The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-30
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PERsoNAL AND poLIrICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL PRESIDENT CLEVELAND attended the funeral services of the late ex.Gov. William E. Russell in Cambridge, Mass, on the 2Oth.
 THE California socialist labor con- vention has adopted a platform pro- testing against the free coinage of sill yer on the ground that such action would be class legislation, inasmuch, as alleged, it would benefit the debtor class, and declaring that free silver would not benefit laboring men, as they were not as rule debtors.
 BIsHoP ARTHUR CLEVELAND COKE, of the Western New York Episcopal dio- cese, died at Rochester, N. Y., of nerv- ous prostration, aged 7s.
 IT was reported from Washington that Secretary Olney had gone to Gray l Gables at the request of President Cleveland and that Secretary Lamont was likely to be in that vicinity on the 22d. The conference was thought to be for the discussion of political ques- tions and that the president soon after the conference would issue some sort of statement defining his position. THE peoples party national conven- tion was called to order at St Louis on the 22d by Chairman Taubeneck, of | the executive committee. Gov Stone welcomed the delegates and Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, made the re. sponse. Senator Butler, of North Carolina, was made temporary chair man and he pleaded for the mainten- ance of the organization of the peoples party.
 PRINCESS MAUDE, of Wales, youngest daughter of the prince of Wales, was Prince Charles, of Denmark, grandson of the king of Denmark. They left afterwards for Appleton hall, Wolfer- ton, Norfolk, which will bc their home.
 THE national silver party met in con- vention at St Louis on the 22d. Banker w. P. St John, of New York, was made permanent chairman. Ex.Gov. JOHN F. ST. JOHN, of Kan sas, addressed the silver convention at St. Louis on the 23d. He denounced the Wall street syndicates and Eng fish bond sharks"
 IT has been decided to continue the work of the American Bimetallic union at Washington in sending out litera- ture to educate voters on the money question until the November election, and the working force will be doubled after August 1.
 SENATOR ALLEN, of Nebraska. was elected chairman of the peoples party national convention at St. Louis on the 23d by vote of 75s to 564 for Cam pion, the representative of the middle of.the-road populists, the Bryan men thus scoring victory.
 A MEETING of gold standard demo. crats called to consider the advisability of issuing a call for national conven- ton was held at Chicago on the 23d. The meeting was secret. Those pres- ent from Missouri were: Col. James o. Broadhead, F. w. Lehman, Perry T. Kent and Rolla Wells, of St. Louis, and L. c. Krauthoff, of Kansas City. Sena- tor Villas and democrats from half a dozen states were in the conference No decided co,clusion was arrived at.
 THE Washington Star recently print ed the following item: It is understood that Secretary Hoke Smith has in- formed several intimate friends in the south of his purpose to support Bryan and Sewall, and that if the president and his cabinet bolt the Chicago ticket either for Mckinley or for a sound money democratic ticket, he (Smith) will retire from the cabinet without further ceremony.
 THE peoples party convention at St. Louis on the 24th adopted platform and nominated Thomas C. Watson, of Georgia, for vice president.
 THE national convention of the sil. yer party at St. Louis on the 24th nominated William J. Bryan for presi- dent and Arthur Sewall for vice presi- dent. A platform was adopted mak. ing the money question the paramount issue and, after a motion was carried to notify the nominees at MT. Bryan's home in Lincoln, Neb., the convention adjourned sine die.
 THE new national committee of the silver party at St. Louis met on the 24th and Charles D. Lane, of Califor. mia, was made chairman and l. N. Stevens, of Colorado, secretary. D. P. Thompson, of Portland. Ore, was chosen to go to Japan and J. M. Haw- thorn, of St. Paul, Minn., to go to Mex. ico for the purpose of Investigating the effects of free coinage of silver in those countries.
 THE gold standard democrats held another meeting at Chicago on the 24th at which Comptroller Eckels was present and it was decided to call for a convention to be held on September }. A committee was appointed to ar range for state conventions for the purpose of nominating state tickets. The national committee is to meet at Indianapolis, Ind, August to decide on the place for the national conven- ton.
 MISCELLANEOUS.
 A DISPATCH from Constantinople to the London Chronicle stated that the nrosnerOus v6llapaS arouud Van bad