Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-09-09
POLITICAL MELANGE
Doings Of Various Conventions
To-Day, in Halt a Dozen
Different Places.
COLORADO REPUBLICANS
Senator Hill is Working on an
Exceedingly Hard Job in
New York.
WATSON is STILL TALKING

DENVER, Colorado, September o.
There are two bodies In this state
claiming to be the regular republican
central committee, and under the aus.
pices Of one of them a state conven.
tion was called to order this afternoon,
by Hon. Richard Broad, IT,, of Golden
1t is composed of silver republicans,
who indorse the action of Senator Teller
in the St. LOUIS convention. In &C.
cordance with program mapped out, il
will nominate Bryan and Sewall elect
ors and full state ticket The second
committee, of which j. L. Hodges is
chairman, has called convention for
September 30th, IN Colorado Springs.
This convention, under the lead of
Senator Wolcott, will ratify the Mo
Kinley- Hobart ticket. Its call is ad !.
dressed to the "gold-standard republi-
: cans in Colorado"
DENVER, Colo, September 9.-The
republican state convention met this
morning, with large attendance, and
eerrccia.eea TTssrr::sous committees and ad-
journed till 2 O'Clock. Ths convention
will declare for Bryan, Sewall, and for
the return to the senate of Henry M.
Teller. Itis not probable that fusion
on the state ticket will be agreed to.
PUEBLO, Colo, September 9.-The
populIst state convention met this
morning. There is small attendance,
owing to delayed trains. Committees
were appointed and addresses read.
There Is movement to nominate ex-
Representative Pence for governor.
The convention will endorse the Bryan
electors.
LIVELY TINE ANTICIPATED.
TRENTON, N. j., September 9.-It
Is an open question whether the demo.
cratic state convention at Taylor's
opers house to-day will declare 10
favor of the Chicago or the Indianapo.
lis ticket The machine element OF
the party has openly declared itself for
Bryan and Sewall, while such we'll
known leaders as Secretary.o Of State
Kelsey, Allan McDermott, ex. Congress
man Cadmas and ex-senator Winton
led the revolt that eliminated In the
big sssound money" conference in this
city two weeks ago. The prospects
are, however, that the machine will be
in control, and that electors favorable
to the Chicago platform and ticket will
be nominated. The outlook is for a
nvely convention.
TRENTON, N. j., September g.
The state democratic convention to Sc
lect Bryan electors was called to order
At noon, Samuel Fowler acting for
Chairman Smith of the state committee.
The mention of Bryan's name was d
signal for vociferous applause. Tenn
porary Chairman Gutter made an elo-
quent address.
SOME yUN HERE, ALSO.
HELENA, Mont, September The
contest in this state ON the financial is
sue makes the distinct republican con-
vention which assembled to-day. with
400 delegates in attendance, one OF un-
usual interest. The retiring state COM
mittee has leaned toward the demo-
cratic ticket, and Congressman Charles
s. Hartman, one of the st. Louis bolt
ers, is o candidate for denomination to-
day. The straight-ouLs have made
public announcement that If he Is sue
ceseful, or il the convention fails to
stand on the st. Louis platform, there
will be second nominating conven-
tion for all offices.