Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-05
IT'S ALL POLITICS
A Day Of Conventions Of Many
neutrality-suspicious., Demo-
Gratis and PopuIists.
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS
POpulist Conventions in Penn
sylvania, Kansas, Texas, and
Fusion In Oklahoma.
DEMOCRATS IN MISSOURI

LINCOLN, Neb August 5.--Right in
the home Of Candidate Bryan, the ma.
tional republican prairie campaign was
inaugurated to-day with convention
OF the state league OF republican clubs
No convention was held last year, ow-
ing to the hard times; but the gather
ing of to. day far eelipses that of 1894.
when 1000 delegates were In attend
ance. President F. w. Collins called
the convention to or Ter 10 the pavilion
OF the Burlington Beach park. and
! after addresses Of welcome, the call for
the gathering and PresidenG Collins
address to the young republicans Of the
state were read, In the latter occurred
the following: "Partisanship for the
time being should yield to the patriotic
resolve to overthrow the vicious pro-
paganda of the Chicago convention.
1t is to be doubted if the peril to the
republic can be painted in too positive
colors should the voters of the nation
endorse at the polls the utterances Of
that convention. Instead of being the
harbinger of glad tidings to the Amer
ican people, it is the a7ant courier Of
certain calamity. Protesting devotion
to the principles of Jefferson and jack
son, the democratic party has adopted
u distinctively popul,stic platform, and
selected as its standard bearer citizen
of this state who repeatedly announced
his determination to secede from the
Chicago convention should it refuse to
endorse populistic principles.
Representatives of the national re-
publican executive committee, in the
persons of Senator Burrows, of Michi-
gan, and Congressman Roswell G..
Horr will speak this afternoon.
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, August g. -
State Chairman Edwin D. Coe looked
down upon sea of faces in the Expo
sition building at 1880 to-day, when
the republican state convention for the
selection of ticket was called TO or.
der. Although there are but $50 &C.
credited delegates, the great structure,
which has seating capacity of IL 900,
was comfortably filled; an indication
that, owing to the contest between the
machine and ths anti machine ele
ments. the convention will be the most
interesting political gathering held in
Wisconsin in many years. The prin-
cipaf candidates for the governorship
are Major Edward Scofield, who is
candidate OF the Sawyer. Spooner-P Payne
machine, and ex-Congressman r. A.
La Folette, who is the pet aud pride
Of the anti-machine element. A third
candidate is Eugene s. Elliott, of this
city, the famous Whist champion, and
fourth, Lieutenant Governor Baensch.
In the background are ex-Congress-
men Caswell, Mills p Haughin, and
Assemblyman Treat. The man fight,
however, is between Scofield and La
Toilette, but it is so bitter that the selec-
tion CT a dark horse seems inevitable.
Governor Upham has put himself out
of the race by an authorized statement
that, under no circumstances, will he
be a candidate for second term. The
convention will be rendered notable
from. the fact that it will mark tine
opening OF the national republican
campaign In the western states. Sena-
torlJohn M. Thurston, Of Nebraska,
who has been assigned by the national
executive committee to deliver series
OF addresses for the next two weeks in
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kan
sas, arrived here to-day and will speak
at the Exposition building tonight.
He delivered an address at the Madi-
son Chautauqua a week ago, but to-
nights meeting will be the formal
opening Of the campaign.
MILWAUKEE, Wis August with
the thermometer registering a very
high temperature, Chairman Coe, of
the state central committee, called the
republican state convention to order at
noon. G. A. I.amoreaux. of Ashland,
was chosen chairman. His speech was
a strong appeal for the maintenance Of
the present gold standard. After con-
firming the committees selected by the
district delegations, the convention ad-
j,urned until 8 o'clock. The platform
will follow the lines of the St. Louis
declaration.
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, August g.
The democratic state convention was
called to order at noon, to-day, by Hon
Samuel Cook, of Mexico, Mo. State
Treasurer Stephens will be nominated
to succeed Governor Stone, and Secre-
tary VI State Lesueur and Treasurer
Pitts, will De re-nominated by acclama-
fion. For the rest of the places on the
Aicket there are numerous contestants.
The convention will endorse the nomi-
-nees and platform OF the Chicago con-
vention.
JEFFERSON CITY Missouri, August 5.
Fifteen hundred delegates, alternates
and spectators assembled in the hall of
the house of representatives when
Chairman Cook called the state demo-
cratic convention to order al noon to-
day. The weather il intensely hot.
Hon. James Gibson, OF Kansas City,
was made temporary chairman.
The address Of Chairman Gibson
was extremely diplomatic and
received applause from the
friends of all candidates. After
the appointment OF the usual commit
tees, the convention took recess until
4esclock this afternoon. The reee Cor
nomination Of governor is hot between
Stephens, Judge Gibson and David A.
Ball, with chances strongly in favor Of
Stephens.
Al the close Of Judge GIbsOp's