The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-11-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
TEE committee on foreign affairs Of
the Bolivian chamber Of deputies has
reported in favor Of the recognition Of
Cuban insurgents as belligerents.
THE Association of American Agri-
cultural Colleges and Experiment Sta
tions, at its session in Washington on
the 18th. elected as its president George
T. FsiEchild, president Of the Kansas
state agricultural college at Manhat-
tan.
RETURNS from all of the lie counties
in Kentucky have been reported at the
Office of the secretary Of state. On the
national ticket they show total vote
Of $4,000 McKinley's vote was 2ts,-
055; Bryan's 2l7,798 McKinley's plu-
rality, 257.
A MESSAGE was received by Mr.. Nc
Kinley on the 18th from Joseph W. Bah
cock, chairman of the national con.
gressional committee at Washington,
saying; "We have elected POI sound
money republicans, 2 sound money
democrats, I45 democrats and popu-
lists and free silver republicans, with
three districts in doubt, one from Wy
Oming and two from South Dakota"
IT was reported at Washington re-
Gently that Secretary Carlisle may re-
tire from the cabinet before the ex-
piration Of his term. The report was
based on the belief that Justice Field
will soon retire from the supreme
bench and that Mr.. Carlisle will bn ap-
pointed to succeed him.
SENATOR Buffers paper at Raleigh,
N. c., said editorially on the 18th that
if Mr. Bryan desired to head the reform
forces he must do so under some other
name than that of democrat as the
populists were done with democrats.
The paper said it spoke for the peoples
party of North Carolina, if not for the
whole nation.
A SPECIAL to tbs New York Sun
from Key West, Fla on the 18th stat
ed that Capt. -GeU Weyler took the
field as commandments of the
Spanish forces and made an attack on
the camp of the insurgents under
Maceo at Pinar del Rio; that the Span
ish generals Echsgue and Malguseo
were killed and Weyler slightly wound
ed and that Maceo succeeded in rout-
ing Weyler and his troops The result
Of the battle caused great excitement
in Havana.
TIE official returns of the election
in Pennsylvania give Mckinley 726, 99S
votes and Bryan 422,O54; republican
plurality, 3O4,944.
THE reports circulated that the pope
intended to remove Archbishop Ire
land, of St. Paul, Mimi, have been de-
clared ''pure inventions" but the arch
bishop has been advised from an au-
thorized quarter 10 moderate his atti-
tude and avoid irritating discussions
UNOFFICIAL but practically complete
returns show that the vote on the
electoral ticket of South Dakota is
about a tie. Fraud is apparent in
nearly every county, and a great many
contests will be started
GEN. THOMAS NJ. VINCENT, assistant
Acknowledgement, ended his active ca
reer in the army on the 14th. He had
reached his cath year and was trans
ferred to the retired list.
IT was said at Washington that JUS
tice Cox, of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, was about to re-
tire, having reached the age of so
years, and that Secretary Herbert was
to be given his place.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN delivered three
speeches in Lincoln, Neb., on the 14th
which had been previously announced
as the opening guns Of the political
campaign of 1900.
On the first ballot in the democratic
caucus at Montgomery, Ala, on the
10th E. W. Pettus was nominated to
succeed United States Senator Pugh.
ALEXANDER STEPHENS CLAY was
nominated for United States senator,
to succeed John B. Gordon, by the
democratic legislature caucus at At
lanta, Ga. The nomination was made
on the S1st ballot The vote was: Clay
90; Howell, 40; Lewis, IS; Norwood, 5;
Walsh, 8; Garard, 2.
A WASHINGTON dispatch on the 10th
stated that President Cleveland and
his cabinet were waiting for the devel-
opments in Cuba of the next fortnight
with the greatest concern as to the re-
suit,