Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
In a recent interview Grand Master
Workman Sovereign, of the Knights of
Labor, said that R p. Bland would not
get the united support of labor men
for president
THE republican state convention
held at Staunton, Va. on the 23d elect
ed delegates to the national conven-
ton at St. Louis, instructing them by
strong resolutions to support McKin-
ley.
THE Pennsylvania republicans met
in state convention at Harrisburg ON
the odd and formally launched the
boom of United States Senator Mat
thew S. Quay for the presidential nom
ination.
The repu blicans of the United States
senate in caucus on the esd decided in
favor of an early adjournment after
the appropriate bills are passed
THE Bourgeois cabinet resigned at
Paris on the 23d-
THE conference for international
ar FILTRATION at Washington closed on
the ed with a mass meeting at Aliens
opera house. in the course of which
President Eliot, of Harvard, severely
arraigned the policy of President
Cleveland Carl Schurz stated if the
United States wanted to be great sea
power she must establish a navy twice
as large as any two European powers.
Resolutions were adopted for per-
manent system of arbitration and urg-
ing President Cleveland to take such
steps as will best conduce to that end
The United States government has
called Spain to account for the outrage
committed on DIR. Jose Manuel Del
gado. an American citizen, on March
4, in Cuba
THE congress of bimetallists at Brus-
sells closed by adopting NJ. Beernaert's
proposal that the congress should be
declared permanent until the question
of bimetallism had been solved
AT meeting in M. A Hanna's office
at Cleveland, O., the official Mckinley
badge to be worn by supporters of the
presidential candidate at the St Louis
convention was adopted. 1t is bright
red satin ribbon, four inches in length.
In the center of the ribbon a photo
graph of Mckinley will appear, and in
golden letters above and below it will
be the words: patriotism, Protection,
Prosperity. William Mckinley, the
Peoples Choice"
A DISPATCH from Waterloo, Ia,
stated the gold standard people won a
victory in Boies' home county on the
10Th, Ihey outn um Dered the silver
Boies men three to two. At the out
set the Cleveland men captured the
convention Just the organization
was perfected Chairman Scott, of the
central committee, entered the hall.
| ignored the proceedings and called
another convention. Thus the two
conventions proceeded in the same hall
simultaneously, each bowling the other
down.
IT was stated at Washington that
| the national advisory board of the A
P. A. would soon meet again to pass
| upon the religious records of the men
| whose names have been mentioned for
the democratic presidential nomina-
| ton. The records of Cleveland, Car
| Isle, Russell, Pattison, O1nev. Bland.
| Boies, Tillman, Matthews, Campbell
and others will be gone over and the
order will be notified which of these
men are Objectionable and which can
pass over.
| REPUBLICANs at Boston, New York,
| Pittsburgh, Rochester and other
places commemorated Grants birth
day on the 27th by banquets and eulo-
gies of the dead general.
| E A NEARsEEIMER, of New York, has
been elected president and treasurer
| of the Theosophical society in America
| THOUSANDS of citizens met at Ga1ena,
memory of her most renowned citizen,
Gen. Grant. Gen. John c. Black de-
livered the principal address