The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Judge Calvin +. Pratt, for man yearS
one of the judges of the New York SUI
preme court. died suddenly on his farm
at Rochester. Mass.
The following congressional nomina-
tons have been made: Iowa, Third dis
trict, George Staehle (dem.); Fourth,
J.. y. T. Hull (rep.) renominated; Tenth,
John F. Jenkins (rep.) renominatcd.
Missouri, Eighth district, Richard P.
Bland (dem.). Pennsylvania, Twenty
second district. John L. Miller (dem.).
Maine, First district, L. w. Staples
(dem.).
Later returns from the Alabama cleo
ton give Joseph Johnston (dem.) for
governor n majority of 10000.
At the state convention in Marshall
town, Ia, of the national party the state
platform and ticket of the regular party
were Endorsed.
Charles L. Bentley. of Lincoln, Eeb.,
and james II. Southgate, of Durham,
y. c., have filed their letters of accept
ance OF the national prohibition party's
nominations for president and vice pres
ident respectively.
I III AlllllltSOlu lin aus III 'AHNi
ton at Minneapolis decided to fuse with
the populists and nominated John Lind
for governor, j. j. Heinrichs for sec
rotary of state and Alexander Mckin-
non for treasurer, leaving the l~ieuten-
ant governorship and the attorney gen.
eralship to be filed in by the populists.
The democrats also named four presi-
Dental electors. The populists will
name the remaining electors.
The sound money" democrats OF
Iowa met in Des MoiGes and registered
& protest against the platform and can
6idates of the Chicago convention.
Congressional nominations were
made as follows: Illinois, Thirteenth
district. Frank Palmer (pop.); Nine
teenth, J. ]. Sewall (pop.). Iowa, Sixth
district, John +. Lacey (rep.) renomi-
hated. Indiana, Eighth district. J. i.
Brunt (dem.); Thirteenth, Charles Kel-
iison (dem.). Texas. Tenth district,
Noah Allen (rep.); Eleventh, ]. Z.
Gross (rep.). West Virginia, First dis
trict. I. NJ. Stone (poP.).
Lon V. Stevens, of Cooper, was NOM
mated for governor by the democratic
state convention at jefferson City. Mo.
All gold standard men were stricken
from the state committee and Il declara-
ton for free silver was made.
At the state convention in Concord,
y. IL, of the national party George w.
barnard, of Claremont, was nominated
for governor and DR.. W. c. Coolidge aud
Rev. y. y. Drury were named for con-
grcssmen.
The prohibitiOnists of New Hamp-
shire in state convention at Concord
nominated j. c. Berry, of Plymouth, for
governor.
The populist state convention at Hast.
ings, Neb.. renominated Gov. Holconb
and Endorsed the nomination of Bryan
for president.
The socialist-labor party of Indiana
met in Indianapolis and nominated The
following ticket: Governor, Phil IL.
Moore, indianapolis; lieutenant gov
ernor, Harry Sharpe. Indianapolis; sec
rotary of state, Fred Adams, Fontanet;
treasurer, Z. Helbich, Evansville.
The popuiist state convention at Alb
ilene, Nan, nominated State Senator
Lecdy for governor.
The populists in convention at Park
ersburg, w. Va, nominated Isaac C.
Ralphsnyder for governor, and decided
20 fuse with the democrats.
The republicans of Michigan in COR
v~ention at Grand Rapids adopted 4 plat
form which indorses the platform of the
national republican convention of 1896
and adjourned for the day without nom
mating state officers.
Wisconsin republicans met at Mil
waukee and adopted n platform iEdors-
ing the acts of the national convention
in St. Louis and then, after receiving
several nominations for governor, adj
journed for the day.