The herald., 1896-04-12
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD
A. P. A. WORKERS CAPTURE THE WOOD.
LAND REPUBLICAN BAKESH0P
Nebraska Democrats Fall Out Over the Coinage
QuestIon-Pitchfork TiIIman Talks In Ken
lucky and JoyfulIy Prods the Naughty
ooIdite Newspaper Editors
Associated Press Special Wire.

WOODLAND, April 1.-THE Repub-
lican primaries We're held throughout
the county today, and in this city the
A. p. A. swept the deck. OF the twenty
six delegates, not less than twenty, and
probably twentythree, are A. p. A.,
and many of them bolted part of the
Republican ticket at the last munich
pal election. Chairman Gaddis failed
to call a caucus and but few Repub-
licans knew who was to be voted for
until printed ballots were circulated on
the streets about noon today. Many
prominent Republicans were not con-
suited in making up the slate, and with
two exceptions none were put on the
ticket There was much Indignation
among the. timers and many of them
refused to vote at all. They did not dis
cover that there would be no caucus un-
til it was too late to take any action.
There is little doubt that the regulars
could have defeated the A. p. A. faction
if they had known what was going on
The result of today's primaries is likely
to have great influence on county poll
tics at the coming election.
NEBRASKA SQUABBLING
OMAHA, Neb., April 1.-THE matter
of selecting delegates to the state con-
vention of Nebraska Democracy came
up today in Omaha and developed a
very exciting situation. The anti-sil-
Yer men had not publicly expressed any
intention of making a contest and the
silver Democrats had made no special
efforts. Quietly the anti-silver people
secured proxies in country precincts,
and when the convention opened a vote
developed the fact that the silver peo-
pie were outvoted in their convention
by one vote. For time 1t looked as If
the affair would break up in violence.
Hot words We're passed and the trick of
the anti-silver people roundly de-
nounced Two sets of delegates were
finally selected, each claiming to be the
legal one.
PITCHFORK TILLMAN TALKS
LEXINGTON, Ky, April Ex-senator
Tillnan's opening speech in the free sill
yer presidential campaign drew to
Lexington today the leading silver men
of Central Kentucky. He took a drive
about the city early in the day with
local silver leaders and had rush of
callers later on.
Senator Tillman was introduced to an
audience of fully 1000 people at 3 o'clock
by Rev. Mr.. Boiling. He had spoken
but few minutes when he had entirely
captivated the audience, which he held
we'll for two hours. He denounced the
Cleveland and Carlisle financial policy
and then went after the press in the
most vigorous language, saying, among
other things, that the press of the coun-
try had been subsidized by the money
power of the country He took up Car
isles five propositions as enunciated in
his speech at Memphis last year and
argued that they were all wrong. He
claimed that the only reason why sill
yer was inferior to gold as standard of
value was because it was made inferior
by the laWs OF congress. His telling
points were wildly cheered by the audi
ence. which was thoroughly in sympa-
thy with his views. Tillman predicted
that the next national Democratic con-
vention would be controlled by the free
silver wing of the Democratic party.