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Show SGtffll JlLlllll'lUTS. They Meet At Springfield Today To Offer a Few Victims on the Political Alter. WISCONSIN PROTESTANTS PROTEST A General Lot of Special News at Home and Abroad Carefully Sorved Up. Spkingkield, 111., Juuo 4. Special. Although the stale democratic convention con-vention was summoned to meet at 12 o'clock m., it was long after that hour when Delos Phelps, the chairman of the executive committee mounted the platform plat-form ami called the mooting to the order. or-der. The chairman in his address reviewed re-viewed the political situation in the state and predicted a triumph for the democracy iu November if good candidates candi-dates were selected and the various elements iu the parly wore harmonized, after which he made an onslought on tho McKiuley bill. The convention is composed of 674 delegates, of whom 2'-l represent Cook county. The proceedings pro-ceedings will attract attention all over the country from the fact that a movement inaugurated some mouths ago to nominate John M. Palmer for the United States senate will today receive, re-ceive, the formal approval of the convention, con-vention, nearly ajl the delegates having been instructed on this point. This is the lirst time since Lincoln was named by tho republicans that a convention has directly nominated a candidate for the senate, and the democrats expect good results from it as Palmer is very popular in the slate and is an excellent campaigner. The candidates to be elected this fall are a slate treasurer, a superintendent of public instruction and three trustees of the university of Illinois. The main contest will bo' for the nomination of state treasurer. The candidate from Chicago would probably prob-ably be nominated if he could muster a solid delegation. |