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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1896
Page
4
Reports from the national convention scene describe delegates from New York and other states weighing silver and gold platforms. Leaders like Flower Hill and Warner push or resist, with talk of temporary chairmen, seating disputes, and potential independent moves as blocs jockey for influence and votes.
Four Utah women will sit as alternate delegates at the silver convention and lobby from hotel rooms shouting for free silver and presidential candidates. Utah members claim the new state will show the world the strong role women can play in politics.
A Special Wire report from Washington says the postmaster general uncovered a scheme by certain railroads to dodge postage on mail for railroad officials and employees. Mail was exchanged between roads and carried in large envelopes via baggage handlers at major terminals like New York, Buffalo, and York, obscuring routes and avoiding standard charges. The discovery prompts scrutiny of interline exchanges and baggage handling practices across routes.
In Gaithersburg a mob forcibly released Sidney Randolph from Rockville jail and hanged him on a pike two miles west of Rockville after the Buxton family assault and the death of Saddle Buxton. Deputies found the body as masked men forced entry at dawn, demanding jail keys and dragging the suspect to the crime scene where a rope ended his life. The vigilante action dispersed quietly, with no confessions obtained.
Maryland's Democratic delegation to the national convention gathered at Camden station for a 10:30 Baltimore and Ohio train to Chicago. Twenty two people traveled quietly with delegates, leaders and reporters. Charles G. Crothers of Cecil county resigned as a delegate-at-large, prompting Talbott to fill his and another vacancy after Marion De Kalb Smith's withdrawal.
A Constantinople telegram reports the Porte reached an understanding with the powers over a pending issue. In Panama a dispatch notes a critical Ecuador situation with Gen. Bowen jailed in Callao after a clash. Kansas Republican papers rally to McKinley on the platform while others bolt. unrest reported in Philadelphia and Armenia after new outbreaks.
In Cleveland on July 4 union tensions flare after Brown Hoisting Machine layoffs. Reports of violence and a fatal shooting as workers rally for a funeral for a striken comrade. A large labor procession threatens a monster demonstration with many unions signing on.
Nelson Pothaimas, agent for Cuban rebels in Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi, claims $2,000,000 worth of Tanés sold recently with $89,000,000 more at 0.89 on the dollar. He says Spain is straining, Cuba is well funded, and about 58,000 more troops could be sent. his report describes Cuban leadership, government, and capital near Puesto Taincipe, while notes on Spanish casualties and conditions are included.
A lengthy New York Fourth of July report describes Tammany Hall’s public and social scenes with speeches praising patriotism and lamenting Grover Cleveland. It notes reactions from national figures including Stevenson Til, Richard Olney, and Hoke Smith, urging the Democratic party to embrace free silver coinage rather than a policy seen as risky.
Report on the 91st district Texas convention held in Pearsall with officer elections, committee appointments, and a resolution expressing support for President Grover Cleveland while noting some Democrats disagreement on tariff policy. Also brief sports notes from Austin and San Antonio games and local convention remarks on representation and discipline.
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