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). H. ESTILL. President. 1
1 OfJ fl.
est Vote to Gome on Tem
porary Chairmanship.
ILL THE SOUMOXEY HERO
ational Committee to Make Him
Its Nominee.
ILVERITES TO BE SAVAGE.
I' Will Demand a Man From
Their Own Ranks.
Refusal to Accept the Commtt-
Selection Mill Kereme Deni
ratic Ppece.lent an.l tlie Goltl-
K* Milling to Fight It Out on
int Line—No Material Change In
e Relative Positions of the- As
rants for the Presidential Nom
atlon.
Icago, July s.—The crisis in the na
il democratic prospects will probably
fached to-morrow. It may be preeip
d by the decision of the national com
ee as to the temporary chairman of
invention. There is a well grounded
f to-night that the sound money ma
y of that committee will recommend
te convention that Senator David B.
of New York be the temporary chalr
e knowledge that this was the Intcn
of the committee Is said to furnish
explanation of Mr. Hill’s absence from
gold men's mass meeting last night.
> has thus escaped the denunciations
■h the silver men at the Sherman
se have lavished with unsparing
ues to-day upon ex-Gov. Flower, Sen-
Gray, Mr. MacVeagh and District
rney Fellows for their position In that
ering. There is an openly expressed
•e on the part of the silver men to
s the fight from the beginning upon
temporary chairmanship, and George
I Williams of Massachusetts, one of
latest claimed accessions to the silver
is, Is spoken of as a desirable eastern
to put forward in antagonism to
itor Hill. The sound money men are
ng and Senator Hill is .even said to
:ager to have the fight opened upon
issue. They assert that to antag
s the recommendation of a national
mittee in the matter of the temporary
nization would be such a breach of
ocratic tendencies and usages, that
lemocratic convention could reasona
be expected to sanction it by its do
ate vote.
Harris of Tennessee appears to
■ generally accepted as the majority
Hoice for permanent president. If he
■ould take t'he chair it is thought he
H excuse himself from making any
on the plea that sickness has left
physical strength somewhat impaired.
H i<- leading booms continue in full view,
r Dick Bland’s trumpeters are mak
the most of the jiromHed accession
iiis nomination as assured.
Boies men are not yet here in full
His “boomers” are to arrive in
sections to-morrow, when they will
Hi'Ply abundant enthusiasm bo add-to
He pieturesqueness of the contest.
H’he Telierites profess sueh'*absolute con-
H> nee In the nomination and election of
H> Colorado senator (though his own
Hate delegation stands committed to
H>i< s) that they are already bargaining
Hr a partition of the spoils of office be-
Heen the original Teller men and their
Hmocratlc allies.
HMr. McLean continues to be named very
■ lensively for either first or second place,
Hi lias apparently gained considerable
■rength during the day.
■Considerable opposition is developing to
He holding of any caucus to determine In
■Dance of the meeting of the convention
■hat shall be the course of the silver
■n. Supporters of Senator Blackburn’s
■ndidates take the lead in declaring their
■lention to refuse to enter any such
■ ucus. They want the convention to set
■ the matter, and they promise to abide
■r its decision.
FIRST TEST VOTE.
I ■* Apt to Come on HUl'm Name for
Temporary Chairman.
■Chicago, July s.—Senator Hill was walt
■ upon to-day by a number of prominent
■ver men, who used all sorts of argu
■ents to induce the New York senator
■ withhold permission for the use of bis
■me as temporary chairman by the na
■nal committee. Among the callers
■re Senators Vest and Cockrell of Mis
■uri, White of California and Walsh of
and other active silver men.
■ nator Hill was told that it would be
to allow his name to be presented
Hieiaily, to be bowled over by the silver
Hijority which is fexpected to rule the
■ listened respectfully to all the ar
■mients presented, but was unaffected
■ >’•'* position by what was said to him
■<- declined to make any statement for
■ Miration as to his attitude, but others
H>.t to him said that he is not the man
■ give up a fight on the eve of the bat
■• I' D believed that Senator Hill is
H' one man who can prevent a bolt by
■e gold standard money men
m the east if a free sil
■ platform is adopted, and a free
Hvt man nominated hy ihe convention
■d that if the senator wore to bow to
■'' wishes o. the sliver leaders and refuse
■e use of his naijie by th, national com
■ ttee for temporary Cha. ,nan he would
■ longer he in a position to check a bolt
■ koid delegates, fin- efforts of the
<2ljr ill turning Sartos.
silver men may, therefore, be set down
as ineffectual.
If the national committee, at its meet
ing to-morrow, decides to present the
name of Senator Hill for temporary chair
man, It may be authoritatively stated
that Senator Hill will stand-and that the
overthrow of the programme mapped out
by the national committee will bring mat
ters to a head between the gold and sil
ver men at the opening of the conven
tion on Tuesday. The gold men know
that a test vote must be met, and many
of them believe It better to meet it on
the selection of temporary chairman, with
all the precedents of regularity on their
side, than to have the Issue presented on
more even terms later on. They question
the ability of the silver men to hold their
men together on a vote to overthrow the
decision of the national committee, and
to turn down a man who deserves so
well of his party as David B. Hill. Such
an irregular beginning to the convention,
followed by other arbitrary acts by the
majority, the gold men claim, would fully
justify them In bolting and refusing their
support to the nominee.
Senator Hill shook hands with hundreds
of his friends and admirers during the
day. He had a word of cheer and encour
agement for all wlio are trying to stay
the drift toward free silver. He said that
he believed the unit rule on states and
the two-thirds rule on nominations, both
time-honored customs of the democratic
party, would stand In this convention. He
said that all the talk about there being
one free silver man in the New York del
egation was nonsense; that each and ev
ery man from the Empire State was for
gold, and they would all vote for gold,
even if the unit rule was done away with.
He told a story being circulated at the
Sherman House to the effect that a man
named Lockwood, claiming to be a dele
gate from the Thirty-second district of
New York,was for silver. He declared that
•the man named w-aa either an impostor
or a myth. The sound money delegates
from Michigan called upon Senator Hill
at his headquarters this afternoon. The
senator received the delegation very cor
dailly. Elliott G. Stevenson, on behalf
of the delegation, told Mr. Hill that the
gold men of Michigan were with him and
would fight for the cause of sound money
to the end.
Mr. Hill said he was glad to have such
faithful advocates of the cause and hoped
success would crown the fight. "We are
all working to that end,” said the sena
tor, "and we will at least put up a glo
rious fight.”
At the conclusion of the Interview, the
Michiganders gave three cheers for the
New York senator.
Mr. Stevenson, In speaking relative to
the fight in the Michigan delegation be
tween the gold men and the silverites,
said: "Sixteen of our delegates are Ir
revocably pledged to gold and twelve are
for silver. Our state convention ordered
the unit rule to prevail In their delegation.
It will prevail, and our vote will be for
gold, unless the national committee shall
otherwise ordain. The twelve sliver men
have openly declared that they will rule
this delegation, even if they have to do
so by main force. We do not fear them
at thetr worst, and I am confident that
Michigan willbe found In the gold column
solidly with the 2S votes.”
DELEGATES POURING IN.
Every Train Unloading Men Wlio
Are to Re In the llnttle.
Chicago, July 5.—A number of delega
tions, chiefly from southern states, ar
rived to-day. One of the most noticeable
was the Texas, at the head of which were
Congressman Joseph W. Bailey, Gov. C.
A. Culberson and Hon. John H. Reagan,
the ex-postmaster general of the con
federacy. They had with them Mark El
lison, whose "rebel yell" has made him
famous in national conventions. The
Texas delegates are united and enthus
iastic for free silver and Bland, and Mr.
Bailey Is expected to second the presenta
tion of the name of "Silver Dick” on be
half of the delegation from the Lone Star
state.
Next after the Texans came the mem
bers of the Louisiana delegation. Im
mediately after their arrival Congress
man Lane, of Illinois engaged In a vigor
ous discussion of the merits of candidate
Bland. Mr. Lane asked the Louisiana
man If he was for Bland.
“Show me that he is big enough for the
place and I’ll support him,” wa3 the
prompt response. '
“Well, he is big enough," hotly I'etorted
Mr. Lane,” and the people are for him.”
“Now, Lane,” said Mr. Robertson, “you
and I know each other, and we know
Bland. I served eight years with him on
the coinage, weights and measures com
mittee in the House of Representatives,
and while no one can or does question his
honesty, he does not measure up to the
standard ’that the American people re
quire of their candidates for President.
What’s the matter with Boies?”
Then It became Mr. Lane’s turn to as
sail Gov. Boies, contending that, as shown
by his recently published letter, Gov. Boies
was not sound on the sliver question as
recently as a year ago, and that he owed
his success in lowa to the prohibition
movement. "He is not the kind of man."
said Mr. Lane, "the democrats want on
a free silver platform. The only trouble
with Bland,” he added, “as far as you
men from the south are concerned, is that
he 1s called a southern man. and you are
afraid to vote for him. You’re political
cowards, that’s what hurts you. If Illi
nois can afford to give Bland 48 votes, as
she will do, the southern delegates ought
to have courage enough to second her 1
efforts in his behalf.”
There the discussion then ended.
Senator Tillman arrived at the head of
the advance guard of the South Carolina
delegation. He comes with a little state
boom for the presidency, but at the first
opportune moment 1t is under he will turn
his votes over to Mr. Bland.
The calieus of the Missouri delegation,
which was held last night, resulted in
no positive action, further than the se
lection of Senator Cockrell as a member
of the committee on resolutions. The
candidacy of Mr. Bland and the policy to
be pursued In order to make the work in
his behalf as effective as possible, was
discussed from 10 o’clock until almost 1
o’clock in the morning, a number of very
enthusiastic speeches being made.
Congressman de Armond advo
cated the indorsement hy the
delegation of the caucus of the silver
men, which lias been proposed for the
purpose of determining who shall he the
silver candidate. This was antagonized
by Senator Vest. Not for the reason,
however, that he was opposed to anything
that Mr. Bland's friends wanted, hut be
cause he considered It had policy at the
present time. In one of his characteristic
speeches Mr. Vest called attention to the
fact that Mr. Bland was the leading can
didate. and would, in all probability, be
the choice of the convention.. Tf the Mis
souri delegation were to take the ini
tiative in this matter, their action night
be construed, Senator Vest said, as an
effort on the part of Missouri to unduly
hasten matters and take snap judgment
in favor erf lte candidate. It might also,
he feared, be unacceptable to delegations
from other states who had candidates to
come before the convention. Senator \ est
believed that the first steps with respect
to this proposed caucus should be taken
by the delegations pledged to no partlcu-
lar candidate, and directed that as soon
as this was done Missouri could properly
pjrticipate in its proceedings. This ad
vice was followed, and no action was
taken on the subject.
All the members of the Illinois delega
tion have not yet reached the city, but
those who are here—a majority of the
whole number—held a conference this
morning at the Sherman House. The
question of the indorsement of a candi
date was Informally discussed and it was
speedily ascertained that a very large ma
jority of the whole delegation was favor
able to the nomination of Mr. Bland. The
delegation will not be complete until to
morrow morning, and, while another con
ference will be held to-night for the pur-
I*ose of conferring with those who ar
rived on the afternoon trains, the for
mal action of the delegates will not be
taken until the conference to-morrow. At
this time, Mr. Bland, through the oper
ation of the unit rule, will be formally
indorsed, and .the members of the various
convention committees will be selected.
It Ts conceded that Senator Harris of
Tennessee will be the permanent chair
man of the convention, and he has made
iiis arrangements to take possession of
the gavel and assume control of a body
that gives promise of requiring the lead
ership of the skilled parliamentarian that
he is. For several weeks, Senator Har
ris has been in ill health, but has recuper
ated and. In his room at the Sherman
House, this morning, told a reported for
the Southern Associated Press that he
was in good physical health and equal to
any emergency to which he might be
called by the will of his jarty. He will
make but a very short speech In accepting
the position, leaving It to the temporary
chairman to sound the key note for the
convention.
Free silver leaders who have been select
ed by the respective delegations as mem
bers of the committee on resolutions, and
others who will undoubtedly form a vast
majority of that Important organization,
have to-day been conferring together with
respect to the text of the platform, and
the subjects that shall be mentioned there
in. Only upon the financial plank has
there been any definite agreement. This
plank is to dominate the whole platform,
and all other matters are to be second
thereto. The exact text has not been
finally determined, but that Is a matter
of detail that can be easily arranged when
the committee gets together. That It will
be a short and clear-cut, concise declara
tion for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at a ration of 16 to 1, is a fore
gone conclusion. Two short sentences
are all that will be necessary to construct
this plank.
The indications are that those who have
hoped the platform would ignore other
matters will be disappointed. Well known
men among those tn control of convention
matters, assert that the tarifT question
must not be overlooked. While there is
a diversity of opinion as to the advisabil
ity of coming out in a flat-footed indorse
ment of the Wilson tariff act. that law
will tie Incidentally indorsed at least. If
the United States senators are permitted
to have their way, the platform will de
clare that the present tariff law should
remain untouched until the exigencies of
the occasion prove that its modification is
absolutely necessary. Whether the Income
Gov. John P. Altgeld of Illinois.
Who is Trying to Play the Part of'"Boss”
of the National Democratic
Convention.
tax, which was declared unconstitutional
hy the supreme court, shall be referred
to is a question upon which there is a
very great dlfTe.ronce of opinion. The ma
jority of the leaders, however, appear to
be in favor of recognizing the principle
that became a part of the Wilson tariff
act, and a determined effort is to be
made by delegates from some of the wes
tern and southern states to secure an
expression on the subjeot. If they fail
it will be because the agitation of the
subjeot is not deemed to be expedient and
not because the majority of the party are
against it.
The administration will not be mention
ed in the platform. Some of the more
radical of the silver men want an em
phatic condemnation of the financial pol
icy of President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle inserted in the platform, but it
is believed that while the administration
will escape censure, the convention will
likewise refuse to commend it, and that
any substitute the gold men may offer
will be voted down by the solid free silver
vote of the convention.
There was a great deal of talk to-day
favorable to a plank that smacks very
largely of what Is known as Jingoism. In
a conversation this afternoon a delegate
who has been selected as a member of the
committee on resolutions, and who will,
in all probability, be its chairman, said
that the democratic party has always
ben the American party, and it was only
during the administration of President
Cleveland that the Americanism of the
party had been cast aside. Therefore, it
is quite likely that the foreign policy of
the present administration will, by indi
rection, at least, be repudiated. If the
programme agreed upon by these gentle
men does not go amiss, the sympathy
of the democratic party will he expressed
for suffering Cuba, and a demand made
for the recognition of its independence
It is not impossible that the desire to
"even things up” with the administration
may lead to the adoption of a plank on
this subject that will be equally strong as
that adopted at St. Louis,
Federal officeholders are beginning trf
come in. but whether or not they wilt
take any part in the proceedings has not
vet developed. Charles H. Hamlin, as
sistant secretary of the treasury, arrived
this morning and started out to find Wil
liam C. Whitney and Don M. Dickinson.
A. A. Wilson, marshal of the District
of Columbia, one of the closest of the
President's personal and political friends
is also here.
j. s. Vansenden, private secretary to
Secretary Carlisle, and a well known dem
ocratic worker in Kentucky, is another ad
ministration man, who Is looking after
things.
Secretary Morton has not been in evi
dence since he reached Chicago. He 13
stopping at the Chicago Club, and does
not frequent the hotel corridors or head
quarters.
Last night’s mass meeting of the gold
men was a remarkable demonstration
from the standpoint of attendance and
of the noted men who spoke or were
present as spectators. The absence of
Senator Hill is causing much comment.
Mr. Hill was asked to attend and make a
speech, but he declined point blank to
do either. Rumors as to bis reasons for
declining to serve a* numerous, but Mr.
SAVANNAH, GA, MONDAY. JULY 6, 1806.
Hill Is not gratifying the cur: -::y of those
who desire to know the truth.
BLAND'S BACK.EItS.
They Confer nn*l Conn* on 2.V* Votes
on the First Hnllot.
Chicago, July s.—The firs: general cau
cus of delegates and alterna favorable
to the candidacy of Mr. Bland was held
in the club room of the Borman house
this afternoon, and after a r. -ion lasting
an hour and a half, -adjounud to meet
again at 10 o’clock.
The object of the Bland managers was
to get acquainted with the and. legates from
other states than Missouri, an.l to begin
the work of formulating II convention
plan of procedure, rather than to make
a full test of Mr. Bland's strength. Twelve
states responded to the roll call, and 108
delegates. Instructed for the Missourian,
were present. From the figures sent to
the secretary 250 votes wrr put down as
a certainty on the first bai
Moat of the Illinois delegates were
around the hotel, but only a f,-w attended
the caucus. Texas and Kansas were large
ly represented.
Secretary Allen of the Bl ind executive
oonunlttee of Missouri, call' and ihe caucus
to order. Senator Martin of Kansas was
chosen chairman. Dr. L. J. D.-shill of
Texas was elected secretary. A few vig
orous speeches were made on the outlook
from Missouri’s point of View, and there
was no lack of enthusiasm
Congressman Bailey said the solid thir
ty votes of the Lone Star Site would be
cast for the Laclede- county farmer.
Mr. Overmeyer of Kansas -aid his state
was for Bland because no other democrat
oould carry the state in November.
Secretary of State Heinrich sen announc
ed a majority of the Illinois delegation for
Mr. Bland, and that under the unit rule
the forty-eight votes of hts slate would be
east for the free silver po;ne..r of the
party.
There was little but Bland talk In the
Sherman house when the delegates
swarmed In, and the Missourian's man
agers were elated over a report that
twelve of the Tennessee delegates had
been won over to the Bland persuasion.
The other half are Inclined 10 Rlacklmru
and McLean. Gov. Culberson of Texas
and Gov. Stone of Missouri came to look
In at the caucus and meet delegates and
friends.
A letter was read from Sin Francisco,
stating that a stiver club, composed of re
publicans, populists and democrats, was
being formed 1,000 strong, whose choice
was Bland for President and Morgan of
Alabama, White of California or Sibley
of Pennsylvania for Vice President.
TALKING UP TEI.I.F.R.
I
The Senator's Backers Would Ex
pert a Fusion Administration.
Chicago. July 6.—The Teller men to-day
began to define their policy. They are
growing more enthusiastic as the conven
tion draws nearer and are making defi
nite claims as to the strength of their
candidate. They have prepared a state
ment showing the number of electoral
votes which they claim will be obtained
If Teller Is made the choice of the con
vention. This statement is being used
to Influence Teller sentiment among the
delegates.
Congressman Bailey of Texas, a dele
gate-at-large, and one of the Bland lead
ers, has also prepared a siatement giving
the number of electoral votes the demo
cratic party may hope to secure, but his
figures fall far below those prepared by
the Teller faction. The two statements
have been compared, and the Teller peo
ple are saying that the Bland men and
supporters of other candidates pledged
to free sliver are very much Impressed
with Senator Teller’s alleged strength.
The Teller statement gives the Colorado
man 256 electoral votes, while Mr. Bailey’s
foots up only 197. Tin Teller men have
been very frank with the democratic sil
ver leaders. They will not concede the
right of the demoeratij party to dictate
the entire programme to las followed in
the event of the Colorado senator’s nom
ination and election, and are trying to
reach an understanding on these points
before the convention .assembles, tine of
the most prominent Teller men, who has
been in frequent conference with the dem
ocratic leaders, told a Southern Associa
ted Press reporter to-day that the Teller
people would not consent to any propo
sition as to the position they would oc
cupy in the event of 'his election except
such as would give them a proportionate
share in the administration of the gov
ernment based cm the number of electo
ral votes they secured for the candidate.
Mr. Teller's friends insist that he is the
only man who can carry the country for
free silAt. It Is on this distinct and
broad statement that they base their de
mands on the democratic leaders. They
are endeavoring to effect an arrangement
with the democratic leaders as to the
platform on which Mr. Teller can make
the race. They want, of course,
to make the financial plank the main
feature, and subordinate everything else
to It.
“The platform will be satisfactory to
everybody," said Representative Hartman
of Montana, who bolted the St. Louis
convention with Mr. Teller and who is
here looking after the Teller Interests.
"Nobody can find fault with it, and if
Mr. Teller is nominated, as he will be,
it will sweep the country.”
TEMPORARY CH AIRMANSHIP.
Silverites Insist on the Selection of
h Man of Their Choice.
Chicago, 111., July s.—Several of the
free silver delegates, including among
their number, the executive committee,
which called upon the national sub-eom
mittee a few days ago, met this after
noon in one of the parlors of the Sher
man house and carefully considered the
question of the temporary chairmanship
of the convention. The gentlemen were In
session for more than an hour, but ad
journed without having reached any con
clusion.
Who shall be selected to temporarily
preside over the convention and sound the
key note is a matter that Is causing the
free silver democrats some concern. They
want a man In good voice, skilled In ora
tory and possessed of an abiding faith In
the doctrine of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. Several distinguished
men have been suggested for this place,
among them Mr. Bryan of Nebraska, Mr.
Thomas of Colorado, Senator White of
California and Senator Blackburn of Ken
tucky.
The last'two named appear to meet with
most favor, and It is not Impossible that
one of them may be selected as the can
didate of the silver men. although, as has
been stated, nothing has been finally de
termined.
The committee will meet again to-mor
row morning at 10 f’clock, when the
choice will be made and at noon the name
agreed upon will be laid before the na
tional committee, which convenes at that
hour. The silver men say that the man
upon whom they agree will be merely sug
gested to the national committee, they
recognizing the fact that the committee
has full authority to select whomsoever
It may desire.
A prominent member of the free stiver
committee stated tills evening that thetr
suggestion ought to be interpreted as a
command, ami if the national committee
saw fit not to obey, the fight would be
simply transferred to the floor of the con
vention. where nothing but defeat would
meet the committee.
ALARMED (IN ER ALTGELD.
lie Seems Sion- In Getllna; Illinois
Clnclieil for Rlnntl.
Chlrago, July s.—Gov. Altgeld did not
lAing the Illinois delegation to a formal
vote on a presidential candidate to-day,
as expected. The Bland men were dis
appointed and a trifle uneasy over the sit
uation, as It rested to-night, after two
meetings and two adjournments of the
delegates* during the day. The trouble
lies mainly with the antl-Bland men of
the Cook (Chicago) delegation. There are
fourteen of them who do not favor the
Missourian, and prefer Boles almost to s
man. The Bland men of the delegation
excuse the failure of the two meetings to
take definite action by saying that some
of the delegates who are for Bland did
not arrive to-day, an.l as the full delega
tion was not present it was deemed ad
visable not to take a poll of the dele
gates till to-morrow. The claim of tlie
Bland men of the delegation has been
that thirty of the forty-eight were with
them, but there were not that number
at the Sherman house to-day.
Tlie first caucus was called at 10 o'clock,
Gov. Altgeld presiding, and It immediate
ly adjourned to 8 o'clock tn the evening.
At that time, after the governor had con
ferred with his confidential men. a meet
ing was called Informally, and an agree
ment was soon reached to adjourn until
to-morrow morning, when the absentees
will be on hand. The Holes men had rep
resentatives' outside the headquarters,
and Secretary Walsh of the lowa state
committee, said he regarded the outlook
as favorable to Boles. He showed the
United Press some telegrams from south
ern and western delegates on his way
here, which stated that a poll showed
some to be his supporters, who had been
classed the Bland column.
lILAND ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
Ills Supporters Vow Cliilm 280 Votes
for Sliver lllrU.
Chlcngo, July s.—The following Bland
figures were given out to-night to indi
cate tlhe practically certain strength of the
Missouri candidate on the first ballot:
Arkansas 16
Colorado 8
Idaho 6
Illinois 48
Kansas 20
Missouri 44
Montana 6
Oregon 8
Texas 30
Utah 6
Washington 8
Wyoming 6
Arizona 6
New Mexico 6
Indian Territory 6
Oklahoma 6
Total 230
This summing up of Mr. Bland’s sup
porters Is 32 votes below the estimate
given at the afternoon caucus of the Bland
delegates.
SOUND MONEY MEN IN SESSION.
Ex-Secretary Whitney Pays *HI
Compliments to Gov. Altgelil.
Chicago, July s.—The gold democrats
who are supporting William C. Whitney
in the business which has brought him
to Chicago, held an enthusiastic meeting
to-night, and discussed matters of Im
portance, bearing on the treatment they
might expect In the convention from the
dominant silver men. The feature of the
conference, which, like that of Friday
night, was conducted behind closed doors
In the Auditorium hotel, was a speech de
livered by Mr. Whitney at the opening
He paid his compliments to Gov. Alt
geld, who, he claimed, was the dominat
ing spirit among the silverites, and ended
his remarks with this declaration, made
in a ringing voice: “I take it for granted
that no man In this room will ever con
sent to the subordination of the welfare
of the country and the Integrity of his
party, for any consideration.”
Loud cheers followed, and it was some
minutes before the applause died away.
There was really little business of im
portance at the conference. Its main pur
pose was to dlsruss the various contests
before the national committee and to
listen to a statement from Mr. Whitney
as to what had been accomplished since
the gold forces began their active fight
on last Friday.
It is estimated that over 225 persons were
in attendance, the room being Inadequate
to hold the assemblage. Among the first
to arrive were sixty Indianians, wearing
conspicuous badges hearing the inscrip
tion: "Indiana Sound Money Democrats."
Two sergeant-at-arms were placed at the
door, and as each man entered he was
subjected to close scrutiny. Two fol
lowers of the silverites had passed
within the precincts of the conference
room, but were discovered In time and
summarily ousted
Among those in attendance were W. D.
Bynum. ex-Attorney General. A. C. Smith
of Indiana, William C. Whitney, ex-Gov.
Flower, ex-Lieut. Gov. Sheehan, ex-Gov.
Gray, lion M. Dickinson, ex-Mayor Thom
as F. Gilroy, Judge Funoh of lowa, Col.
Harvey, Col. John R. Fellows, ex-Gov.
Russell of Massachusetts, Controller Eck
els, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Hamlin, John E. Russell, W. E. Harrity,
Ben T. Cable, Franklin MacVeagh, Wash
ington Hesing, ex-Gov. Francis, Joslah
Quincy, Robert E. Wright of Pennsylva
nia, and ex-Gov. R. W. Knox.
Senator Gray of Delaware, who was
selected as permanent chairman of the
gold delegation at lost Friday’s meeting,
called the conference to order, and :tn
medlately thereafter Mr. Whitney arose
to address those who were present. All
of those in attendance were not dele
gates to the convention. A notable ab
sentee was Senator .David B. Hill, who
was present at last Friday's conference,
but did not accept the Invitation to ap.
pear to-night.
Mr. Whitney prefaced his remarks by a
brief statement of what the situation had
been at the conference held immediately
after his arrival in Chicago. At that
time, he said, the little information they
had tended to oqe inevitable conclusion,
that the free silver men under Altgeld had
made up their minds to force their
way through the convention in every
particular, and had also decided to do
three things. First, to hold a caucus and
select their candidate outside th con
vention hall; second, to abrogate the two
thirds rule, and third, to make the re
sult absolutely certain by firing out as
many gold delegates as they could possi
bly find a pretext for dismissing. They
had also decided another thing, and that
was to violate every precedent of the
party by refusing as temporary chairman
a man selected by the national commit
tee and to put their own man in his
place. That, he said, was the state of
things at the last meeting.
"To-night," said Mr. Whitney, "it was
obvious that there had been a distinct
setback for the silver forces. The plans
had been changed. The sentiment that
had been brought since that time through
the efforts of the sound money demo
crats here and the democratic press
throughout the country, waa very mark
ed. As* indicative of the change In the
plans of the silver men, they had under-
taken to hold & caucus, and the attempt
had fulled; they had abandoned the Idea
of abrogating the two-third rule, and
from the best information that could be
obtained to-night they had decided not
to carry out their idea regarding the
temporary’ chairmanship."
Mr. Whitney said that the reports of
what the free sliver men attempted to do
were to the effect that division in their
own ranks mails It Impossible for them
to carry out their own plans before the
national committee to-morrow. "This was
the situation when they adjourned this
afternoon, and there was little probabili
ty, ’’ he added, "that they would come to
the conclusion urged by liov. Altgild,
when the committee met this morning.’'
An address to the public has been pre
pared anil is to be issued to-morrow on
the part of the "sound money’” democrats
of Cook county (Chicago), setting out the
alleged fraudulent means by which the
delegates to the democratic national con
vention were chosen from that county.
The address Is signet! by Charles A. Kw
ing. a cousin of A’ice President Stevenson;
Senator Palmer, Franklin MacVeagh (who
made a speech last night at the Audito
rium meeting), Thomas A. Moran, Hen
T. Cable. James 11. Eckels. controller rf
the currency; John I*. Hopkins, William
S. Foreman. James T. Hoblltt and other
prominent cltlscna. The point
of it Is fhat owing to this fraud the Illi
nois delegation Is made to appear in the
“free sliver” column, whereas, with u fair
election, the majority of the Illinois dele
gation would be on the side of sound
money.
After reciting the facts, the address
proceeds: "He not deceived ns to the
attitude of Illinois. Sound money demo
crats have courted a test of strength, and
free silver has declined It. We make this
statement for the Information of our
brother democrats In atetndanre at the
national convention. The undersigned
committee represents a very large num
ber of the democratic votes in
the state of Illinois, now un
der pledge to oppose the election or
any presidential candidate for oftlre
advocating the free and unlimited coin
age of sliver at a ratio of lti to 1. These
democrats are organised, earnest ami de
termined. We are and awnys will !w dem
ocrats. We have been disfranchised.
Disfranchisement In the first principle
against which true democrats must re
lwl, and as democrats wo are organized
to encompass the defeat of any one of
any class of men banded together to sub
stitute gag law in place of an honest bal
lot.”
TAMMANY ON THE TRAIN.
>
The Wigwam Send* 2.N0 Ilrnve* to
the Convention.
New York, July s.—The Tammany Hall
delegation to the democratic national con
vention at Chicago started for that city
at 9:30 o'clock this morning over the New
York Central and Hudson River railroad,
In ten parlor coaches and bne baggage car.
The train will be divided Into two sec
tions at Buffalo. The first section thence
will go over the Michigan Central rail
road and the second section over the Hake
Shore railroad. Both are e.xpected to ar
rive In Chicago at the same time, proba
bly about 10 o’clock to-morrow morning.
There were 260 delegates, alternate* and
Tammany Hall adherents on the train.
Among those on the train were Congress
man Bulzer, District Deader Patrick
Keenan and Assistant District Attorney
John F. Mclntyre.
Mr. Mclntyre said the New York dele
gation would work hard for a gold plat
form tinder the leadership of Mr. Whit
ney, ex-Gov. Flower, Mr. Belmont, Dis
trict Attorney Fellows and others.
JIE9CIT2KM HEARD RAFFING!).
Vain Hope* liaised by Men Working
In the Twin Shaft,
Wilkesbarre, Pa., July s.—There Is Just
a possibility that some of the men en
tombed In the Twin shaft at Plttston may
be taken out alive.
• The rescuing party who were at work
from 10 o’clock last night until 4 o’clock
this morning, on coming to the surface,
reported to Mine Foreman O’Brien that
they heard rapptngs on the rails of tho
gangway road, which may have been
caused by somo of the entombed men.
The rapplngs were clear and distinct,
as if someone hud struck the rail with
a hard substance.
The supposed signal was answered by
the rescuers in the same manner. After
a short silence the answer came clear
and distinct. The sound seemed to conus
a distance of some 300 feet from where the
rescuers were at work.
When this news reached the surface
there were only a few persons at the
head of the shaft, hut in a short time it
was spread throughout the city of Pltts
ton, anil an immense crowd gathered,
among them relatives and friends of the
victims. In whose hearts hope had awak
ened.
Further news from the pit vai watched
for up to 6 o’clock this afternoon, hut
beyond the fact that the rapplngs were
heard there was no further developments.
At 7 o’clock to-night the rescuers re
port that in their.opinion they are within
400 feet of the entombed men. The shifts
have been Increased from twenty men
to thirty-five, who are relieved every half
hour. They are still cutting through the
rock and progressing more rapidly than
at any time heretofore since the work
commenced.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 6, 11 p. m.—
Through the orders of General Superin
tendent Law, several skillful men were
quietly sent Into the shaft this afternoon
to verify, If possible, the hopeful story
of the rapping.
After prolonged efforts and the use of
every method of signalling possible, they
came back to-night with a report of fail
ure, not the least bit of noise Indicating
that their labor in this direction had been
successful. The work of three mine in
spectors to investigate the disaster will
begin to-morrow morning.
SOUTHERN LEAGIIB SHAKY.
Birmingham Apt to Drop Ont nml
Flv Club* to Compune If.
Birmingham, Ala., July s.—At the meet
ing of the Southern League magnates
here to-night the disposition of the Bir
mingham franchise waa the Subject under
discussion. Those present at the meet
ing were President Powers of Ifbw Or
leans, D. P. Bums of Mobile, B. L. Holt
of Montgomery, J. P. Flournoy of Colum
bus and George Allison and Solon Jacobs
of Birmingham. Birmingham’s Indebted
ness was reported at $350 and the strain
could not be held up. All the players with
one exception are here yet.
President Powers will remain in Bir
mingham over to-morrow and try to in
duce the Birmingham Railway and Elec
tric Company, or some enthusiastic set
of citizens to take the franchise. There
will be no game here to-morrow. In case
.the effort to place the franchise Is not suc
cussful the league Is to be continued with
five clubs. None will be frozenout, though
some club will have to lay off for a series
or two and lose that much money. The
league’s managers say they will hold up
the association as long as they can.
I DAILY, 110 A YEA*.
■{ S CENTS A OOPYT^
I WEEKLY I-TIMEB-A-WEKK H A TEAM
CONSTERNATION OVER CRETE.
THE lII'TBRKAK MAY PROVE A
FIREBRAND TO El ROPE.
The Power* Anxious to Maintain
■he 9tata* Run on (he Island—Aus
tria Eager to Seise Knlonlcu amt
Irrltnted Over the Rising In Mac
edonia—A Suspicion That Russian
lias Deserted the Porte—The Kah
ser Watching the Situation
Closely.
Berlin, July S.—The emperor, before
starting on his month’s tour of the North
sea* on July 1, gave orders which are
unusual with his majesty Upon such oc
casions, that wire communication with
Berlin should be kept intact throughout
the route which he had mapped out for
his trip, and also gave Instructions that
in the event of his going to any point
which was not linked In the telegraphies
circuit reaching Berlin, a dispatch boat
should be sent to that point with dispatch
es anil for the purpose of conveying re
turn communications to the nearest tel
egraph station to be wired to Berlin.
Besides Count Philip von Eulenberg.
German ambassador to Austria, the kais
er's suite is composed of Admiral von Sen
den-Bibran, chief of the marine cabinet;
the deputy chief of the military cabinet.
Count von Moltke, Court Marshal Baron
von Lyncker, Count Cortz anil Von Hul
seti and Aldes-de-Camp von Kessell, Von
Scholl, Von Arnhnan and Von Moltke.
No repose is expected by any of tha
ministers during the tour of the kaiser,
except In the case of the head of tha
home department. In which affairs ara
quieter than In any other branch of tha
government service. On the other hand
the foreign otllce Is In a slate of anxiety
over the developments in Macedonia anil
Crete. The Krue* Zeltung, usually well
Informed upon ofllclal matters, especially
those connected with the foreign depart
ments, claims to know upon authority
that the foreign office is chiefly concerned
in the situation in Macedonia, and that
the alliance of Bervla, Montenegro and
Bulgaria, under the approval of Russia,
means Russia’s desertion of the ports. If,
the Krdus Knitting adds, the rising In
Macedonia should become general, it wlil
check Austria's long prepared advance to
Balonlctt, which port the Austro-Hun
garian government has coveted possession
of for years, and this would be likely to
Involve war. The officially Inspired press
in Berlin touch the matter with a great
doal of diffidence. The Vienna Fremden
blatt, an official organ, however, declares,
in an article in its issue on yesterday,
that all of the powers are desirous
that the trouble in Crete shall
be settled at once, all of
them being aware that a general upheaval
In that island would lead to the breaking
up of the Turkish empire. Therefore, tho
Fremdenblatt continues, the powers ara
determined to maintain the status quo at
all hazards. The paper adds that neither
a union of Crete with Greece nor tha
granting of automony to the island a*
claimed by the Cretan radical*, will re
ceive the assent of the powers.
Tim Vosslche Zeltung lhas received ad
vices saying that the Turkish warships In
Cretan waters are totally Impotent to pre
vent the landing of expedition* from
Greece, and narrates the capture of tho
Turkish torpedo boat Edjer by * party of
36 Cretans. The Edjer, whlun wa* built
at Dantzlg for the Turkish government,
was capable of developing a speed of 33
miles an hour. She was surprised during
tiie night by the hand of Cretans, who
killed all of her crew except one of her
engineers, a German.
The emperor's speech on the occasion of
the launching of the new German battle
ship Kaiser Friedrich 111 at Wilhelms
haven, last Wednesday, has met with at
echo of hearty approval throughout tha
empire, which foreshadows popular as
sent to a large Increase of the German
navy, one of the chief of the kaiser's
desires. The Tageblatt, in an article
upon this subject, expresses the belter
that the Reichstag will certainly vote to
grant the requisite amount of money to
create a powerful navy and thus satisfy
the wishes of the emperor.
The Vorwaerts, the organ of the social
ists, sneers at the emperor's speech, par
ticularly at his references to his grand
father, Kaiser Wilhelm I. The paper de
nies the emperor's assertion that the old
kaiser was adored by the people, and de
clares that the socialists, especially, have
reason to recollect the black shadow*
which clouded the reign of that monarch.
In view of the audacious tone of the Vor
waerts’ article, it 1h not surprising that
the ministry of Justice refuses to enter
tuln the appeal of the Socialist Herf Ku
nert, who was recently elected to tha
Reichstag from Halle, for an abridgement
of the term of imprisonment which he ia
now undergoing. Herr Kunert, as editor
of the Vorwaerts. was sentenced to prison
for obtaining and publishing a copy of
the Imperial decree of amnesty resued
upon the occasion of 25th anniversary of
the foundation of the empire, in advanco
of the official publication of the docu
ment.
The liberal and single standard news
papers express themselves as satisfied
with McKinley’s sound money declaration
embodied in the platform adopted by tha
republican national convention In St.
Louis. The Vosslsohe Zeltung, despite
its fears that here may be further high
protection legislation in the United States,
halls the nomination of McKinley as a
welcome deliverance from many worse
things which oould have happened. The
Tageblatt prints a homily upon Ameri
can politics In, which it declares that the
American corrupt plutocracy and the sys
tem of professional politics are bringing
the United States to ruin, concluding by
saying; "It will be well If gold shall win
the day.”
The admiralty are preparing plkns and
estimates for the construction of six first
class iron-clad battleships and credits for
the building of these vessels will be asked
from the Reiohstag upon the opening of
the session of that body In November.
BELGIUM AT THE POLLS.
Elections Held to Fill Half the Seat*
In the Lower House.
Brussell’s July s.—Elections were held
to-day for members of the Chamber of
Deputies to fill the vacancies caused by
the withdrawal under the constitution of
one-half of the members of the bouse,
whose term of office had expired. The
figures received show that In eighteen dis
tricts In Brussells and eleven In Antwerp
re-ballots will be required owing to tri
angular contests between liberals, Cath
olics and socialists.
Cretan* Elect a Government.
Athens, July s.—As an outcome of the
Insurrection in Crete against Turkish rule,
the Christians of the Island to-day elected
a provisional government and decided to
proclaim the union of the Island with
Greece.
Sutolll's Successor.
Rome, July s.—The pope has nominated
Mgr. Diomede Tulconls, papal delegate
to the United States in succession to Car
dinal Satolli, who is expected to arrive
here on July 15.