Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1896 — THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. [ARTICLE]

THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.

Three Men XV ho Are Candidates for the Honor. With the Republican nomination disposed of, the attention of the country will be directed toward -Chicago,_wLere_ihi Democratic convention will meet .July 7 to place in nomination candidates sot President and Vice-President and adopt a platform. Who the nominees will be is a matter- of conjecture, but, a press correspondent says, there is no longer any doubt that the platform will deciare 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 thaUcanhoTbeToreseeur The present probabilities favor Horace Boies, of lowa, but there are other strong candidates, such as William R. Morrison of Illinois, Richard 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 defeated Foraker and was himself defeated by McKinley and Bushnell. He is about 50 years of age. Claude Matthews is the farmer-statesman who since 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.