Indiana Democrat Convention Nominates Shively for Governor
At Indianapolis on June 24 the Indiana Democratic state convention endorsed Governor Matthews for President and nominated James Shively of South Bend for Governor after a heated floor fight over silver vs gold. Delegates selected Voorhees Turpie McCabe Menzies as national contenders while names for lieutenant governor and other statewide offices were decided by a series of ballots amid protests from silver advocates and gold standard supporters.
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Gavin Duavis
Hess
S. al
Benjamin Flshively
Indiana
Mt. Vernon
Mason Brown
Seymour
John B. Stoll
South Bend
David
Reading
Greenfield
W. C. Durbrow
July
Daniel W. Voorhees
Terre Haute
David Turpie
Indianapolis
John C. Nelson
Logansport
C. K. Thorpe
Washington
Order of
Deleagate Brangon
Huntington County
John G. Shanklin
G. W. Menzies
Chicago
Shanklin
Kimg
Mr. Richardson
Dadge Richardson
Mr. Shanklin
Menzies
Holt
Robert C. Bell
Bell
Ubis
Bellamy Sutton
Shelby
Criminal Court
John W. Kern
Mr. Kern
Marion County
J. E. Mee Cullough
Seventh District
John W. Bern
Oelock
Committee of Resolutions
Cyrus F. McNutt
Murphy
Cuba
United States
Democratic Party
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Turpie
Senate
Huon
Claude Matthews
Matthew
McNutt
Bynum
Congress
Sergeant Corrigan
Mr. Bynum
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Turpi
Ike
Chaimman Bell
Po- Hee
Friends of
John E. Garmat
Lamb
Netinnating
Traver Cleveland
Cleveland
Shively
George W. Cooper
Columbus
Eeuee Shively
Cooper
St. Louis
John C. Lawler
Washington County
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Dubois
PF. E. McGinley
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Jude
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Ralston
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A. H. Allen
Madison County
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Miami
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Wells
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Ernst
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Hartford
Kollmyer
Reputer
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Henry County
Moon
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Corydon
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Pulaski
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Sinclair
Robert P. Mayfield
Knox County
Charles A. Porter
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Cass County
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Noble County
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Silver and gold market notes and a sea of calamities
A sweeping recap covers silver bullion at seventy cents, mine disasters in Wittston and Petras, drownings in Wisconsin and Iowa, a fatal runaway in Manistee, and a list of political moves toward McKinley and the gold standard. It notes bank liquidations, court actions, and legal cases across several states.
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Chicago
Shewan's Lake
Wisconsin
Joseph Moore
Monongahela City
New York Stock Exchange
R. R. Blacker
Manistee
Mich
Clarence Sheets
Lawrence
Kas
Mr. McKinley
Joseph Cocking
Port Tobacco
W. A. Summers
Kalamazoo
Tron City National Bank
Lime
Tex
Gorman
Ed Genawater
Afton
Wittston
Political alignments and 1896 election forecasts
Taubeneck of the People's party warns that silver Republicans and Populists will form a national ticket and deny Republicans electors west of the Mississippi. He predicts Democrats cannot win the South without Populist aid and that major states could shift to Republicans or Populists depending on silver policy. Also reports Yale ivy controversy and a fatal horse kick near Windfall.
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Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Iowa
California
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People’s Party
Democrats
H. E. Tatreneck
Dr. Twitchell
Woolsey
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Robert E. Lee
Ivy Committee
Erickson Kilgore
Lyman Trumbull Dies in Chicago at 81
Former Illinois statesman Lyman Trumbull died in Chicago on June 25 after a long illness. Born in Colchester Connecticut on October 12, 1813, he served in Congress in 1848, was elected US Senator in 1855 with opponents including Lincoln, and had a public career spanning Democrat Republican and Populist affiliations.
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Chicago
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Colchester
Conn
Congress
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Gavery
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Republican Party
Trumbull
Supreme Court
Washington
Tillman Preaches Free Silver in New York at Cooper Union
Senator Tillman of South Carolina spoke at Cooper Union to inaugurate New York Citys first organized free silver movement. He attacked the New York press and President Cleveland, urging voters to oppose Wall Street influence and promising to win at the polls despite millions in wealth.
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Thomas C. Pratt
McKinley
Hobart
Penna
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West Virginia
Willie Joyner
Maiden
Petras
Brushy Mountain
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New York City
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Africa
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World and Local News Summary
Fires devastate British Columbia as forests burn uncontrollably. A would be assassin halted before harming the Shah of Persia. Venezuela frees Harrison the British Guiana surveyor after U S intercession. Brazil grants a land telephone concession to a rival firm despite English Cable Company protests. An international husbandry conference in Paris endorses a bimetallic approach. A Tokyo cable reports a catastrophic Japanese earthquake and tsunami with thirty thousand deaths. No American casualties. A feud in Kentucky ends with Hannibal Vernon shot by cousin William Vernon during a church waiting period. wife and four children witnessed the killing.
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