The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-17

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WEDNESDAY. JUNE It. 1896.
EIGHT PAGES
Mr.. Plat now explains that he never
said he would bolt. He merely said:
Boiling would be justified"
The Chicago Tribune says those no.
tells in st. Louis that would have housed
the negro delegates probably were de-
atroyed by the tornado.
OF the 126 claimants TO seats in the
National Republican Convention reject
ed by the National Committee, CO were
avowed Mckinley men.
Judge Waddill and General Edgar AL
Ian deny saying that they had the Vlr-
ginia delegation in their vest pockets.
etc." on their arrival at St. Louis.
News comes from the centre of Presi-
Dental nomination that Mr.. Plat is on
the ground, and Hanna says, walt and
see me wipe the ground up with him.
A dispatch from St. Louis says that
Mr. Hanna, of Ohio. is favorable to the
adoption OF any honest money plank
which shall not specifically name the
word gold"
II is impossible to make a quarrel with
Spain. says the Philadelphia Times.
Every time we thlnk we have got n
rasus belli the Spanish Government
most politely agrees to whatever we de-
mand, and we have to pretend to be
gratihed.
The Hartford Times says that Presl-
dent Cleveland has uttered one Of his
happiest and most graphic sayings in
naming Mckinley the m~ortgaged can
didate." Quay's title, ''the Canton Elan
mel Napoleon" is not to be mentioned in
the same class with it.
The House adopted a resolution "gIv-
ing member general leave 10 print re-
marks in the Congressional Record for
zen lays after the final adjournment"
This little resolution, thinks the Gal
weston News. viii doubtless help mem
beers along wonderfully in their cam
paigns.
All the trusts and combines are well
represented at st. Louis. 1t Is their con-
yention, remarks the Charleston News
and Courier. to nominate their candi-
dates. The platform will have many
planks. The cornerstone of the whole
structure will be: Tax the many for
the profit of the few"
The New Orleans P~icayune saws that
the greatest need in the South and West
Is a proper distribution of the money
which Is now congested in Eastern finan-
cial centres. Some wise financial svs-
tenn is needed to correct an evil which Is
checking industrial and commercial ac-
tivity and keeping up hard times.
The Washington Post says those ner-
sons who are thinking of investing in a
bicycle will not be able TO save anything
in going TO Mexico to make their pur-
chase. H~igh-grade wheels are sold IN
Mexico for 5000 and s225, and this fact
VIII not constitute a strong campaign
argument for the free silver people.
st. Louis people have always insisted
thai for geographical reasons the can't
tai OF the United States ought to he
right there on the spot where their civ
stands. ASSERTS the Philadelphia Record.
Let them now hurrah! This week they're
in 1t. and in it big. They're at the
core OF the universe and live in Hanna
town.
Senator Vest, in discussing the Presl-
dents veto of the River and Harbor bill.
said that neither jefferson nor John
Adams ever exercised the veto power
whereupon the Charleston News and
Courier says that neither Jefferson nor
Adams, however, ever had to deal with
. Republican and reckless House or a
MIXED and irresponsible Senate.