, 1892-05-04
POLITICAL POINTS.
State Conventions Held Through
out the Country.

California cheers the Name of
BIaIne-- wisconsin for CIeve-
Iand--The silver PIanks i'm va
rious states.
MILWAUKEE, May Al The platform Of
the Wisconsin democrats on the currency
question says: eve maintain that the
true interests of the people demand a
sound, honest, stable money, composed of
or based ON and redeemable in gold and
silver coin of equal intrinsic value. We
therefore oppose the project Of the UNI
limited coinage of silver dollars Of less
commercial value than gold dollars as
undemocratic, dishonest and specially
hurtful to farmers and laboring classes,
the first and most defenseless victims of
unstable money and auctuating currency.
We denounce republican legislation on
this subject; more particularly the Sher-
man act of 1890. We denounce that act."
The platform opposes compulsory educa-
tion and sumptuary laws, and intructs the
delegation to the national convention to
vote as a unit for the nomination of Cleve-
land.
THE MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS.
MUsKEGoN, Mich, May 4.-The demo-
cratic state convention met at noon. There
is likely to be a more or less struggling
fight over the platform, All favor Cleve-
land but there is section in favor of free
silver and some Will make an earnest eff
fort to have a free silver plank inserted
and adopted. If this element is not repre-
sented on the committee on platform, they
will contest the matter in open conYen-
ton. The delegates at large will probably
be Don M. Dickinson, e. Uhl, T. Ryan and
Spencer o. Fisher. At 10 O'Clock the diff
ferent districts held caucus and chose
delegates to the national convention.
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICANS.
HARTFORD, May 4.-General Hawley in
referring to possible candidates at Min
neapolis, in his speech before the republic
can convention said 1T am not here to
say who will be or should be the nominee of
our party for president. / know there is a
warm place in the hearts of many of you
for James G. Blaine. | know well all re-
publicans were saddened by the annouce-
ment that he had withdrawn as candidate.
Benjamin Harrison has proven himself one
of the ablest statesmen in the line of presi-
dents. He conducted the treasury when
the secretary was disabled, and became
secretary of state swhen Blaine was COM
PEELED to close the portfolios and he is well
H.
his cabinet" General Hawley then paid a
tribute to the wisdom of Harrison's APP
pointments from the cabinet down, and
felicity of his speeches in his journey
through the country.
THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS.
SPRINGF1EID, I'LL, May 4.-The republican
state convention. met this afternoon and
/ Congressman a. J. Hopkins, temporary
chairman, addressed the convention at
length on the issues of the day Fifer will
be renominated for governor.
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS.
STOCKTON, Cal, May 4.-The republican
convention opened this morning with read
| ing the platform. References to the repub-
| lican leaders were cheered. The silver
/ platform reads as follows: 1--WE believe
silver equally with gold to be the money OF
the people, and in behalf of the farmer, la
borer and mechanic of the nation, for
whom the republican party has always
/ labored, we demand the passage OF
such laws as will provide for the free and
unlimited coinage of the silver prod
uct of the mines of the United States, as
soon as the same can be done without in
4 jury to the business interests of the ma
tion." The passage Of laws prohibiting the
! importation contract, pauper labor and all
Chinese immigration was favored the
eight-hour law and the election of United
States senators by direct vote Of the peo-
Die was endorsed. The platform closes as
follows "While we abate nothing of our
words Of praise regarding the chief magis-
trate of the nation, we must express oul
soundBconviction that in the foreign policy
of the administration the trace of the mas
ter hand so long and lovingly known BY
all our party, we recognize again and agar
that the man who stands in the very fore
mostrank Of living statesman, whose fame
is world wide, whose name is a household
word in every American home and who il
the foremost son Of every American state
James g. Blaine.
After the adoption Of the platform, tht
chairman called for nominations for dele
gates at large. Preston, of San Francisco
put in nomination General w. H. /
Barnes, of San Francisco. His name wa
loudly cheered. Francis, Of Napa, put il
nomination M. M. Estee. of Napa; Murphy
of Los Angeles, put in nomination p. +
Spence, of Los Angeles; Jones, of Sacra
mento, nominated D. Rideont, Of Yuba
FL. ". Morehouse, Of Santa Clara, nomi
mated United States Senator O, N. FELTON,
Felton's nomination was received witt
3 cheers. Geo. A. Knight, of San Francisco
seconded Estee's nomination and the
went on to nominate M. Ii. De Young. a
!, the mention of De Young's name there wa
! considerable cheering. De Young, Spence
I : Rideout and FELTON, were elected. I'll.
! Otis p a. HarsHV Isaac IrumbO and j