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POLITICAL CONVENTIONS, + A Grand Gathering of the Massa- chusetts Democracy, RENOMINATION OF GOVERNOR GASTON. Inflation Denounced and Hard Money Supported. THE NEW YORK LIBERALS. Proceedings at the State vention Yesterday. Con- GOVERNOR TILDEN INDORSED THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS. YHE STATE CONVENTION—INDORSEMENT OF GOVERNOR TILDEN AND HIS CANAL POLICY— THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET FAVORED, BUT THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS ARE TO BE AT LIBERTY ‘TO CHOOSE FROM EITHER TICKET. Aunayy, Sept. 22, 1875. ‘The Liberal Republican State Convention was held at ‘Tweddle Hall, in this city, to-day, Its numerical strength was not large. There wasan unpleasant hitch just before the doors were open, the agent of the hall refusing to let the liberals inside before they paid the rent, insisting that he was not going to run after the ‘money for two or three months, as he had been com- pelled to do last year. After considerable parley, ex-Post- ‘master Morgan L, Filkins, of Albany, paid the money. The doors were opencd and the business of the Conven- tion proceeded. Six policemen had been engaged to preserve order, but the half hundred gentlemen who gathered in solemn conclave were perfectly harmless, ‘and the officers had nothing todo but doze during the two hours’ proceedings. General Cochrane called the Convention to order and ‘was at once chosen permanent chairman, He delivered @ long speech, in which he maintained that the liberal | movement was nota fulure, While complimenting Governor Tilden, he charged the democratic party with being without progress and gave a scathing review of republican misrule and applauded the independent voters. The was received with cheers, Mr, Archibald Bliss, backed by the Brooklyn dele- RS then made an effort to get the Convention to in- lorse the Syracuse ticket, a proceeding favored by F. A. Conkling and a number of the New Yorkers, but the fount delegates bitterly opposed this They favored he ticket headed by F. W. Seward. The republican ticket, however, was not the popular one with the Con- vention, but those who favored it managed to prevent B division of the question and secured the 10} ofa Tesolution leaving the voter who follows tunes Bethe lberals free to select his candidates from both ickets, Although not openly ‘spoken, many harsh things Were saia of ex-Senator Fenton and General E, A, Mer- ritt for their-return to the republican ranks without in any wise consulting their liberal friends. A resolution Was written—but, upon consultation, hot/presented— mildly censuring these gentlemen for their “defection” fnd assuring the “liberal republican musses”’ that they cted as individuals, their political movements ip no Site committing the “‘party.’? The feelng among a large majority of the delegates was of a decidedly Governor Tilden flavor, and the ac- tion ef the Convention is regarded—indorsing, as it did, the reform measures of the Governor—as favorable to democratic interests. ‘THE PROCEEDINGS, Axsany, Sept, 22, 1875, ‘The Liberal State Convention met at Tweddle Hall at Boon. There were about 200 persons present. At twelve o'clock General John Cochrane, Chairman ‘of the State Committee, called the Convention to order, Colonel Moraay L. Fiuxrys, of Albany, after re- Ferring to the services of General Cochrane in behalf f the people and the liberal cause, moved that he bo Jnade chairman of the Convention. Carried. General Cocurane then proceeded to address the Convention at length. B. F. Manrernu, of New York, moved the following vice presidents, which was agreed to:— B. A. Willis, New York; A. M. Blis Rogers, Queens; H. C. Lake, Chantauqua; F. jing New York; E. ©, Toplitt, Cattaraugus; W. W. ockwell, Warren; A. C. Collius, Lewis; John Swin- burn, Albany; Jobin Cashow, Kings, Mr. MasieRRe also moved the following Secretaries, which was agreed to:—E. L, Sanderson, A. M, Cole, Alle- y; Chris. Pullman, New York; Henry L. Bellows, ings; Norman A, White, Suffolk; Otto K. ©. Guelick, Qneida; Dr. T, D. Crothers, Albany. Mr. Wintis moved the appointment of a Committee ‘on Resolutions, which was carried, and the Chair ap pointed the following:—Messrs. Cook, St Lawrence; Coukling, New York; Bhss, Kings; Fithian, New York; wahes, Washington; Filkins, Albany; Willis, New Yor SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Purtatax, of New York, olfered the following, which wore referred to the Comimittee on Resolution: Resolved, That the work of Governor Tilden in inatgurat- ing measures for reforming the management of the canals of the State meets our unqualified approval, and we hereby pledge him our hearty support tn the further prosecution of | the work. Resolved, That we recommend the liberal republica: throughout the State to vote for those candidates for Sena- tors and members of the Assembly who aro in sympathy erewith. Resolved, That, while we are pleased to concede that the State ticket hounded by Hon. F. W. Seward is composed of honest and good men, we think that the best way to help the reform measures of the Governor Is to vote for the men who are personally aud politically in sympathy with him and with the he has inaugurated, and we hereby recommend the liberal republicans of the State to yotw the ticket bended by John Bigelow for Secrotary of tate, On motion of Mr, THomsox, of Albany, all resolutions offered were ordered to be referred to the Committee on | Resolutions. Mr. Eppy, of Otsego, offered a series of resolutions in favor of a’ uniform legal tender currency, properly secured. Referred. ‘A motion to debate was voted down. Mr. Trxy, of New York, offered a resolution in fayor of administrative reform, honesty and economy. Re- ferred. STATE COMMITTEE, A delegate asked that the members name members of the State Committee. Mr. B. F. Maxierre moved that the State Committee, | except New York and Kings county and such other districts as were fully represented here, be named by the Chair, on consultation with the delegates from each Assembly district. Mr. DD. 8, Brow, of Monroe, suggested the seleo- tion of the State Committee by the delegates from New York and Kings, Mr. Laysina, of Kings, objected to this most decid. edly, unless It was determined that the New York dele- gation were to control this Convention, and if that w ‘Uke case he was ready to leave this Convention and the liberal party. He had seen a -paragraph in the New York Tribune stating that the delegation bad met and resolved that there should be no nommation here. ‘On | reading this he had thought there was no use of his coming here, or for that matter, any one else, but he | protested against A faery of this kind. We are here to deliberate, and delegates from the county and else- where than from New York have duties to perform here, Mr. SaxvERso, of Kings, followed on the same side, strongly protesting ngainst such action. Mr, Hous, of Washington, said the purpose of the original motion was only to secure a full State Com- mittee, All the districts are not represented here, and the Chair could select members of the State Committee to supply those districts unrepresented. Ua. Ptsageam kiavea $het such distsiets 20 are repre- sented shall select their members, and those not rep- Tesented be selected by the Chair. Carried. The Congressional Districts were called and the mem- bers of tho State Committee were named as follows | | | David Rogers, W. Loeber. ‘Cashow, Iblis, ntgomery, 5B. nierre. S—Jolm Cochran ms 27 20-A. N. Cole, 30—D, D. T. Brown, 82—John Moore. 83—Henry C. Lake. Mr, Harricax, of Albany, movod that Hon, Lemon ae be made # member of the State Committee at Large. Mr, PULLMAN moved that the Hone F, A. Conkling, of New York, be another momber at large, Both motions were carried, ‘The blank districts were left for the Chair to Oil, ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS, Mr, Wits, from the Committee on Resolutions, re- ported as follows: Resolved, That we consider it self-evident that there can | be no sound currency but eoln or paper convertible inte coin nd that without speedy return to which | aster threatens; that the whol services weeds reform: tat th dinate to the civil ; that local sel © Ath this Clehe st und politieat tests, are fatal to equi arps it; that social, discriminating race and — color md that forelb hud exact justice vo all men; that the original and the Wuendments of the federal constitution wre obligatory in their text, spirit und in their judicial exposition, subject helthor to Executive capriges nor to the exigencies of a per- gonul government: that « free press fa the ulwark of tree. men; thas municipal rights be respected, monopolies re- Dressed and oconomy in public expenditures Observed; thas | A democrat, the nominee of a | detaleation, bribery, corruption and mismanagement, NEW fORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. tion be secured, peeulators pnnished f public. morals banisher eanal he school fund be saerediy devoted to winon schools, and that sprite tions of the people’ ney to sectarian Vises ; that bribery corruption are the canker of the body politic, jied through all their subtle forms and the the minimum of ta: our present syst pe pa nish rhat while jiticlal trusts are inherent in tho nde pable incumbents in them are system, and honest of every good government essential to the adminis that polities, and their active ventions, is & notorious abuse at once offe: concy, wid productive of unmitigated evil nouuce the practice, and demand thei polftieat conventions. Resolved, That we condemn the national administration for its illegal and oppressive acts, for its retention of corrupt men in office, for its shifting and unstable policy in the ad- ininistration’of the finances, for its inflation of the « its fraudulent pretences to the contrary notwithstanding, its extravagant nditures, and its general disregard for au intelligent public opinion, Resolved, That with every advocate of honesty in public affairs we iejoiea in the prospect that the gung of eonfed | erated thieves within the Canal Ring, who have seized upon | the substance of the people of the State, shall be pursued and subjected to coudign papishment, and while this ¢on- summation has been publicly prayed for by the liberals, they by no means stint the generous measure of praise due, irrenpective of political considerations, to the Hon, Samuel J, Tilden—(great applause)—the sc * nd the aid they by all mens propose to sustain hands of everybody besides whom they shall have reason to believe will fight, or whom they find fighting for pure and incorrupt_governimen the interest of the people; and they caution the electors to choose for legislative offices none but those who can be depended on to sustain all meas- ures of reform, Resolved, That, the liberal republicans of the State of New | York, in convention assembled, intending to maintain the principles they have now repeated and hitherto uniformly roposed, congratulate the country upon th fi {owhiel th be! tirely yet the; I democratic and xepubli jes of the State, do n it necessary or useful to nominate # State ticket, They do, therefore, recommend to the liberal and independent voters of the Suite to support those candidates already in nomina- tion whose churacter und experience they most approve, fnd who in their judgment will carnestly and efficient, eo: operate with Governor Tilden In his wor of administrative reform, The following, offered by Mr. Jaargs, was also recom- mended for adoption :— Resolved, That we look with alarm upon the large and incrousing Indebtedness of the States and cities of our Repub- lic, and the conseq nerease of taxes, the result of o lavish, unwise and mes 4 dishonest appropriation and expenilture of moneys, and that we eal a be elected to offices of trust and responsibility in all possible ways to close the flood gates which have been opened ax a chasm, and by a wive and earnest economy and retrench: ment ‘relieve the, overburdened taxpayer of every city, county, Village and town of the State of New York, REJECTED RESOLUTIONS, Mr. Brass read the following:— Whereas the Iberal, republican party was organized as a party of principle in the interest of honesty and reform in government and against all eorruption and abuse of power, recognixes : “Whereas the principles enunciated at Cineinnatl and Law Me at ae Sera represented by Horace Greeley, and t readopted at Syracuse, have always continued to cherished principles of the liberal party, and hereas we believe the advocacy and pursuit of these principles have been the direct catiso of that independent hought and action in polities! affairs which have broken up ¢ forming political parti vd re fected an entire change of one branch of the national government, and, will, ws they ought to do, make the work complete in 1876, represented in New York in the most efficient manner by Samuel J. ‘Titden, and wait- ing to be indorsed with an unexceptional ticket by an over- whelming mujority In the present canvass; therefore Resolved, y Indorsing the action of the democratic party in the canvass we do but reatiirm the principles and | policy of the liberal party since its organization; that the democratic and liberal parties are now identical in aims and purposes, that we do hereby liearti! dopt and recom- mend for suppdrt vhe platform tex of tle deimo- ctutic party lately adopted at Syracuse ae the platform and cundidutes of the liberal party of the State of New York. Resol ut i rtherance of these principles we congratulate ourselves that we have heretofore had the op: portunity to aid in the election of Samuel J. Tilden ax Goy ernor of the State of New York, who, by his activity and di. rectness in reform, has commanded and should com confidence of all honest men, and that we pledie anew to the continued support of the principles and course of action of whielt he fs so distinguished and. eifielent ‘s rep: resentative. Some little disenssion followed, when tho resolutions reported by the Committee were adopted, r. Briss said he did not expect his resolutions | would be adopted, but he offered them as an expression | of the sentiments of the Kings county delegation, Mr. Lansing, of Kings, declared himself in favor of the democratic ticket, Mr. Taomson, of Albany, spoke in favor of the repub- lian ticket. ‘The Convention then, at 2:45, adjourned sine die, THE BAY STATE DEMOCRATS. GOVERNOR GASTON RENOMINATED—A HARD MONEY PLATFORM ADOPTED. Worcester, Mass,, Sept, 22, 1875. " The Massachusetts democrats have done a very fair day’s work to-day, It was an event when 2,000 of them, representing nearly every city and town in the State, assembled at Mechanics’ Hall for the nomina- tion of candidates for the State offices and the promul- gation of a party platform. It was the largest, as it was certainly the most eminently respectable, demo- cratic Convention that has been held in Massachusetts for a great many yeas. The surprising triumph of last year seemg to hav® stimulated the rank and file, as well as the leaders of the party, to an ambition of re- spectability im its deliberative bodies, and the improve ment was very apparent. There is a trifle of the liberal republican element in the composition of the body, the notable gentleman being Frank W. Bird, the celebrated republican’ politician and abolitionist. Generally sur. veyed, however, the convention was ver'y much demo- cratic and the proceedings savored strongly of moderate democracy. They were not wholly harmonious, but the differences which ensued were actually needed to give spice and entertainment to what would have other- wise been a supremely dull day. THR CALL TO ORDER. Col. William Aspinwall, chairman of the Democratic tate Committee, called the body to order, and, of course, indulged in some graceful rhetoric. I con- gratulate you (he said to the delegates) on this immense gathering from all parts of the State, unparalleled in the history of our party or of any other, I congratu- late you on the glorious sun above us, encouraging us with its light and heat in our work of enlightenment and purification, May it prove to us*what the sun of Austerlitz was to the great Napoleon, and bring us to deal the last fatal blow to our enemies, already dismayed and half. vanquished, On your behalf, fellow democrats, who with us have been fighting the disheartening battles of the oppo- sition for the last fourteen years, I extend to these, our younger soldiers, a most hearty welcome, (Renewed applause.) The old guard holds out the warm hand of greeting to the young guard and bids it take its place on equal terms at the table and in the council, The Con- vention was then organized permanently by the choice of Hon. Edward Avery, of Braintree, for President and ‘score of vice presidents and secretaries, Mr. Avery in assuming the chair spoke as follows:— MR, AVERY'S SPEECH. GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION—I return my sincere thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me and in the discharge of the duties of *y Position ask your kind co-operation and assistance. The circumstances under which we assemble to-day find no parallel in the history of our party during the = twenty-five years. lemocratic convention, occupies the Executive chair of our Common- wealth, five democratic nominees for Congress have re- ccived certificates of election, and we only await the assembling of Congress to see the sixth, now unjustly | deprived of his right, take his seat, and we no longer exclaim, as we meet each other, “Watchman, tell of the night,’ but ‘Brother, hail the new born day!” We are all aware that this happy result was attained by the aid of a large body of our fellow citizens, who, desiring a good government in the State, having become tired of the mismanagement and narrow policy of republican administrations, had the courage, the Independence to Vreak away trom party drill and discipline and cast their votes for the best men and the best principles, | While, therefore, I extend to you a joyous | welcome, I greet them, on your behalf,” With sentiments of gratitude and ‘esteem. You and they may well feel proud of the grand re- suli, for notwithstanding the lugrabious prognostica- tious of our opponents, Massachusetts, with Gaston in tho chair of State, Tarbox, Thompson, Warren, Chapin, Banks and Abbott in Congress, stands in the galaxy of States the peer of the brightest and the noblest. It | would be difficult to conceive of a more delicate and | trying position than that in which our chief magistrate was placed when he assumed his present office, Klected by the combined votes of those who nominated him and of the patriotic and mdependent men who were not members of his party, with every other department of the government in the hands of his politieal opponents, with a great moral as well as political problem to dis: cuss, with the demands of his political friends some- times, doubt requiring impossible or impolitie things to answer, with the possibility of constant lisions with his constitutional advisers, he | found himself beset with difficulties which re- | quired peculiar powers to mect and overcome, Not- | withstanding these difficulties he has shown in the management of his department that rare combination of judgment, digoretion, patience «and conscientious howesty, which has conquered the united his couneil and the respect, esteem and contidence of the whole people, * * * ‘If, | coded, Governor Gaston is revominated by this Con- | ntion we can proudly elevate our bunner and chal- e conclusions with the best man our opponents can select. But, gentlemen, with that nomination our work 1s only begun. Great care is now demanded by the people in the selection of candidates for all places of trust and honor. Not only capacity, but unquestioned honesty, unimpeached integrity and untarnished honor is demanded. Too much of self-seeking—pushing one’s self for place—and too much of party machinery in the se lection of candidates, followed by their natural fruits, have characterized the action of and are now dividing and destroying our opponents, Let us then, to-day as heretotore, present to the peop'e alist of ‘candidat of each one of whom it can be truly said, “He is capable and he is honest.” An examimation of the EXPENSES OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT will satisfy any one that every department needs atten. tion, There are many unn eawary oxpenditures, too many paid commissions, Why, nothing can be done for our State without a board of commissioners to superin- tend it; everything, from the management of the Hoosac tuunel to the feeding of the State paupers and | past, i | delegates to the National Convention, and the following | of the com the the commissioners investigated by the Legislature, In | the present depresod state of business, “when | every man feels the nip and pinch of the ‘times, the hand of retrenchment and re- forms should be extended in every direction to correct abuses and curtail all useless or extravagant expense, To the democratic party, at this particular juncture, the people naturally look for aid in this direction, Wa have had no meaus with which to focd the hungry, nothing to attract the selfish, no power or place to be- stow on the ambitious. We have po friends in office to screen, no secrets to conceal, no rings to hold together no peculations to smother, ‘no departments to white: wash, no extravagances to extenuate. The great frauds which were perpetrated by wen acting with our party ina Balabboring. State were so mercilessly followed and so justly punished under the inspiration of a Tilden and an O’Conor that they serve as beacon lights to warn from our ranks all who would repeat the crime. Let us, then, answer the demand made upon us, and not only elect a Governor, but give him power and the ‘opportunity to work out the reforms so greatly needed by placing around him men who will aid and assist | him, From this rapid sketch of the duty we have before us you will perceive how easy {s our | task and how Harmonjously we can accomplish it, But happily for the ple of this Commonwealth it is not ‘so With our opponents; their leaders are demoralized by impending national mortified by the comstant exposure of corrupt of divided by personal.ambi- «i contending factions. ‘They reel to and fro, er like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ uring the present year great and momentous events have transpired—momentous as affecting us and our posterity, The mystic chords of hallowed memories haye touched the hearts and purified the minds of the people of this nation, Not only within our own bor- ders, but within the borders of other States, the people of different sections have gathered together, and,forget- ful of recent differenges, antagonisms, passions and strife, have renewed their allegiance to the great funda- mental principles of American nationality and Amertean unity, On battle felds enriched by the blood of herees, around the graves of soldiers and sages, thousands and tens of thousands have reaffirmed the great creed of the fathers, that creed that planted tho colonies, that Jed them through the trials of ante-revolutionary life, that gave them courage to withstand the onslaught of England’s trained battalions, that burst forth in the Declaration of Iudependerice, that shaped and formed the system of government they established, that lives in the deathless words of Jefferson, Adams, Otis and | Henry—that great creed, so grand and noble, now em- | bracing every human creature in our land, that all men | are equal, possessed of the same right to life and lib- erty and the pursuit of happiness. Under the spell of the recollections thus aroused by the noiseless footsteps of a dying century, passion prejudice have rolled away asa cloud. . Vivid accounts of “ANNUAL AUTUMNAL OUTRAGKS’? at the South no longer direct the attention of the peo- ple from the incapacity, mismanagement or corruption of those in power, Men are beginning to discover uhat the blood ig artificial and the agony manufactured, and with this discovery they seem ready to supply to the afiuirs of government the same judgment and common sense which rules their management of private alfairs. With this change of tone and temper, with the restora- tion of reason in the domain of politics, this banish- ment of passion, prejudice and fictitious horrors, begins a new era in the history of our country, and unless we misapprehend the signs of the times, new life and vigor to the democratic party, tor it stands pledged to main- tain the constitution in all its provisions, to mete out equal and exact justice. to all, irrespective of race, color or creed; "sto maintain local self: government and impartial suffrage, demanding for the individual the largest liberty’ consistent with pepe order, and for cach State self-government and for the nation peace, economy, an honest administra- tration of its government, the sacred maintenance of the public credit and the restoration of a sound cur- rency. In short, it has the will and the capacity to ad- minister the government in the spirit of love, honor, honesty, justice and truth. On the other side is a party ing ho settled policy of action, relying on its recent ils vast patronage, its ability to keep alive ani- mosity and strife, with some of its prominent men tainted by the suspicion of corraption, its administra- tion of the government marked by reckless extrav- agance and gigantic efforts toward centralization of power, But it’ is sald, in tones of sadness or reproach by our republican critics, that our party is not united on THE FINANCIAL QUESTION, of the day. It would be a little strange if we were, for evil communications not only corrupt good manners but good morals, and we have been so frequently re- proved for expressing a desire to hear the music of | old and silver jingling in our pockets, and go flooded | With irredeemable republican paper moncy, that it would indeed be almost a miracle if its corrupting in- fluences had not invaded our ranks. 1 beg leave to ask who established paper money; who nursed, fostered and pampered it long alter the establishment of peace; who so arranged the Supreme Court as to procure a reversal of its decision in favor of gold and silver? Who, having the power in Congress, refused to adopt any ‘Measure toward practical resumption’. a8- sured us in 1872 that the success of the liberal re- publican and democratic ticket would result in the immediate resumption of specie payment and the consequent bankruptcy of the — people? | The answer springs to the lips of every | one—the republican leaders. Upon this ques- tion they are to be tried, not by promises and platforms, but by deeds, The democratic party, on the ‘other hand, by action in the past, by its aacient faith, | adherence to the constitution, by its only authoritative national erced, stands pledged to a speedy return to specie payment. Whatever views may be entertamed | by individuals, the party in its national platform—the | only recognized creed of the whole party—now stands as a hard-money party, opposing auy currency not. re- deemable in coin, The ways and means we leave tothe wisdom of those to whoin the people intrust the re- | sponsibility, but the principle is sacred with us. If, then, we present, as 1 believe we shail, candidates who are entitled to the respect, confidence and support of the people, placing them on a platform of principles as broad as our Continent, as equal as our constitution, as | comprehensive as our liberty, and recognizing ‘the sacred character of every obligation of the government, we shall deserve and command success, NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, After the transaction of some important routine business one of the Boston delegates got the floor and moved the nomination of Governor Gaston by accilama- tion, To say that the motion was carried with the most thundering and enthusiastic Kind of applause but faintly describes * the scene. Immediately after the enthusiasm had sub- sided Mr, Tarbox, of Lawrence, one of the Massacha- setts democratic Congressmen, got the floor, and in words of flattering eloquence moved the nomination of General William F. Bartlett, of Pittstield, for Lieu- tenant Governor, and this motion was also carried amid scenes of lively enthusiasm, ‘THR BALANCE OF THR TICKET ‘was completed by the nomination of George H. Munroe, of Boston, for Secretary cf State; General Weston Howland, ‘of Fairhaven, for Treasurer and Receiver General; George F. Verry, of Worcester, for Attorney General; John E. Fitzgerald, of Boston, for Auditor, DRLEGATRS TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION, ‘The matter of selecting four delegates at large to the National Democratic Convention was the occasion of | nite a lively and entertaining discussion. General | James 8. Whitney, of Boston, who was a candidate, was objected to by Thomas Drew, of Newton, on the ground that he had once proved recreunt to the party, and that he was implicated in some irregular transac: tions in connection with the Hartford and Erie Rail- | road, Mr, Whitney defended himself from both impu- | tations, and, constdering his democratic integrity, he said he was willing to go by his record, This brought up several delegates, who, fn turn, presented the Gen- cral’s political record, the most damaging charge being that when a member of the Charleston Convention, in 1860, he broke and Went to Baltimore with such | renegades as Butler and Loring. All of this Gen- | eral Whitney explained by saying that his acts then | were for the good of the democratic — party, and he should do the same thing for the benefit of the party again if it ever came in his way. The chi which had been made that he was a pledged candidate to the Charleston Convention he denounced as false from centre to cireumference, At about this time the discussion was getting too warm, anda point of order boing sustained, the body proceeded to the choice of gentiemen were elected DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION, Geo. W. Gill, of Worcester; P. A. Collins, of Boston; J. A. Abbott, of Boston, and Edward Avery, of Brain- tree. Alternates—Reuben Noble, of Westileld; James &. Whitney, of Brookline; Nichols Hathaway,’ of Fall River, and Hugh Donnelly, of Springtield. The latter declined to accept the election. é following platform was submitted and adopted :~- ‘THE PLATFORM. The democrats and liberal republicans of Massachu- setts assombied by their delegates im convention to con- sider the public exigency and to organize for the great work of political reform, appealing to all honest men for co-operation in their efforts, declare and affirm as the basis of their actio: First—We reiterate the declarations comprehensively made by the National Conventions at Cincinmat! and Baltinore in 1872, accepting the recent ameudaients to the federal con- stitution ay a full, final and permanent adjustment of the po- ict controversies incident to the Inte war. fis thority, Secowd—We detvun: of all its constitutional pre utterly repudiating all claim of right by any State to secede from the Union or to nullify its Inwa, and we demand for ench State, as equally inviolable, the right to govern itself sovereign pleasure, subject only to the limitations am tions of the federal constitution, Third—In the interests of public morals, the nation’s credit and the common weifare, we oppose any further by the government of @ eurreney inconvertivie with gold, the world’s recognized mousure of value, and we favor © speedy rot speclo payments as essential to the revival and credit of the country and to warty for its extrava- the people’s money ; for its contempt profligate was gant expenditure a ulation, jor its corruption; for its constitutional obligations; for its extortionate increase of sinecures and of the salacies of our public officers; for its oppressive, and. detective sys: nus tem of taxation, currency, which have degraded public it e morality" and brought in the commercial a Py woalth, under republican administration, of the public debt by prodigal appropriations for objeots not demanded by the public interests, We denounce unnecessary taxation as great crime. We demand a reduction of Stat rigid economy and the utmost Iinitation of the practice of mortgaging the industry of the future for purposes of doubt- ful expedienc Th identical, and Sixth any attemp m the two must xpenditures be injurious to both, such legislation as will se- cnre to both an open field and fair play and to both equal rights and just rewards under the law. ‘Serenth We congeatulate the good eltizens of the Com- monwealth upon the removal of the odious Prohibitory law from the statute bouks, and we dently expect that the vd cont prosent law, with such modifications UDom tices Wr the painting of the State Louse, must be supervised Db ootamieaion, aad purhape the bowen or nonvanion of the peaple by the for the . and therefore op- pone any eoustitutionat asuaiente WRtGh “Manis or restelet the election of public officers by the pecple, BMinth—' wide in the cordial and enthu- slaatie ap ‘of the whole country, on the 1ith of ‘of reconciliation, peaco and fraternity ad: ‘d by the democratic and liberal repnbli- We ean 872, and we welcome with especial satisfac tion the assuranee that that policy will be inaugurated by the administration to be placed in power in 1876. Teuth—That our present Governor, by the wise and p: ‘exertion of his high ignity and fairness ished. hi lon its merited oe , and con! point to the hi, oh assurance that his renomi- mt by this Convention will redound to the best interests of this Commonwealth, HlecenthoWe have the satisfaction to commend to this Convention General William F. Bartlett, the gallant and modest soldier, whose wounds in tho var have hardly ceased to bleed. The ability in civil fe and the stern uprightness of his principles on all mutters of public life and policy Hake him peculiarly dt for the high office to which he has been nd we delight ty eommend him to the people: has Bop mught the laurels of civil office, een spontaneously thrust by this | Te ‘This Convention commend to the people of this | Commonwealth the upright and able gentlemen selected as | candidates for the othor State offices, in the ‘confident belief | that they will be found competent and honest in the trusts | for which they have been nominated, After providing for the filling of vacancies in the | State Central Committee and passing the usual vote of | thanks to the President the Convention adjourned at five o'clock. PEELING AMONG THE DEMOCRATS. The democrats und liberals feel very jubilant over | ticket in spite of any nomination that the republicans | may make next week. The selection of General Bart- | Jett for Lieutenant Governor was a masterly piece of strategy. He is one of the most popular aud talented | young men in the State with all parties, and some of his , Common sense speeches on reconstruction during the | Jate Centennial celebration have given hima national reputation, SKETCH OF GENERAL BARTLETT. " He is a young man, scarcely thirty-five years of age, and, although @ native of Boston, he has been for sev: eral years a resident of Pittsfield, his change of resi- dence ensuing in consequence of a marriage alliance with the daughter of Robert Pomeroy, the millionnaire manufacturer of that town. He sorved honorably all through the war, and when it was over he found him- | self literally shot to pieces. It was at Port Hudson, while in command of the Massachusetts Forty-ninth, that | he was most completely riddied with rebel bullets. He | came home minus one leg and with two or three balls | in other parts of the body; but what there is le(t of him is very fair material for a statesman, and the Mas- | bases Nantel voters will probably appropriate this in .No- vember, MARYLAND REPUBLICAN OONVEN- TION. 3. MORRISON HARRIS FOR GOVERNOR—STEACKLE WALLIS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND MR, ‘WILKINS FOR COMPTROLLER—A HARD MONEY PLATFORM ADOPTED, Batriwors, Sept, 22, 1875. ‘The Republican State Convention which met at West- | minster, Carroll county, on the 8th of this month, and adjourned to meet in Baltimore on the 22d to hear a report of a Committee of Conference appointed at West- | chester to confer with other political organizations in regard to nomination fora State ticket, assembled at | noon to-day at the new Assembly Rooms, The Presi- dent of the Convention, William J. Jones, of Cecil, not | being present, Ephraim Rich, of Frederick, first Vice President, acted as Chairman, Archibald Sterling, Jr., Chairman of the Westminster Committee of Conference, submitted the following report :— REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, ‘The committee appointed by the convention at its session at Westminster on the 8th of September with instructions to conter with all organized friends of re- form with the view to the selection of candidates for Governor, Attorney General and Comptroller, and to report the result of their consultation for the action of the Convention at an adjourned session in Baltimore on the 22d of September, respectfully report that they have carried out their instructions, and submit the fol- lowing as the result of their consultation: “Your committee found that the ‘Organized Friends of Reform’ consisted of the organization known as ‘the Citizens’ Reform Party,’ and the committee appointed | by the meeting held at the Masonic Temple, Baltimore, on the 7th of September, known as ‘the Merchants’ ‘Committee.’ After a full, frank and harmonious con- ference with the committees of said organizations, and the interchange of opinion very freely among the members of your committee at several sessions of their own body, the committees of the two reform organiza- tions and your committee have agreed on the selection for the following candidates for Governor, Attorney General and Comptroller as a reform ticket:— For Governor, J. Morrison Harris; for Attorney | General, 8. Teackle Wallis; for Comptroller, Edward Wilkins. The gentlemen named, while personally re- luceant to serve, have srpreme to the joint committee their full sympathy with the movement for reform, and have, from a high sense of public duty, expressed their willingness to accept their nominations. Your of it tothe support of the voters of tne republican party, and propose to the Convention the adoption of the accompanying resolution :— | | Resolved. That the report of the committee appointed to confer with the organized friends of reform is hereby ae- the reform ticket St ers. ‘cepted and adopted, anc reported by them to the Convention, con: son Harris for Governor, 8. Teacle W eral and Edward Wilkins for Comy eros to the cordial support of the reput tat ting of J. M ‘allis for Attorney G On a call of the roll the report was accepted and the ticket adopted by the wnanimous yote of all the coun- ties and Legislative districts represented in the Conyen- | tion, No delegation was present from Cecil, Charles, Wicomico or Worcester county. | The Committce on Resolutions not being ready to re- port, a recess was taken till two o'clock. THE RESOLUTIONS. On reassembling the Committee on Resolutions re- ported as follows:— We, the Lid eg ope of the republican of the State of Maryland in convention assembled, while adhering | to those principles which that party has’ in the past so | triumphantly vindicated before the American people, never- theless boing sutivfied that it is the first and most impera- tive duty ot every republican to co-operate with those patri- otic citizens of Maryland who have so nobly ignored party ties and party questions, and are engaged in an earnest effort to. res honest and pure government to our | State, do, therefore, declare and resolve that we are stly in favor of an honest and economical ad- ration of the government, both State and national, of the, fulilment of every pledge as to the | ayment of our State and federal obligations; of the return specie puyinent at the earliest practicable moment, andthe | cessation of ull further expansion of the currency ; the equal taxation of all property of whatever kind in the State; the | Appropriation of State, money for State purposes only, and | the improvement and liberal support of the school system ; that we depreeate the corruption. existing in the. adminis: tration of the State government of Maryland, and hail with Joy the ising of the to destroy the rings and cliques that have their fangs | on the vitals of the State, and we hereby | pledge ourselves to expose, denotince and venality | ‘4nd corrnption among public officials wherever and whet ever it may be discovered, and to this end we invite the cor- @ial co-operation of all republicans throwrhout the State, with those who have nominated and secured the acc of J. Morrison Harris for Vallis as Attorney General, ‘omptroller, and we heartily recommend them to our voters as men eminently snitable for their respective positious, being both honest and capable. The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and the Conyeution adjourned sine die, SKETCHES OF THR CANDIDATES J. Moreisox Hannis, the nominee for Governor, of Baltimore county, was a whig member of Congress at | the breaking out of the late civil war and a Union man, S. TeACKLE WALLIS, nomineo for Attorney General, is one of the most distinguished members of the Balti: more city Bar, He was a whig in politics up to the time of the Lincoin campaign, and cast his first demo- | cratic vote for John C. Breckinridge for President, dust previous to the breaking out of the war he was the most prominent member of the reform party of that day, was elected to the Stute Senate by that party, and while in the discharge of his duties’ as Senator was arrested by military order and imprisoned at Fortress Monroe and Fort Warren for fourwen months, Since then he has acted with the democratic party. Among* all parties and classes his reputation is unspotted an ure. 7 Mr, Witkrys, of Kent county, nominee for Comptrol- ler, was a whig, and afterw: da prominent republican: leader in this State, . THE ANTI-TAMMANYITES. MEETING OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE LAST EVENING—IRA SHAFER ELECTED PERMANENT CHAIRMAN. There was a very large attendance of the members of tho anti-Tammany Democratic County Committee at the meeting of the committee which was held in Irving ‘Hall last evening, the hall being crowded to repletion, ‘The committee was called to order by Emanuel B. Hart and the names of the chairmen of the various Assembly delegations were called by the Secretary, Mr. Coughiin, in lieu of the names of all the members of the districts. Mr. Rufus Andrews, from the committee appointed to inform Mr. Varian, who was elected per- manent chairman at the last meeting of the County Committee, of his election, reported that Mr, Varian could not accept the place because he did not want to enter into polities this fall. “The com- mittee,” Mr. Andrews remarked, “had decided to recommend to the County Committee Mr. Ira Shafer as permanent chairman.’ This announcement was re- ceived with loud cheers, and on the chairman putting the nomination to a vote Mr. Shafer was elected by acclamation. Mr. Andrews, Mr. Wood and Mr. Creamer were appointed a committee to conduct Mr. Shafer to the chair, He was hoartily cheered as he ascended tho Platform. He spoke as follows :— RNTLEMEN OF THR ComMitrek—I thank you for the favor Hei Caraga Cente ‘party believes in the governmeny | to fight them out of their day’s work, und are confident of electing their | } | grading | up by them, which were read and adopted. On | tlon, in accordance with the bylaws, additional committee, therefore, recommend the acceptance of | this ticket by the Convention and the recommendation | | | He denounced the of independent action. The Sompsen: inte siaeen we-e50 about to enter fs singularly felicitous, We propose to recog nize in this campaign that the people are the source of all ¢ fe fe an insult to the spirit of our republ to-extend power to an irrespousible aud se organization like Tammany Hull. Gentlemen, the Council of Ten in the worst days of Venice was never more imperi- ous and cruel than this secret body, whose rulers claim the , > right to stab any one who questions their will. We appoal from the profiigate aud enervuted leaders of tie democracy to the honest masses who are never recognized except when it is necessary for them to vote. We appeal from this organization, controlled — by man who has never earned «dollar in his lite that did not | come from the public treasury, who is rich with the gains of office, to the people, to the taxpayers and law-abiding citi- rons, to the workingmen and mechanies who depend upon labor for their subsistence, and who have not learned, cording to Johnson, in studyi Hall, that patriotism ix the last refuge have seen the friends of the working *s Council Chamber, because they deeds of infamy; because they would ngt dark domination of We n secret conclave of sworn conspirators. in Tamman, Tammany Mall, and if this treason, let Wickham and his men make the most of it. John Kelly represents in his polley and his person the worst j ences of the old corrupt Tammuny regime, some of leaders are in prisons and others fugitives from When they were wer, he was in : when they grew rich, he grew rich; the ey which rds, they gave him out of the treasury, He is « politician of the ward school, governed by the sume influences, and in conducting ‘Tammuany Hall to-day, he is carrying out closely the logic oI his teachers. What he proposes to say to John Kelly is what Diogenes said to Alexunder, who, when he asked him whether he wanted anything * replied, “Yes, I would have you stand from between me and the ** We propose to have John Kelly stand from between nd the source of political power—the people. We pro- se to make the issue direct, square and uncompromising, d in the city, reac jirectiy to the people, unterrified by’ the threuts of power, to be driven from our purpose by tyranny or ry. propose to ask the people of New York whether the democrats who live in First aud Tenth avenues have not as much right in this government and to the protection of this party as those who live in Fifth avenue or Mureay Hill. Is not the workingman of First ayenue as worthy of tru confidenee—ts he not ad a pu speculator, or the bankrupt banker, or the swindling rail director of Fifth avenue t been told, gentlen that the purpose of Tammany Hull is to establish h On that point I propose that we make issue wi tagonists. Is it home rule to send to New Jersey foe of the workingman, the soldier who owes his life clemency of Amerien’s martyred Lincoln, and who was dis- missed in dishonor from his command, to appoint him Com- missioner of Public Works, to give him the dispensation of o make the Baxuine of America the master of su us as the despe » the noney to Ket as the confidential a home rile to find in also a failure in the army, ve him $10,000 9 y Is it home ruie to go to the Confederate army and select its major generals, its colonels and other officers to draw salaries from the treasury of New Yorkt Is it home rule to Sunction and approve “of the appointment of "Salem Wales to the Department of Docks and Isaac H. Bailey to the Department of Ch their appointments by making Mr. Wales President of the Jock Cotmmission ? “Is it role for the Mayor to be driven to the City Hall daily by lveried coachmen at the ‘ities, and to ratify city’s expense when the wives and families of our gallant | firomen ure being driven into the street by merciless laud: lords because of the refusal of the Mayor to countersign the warrants for thelr pay, and this at a time of great financial distress, when the property, owners are growniug under the weight of taxes, assessments, and t Is it home rule to pay two of John Kelly’ Jatterers thon- sands of dollars of ‘the, people's money as a reward for the part they played in driving from Tammany Hull the men who had the courage to their voices ‘against tyrann; und oppression t ‘These are questions which we can well afford to ask in this eampaign. ‘On the one side we have the vindication of the right of the free democracy to govern their own councils and. to elect their own officers; on the other side we have the purity of the Bench to be vindicated, by electing honorable, uptight men—not tyrants—to administer Justice; and I Wit we are only true to ourselves that vietory . because it is impossible that this corrupt and de ower which controly Tammany Hall should be per: juitted any longer to govern New York. In this spirit, the fore, T accept the honor which you have conferred upon me, and’ give you my assuranee tliat I will labor with you to the end, feelings eoufident that the end will be un overwhelining victory. During the delivery of this speech whenever Mr. Kel- ly’s or Mr. Wickham’s name was mentioned it was re- ceived with hoots and hisses. . A ROUGH WAY OP PUTTING IT, Mr. Francis M. Bixby, at the close of Mr. Shafer’s address, otfered the foliowing resolutions, which created a great deal of amusement:— Resolved, That this County Committee reaffirm the fol- lowlug resolutions offered by Henry L. Clinton, now w sachem of the Tammany Society, and seconded by Mayar Wickham, ated in « speech by Corporation Counsel Whitney, ry, 1872 d, ‘Chat the Tammany Society or Columbian Order fs undemocratic, dangerous to the liberties of « free people 4nd inimical to the institutions of a republican government. Resolved, That inasmuch as the Tammany Society or Columbian’ Order hus violuted Its charter, which Timuity {ts duties to deeds of bene volence—to making ‘provisions for the indigent, and distressed; and inasmuch as {t has been in the past and may be arain, used to cluthe with power an irre- sponsible, unscrupulous, decayed olixarchy, odious to the the demioerati¢ party, aud the community gener- nig arm of the iaw should be iuvoked and its to prevent alike ity frauds upon the its depredations upon the City Treasury. dered in the future as powerless for evil as it sh now is for ge Resolved, That any pretended Democratic General Com- mittee that shall organize under the auspices of the Tam- many Society or Columbian Order, or in any way submit to its dietution, control or supervision, will be regarded by the demoeragy as hostile to democratic principles aud the inter- est of the democratic sfarty. ‘Tho resolutions were seconded by Mr, Andrews and was adopted by a hearty “Aye!” which was followed by # roar of laughter and eres of “Ob, Wickham |” THE COMMITTEES, The Committee on Bylaws reported the bylaws drawn te presidents were elected as follows:—Joseph Blumen- thal, Henry Havemeyer, Nathaniel Tappan, George Y. Wretzen, Edward Connolly, Charles G. Dean, Bernard Casserly and Lewis M, Dosher. Mr. McClellan offered a resolution denouncing Tam- many Hull for ailowing the laborers’ wages to be reduced, and announcing it as the policy of the anti-Tammany arty to restore them to their old standard, The by- we. wore by unanimous consent suspended/ and the resolution Was passed amid some enthusiasm. At this stage of the proceedings a recess of fifteen munutes Was taken to enable the members trom each district to select those of their own number whom they desired to represent their respective districts on the executive committee, committee were Thomas Wild and Dennis Brown, from the Second; James Hayes, from the Third; Bryan Reilly, from the Fourth; David 8. Paige and Dr. Knox, frou the Fifth; Michael Haley, from the Sixth; George | H, Purser, from the Seventh} frown the’ Tenth; the Eleventh; Thomas J. Creamer, from the Four- twenth; Johu Hardy, from the Fifteenth; Rufus William P, Rollwagen, Auiyews and James’ O'Brien, trom the Eighteenth; ¥ is M. Bixby and Emanuel B, Hart, trom the | Twentieth, THOMAS J. CREAMER TALKS. Mr. Creamer, being called tor voeiferously to report the doings of the anti-Tammany delegates at Syracuse, on ascending the platform, exclaimed :—*t still live, alt though Ihave met the Chief of Tammany Hall face to face!” He then went on to say that he had no personal uarrel with John Kelly, but le did want the people of this city to be their own’ rulers, In 1869, however, he recalled to mind that when he and O’Brien, in Irving Hall, were exerting themselves to get rid of Tammany and the disgrace it had thrown upon the city Mr. Keily did not know, apparently, anything about’ the efforts made to get rid of the thieves, he having gone abroad to tuyestiyate the local institutions of the city of Cork, ‘a he remembered when he was elected a member of it the first thing he saw on being ushered into the room was big Andy Garvey, who stood before the curtain with a big spear, and who asked, “Who comes here ?”” He then went for Mr. John Kelly in bitter style, and denounced him as a “degenerate Dead Rabbit” and a sycophant and scoundrel,” who was “fed and picked out of the gutter by the prisoner of Ludlow street.” He declared that he did not want to make capital by denouncing Tweed now that he was helpless. Indeed, he would rather, he said, a thousand times take him cordially by the hand than follow inthe wake of those ‘whom ho bad taken out of the slums ot the city and made rich, and who to-day were howling about him as the great thief of the age, Mr. Creamer continued by telling what. took place be- fore the Committee on Credentials at Syracuse, afford- ing the audience no smail amusement by his allusions | | to the Tammany wirepullers, | all the anti-Tammanyites He closed by saving that ‘anted was, not offices, but that every democrat in his district should be free to act as le pleased, During Mr, Creamer’s speech he eulo- x-Sheriff O’Bricu, Whose nate, every time it was mentioned, was received with great applause, The Committee adjourned at a late hour, WEST SIDE DEMOCRATS, At @ meeting of the Nineteenth Ward West Side Democratic Association, held September 21, 1875, in theit rooms, 978 Sixth avenue, the following resolu- tion was unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That the Nineteenth Ward West Side Dem- ocratic Association heartily indorse the platform and State ticket nominated at Syracuse, and pledge to the candidates there chosen their united co-operation and support, The meeting was then addressed by Orlando L. Stewart, President of the Association, followed by sev- eral others, THE LEGAL TENDER CLUB. A meoting Of the Legal Tender Club will be held at Cooper Institute this evening, having for its object the recommendation of the legal tender currency entirely asacireulating medium and to do away with the na- tional bank note currency. It will also be suggested that legal tenders be a legal tender for all dues due to the customs department of the general government. THE NORTH CAROLINA CONVENTION. RateiG, Sept. 22, 187 Several enrolled ordinances were reported and two | or three new ones introduced, The per diem matter ‘was again considered and settled, after some discussion, at $4 for deiegates, $6 for the President and socre- taries, $5 for engrossing clerks and doorkeepers aud $1 for pages, with ten cents mileage both ways, Mr. ‘Turner congratulated the Convention on the termina. tion of the vexod wrangle. ‘An ordinance was offered making atheists and persons convicted of infamous crimes ineligible to office, An ordinance passed to a third reading, allowing the Legislature to establish additional terms of the Supreme Court. ‘At noon the special order was taken up, boing the ordinance removing disabilities of ex-Governor Holden. ‘The measure was advocated ably by Messrs. Badger, Tourgee and Chamberlain, and opposed by Mr. Man’ ning, ex-Governor Reid and Mr. MeCordle, Further conferred upon im honor which is grateful, not so much as expressing your personal litieal record, irig upon me to od democracy against the cohorts of Mig ot 4 a I) Wee the wen iy 0 accomplish re: consideration was, at half-past two o'clock, postponed to to-morrow, and the Convention ndlourned,” “i 6 and independent men we are not permitted tothe | Hall, thorefire we are deterinined | ooking toward the selection of a well disciplined . | became difficult from want Tt | Among those selected on the | Benjamin Wood and Gerard Betts, | ny Society, and said that | sale THE! NEXT RIFLE MATCH. fae 1S eee THE AMERICAN AND THE CANADIAN ‘TEAMS SELECTED FOR SATURDAY’S CONTEST. Those who take an interest In matters connected with rifle shooting will regret the fact that the officers of tho | Amateur Ritle Clab (who in April lust acceptod a chal- lenge from the Victoria Rifle Clab, of Hamilton, Can- ada) have allowed the time to slip by without organ’ ing a squad of marksmen outside of the American team | who would be prepared to meet the select riflemen of | Canada at Creedmoor on Saturday next. During, the time in which Colonel Gitdersleeve and his companions were covering themselves with glory in Ireland and in England no active measures were adopted team to shoot against the Canadians until: it be- came too late to do justice to the country. When it of time to do any- thing effective the officers of the Amateur Club suddenly authorized the carrying out of three competitions for the | Selection of ateam, The result of these meetings, a8 | already published in the Hiexatp, showed that only five | men had completed their scores on the three day@ named, and that of these not more than two or three | were sufficiently experienced to admit of their being, | relied upon as competent shots, ‘The officers of the | Amateur Club, who did not go to Ireland, depended | upon aid from the American team, but the gentlemen who formed this distinguished body did not feel called upon to shoulder the responsibility of the ap | proaching mateb, and declined to participate in the | contest, Under these circumstances the Executive Committee of the Amateur Rifle Club met yesterday forenoon inthe | offices of the Nutional Rifle Association, No. 98 Nassa street. There were present Messrs. Schemerhorn, Jobnson, Sanford, Coughtrey and Colonel Wingate. Mr. Coughtrey was called to the Chair, Mr, G. W. Yale, of | the American rifle team, was also present, and General T. S. Dakin came into the meeting room at a later stage of the proceedings, | After thoroughly discussing the difficulties of the situation it was finally agreed to name the following gentlemen as ateam and reserve to shoot the pending match with the Victoria Rifle Club:—L, L, Hepburn, H S. Jewell, A. V. Canfield, Jr, L. I. Brnee, W. B. Far- | weil, J. 8 Conlin, L. Geiger, BE. H. Sanford, L. MM. Ballard, J.T. B. Collins; F. Hyde, Subsequently Mr: | Collins declined to participate in the match. A motion was then adopted for the purpose em- powering Messrs, Jewell, Sanford and Brace to choose | eight out of the eleven ‘men named above to form the | team—the three last on the roll (whoever they may be} | vo be the reserve. Tho challenge received from the Canadians ran as foliows:— ’ THE CANADIAN CHALLENGR, AMILTON, 6, 1875. Colonel Grorcx W. WisGate, President Amateur Rite Club of New York # SIR—At a meoting of the Victoria Rifle Club of this eld this evening, a correspondence between Captain and yourself was read respecting a-proposed mateh be- tween the Ontario Army Ritle Association and the riflemen | of the United States. The uegotiations for this match having apparently fallen through, I wax authorized to pro- pose to you a friendly contest between our respective elu | on the iollowing conditions :—Competitors, eight members | of each club on each side. Targets, seoring, €e., as at | Wimbledon in 1873. Ranges, 900 ‘aud 1,000 | yards; "fifteen “sliots “at “each | raiije. lifes, | any | hot exceeding ten pounds in weight, but without toléscopie | sights; minimum pull of trigger three pounds. Vosition, any | not involving artificial rest. Place. Creedmoor. Tine, the Saturduy immediately preceding the annual mateh of the National Kitle Association. Tmay add that the Victoria Rifle Club is now in the it has a reeord.ot whick twellth year of its existence any club may well fee! proud, and that it oceupies probably ‘as wading a position amoug the rifle elabs of Can we | believe. the Amateur (luv. of New Yurk does anus thow of the Wuited States, C. K. MURRAY, President V. R. C. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Ama- teur Ritle Club of New York, held April 16, theeabove | challenge was accepted, on condition that the Win | bledon target be used in the mutch, The time for the | contest to take place was fixed for the 25th imst., and, | by resolution adopued yesterday, the shooting will com- mence at eleven o'clock A. ? | . General T. 8, Dakin was appointed on a committee of | field arrangements, A collation will be on the | grounds to the competitors. .Lhe Executive Committee | of the Amateur Rifle Club have agreed to aid the Cap- tain ofthe American team of the ranges duriag the match, A resolution was adopted requesting the see | retary of the Amateur Ride Club to notify the members | of the club and request their attendance at Creedmoor | on Saturday next. Mr. Schemerhorn handed in the following names af | being those who are to compose the Canadian team:— _ C.K. Murray, Captain; Murison, J. J. Mason, Schwar! | James Muson, D. Mitéhell, Disher, James A Mitchell, in reserve. OFF-HAND RIFLE SHOOTING. | The following challenge has been received by Major Henry Fyltoa:— a a. | j AMERICAN Orv-Hax RULE CL | Nuw Yonk, Soph 20, 1875, | To the President of the Amateur Rifle Club, | Hesry Fonron:— | Dean Stn—By a resolution of the club over which I have the honor to preside T have been directed to send you, in the name of the lab, this invitation and chal- lenge to shoot a match at 200 yards, involving the™ championship of thy United States at that distange, off-hand, standing position, any rifle, excluding ouly telescope sights; six mem or more of our club against an equat number of men of your club, fitteen or twenty shots per man, string measure, aud for such a wager and at such time and place as’ may be mutually agreed n, | "pisclaiming all motives in this matter except. those for which our club was established—io wit, “improve- ment in practical off-hand rifle shooting”—we have singled out your club and challenge you chiefly for the following reasons : ' |. That your ¢lub occupies a position second to none of | its kind’either in this couutry or Europe. That you | have among its members many of the best and most ex- perienced oif hand short range shots in this country, | amoung whom are the members of the famous American | team, the long range victors of Creedmoor, Dollymount, | Clandeboye and Wimbledon. |” Hoping that you may be pleased to forward an early and favoraile reply, I am, with consideration and esteem, your obedient servant, WILSON MACDONALD, President American Off-Hand Rifle Club,” BOARD OF EXCISE. THE SUNDAY LIQUOR LAW CASES. The trial of Koster & Bial, charged with violation of the Sunday Liquor law, was resumed yesterday be- | fure the Board of Excise. ‘The counsel for the defence moved for a dismissal of | the complaint, on the ground that the license granted | their clients by the Board was null and vou, owing te | its being improperly made out An examination of the | license showed that such the fact. The place to | be oceupied by the defendai%s was not properly speci- | fled in the license, the result of a clerical error. The license was granted for Printing House square, no num- ber being designated, ‘The connsel ior the prosecution opposed the motion. ‘The case was now in the hands of the Board for dect- | sion, and the Commissioners must uphold tho license | issued by them to save,themselves trom indictment. | The decision was reserv: ‘The case of William Kramer, proprietor of the At- lantic Beer Garden, was called up. Rev. George K: Woodward testified thaton Sunday, August 15 last, he entered the premises of defendant’ in company with three companions, and there purchased and drank beer; saw tweuty or thirty persons there for the same pur- pose; was engaged by a temperance organization of rooklyn to prosecute violators of the Excise law. Oliver Cotter corroborated the previous witness. The case was adjourned to Weduesday, September 20. A LIVELY MEETING OF INDIGNANT GERMAN SA LOON KEEPERS. A largely attended meoting of German saloon keepers was held yesterday afternoon at the Germania Assem- bly Rooms, Mr. Fische presided. Mr, Martin Nachtmann, m a lengthy address, called, attention to the late prosecutions, for the violations of the Excise law, which had been directed solely against Germans, and urged united action. | Mr. Katzenmayer, of the Brewers’ Association, spoke | Bext, mn the same sense, Mr, Nachtmann proposed that the constitution of the association be revised, a8 it contained several clauses | not adapted to the present state of aflairs, After @ | long debate the motion was voted down, | Itwas resolved to ascertain from the several distriet! associations whether they desired a continuance of the local bodies or whether they should merge imto the central body. This motion was adopted. | The central organization then closed {ts séssion and’ organized as @ society for the mutual protection of | German saloon keepers. Mr, Fische was chosen ehair- | man pro tem, and Mr, Kirchtmaun secretary pro fem. dn motion of Mr. Nachtmann a Vormittee on Agita- tion was appointed to make arrangements for a mass for the purpose of taking miperance ofganteations Sauer, Nachtmann, | Rische, Stememan aud Schmidt were appointed such comuiitee, A series of resolutions were adopted, in which the meeting reiterated the declaration that the members | Will use all lawful means to prevent imterference with | their business; that they would oppose all politicians | not pledged to their eause, and, above all, that the} would not unite with any political orgamzation whit will not subscribe to their principles, and, list, that they will not vote for any person known as a dele or promoter of the stringent Excise laws. THE NOON PRAYER MEETING. | The eighteenth anniversary of the Fulton Stroet | Noon Prayer Meeting will be held in the Middic Be- | formed (Dutch) chureb, corner of Fourth street ana | Lafayette place, to-day, at twelve M.. and continue t neare trees tee a3 mecling in the new pce, ane ‘the occasion will be one of great interest,