The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-25
PERSONAL AND,PouTkcAL.

PERSONAL ANDsPolITlCAL.
The democratic state convention at
Dover, Del, named delegates to the
national convention whogo uninstruct-
ed.
The national convention of the Negro
Democratic league will be held in C6i-
cago August IL.
Louisiana democrats in convention at
Baton Rouge elected free-silver dele
gates to the national convention.
Congressional nominations were made
as follows: Ohio, Seventeenth district,
John A. Mcdowell (dem.). Arkansas,
Third district, Senator McRea (dem).
Vermont, Second district, W. W. Grout
(rep.) renominated. Maine, Fourth dis
trict, A. J. Chase (dem).
At the republican national convention
in St. Louis on the 18th Senator j. M.
Thuiston, of Nebraska, was made per-
manent chairman, and Charles w.
Jones, of Minnesota, secretary. Sena-
tor Thurston made brief address, after
which the report Of the committee on
credentials was adopted and the con-
vention adjourned for the day. At q
meeting of the committee on resolu-
tons a gold plank was adopted, after
which Senator's Teller, Dubois and Can
non and Congressman Hartman an
nounccd their withdrawal from the
party.
Maine democrats in convention at
Portland nominated Edward B. Viii.
liams, of that city, for governor, and
elected delegates to the national con.
vention on a gold standard platform.
The democrats of the Fifth congress
sional district Of California nominated
NJ. j. Maddux for congress.
Vermont republicans in convention
at Burlington nominated state ticket
headed by Mayor Josiah Grout, OF
Derby. for governor, and adopted a
platform favoring protection and the
gold standard.
The democratic state convention at
Little Rock, Ark, nominated John w.
Jones for governor.
At a conference of silver men in St.
Louis propositions were favorably
passed upon for the organization of a
republican silver party in the United
States and the candidacy of Senator
Henry NJ. Teller, of Colo RADIO, for pres
ident.
Rev. lie Roy Jones Halsey, D. D., a
founder of the Mccormick theological
seminary and one of the foremost men
in the Presbyterian church, died at his
residence in Chicago, aged "a years.
The democrats in the Fourth Ohio
district nominated George A. Marshall
for congress.
Maj. William Mckinley, of Ohio, was
nominated for president in the repub-
lican national convention at St. Louis
on the 18th on the first ballot, the vote
being as follows: Mckinley, 661H;
Reed, s4H; Quay, 61h; Morton, So;
Allison, 35h; Don Cameron, l. For
vice president Garrett A. Hobart, OF
New Jersey, was chosen on the first bal
lot, al follows: Hobart, 1891; Evans,
277H; Bulkeley, 80; Walker, "a; Lip
pitt, 8; Reed, 3; Depew, 3; Grant, 2;
Thurston, 2; Morton, l. The platform
declares for protection to American in.
dustries; reciprocity; the maintenance
| of the existing gold standard and op-
position to free coinage of silver except
by international agreement; pensions
! and preferences for veterans Of the
union army; firm, vigorous and digni-
fed foreign policy; reassertion OF the
Monroe doctrine; exclusion OF illiteratc
and immoral immigrants; rcapproval OF
| the civil service law; condemnation OF
lynchipg; approval of national arbitra.
ton; approval of free homestead
! law, and sympathy with legitimate
efforts to lessen intemperance. Upon
the adoption of the platform Senator
bFellerpnis Setde eUaother silver leaders
left the hall. At 1881 p. m. the conveu.
ton I'd journed sine die. $3.50