Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-27
POLITICAL NOTES.

standard movement say there will be
from 5000 to 5000 people present at
the indianapolis convention.
1t is said Bourke Cochran is the
choice of the New York gold Demo-
Gratis to succeed Hill in the Senate.
The Missouri Democratic State com.
mlttee has organized fifty-six counties
on the school district plan for the
campaign.
The Democrats, PoDulists and silver
Republicans of California have fused
On presidential electors.
The gold Democrats of st. Louis,
Kansas City and many other interior
Missouri counties held mass Gonven-
tions Saturday and selected delegates
to the state convention.
w. S. Cowherd, ex-mayor of Kansas
City, carried the Fifth Missouri DEM
ocratic congressional primaries in
walk away.a
Democratic, Populist and Silverite
headquarters are under one roof at
Chicago.
Oklahoma Democrats and Populists
have agreed to fuse on Rev. Callahan,
EOpullSL, LOT congress.
The gold Democrats of Kentucky
have elected delegates to the Indian
apolis convention. Col. Breckenridge
was the principal orator and was
made delegate at large.
Populist and Democratic managers
will cooperate in the present cam
paign.
The New York opposition press says
that MIR. Bryan's denial of Thurston's
charge settles the matter.
Senator Thurston accepts the denial
of w. J. Bryan of receiving salary
from silver mine owners.
The Republicans of New York are
talking of renominatin Governor
Morton to unite the factions Of their
party.
Thomas e. Watson is out in new
card denouncing sewall.
The Republicans OF the First Kan.
sas judicial district have nominated W.
A. Porter of Leavenworth for judge.
Major T. j. Ross of Great Bend was
nominated for state senator by the
Republicans of the Thirty-fifth Kan.
sas district. He Is for ingalls,.
The Democratic central committee
of South Dakota has agreed to indorse
the Populist state ticket, the Populists
accepting the Democratic Presidential
electors.
The Democrats of the Eastern ap.
pellate court division of Missouri have
nominated Judge c. Bland of Rolla.
brother of the noted ex. Congressman
Bland, for appellate judge.
The Texas Democratic convention
renominated all the present state of
ficers by reclamation. Populst over.
lures for fusion were rejected.
Bourke Cochran is to stump Ne
braska for the gold Democrats.
Kansas Democratic and Populist
leaders got together at Topeka and
made arrangements to carry on the
campaign.
Eugene V. Debs says tho Democrats
ought to pull off Sew all and substitute
Watson for vice president on the Dem
ocratic ticket.
Illinois Democrats and Populists
disagreed on fusion ticket
George C. Crowther was renomin.
ated for Congress by the Republican
convention at St. Joseph.
Chester I. Long and Jerry Simpson
will meet in joint debate in the Sew
enth Kansas district. Ten meetings
have been arranged.
Bourke Cochran has engaged to
speak in the Democratic gold stand
ard party's interest in Maine, Michi-
gan, Ohio, Virginia and Illinois.
The gold Democrats opened the
anti-Bryan campaign in New York
with a demonstration in Madison
Square Garden. BourlIe Cochran was
the orator and and replied to Mr.
Bryan's speech. He denounced the
Chicago platform and ticket as a con-
spiracy OF professional farmers and
unreconciled SHAREHOLDERS against
labor.
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania, while
fishing at ST. Lucie, Fla caught fish
weighing 963 pounds.
The total silver coinage for 1896 in
twenty-one countries was 6ll3, b72, 200.
Congressman McMillin of Tennessee
is preparing the Democratic campaign
book.
Major I. o. Towles Of Missouri, has
been made secretary of the Demo-
cratic campaign committee
1t is again announced that Major
Mckinley will not take the stump
during the campaign.
The boiling gold Democrats have
issued lengthy call for national !
Democratic party convention to meet
at Indianapolis September to nomin-
ate candidates for president and vice
president The call denounces the
Chicago convention and platform in
unmeasured language
The Republican state central com-
mittee of Georgia has decided not to
place 4 ticket in the field this year.
The Democrats, Populists and silver
Republicans of Washington state have
fused on electors, state officers and
Congressman.
Maryland god standard Democrats
will not hold state convention nor
will they send delegates to the Iu-
dianapolIs convention.