The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1896-08-07
A GOLD CONVENTION
Chicago, Detroit, and Indian
apolis Want 1t.
COMMITTEEMEETST TODAY
Thirty-one States Will Be
Represented.
COMMITTEE EMEETSTODAY

The executive national committee oi
gold-standard democratic conference,
which meets in Indianapolis today, hav-
ing in charge the arrangements of the
| preliminaries for the conference, made an
announcement that 81 states will partici-
| pate in that meeting. The announce.
ment was made after going over the
responses to the address recently issued
as the result of the gathering at the aud
itorium. Chicago is favored for the con-
vention, but Detroit, Indianapolis and
Minneapolis are candidates.
| The executive committee, which met
today, consisted OF General Bragg, of
Wisconsin ). ]. 0. Broadhead, of Mis-
souri; w. B. Haldeman, of Kentucky !;
| FL. s. Robbins, of Illinois, and w. d.
| Bynum, of Indiana All the members of
the committee were present. The advices
from 81 states, Mr.. Bynum and Mr..
Robbins reported, were such as to war
rant the certainty that all of them would
be represented at Indianapolis.
After canvassing in detail the CORE
spondence, it was found that the gold.
standard men of 10 states had already
organized and named their committee
men to the Indianapolis conference.
The committee thus far named is as
| follows:
Alabama-J. NJ. Faulkner, Mont
| gomery.
California;. B. Pond, San Francisco.
Illinois--John M. Palmer, Springfield.
Indiana-John P. Wilson, Indiana
polls.
Kansas-E Eugene Hagan, Topeka.
Richard Tyler, Hickman.
Mofkharra
| Boston.
Minnesota-F. NJ. W. Kutcheon, St.
Paul. @
Mississippi-Edgar s. Wilson, Jack.
| son.
Missouri. Q. Krauthoff, Kansas
City.
Nebraska-Eu Martin, Omaha,
New Hampshire-G Gordon Woodbury.,
| Manchester.
New York-Charles Tracy, Albany /;
alternate, George Foster Peabody, Brook
lyn.
Oregon-C. E. S. Wood, Portland.
Pennsylvania-F. O. Bullitt, Phila.
delphia.
South Carolina-T. F. Tolley, Ander-
son.
Washington Thomas Burke, Seattle.
West Virvinia-H. s. Sims, Hunting
ton.
Wisconsin--E Ellis B. Asher, Lacrosse.
In the following states, the committee
was informed the gold-standard men had
organized and called conference to ap-
point representatives from their states
for the Indianapolis conference on the
7th:
Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Maine,
Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Rhode
Island, Texas, Vermont, Tennessee and
Virginia.
The committee WAS also advised that
in the following states steps are being
taken which will result in the naming of
committeeman
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota,
Now Jersey and South Dakota.
Two territories, New Mexico and Okla
homa, placed themselves in communica-
ton with the committee, and desired to
be represented ct indianapolis.
A communication was received from
the Dennison house, OF indianapolis,
rendering free of charge committee
rooms for the use of the committee.
This offer was accepted, and the COM
mittee decided that the conference would
be held in the club room of the Dennison
hotel at Q D. m. In addition to commit
teemen appointed from the states,
prominent democrats have notified the
committee of their states of their inten-
tion to be present at the indianapolis
meeting.