Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-04
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PEKsoNAL AND Po.IrICAL.

LYMAN TRUMBULL. ex-United States
senator, died at Chicago on the 25th
after a long illness, aged So
SENATOR TILLMAN, of South Caro-
lima, made a speech at the Cooper
union in New York for free silver on
the 25th- 1t was the first of an or
ganized movement on behalf of the
white metal in that city and tee hall
had vast audience. At the conclu-
resolutions were adopted and William
p St John was delegated to go to tie
democratic and populist conven ticns
and press them upon the delegates
The North Carolina democratic state
conven ton met at Raleigh on the 25th-
The platform instructed the delegates
to Chicago to advocate and vote q
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 aud nominated
w. " Atkinson for governor The
platform declared for opening the
minis for the coinage of silver at six
teen to one, condemned bond issues in
time of peace. favored the 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
= L.
bama, has addressed 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
rency question shows that SIS dele
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 1928 delegates instructed
for or favoring the continuance of the
present gold standard"
CONGRESSMAN HARTMAN was given an
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 St. Louis convention.
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY, in recent in
terview at New York, said that if a
free coinage candidate was nominated
by the democrats at Chicago on 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 a compromise was i'm
possible.
A WASHINGTON dispatch stated that
the A. P. A. vote would be cast indie
pendently for president, but that the
order would devote itself to congress
and legislatures.
The United States authorities have
seized the steamer City of Richmond
and taken lier to Key West. Fla. Those
on board were charged with flibus-
tering and being engaged in a military
expedition to Cuba against Spain.
THE preliminary federal election oc-
CURED on the 27th all over Mexico
The electors will meet July 5 and vote
for the president and mem bers of con-
gress. There is no doubt of the cleo
ton of President Diaz-
Mrs. HELEN NJ. COUGAR, the famous
temperance lecturer and equal suffrage
agitator, was selected as the candidate
of the broad gauge prohibitionists at
Lafayette, Ind, for Encouragement
DEMOCRATS of Tennessee will push
Gov. Bob Taylor for president at Chi
cago.
WRITTEN replies to the officers of the
German-American 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 bime ia 1lism or free silver and
43 are doubtful and that 90 per cent of
the German-American voters are in
favor of the main tenance of the pres
emit gold standard.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has arranged
his affairs to leave Washington.
He will proba bly, be with his family at
Buzzard's Bay, Mass, by the 18th.
The mem bers of the notification com
mittee appointed by the repu blican ma
on the Goth and formally notified Gov.
Mckinley of his nomination for the
presidency. Senator Thurston making
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
mept and that the money of the limited