Chicago Lribune. Txpianaporis, April 19.—According to their programmoe, the rag-monoy Democrats of Indi- ana mado thelr graud demonatration in the Con- vention to-day. Thoy controlled an overwhelm- ing majority of tha dologatos. Those woro ro- inforced by & tromendous cutsido prossure from tho unterrified who want more money and cheap- or, of all abades, from tho knaves who would have It ond in repudiation to tho financial geniuson of ho croes-rosds who would hava tho Government make everybody prosporous by fs- suing currency direct to the people. Thoy un- doubtodly roprescutod tho Domocracy of the Btate. They camo liers to give voico to tho unanimous domand of tho Democratic masses, sud to cmphasizo it by nomiuating for Governor tho Indigonous statosman who is the embodimoent of tho rag-baby idiocy, Franklin Landers, Thoy wont into tho convontion to-day with all tho odds save in wire-pulling tatent in their favor, to bo completoly bamboozled and cheatod out of the victery that to them bo- longed. HENDRICRS DIDIT, * Thia not bocauso he iain favor of honest cur- reucy, but becauso ho I8 in favor of anyihing that may improvo his prospects bofore tho 8t. Youls Convention, and not boing eatisfied aa. to what will win there, dotormined npon keeping thio Indlana Democracy upon Loth stdea the question aud noither, until it #hsll bo seon which 18 to bn tho winning side, when, of course, with them at kia back, ho will tako that aldo. The intlationlsts, with Landers s their candidate, would Lave to-day taken pides unmistakably and irrevocably with tho ox- tremo rag-monoy inflstion sido. Tho object of tholr grand domonstration was fo do thal. Laoders had bis monoy to back him, lis im- menso parsonal populatity, and tho ovorwhelm- fug sontiacnt of the Democratic musscs of Indiana, but MENDIICKS HAD PORSESSION OF THE MACNINE. Ho haa the co-operation of Sonator McDanald, that ominent hard-monoy statesan with soft- monoy principles; of Bpeaker Korr's- ontire following; of B. W. Hanua and tho ontiro lot of war-norso statosmon who are for honcat currency, or rag-monoy repudiation, or both, »a will promoto tho Prosidential aepirations of Hendrickn. 'Tho firat victory of tho Hendricks faction waa In securing tho olection of T. I. Cobb, of Vinconnos, s Chainman of the Con- vontion, The plot was to PLAY MOLMAN AGAINST LANDERS until onch killod off tho other, whon Congross- man Willlams, whose homespun suit and uncouth manvers have ondeared him to evory (trangor, waa to bo nominated. Williame' strength, aside from this. consista in tho fact that ho is an in. fntiopist of tho most rampant, lunstie type, ‘which was calculated upon to gocure for him tho full inflationist voto, whils tho platform was to bo contrived to stretets from Maine to California to suit tho viows of everybody. OCobb, who at tho lnat Congrossional contost waa defeated in Convention by Williatg, was cepecially intor- estod in this programmo, for tho anke of gotting Williama out of the way in tho Congressionsl xace Lhis fall, TR BEATS, To facilitato the oxccution of tho plat in the moating of the delogates, the Lauders men wero stowad awsy in tho gallorios at tho Acadomy of Mlusic, while the managing men and the dolo- gatos who wero to play for I[olman until the timo came for them to ba turned over to Will. lame were assignod the parquotte nod dross- circlo, whero they could casiust seours recogni- tion from tho Chalr nud bo moro roadily mauip- ulatod from tho utage. According “to pro- grammo, lolman was nominated from the par- uotte. From tho gallerios shouts for anders drowned tho fooble apology with ‘which Holman'’a namo was rocoived. A coro of mon eprung to their foot to nominate Landers, and one of them, J, J. Bmiloy, of Putnam, triod to got off a speech cu- logietic of tho greoubuck champion. Io was in- continently squelctied by yolls from the Hulman erowd. This put the Landers cohorts upon thelr mettlo, or mlhur upon their lunye, sod they - BENT UL BUCH MIGUTY HLOUTH from tho gallerios as completoly silonced their opponents. In the tnidst of the uproar, Landers, who was a delogate from this (Marion) county, ot upon a soat in the unllnr{y and egan a barangue, romarkablo allko for the forocity of bis attack upon Judge Holman, and for tho gervile tone in which he (Landers) bo- sougnt the Convontion to nominata him, whilo, W the eamo time, ho pretendsd to withdras lLis mme, He said that he was undor a covenant with Holman that s (Lsudors') name should Bot be brought bofore tho Conyention in opposi- tion to Holman; that Holmao hind declarod that, n 1o event, would Lie be a caundidate. Upon that undorstanding Landors had sufferod him- Bell to bo placed in nomuation, but ho couldn't control Holman's friends,~he could only control himself,—and ko swd, with quavering voice aud almost in tears, *I now domand that my name be withdrawn,” Tho spacch wass, in fact, A UYATERICAL APFEAL tohis trionda to save him from tha treachery of the Holman men, and Lisd the deslred effoct. It "as roceived with shouts of applsuse aud yells 8t (o shoadl" *Nover withdraw!” ota, Ao attowmpt waa made to tako Landers at his rord and nomlinate Ilolman by acclsmatlon. 3hiat waw not i tho Hondricks programme, and the Chair did not recognize the mover, but, bo- lore the motion could have boen put, the tumult :clé: d‘g"numu choked off the mover and hiv OEN, SLACK, Lo officlated s leader of tho Holman mon, Ihen lsunched forth into & toplittical pmnfiyrlu ovon Judge Holman, {n the midst of whioh the tumult among the greesbaok oluss 1n thoe galler- w28 redoubled, The din and uproar was vuch at this Ar'mcwu that it was impossiblo for inyihing to be dono or for suyone to mske Lim- %6lf board, Black oould ouly uaw the air with 8 armg and utter jnarticulato yells, whilo & ore of men on the floor and in ths second and Wit tiera sl eawed tho air with their :rm sad ye|led fouder, and all was loat in the trlous commotton. It wont until more than navy TiE 6,000 wen{n the building, as it by somo wnll{lon, Wete furiously ud‘uumlng aud yelling them- :elvu Loarse. That was not in (Lo programme, ut Chairman Cobhb was equal to the emorgeuoy. ben e internal din Sl roachod its height, 1dly CHICAGO 1RIBUNL: THORSDAY, APRIL 20, 1876. 0 he aimply ordersd tha band to Fh" and the horps were tootsd mntil partial ordor was rentored. Then Hlack, following Landers' docli- nation tactics, withdrow the namo of Holman, aud Dan Voorboos and Congrensman Walliama wore nominated. A call of the roll of couation was begun, and, notwithstanding thelr with- drawal, both Landors and loiman woere voted for. Bofors half-a-dozen countied had been oalled the din wwan renawed, and BECAME 8O FURIOUS hat proceodings wora agaln atopped, whon the Comnitteo on Renolutions mado thoeir report. Then loiman waa sgatn nominated, whoroon Landora was aleo agaln nominated by a_whola Lot of cnthnsiastio adhoronts fu tho galleries. Voorhoos' namo was withdrawn, and tho Obaf sttomptod to fares Williama nupon the Convon- tlon by announoing that Holman and Loudets having been withdrawn, Williama was the only candidato beforo tho Convention, ‘Iheronpon tho tumult was ronowed. Laudors atlemptad to apeak again, 1o was pilonced by tho tromen- dous uproar all ovor tho houso, Austin Brown, ono of hia loaders, shoutod from the gallery that if Landers wasn't pormitted to sponk nobody sbould bo heard, That was tho sigusl for A PERFECT PANDEMONIUM in tho gallorics. Finally Landera was allowed lo procoed, and, with grostor oxcltement than bo- fore, procooded to repeat his spoech of a fow minutes provious, adding tharoto that thoro was a plot to prevent his nomination, in which the Republicans wero_porticipants, Mo did not, howaevor, beliove Ilolman was o party toit. 1le wound up by agsin_ withdrawing, which was, in reality, bessoching bis friends to ataud by him. J. 8. Willlame, of Lafayotte, got tho floor and urgai tho Convention o drop both olmon and Landors, and 1eilooted mwntnl{ ou tho frionda of tho latter fur porsisting in forcing bim tpon the Convantion, but the Landors men had not yot hoon lilled off by tho Ilolman trick, aud wera confldontof victory. At the conclusion of Williams' speoch tho Desrborn County dologa- tion, from Holman's own district, withdrew him and put in nomination Landers. Gon. Mauson was also_nominated, and again the brass horna woro tooted and P16 DRUMS POUNDED to drown tho uproar, The Chalr then an- nounced that evorybody wos nominated whom any delogato wanted to vote for, and the roll- call was commencod anow. As tho votos woro mven on efthier side the announco- ment was grooted with cliocrs and yolls, and amidat such n Babol as was nover bofore bohold in thts city, the calt waa finally complotod. What tho voto actually was nobody pretenda to know, av, in the furiods tumult that prevailed, it was impossiblo to got at it exactly. FIVE BECIETARIES WORKED AT IT in soparato divielons. Whon it wns summed up, though, thero woro 23 votes not ac- counted for at all. As sunounced from tho Chiair, tho voto was : Holman, 01644 ; Lundolrn. 898; Willisms, 28; Masuson,” 23. Tho friouds of Laoders attompted to challenge tho voto as doclared, sinco obviously 23} voton had not boen accotintod for at all, bnt tho Chair irnored tho domaud, and tho volo was not veri- fled. Thoso 2334 vates wonld have folchod ont Landers ahiead, provided thoy were cast for him, as is claimed thoy wero. n the ather hand, thero wore houa-fido supporters of Holman not in tho Hendricks plot who CLAIM TIAT LOLMAN WAS NOMINATED on tha first baltot, Certain it is that somebody waa cheated on tho count, and about cortain is it that every man in the Conventlon now knows that such was the fact, but the plot was to kill off both Landers and Holmen. The Chairman, who was solectod to carry out that programmo, did his part towards it by anuouncing tho figures 83 given, though ho must have known thoy were wrong, andn second vote was orderod. Tho moxt autboritative report is_that, on tho true snnonucemont of tho reault, Holman would hava lind 974 votes, 24 more than woro needed to nom- fuato bim. By THE TACTICS OF THE CHAIR, howaver, Tolman's chances wore thon and there torminated, and tho sccond bailot was, in fact, botween Williams aud Landors. Tho Iattor again aitempted to give thal curious spasch of his, withdrawing his name, bat, in fact, implor- ing s friends to stick to him, 'That Apaoch, howover, had already Leon reponted once too olton. Gon, Slack foilowed in a repotition of lia epeoch, withdrawing Holman, Thon, tho timo being ripe for it, tho Headricks managors, who had the Convontion camplotely under their control, st about Lisusferring the Holman voto to Williams, and amidat TILK INFEUNALEAT ROW over rafsed in any Couvention hotd in Indiana, carried their point, and, before tho rosult was anuounced,* carricd by ncclamation & motion making Willisms' nomination unanimous, BUMMING UP. The resultof tho day's prococdings was nelthor o dofont of the inflationists nor a victory for lionest-money Nomaerats, if any such there wera hero to-day, It was whofly aud purely a tri- umph of Hendricksism,—tlnt is, it was tho tri- umph of the chiof political huckster of theao | timar, who wauts to go to 8t. Louis untrammeled to dicker for tho Prosidontinl nomination. IHo Lias all his life dodged muking n record, aud his Anccons lins been in dodgiog all livo issuos snd in committing himself to no principles not suscoptiblo of doublo iuterprotation.” That in what his mauagors to-doy succocded i making tho Domocracy of Indiana do for him, Tasy are INFLATIONINTY OF ‘(IiF; MONT HABID ROMT. In Indians, the platform will bo construed 84 meanfug rag-monoy intlation, nnd mnothing oleo. * Qutside tho Stato tho Ioudricks men to- niglt confidently claim thoy ean _mukoe tho plat- form moan precisely what anybody wants it to moan. Tho groenback Domocrats fool that thoy havo boen choatod, and made conspicuons zsnos of. ‘Thoy recall that it was Hondricks who slaughtorod Pandtoton, the greonback caudidata for Presidont nt Now York, and that now again Lio hs thwarted thom. I8 DAY OF NECKONIK® FOR IT will come, and, porhaps, it will como at tho 8t. Touls Convention, whon ho Is botrayed smong tho Indiana dologation. Holman, too, will have to make bis sottlement with tho Rag Baby De- moacracy to dofeat whom hie to-day suifored him. self_to bo usod s a cat's paw, IHondricks hag got Indiana on both sidea tho currency quostion, and has soctred a dolegation to 8t. Louis to bo equally availablo on oitber side. Dy a sharp trick in the Convention, Landors wes also on- trappod to declariog that ho had not and wonld not accept tho indopondent greenback nomina- tion, but it will not avall to sava him from tho sctive hostility of tho greouback men, and ho may oncounter it soonor than ho auticipates. TO-NIGHT tho Democrats of oll shades of opinion do not concoal tholr shamo and disguat at the disgraco- ful manner in which tho Convention was worked by tho Hendricks machine-men, nor tho rame pant rowdyism, without a parallel in tho history of Indiana Democratic Conventions, which characterized tho pro:wuln{:n. It was tho most disordorly rabble over digoified by tho uame of a convontion. Thore was tho shamatul specta- clo of » dummy candidate run sluply to kill off the vpoople’s candidate, Of all pitiable oxbibitions ot political domagogery ever made, the most pitlablo was that mado by Landers, tho pooplo's candidate, in begging with tears in hLis oyos for tho nomioa- tion, "the worst of all woro tho shamoless frauds in tho count, onenly porpetrated npou the plat- form, aud the uttor defiance of parliamonta: Iaw, doconoy, aud common justice with whic the machine programma was drivon through, Yo (he Assoctated Prest.) TUE NOMINATIONS, Inpranavors, Iud., April 19.—~The following 18 tho lickot nominated by the Domocratio Stata Conveution to-day: Governor, James D, Will- fjams, of Kuox County; Licutonant-Governor, Issno I, Gray, of Randolph County; Judgoes of the Bupromo Court, Iirst District, 8. I, Buskirk, of Monroo County; Bocond District, A, G. Downoy, of Obio County; Third District, John Pottit, of l‘lwocluuu County Fourth District, Jamos L. Worden, of Allen County; Socrolary of Hiato, Johu E, Nofl, of Randelph County ; Auditor of Btato, E. flender- 8o, of Morgan County; Treasuror, Beujamin O, Bliaw, of Marion Conuty; Attomoy Genersl, O, A. Buskirk, of Mouroo County ; Superintendont of Publio Inatruction, J, L. Bmart, of Allen County; Clork of the Bupremo Court, Gabriel Belimick, of Perry County ¢ Roportor of the Bu- prowe Court, Augustus N. Mariio, of Wells Couuty. TUE PLATFORM, Tho tollowlng is tho platforn adopted ; Tuo Democracy of Tudians aeclaro their Adelity to Al tho provislons of tho Fedoral Constitution; ta w perpetual Unfon of tho States; to local self-Gaverne Tosi in overy wection 3 toall publlo truste and obll- ationa; tothe honcel payment of the public debt ; £ \lia 1roservation of tho publio faithy lo the maiut touancs of frew schools, and to the pura and oconome feal sduwinistration of the Foderal, nicipal Governucnts, Thoy contemplete witn tho divtress that provails, tho widespread uancial ruin that smpeuds over the people, and the corruption that poryades (ho publia service, i they charge that theso evila aro the direct resuits of the varsonal Gov- ernment, unwieo leglelation, vicious Guancisl pol- loy“ the great contracton of tho currency, au the eslravsgancs snd selfsbness of thu party aud ile oficials whg have so %onuht‘d unchacked control. Iuviting all who Lo o nd oarneaily desiro official purity and delity, stment of Auancisl queatious” upon sound baals, baving a regard for tho intercats and welfar of tho wholo people sud not a class, snd tho recoguition of thio fiual aettioniont of all questions wubiltted to tho srbitramant of tho sword £o unite with thein, they lare Firut —That tho civil sorvios of the Govorument has corrupt, and is made the objuct of pervonal daia, wua that A€ 16 the firet duty which the peoply ows hasiselves id the vernment o rustore the teats of oaesty, cap Yy y 1n tho ¥ on ere sons 10 Al all pulllo positicas, o Hecond—The repeated exposures of corruplion in the sdminiatration of every branch of public affaire aall for continued and thorough inveatigstion, not only that corrupk practices may bo bronght to light ty parties to punlshment, but also that it may o cloar 0 the peoplo that their only romedy for reform 1a by making & genoral and thorongh change, ‘Third—Thst retrenchmout and economy are impos- #iblo in tha Federal, Hlate, and municipsl Adminlstra~ Lion »a an easentlsl means towarda leesening thia Lur- deus of 4t peoplo, and wa command (ho offorts of & maiority of the ouss of Representative for tin ro. duction of the expenaca of {io Fedoral Government (o « Just standari, snd thoir determination to lesen tho number of u 18 ofMclals, Fourth—Wae bellevo in nur anlont doctrins that goll snd allver are the (riie snd safo bsals for the currency ; and wa are in favor of measures and policien that will produco an uniformity o valua in the cofu snd paper meney of tho coustey witlout detroying of embor- rassing tho busineas intereats of Lho peoplo, Flith—We opposs the contraction of the volume of our paper currency, and declsrs in favor of the sdop- tion of meaus looking (o the gradual retirement of tha cironlation of the National Bauks, and the subsitution thersfor of circulating notes fasucd by autliorily of the Government, 8lxtl—Va racogaizo with patriotio satirfaction tho veat rocuperatlyo onergles with which our conntry ix ondowod, aud swo obeervo that, in mpite of tha fnter- ferenco wilh the laws of commorce which bLan beon racticed, our curreuey lisa iniproved as our wealth s fucreased, and tho sense of national and local ecurity hias boen confirmed, Wo aza therefore of the opinion that & natural roturn o specie-paymonte will bopromoled by the incrsaso of natioual wealth wud industrics, by tho assurance of barmony at iomo and peace abirod, and by strenathoning our public eredit and economical sdministration of our id ono enpeclally valnable to the debtor 0 of ita legal-tendor quality, and we de- mand tho ropeal of legialstion enacted by the Rapnb. Ican party providing for ita withdrawal from circuls- tion and tho substitution therefur of Natious! Dank paper. Eighth—The act of Congress for the resumption of specio payments on the 1st of January, 187, was a parly measure, devlsed in mecret caucus fof party ends, and forced through the House of Rtapresentatives without the aliowsnca of smendmont or debate, undor party discipline, It paralyzes induetry, croafes din trust of tha future, turna tho laborer sl producer out. of employmout, §8 & standing threst upon business Tmen, and ahould at once ba rupealod without any oane dition whatever, Ninth—As Democrats wo may indulgo in laudable prido at thie groat auccss of our commuinn-echool fys- tem, which Lind {te origin in Democratio policy, snd ite dovolopment in Dumocratio moasures, Wo will aland by aud forever maintain our coustitutional pro- vision which guarautoca our common-echool fund from dimluntion and misappropristion, aua ita use ouly to the support of non-suctarian common schools, and wo denounce as encmios of tho schools tho He- publican politiciana who, for party ends, have sought to bring them into political and nectarial controversy, ‘Tentli—Wo bellovo that & licenso Iaw, Dropely guarded, is tho truo principle in leglalation upon the Mquor trafie, Eleventh—It 8 not the H‘E‘M of any political party to make tho just claima of tho Union soldiers, their widows and chiliron , tho subject of partisan contro- yorey, for auch righis'aro moat sacuse when protocted By all'tho poople, and aro endsngered only whan thrown into the political arena by ‘demagogies. We will stand by und maintain their rights o bonors, to &enllnun. and to e honntics, not as partlasns, but cauno it I our ploasure and duty as citizenn. Twelfth—That tho Jurisdiction of the Foderal Courts in clvil causes bias becn 80 oxtended as to becomme bur- denrome to tho peoplo in increased exponso, and compelling them to try their causes at places remoto from their homes. ‘Thirteenlu—=Wo approve the bill which recently parsed tho louso of Hepresentatives probibiting members of Cangroes sud all oflicers und employes of the United States from confributing money (o in- fluenca electionn, Fourteenth—\Wa are opposad to the assumption by Congress of dobia of the District of Colnmbis which wore contractod by (ho lato corrupt ring, and we be- lieve the Uovernment should pay Ler equal nd Just proportion for tocal jmprovements tho sime as oiber owners of property, siid no mure, Fiftcenthi—That the people of Indlana re:ognize with pride and plessure the omiuent public servleo of the Hon, ‘Thomas Lien- dricka; that fn all public tru ho hiaa beon faithful to duty, and In bis public and pri- vato Iifo puro and witliout blemlsh, Wa therefore declare that he is our unanimous choice for the V'resi- dency of the Unitcd Staten. Bixteenth—That the dolegates to he Democratic Nao {funal Convention, this das appointed, aro Luroby in- stracted to cast tho vole of this Stato i sald Conven- tion 84 o unit in wuch mauer s tho msjority of thy delegates may de 0. ‘Hoventoenth—V anposed to thn payment of any part of tho Iebel debt,ta the paymeut” of anything whatover for emancipaied slavos or the property of Tiebols destroyed In the War, L4 — “THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY. A CONVENTION OALLED YOI JUNK 92, Speeial tapateh (o The Chieago Tribune, Senixariewn, 1., Aprit 19.—Tho Domocratic Stato Central Cominitteo convened bore at noon to-day, the tlon. William, Brown, of Jackson- villo, Chairman, presiding. 'The mombera from goveral of the distriots wero absent, and thelr places wore supplied by proxies. There wore fourtcon dlstricta roprosonted in person or by proxs. A Committeo, of which . i, Winston, of Chicago, was Chairman, was appointed to fix tho basis of represontation, and roported, taking tho vote for 8. M. Ettor in 1874 as the basis, with ono delegato for overy 500 and one for ovory oxtra 250 votes. It wna decided to bold o Convention to sclect delogates to tho Nations! Canvention, such Convention to meot here on Juno 22 noxt. TUE QUESTION OF A SPCOXD CONVENTION to nomiunto a Blate tlicket was deforred, and tho Committoo ndjournod to moeet hero June 22, "I'ho conversation among those prosont revealed a dociled proforenco for Judgo David Davis as tho Presidontiai nominco, aud for tho ilon. H. 8, Marshiall for Govoerner. Tho idea of nomi- nating tho wholo or any part of tho Indepondant Btato ticket was scoutod, —_—— NEBRASKA, TIE DEMOCHATIO CONVENTION. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicado Tribure, | Laixcory, Neb., April 19,—Tho State Conven- tion assombled this afterncon. All parts of tho Btate are reprosented. Tho fon. Slilos Bent- myer, of Colfax Countv, was temvorary Chair- man, Tho Hon. 8. IL Calboun, of Otoo Couuty, was pormanent Chairman, TRosolutions Wero ndopted. Tho first bails with joy tho noar approach of the avorturow of a party that was s long timo ago convioted of onmoy nud risnemoanors, which ovont was brought about by the courage and perseverance of tho'Democratio mejority in the Lower louse ot Cougresas. ‘ The second demands tho proeecution of all plundorers withiout regard to party. TFho third demaudy a return to specio paymont a8 soou A poesible. ‘The fourth disparsgos the uso of money at oloctions excopt for printing. TlIm fifth commonds tho dolegation to voto ou sunit, A resolution [vstructing for Tilden and Ilon- @ricka was voted down, The dologation i8 to go uninatructed. The delogates choson aro Tir. Qoorge 11 Biller, Tabina Castor, George B. Bchofield, Dr. A, Doar, ¥, A. Hormon, sund Charles McDonald, e THE WORKINGMEN. PLATFONM ADOPTED RY THEID NATIONAL CON- VENTION. Prrrsnvno, Aprit 19.—~Tho National Labor Convontion me: at Schilller Hall at 8:40 this morning, Tho Committeo of tho Wholo wau dlssolvod by vote, and tho regular ordor of busi- nees takon up. The Committee on Resolutions roported a ro- visod sarios of resolutions, which wero road and aatod upon serintim. As adopted by tbo Can- vantion, thoy urgo upon Congrosa tho nocossity of ropoaling tho Burlingame treaty, charactoriz- ing the offect of eaid treaty as little bottor than the alave trado, aud roquoat Congress to aclect somo branch of industry, as minors and iron- workers, and appropriato a loan payable in twene ty yonra at o low rato of {utereat not exceoding 8 por cont, ‘Thoy call for tho periodical publica- tlon of statistica of manutacturing of all kinds of machinery, and ask for the incorporation in the patent lawe of a provision (hat all maaufacturors of patont articlos shall soll Eald articlos ot o cortaln limited but Jnat prafit over tho cost of manufacture, Thoy doemaud of Congroee s atrong protectivo tariff, and ask that the regulation tariff duties bo such a¢ to quot homo industry sgainat for- eign compotition. They declare in favor of the cluction of President “of the United Btatos by the popular voto of the peaple. Thoy demand of Cougross sud Legialatures tho strict enforce- ment of tlia Eight-Tlour law, and of Cougress tho enactmout of stringent usury laws. They lastly condomn the store-order systom as prac- ticad by maoufacturors, sud also the prison-contract systom of lubor, aud mc- knowledgo s debt of gratitudo to Gov, Tildon, of Now York, for hia voto of sakl system. Thoy ask that Congross shall enact laws to mive monoy aua for labor procedenco overall other claitns, sud that Goveruments, both State and Natious), ubnl! pass laws against oll discriminn. tions by common carriers, undor a ponalty of forfolture of chiartor, 'fhoy recomuend a liberal systom of {nterus! improvoments, sud urge uvon’ the difforent State Legisiatures to pass snch ap- rontice lawd s will insuro compotent workinon Kl every branch of industry, Aftor considerable discussion, the Couvention declared against the orgauization ot a third party, but appealed to all workingmea to so unite ay to attain the advancoment of the class through existing political parties. 'Tho power to call futuro conyontlons was delegated $o a com- mittes appointed for that purposs, and, after pasaing s vote of thanks to tho oflicars, the Con- vention adjourned sine dio, ———e ILLINOIS. WASHBURNE, BEVELRIDGE, AND ZARLOW, To the Editor of The Chteaga Tritune: HBuawxeerown, 111, April 17.—The gentlemen who vegotato in and around the Btate Capitol at Bpriogficld aro just now flooding Lower Egypt with their official eplatica. The Washburne movemont socms 1o bavo driven them further nouth with thejattonuated achemes of thin poli- ticians. Indoed, thore ls scarcoly a cross-rosds etatcaman in all this rogion but who cau oxcite the merriment of his frionds in copporas-colorea broochos by flourisbiog fn their faces Jotters from e Excellency tho Acting-Governor, or from tho Hecrotary of Btato's oflico, Harlow's clorke, or rathor tho Stato clorks In his emplog, trot hither and yon, whilo those of them not out on tho rond aro acattoring atoreotyped lotters s thickly a8 thio leavoa are eaid to Liave atrewn the Valambrosa. Beveridge nevor fails to bogin hia offusions witli tho septence '*I racognize in you the loading politician of — County," ete., ote. Thoso from Harlow's offico gencrally com- manco with ** I recolloct with pleasurs our as- sociationw and friendly iutercourse in tho Union Losgue," ote. 1y the way, for how long a timo Ishe going to run for office on that Union Teaguo aofige ?, Itwooms to Lo gotting rather tm, If I am correctly informed, this mustang ** Colanel, " got pay for all tho time and servico ho devoted to the League. For the past twolve yesrs It las heon his rtock in trade” in a political way, and it would soom that hia compstitor, Mr. Beroggs, wag politically very rhort-sighted, o abould linvo been At home bumming around in tho Unijon Leaguo tnatead of worving in tho army, a8 I undorstand he did. The wholo thing grows aublimoly ridiculons whon the **Colonel™ ad- drouses .ono of his felerically-writton Union Longuo lotters to an old soidicr. Liavirg in ks oftica & record of all tho county ofiicors in the Htato, many of the Union Leaguo documents fall uto tho hands of men who woto rank and outspoken Copperheads during the \War, In ‘eituor cneo tho eoffect is tho samo, for . whou @ Cop pgots ono he breaks into o horeo laugh and reads it to his political chums, but wheo one s sout to an old soldier who was * toarcluing throngh Georgia " when tho ** Colonol ¥ was gotting big pay for inaututing Loagues, ho is very apt to say * that's too tbin.” ~ If Harlow Lad given Lalf the time to preventing tho disgraceful printing steal of the Bpringticld Ring he would #tand Lighor in the cstimation of Ilinois Re- ublicaus tuau ho now does. The sbiameful rob- ery of Lhe printing pirates cost the peoplo of thin Btato thousands of dollars, This robber; waa offected throngh the Becrotary of State's of- flco, and in 1874 was tho subject of an inveatiga- tion, Thorosult of thatinvostigation brought sho' blush to many o chook, aud I earnestly Liope that Republicans may not have to oxcuse and ex- plu?u that natter for Harlow during the cam- paign of this yoar, The Committes on Printinj wade the whole robbery a matter of rocord, an wrote, tho infamy down in an official report of 237 pages. 1t I was “CoL” [arlow, I would pray that every copy of thal report might bo sunk in mid-ocean. "Why, tho steal was auch that Ed Merritt, of the Registcr, got £46,000 for Just keoping still. I am’ bitterly apposed to vominating any man whoso record {s not clean sud whosu ofticial acts wo shall have to excuse and defend all through tho campaiga, In this particular locality Ilidgway Ling many supportors for Govornor. His strength ts locai, and, aftor wo havo complimonted Tom to Lis hearv's content, the most of this soction will go for Waslburno, Ho it i In other Jocalitios in ropard to Boveridge, who has considerable strongth in_cortain countios in this ond of the Stato, but whou tho broak occurs smong his del- egutes wost of thom will fall into line with the \Yoshburuo mnen. Iu this campaign Egyptisn Lopublicang havo encugh to do withont Laving to oxcuso the peculinr record of Bovoridge, hiy wholesalo pardaning, or his uso of the contiu- gent funa. Leyrriax, - e MISCELLANEOUS, DAKVILLE, ILL. Spectal Dirpateh to The Chicaan Tribune, * Dasvirs, IIL, April 19.—The city election rostorday roanltod in tho olection of Hooten for Trensuror, Yroeman for Clerk, and Outland for Attornoy, A law-licenso Board of Aldermen way sloctad by 8 largo mojority iu ovory ward. FOND DU LAC, WIS, Spectal tHapatch to The Chicaso Tribune, Foxb nt Lac, Wis,, April 19.—The City Conn- ofl, o mu"omynrwnm i# Republican, astonished the uatives lest ovouing by elocting n Domo- cratic Chief of Polico sud City Comptrotler, Tho Ropublicaus of Lho city are naturally indignant at tho treachory of somo Aldormen eolected a8 Ropublicans, MONTANA ¥OR TLAINE, Hevena, M. 1, April 19.—~Tho Republican ‘Tarritorial Convention, in session at Decr Lodge, M. I, to-day iustructed delcgates for Biamo. ‘Fhe procosdil wore stormy. THE CONNECTICUT BINATORSIUP, Suecial Diapaten to The Chicsa Tribune, Niw Yoms, Avril 10.—The friends of Repro- soutative Baroum, of Conuocticut, asnort IURL in the Sonatorial contest now _in progross betwoen Bonator English aud = Darnum, tho latter will undoubtodly socuro the olection, The feol- {ug botweon the candidntos, growing out of this strugglo for oflice, {3 roported to bo vary bitter, A 1IAD T'LACE YOI GREENBACK YOLITICH. Special Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune, 8ax Tuaxcisco, April 10.—A convention iy calied to meot at Bacramouto the 20th ivst, to chooso delegatos to tha National Greenback Couventiou st Indianapolis May 17, CENTENNIAL, KANSAS. Special Dixpateh to The Chicago Tribune, ArciisoN, Kau., April 19.~To-morrow tho Kausas Stato Board of Contonnial Managers bold a mocting at Topoka to make arrangewents for forwardiug to Philadolphia tho oxhibit of Btate products. Information was ¥ecolved hero to-day that the Kansas bullding would bo complotod and ready for the roception of goods by tho 1st of Moy, The Kansas colleclion is vary largy, and will oqual in quality auy simllar oxhibit ever mado tn any country. It nclados an immenso and oxceedingly otiractive digplay of sgricul- tural proaicts, a full collection of tho birds of the Stato, a fine display of minerals, and spoci- mous of timbor-growth, building stone, mavn- factured products, and curlosities, ‘Tl Atchi- son, Tapoka & Santa Fo Nailroad Company will make a handsome oxhibit of Kausas and Colora- do products in the sawme building. 'The Terri- tory of Colorndo will uuite with Kausas, oxhibiting in ono department of the Kaneas “bulldiog & splondid collection of lher minorals Ao othor atticlos of intoreat. 'The Kansas Logislaturo of 1875 mado an appropriation of 85,000 fora Conten- nial oxhibit, and tho Legislature of 1876 appro- priated an additional 3,300, The Kanaas build- ing, uow being orocted at Philadelphia, will cost 810,000. A Xnusos baod has beou organizod to furnish music at the Stato building during the Centcunial, John A, Martin and Goorge A. Crawford, Nationa! Contennial Commissionery for this Htate, leavo for Philadolphia next Sat- urday to be prosont st the annunl meeting of the Commirsion, The Kanaas colioction will ro- quiro twouty cara to transport it, MICHIGAN, &iperiat Dispateh to The Chicage Tribuns, Apmtaw, Micli., April 19.—The fast mail car “ Qon, Dix," polished and ropaintod, loaves the Liako Bhoro shops hiero to-morrow for exhibition at the Centonnial, —_— SUICIDE, Svecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Kexosua, Wis., April 19,—At » quarter to 8 this mftornoon Nicholsa Grosch, a woll-to-do tailor of this city, attompted suicide by shoot- ing himsolf with » platol, in tho rear of his store. Ho doliberately almed for his hoart, but tho ball missed tho hoart and passod through the body, Tho would-be suloido is still alive, but litile hopo 18 ontortained of his rocovery, All eorts of stories are afloat aa to tho motive that prompted thus rash act, vecial Dispatch Lo T'ha Chkeage Trrbuns. 81, 'avt, Allril 19,—Charles A, B, Weide, who sttompted suicida by custing Lis throst some wooks ago, tried it again this morniug vy jump- {og 1uto the Mississippl, but the caldness of the wator clinngod his mind, After banglog tos rallway trestlowark in the wator for an hour he wn} roscued, and will now be taken to su insane asyluw, PORT HURON. Spectal Dispalch to Tha Chicuae Priduns, Post Hunoy, Mich., April 10.—Passen ur— Props John Pridgeon, Jr., aud cousort, V., H. Kotchum and Cousort, Lady Franklin and consort, Egyptian, with Delawaro aud Pelican, Bay Oity and bargos, Yosomite and barges; tugs Lovi Jobineon anu 8. 8. Coe, Winp—nBouthwost ; geutle, . Weatugn—Fine, CRIMINAL NEWS. The Murderer of Noe, at New York City, at Last Doom- ed to Die. Scones in the Toombs Yés!erday, and Talks with the Condomn- ed Man, A Drunken Step-Father Reats a Child to Death at Ouelda, 111, Moro Trouble Anticipated Between Whito Men and Negroes at Browns- town, W, Va, DOLAN, THE NE\;I YORK BURGLAR, DOOMED, Bpectal Lhapateh to The Chicaan Tribune, New Yonr, April 19,—Forsix months the fato of Jolin Dolan, the murderer of Jamea I, Noe, hine hung fo the balance, and betwoen now trinta and Executlvo clemency it was heliovod by many that bo would finally oacape, To-day, however, bis fato was decided by Governor Tilden, who sent word thet the sentence of death must be carricd out. A reporter of Tur TinuNs called on Dolan at the Tombs soon after noon- day. Hoon after 1 o'clock Dolan's counsel, Howa sud Mummel, entered the Tombs and the prisoner wss called out of his cell to rocelve the worst mews that could posaibly overtake a man, It was virtusily his death-warrant. Dolan road the awful truth in tho solemn countenence of Mr. Howe, who held & crumpled dispatch in his band, A porceptiblo shadow passed liko a flash over tho faco of the doomed tan, and that was all, With ono band resting on hia coll-door, ho turued from his friend, & young woman wlho had called to 800 him, and waited during tho intorval of doep sflonce which followed. When his oyo mot that of his counsol, Mr. Hows said * John, I am paived to tell you that, after all our offorts in your behalf, the Goveruor has do- clived to interforo in your case. 'I'his is pain- ful, but I thought I ought to give you tho earli- est posatblo notice of it." . Dolan morely said : ** I expocted it,” Mr. Howo continued: *‘John,1 have mado evary poesible effort to save you. If 1hed gono mysolf to Albany I might possibly have reproach- ed myself, but. stoce Mr, Beach went, I think evorything possibly has boou dono," Dolan said : **I belioveit, and I thank yon for it,” “*If that is wo," said Mr, Howe, * I am repaid for what timo and monoy I hase spent in your bebalf. John, before God I beliovo that you aro innocent.” 'To which Dolan plaintively replied : I am gone thay will find that out," Br. Howo then charged Lim to make every preparation to die, and Dolan, with & firm, con- Zidont voice, #aid ; ** 1 am prepared ; I expected nothing else.” Then turning suddonly to tho Deputy Warden, Mark Finloy, **Whero la Maygie ? [his wife]. Tl her ta come at 3 o'clock Lo-day. Me. Finlay said: * She {s hero now.” T'o which Dolan replied sorrowfully : I don't want to soo har now. Toll her to como at 4. » After Then, suddenly changing his mind, he beckoned 0 ° hor, and, dmwing & fow dollars from his vesi-pocket, placed them in her band. As bo took o kiey, his wife hastily rotreated with {ears glistening in her eyes and agony depicted in hor countonance, + Incrodiplo a8 it mny sppear, Dolan, after & fow words with the reporters standing uoar, en- tored hia cell, closod the inside door, Iald down on his cot, and fell eound safeop. 'hroe-quar- ters of an honr afterwands, when Mark Finley opened_the door to anuounce dinner, he had to sinko Dolan throe times to aronse lnm. Dolan #nid o wanted nothing, and dozed for half an lour longer, Then ho wus tu a mopd to convoreo, and talked of ail tho dotails ¥ his approaching execution with a qniet, unrafilad demeanor which was_enotircly unaffectod. and awazed bis hetenars. 1o mentioned tho seaftold, ropo, and black cap, and said it the peoplo thirsted for his blood ho was ready to givoit, 1o remarkod that Finnell, swho tnlled O'Baldwin, had been ocquitted on a plea of self-uofenso, while ho who. he doclared. hnd not been conelu- sively found guilty of murdor must sufler death, His mother and “slater callod about 4 o'clock. Tho mother was deepiy affocted, but the son maintained his appoarance of resignation. Two Bisters of Mercy from Houston street also calied and catored his colt. Dolan paid to the reportor whilo upeakiug of the insane mur- deror Dillon, who was in tho eorridor, ** If [ was a8 him, I shonldn’t enro atall. but it is hard to dio ns voung as I am beforo doing amoything for one's famity." Tho gallowa will bo erocted to-morrow, No ona will bo ndmitted to tho Tombs to-morrosw oxeopt pordons whom Dolau dosires to see, A BRUTAL MURDER, peclal Devateh to Z'he Chicasn Tritune, Gautsiung, 1L, April 19.—A bornblo tragedy took place last night in tho quivt Villago of Onolds, 12 miles nortlicast of this eity, In which & littlo B-yoar-old boy waa cruelly beaten to doath by o drunken etep-fathier, Tho facts, n3 Tur TRIUNE correapondent lesrus them, aro a8 follows: Jotn Burgeson, a laboror, moved his hounschold goods yosterdsy from a former placo of remdonco,.in the country, to a houso owned by O. 0. Bchudder, [n Oncida. Ho was negistod by 8 Swode namod Erickson. After thy moving bad boon completed, Mre. Burgosou propared supper for tho men and her littlo son. After eating, whisky was in. dulged in until the mon became intoxicatod and quurrelsome. At a lato hour Erickson loft, and Mr, and Mra. Burgeson rotired to bed, taking with thom the littlo boy. Daring tho night a quarrel took placo betwoon tho man ana wifo, which reaulted in tho latter luasing tho houso to find protection with a neighbor for the remainder of the night. In thomorning Arg. Burgeson sont o man uained Nolson over to hor house to sea how affairs were situated. On ewtering tho houso DBurgeson waa found slecping on the bed, and in an adjoining room ou tho floor lay the liitle boy dead. His body was crushed snd bleeding, stamped all over with thio marks of boot-hoels, and looking as though ho had beon taken by tho Leols and thrown violontly agamat tho floor or wall, Burgeson, on being arresied, profosssd to know votlung of tho affair, LErickson was found, and also pleaded innoconcs, but on his boots were found clots of blood, and tho suppo- sition {8 ho must bave entored tho houso after tho mother lind loft aud mssistod in the murder- ous doed. Mo i also under arrest. RIOTOUS MINERS. CincinNaTt, 0., Apnil 19.—Additional advicds in rogard to tho threatoned sffalra betwoen white aod uegro Jaborard on tho Government locks at Brownstown, W. Va., are, thataftera consaltation between tho parties, tho negroes agreed to leave by noon to-day. if thov were un- molestod, which agroomont waa ratified by tho whites, Coutractor Dull dooms it nocessary to his porsoual wolfare to leavo town, The latest from Brownstown, W. Va., says: “Tho negroes boanded an east-bound train with. out tickots or money, and compellod the conduc- tor to carry thom East,” \ OINCINNATS, O., April 10.~Tho Gazette's Charleston }’\k Va.) #pecial to-ntgnt says the troubles at Drownstone ars not yot ond and tho negroes have not gooe away, as provlnnuly roported, Last oveniug the rioters wont to tho oflico of Contractor Dell and notifisd him that, unloss the nogrocs woro sont awsy, the riotors would bavg every megro, snd himself with thom, Duall went to Clarloston, asked aid of the nuthoritios, aud, with tho Sheriff and 100 citizens, roturned to Brownstono this afternoon, No turthor advicos have been receivod from the acono of disturbauce, WILL DISGORGE. New Yons, April 19.~In the suits in bebalf of the cily agaiust tho members of tho Tweod Ring, for tho recovery of the amouals of which thoy plundered tho public Treasury, counsel for Garvoy, the Riug plastorer, filod an answer yes- tordsy, etating his willingness to restore’ his share as soon ad the amount can be sscertained. ‘Tho same counssl are prepariug a similar answer in bohalt of John H. Koyser, tho lling plumber. THE LA CROSSE “ BANKERS." Spectal Lnapateh to Tha Chicaos {ribuns, La Onossy, Wis,, April 18,—The cxamination into tho affairs of tho dofunct Natious! Bsnk at LaOrosse woa continued to-dsy, sud will ba continued to-morrow. The evidenco zo far shows that tho bank was In o terribly rotton condition when g0ld by Butor to Wheeler, and that fta former Prosident, 3Mr. Butor, Is likely to be shown to bo as grost & criminal a8 Whecler, 1io was, it in belioved, bohind soms £100,000 whon disposing of the bank. Htone, tha Vico-Presidont, will undoubtedly be dischiarged, a3 nothing 8o far hsa beon daval. oped to criminsto bim, ALLEGED CATTLE THIEVES. Speciat Dupateh to I'he Chicags Triduna. Wixoxna, Minn,, April 10,—Charlos Rupley and Thoodoro Stafford wero arrested haro this morn- ing for sten!ing cattle in Winona and Houston Counties. They were bound over to the Dis- trict Court fu %1,000 onch, CROPS, - 1owa, Specsal Dispateh to The Chizago Tribune, Des Morxes, In., Avril 19.—Wheat sowing has been pushed raptdly on the high lands the paat twodays. Tho low-lands are too wot, Bhonld good weather continue moro than the nsual acroage will bo sown in tho Hiate, as farmers havo ro abundance of wheat on Land unsold on account of the low prico and poor flouting quali- tica. Apecial Dispateh ta The Chicage Tribrine, BEORTR, Ia., April 19.—8pring wheat sowing in tuis sectlon js about finished. Tho ares, which {8 slways small, is ususlly so this spring, farmern dooming the venture an unsafe one on account of tha latencas of tho sezson, and pro- forring to risk oate aud corn instesd. An aver- ago arca of fall whont was eown, and the crop 18 genorally reported as vory promising, althoagh thero nro aomo oxceptions. Special Lisvaleh to The Chicaoo Triduns, Towa City, In., April 19,.—Spring weather scems now to bo with us in tdls soction of tho Htato, Hinco last Monday the rosds have dried up so they ate rénlln passable, and vogetation is advaucing rapidly. Tho farmers aro bard at work putting fn emall grain, Vory little plowing was dong 10 thia locality prior to last Aonday. Sinco thien cousiderable bss been done. Tharoe hon been sown up to this timo less than one- fourth of the scrosge of spring whoat that was sown Iast year, but farmers from vari- oun localities in thin and sdjoining countles ray that thera will bo a full average of spring whoat, s well as of oats and barloy sown this apring. Muceh of the ground for apring wheat was plowad lagt fall. From prosent indications thero will be 88 lorge an acroago of epriug whost sown this #pring a3 thero was last, ROCKFORD, ILL. Speetal Diwatch o The Chicago Tridune, Rocgronn, 11, April 19,—The farmora in this section of $he country do not sow much wheat, Winter wheat in almost an unknown crop. and tho average farmor will uot often sow spring wheat in excess of what e actually consumes, 88 it does not yield ovor 10 or 1% bushels to the scre. The past week or 0 Las boon a buny ono with tho farmers, and the small grain wilt soon boall in. So far as yonr correspondent can loarn, thero will be moro epring wheat sowed this than last year, but in that case the entizo crop of wheat, after the home markot and our numerons flour-mills have been sapplied, will not amount o much. To show moro fully tho littla importance of the wheat crop in Winnebago County, allow me to make an oxtract from the hooks of Acard & Rose, our heaviest grain-buyers, which show tha number of bushels of grain bonght in meven monthe, as followa: Wheat, 9,200 bushels ; corn, 42,500 ; oats, 40,850, Tho mamo firm, in that time, shipped but (,675 bnehiols of swhoat, whils thay ehibped 48,335 bushols of corn and 56,250 busk- ols of oats,and then it must be borns in mind that Rockford bas on ontmsal mill th unnslly converts into ostmeal over 100,040 bushels of oata. MINNESOTA, Sveetal Disrateh o The Chieags Tribune, 87, PavL, Minn., April 19.—Tho anow disap- peared from the fielda in tho routh part of Min- neeota eight to ten days ago, baving gone from tho northern fielda soveral dasa prosious. Wheat seoding generally bogau a week azo Mouday. This weck it is being puabiod, with ths ground for tho lzat two daya iv finacondition. Thare 1a less plowing to do this spring than ustal, Small grains will moetly bo on fall plowinz, Swecial Dixpateh o he Catwpo Tristne, WisoNa, Minn,, April 19. athor warm and nico, Beeding ia vell under way in tho eastern part of Winona County, and the farmers are #owing {n Wabasha County., With favorable wentber crops will ba sown fally a week eaclior thisn fast sear. SOUTHERN WIZCONSIN. Sueeial Digateh @ The Cateags Tribune, Jaxesvinie, Wis,, Apnl 10,—Ths farmsrs in this vicinity, nnd in fact throughout Southern Wisconsio, have =8 yet sowed no prmin, and mauy have dono very little epring plowing. The ground is too wet 88 yot; but two or three bright dags will place tho ground iu good condi- tion, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Triduns, Wis., April 19.—Tbe spriug, na usnal, - tn ihis county. The frost, Lowover, 18 well out of tho ground, and farmems have commenced. With a fuir share of good weather for the balancs of tho soason our Grangers pro- dict & teoming harvest. Your correspondent met onr Board of Bupervisors, which is compos- ed largaly of tho loading farmers of the county, and tuoy all speak flattoringly of tho prospects. SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Spexat Dapdch to T'he Chicaqo T'ridune, Srarsar1eLy, Iil., April 19,~Vaory littlo spring wheat is usually gown iu this - county, and tho exporionco of last yoar war not encoursging for puch acrop Thoe presont prospoots aro that the breadth of spring whoat sown this oason will not bo large. Fall whoat looka woll, but the principal crop in Ssngamon County is corn. Tho ground bmlL’s well, and crop prospeots ara ood, unless thoro should ba too abundaut roins tho noxt few wooks, as is throateued. OSHKOSH, WIS. Srecial Dispalch to T'ha Chirago Trituns, Qsukosn, Wis., April 19.—~The spriog is brok- ward and coll. Tho farmers sowod very little wheat to-day and yesterday, but a warm rain is uooded bofore the ground Is in condition for sowing., Shounld we get pleasaut weather and mild unn;omuro for three days an immonso breadth of wheat would bo sown, ‘The farmers have almost despaired of good weathor, #o cold aud raw has it beon, MACON COUNTY, ILL. Sveciar Dispateh to Tha Chicago Triduma, Decaren, I, April 19.—By careful inqulry, Ifind but vory littlo epring wheat mown this year in Macon Counly. Thore has been too much rain to admit of sowing, Tho winter wheat looks well, but tho acrsage is small, PEORIA, ILL. Bpecial Mavatch o The Chicage Tridune, Prona, Ik, April 19.—The prospects for aow- ing apring wheat in this section aro extremely poor, owing to tha backward spring and froquent ralug, No sowing at all has yot been dous. Tho farmers aro bluo, and complala bitterly, VERMILION, COUNTY, ILL, Spectat Dinvateh to Ths Chisaga Ividune, Daxvizre, I, Apnl 19,—There is ususlly vory little spring whoat sown in this county; this year leas than usnal. The westher s, how- sver, fair, and the ground in good coudition. DWIGHT, ILL. Bpecial Dispateh ta The Chicago Tribune, Vwiour, 1L, April 10.~To-day we started the plowa in this locality for the first time. The ground is vory wet. Itisslow work, Woares mouth behind. "BUSINESS NOTICES. o In Timel!-Old poople, wWhaoso Blood s sour and thin, or young folks (with sdolesceut bunior in thelr veins), should cloanso their systum by using Wishart's Pine ‘Tree Tar Cordial, wheuover they have any ulcerstion in the throat sad'luugs, or Fune ning sores on the exteraal akin} ————— Hurncivs Fiavoering Extracts—Tho auperionty of thesa extracts cousists (u their parfect urity and grost streugth, They are warrautod froo Fron thio polsonous otls aud acids which eiter tuto thy compauition nf many of tho factitious {ruis favors 0w i the market, _SHIRTS. Tax Payers OFf this city are carnvetly requeatud to attend a meot- 1ug st 171 Bouth Clark-st., betweon the bours of 7 s, m. and 8 p, 1w, sud we will couvince them it's ta thelr advantage to Luy thelr shirts of us, HARRIS & COBE, 171 Bouth Clark.at, SILKS, CARSON, PIRIE & C0.S BARGAINS! . The following lines of SILKS, just received from the great New York AUCTION SALES, bought in the present depress- cd state of the market at a ruinous loss to the importers, aro ¢ the CHEAPEST GOODS ever sold ¢ At 8110, 6 lino of handsome shades of 20-fnch Colored Gros Grains, worth $1.60 to $1.60. At £1.25,1argo lot very choico shades Lyons Col’d Gros Grains; rich, bright lustro; never sold under 51,75 to 51.85. At §1.35, heavy, vory rich Col’d Gros Graing, stylish shades ; worth §2. . The above 3 lots are worthy the immediate attention of purchasers before choicest shades are sold, Trimming Bilks from 75 ots, upward, At 65 cots., lot of Fancy Silks in good stylos, At 75 ots., now lines of Fancy Silks, groat bargains; some of them for- moerly sold at §1,26. At 85 cts., largo assortment of Fane cy Bilks, very desirablo styles, much under value. At $1.25, lino of Cheney's American 8itks, striped; same goods for- merly sold at 82. Heavy, all-silk, Black Gros Grains, %1 and $1.25, At $1.60, Splendid Cashmore Black Bilks, worth $2, At $1.75, Lyons Cashmore Gros Grains, an oxtraordinary bargain. At &2 wo shall offor 8 very rich, heavy, and elogant Lyons Cash= mero Silk, equal to anything that can bo bought elsewhore at $2.50. WEST END DRY GOODS HOUSE, Madison and Peoria-st. W.AS.&Co. Special Silk Sale! 1laving made cxtensive purchases Black Lros Grain Silks At the recent AUCTION SALES In New York, weare offering them at the lowest prices cver sold. Examine our qualities at $1.35, $1.50, $L75, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50, $2.75, $3.00. They are all CACHEMIRE FIN« ISH goods, the products ot the most noted and relinble Lyons manufacturers, We are also offering full lines o} Colored Gros Grain Silks, In all the desirable shades, at $1.00, $1.25, $1.60, $1.76, $2.00, $2.50, Unequaled in value at the prices. 26 PIECES COLORED STRIFES AT 75 CTS., Worth fully $1.00 per yond. W. A STPSON &T, BUQCESBORS TO STMPSON, NORWELL & C0., AT THE OLD STAND, _79 & 81 State-st. YOR SALE, . . SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC ASSIGNEE'S PEREMFTORY BALH, Estato of Holtalander, Bandall & Dantals, On Thursdsy morning, April m‘fil 10 n'cjtnkhm £ Fultonat, wl be sold” 4 putllo suotion fir outh by arder of J, K, Russell, Asalgnes, all the groperty of the sbovoe cetats, including an sssortment of Bash, Doora, Hlinds, Bhingles, Timber, Kip-taws, olce Alsd all the book accounts of eald estate, $5~ At the samo timo and place will be sold 1 Irces Turnioy-Lathe, 1 Earl Pump,§ atolding Machine, 3 Turning Lathes, 1 Usiversal Wood-Worker, T Ohasos plon Molding-Machize, 1 Panel Planer, 1 Press Punch, 1 Bash Bticker, 4 Sand Paper Machines, SPECTAOLES, N o Bulted to all siy] ! ¥ ciau, B Madison-st, (Tribane Bullding), DOLLAR STORE, BRONZES = el thas are Wimdcmm Don"t fail to sea them s HTRIN'S i B‘l‘%m 108 B Madison-ab.