Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE national democratic convent ton
at Chicago on the 9th adopted the plat
form reported by the resolutions com
mittee by a vote of 62S for to 301
against In the evening session
speeches nominating candidates for the
| presidency were made
SENIOR MELLA, Carlist, speaking in
the Spanish chamber of deputies al
Madrid on the 9th, declared that the
| government ought to be energetic in
preparing for the inevitable conflict
between the United States and Spain,
in which Spain would prove her vi
ri1ity and her greatness
| THE socialists labor party, in con.
vention at New York, has nominated
Charles H. Matchett, of Brooklyn, for
president on their national ticket
Mathew Mcclure was unanimously
nominated for the vice presidency.
| The first state convention of the
union bimet allic party of Oregon was
held at McMinnville on the 10th. A
full set of delegates was elected to the
national bimetallic convention at St.
| Louis July %. Instructions for Sen
ator Teller were voted down.
| WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, of Ne
braska, was nominated on the fifth
ballot by the democratic national con-
vention at Chicago for president of the
United States.
THE Chicago Staats-Zeitung, the
leading German paper of the west,
will bolt the Chicago ticket and plat
form. The ST. Louis Anzeiger des
Westerns also will not support the dem
ocratic ticket and platform and advo-
Gates third ticket to represent the
| gold democrats
THE Louisville Ky. Courier-Journal.
the Baltimore (Md-) Sun and the Even
| ing News, the ST. Paul (Minn.) Globe
and the Buffalo IN. W Courier have
announced that they would not sup
port Bryan and the Chicago platform.
| Hon. FRANK ii. HURD. eX-congress-
man. lawyer and one of the most
prominent democrats in Ohio, died on
the 10th in Toledo, O., after an illness
of five days. The immediate cause of
death was apoplexy.
| AT meeting of the state executive
committee of the gold money dem
ocracy of Illinois, held in Chicago on
| the 10th, resolution was adopted in
favor of the calling of Il national con-
vention of the democratic party of the
United States for the purpose of nomi-
mating a democratic candidate for the
office of president and vice president
upon a democratic platform. 1t was
resolved to appoint a committee to pre-
the United States stating the grounds
and reason for putting a national dem
| ocratic ticket in the field.
1T was stated good authority at
| Washington that Secretary Carlisle
will soon write letter to prominent
gentleman in Louisville, one of the
leading democrats in Kentucky, set
ting forth his ideas as to the attitude
the Kentucky democrats should as
| sumo in reference to the ticket nomi-
mated in Chicago 1t is understood
| that the letter will be in the nature of
an address to the people of the, state,
and will urge every member of the
party tc stand by the gold standard.
DEMOCRATS of the Dubuque !Na.) dis
trct will nominate ex-Gov. Horace
Boies for congress against Congress
man Ben Henderson.
THE democratic national convention
at Chicago on the 18th nomina ted
Arthur Sewall, of Maine, for vice
president of the United States on the
fifth ballot, and then, after the usual
votes of thanks all round, adjourned
sine die.
SENATOR JAMES K. JONES. of Arkan-
sas, was elected chairman of the new
national democratic committee at a
meeting of the committee at Chicago
on the 18th. He was the personal
choice of Presidential Candidate Bryan
Gov MCKINLEY made a speech on
the financial question to the Foraker
club, which visited him at Canton, O.,
on the 18th.
The New York World has po1led the
states of Illinois, Ohio and Indiana as
far as possible through correspondents.
1t says on the electoral votes of those
states may hinge the result of the cleo
ton next November and the canvass
indicates that the Chicago ticket and
platform have an excellent chance of
carrying Illinois and Indiana, but are
doomed to defeat in Ohio.
THE executive committee of the gold
standard democrats of Illinois have is
sued an address to democrats of all
states to have a new convention and
have a clear-cut separation made be-
tween the democrats who are drifting
into populism and sound money demo-
Gratis. All communications are to be
addressed to Charles A Ewing, chair
man, Palmer house. Chicago.
The Bimetallic league of Great Brit
ain held its annual meeting at London
on the 18th. The report declared that
the cause of international bimetallism
had made substantial progress during
the year, both in Great Britain and
abroad. 1t mentioned the resolutions
adopted by the cham Der of deputies in
France. the chamber of representatives
in Belgium and the Prussian diet, de-
elaring for bimetallism-
MISCELLANEOUS
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