Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-06
POLITICAL por WARNING Up.
Conventions Of the Day and Preparations for
tire Morrow.

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Conventions Of the Day and Preparations fol
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind May 5-The
scenes OF a week ego in the capital oi
Illinois are being re-enacted here to-
day. The preliminaries of the state
convention, which opens tomorrow,
and Of the inevitable contest between
the friends of .ex President Harrison
and those OF ex Governor Mckinley,
have attracted to the capital city Of the
Hoosier state tie largest crowd of po-
litical workers that II has ever been
called upon to entertain. and thousands 3
more will come IN on the trans this
evening and tomorrow morning. The
feeling between the Two factions is
running high, aud II is. evident that u
determined effort will be made to dow a
Chairman Gowdy and his determina-
ton to carry instructions for the Ohio
candidate. The legion Of candidates
for the various places on the state'tick-
ct have opened headquarters at the
Bates house, the Denison hotel and
other central points and are conduct
ing an active campaign. The dele
gates from the counties composing the
several districts will meet in the CON-
mittee rooms Of the state house this
evening for the purpose OF selecting
me mbers Of the committees on per-
manent organization and resolutions
and the committee on platform is
booke for an all.night session in the
whist room Of the Denison hotel. II is
understood that rough draft OF the
platform will be submitted to General
Harrison prior to its adoption. !
MISSISSIPPI roPs
JACKSON, Miss May 6-At noon,
to-day, Hon. B. T., Hobbs, of Brook
haven, called to order the state conven-
lion OF Mississippi prohibitionists, to
select delegates to the Pittsburg con-
vention, and to nominate presidential
electors. The stale committee has no
preference for presldentialc candidate.
TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn May 6 The
democratic party OF the state holds
two conventions this year, but one set
OF delegates will serve for both. The
first convention was called to order in
the hall Of the house Of represents
at O'Clock, to-day, by Hon. William
H. Carroll, its business being to select
three candidates for the court cf
chancery appeals. and who will be
voted for at the election ON the first
Thursday IN. August. Tomorrow the
same delegates will meet In the second
convention at the same place to select
the delegation at large to the national
convention In Chicago. Interviews
with The delegates here, to-day, in-
dicate that the tree silver element will
be overwhelmingly in control Of the
to morrow and will send
,taunch friends Of the white metal to
Chicago.
IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Michigan, May 6 --About
100 delegates aud politicians in general
ire at the hotels in advance Of the re.
publican state convention which meets
o morrow. Opinion Is divided as to
= neither the body Will give any instruc-
ions, although the sentiment through
,ut the state is overwhelmingly 10 favor
of the Ohio candidate Itis. given out,
however, that an effort will be made to
secure consideration of a resolution in
s.ructing delegates in accord with this
Ex-Governor, General AL
ger, who will head the delegation at
large, has already expressed himself
hatfooted for Ex-Governor Mckinley, i
ss, NEW JERSEY d. MocaAcY,
TRENTON, ". il. May 6F--The Idem-
oeratic state convention opens in this
oily, tomorrow, and many OF the dele
gates have slfeady arrived. The indi.
cations are that the delegates at-large
will be Instructed, but the sentiment of
those on the ground is favorabls to
Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania.
'fhe state, committee is in session here,
late this afternoon, and will select
successor to Cbairmen E. F. G. Y ung,
whose resignation has been on file tor
q month";