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PARTY CONVENTIONS. The Republican State P. D. Sturdevant, of Fillmore ; Auditor, John 



Convention met in Omaha on September 20th, Beatty, of Wheeler ; Attorney-General, John 



and nominated the following ticket : Barnd, of Buffalo ; Superintendent of Public 



For Governor, James W. Dawes, of Saline Instruction, J. J. Points, of Douglas ; Commis- 



County; for Lieutenant-Governor, A. W. Agee, sioner of Public Lands, 0. H. Madley, of 



of Hamilton ; for Secretary of State, E. P. Rog- Adams ; Regent of University, Thomas Bell, of 



gen, of Lancaster ; for Treasurer, Loran Clark, Otoe. 



of Boone ; for Auditor, John Wallichs, of Hall ; ELECTION RETURNS. The election in Novem- 



for Commissioner of Public Lands and Build- her resulted in the choice of the Republican 



ings, A. G. Kendall, of Howard; for Attorney- State ticket by a plurality vote, except in the 



General, Isaac Powers, of Dakota; for Super- case of Treasurer, to which office Sturdevant, 



intendent of Public Instruction, W. "W. W. the joint nominee of the opposition, was chosen. 



Jones, of Lancaster; for Regent of the Uni- The following are the figures, excluding a few 



versity, C. H. Gere, of Lancaster. hundred scattering votes : 



The platform adopted is as follows : FOR GOVRNOR> 



Resolved, That the Kepublicans of Nebraska, in con- Dawes 43,495 



vention assembled, stand by the fundamental prin- Morton 28,562 



ciples of the Republican party as enunciated in an Ingersoll 16,991 



unbroken line of national ana State platforms, the _, 



chief of which are free labor; free speech; the right l0tal 89 ' 048 



of every qualified citizen to vote once at every elec- FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. 



tion, and nave that vote counted under the restrictions Ag-ee 44,520 



of just and equitable election laws; free, non-secta- Warner 26*022 



rian schools ; sound currency on a specie basis, under Reynolds 17,656 



national control ; the raising of national revenues by 



taxation of luxuries and articles of consumption not . 4Vr ??'io 



essential to the comfort and well-being of the people, j* !| Reynolds 26's64 



and from a tariff on imports so adjusted as to protect 



home labor and the investment of capital in home FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. 



industries ; and legislative control of corporations. Rogrpen 44,765 



JSesolved, That we uphold and maintain the enforce- Bowlby 23,420 



ment, by well-considered legislation, of the clause in Kirtley 17,124 



our State organic law that prohibits unjust discrimi- T , , "SS~SOQ 



nations and extortions by railroad corporations, while E n Q -^^ ; ; ; ; ; %$fg 



recognizing the importance 01 fostering and protect- Koggen over Kirtley 27,641 



ing them as necessary factors in our progress and Roggen over all '. '. .............. '. '. ...'. 1*221 



prosperity ; and that we trust to the honesty and cour- 

 age of the people, in their political capacity ? to repel . FOR AUDITOR. 



encroachments of corporate power upon the rights and waffidis 



privileges of citizens on the one hand, and, on the ^ ea ?! 1 

 other, to deal justly and fairly with all property inter- , 



ests under whatever name or form, without unjust Total 83.272 



discrimination or extortion in the matter of levying Wallichs over Leach 18,290 



taxes, or regulating prices of commodities or charges Wallichs over Beatty 27,301 



for services. Wallichs over all 970 



The following were the Republican nominees FOR TREASURER. 



for Oongress; 



First District, A. J. Weaver, of Richardson ; 



Second District, James Laird, of Adams ; Third ,. Total ; 



TV i i T -IT- \r i A- j> Vi Sturdevant over C ark 4,111 



District, E. K. Valentine, of Cummg. 



The Democratic State 'Convention also met F R ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 



in Omaha in September. Its nominees were Crawford 2^447 



the following: For Governor, J. S. Morton; Barnd..." "' ''""""''''" ' 



Lieutenant-Governor, J. H. Warner ; Secretary T 



of State, C.J. Bowlby; Auditor, Charles Leach; Powers over Crawford. .. ......... .... ........... moi2 



Attorney-General, J. C. Crawford; Commis- Powers over Barnd 27,576 



sioner of Public Lands, Henry Grebe ; Super- Power8 over a11 1)129 



intendent of Public Instruction, Charles A. FOR COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILDINGS. 



Speice ; Regent of University, John H. Burks ; Kendall 44,341 



Treasurer, P. D. Sturdevant. g r a e d b y 



The Greenback State Convention was held 



in Lincoln. This body appointed a committee KJS 



to wait upon the Anti-Monopoly State Conven- Kendall over Madley 27,15!> 



sion, which met in Hastings on September Kendall over all 896 



27th. The result was the following joint FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



ticket: Jones 44,713 



For Governor, E. P. Ingersoll, of Johnson Speice 26.814 



County, President of the State Farmers' Alii- ] 



ance; for Lieutenant-Governor, D. P. Rey- Total 88,387 



noids, of Hamilton; for Secretary of state, Js^fe;:;::;;:;:::;;::::::::::::;;::;;;; i|S 



ihomas Kirtley, of Franklin; for Treasurer, jonesoveraii 1^040 



