The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-07-03
NEWS OF WEEK:
PERSONAL AND political.

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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. .
| LYMAN TRUMBULL, ex-Unfted State
senator, died at Chicago on the 25tl
after a long illness, aged SO.
SENATOR TILLMAN, of South Caro-
lima, made a speech at the Coope
union in New York for free silver OF
the 25th. 1t was the first of an or
| ganized movement on behalf oof tn,
white metal in that city and the hal
had vast audience. At the eonclu
sion, of Tillman's speech free silver
reso{ce1oAas were adopted and William
P. st. john was delegated to go to the
democratic and popu1ist convention.
and press them upon the delegates.
The North Carolina democratic state
convention net at Raleigh on the 25th
the platform instructed the delegates
to Chicago to advocate and vote as g
unit for the restoration of silver and
use all their efforts to abrogate the
two-thirds rule, if necessary to secure
the nomination of candidate.
THE Georgia democrats met in state
convention at Macon and nominated
w. Y. Atkinson for governor. The
platform declared for opening the
mints for the coinage of silver at six.
teen to one, condemned bond issues in
time Eof peace. favored tho speedy pay.
ment of the public debt and indirectly
condemned the A. P. A.
The state silver convention was
called to order at Denver, Col, on the
25th. The platform called for a dis.
tinctly American system of finances,
unalterably opposed to the single gold
standard and for an immediate return
to the unrestricted coinage of both
gold and silver at the ratio of sixteen
to one. 1t also Endorsed Senator Teller
for president.
SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN, CT Ala.
bama, has addressed an open letter on
the silver question to William C. Whit
ney in response to the latter's COM
munication of June 81, saying that, as
Mr.. Whitney agreed that silver ought
to be remonetized, our government
should restore the rights of our people
and not wait on other governments to
do so.
The Chicago Tribune said on the
Goth: "A canvass of the delegates of
every state and territory on the cur
gates to the democratic national con.
vention are either by instruction or
personal preference for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at sixteen
to one against 32s delegates instructed
for or favoring the continuance of the
present gold standard
CONGRESSMAN HARTMAN was given al
ovation when he arrived at Butte,
Mont, from ST. Louis. The horses
were taken from his carriage and
rope attached and enthusiastic silver
men pulled the vehicle through the
streets. Mr.. Hartman addressed an
immense audience at night on the bolt
at the Ste Louis convention.
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY, in a recent in
terview at New York, said that if a
free coinage candidate was nominated
by the democrats at Chicago on a free
coinage platform it would disrupt the
democratic party, as no power on earth
could persuade the New York sound
money democrats to accept the free
silver idea, and compromise was i'm
possible.
WASHINGTON dispatch stated that
the A. P. A. vote would be cast indie
pc ndantly for president, but that the
order would devote itself to congress
and legislatures
The United States authorities have
seized the steamer City of Richmond
ard taken her to Key West. Fla. Those
on board were charged with filibus-
tering ana being engaged in a military
expedition to Cuba against Spain.
THE preliminary federal election oc.
:nrred on the 9th all over Mexico.
The electors will meet July and vote
for the president and members of con-
gress There is no doubt of the cleo
ton of President Diaz
MRS. HELEN M. COUGAR, the famous
temperance lecturer and equal suffrage
agitator, was selected as the candidate
of the broad gauge prohibitionists at
Ind, for attorney-general
DEMOCRATS of Tennessee will push
Gov. Bob Taylor for president at Chi
cago.
WRITTEN replies to the officers of the
Sound Money league
at New York from German editors all
over this country show that of the 5S1
German-AMerican newspapers in this
country which discuss politics, 499 are
in favor of the present gold standard,
80 are for bimeta1lism or free silver and
40 are doubtful and that 90 per cent. of
the German-American voters are in
favor of the maintenance of the pres.
emit gold standard
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has arranged
his affairs so as to leave Washington.
He will probably be with his family at
Bay, Mass, by the 9Th.
THE members of the notification com
mittee appointed by the repu blican ma.
tional convention went to Canton O.,
on the Goth and formally notified Gov.
of his nomination for the
Senator Thurston making
the speech. Gov. Mckinley responded
by saying he unqualifiedly approved
the national platform, that protection
and reciprocity must be encouraged
and sufficient revenue must be raised
to meet the expenses of the govern.
ment, and that the money of the United
States, of whatever kind, must be as
good as the best in the world.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE Bradley wire works at Pitts
burgh, Pa, has been closed down BY