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Show STATE CONVENTIONS. Tinnriece lhmwrali Inilruclrd to Hlo si a Inlt fur (Itolir tlcietmnl. COLOflCD CITIZCND' STATC OCM-CCRATIC OCM-CCRATIC ORGANIZATION. Tbo happened I Uu of the lllaluo Jim. Iteiuibllcani. "1'ro- I llillluiiliK 111 Trie r.ili ti la New i imii mi ai. tin tiM.H. Trmi.nie li.uurrnl. lor 1 1.1. Lull lulutril llrutarral. ltr.iilMrait Nakiiviui., Tcou, May I'd Tbu Democratic rjttlu (.ouveutlou met thl altetnoon. A thousaud. driegatee nte iii itteiilauir. Hon. l.sini.t I'lllon, n strong Clsvilaud man, Is teuitary chairman. The lueuilou of Clevelsuj'a name 111 hi ieili of accctaueu whs rf luroutly cneored Kx Uuveruur l'urtersvl the Clevo laud ball rolling by Introducing n leiolutlull, heitllly endorsing Cleve land, and Intlruellug Ihe delegate to votu as a unit lor him. Thla was received re-ceived Willi wild nppluuiu aud to ferred tu the committee uu resolutions. Delegate Wrsuna lulroduied a retu lutluu watluly endotuog Cleveland as tha logical candidate uf the Demo-ctatlo Demo-ctatlo tarty, aud demanded that tho deh gate selected al UieHyracuee con ventioit lw admllled to the Chicago conventlou as loyal delegatus of the ritaivoiNcw York. This was prompt- ly tabled. A recess was theu taicn till altetnoon, when after the op4liil meul uf W. Diiiutine ta fetiuaiient clialtman and a numhvt of rjeeche tliecoiivcntlounalu adjoutned until evening. At the uvunlug luatloo a platform wan adopted dtclailnt. against Kenieral ceotraiizttlon, buuuties and subsides, and ovary socles uf cloos Irgltlation, deuuumts the billion dollar Congress thu MeKlnley act, tlis rcclroclty lolicy, reekletui granting of !utlont, lid lavets the gruduallun tax Income, favor curtency of gold, silver and fat at, convertible tuto com at lha option (f tba holder, aud lu tuch auiuunhiaa will meet builnuts neccttl tics, aud further favors the parity uf thu two uictalsa the commercial unit of value und legsl lender fur the pay. moulofalldetti, fubllo and prlvaie-, a the) existed down to thu lulamou demonel'utlou cf silver lu 1ST J by the Itepublkaii iarly, aud further favor the cunllnuod colusgu of silver and gold bullion In such manner that every dollar so coined will Le eiuul lo uvery uther dollar. Iho tutlounl bank Rtleui Is declared to ha a monop. ul). tlruver Cleveland Is warmly on dorsid nud Ibe delegates are Instructed In-structed ta votu as a unii lor lilnlnonil-nation. lilnlnonil-nation. 1U Uovetuur James 1). Tor-tor, Tor-tor, J.O. lltadford, J. M. Taylor and D. D. Anderson are selcctej a delegatus dele-gatus at Urge lo C'hli ago. AhlllN. May SJ. Tho Colotrd Citizens' Htata Democratic orginlz. tlon met lu convintlsn hero todsy. About ISO delegates weto ptisent. Temporary Chairman Laming, of llrooklyn, mado a speech warmly tulo-glitlouf tulo-glitlouf Cleveland. A filiform wat aloted which declaim that by tho I ulltlcal dlvitlon of their vote lha col ored cltlseui will not leopardlzo Ihelr advancement as long as II Is founded ujion honest dlferouces of ofluton of vital question of public policy, aud lbat the greatest bop of prospetlty fjr them la cjmmou with all the peoi le of the country lies lu the trlumf li ol the prluelilesofdemocracy. There atoln Ihu country 1,4)7,000 legal colored voters, aud the accident of color should not control the w ay In which thu men should vote, Southern outtages are drj recited and ohargod to Itepublican admlnlitratlou, thu platform saying "Under a Democrstlo administration for four years peace and pruiprrlty prevailed, pre-vailed, demonttratlng the lutluenco a Democratlo President could tlghtlully exett." Tha platfoim furtbet declares In favor of a freo ballot, au honetl count, cijusl educational advantages In schools tor colored children In Ihe Hotitti. and assert that the Democratlo I aity is thu poor man's party, A monition mo-nition was nilo ted protettlng against thu action of tho present Itepublican national administration In falling to give representation to the colored neo-I neo-I lu of the cuuntry on thu World's I air commietlou LLA1NI. MIS. Xrn Yum;, May 0 The rumored coufcrencu to hu hel 1 at the 1 iflh Avenue hotel by the lllalne men ha been abiudooed, but It I understood, neveltliolo.a, that a plan to tai lure the Mliiuiaiollsionventlon for lho"uiin from Maine" I altetilydeelJed upon, Ihit every ullott will be mnHo for hla nomluatlon uu Ihu Ilrst ballot, aud hu will not be consulted as to whether he will permit III name lo hu used. Of thu uxpectod anthllartliou contest, con-test, tho Irilune aas Clarkaon luv. ored a conference of lha trader so the situation could bu fully dlacuiaed. 11 has txeu deciied, however, to postpone It until robably Haturday, Junu l.h, at Minneapolis. 1 hu Itn uf Ihe Iltaluu men li said to loacarefully conveuled style of flll-huatrtlng flll-huatrtlng lu convention uutll It U definitely irttled thai a nomination U Impotiible. Then wheu all bopu of liomloatlng llatrlion ur any other caulldato la ubauiloued lllalne will be called tiiion as the ouly man to break the deadlock nud be nominated with a hurrah. A HUT SEaAION. Four WAiiNh, Ind.tMay M The Taelllli district Itepublican conen. tlon hadn hot tit.lou here today. The Harrison and antl Harrison men had a hot fight over the si Ire tlon of achalr-lllall. achalr-lllall. The vote was clnee, but the nutl secured It lttsohitions weru ado ted'deciarlng that ubllo opinion us to presidential candidate ha undergone under-gone atiiuarkahlu chaugo In tho liast two weeks, warmly endorsing lllalne, and Instructing the Twelfth illsttlct delegates totitt their votu for lilui, 1S1JIA.NA blATU litoiunniuNisis, lMUANAiiiLts, May in. M. W. Haiklns was elected as iemianeut ojialrmah h) the Htllo l'rohlbllloliltlt thli morning. The platform ulopled teaniimt the well known ptluclf Ira or ,tho riohlbltlonlsts, favora womau suffrace, govetument control of trans portallou and communication, tho esiabllibmentj of government poital avlngi lankl, gradusted Uiatlon and declare thogoverouient, without the Inteteeutlon of banks, should liaue circulating medium tufflclvnl In vol iiniuforlhetranucllou of the volume of luilues. Ilev. Aaron Wortltwae nominated for governor; lieutenant governor, J. CulbrtUonJ eeuetiry of Htate, Janus W. Cotmlck, audllor, 1 rank Taggari, trraeuttr, II. 11. Maore, attorney-general, CH.Itobblnt; reioiter ill tenia court, John W, llaoon, lupiriutoudenl lulllc lutttuc Hon, 1.. A. Drwrie; statlstletau, M. 1.. Hhell;suteine Judge, third dlstilct, Itohetl Denny, BOUTII CAIIOI IVA I IIOtllllfl'OMISia. CoLUHhlA, 8. C, May 20. The 1'ro-lilbllluli 1'ro-lilbllluli Htate culiventlou, after a hatd right, ducldid uot lu place a Hlate ticket lu thu field, lha fight betweeu Tiltnuu and Hheatd for tha Demo ditto nomination for governor being so hot Hint the convention knew no vole could I a dlvetlrd from elthet. Thenouveutloii decided to tnMJ.it Ihu Democratlo Hlate convention to have a Uu plaie-l at each ll In the Demo cratlo ptlmatle. which Is the teal else tloitilnlhe Htate, lu which the volets might east Ihelr ballot for or against imbibition. |