The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-08-23

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SPRINGFIELD, O., Aug, 2L-The dis
trict and other preliminary meetings Of
the Democratic state convention were
held here Tuesday preparatory to the
assembling of the convention
Senator Brice, Ex-Governor Campbell
and other leaders responded 10 calls fof
speeches as the clubs paraded by the La
Gonda hotel In the afternoon. At that
time General Asa S. Bushnell, the Re.
publican candidate, happened to be call.
ing on Brioa, Campbell and others, and
he also responded, welcoming his po!iti.
cal opponents to the city. The silver
men held meetings again to secure in.
dorsements for their resolutions, but
while they were making speeches, che
Brice men secured organization Of the
convention, carrying l6 Of the 81 dis.
tFicts in the selection Of members Of the
various committees The committee on
resolutions is composed Of business meB
like President Ingalls, of the Big Four.
ex.Congressmen Mcmahon, Hurd, Vance
and Achauer. The Briee men also Sc.
cured majority OF the state central
committee, which holds over till after
the selection Of presidential delegates
next year.
Only Three Silver Msn,
When the committee OH resolutions
met, ex.COngressinan Frank Hurd, who
is as radical for q gold standard as for
free trade, was made chairman, and il
was found that ]. NJ Lewis of the
Eighth, A. W. Patrick Of the Seven.
tenth and E. ]. Blandin of the Twenty.
first districts were the only free silver
men on that committee of u members.
The other committees were all strongly
Brice organizations. The strongest
showing Of the opposition on any Of
them was IL Of them for Brice aud the
administration to five against them,
including the free silver men and other
elements. The committee on resolu.
tons appointed g subcommittee Of five
to draw up a platform, on which the
opposition was given a representation,
and which was instructed to reafirm
the national financial plank of 1892,
which, Senator Brice says, tbs president
and secretary had interpreted to mean
gold standard. It was also instructed
to indoPse the tariff bill passed by the
last congress, and the national admin.
istratiOn and the record Of Senator
Brice. Strong speeches were made for
the resolutions Of the silver men, but it
was not incorporated in the instructions
to the trainers Of the platform.
VIII Present Minority Report.
twill be incorporated in the minority
report Of Blandin, Lewis and Patrick,
and it is thought that the vote will be
500 for the majority report and 200 for
the minority, The platform will arraign
Governor HcKiniey's state administra.
ticu severely, and point to the revival Of
business as the effect Of Democratic rule
and legislation, and to the depression Of
1888 as the effect of previous Republican
rule, The recent Republican legislators
were severely arraigned on charges Of
extravaganza and restrictive legislation.
The BriCe men controlled all the com,
mittees, but did not exercise their
power in unseating opponents in the
committee on credentials. They made
Senator Bgiee permanent as we'll as tenn.
porary chairman Of the convention and
continued the temporary organization
throughout. So far as the ticket is con.
osrned the talk is for nothing but the
old tickets Of 1883 aud 1891, which
means Campbell for governor and Mar.
quis for lieutenant governor, and it is
understood that Governor Campbell has
been assured Of such financial and other
support as to secure his nomination.
Seated the Briee Delegates.
Al midnight Tuesday the committee
on credentials, By vote Of - to ), with
three absentees, unseated what is called
the regular Cuyahoga county delegation
and seated the Briee delegates whowere
selected by what is known as the bolt.
ing or rump convention at Cleveland
last Saturday. This sOcalled regular
Guyahoga county delegates met to ap.
peal TO the convention in a minority re-
port. In the contest on Butler county,
the Campbell delegation was seated and
there is considerable feeling about
Brice and Campbell carrying things
high handed and about a program hav-
ing been arranged. It is evident there
viii be contests in the convention on
the reports on credentials aud rssOlu.
tons, The subcommittee Oh resolutions
was increased to seven, so that the sill
yer nen had two more members.