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Show DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS. Fivte of Them Meet Today to Select Delegates Dele-gates to Chicago. Louisville, Ky., May 25. The democratic demo-cratic state convention which assembled here at noun promises to be one of the most interesting held in this state in recent years. Henry AVatterson is determined that the delegation to Chicago shall be in line for Senator Hill, while ex-Governor Proctor Knott and ex-Attorney-General Harding and 1 other leaders are just as determined that the Blue Grass .-state shall loom up solidly for ex-President Cleveland. The latter, it is claimed, has a large majority of the delegates dele-gates in the convention, although the indications indi-cations are tiiat there are enough of the opposition op-position to make music. Ex-Governor Proctor Knott lias recently i returned from a trip through the northwest, J anil say that the democratic feeling in thaS section of the county lor Cleveland is absqW lutely universal, ami that lie does not sM-lieve sM-lieve that anyone else will be placed in sW-ioua sW-ioua nomination before the conventual. 1 1 nry Watterson will "bo one of the dqJ-'-gatea, together with World's Fair Commissioner Commis-sioner McKeuzie. Tlie delegates from aiM'Ut thirty-five counties favor an uninstruBted delegation free to declare its choice byBthe conditions existing at the time of the K-'hi-cago convention, while the balaueePare bout equally divided between Clevtwand and Carlisle. m AT TUKXToX. B Tkextox, N.J., May 25. The democratic state convention for the purpose of ejecting delegates to Chicago was c alled to odcr at Taylor Opera house at noon by Horn. Alex McDermott. Hon. John Swift, jit, was made temporary chairman, and in a winging address prophesied democratic vietupi y next fall. An allusion to ex-President Cleveland was received with loud and eontiuLcd applause. ap-plause. This afternoon the eonveufton will select a solid Cleveland delegation, lMotv.ith-standing lMotv.ith-standing the fact that up to a few (Umjs sgo Governor Leon Abbctt and bis fnllLiwers were avowed supporters of Senator Htil. The explanation given for the sumder. change, which has been led fey United Sljitcr. Seuators MePherson and Blodgett, is Bliat Cleveland is needed to hold the state Aexi fall, owing to the strong campaign tha:I the republicans made in the recent nuiriiclipal elections amd which they propose to continue until November. The result of the Jearsey ( ity election has convinced the democratic leaders that hard work wiil be necessary from now on, and that, it will not be sale to go into the campaign with a new and Ivul-I Ivul-I ueriible standard bearer. I VANKTON DEMOCRAT V. Yankton, S. D., May 25. The democratic state convention will be called to order ak 4 o'clock this afternoon at Turner hall my Hon, Otto Teemiller. AH the delegates uVe on the gronucl, and interviews with them indicate in-dicate that Cleveland is the almost unanimous unani-mous choice. At the same time the sentiment senti-ment is favorable to the eight delegated going to Chieagojuninstructed. This is the first time that the South Dakota democrats have had a voice in the choice of a candidate candi-date for the presidency of the Cnited States, and the convention will therefore be one of the most interesting in the history of the Dakotas. Hon. Bartlett Tripp of Yankton will head the delegation. Colorado's opening. DzXYBB, May 25. The hotels are crowded with delegates to the democratic state convention con-vention which assembles this afternoon. This morning the delegates to Chicago from districts are being elected, no district convention con-vention having been held. The free silver , men appear to be largely in the majority, and the indications point to fin - . :W P delegation to Chicago, favoring any candidate candi-date who is in accord with the democracy ill Colorado on the silver question. J AT VAN CO I YKK. j Yax ot vru. Wash., May 25. The stite democratic convention opened here this pf-ternoon. pf-ternoon. The delegation to Chicago w ill (lie unanimous for Cleveland, the few promincjnt Hill men who were active a month ago lutve given up in disgust. Many of the county democratic conventions have rttfused to tip-prove tip-prove any candidate for national delegates until they had all publicly avowed themselves them-selves for Cleveland. SOUTH DAKOTA OK MOCK ATS. They w ill Struggle Over a Committeepnan Other 1'olitical Points. Yankton, S.D., May 25. Twelve hunJflred delegates are here to attend the demoeJratic state convention. A severe struggle i expected ex-pected over the selection of a national committeeman com-mitteeman . II. F. Fellows will be tcnipor-ary tcnipor-ary chairman. Contesting Delegations From LouisiLna. Baton Rocge, La., May 25. A final) attempt at-tempt to harmonize the differences between the MeKnery and Foster factions failedand contesting delegations will be sent to the democratic national convention. Vancouver Democrats. Vancouver, Wash., May 25. The democratic dem-ocratic state convention met this mor ning to choose delegates to the national convention. conven-tion. T Arkansas Delegates to St. I.ouisi Litti.f. RVx k. Ark. May 25. Governor Eagle has appointed delegates to the Optional Option-al Nicaragua Canal convention at St. Louis. |
