Show conventions political gatherings of all colors and anc creeds peoria has blatherskites Blather I 1 bev by W U to the 0 au abir 2 alio suffrage state convention met here today to day with a moderate attendance and adopted a series of resolutions setting forth that suffrage follows taxation and containing an invitation for the cooperation of all irrespective of party it was decided to organize the state by counties and townships tho tile saine sameal as oth other or parties A letter was read from lucy stone boston giving tile progress of the work in the different states indianapolis ind aug 2 the democratic convention this afternoon made tho the following nd additional dit ional n nominations omi nations after which the convention adjourned attorney general francis 11 horde bartholomew county clerk of the supreme court simon P sharin cass county bupt supt of public instruction john IV W hoi comb porter county judges ol 01 the supreme court first judicial district lion ilon 11 II C S niblock knox county second district judge G IV 11 hawk aw k i floyd loyd county fourth district judge judg 0 alien allen zoller zeller alien allen county for auditor of brate james II 11 ili rice of floyd for treasurer of state J J cooper of marion no A aug 2 in the convention of t lie Grcen Green backers after recess gen james U D weaver addressed lie tile congregation briefly daniel mclaughlin of will county was nominated for state treasurer by acclamation alic of miss frances E willard of chic chicago ago was presented as candidate for supt bupt of public in senator plumb produced a telegram from her staling stating that she could not accept the nomination and her name was withdrawn franell frank II 11 hall of kano kane county was then nominated by acclamation the resolutions were very long and not new now outside Out sitio sido the platform a resola resolution tion was passed to the effect that the scheme of england in endeavoring to absorb and subjugate egypt is equally characteristic of england as a shy lockany loc kand pi pirate rate and descry cs the execration of all mankind that if tho tile united states does not enter an emphatic protest it will bean be an evidence that the shylocks Shy locks if not pirates already control our capital as well as the british throne that the attitude of indifference rince of tho the united states toward the op pres and persecuted irish is unworthy of a republic shameful to the united states as a nation and iniste misrepresents resents and belies the sentiment of tRe American people and would brand us as soulless d acma enia bogues that arabi bey is en a ll 11 in a another and distant field b by different ift iff n t methods in fighting bong bond holders tax eaters and shylocks Shy locks as well wen LS the tile forlorn forloni hope lione of liberty in europe and that lie lias lilas tho the hearty sympathy 0 of the convention at L NTA ga aug 2 the state republican convention met today to day one hundred and fifty del delegates were present about a li hundred having eone gone on to another convention headed by the executive committee and certain white republicans known as tho the georgia syndicate among them being general longstreet and col 11 II P farrow Noth ingot consequence was done beyond the appointment of a committee Pledger was arf arrested ested at the tile instigation of tho the opposition ten minutes before the time to call the convention to order on account of a row last night and gave bonds for his appearance the convention vill meet again tomorrow to morrow IOLA kansas aug 2 the T greenback convention of the second dis district of this state today to day col 31 F finnicum for congress alien allen williams was nominated as candidate at large ST sr locis louis aug 2 tho democrats of the sixth district of texas today to day nominated oliver willborn for congress after a bitter contest during which which the friends of col WL W L crawford withdrew from the convention the republicans of olney district illinois nominated E B green fb for congress MEMPHIS aug auz 1 2 tho the democrats of the second congressional district of mississippi i 1 i at oxford today to day re nomi ll 11 am van 1 an 11 II if manning anning NEWPORT it I 1 aug 2 in the tile civil service convention george wm win curtis was rc re president resolutions were adopted in favor of independent action on the part of persona persons desiring ta to pron promote ioto civil service reform and setting forth the probability of securing increased representation sen tation in the next Con congress gres it was conceded that the friends of civil service reform in this cengr congress es arc not as many as in the previous congress seventy five representatives are wanted in the next house favoring the pendleton bill the president of the convention is to request the president of the united states to take steps to reform the civil service under tinder the laws hawe now existing the presidents of colleges and the chiefs of other educational institutions institution a are urged to impress upon the students the importance of reform in tho civil service system colla COLUMBIA S C aug 2 the democratic convention reassembled today the platform declares in favor of just legislation economy in in tho the government ern ment it popular education decla declares res the appointing power under tinder the republican rule a stun standing ding menace to the people of the baates declares against packing juries in political cases holds that the federal government should assist the southern states to cure he the evil of non intelli gent suffrage resulting from the war favors civil service reform asks for an iner increase pase of duties on oil imports abolition of revenue taxation as possible and demands the maintenance of public credit |