The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-15
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Judge Calvin L. Pratt. for many years
one of the judges of the New York SUI
preme court. died suddenly on his farm
at Rochester Mass.
The following congressional nominal
tons have been made: Iowa. Thirt, dis
trict. George Staehle (dem.); Fourth,
J. 4. 7. Hull (rep.) renominated: Tenth,
, John F. Jenkins (rep.) renominatcd.
Missouri, Eighth district, Richard p.
Bland (dem.l. Pennsylvania. Twenty
| second district, John L. Miller (dem.).
Maine, First district, L. w. Staples
| ldein.).
Later returns from the Alabama cleo
ton give Joseph Johnston (dem.) for
governor majority of 10000.
| At the state convention in Marshall
town, Ia, of the national party the sta te
| platform and ticket of the regular party
| were Endorsed.
Charles E. Bentley, Of Lincoln. Neb..
and James II. Southgate, of Durham,
y. c., have filed their letters of accept
nnce Of the national prohibition party's
nominations for president and vice pres
ident respectively.
The Minnesota democrats in conven-
ton at Minneapolis decided 10 fuse with
the populists and nominated John Lind
for governor, j. j. Heinrichs Cor sec
rotary of state and Alexander McKin-
non for treasurer, leaving the lieuten-
ant governorship and the attorney gem
eralship to be filled 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 Moines and registered
a protest against the platform and can
didates of the Chicago convention. y
Congressional nominations we're
made as follows: Illinois, Thirteenth
district. Frank Palmer (pop.) Nine
teenth. ]. J. sewall (pop.). Iowa, Sixth
district, John F. Lacey (rep.) renomi-
rated. Indiana, Eighth district, j. r.
Brunt (dem.); Thirteenth, Charles KEEL
lison (dem.). Texas, Tenth district.
Noah Allen (rep); Eleventh, ]. r.
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.
I'll gold standard men were stricken
from the state committee and declara-
ton for free silver was made.
At the state convention in Concord,
y. H., of the national party George W..
farnard, of Claremont, was nominated
for governor and DIR. w. c. Coolidge and
4 ,aI f1,
gTessmen.
The prohibitionists of New Hamp-
shire in state convention at Concord
nominated j. c. Berry, of Plymouth, for
governor.
The populist state convention ut Hast
ings, Neb., renominated Gov. Holcomb
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, F. Helbich, Evansville.
The populist state convention at Alb
ilene, Kan, nominated State Senator
Lecdy for governor.
The populists in convention at Park
ersburg, w. Va, nominated Isaac C.
Isalphsnyder for governor, and decided
TO fuse with the democrats.
The republicans of Michigan in con-
vention ut Grand Rapids adopted 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 platform indoors.
ing the acts of the national convention
in ST. Louis and then, after receiving
several nominations for governor, ad-
journed for the day.