Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-17
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Events Throughout thc COuo''. Of
Interest TO the Voter.

interest the NottF.
The movement for a state organic ttOn of
gold standard democrats decided unoh 81 a
conference held in Louisville, Ky. r. entity
took the form Saturday Of mass oonven-
tons at county seats all over the STATE. AT
these meetings speeches condenninS the
Chicago platform and lauding the hua ncial
I.olicy of President Cleveland and Score
tSry Carlisle and urging democrat who
are in sympathy with the third tic'zei iaeu
to send delegates to the Indianapol coz
Vention September = and to make Vigor-
Gus campaign against free silver. YER made
by prominent democrats: resolution were
adopted setting forth the views Of tbs fac
ton of the party, and delegates were chosen
to attend the state convention to h" held
in Louisville next Thursday. At TIE Louis
Vile and Lexington gatherings boom Tor
Gen. 5. Il. Buckner for Vice Preside"t Was
started. and at some of the meeting pref
er"nces for delegates-at-large TO ~" ma
tional convention were expressed ,. j.
Carroll being most frequently mentioned IL
the latter convention
A special from Lexington says tHat ex-
Congressman w. c. Z. Breckenridge and the
Fayette county, KY. democratic convention
Saturday afternoon renowned the Chicago
platform and advocated a third ticEei- The
convention was to select delegate 10 the
democratic state convention at Louisville
of the committee, drew up and read the
resolutions.
The national gold standard denrccrat!c
executive committee has selected pa lor H.
Grand Hotel, indianapolis, for tic head
quarters of the national committee .; the
approaching national convention to G- held
in that city September =.
A special IRON Charleston. w. Ns says
the democrats of the third conGrc Sional
district have nominated Ex-Governor /. w.
Wilson for Congress and David {. kiorcer
for district elector.
In the republican congressional no.lilla-
ton by primaries in the eleventh hentrrhy
district. Colson carried Bell and iiarland
counties by good majorities. White ,.rrieI
seven counties by small majoritios. There
are eight counties yet to hear from. tcison
is thought to he nominated.
In regard to the report that Ill, - la
ware republicans ouid unite in L..
ing campaign, Washington Hastin S.
of the leaders of the regular" repuilIca rs.
says that far the national Il t', is
cor cerned his party will follow the q, lioa
of the national committee. whatryet il
might be, but on the state ticket tl.ci~ VIII
he no compromise of any sort VIII the
.iddicks faction.
Populjst Ex-Governor LeWeling. v 49, was
recently beaten ny John w. Leedy ua his
race for the guberna torial nominal iol IN
Kansas is being doomed for the rscc for
the United States senatorship. There ap-
peers to have been an agreement cute red
into at Abilene whereby Lecdy Nas to
titp" HIS support 10 lowering 10. me
United States Senate in consideration of
boost from the latter. and This ae.ec-
ment is the basis on which Lewellir- will
make his fight
a special from Jefferson CRY. Mo. 3fter
saving that .'in the event of Mr.. l. vans
election Governor VIM. J. Stone y i,i he
asked TO sit in the cabinet as So: ctary
of the Interior. continues: TT is stated.
however. that Governor Stones aspirations
for a seat in the Senate. to succeed Geo.
q. Vest. are to he fOstered. and nC,h in
his interest in this connection has s'rcady
been begun
Euclid Martin. chairman of the gold
standard democratic state central COM
mittee Of Nebraska. sent out a call last
night fo- a meeting of the committee TO
be held August 10 The meeting is called
for the purpose of consulting regarding the
sending of a delegation from Nebraska
to the convention Of the national demo-
cratic party to be held at indianapolis
September ?.
The charm an of the third Tennessee con-
gressic nal district for the national uemo-
cratic party has ISSUED a call for 3. cold
standard democratic convention. to he held
I'm Chattanooga. August &c to select electors
and delegates TO the indianapolis conven-
ton.
The democratic convention of the seventh
Indiana district. at Franklin. has nominated
Charles NJ. Cooper of indianapolis for Con-
gress. He will be Endorsed by the populiSts.
Cooper is in favor of free silver