The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

their use Ut St. Louis and have 20 men on the road organizing Allison clubs.
 THE latest republican candidate for vice president was said to be Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York. He is the treasurer of the national committee.
 TIE president sent to the senate on the l3th the nomination of John C. Tarsney, of Kansas City, Mo-. for as- sociate justice of the supreme court of Oklahoma.
 THE populist state convention met at Sacramento, Cal., recently to elect delegates to the national convention. The platform favors woman suffrage and government ownership of the Pa cific railroads, demands that the sale of government bonds shall cease and calls for the free coinage of silver and the repeal of the national bank act, the establishment of postal savings banks and an income tax.
 THE state department at Washington amour ced on the 11th that the Span ish government had acceded to the re- quest of the United States to postpone the execution of the filibusters cap- tured on the schooner Competitor until arguments on the treaty of 1795 and the protocol of 1887 can be presented. has written letter to a constituent declining a renomination and stating that he would never vote for Q gold standard man for president and ridi. culing the idea of harmony in the dem- ocratic party.
 TIE delegates.at.large from Loui- siana to the republican national con- vention were instructed for Mckinley for president.
 TIE statue of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock was unveiled at Washington on the 18th before an immense gather ing, President Cleveland and dis. tinguished company being present There was grand military parade.
 THE Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette sent letters to all members of the re- publican national committee stating that, the nomination of Mckinley at St. Louis being conceded, it was de- sired to gather preferences for vice president The replies published showed that with the exception of three the members of the national committee favored Thomas E. Reed for vice president
 THE most noteworthy feature of the session of the American Protective as- sociation on the l4th was the innova- tion made by giving to the public part of the address of President Traynor. He discouraged the attempt to secure the nomination of a member of the order for president of the United States He also stated emphatically that the keystone of the A. P. A. is the fact that no papist can be a consistent citizen of the United States and that entire renunciation of the papacy must be made by candidate to receive the suffrages of the association.
 THE Colorado republican state con. vention which was held at Pueblo on the 14th resulted in a victory for Sena- tor Henry NJ. Teller and his followers. Teller was not only elected delegate at-large to the national convention at St Louis, but he was commended as the "ablest American of them all," and the other delegates were instructed to follow his leadership. Senator Vol. cott's name was not mentioned. No mention of bolt was made, nor was one suggested in any way.
 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE NEIL SON. of Minnesota, sent his resignation to President Cleveland, to take effect on the l6th. on which date he became 70 years of age, and under the law could retire under full pay, and the presi- dent filled the vacancy by nominating Judge William Lochren, of Minnesota, the present pension commissioner.