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the following ticket : For Governor, General 

 James A. Beaver, of Centre County ; Justice 

 of the Supreme Court, William Henry Rawle, 

 of Philadelphia; Secretary of Internal Affairs, 

 John M. Greer, of Butler County; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, William T. Davies, of Bradford 

 County ; Congressman-at-large, Thomas M. 

 Marshall, of Alleghany County. The follow- 

 ing, among other resolutions, were adopted: 



Resolved, That as the sense of the great body of the 

 Kepublican party of the State of Pennsylvania we de- 

 clare : 



1. That we unequivocally condemn the use of 

 patronage to promote personal political ends, and 

 require that all offices bestowed within the party 

 shall be upon the sole basis of fitness. 



2. That competent and faithful officers should not 

 be removed except for cause. 



3. That the non-elective minor offices should be 

 filled in accordance with rules established by law. 



4. That the ascertained popular will shall be faith- 

 fully carried out in State and National Conventions, 

 and by those holding office by the favor of the party. 



5. That we condemn compulsory assessments for 

 political purposes and proscription for failure to re- 

 spond either to such assessments or to requests for 

 voluntary contributions, and that any policy of polit- 

 ical proscription is unjust and calculated to disturb 

 party harmony. 



6. That public office constitutes a high trust to be 

 administered solely for the people, whose interests 

 must be paramount to those of persons and parties, 

 and that it should be invariably conducted with the 

 same efficiency, economy, and integrity as are expected 

 in the execution of private trusts. 



7. That the State ticket should be such as by the 

 impartiality of its constitution and the high character 

 and acknowledged fitness of its nominees will justly 

 commend itself to the support of the united Repub- 

 lican party. 



Resolved, That it is the duty of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment to adopt a policy which will result in observ- 

 ing good faith toward aborigines by keeping intruders 

 put of the Indian Territory, by enacting laws protect- 

 ing life and property on reservations, by prohibiting 

 tribe removals, by educating all Indian children in 

 manual-labor schools, and by giving lands in sever 

 alty, and eventually citizenship, to all self-supporting 

 Indians who desire the same. 



Resolved, That the administration of President 

 Chester A. Arthur, commenced under such sad and 

 trying circumstances, has proved to be wise, con- 

 ciliatory, and efficient, and is entitled to the cordial 

 support of every Republican. 



Resolved, That under the administration of our 

 worthy and able Governor, Henry M. Hoyt, the 

 atfairs of our State have been wisely, honestly, and 

 economically administered, the interests of the tax- 

 payers of the State been carefully guarded, and the 

 administration is worthy of the confidence of every 

 citizen. 



_ Resolved, That the ticket nominated this day com- 

 bines purity of personal character with eminent 

 ability, is worthy of the hearty and undivided sup- 

 port of every true Republican, and for its election we 

 hereby pledge our earnest efforts. 



General James A. Beaver, of Centre County, 

 the nominee for Governor, was born in Millers- 

 town, Perry County, Pa., October 21, 1837. 

 His father died when he was three years of 

 age, and he was brought up by his grandfather, 

 who lived in Mifflin County. He was grad uated 

 at Jefferson College when nineteen years of 

 age, with honor, and then settled at Bellefonte, 

 Centre County, and entered the legal profes- 



sion. Upon the breaking out of the civil war, 

 Beaver entered the service as captain of Com- 

 pany H, Second Pennsylvania Infantry, and 

 served as such during the three months' cam- 

 paign. He entered the three years' service as 

 lieutenant- colonel of the Forty-fifth Pennsyl- 

 vania Infantry. He resigned his command on 

 September 4, 1862, to take command of the 

 One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment re- 

 cruited in Centre County. He was shot 

 through the body at Chancellorsville, and his 

 wound was supposed to be fatal, but he was 

 sent to Harrisburg and recovered. Before re- 

 joining his regiment he organized and sent to 

 the field the emergency men from Carnp Cur- 

 tin who participated in the battle of Gettys- 

 burg. He distinguished himself at Auburn 

 Hill and Bristow Station. At Cold Harbor he 

 was wounded in the hip, and promoted to the 

 command of his brigade. At Petersburg, 

 while rallying his forces, he was struck in the 

 side by a piece of shell and thus received a 

 severe wound. He came North and remained 

 until the battle of Ream's Station, on the Wil- 

 mington and Weldon Railroad, August 24, 

 1864, in which he lost a leg. The loss of his 

 limb obliged him to retire from the service, 

 and he returned to Bellefont, and resumed the 

 practice of law. In 1865 he married the 

 daughter of his law preceptor and partner. 

 He is the President of the Board of Trustees 

 of the Agricultural College of Bellefonte, was 

 a delegate to the Chicago Convention, and, 

 after Oliver's defeat for United States Senator 

 in 1881, was brought forward as a compromise 

 candidate, but was not accepted by the Inde- 

 pendents. 



Mr. Marshall subsequently declined, and 

 Marriot Brosius was substituted in his place. 



The Greenback State Convention met in 

 Harrisburg on the 18th of May, and made the 

 following nominations : For Governor, Thomas 

 A. Armstrong, of Pittsburg ; Lieutenant- Gov- 

 ernor, Mayor Powderly, of Scranton ; Supreme 

 Court Judge, J. Adam Eake, of Northumber- 

 land County; Secretary of Internal Affairs, J. 

 Lowry Dewoody, of Venango County ; Con- 

 gressman - at - large, Robert K. Tomlinson, of 

 Bucks County. The platform adopted con- 

 tained the following resolutions : 



Resolved, That we are against the monopoly of 

 money by the national banking system, and are in 

 favor of the Government issuing all currency and 

 making it full legal tender. 



2. We are against the monopoly of transportation 

 and telegraphy, and declare that corporations, the 

 creation of the State, be governed by the State in the 

 interest of the people. 



3. We are against the monopoly of the land, and 

 demand the reservation of all public land, including 

 the vast amount now forfeited by the great corpora- 

 tions, for actual settlers. 



4. We are opposed to all monopolies, and are in 

 favor of equal rights, equal burdens, equal benefits, 

 and special privileges to none. 



And whereas the right of labor to organize for dis- 

 cussion and enforcement of its rights in this State has 

 been assailed bv combined monopolies ; therefore 



Resolved, 7. That this legal and constitutional right 



