The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


 A REGENT dispatch said the question was being discussed at Washington whether, after the bolt of the silver men at St. Louis, the republican: would control the senate in the nex congress or whether the committees would be reorganized by the free silver minority. The dispatch figured out publican senators would reduce the re publican strength to 45 and would per init the passage of tariff bill only by the casting vote of the vice president
 THE Illinois democrats in state con vention at Peoria nominated John P. Altgeld for governor and delegate-at large to the democratic national con. vention. The money plank in the platform was diametrically opposed to the republican party, the 1,O65 dele gates voting unanimously for free sil' yer.
 THE Wisconsin democrats held their state convention nt Milwaukee and adopted a financial plank opposing the free coinage of silver and favoring gold. Senator Villas and Gen. Edward $. Bragg were among the delegates elected to the national convention.
 SENATOR PEPPERS paper, the Topeka Advocate, printed an editorial appeal. ing to all silverites to unite with the peoples party to save the country from the goldbugs. Another editorial criti. cised the booming of Senator Teller for the presidency by Mir. Taubeneck as being untimely, as the populists were not ready to make him their presidential candidate.
 LYMAN TRUMBULL, ex.United States senator, died at Chicago on the 25th after long illness, aged s3.
 SENATOR TILLMAN, of South Caro- lima, made speech at the Cooper union in New York for free silver on ganized movement on behalf of the white metal in that city and the hall had vast audience. At the conclu. sion of Tillman's speech free silver resolutions were adopted and William P. St. John was delegated to go to the democratic and populist conventions and press them upon the delegates.
 THE North Carolina democratic state met at Raleigh on the 25th. The platform instructed the delegates to Chicago to advocate and vote as a unit for the restoration of silver and use all their efforts to abrogate the two-thirds rule, if necessary to secure the nomination of a candidate.
 THE Georgia democrats met in state at Macon aud nominated w. Y. Atkinson for governor. The platform declared for opening the hints for the coinage of silver at six teen to one, condemned bond issues in time of peace. favored tho speedy pay ment of the public debt and indirectly the A. P. A.
 THE state silver convention was called to order at Denver, Col, on the 18th. The platform called for dis tinctly American system of finances, opposed to the single gold standard and for an immediate return to the unrestricted coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of sixteen to one. It also indorsed Senator Teller for president
 SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN, of Ala. bama, has addressed an open letter on the silver question to William C. Whit ney in response to the latters com of June 2i, saying that, as Mir. Whitney agreed that silver ought to be remonetized, our government should restore the rights of our people and not wait on other governments to lo so
 THE Chicago Tribune said on the 9Gth: "A canvass of the delegates of every state and territory on the cur rency question shows that 57S dele gates to the democratic national con- vention are either by instruction or personal preference for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at sixteen 10 one against 32s delegates instructed for or favoring the continuance of the present gold standard"
 CONGRESSMAN HARTMAN was given an ovation when he arrived at Butte, Mont, from St. Louis. The horses were taken from his carriage and 'ope attached and enthusiastic silver ncn pulled the vehicle through the streets. MT. Hartman addressed an immense audience at night on the bolt 1t the St Louis convention.