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: BAY STATE REPUBLICANS, Alexander H. Bice Nominated {ee the State Commitiee be enlarged b; for Governor. SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION ‘AGAINST AMZAMS, An Unequivocal Hard*Money Platform Adopted. “OPPOSITION TO A THIRD TERM Self-Laudation Over the War Mingled with Fair Words to the South. THE PROSPECTS OF THE ELECTION. Worcester, Mass., Sept, 29, 1875. The delegates to the Mussachusetts Republican Convention, which was held in this city to-day, strug- gled through their difficult work with commendable patience. There were about 1,200 delegates present and among them were many of the time-honored lead” ers, whose presence would only have been secured but for the extremities to which the party was pushed. Among the notable absentees was General Butler, and inasmuch ag he failed to serve after being chosen a delegate, it is farr to presume that he intends to adhere to his expressed determination of last full and let poli- tics entirely alone. There was nothing like barmony in the Convention, although towards the close there were shallow pretensions that everything in the party hereafter would be serene and lovely. It is an unmis- takable fact that the republicans have lost their foothold in Massachusetts through the obstinacy of the administration in encouraging and perpetuating the Simmondses and the Burts in the federal offices, and it is due to this and kindred acts of the administration that the party is now experiencing the purification which naturally comes from rebuke and defeat, The nomination of Mr, Rice to-day was a Victory for the administration, so far asa nomination can be counted a victory, and it wasalso a momentary triumph for the blue-blooded clement of the party in Boston, Dr. Loring’s chances for the nomination were meagro at the outset, and when it became apparent that there was | a strong undertow in favor of Charles Francis Adams, it ‘was agreed between the Loring and Rice men that the Quincy statesman must be slaughtered at all hazards, and to accomplish this they arranged in advance that | the weaker should unite with the stronger, and thus it was that on the third ballot the hopeless Loringites turned the scale in favor of Mr. Rice. Either his modesty or anticipation of defeat influ- enced Dr. Loring to be absent from the Convention, and this in spite of the fact that as Chairman of the State Committee it properly belonged to him to call the | body to order. This duty was gracefully performed by Colonel Clapp, of Boston, one of the vice presidents, who very charitably omitted the infliction of the cus- tomary spread eagle speech. Vice President Wilson wus to preside there was a round ot cheering which must bave been highly gratifying to that distinguished statesman. THE VICE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH, His speech, too, was a well chosen and moderate effort, just tempered to the needs of the delegates. His complimentary allusions to the records of such warriors | as Grant, Thomas, Sherman and Sheridan, and such | 8 8 a vigorous and vigilant salesmen: asLinooln,’ Geward and Gummer, .nirnck ||: SSE: te Ciraasictal aia obs cheer Oonieeeon the popular chord of the Convention; but when | Whoever he may be, us well as its other nominees, be elected he spoke out and said that, the republican party | could not live on its past achievements alone, the effort at applause was faint aud sickly, His declaration of the watchfulness of the administration for national abuses, and fts determination to punish and correct them, was, of course, the right kind of party rhetoric, and afforded the delegates their only opportunity of | cheering President Grant; but I'question very much ig many of them did not mean alittle sarcasm in their | hurrahs, The sound financial passages mm the Vice Presidents address found a response that showed most emphatically that the party in Massachusetts is not much given to inflation, The speech, as originally pre- pared, concluded with an appeal for a reinvigoration of | the grand pre-historic party, but during the morning the friends of Mr. Wilson urged him to declare em- phatically whether or not he was acandidate for the | Presidency. How skilfully and equivocally he announced his po: tion in this manner will be noticed in the appended ro- port, and it is fair to observe in this connection that the members of the convention regard his language no Jess adroit than that employed by President Grant in his remarkable third term letter to the President of the Jast Republican Convention in Pennsylvania, MUTUAL FEARS OF CANDIDATES. 1t was clear at the start that the followers and sup- porters of the three leading candidates, Rice, Loring and Adams, were fearful of their respective strength against each other, This was manifested by the fili- bustering as to whether the first ballot should be formal or informal, The question was put half a dozen times by Vice President Wilson before he could determine ‘ | A.W. Beard, of Boston; No. 6, William’ T. Greenman, which way to decide, and it was in the midst | of Woburn; No. 6, Robert Conch, of Newburyport; No. of wild excitement that he declared in fa- | 7, E. D. Winslow, of Newton; No. 8, Estes Howes, of | yor of an informal ballot. ‘The result of | Cambridge; No. 9,4. A. Putnam, of Blackstone; No ‘This did not differ materially from the general antici - pations, for there had been pretty thorough canvassing beforehand, and 1¥ was generally conceded that Rico | would be ahead, that Loring’s full strength would be shown, and that Adams would show up handsomely. THE BALLOTING. A recess of balfan hour before the formal ballot was occupied chiefly by caucusing, and the result was gains | for both Rice and Adams, at the expense of Dr. Loring, the latter losing 26, and Rice and Adams gaining 53 and 17 respectiv By this Mr. Rice lacked 92 votes of @ nomination, and it was clear that it was all up with Dr. Loring. His friends, however, did not wholly. desert him, even on the — second ballot, but 107 of them broke, leaving him with only 225. Of these recent followers of the When he announced that , NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. nored Me demands made py tho friends of impartial thea SO inal 0 the present extremity it is desirable ‘4 «all the elements shall be couciliated and encour. aged, 4, A SPICY FEATURE. ‘One .of the spicy features of the occasion had its ‘origip. in a motion by Gedrge F. Hoar, of Worceste- the selection of eveven members at large, one from cach Congressional ‘District, and that the Chaie appoint these additional members, This proposition meeting with some objection, Mr. Hoar retorted with a severe criticism of the man- ner in which the republican party had been managed in Massachusetts, remarking that if some young and active blood had been infused into it some years ago it would got be where it was to-day. In his remarks he referred to “the new departure letter” of Vice Presi dent Wilson four years ago and, with feeling and elo- quence, showed hew the party supremacy would have been sustained if the wisdom of that letter had been heeded, and he believed now that they could and ought to put their destinies into the hands of a committee that would organize a republican victory. The Conven- tion took this view of the case, and Mr, Hoar’s propo- sition was adopted. CHARACTER OP TILE CONVENTION. It may be said of the Convention, in brief, that It was. one of the most remarkable of the republican part ever held in Massachusetts, It was fussy and ill natured all the way through, and yet the delegates Mmabaged most admirably to conceal dissengions which were inwardly experienced from the beginning to the end. With any other man than Vice President Wilson in the chair, the scenes would probably have been more enlivening than decorous, It was to smother ill feeling 4s much as to give a national churacier to the body that Mr. Wilson was asked to preside. THK CHANCES OF THE ELECTION, Some of the Rice men are rejoicing at the Lincoln House this evening over the events of the day ; but they fect and openly declare that his election is by no means a foregone conclusion, This feeling, it may be added, is largely shared in by republicans throughout the State. THR CAMPAIGN will probably open immediately, and from now until November there will be lively times all the way from | Cape Cod to Berkshire. THE TICKET. ‘The following is the full ticket nominated:— For Governor, ALEXANDER H. Rice. For Lieutenant Governor, Horatio G. KxiGur. of State, . PIERCE, For Treasurer, CuaRies ExbIcorT. For Auditor, Jutus 5. CLARK. For Attorney General, Cuan.es B. TRatw, THY PROCEEDINGS. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 29, 1875, The Republican Convention was called to order at half-past eleven o’clock by Colonel W. W. Clapp, of the Boston Journal, who read the call and said it had been thought best to disponse with a temporary organ iza- tton. On motion of Dr. Bowker, of Boston, a committee, composed of one from cack county, was appointea on permanent organization, On motion of ex-Lieutenant Governor JosEra Tucker, of Berkshire, a committee, composed of one from each | county, was appointed on credentials. On motion of Hon. H. L, Dawes, of Pittsfield, a com- | mittee, consisting of three members at large aua one | | from each Congressional district, was appointed to pre- | pare and report such resolutions as it may be deemed | proper for the Convention to adopt. The appearance of Mr. Dawes was greeted with hearty applause, Mr. Purxam, of Blackstone, got tho oor ana offered the following RESOLUTION, Resolved, That we, the republican party of Massachusetts, for divers weeks have beea floundering in a sea of distress and despondency, without any adequate cause, and it is high time that we came to our republican senses and resumed business. (Applause.) ‘The eause of our disquietude, if we | seek for it, is easily diseoverable in th itcries and lamerta- { tlans ofa very limited number of panic stricken repablican | who stand aghast at the respectable but harmless name of Gaston, The situation is sutficiently awkward, to be sui but in the nature of Shing is one, If we su elect, of ephem duration. With a majority of at least 70,000 strong as | basis for confidence, with the intelligence of » people. rocked in the cradle of the common school system to discriminate | between the chronic policy and Papal instincts of a demoe- | racy reeking with the treaton of yesterday aud. | | | | i | essential character of a republicanism fresh from the exploit of rosening the finperilied nation, we need ouly for the purposes of nnion and sucee: ounce of decision as opposed to the poands of jth which we have thus fer loaded down th ANVASK, Therefore that we may have dove, once and for all, with doubt and discussion be it further Resolved, That the State Central Committee be directed and specially enjoined to fe vot simply by « majority, which under any circumstances is expected, but by thut’ old time Massachusetts majortt whose trumpet voice #hall sound the Keynote of tbe Prosi- dential canvass of 1876, Mr. BEaxp, of Boston, moved that this and all other resolutions bt referred to the Committee on Resolutions, Mr. Purnam said it had been read to the committee | and it was their ex sense that {t should be read | andacted on by the Convention. (Applause. Mr, Wixsiow, of Newton, caused @ ainile by saying that he did not seehow jution could have been read ata meeting of the Committee on Resolutions when no meeting bad been had. Mr. Purnam was astonished that a gentleman of Mr. | of President Grant—‘tLet no guilty man escape ;” and | doubis,” | der notes, wi tennial period of the nation, We of Massacusetts have engaged in the earlier of that cycle of-eelgrations which are to commemorate the great events YF the Revolution, We have been to Lexingtop, Concer and Charlestown. You know how eagerly and rever@nily we garnered up every incident an: every example of valor and patriotic self-sacrifice that could be rescued from the rapidly re- ceding past. Nor we of Massachusets alone. Men from the South wero there. Confederate soldiers from Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina and Union soldiers from New England, New York and Pennsylvania marched together with every demonstration of welcome, and stood side by side beneath the shadow of the mon- ument that commemorates the battle of Bunker Hill. And so it will be wh@m another centennial shall dawn. Not only will our descendants, bat the descendants of those who fought against us, celebrate with grateful momories the events and deods of the great and suc- cessful straggle the republican party led for natioual unity and universal liberty. We, gentlemen, belong to and represent those who belong to this grand historic party. We, Massachu- setts republicans, have had our full sbare in these | achievements, and in making a record of which we are justly proud. Am I assuming too much, gentlemen, when I say that we are in no mood to forget that record? Least of all are we likely to cease our refer- ence to it at the solicitation of those who for forty years have made no history they are not willing to for- get, but who continue to proudly vaunt, as their inher- itance, the achievements of the administrations of Jefterson aud Madison, of more than two generations 0. ms THE DUTIES OF THR FUTURE, But grand as have been the achievements of the re- pees party, and justly proud as we may be of its rilliant record, it cannot live upon its memories or rest upon its past. Grave questions of administration and legislation confront us. ‘They must be bravely and wisely met, However ditficult may be the living issues of the present and immediate future, there can be no shirking them, or shrinking from them, without disas- ter and dishonor. Whatever party is intrusted with the administration of the government must be ever watchful, quick to de- tect abuses and prompt to correct them. ‘It must have sixty or seventy thousand agents, These agents, scat- tered over this continental empire, intrusted with du- ties not always of easy performance, and clothed with powers not always clearly defined, will sometimes make mistakes, if they are not guilty of official misconduct. But these officials should ever feel that the sleepless eye of the administration is upon them, and that detection and exposure, dismissal und disgrace will surely and swiftly follow all breaches of trust, all neglect of public | duty. The supporters of an administration, who are Jealous of its good name and intent on its’ continued ‘success, Will also be watchful, critical, quick to discover abuses, unsparing in their denunciation and inflexible in demands for their correction, When any adminis tration ceases to have such vigilant and fearless sup- porters, or when their voices are silenced by the greedy, selfish or corrupt, it and the party it represents is on the high road to disaster, defeat and death. ‘Yhe experience of the nations teach that wars bring with them great abuses, We have passed through one of the greatest wars of history, and its influences have been clearly visible in the public and private hfe of the nation, Legislators aud administrators, municipal, State and national, of all parties, have fallen into mis- takes and tolerated abuses. But the spirit of reform is | in the air, he demand for reform is in the heart of | the people. Conventions resolve it, The press gives it | voice, The masses ol the intelligent, patriotic and high- toned men of the couutry—the men Mr. Lincoln was wont to call the “plain people’’—the sturdy men who carried the republican party and the coaniry through trials and coniliets, demand wise legislation aud honest administration everywhere. Inflexible in ideas and principles, though liberal and gonerous in policies, they are critical and exacting in matters of administration, They are the hope of the party and the hope of the country. They echo the recont emphatic declaration they demand 1ts prompt and universal application, While they do not nold accusation to be conviction, they do hold that the goverument, and not the accused official, should have ‘the benefit of ail reasonable NATIONAL PLEDGES TO BB SUSTAINED. During the war and the years immediatly succeed- ing the faith of the nation “was often pledged. It was pledged for thre freedom, the civil and pohtical nghts of the colored race, and this pledge must be redeemed and kept in all its fulness, It was pledged to the solders who fought our battles and to the poople who furnished the money, of which so much was needed. ‘To both is the nation indebted for its continued existence. To neither can its faith be broken without deep dishonor. In the stress of the war, When creditors and armies | were unpaid, the government issued its “promises to | pay,”? and made them legal tenders. When that enact- | iment Was made the government in good faith intended that these notes should be redeemed in gold or in in- | terest-bearing bonds, But ten yeurs have passed and these “promises to pay” still romain unfuliilled, The greenback bas indeed largely appreciated, and we are justly proud of the credit of the nation in’ the markets ‘of the world. But we do not, und we cannot as Ameri- cans, take pride inthe singular fact that a stray note from an unknown bank in one of the British provinces can be sold in State street for a prenuum of more than twelve Bede ROL ei) of our lexal ton all tne wealth of 40,000,000 of people behind it! The plighted faith of the bation, the honor of the government, the enduring interests of the peo- ple, of the rich and of the poor, of capital and lavor, all Uemand that the government, by wise and prudent Jogislation and administration, shonid, at the cartiest practicable period, make its notes equal to and conver- tible into gold. The republicans of Massachusetts, when war came, demanded and aided in its vigorous prosecution. When peace came they detnanded reorganization, reconstruc. tion and reconciliation, upon the just basis of impartiat liberty. But love rather than hatred inspired them, ‘To-day they rejoice that emancipated freemen, who at the close of the war had neither homes nor possesstons, have accumulated millions of wealth and have thou Winslow's experience should make such a remark as that when the committee had been announced and the resolution in part considerod. i The vote was then taken on Mr. Beard’s motion and | the resolution was referred to the committee. | THR PERMANENT ORGANIZATION, | The Commitiee on Permanent Organization reported | the following list of officers H President—Hon. Henry Wilson, Vice Presidents—Ensign HW, Kellogg, of Pittsfield; | Liberty D.. Packard, of Boston; V.’ C. Bacon, of Worcester; Charles W. Clitford, of New Bedford; ©. ©. Fitz, of Chelsea, Secretaries—George 8. Merrell, of Lawrence; Eben. | | ezer Nelson, of Boston, and’ John 8. Baidwin, of Worcester, COMMITTER ON CREDENTIALS. W.T. Hall, of Revere; Alpheus Currier, of Haver- hill; John B. Smithers, ‘of Brooktield; 8.’S. Taft, of Paliner; Samuel P. Billings, of Hatteld; A. Bowen, of Shelbourne; Joseph Tucker, of Pittsfield; Horace E. Ware, of Milton; E. K Dean, of Brockton; John A. Hawes, of Fair Haven; Francis A. Nye, of Falmouth; a Be Coflin, of Edgartown; David Foiger, of Nan- tucket COMMITTRE ON RESOLUTIONS. At Large—Hon, Heory L. Dawes, Chairman; Hon. George F. Hour, of Worcester; Walter Allen, of Boston. Congressioual distyicts—No. 1, J. BD. Cogswell, of Yarmouth; No. 2, John DP. Long of Hingham; No. 3, 10, Levi Stockbridge, of Amberst; No. 11, Charles D. | Chapin, of Springtield, | | _ The Chair appointed Messrs. E. W. Kinsley, of Boston! | George L. Davis, of North Andover, aud Estes Howe, of | | Cambridge, a committee to conduct the President to the | Chair, which duty they performed, | ‘The advent of Vice President Wilson was hailed with | loud and prolonged applause, which was renewed when | ue was presented to the convention by Mr. Cl | On motion of Mr. Uxpgrwoop, of Boston, the State | Central Committee and Represontatives in Congress | | were invited to/take seats with the Convention. Rey. Mr. Laarsox, of Worcester, invoked the Divine blessing. ox then addressed tho Convention as fol- iS: VICE PRESIDENT WILSON’S SPEECH. GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTION—In obedience to a pressing request, which had to me the force of a com- mand, I take this chair, gratetul for the trast imposed and the honor conferred. This position, your cro duties, the occasion, all alike demand that my wortate | past 7 went for Adams, 46 for Rice and quite|| few and that my suggestions shall be tho plain and | &@ number for Congressman Pierce, who loomed Piven gentlemen ef tie cotrentoa at ee | Pr : ention, 10 select up with 61 votes, Mr Rice yet lucked 27 | reproseutatives of the republican party of Massachu- | Dallots to secure the nomination. “It was getting | 5 Grave responsibilities contront you—bigh du. | Jate when the third ballot was ordered, and many Mr. Loring’s supporters had gone home. Besides thfs it had been given out that Mr, Adains was to be bew anyway, and the Loring followers followed the Loridg leadors,’and Mr. Kice’s nomination was secured by/a | vote of 876 against 69 for the Salem The Adams? phalanx was firm, however, and ‘the very last ballot they showed 249 out of the votes cast, the balance being given for Rice, Loring and Pierce, JUBILEE OVER THE RESULT. | When tho result was announced there was (®e wi est kind of enthusiasm, and every one except the Adamsites seemed to participate in it, Colonel Tayldr, of Boston, to whom Dr. Lortng is indebted more than to any other man for the adhesiveness of his friends almost up to the very last, got upon one of the bench¢s, and, ina speech of thundering eloquence, seconded the nomination of the man whom he had up to that moment #0 fiercely opposed. In his remarks he took occasion to insmuate in a sarcastic way that those who had your for Mr. Rice and Dr, Loring appr in a republican convention, but he did not say that the supporters of Mr. Adams were inspired by that mir ciation. The nomination was further seconded by Goodrich, of Stockbridge, and tinally made ananimods, ‘80 far as it could be without the vuioe of the Adams party. ‘THE PLATPORM which was adopted by the Convention carried the body by storm. Senator Dawes, the author, read the reso lutions in a most dramatic manner, aud each and ev one was heartily cheered. Those favoring hard money and denouncing the third term elicited repeated rounds of applause. A SERIO-COMIC ACRNR. There was one melancholy aud entertaining seene during the forenoon proceedings, resulting from tho reading of a series of resolutions by Judge Putnam, one of the Blackstone delegates, in a manner which wad hard to discriminate, whether it was serious or in jest. The resolutions will be found in the report of the pro- ceedings. There was seemingly too much of sentiment OF truth in theso resolves, aud the Convention disposed of them by reference to the Committee on resolutions, Although they were never heard from again they were inuch commented upon by the delegates, WOMAN'S FUPFRAGE, The husband of Lucy Stone, Dr. Blackwell, who was a delegate from Brookfield, was more fortunate with one of his woman suffrage roaolutions thus peferred, for the committoc recognized the elaims of the weaker tex in the platform subsequently reported. Heretofore! the republican conventions hayp cautemptuously elated that they ware | est upon you. You who have been so long aceus- L tomed to victories Only have come to know defeat. It is for you here and this day to decide by your words and your acts whether victories sball come again or whether you shall endure the humiliation of defeat still er, lon But remember, gentlemen, that the victories you cling only to the manly assertion of prince! ples, to the prompt acceptance of the duties of the hour, to that unity that comes from unselfish devotion to the public weal, to that courage which is born of honest convictions and fuith mm the ultimate triamph of right | and to the selection of able and honest men for official | positions, | RECORD OP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. In adark and trying hour, when the ingatiate slave power dominated the bation and bad complete possos- | sion of the government; when the Republic stood dis. | honored betore Christendetn for its admitted champion- ship of slavery with all its cracl and foul abuses, the republican party was organized. It was from the start | avowedly a party of reform. Its dominating idea and | proclaimed purpose were the rescue of the nation from those hoary abuses, and the overthrow of men who hud prostituted the bigh functions of government to their conservation. Into the rising party came anti-slavery men who had been battling for freedom for a quarter of acentury, and the flower of the whig and democratic parties. Seldom, if ever, m the history of the world ave been bound together more of intellectual and moral worth, of high aspirations, lofty purposes and un selfish consecration, Beaten in its first rally and straggle, it continued the | conflict, achieved success and made’ Abrabam Lincot President of the United States. lunged’at once into a war it could not evade without dishonor, the dismem berment of the uation and the utter prostration ef bu man rights, 1 won victories, vindicated the au- | thority of the government, extirpated slavery, re constructed disorganized commonuwealths, defined and cularged citizenship, It carried the country through an important transition, a grand epoch in hgman affairs. It has given to the world imperishable deeds and great names. This, gentlemen, 18 no assumption of mino, It is simple histori¢ truth, and such Will be the verdict of the ages. No history will be complete that shall not rauk Grant and Thomas, Sherman and Sheridan with the great captains of the century; that does not grou; \ Lincoln, Seward and Stanton, Simner and Chase witl the statesmon who have achieved the most for popular ights and human advancement: vhat does not class the nen, civil and military, who carried the nation through he war of the Rebellion with the men who wrenched ‘agna Charta from an unwilling king and those who ‘ought the battles of American independence, Gentiouon. we have already catered unoa the cen- \ 4 | Feturaing prosperity have come a fuller acquiescence in | | year thousands of republicans in Massachusetts, am sands of their children in the public schools; that, with the results of the war and a larger manifestation of the ‘spirit of reconciliation towards their country and their countrymen. Yielding nothing of their love of impar- tial liberty, nothing of their purpose to maintain the equal rights of all citizens of e@ United States, nothing of their just pride in the achievements of their loyal countrymen, they welcome this progress and hail these munifesta- tions, With, then, the unity of the States assured, the authority of the government vindicated, the treedom and the rights, ervil and political, of the colored race made certain, tt seems to me that the republicans of Massachusetts should demand the removal of the romaining disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment; so that, when op the Fourth of July next the Republic enters’ upon its second centennial, nove shall be found laboring under these disab»'ities, AN APPEAL POR HARMONY. You, gentlemen of the Convention, are republicans, republicans all, in sentiment and feeling, by convic- tions and by associations. You betieve, and I believe, that the enduring interests of the country impera- tively require the continued ascendancy of the repuv- lican party until its just and generous ideas are fully accepted and completely incorporated—beyond any possible reaction—into the lie of the pation, So believing, let us rise to the heighth of the occa- sion, place the republicans of Massachusetts, and aid placing the republicans of the coontry, in ‘positions to recover and retain power. With’ ‘our banners high advanced, blazoned with the glorious deeds of the past, and bearing the inspiring pledges of reform and purification for the future, let us go to the people with all the confidence and ali the courage of other days. ‘Tryst not, gentiemen, to mere party discl- pline, for it has failed you; trust not to official patron- age, for it bas weighted you down in the race. But trust rather to that higher, purer, nobler sentiment which 18 ever seeking to realrze its own lofty ideals of what a political party should be, and what an adminis- tration should do. in the Presidential election of 1872 many republicans who had stood and struggled together separated. t ad hundreds of thousands in other States, withheld bale votes entirely or voted against the party bes re spirit and purpose, they have claimed and still claim to be identified. Lotus, geutiemen, appeal with all sin- cerity and earnestness to these republicans in Massa- chusetts aud where to act again with their old associates, to aid in correcting: fhe. are ang jae of which they baye com, ly to public confi- the claims of thé denice, in solving ‘the practical _prob- lems not yet fully wrought out, -Lot us appeal to the veteran anti-slavery men of the commonwealth, who toiled long and wearily to make the republican party a possibility; to the tried men who helped to form it; to Ube faithful men who stood by Sumner and Andrew, to | help to reunite, reorganize and reinvigorate 1, Let us appeal to the young men, inspired by high hopes and nobie ambitions to serve their country, to take their pluces in this great historic party that gave to them a ee and united nation to live inand labor for, amd to infuse into it something of their Cwn generous spirit, daring courage and youthful enthusiasm, Let- us ap: peal to republicans everywhere to aid in placing the party whose name they bear, whose principles they cherish, whose achievements they proudly remember, ina position to win the enthusiastic and persistent support of the friends of Read and unity, pacification aod reconciliation, plighted faith and national honor. The speech was not, on the whole, received with Much warmth, though when Mr. Wilson spoke his con- Victions in favor of hard money there was hearty ap- plause. The closing words of advice were also re- ceived with some tokens of approbation, and, as Mr. Wilson sat down, there was a burst of applause which lasted several minutes. THE COMMITTEE ON BALLOTING. On motion of Henry D. Hyog of Boston, a Commit. toe on Receiving and Counting Ballots was appointed, consisting of two members at large and one trom each couuty, as follows:—Henry D. Hyde, of Boston; N. C. Munson, of Shirley; W. K. Jones, of Boston; James Kimbali, of Salem; Wiltam Welles Brown, of Cam- bridge; Milo Hildreth, of Northborough; Thonris Car- dis, of Longmeadow; C. H. Sawyer, of Bast Hampton; F. J. Waters, of Orange; John Y, Goodrich, of Stock 1. O. Hildreth, of Dedham; J. KE. Crane, of Bridgewater; W. Chovering, ot Taunton; Isuac N, Keith, of Sandwich; B. 'T. Hellman, of Chitmark, and W. H. Waito, of Nantucket. Mr. Hype moved that when tho vote for Governor is taken it be by counties, the president calling the name of the county and the number of votes to which it ig dntitled, and that the delegates of the county called pass across the platform and deposit their bailots, The motion was adopted, Mr, KE, W. Kinsiary, of Boston, moved that thé con. vention preseed to ballot for a candidate for Governor, Mr. Biscow, of Westboro’, moved as an amendment that the first ballot be an informal one, Prof, BVeRwrr asked if the vote was to be taken, be- fore or after tho Committee on Credentials reported. The Chase ruled that it properly could be taken be- foro, but that was to be decided by the convention, Hon, Cuanies W, Siack, of Boston, said it was well known that there was nothing for the Committee on Credentinis but to count the delegates. Ho trusted the convention Would not be delayed by technicalities, but proceed to its duties. was withdrawn, and Mr Kinsley then withdrew the motion till the credentials were on. Hom, Isaac 8. Monsx, of Cambridge, moved that the convention proceed to an informal ballot for Governor. Mr. Porrer, of Framingham, moved, as an amend- ment, that the convention proceed to a formal ballot. The question was then en on the amendment, and the ayes aud nays appeared s nearly even that the Chair was unable to decide at first, but on a second vote it was declared lost, ‘The motion of Mr, Monse for an informal ballot was then adopted. Hon. Gxonax F. Hoar (of Worcester) said he had a propositfon to make concerning the State Central Cot mittee for the ensuing year, and he moved that the del- egates from the Senatonal’ districts assemble at their convenience and propose a candidate to represent each district, and, further, that the President nominate eleven additional members—one from each districi—to constitute the State Central Committee for the ensuing year. Mr. Hoar said the convention would perceive that the motion implied a change in the method of selection from that heretofore pursued. The motion proposed to add to the usual forty eleven persons ap- pointed by the Chair, known to the State at large. Mr. Wixstow (of Newton) desired to offer an amend- ment, but Mr. SLack (of Boston) objected, and Mr. Hoa withdrew his motion. Mr. WALKER moved that, after the ballot, the Prost. dent’ declare the Convention adjourned for thirty minutes, An amendment to make it one hour was Jogt, and the original motion was adopted. The informal ballot was then begun at twenty minutes to one o'clock. While the ballot was being taken the Committee on Credentials reported that 1,074 delegates were present, Tepresenting 822 cities and towns, Acting President Ensign H. Kxx.oao, of Pittstield, stated that Mr. Hoar desired to pres» his motion, aa previously stated, but there were loud cries of No,” and it was withdrawn, There was also another attempt to have the dele- gates vote for members of the State Central Commit- tee, but it was not carried. jeanwhilo the attendance thinned ont, many of the delegates !mproving the opportunity by getting dinner. ‘At_half-past one o'clock the bailot was closed, and the Convention took a recess for half an hour. ‘The Convention met at twoo’elock, and the Committee on Counting Ballots reported, through Mr, Hyde, as follows:— THE INFORMAL BALLOT, Whole number of vote: = 1,068 John E. Sanford 13 ‘Thomas Talbot. . 1 1 2 2 4 1 r 1 1 Harvey Jowell 1 B. B, Gillette, ae P. A. Chadbourne ake IL 1. Pieroe 27 G. B. Loring 358 A HL Rico . ‘ + 398 GOR AMIDE, BE eos ecnecns sce spesny vesee 286 ‘The four 'votes for Mr." Butler were greeted with laughter and applause, and loud cheers greeted the re- sult of the votes for Rice, Lormg and Adams, Mr. Winsow, of Newton, moved that a formal ballot be proceeded with, which was carried. Motions were made by Mr. Goodrich, of Stockbrid to allow ten minutes to aistribute ballots, and by Me Faxon, of Quincy, to allow five, but both were voted down, ‘and a formal ballot proceeded. ‘At A meeting of the Second Essex Senatorial delegates during the recess Mr. J, Frank Dalton was chosen a member of the State Central Committee in place of Dr. George B. Loring, who was at first unanimously chosen, but he positively declined to serve. Alter the polls were closed for the Orst formal ballot there was a little breeze over the fact that Mr, Estes Howe, of Cambridge, and Mr. Ladd, of Sturbridge, through some misunderstanding, had hot voted. They claimed their right to vote and after somo little oppo- sition their ballots were admitted. Mr. Jogay, of Ward 19, Boston, was in the samo situation and his vote was also admitted. THE PIRST FORMAL BALLOT, ‘The result of the first formal ballot was as follows:— Whole number of votes... Necessary for a choice, James D. Colt... Alexander H, Bullock Paul A. Chadbourne ‘Thomas Talbot... John E. Sanford Heary L. Pieres. Charles Francis George B. Loring. Alexander H. Rice. ‘There was no choice. Mr Hexny B, BuackWett offered tho following resolu- lution, which was received with mingled laughter and appiause:— ANOTHER RESOLUTION. ‘The republican party of Massachusetts reaffirm to-day all the great progressive principles heretofore contained in its platiorm, And ure, still heartily tn favor of efficient and en- Higltened legislution in behali of temperance, of labor and of tho equal rights of all American citizens irrespective of wex. Referred to the Committee on Resolutions, THB STATY CENTRAL ComMITTER. Mr. Hoan, of Worcester, renewed his motion made in the for no in the following form:—Voted, That the delegates from each State Senatorial district meet | and nothinate a member of the State Central Commit- we for each district, and the President of the Conven- tion nominate eleven additional mem! who, with the members {fom the Senatorial districts, shall consti- tute the committee, - Mr. Freverick Weiicoms, of Essex, moved a divi- sion of the question and protested against the new method proposed, ag it virtually re-elected the same Central Committee each year. He had no doubt the committee bad been selected in advance, and ho) the Convention would adopt the same method as had al- Ways been in use, MK. HOAB ON A NEW DEPARTURE. Mr. Hoar said there had been no selection or con- cert of action in regard to making up this cummittee. The pariy is in a cirsis where tt must have a new de- parture, and, if he could, he would read an article en- ttied ‘A News Departure,” written by the President of this Convention immediately after Grant’s re-election. (Applause.) Because that advice was slighted the rty stands where it does to-day. (Applause.) Mr. oar liked a new departure, and wanted a committee who would organize the republican party for a victory in this campaign and put new life and vigor into the committee. (Loud applause, ) ‘The PResipent said the movion was a surprise to him. No list had been put in his bands, and nove would be if he should be authorized to make the nominauons. (Loud applause.) He would act ou his conscience, aud hot to please any clique. Mr. & 8. Winson, of Charlestown, said he believed it to be the worst proposition ever presented to a republi- can convention. The gentleman who presented it did not make any argument in its favor, but made a beauti- ful speech on other subjects, He believed in retaining the old system, and contended that the new system, if udopted, would be injurious, as it would allow avy Stato Committee which might be chosen to perpetuate itself. ‘There was no reason why the delegates chosen by the people should not select the State Central Committee, There were loud cries for the question, but General Foster, of Cheshire, took the plattorm and gained atten- tion. He opposed the putting of so much power in the hands of one man, however pure, It is a new idea, coming from what source he knew not. The old sys- ‘em is less liable to abuse. The speaker was interrupted by calls for the question and for the reading of the resolution, but he proceeded for some time in spite of the noise and laughter, Mr. Cpe hon bid West Mion ce Sper ite the wis- dom of adopting the i ution: 0] the old sys- tem would be adhered to. ei : . Mr. Ropert Nicnots, of Boston, moved that tho whole matter be laid on the table. Lost. Mr, BLACKWELL moved to strike out the latter part ating to the nomination of the eleven additional dele- ‘The Cram suggested a division. The motion to strike out was lost, The resolution was divided, and the first part was apie 6 Voto was then taken on the second part, relating to the nomination of eleven more delegates, but the Chair was in doubt, and a rising vote was taken and it was declared carried; but a doubt was raised and con- fusion ensued. ‘There were calls for a ballot, but a motion to lay the matter of additional delegates on the table was declared carried, ‘Then there was more confusion and calls for a ballot. Mr. Hoar raised the point that the vote must be veri- fied after a doubt had been raised before other business could be transacted. iy A delegate said men were voting who had no right to 0 8 "rhe vote was again taken on the appointment of eleven additional committeemen, and it was evidently carried by a large majority. Mr. KE. W. Kinstey, of Boston, then moved that the Convention proceed to another ballot, which motion Was unanimously agreed to, It was voted, in order to. half of the Committee on the other half of the THE The result of the Ww hole number of votes. Necessary to a choice. Henry L Pierce........ Charles Francis Adams, . George B. Loring Alexander H. Rice Beattering . bs ‘And there was no chorce. Another ballot was immediately ordored, and it pro- cooded amid great confusion and the rallytug calls of the active workers, ite matters, that one count the votes while ‘was receiving them, L BALLOT. formal ballot was as fol- THE LAST BALLOT. ‘The rogult of the third formal ballot was as follows:— Whole number 908 Necessary to H. L. Pierce... was declared nominated. Loud applause greeted the announcement of the re- sult, followed by three cheers. Mr. Tay1or, of Somerville, moved that the nomina- tion be made unanimous, complimenting Mr, Rice as a sound republican and business man, The motion ‘was seconded by Mr. Goopricr, of Berkshire, and pro- vailed with a few dissenting votes, ‘THE LIRUTENANT GOVERNOR. On motion of Mr. Freperick Wu.comn, of Ipswich, Horatio G. Knight was unanimously nominated by ac: clamation for Lieutenant Governor, Moses Kimpaut, of Boston, moved that Charles Endicott, of Canton, be nominated by acclamation for State Treasurer, Mr. Mors, of Canton, indorsed the nomination, and Tho amendment of Mr, Biscoo was accepted by Mr. Kinglay amid cries of ‘*No! No!” and the accevtance the motion Was carried Unanimously, Mr. Bancrawe of Aver. moved the nomination of Julius 8. Clark by acclamation as Auditor, and the mo tion prevailed unanimously. On motion of Major Joun W. Manan, of Boston, Charles R. Train was nominated by acclamation for At- torney General. A ballot for Secretary of State was moved by General CoaGswet, of Salem, who presented the name of Henry L. Pierce, of Abingdon. Mr. Coggswell advocated Mr, Pierce’s claims as a young working republican and a soldier, and alluded to the action of the democrata, who have acted in accordance with the temper of the times by hominating a soldier of fame and honor, A delegate moved to nominate Mr, Pierce by ac- clamation, which was seconded by Mr. Bryant, of Boston, who paid a glowing tribute to the claims of the patriotic soldier of the Commonwealth, H. B. BLAckwELL, of Boston thought no injustice should be done to the other candidates, Mr. Warner and Mr, Blunt, of Haverhili A ballot was loudly called for, Mr. Dewxis, of Haverhill, a soldier, presented on be~ half of his delogation, the name of William E. Blunt, of Haverhill, for the nomination of Secretary of State. A ballot was then ordered and proceeded with, BALLOT POR SBCRETARY OF BTATE. The result of the ballot for Secretary of State was as follows ;—_ Whole numbor of votes cast ool Necessary to a choice Henry L. Pierce, William E. Blunt... Oliver Warner... +. 2 17 Mr. Pierce was declared nominated amid great enthu- siasm. Before the declaration of the result of the ballot the list of members of the State Central Committee was read, and the Chairman read the following list of eleven additional members chosen by him, as provided by a former resolution which provoked so much discussion ee it was introduced :— rt, 1—George Marston, of New Bedford. 2—John M. Forbes, of Milton, 3—A. W. Beard, of Boston. 4—George C. Richardson, of Boston, 5—John Cummings, of Woburn, 6—T, Willcomb, of Ipswich. 7—E. Rockwood Hoar, of Concord. 8—J. B. Rindge, of Cambridge. 9—W. W. Rice, of Worcester. 10—William B. Washburn, of Greenfield. 11—H. L. Dawes, of Pittstleld. A motion made that the Chairman, having ally selected the above eleven members, shou! power to fill any vacancy occurring, was carried, THE PLATFORM. The following resolutions were reported and adopted unanimously without debate: — ‘The republicans of Masyachusetts, in Convention assem- bled, reaflirm their allegiance to the t purposes and principles ‘of the republican ' party. y congratulate themselves that nothing in thelr record makes it necessary for them to give piedges that they accept and will abide ny the settlement of war issues, in the Thirteenth, Four- toenth and Fifteenth amendments to the constitution of tho nited States, and they congratulate the country that the democratic party has at last formally professed 10 abandon ite long. bitter. dosporate but unavailing struggle, first to pre- vent and afterward to overthrow that settlement. ‘This pro- Tession is both the most humiliating confeasion of past folly ever extorted from a political organization, and a sig- nal tribute to the invincible rightedusness of republican principles. The accusation that the re- publican party secks to Kkeop alive old issues in order to avoid new ones fs unwarranted. Our past, at least, is Secure. Able to review the record without remorse, we cheerfully commit it, to history and with the courage in- \ired by success iu a noble cause, we address ourselves to the new duties of the era of the It is, therefore, declared thas the republican party of Mas- sachusetts will no man for official position whose personal character is not an absolute guaranty of fidelity to every public trust, and they invoke the conderanation of tho ot andidate for office who son. have and faithfully strive, wel the co-operation of sbelr juarter it ma; ar, to the ¢1 that every corrupt and unworthy office: der. without dis- Suction of party, may be driven from place aiid that official Dialteusance may’ be hunted and panished, wherever the pur- suit may lead or the blow fall. tion of Stale atta recopeiaing etek ot dhe aor jon o irs, recognizing no lego of class, Do an- taxonisin between labor and capital bat doprecating any at. tempt to arbitrarily fetter either, whether on the part of employed or employer, will support sach monsures a8 shall Jop the resources of labor and of capital alike, stimulad- ing one and diffusing the other into channels of common prosperity, as alo ail measures that the promotion of temperance, education, good morals and the equal righta of ail American citizens irrespective of ex, the maintenance of order, the bonest enforcement of existing laws, rigid ocon- omy aud retrenchment every department of the govern- ment of the Commonwealth and reduction of taxation. That the reduction of the national expenditures during the last fiscal year by more than $12, a constant reduction daring the whole administration, is a gratifying proof of of the republican party by economy, the public service to lighten the public Durden, That the President of the United States is ontitied to the gratitude of the country for the independence, courage and kod sense with which in an argout crisis of aifairs he hus assumed the great responsibilities of his office and iain tained the national henor and credit, at the republican party bails wi exceeding joy the many evidences of in spirit and in purpose, as wells of pesos in Rik etion Gare. tanen the pinot ot die tarbance In the restored States, and makes haste to testify ity anxiety to moot reconciliation with confidenoe and every proaf of pence with proof of affection and regard. ‘That we have no more eamest desire than that our brethren at the South, without distinetion or exception of race or etijoy to the fullest extent those inests- nt rty, may enjo Thable blessitige to which wo owe all our own prosperity, wat. Versal. free education and secarit can local self-government, without ference fr abroad. ‘at the repul ‘That th bitcans of M. that of personal rights under necessity of any inter- welcome all augeri in the in. Tistiee tod history, to faible promises by the Speodiect experience istory, it possible return to specie payment. eae. gs ‘That an irredeemabie curre: is 8 national evil, and when Jt continues beyond the necessity of its croution, a natioual roproaeh. at the demoratization of values caused by inflation of the national currency, while it tends: pa cond the earnings of labor, which depend on steadiness uniformity in the measure of value, in the power of speculators in gold and crodit, ulso involves the demoralisation of public an ato conduct, credit and expenditure, speculation in the of thrift, ultimate prostration of trade and industry, risk of in- creasing crime aud dishonor and the whole train of evils which follow any departure from the homely virtue that keeps its word and pays as it goes. ‘That while we gladly count among the most significant as- surances of the good work of the repuvlieun party its regen- erating influences upon our democratic fellow citizens, as shown in the better utterances of their recent Convention in this ball, in their unreserved acceptance of constita- tional results of republican statesmanship and in their nomi- nation to office of men trained in republican te: and the height of % a cor rights to. the Meont ber tr unions: fom and human e keeping of a wi no heart lor the work and no stake in the glory. The thanks of the Convention were returned to its various officers. Tho President and secretaries were instructed to notify the candidates of their nomination. Everxg H. K&tLoce made a short speech. ng the Adams clement, as far as he could answer for them, to support Mr, Rice, and was loudly applauded. loun D. Lona, of Hingham, submitted the following resolution, which was carried without dissent :. RESOLUTION OF INDORSEMENT. ‘That in nominating the Hon. Alexander H. Rice for Governor of the Commonwealth we are confident that his ability, his character, his experience in public affairs, his honorable record of public service, will command, as will also the names of the other nominees of this Convention, tho suffrages of the electors of Mas- sachusetts. a ihe ogee at seven o'clock P, M., adjourned ine AMERICAN TEMPERANCE UNION. ‘At the quarterly election for officers of the Amertcan Temperance Union, held Tuesday evening, September 28, the following persons were clectod for'the quarter ending December 31, 18755— Presidont, Colonel B. B. Dyer; First Vice President, W. H. Barnes; Second Vice President, Edward Parr; Third Vice. President, Walter n; Fourth Vice President, P. M. Stackpole; Fifth Vice President, John Glover. xecutive Committee—M. McKimm, T. Mo- General Committee of t TAMMANY TALL. Meeting of the Committee on Organization. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINE, The Seventeenth and Second Dis- tricts To Be Reorganized. Indorsing the Syracuse Platform. EMPLOYMENT OF LABORERS. A meeting of the Committee on Organization of the. Tammany Hall General Committee was held yesterday | afternoon at Tammany Hall, with John Kelly in the chair, Among those present were Mayor Wickham, | Hon. S. 8 Cox, L. C. Dessar, Aldermen Lysaght, Shandley, Purroy and Gilon, Judge Duffy and Commis- sioner Dunlap. Tbe minutes ofthe previous meeting having becn| read and confirmed, tho following report from the Com-! mittee on Discipline was presented and read :— THE REPORT ‘To the Committee on Organization of Tammany Hall General Committee :— H ‘The sub-Comtnitteo on Organization and Discipline of! General and Assembly Districts, to whom was referred the following resolution :— Whereas it is @ current rumor that dissatisfaction, indiffer- harmony and efficiency exist in the Second and Seventeenth Assembly districts’ general and. Jocal committees which, if true, may prove prejudicial to the successful administration of the political organization im those districts; with a view to remove those Impressions, if not founded in facts, and to secure a thorough, efticient and. reliable organization in said districts, if true, be it Resolved, That the Committee on Discipline be and hereby are instructed to examine into the state of the organization in the Second and Seventeenth Assembly districts and ro- port at the next meeting of this committee. beg leave to report that your committee requested the attendance of the nrembers of the General Commit- ‘tee of THE SREVENTEKNTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, on Friday, at Tammany Hall, and there heard an ex+ pression of the views of the said committeo as to its condition and efficiency; that your committeo found that there had been for some time past, and now exists, division in said committee composed of two opposing facttons; that in April, 1876, a compact was made and entered into between certain members of said commit- tee composing one faction, and that said members were bound by the solemnity of an oath to act together and as a unit upon all subjects which should be presented to- said committee for consideration; that, under and in pursuance of said sworn compact, the organi- zation of said committee was changed; that in the month of September, 1875, the members of the said committee composing the other faction, made and’ entered into a compact under oath. to act together and, 28 @ unit upon all matters presented to the committee for consideration; that this last-named arrangement ‘was indorsed by a majority of the General Committee of the Seventeenth Asseinbly district; that your commit. tee, upon a prior investigation of the affairs of the Seven- teenth Assembly District General Committee, under in- structions of the Committee on Organization, advocated apd sustained in their report dated May 20, 1875, the old and time-honored principle that the majority should govern, therefore yoar committee hereiu indorse and Feiteraie the views expressed in said report, but in the present investigation a condition of affairs exists in the Seventeenth Assembly district which su; gests to your committee the inquiry whether the Gen- eral Committee of the Seventeenth Assembly district as at present constituted “is reliable and tends to produce harmony and to prove efficient in the organization in said district; that your committee find that the said General Committee, as at present constituted, is unre- liable and that a want of harmony exists; that your committee is of the opinign that the action of the ‘said egress Committee, or some portion of the same, enter- Ing into 4 SWORN COMPACT, as herein before stated, cannot be too emphatically and’ earnestly condemned; thatfsaid action was unmanly, unwarrantable and disgraceful under stances and «should be summarily dealt wit) that such uction does not in any way tend to strengthen an organization, but, on the contrary, conspicuously, contributes to demoralize its members and bring the entire body into disrepute. It merits and should re ceive not alone its disapproval, but its emphatic con dempation and rebuke. Your committee, in view of the facts set forth, and as a warning to other districts, Tecommend the adoption of the following resolutio of the members of the General eenth Assembly district be declared. vacant, and that the Committee on Discipline be and are to report to the Committee on Organisa- ext meeting, a list of members to constitute the Seventeenth Assembly district for the remainder of the year 1875 whi€h will tend to the effi- ciency and harmony of the organization in said district. THE SKOOND ASSEMBLY DISTRIOT. That your committee on Monday last proceeded to in- vestigate the condition of the General Committee of the Second Assembly district; that the said General Com- mittee attended at Tammany Hall, and the members of the same expressed their vi@ws us to the efiiciency of said committee; that some of the members of said com- mittee announced their intention to support the nomi- nees of the Tammany Hull Association upon certain specified conditions; that the suid General Committee seemed to be demoralized and an entire absence of unity and harmony prevails; that your committee are impressed with the belief,’ after careful inguiry and consideration, that the general and district committees: of the Second Assembly district should be reorganized. Your committee therofore recommend the adoption of the following resolution :— Resolved, That the seats of the members of the General Comurittes ot the Second Assembly district be and hereby are declared vacant, and that the Committee on Discipline rt, Dr. A. 8. &. R. Neal, Daniel Walford, W. J. Feeny, T. H. Coppins, S. McCallough, Charles L. Valleau, William Gull, J. K. Nagle, P, M. Stagg and B, G. Seymour. ANTI-TEMPERANCE. A PLEA FOR LAGER BEER AND OTHER BEVERAGES. A meeting of the German saloon keepers, beer retail- ers and brewers was held at the Germania Assembly Rooms yesterday. Jos. Fricke presided, and after a Jong discussion of their grievances an executive com- mittee was formed to prepare aplan of organization to counteract the present crusade of the temperance agitators against the beer retail trade. The com- mitwe was composed of Major Sauer, Boring, Nafer, Bechstein, Herwig and pman, Resolutions were passed declaring that the Sunday clause is against the spirit of the constitation; also that the consumption of wines, beer and malt liquors: cannot be prevented by human laws, and that enactments in that direction should Took toward regulation of their sale, and provide for the punish- ment of their adulteration as well as to provide for the pusishment of vico and drunkenness; further, de- nouncing tho recent proceedings before the Exciso Board threatening a revocation of business licenses, It was also resolved that only reliable men shall be sup- ported for election to the Legislature. CAPTAIN M’CULLOCH’S TRIAL. ‘The adjourned trial of Captain McCulloch was re- sumed at the Central Office before Commissioners Matsell, Voorhis and Disbecker yesterday, The defendant’s counsel, Mr. A. Oakey Hall, was ‘unavoidably absent, but the Board refused to grant an adjournment therefor, and ordered the case to be called, Henry Jacobs took the stand and testified to having Jost the sum of $85 at cards in the saloon of Victor Bram: the principal witness inst the Captain; Phew of s.caso where a friend had lost $1,200 by the same means in Bramson’s place. David J, Twohy swore to the facts stated by him be- fore the Legislative Committee on Crime, which hayo already been published. He referred particularly to the alleged assault upon himself by friends of Captain McCulloch and to the abustve language made use of by McOuilloch toward tho witness. Ex-Oflicer Cry, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, testified to the effect that no insulting language bad been used in the station toward the two women arrested in com- pany with Twohy, as alleged by the latter, ‘The caso was adjourned until to-morrow, be and hereby are instructed to report to the Committee on Organization at its next meeting a list of members to consti- tute the General Committee of the Second Assembly dis- trict for the remainder of the year 1875, which will tend to the efficiency and harmony of the organization in said dis- trict. Respectfully submitted. WILLIAM A. BOYD, Chairman. HENRY D/ PURROY, PATRICK LYSAGHT, MAURICE J. POWER, WILLIAM ©. CONNER, ANTHONY EICKHOFF’ Serrauner 29, 1875, A report was made by the committee recommending the reinstatement of Charlies A. Dui! as a member of the Seyenteenth District General Committee, Considerable discussion followed on the reading of the above report, which was so far adopted that the question of the reorganization of the districts men- troned was referred ‘k wo the Committee on Disel- pline for their action, and a report in regard to the Dames of persons best qualified to take charge of the districts named, to be rendered to the Gencral - mittee for their action at the meeting to be held to-night. , In this regard it may be stated that so far as any in- dication could be gathered there is every reason to be- lieve that Alderman Lysaght will still be left m charge of the General Committee of the Second district and that heise apy teptgd chi bad tered Lipa tor the ev istrict, in place @f Thomas Masterson, to welicred, The next basiness in order was the adoption of a series of resolutions to be presented to the General Committee _ indorsing the State platform as put forth by the Syracuse Convention, ratifying the omination made on the State tieket, calling for the nomination of ‘good and true’’ men on the county and city tickets, and calling upon all good democrats to enpporess e party to their utmost. 6 Hext business brought up was the fixing of the dates m which the various conventions should be held, In order to give the members of the committee time to discuss the question a recess was taken for ten minutes, when upon the meeting being again called to order it was resolved to recommend to the General Committee that the dates for holding the various con- ventions be as follows :— County Judicrary—October 11. County—October 13. Se rial—October 15. Aldermanie—October 18. District Judiciary —Octover 16. ‘Assembly—October 21. As soon as this matter had been disposed of the sub- Ject of the employment of laborers and others on the ‘public works was brought up. It was stated that in very, very any instances where men had been pointed by the members of the General Committees of the different districts, in accordance with the rule, they had, after a few days’ been discharged by the foremag in charge, who had taken occasion to appoint their own friends or those in whom they bad some terest, This led to some pretty ‘tall talking,” which resulted in a sub-committee being appointed to inquirt and report upon the subject to the next meeting the committee. The geutlemen selected to form this sub- committee were Messrs. Gilon, Purroy, Delany, Riley and Norton. The committee then adjourned. . THE REVOLT IN THE WIGWAM. New Yorks, Sept. 29, 1875, To Tr» Epiror or THs Reravp:— The resolutions published in this morning’s Hrravp. ag having been passed unanimously by the Tammany Hall General Committee of the First district is an error. There were but sixteen of the twenty-three members present, and soveral of the gentlemen refused to indorsay the allegations set forth in the resolutions, as they did not believe in the truth of them, and so expressed themselves; they also having no desire to defame the character of any one, JAMES FITZGERALD, ARTHUR T, HALLIDAY, NOT A SUICIDE. A post-mortem examination was made yesterday of the body of Adolph Timken, of Hoboken, who it was supposed had committed suicide, There was no trace of poison in the stomach. Death resulted from rup-~ ture of the heart. The report that there had been adeficit in his accounts is unfounded.