Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-21
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
THE committee on foreign affairs of
the Bolivian chamber of deputies has
reported in favor of the recognition of
Cuban insurgents as belligerents.
The Association of American Agri-
cultural Colleges and Experiment Sta
tions, at its session in Washington on
the 18th, elected as its president George
L. Fairchild, president of the Kansas
state agricultural college at Manhat-
tan.
RETURNS from all of the 119 counties
in Kentucky have been reported at the
office of the secretary of state. On the
national ticket they show. a total vote
of Az, oco- McKinley's vote was 21s,-
O55; Bryan's 2I7, 79s; Mckinley's plu-
rality, 257.
A MESSAGE was received by Mr.. Nc
Kinley on the 18th from Joseph w. Bah
cock, chairman of the national con-
gressional committee at Washington,
saying: I'VE have elected pol sound
money repu blicans, sound money
democrats, 145 democrats and popu-
lists and free silver repu blicans, with
three districts in doubt, one from Wy
oming and two from South Dakota"
IT was reported at Washing ton re-
Gently that Secretary Carlisle may re-
tire from the cabinet before the ex-
piration of his term. The report was
based on the belief that Justice Field
will soon retire from the supreme
bench and that Mr.. Carlisle will be ap-
pointed to succeed him
SENATOR BUTLER's paper at Raleigh,
N. c., said editoria1ly on the 18th that
if Mr.. Bryan desired to head the reform
forces he must do so under some other
name than that of democrat as the
The paper said it spoke for the peoples
party of North Carolina, if not for the
whole nation.
A SPECIAL to the New York Sun
from Key West, Fla, on the 18th stat
ed that Capt.-Gen. Weyler took the
field as commander-in-chief of the
Spanish forces and made an attack on
the camp of the insurgents under
Maceo at Pinar del Rio; that the Span
ish generals Echague and Malguseo
were killed and Weyler slightly wound
ed and that Maceo succeeded in rout-
ing Weylcr and his troops. The result
in Havana.
THE official returns of the election
in Pennsylvania give Mckinley 7e6. 99s
votes and Bryan 422, O54; republican
plurality, 3O4 ,944.
THE reports circulated that the pope
intended to remove chbishop Ire
land, of ST. Paul. Mimi, have been de-
clared 'pure inventions" but the arch
bishop has been advised from an au-
thorized quarter to moderate his atti-
tude and avoid irritating discussions
UNOFFICIAL bu. practically complete
returns show that the vote on the
electoral ticket of South Dakota is
about a tie. Fraud is apparent in
nearly every county, and a great many
contests will be started.
GEN. THOMAS NJ. VINCENT, assistant
adjutant-general, ended his active ca
reer in the army on the 14th. He had
reached his Gath year and was trans
ferred to the retired list
IT was said at Washington that JUS
tice Cox, of the supreme court of the
District of Colum bia, was bout to re-
tire, having reached the age of so
years, and that Secretary Herbert was
to be given his place.
WLLIAM-J. BRYAN delivered three
speeches in Lincoln, Neb., on the 14th
as the opening guns of the political
campaign of 1900.
On the first ballot in the democratic
caucus at Montgomery, Ala, on the
10th E. w. Pettus was nominated to
succeed United States Senator Pugh.
ALEXANDER STEPHENS CLAY was
nominated for United States senator,
to succeed John b. Gordon, by the
democratic legislature caucus at At
1anta. Ga The nomination was made
on the 31st ballot. The vote was: Clay,
90; Howell, 40: Lewis, IS; Norwood, 5;
Walsh, 8; Garard, 2.
A WASHINGTON dispatch on the 10th
stated that President Cleveland and
h &c col hi OF 70,
opments in Cuba of the next fortnight
with the greatest concern as to the re-
suit.