Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1896 — SPRAGUE FOR GOVERNOR. [ARTICLE]

SPRAGUE FOR GOVERNOR.

Michigan Gold Democrat* Make a Fight All Along the Line. The gold standard Democratic State convention was held at Lansing Wednesday. There were about 150 delegatee present when the convention was called to order by Thomas A. Wilson, of Jackson, the provisional chairman. The resolutions read in part: "We renounce the late Chicago convention as undemocratic in its representation, arbitrary and dishonorable in its methods, revolutionary in, its platform and populistic in its nominations. We refuse to support its candidates or obey its mandates.’’ The present national administration is indorsed, the maintenance of the existing gold standard demanded and the free aud unlimited coinage of silver opposed. A full State ticket was nominated as follows: Governor. Rufus T. Sprague, Greenville; Lieutenant Governor. A. B. Eldridge, Marquette; Secretary of State, S. L. Boyce, St. Clair: State Treasurer, Wilder D. Stevens, Kent; Auditor General, Irving W. Conkey, Berrien; Land Commissioner, A. M. Tinker, Jackson; Attorney General, Cyrus E. Lathrop, Detroit; Superintendent of Public Instruction. William Heap, Muskegon; Member of State Board of Education, John S. Taggert. Shiawassee. The following were named as presidential electors: At large. John S. Farr of Kent and Samuel T. Douglas of Wayne: First District. R. IV. Gillette, Wayne; Second District, John Strong. Monroe: Third District, H. 11. Hamilton, Eaton; Fourth District. John E. Barnes. Berrien; Fifth District. John W. Champion, Kent; Sixth District, Joseph T. Titus, Livingstone; Seventh District. IV. T. Mitchell, . St. Clair; Eighth District, John Moore. Saginaw; Ninth District, Alex. D. Mann, Muskegon; Tenth District, C. J. Palethorp. Wayne: Eleventh District, Edward IV. Hudnut, Mecosta; Twelfth District, A. L. Sawyer, Menominee. MICHIGAN SILVER MEN Name Charles R. Sligh as the Head of Their State Ticket. The Michigan silver men in convention at Bay City late Wednesday night agreed upon a State ticket? It was announced in the Democratic convention shortly after 11 o’clock that Justin R. IVhiting had withdrawn from the field in favor of Charles R. Sligh of Grand Rapids for Governor, who was thereupon nominated by acclamation. Mr. Whiting was then nominated by acclamation for Lieutenant Governor. For Treasurer, Otto E. Karste of Ironwood, a Democrat, was named; for Auditor'General, Arthur E. Cole of Livingstone County, a Populist; for Attorney General, Alfred J. Murphy of Detroit; a Democrat; for Land Commissioner. Martin G. Loenecker of Jackson. a Populist; Superintendent of Public Instruction, David E. Haskins of Millsdale. a Democrat. When the Democrats met Wednesday morning the Conference Committee reported that after a lengthy discussion of the claims of all parties to the agreement it had decided to recommend a union ticket, ami first, that the ticket be headed by the word Democratic. Not a voice was raised in opposition to the report. The Conference Committee was instructed to report tiie action of the convention to the other parties, and the gathering then took a recess.

II hen the afternoon session opened the sergeant-at-arms announced that the People's party and Inion Silver conventions iverc at the door. An order to admit them was given and as they entered the spacious auditorium the new arrivals were given an enthusiastic greeting. T. E. Tarsney, Dr. Nichols and Mr. Wilson of .Jackson were .appointed a ‘sommiftee on permanent organization‘and order o£ business. Nominating and seconding speeches were limited to live minutes. Mr. Watkins of lonia nominated Mr. Sligh, wlto was seconded by a half-dozen speakers. When the Sixth District was reached T. R. Shields of Livingstone nominated Solomon R. Bignail of Fowlerville. O’Brien J. Atkinson of Port Huron nominated Mr. Whititig. Then followed a score of supports for both Mr. Whiting and Mr. Sligh, Mr. Bignali's name being withdrawn in favor of Mr. Whiting. lOWA GOLD DEMOCRATS Select Their Electoral Ticket and Cheer Cleveland's Name. With cheers for- President Cleveland, gold and "true democracy,” as they see it, the lowa gold Democratic State convention was called to order at the Des Moines Grand Opera House Wednesday morning by Henry Vollmer, State chairman. More than 700 delegates were present, ninetythree counties being represented. Each wore a badge of gold silk, and each mounted his chair and cheered with a will Temporary Chairman Markley’s speech, in which he arraigned Gen. Weaver, Tillman, Gov. Altgeld and the silver Democracy generally. Ho applauded the administration of Grover Cleveland, and declared that democracy, as an organization, had fallen into the hands of the enemy. The electors at large, W. IV. Witmer of Des Moines and J. E. E. Markley of Mason City, and all of the district electors were nominated with the understanding that they would enter upon a vigorous canvass .which should last until election day. The platform was written by Henry Vollmer of Davenport and W. W. Baldwin of Burlington. It recognizes the value of party organization, but denies the right of the majority of a convention to adopt a platform at variance with the cardinal principles of the party. It denounces various'’undemocratic planks in the Chicago platform and adheres to the time-honored principles of the Democratic party. The convention gave no attention to State issues, and the light this fall will be along national lines. ' Opposed at Any Ratio. The gold Democrats of Rhode Island Wednesday repudiated the Chicago convention aud passed this resolution: “IV e insist upon the maintenance of the present gold standard of money and oppose the free and independent coinage of silver at any ratio.”