Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. [ARTICLE]

THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.

three Meg Who Are Candidates ft>r the Honor. With the Republican nomination disposed of, the attention of the country will be directed toward Chicago, wLere the Democratic convention will meet July 7 to place in nomination candidates toi President and Vice-President and adopt a platform. Who the nominees will be is-a matter of conjecture, but, a press correspondent stfys, there is no longer any doubt that the platform will declare for the free coinage of silver. The silver element will control the gathering and will doubtless dictate the nomination. Whether they select an out-and-out silver man for President or take a milder one —solid silver with a gold lining—will depend upon circumstances that cannot be foreseen. The present probabilities favor Horace Boies, of lowa, but there are other strong candidates, such as William R. Morrison of Illinois, Richafd Park Bland of Missouri, James E. Campbell of Ohio, Claude Matthews of Indiana, and Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina. All of these are too well known to require even a brief biography. Mr. Campbell is the distinguished ex-Governor of Ohio, who defeased Foraker and was himself defeated by McKinley and Bushnell. He is about 60 years of age. Claude Matthews is the farmer-statesman who sfnee 1892 has been Governor of Indiana and has distinguished himself as an able executive. Benjamin R. Tillman first came into national prominence when as Governor of South Carolina he introduced the dispensary laws which placed the liquor traffic under the control of the State. He has since gained notoriety by his erratic course in the United States Senate.