The advocate., 1896-08-12

Electors may De made.
The New York Tribune, edited by the
man who was the Republican Vice Presi-
dentisl nominee four years ago, says Of the
silver men Of the West: "They are q lot
Of political tramps whose scramble for the
Presidential nomination is like the scram-
bic Of lot Of hobOs for beer keg."
Senator Garfield, son Of the ex.Presi-
dent, has introduced and secured the pas
sage Of bill In the Ohio Legislature TO
prevent the corrupt use of money in elec-
tions. Candidates are limited to 800 for
personal expenses, and in cases where not
more than 5000 votes are concerned only
500 may be used,
After long and exciting canvass Mayor
Pingree Of Detroit has secured the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor Of Michigan.
He won on the fourth ballot. The only
thing that seems wrong with Pingree is
that he should stay with the gold standard
party. He Is not in sympathy with either
It's principles or It's methods.
A loud-mouthed representative Of the
st. Paul Dispatch, named H. w. Russell,
stated to w. G. Lutz Of ChadLon, Neb., In
that gentleman'S place Of business, July
%, 1898, that "We win kill w. ]. Bryan IL
elected, we will beat you for Vice Presi-
dent, and we will have the President after
ALL" These facts are sttested by an sfi-
davlt from Mr.. Lutz.
In one county up in South Dakota the
Republicans will probably win. The
County Attorney rules that the Populist
ticket cannot be placed on the Official
ballot because no notice Of the convention
was printed In the county papers. There
are no Popullst papers there and the Re-
publican papers refused to print the notices.
p. ]. Dixon Of the Missouri World was
before the Populist State convention for
Auditor, but the nomination was given to
another. If Dixon really wanted that
nomination ne should have had it. While
good Populists may differ widely with him
on matters Of party policy, none can truth
fully say that he is not power for good
for the cause and q credit to his party.
The Chairman Of the Illinois Republican
committee has appointed campaign cam
paign committee Of 100 members, not one of
whom is worth individually less than $780,
600, and thirty-three Of whom are worth
100000 or over. Twenty are milllonaires.
This Is the class Of people which Is so So
llcitous about McKinley's welfare In the
coming campaign.
Warren Foster, formerly Of the Hutch
lnson Gazette, has rendered his resignation
as candidate for Congress on the Popu-
list ticket in Utah. He was nominated on
q middle-of.the-road issue, but has since
become convinced that his party should
support Bryan. AS 1t would not be proper
for him TO continue as middle-of. .the-road
candidate and at the same time support
Bryan, he resigned.
The provisional committee appointed by
the gold standard Democrat conference at
the Chicago convention met at Indianap-
oils August 8 and decided to call Ma
tionsl convention to be held at Indisnap-
oils September 2 TO nominate gold
standard Democrat for President. Senator
Palmer Of Illinois was elected Chairman
Of the National committee. 1t was de-
cided that the organization should be
called the National Democrat party, and
that the regular organization should be re-
ferred TO as the PopuliSt Democrat party.
Some weeks ago great howl was made
in Republican newspapers because Senator
Stewart Of Nevada made all obligations to