The herald., 1896-08-12
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EILENSRTRGH, Wash, Aug. IL
The Democrats, Populists, and free silver
men who have bolted the Republican
party. will hold their state conventions
here tomorrow. Fusion will be attempt
ed The Populists are almost unanimous
in their demand for the governorship,
and unless this office is conceded to
them the prospects of fusion are very re-
mote. At the election two years ago the
Populists cast larger vote than the
Democrats in the state by nearly ten
thousand. and the Populists say they
are entitled TO name the head of the
ticket If the governor is conceded to
them. a large proportion and possibly
majority of the Populist delegates are
disposed to make liberal concessions to
the Democrats and free silver men.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1.-THE Democrats
of the Eleventh congressional district,
today nominated Colonel Robert E.kern
for congressman by aclamation
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Ex- President
Harrison has promised to open the cam
paign for the Republicans in this city
bv a speech to be delivered on the even
ing of August 25th.
RALEIGH, n. c.. Aug. 11.-Senator
Butler has called meeting OF the ma
tional Populist committee to be held at
Washington next Tuesday to decide upon
the immediate opening of headquarters
at Washington.
CAMERON. Mo. Aug. 11-Congress-
man A. NJ. Dockery was renominated
by the Democratic congressional conNeh-
ton which met here today, This is the
eighth consecutive nomination by the
Democrats of the Third district.
SPRINGFIELD, H., Aug. n.-Hon.
| Charles E. Wing of Decatur, chairman
of the gold standard Democratic COM
mittee of the state, today issued a call
for the state convention of the gold
standard Democrats to be held Thurs
day. August 27th, in Chicago. Senator
Palmer stated he would refuse to ac-
cept a nomination for president
QUINCY, Ill. Aug. 1.-THE Demo
Gratis of the First Missouri district nom
mated Richard p Giles of Shelby county
for congress today.
LONDON. Aug. 1.-THE Pail Mail
! Gazette this afternoon says: In view
| of the probable election of Mckinley
| and a higher tariff q number of English
| manufacturers are projecting branches
! in the United States. We know that
| quite number of invitations have come
! from America since the ST. Louis con
vention, with the object of inducing
English manufacturers and capitalists
| to construct wooden, Worsted, cotton
lace and silk mills in good localities. On
| Io ertl, of aI ipla7-fG nDnI1lr9 IL Y
an American corpora ton in fact offers
to build and equip milla to lease, with
the option of purchase to reputable
Englishmen. The offer has been pro-
Visionally accepted in three instances
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-Willian
N. Singerly, who heads the list of elec-
tors nominated at the Democratic state
| convention at Allentown, has forwarded
to Chairman Wright his Withdrawal
from the ticket.
SPRINGFIELD, III, Aug. IA meet
ing of the Populist ceutral committee
was held this afternoon and anothei
meeting was held this evening and {
conference with Chairman HinrichseI
was had. The result was that S. w. f
Beck of Olney, the Democratic candi
date for auditor, will hand in his resig
nation at once and that the state con
vention of the Populists which meet
in this city tomorrow will nominate
candidate for auditor and will indors
the Democratic state ticket and th
Bryan and Sewall electors. The Demo
Gratis will put the name of the Populis
candidate for auditor on their stat
ticket