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THE MORNING SEWS, ( • Mtshed lsn - - Incorporated 13S- ■ f* tSTILL. President. )_ 61 f!J GIL Hill and Daniel -After the First Whack at It. FIGHT SURE TO BE FIERCE. The Battle to Show Which Side Is to Bote. CHANCES OF THE CANDIDATES. Material Change in Their Rela tive Strength. Californians Persist In Pressing Senator White for the Nomination In the 11 *pe That lie May Prove an Acceptable Dark Horae for the Followers of the Prexent Leader* In the Itnce to Fall Hack Upon. t Chicago, July 6.—Senator Hill’s express ed desire is to be gratified. The first fight between the silver and sound money force* will occur on the question of the tempo rary organization of the convention, when Chairman Harrlty calls it to order at noon to-morrow. According to present appear ances the prayer 1b about the only part of the preliminary proceedings which is likely to pass unchallenged. In no pre vious great national convention has the recommendation of the duly chosen na tional committee In regard to a tempo rary presiding officer been antagonized by a minority report, and a demand for a vote, but the present gathering is an exceptional one, and is likely to break in upon precedents In more respects than one. By a vote of 27 to 23 the majority of the national committee to-day decided to rec ommend Senator David B. Hill as tempo rary v. irman of the convention. C. S. Thomas of Colorado gave notice that a minority report would be present ed recommending the selection of Sena tor John W. Daniel of Virginia, and that the convention be expected to make a choice between the two nomina tions. It Is a curious fact that at the last dem ocratic convention held In this same city, during that memorable all night session, which resulted in the nomination of Grover Cleveland, Senator Daniel, with dauntless courage, faced for over an hour a hostile, howling audience, as the espec ial champion of Senator Hill, the man who by the irony of politics he is now an tagonizing. The method of proceeding to-morrow will probably be as follows: When Chair man Harrlty calls the convention to or der as the representative of the national committee and recommends the selection of Senator Hill as temporary chairman, a minority member of the national com mitee will offer a substitute naming Sen ator Daniels. Under all forms of parlia m Id.iry law. a substitute must first be voted upon and the only open question in tins case seems to be whether or not Mr. Harrity will recognize one of his silver associates for the purpose of offering this substitute, the convention not having be-rt organized, and no roll of the dele gates having been passed upon. The sil ver men claim that the chairman’s act in recommending a temporary chairman for the approval of the convention is an admission that the conven tion is qualified to act upon it. If this be true in one case, they assert t at it must be in the case of the substi tute. Should Mr. Harrity refuse to put t f a- motion for the adoption of the sub * tute, some silver member of the na i nal committee on the platform will put the question himself, and the first skirm n between the' gold and silver factions *.ll be precipitated. I know very little about the parlia mentary status of this matter,” said Sen ior Tillman to-night, “but I do claim '0 he possessed of a little common sense. I know that Senator Daniel will he the -mporary chairman of this convention, u that he will make the speech. If the 'ld men think that their 300 votes form " ma Jofity of this convention just let .'; m ' ry U - , The s ver men are running affalr and the y propose to run it after ir own fashion. If , he gold men do ] t ‘, lke u * let the m bolt. I hope they during the early hours of the day a iservative spirit seemed to pervade the - ;e radical of the silver men. and the i are was expressed by many to avoid, possible, a clash in the convention. *n.- conclusion of N the committee to re mmend the selection of Senator Hill has 7h 3 K IrOP in this conservatism the feeling between the two factions P ? rty “ ow seems to be more bitter , ' I,ef ° re ’ if such a condition be possi to probab!e ehoie of a presiden *l candidate to represent the free coin -• p.atform, the day's developments have * , t , chnn * r " in th * *itua! i Mr. Blands friends r e ,i nln „ „ . ' the claiming and shomlng. K fforts £ * :,' hr SilV " men t o on the nomi lons 111 advance of the meeting of is ■ m? n rr io th COntln ? t 0 m<, t wlth Allure 6 , h prominent stiver leaders del r u i such create dissensions in SEljc Jlofning ffrM. their ranks and aid the “gold bugs” in rheir efforts to disorganize them. The California del, gallon appears to be determined to present to the convention the name of Senator White of that state, despite the protests of the senator that he is not a candidate and does not desire his name to be considered. At a meeting of the delegation this af ternoon the matter was discussed, several delegates stating that they believed the time would come in the contest when the convention would turn to Senator White as the only man upon whom the contend ing delegations could unite. For this rea son they proposed to keep him as their candidate. Senator White, who was pres ent. entered an emphatic protest, and if his wishes are respected the delegates will look elsewhere for their candidate. No attempt was made this afternoon to decide upon any candidate other than Mr. White With the California senator out of the way. the vote of the state would be dis tributed among the various candidates. The event of to-night was a conference of silver men at the Sherman house, with the view of determining upon a line of procedure to defeat the national commit tee in the event that it sought to prevent the name of a silver man being pre sented in to-morrow’s convention as tem porary chairman. The conference was called for 9 o’clock and was to consist of one member from each state having a silver delegate or sil ver representative. The members were slow in arriving, and “whips” were sent out. It was explained to those who hesitated that there was but one set purpose before the conference—to out wit the national committee, and that the subject of candi dates would not be touched upon. After a short recess the conference reassembled at II o’clock and a revised count was made of the votes which could be relied on to support the substitution of Senator Daniel’s name for that of Senator Hill. The total of votes spoken for was 574. with 16 more expected before the convention is called to order, making 590 for the silver men's temporary chairman. It was ar ranged tiiat Senator Jones, who pr> sided at the conference, should make the motion in the convention substituting Senator Daniel. The conference adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That it is the sense of the meeting that the interest of the cause of free silver requires that a democrat in favor of silver should be Senator David B. Hill, selected by the National Democratic Committee for Temporary Chairman of the Chicago Convention. elected temporary chairman of the con vention, and that all true and loyal friends of the free coinage of silver should vote (for Senator John W. Daniel for tem porary chairman of the convention as recommended by the minority report of the national democratic committee.” A resolution presented by Senator Jones was adopted, calling upon all silver dele gates to be in their seats by 11:30 o’aloek to-morrow. The conference, at midnight, adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o’clock. The national committee of American sil ver organization at a meeting yesterday unanimously decided to urge Senator Teller upon the democratic convention as being the most available and strongest candidate, but in the event that he can not be nominated, the committee unani mously decided to urge the nomination of Hon. Joseph C. Sibley of Pennsyl vania. SILVER MEN I\ SESSION’. The Advisability of Uniting on a Slate Under Discussion. Chicago, .July 6.—A conference of the accredited representatives of the free sil ver delegations assembled at the Sherman house at 2 o’clock this afternoon. They represented 400 votes. Senator Harris of Tennessee presided, with T. O. Towles as secretary. After much discussion Senator Tillman asked that the roll be called by states to decide whether the silver men should name a slate for officers for the con vention. and President and Vice President of the United States, to be supported in open convention by all the .silver men. The vote on this proposition stood: Ayes, 118; nays, SO; undecided, 220, as follows: Unde- Nay. Aye. cided. Alabama .. 22 Arkansas 16 California 18 .. ~ Colorado 8 Florida 8 Georgia .. 26 Idaho 8 Illinois •• 48 Indiana 80 lowa ” .. 26 Kansas 20 Mississippi 18 Missouri 34 Montano .. 6 South Carolina 18 Tennesee .. 24 Texas •• 3o Utah 6 Wyoming 6 Arizona 6 District of Columbia .. 6 Indian territory .. 6 New Mexico 6 Oklahoma 6 All the other states not mentioned were unrepresented. Previous to the vote and leading up to it, was a long and earnest debate. Sena tor Tillman of South Carolina said it was to his mind essential to present a firm front and to accomplish this organization must he had. The gold bugs were here now trying to sow the seeds of disrup tion and disorganization, and were spar ing no means in their power to do it. They were playing on the vanity of men by putting the bee a buzzing, where, if the bee were lively, it would be the last place it would seek honey. Yet its ef fect was even now felt in the fact that the silver men hesitated to take the lead and keep it. Gov. Altgeld of Illinois stated that from what he understood yesterday no silver conference could be held which would in clude all the six hundred and odd silver delegate in the convention. Nevertheless, if sueh a conference seemed to those pres ent wise and prudent, Illinois would he found acting In concert to promote the silver cause. Illinois had-no candidate to present and was hampered in no way which could interfere with her giving her best efforts to nominate candidates upon a platform that would command the ma jority of the votes of the people in No vember. Still, he thought there might be SAVANNAH, GA„ TUESDAY, JULY 7. 18DG. some danger In a conference of so maiv as 8t men with no rules to guide them. and unless all speeches were eliminated and they simply came down to voting on j propositions and men, the conference might find, at Its close, that it left thejn less united than at the l>eginning. Mr. O’Donnell of Colorado* reiterated his remarks of last Friday night that it was necessary for the silver men to get together so that the gold bugs of the east could not throw their 3UO votes In a body to some silver man least objectiona ble gold bugs and thus nominate him. Such a man, nominated in such a way, he declared, could not carry Colo rado. Without taking any action, but with the understanding that each of the dele gates present would endeavor to got in touch with his delegation and ascertain if any changes had taken place, the con ference adjourned to meet again later on in the evening. EVAN HOWELL ON THE SITUATION. The Silverlte* Determined to Con trol the Temporary Orgunlr.ii tion. Chicago, July 6.—Capt. Evan P. Howell of the Atlanta Constitution, who will probably be the member from Georgia on the committee on resolutions, discussing the general situation this morning, said: “The silver democrats have determined to control the temporary organization of the convention, but they have not yet settled upon anybody. If a majority of the national committee recommend a man the silver men do not want or trust, they will recommend to the minority a man the silver men desire and then both re ports will be submitted to the conven tion, and the silver delegates will vote for the minority report and they expect to organize the convention. I think Sena tor Harris will be permanent chairman, and Mr. Towle of Missouri will be secre tary.” When asked what he thought ought to be done with respect to the tariff ques tion, Mr. Howell replied that he thought the proper thing for this convention to do was to readopt the tariff plank of 1884. “The substance of that plank,” ho con tinued, “was that we should have tariff sufficient to meet the needs of the gov ernment, economically administered, ami so as to protect the Industries of this country against the pauper labor of Eu rope. The tariff of 1884 is the best plat form the democratic party has had since the war, and every fair-minded man is In favor of that kind of a tariff. "As to Cuba, there is some difference of opinion whether we ought to say any thing about it or not. The prevailing sent iment in that a declaration in favor of Cuba will prevail. I think whatever is said will be very pronounced. There is no issue upon that. The declaration will be Just in line with the democratic party in the time of President Monroe. “Of the candidates, nobody can tell any thing. The situation is just as badly mixed as it was two weeks ago. There is a dis position to nominate a democrat, if they ran find one that can carry the election. There is great deal of dissention between the friends of those here now, each claim ing that the other candidate cannot carry the country. It is our duty to find n man who can carry the election and enforpe the principles of which we will declare.” Notwithstanding the Instructions of the Mississippi state democratic convention, the name of Senator E. C. Walthall will not be presented to the national conven tion for nomination for President. Sen ator-elect Money said his colleague recog nized the fact that the candidate would not be taken front the south, and was perfectly well satisfied with the honor con ferred upon him by the action of the state convention. With that he had let the mat ter rest. The Virginia delegation, at Senator Dan iel's request, have decided not to present his name as a candidate. NOTICES OF CONTESTS. Severnl Already Filed With the Na tional Committee. Chicago, 111., July 6.—Notices of con tests have been received by the national committee in regard to the following dele gations: Illinois, Eleventh district; India na. Seventh district, John P. Frenzel again Charles M. Cooper; Mi chigan, three districts (not speci fied); Nebraska, whole delega tion; Ohio, Eighteenth district, Clark and Raff against Schweilze and Paris; South Dakota, whole delegation; Texas, whole delegation, Congressman Bailey, speaking for the contestants from Texas. Where there is no unite rule there is a division, and Pennsylvania has twenty four silver delegates who would like a chance to vote with their friends. There is no way yet known of evading the unit rule, however, and these twenty four are not good enough missionaries to turn affairs their way without aid from Chairman Harrity. There was talk yesterday that the chairman might yet swing the delegation for Sibley of Penn sylvania, lri spite of all he has done on the gold side. The states which are not bound by the unite rule are Maine, Dela ware, Maryland, Florida, Massachusetts and Minnesota. From Minnesota comes word of two more susceptible delegates and Maryland may give up another vic tim. Each territory will be given six votes in the convention on all vital issues. The representation has been two votes each, but the committee has decided that six delegates shall be seated. They will have only two votes in the temporary organi zation, but afterward will be given their full vote. Figures given out by the best posted sil ver men last night gave 621 votes safe, or one to spare in a two-thirds majority. CONVEX TION CO MMITTEES. Assignments Made by Some of the Delegations. Chicago, July 6.—Assignments were made by state delegations to-day as follows: South Carolina—Chairman, Hon. B. R. Tillman; credentials committee, W. H. El lerbie; rules, W. D. Evans; resolutions, B. R. Tillman; national committeeman, B. R. Tillman. The other positions were to be filled at a meeting of the delega tion to-night. Mississippi—Chairman, E. C. Walthall; credentials, A. J. McLaurin; permanent organization, H. C. Lowry; rules, H. D. Money; resolutions, J. E. George; notify candidate, for President, Patrick Henry; Vice President, W. G. Yerger; national committeeman, W. V. Sullivan. Texas— Chairman, C. A. Culberson; cre dentials, J. w Blake; permanent organ ization and rules, John M. Duncan; res olutions, John H. Reagan; notification of candidates, for President, John L. Shep ard; for Vice President, John Lovejoy; national committeeman, J. U. Dudley. North Carolina— Chairman, Theodore F. Kutz; credentials, W. IJ. Turner; perma nent organization, E. B. Jones; rules, A. M. Waddell, resolutions, E. J. Hales; no tifications, George H. Powell and P. M. Pearsall; national committeeman, Joseph Daniels; honorary vice president, John R. Webster. A. M. Waddell was selected to place Judge Walter Clark in nomination for Vice President. The Virginia delegation met at the Sher man house at 2 o’clock. Congressman Jones was elected chairman of the meet- ing and the delegation. Otb r selections were a* follows: Credentials. 0. A. Swan son; permanent organlaa>.i ■: , v: s. K. Morrison; rules, J. A. Blake> r. Buttons, Carter Glass; to notify candid i>,> for Pres ident. T. B. Murphy: to notify indidate for Vice President, E. W. C lUackston; national committeeman, P J Kiev. An effort was made by Deb g ,te Glennan to permit the two gold men on tile delega tion to vote their sentiments. hut the del gation decided to adhere* to t tie unit rule imposed by the state contention. No vote was taken as to president: i! choice, this being left for a later meeting. Alabama—Chairman, Tenniut Lomax; credentials, I>. T. Goodwin; p. runnent or ganization, R. E. Spragglns. rules, un named; resolutions. J. H. fUn khead; no tifications, J. J. Willett and J. A Roun tree; national committeemai deferred until to-morrow. HARRIS SCORES* BOIES. The Limited Legal Tender Sugges tion Arouse* Hnrrln' Ire. Chicago, July After a fight of nearly three hours, the North Carolina delega tion adopted the unit rule as hi their can didate and platform. The motion was carried by a majority of one The dele gation is In entire accord as to a 16-to-l plank, but spilt on the Candida’.• feature. If the majority insists on the unit rule with respect to the candidate the minority will, they assert, appeal to tin . invention. There was something apt’ .aching a scene in the Tennessee deleuatt n meet ing. Senator Cockrell of Mi- uirl present ed ex-Congressman Bland s I mis and Mr. Walsh of lowa championed Gov. Doles. The senators from T> > n* .-see Were understood to be equally divi.i. i as to the merits of these candidates. In the course of the discission Gov. Boles’ recently published letter was read, in which he advocated unlimited coinage, but limited legal tender for tite Vmertean silver product. This aroused the ire of Senator Harris, and in the emphatic lan guage for which he Is noted, tie condemn ed the action of Gov. Boles as more than foolish. He was surprised that a man like Gov. Boles (hould advocate the poll- Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, one of the most forceful of the silver chiefs. cy credited to him, a policy so entirely at variance with the wishes and desires of the free silver wing of the party. It did not mitigate the wrath of Senator Harris to be informed that the proposition of Gov. Boies was a compromise suggested a long time ago to meet conditions that did not now exist. Still he expressed his. belief that Gov. Boles was the most avail able man. This severe criticism of his own candidate by Mr. Harris weakened some of the other delegates, who hml been inclined towards Gov. Boios, and it is said somewhat weakened hH* chances and increased those of ex-Congressman Bland. No action was taken, the under standing being that the delegation should meet again to settle the question of a candidate. The delegation is bound by the unit rule and the struggle promises to be Interesting. The Texas delegation endorsed the can didacy of Mr. Bland for president and se lected Congressman G. W. Bailey to sec ond .Mr. Bland's nomination. XATIOXAL COMMITTEE MEETS. Hill Selected for Temporary Chair man on a Close Vote, Chicago, July 6.-r The national commit tee,, beginning its meeting at noon to-day, transacted Its business at a single session, disposing of all the contests of seats and voting 27 to 23 to present the name of Sen ator David 11. Hill for temporary chair man of the national convention. This was the test vote in the committee, showing the relative gold and silver strength of the organization. The silver showing was made by the presence of several prox ies for members of the committee who would have voted for Hill had they been present. There were also one or two members of the committee who. within the past few days, ha.l announced the transfer of their allegiance from gold to silver, notably J. L. Norris of the Dis trict of Columbia and Arthur Sewall of Maine. The first business in order was the call ing of the roll by Secretary Sheerin, which showed the following present: Alabama—Henry D. Clayton. Arkansas—T. V. Mcßae, proxy. California—M. F. Tarpcy. Colorado—Charles S Thomas. Connecticut—Carlos French. Delaware—Lewis C. Vandergrift. Florida—Samuel Pasco. Georgia—Clark Howell. Idaho Harry N. Hilliard, proxy. IHi not. -Ben T. Cable. Indiana—Simon P. Sheerin. lowa—J. J. Richardson. Kansas—Charles W. Blair. Kentucky—Thomas H. Sherley. Louisiana—James Jeffreys. Maine—Arthur Sewall. Maryland—L. V. Baughman, proxy Massachusetts—Josiah Quincy. Michigan—Daniel J. CKmpeau. Minnesota—D. W. Lauif-r, proxy. Mississippi—Charles R. I,o wry. M lsaouri—John G. Prather. Montana—A. J. Davids n. Nebraska—Tobias Castor. Nevada—R. I’. Keating New Hampshire—A. W. Sullo-way. New Jersey—Miles Russ, Senator J. J. Smith, proxy. New York—William F. Sheehan. North Carolina—N. S. P.asnee. North Dakota—William C. Leltsljow. Ohio—George E. Gilliland, proxy. Oregon—Frederick V. It iman, proxy. Pennsylvania—William F. Harrity. Rhode island—Richard B. Comstock, proxy. South Carolina—M. L. Donaldson. South Dakota—James M. Woods. Tennessee—Holmes Cummins. Texas—O. T. Holt. Vermont—Bradley B. Smalley. Virginia—J. Taylor Ellyson. Washington—Hugh C. Wallace. West Virginia—John H. Sheridan. Wisconsin—Senator W. F. Vilas, proxy. Wyoming—W. L. Kuykendall. Alaska—A. L. Delaney. Arizona —R. C. Shannon. s (Continued on Fifth Page.), ANY MAN S RACE AT THE START BLAND AND TELLER SF.KM TO HAVE THE LEAD. The Georgia Delegation l.ennlng Strongly Toward the Colorado Hotter—The Great Hho of the Del egates, However, Relieved to Re Ol|io*el to Pleklng Up a Kepit ti ll en n mid Making Him the Demo eratle Nominee. Chicago, July 6.—There is as much un certainty to-night as to the ticket to be named by the democratic convention, which meets to-morrow as at any time since the first gun of the campaign was fired. Everything is at sea. except the silver tidal wave that is sweeping every thing else before it. It seems now as If it must take the whole week to select the presidential candidate. The only ab solutely pronounced victory of the day was for Bland, who now has the Illinois delegation to his credit, which his friends claim, gives him 3ot votes on the first ballot. The others, however, dispute this claim of strength, and put the Missouri man's following at not above 275. A mire matter of figures, such as this, docs not cut much Ice in the situation. Bland is unquestionably the strongest man in the field so far, uud will get more votes at thu outset than any of his rivals. The problem is on his gaining qualities after the start is made. That is quite certain that this will be a general break-up af ter the first ballot. Nobody expects a nomination without u long strug gle, and then the friends of ail confess that it may be n dark horse. Up to to-day the newspapers have left the Impression that Boles was a power in strength perse. This may have been due to tile fact thut the Boles boomers w* n the first to get on the ground. It Is not so now. Bland is the rallying cry of tin delirious sllverltes. They herftld him as the man w ho Is a silver platform of 16 to 1 timber within himself, while the Boies men suy he is a "Moses.” Both Bland and Boles have headquarters in all the leading hotels, and there has been a sweltering mass of Bland and Boies boomers with brass bands, tin horns and campaign cries everywhere throughout the day, • while the friends of the Mlssuu rtaii and lowan did much at rushing the game in this fashion, Gov. Matthews has been quietly hut steadily pushed for ward by ids managers. They are urging him as the "available candidate againsL Bland, us the "logical” standard board of ull the field, they say.he is the only one who can carry a pivotal state—a stntd without which no successful demo cratic slate can be made up, no matter how the fighters are drawn. Underneath all the perspiring demon stration of these—the l.lg three—there Is a feeling that after all the nominee will be Teller, that is, if some dark horse not now in sight is not resorted to. This Teller sentiment is more one of uneasiness on the part of tite delegates than anything else. The leaders from seveial of the southern and western states are kt heart in favor of hint, but the great mass of the delegates, the rank and file, do not want him. Yet the Colo rado orphan strides before them like the shade or an unhappy Caesar. They shout themselves hoarse for their favqrlte and make claims with the most sanguine as surance until Senator Teller's name is whispered In their tars. Then they grow uneasy and look "harked." They know that If the will of the bosses prevail, Senator Teller will be chosen as the standard-bearer of the democracy—the thirty-ijay convert will be picked up and put in the chariot, while those who have proven their faith by their works for a quarter of a century or more will still have to labor at the wheel. Georgia gives a fair example of the sit uation. Ex-Senator I’at Walsh and Capt. E. I*. Howell deal the cards for the dele gation. Just as they held the deck at the Griffin silver convention ami again, at the the Grlflln convention, und again at the Macon state convention, they also hold It here. The other delegates certainly have views of their own, und the time will come when they will assert them and kick out of the traces, but so far, though some have uttered silent pro tests, they have stood by while Messrs. Howell and Walsh have been shuffling the cards with the Teller people to suit them selves. Senator A. O. Bacon is also here to as sist In this work. He is said to be one of the "Senatorial Cabal” organized to place Senator Teller In the presidential chair. As the unit rule prevails In the delegation, it would only lie necessary for Messrs. Howell and Walsh to bring a ma jority to their way of thinking to cast the vote of Georgia for the Colorado de serter. Whether this will tie accomplished it is impossible to tell to-night. The mem bers of the delegation are evasive and non-committal. It Is probable that In the the end, if there should be a prolonged contest, tho Georgians would vote for Senator Teller. There is every reason to credit this prediction, not only would the leaders bring their influence In that di rection If it became apparent that the Colorado man was likely to be the win ner, but events at the caucus to-night showed a strong leaning that way any how. Fear of the consequences at home Is tlfe main thing that might deter tho Georgians from this step. South Carolina will vote for Senator Teller if the opportunity offers, although Senator Tillman’s name will he presented for a complimentary vote by that state. Senator Teller is not to be nominated un less It is determined to try to stampede the convention to him. There were some to-day who thought that Senator Hill was preparing to get aboard the silver band wagon. During the early part of the day talk of this kind was voluminous. It grew largely out of the vigorous fight the New Yorkers made for the temporary chairmanship. His purpose in this, it was said, was tnat he might get an opportu nity to make a speech early In the game. In this speech h would run up his pole convenient for the presidential lightning to strike. Again it was said that the real secret of Senator Hill’s fight is in the In terest of John R. McLean. Whichever is true Senator Hill will not preside over the convention to-morrow by recommenda tion of the national committee without a bitter fight In the convention. The silver men. who had twenty-three met) on the committee, to twenty-seven for gold, which made Senator Hill's victory there over Senator Daniel of Virginia an easy matter have determined to turn him down. They declare that none but straight out silver men shall hold office in the conven tion. In the language of Senator Tillman when the action of the committee was reported to him they will "fight it out to hell.” The Georgia delegation agreed to join in with those who feel like Sena tor Tillman does about it, and will vote for Senator Daniel against him. This contest for the temporary chairmanship before the national committee and the settlement of the contests from Michigan. Nebraska, Texas and South Dakota have been the most fruitful source of interest during the day. Asa further act of re sentment toward the committee for nam ing Senator Hill for the chairmanship the fight on the seating of the gold delegates from Nebraska will also be carried be fore the convention and the remort of the committee turned down. Georgia, will, of course, line up with the minority report. There has h en little talk of vice presi dential candidate* to far. John H. Mo I-ean, it is said, has expressed a willingness to take second place on the Teller ticket, but would not run with ltlan.l because he is a i>oor man and could not put up enough cash, and right here Ut one of the point* made by the Teller boomers. They say openly that it will be impossible to rats# a campaign fund with any of the other men In the held a* can didates. With Senator Teller, they say, the silver mine nwners of the west would chip ill handsomely, as they believe ho could be elected, and then Senator Teller also ha* a standing among them. Thin talk furnished one of the keys to the situation. No holt of the gold men I* now antici pated, although if the silver men turn, Senator Hill down a* temporary ehai-- man. one may lw precipitated. Accord ing to Mr. Whitney's advice. If the ac tion of the national committee I* ac cepted the gold men will stay in the con vention to the close and flirow their strength to a candidate who I* not radi cal on the silver i(uesUon. Afterward, it is said, if the candidate i* a square It! to 1 man, the gold men will call another convention and put out candidates on a sound money platform, preferring to do this than to vote for a sllverlte or for McKinley. If Senator Teller should be nominated It Is almost certain that the gold men propose to have their own con vention a couple of weeks hence, and put out their own men us the only true democratic candidates. CITY FATHERS IN A M HII’. ■dvely Street Fight Anionic Atlantic >1 ii n lei |in I Ottlcera. Atlanta, Ua., July At a pretty late hour to-night certain "city fathers" and other municipal officials set quite an In teresting example for plain citizen* to emulate. They engaged In a friendly fra cas on one of the four most prominent corner* of Atlanta. It Is reported that among the live or six combatants, at least two pistols were drawn, to say noth ing of a very effective walking stick. But, fortunately, no serious harm was done, only one councilman going away bloody, and he only Injured on the suA face. The whole town, not yet abed, Is lively over the occurrence, and the %iholt town Is not aide to explain the afTalr In detail. Uelore council an ordinance, championed warmly by Alderman Woodward, has been pending, which, among other things, ts Intended to abolish th office of city mar shal. The matter came up this afternoon and considerable feeling resulted. Later on there was quite a gathering of local political magnates at Becrman's corner, and among them the measure was freely discussed. There were present Aldermen Woodward, Albert Howell, a prominent candidate for mayor; Alderman Dim mock. Councilman Maddox, Deputy Mar shal Jefr. Tolbert, a brother of Alderman Tolbert, and B. \V. I’hllltps. The fuss seems to have had Its begin ning between Mr. Tolbert and Alderman Woodward, Tolbert claiming that Wood ward was trying to oust him. They very soon came to blows and then the others Joined in and there followed what ap peared to be a free for all tight. Dll tie damage was done before the eomlmtants were separated, though for a time the sit uation iftoked threatening. Phillips ap peared lo be a peacemaker, and through ills effort* find those of the quickly as sembled police, serious trouble was avert ed. When separated, all were allowed to go home, hut names were taken by the police and cases will probably be entered. Eye witnesses of the afTalr claim not to have liecn able to distinguish between the contending forces. It seemed, they say, 4# if every man interested were "going it dn his own account." DAMBL YOl MANS DKUWTBD, He anil Ills Wlf* Perish While Driv ing hy a Norwegian I.ake. New York. July 7.—Daniel D. Yotimans of this city, the well-known Broadway hatter, better known as “Youmans, the Hatter," and his wife, were drowned in a lake near Bergen, in Norway, Saturday afternoon last w hile driving along the car riage road at the side of the lake. No particulars of the accident have yet been received. Mr. Youmans and his wife left New York on June IS last for an extended trip on the continent. Mr. Youmans was born In Orange coun ty, New York, sixty years ago. His wife was several years bis junior. He came to New York at an early age and engaged in the business which made him famous throughout the mercantile world. He Is reputed to be worth quite a large for tune. INDIA’S TROOPS IN EGYPT, The House of Commons Votes on the Question of Their Pay. London, July 7,3 a. m.—ln the House of Commons last evening, Lord George Hamilton, conservative, formerly first lord of the admlrality, moved that the exchequer should pay for the support of th<* Indian troops sent to Huakim to re place the gnrrlson troops who were being used In the Soudan expedition. There was a long debate on the motion, which wan finally adopted by a vote of 252 to 106 The compelling of the Indian govern ment to pay the expenses of these troops ts likely to cause much discontent In liv dla. The Times, Standard, many of the unionist papers, and all the libera] papers oppose the government in this matetr. SHOTS IN’ SELF-DEFENSE. A Tourist From New Orleans Kills One Man anil Wounds Another. Chatham, N. Y., July 6.—Dr. Brlnon, a tourist from New Orleans, at 4 o’clock this morning, shod Norman Mackenzie and John McKane in the Waverly hotel a,t Newcastle. The shooting was done in self-defense. McKenzie’s recovery Is doubtful, but McKane was only slightly wounded. These two with a traveler named Hall, were intoxicated and broke into Brlnon’* room and beat him unmerci fully because he protested against their singing, and said It prevented him from Sleejdng. All parties are In Jail except McKane and MacKenzie. The formiT is missing. He is the manager of the Mer chants Bank of Halifax, at Newcastle. YALE'S DEFEAT PREDICTED. Two Sporting Papers Think the Le amler Crew Will Win. London, July 7, 4 a. ra.—Sporting Life and the Sportsman both predict that the Leander crew will defeat the Yale eight In the first trial heat for the grand chal lenge cup and that Dr. McDowell will de feat E. A. Gulnnes in his heat with the latter for the diamond sculls. The cessation of the wind greatly fav ors the Leanders. If it had continued blowing as it blew Saturday the position of Yale on the Bucks side of the river would have been worth three lengths. A Cuban Rebel Sliot. Havana. July 6.—Joaquin Perdigon Pas trana was shot to-day in the Cabana fortress for the crime of rebellion. It was twice necessary to give 'him a coup do grace. I DAILY. HO A TEAM. * S CENTS A COPY. I KTB KLT S-TIMES-A-WEiSK *1 A TSAIS HOWELL TURNS AGAINST HILL GIORGIINII TO II If'K DANIEL FOR TEHPUR IHY CHAIRMAN. Ilx-Smalor Walsh Chosen Chairman of the Delegation and He Wilt Cast Its A ole With the Sllverllea. The Oeoraia Members of the ♦in vention Committees—Teller Apt In (let the Delegation's Support. Chicago, July G.—The Georgia delegation arrived at noon to-day, and Is quartered at the Leland hotel. At 5 o'clock this afternoon the delegation had its first me#;, ing to organlxe for to-morrow's combat. Ex-Senator Pat Walsh was made chair man of the delegation, and will cast the vote of the state, as a unit. In favor of silver on all points touching the organi zation of the convention and candidates. Senator Daniel of Virginia will get th vote of Georgia for temporary chairman, as against Senator Hijl, the nominee of the committee, and on the other differ ences with the action of the commute* that will come up for settlement on tho floor of the convention Chairman Walsh will keep the delegation squarely on th* silver line. Clark Howell of Atlanta was named, without opposition, as national commit* let-man to servo another term. Capt. E. P. Howell was selected as fI A member of the committee on resolution* and platform; Hal Lewis for the commit tee on credentials and J. P. Hill and Wil* llam Howard as members of the commit* tee to notify the candidate of his nomlna* tlon. B. M. Davis of Macon was made vie* chairman of the delegation. When the question of the delegation go* ing Into the proposed caucus of the ail* verites was sprung by Chairman Walsh, who stated that he had been requested by the steering committee to put it be fore the meeting, Capt. Howell imme diately put his veto upon It. He made a speech. It was unheurd of, he said, to hold such a caucus and such a step could only result In strife and discord in the party and, lie said, harmony was what was wanted. Besides, he declared, the proposed caucus was nothing more than a scheme In favor of candidates who hoped to profit by It. The candidates to whom t'ai>t. ill • •1! referred Rro supposed to be Bland ai >1 Botes, and as he ts in the wake of the Tc'Dr boom, he was, of cuurpe, opposed to It. Senator Teller's friends based their strongest hopes on the general breaking up of the forces of the other candidates when th- y got through with fighting each other. Home of them even think that the gold men would vote for him out of aplte, and for the further purpose of giving them a good excuse fur putting out a > iiMliduta of their own. For the warn# reason that they opposed the caucus—the desire of the leaders to iee Teller nominated—the Georgia dele gation opposed the abrogation of the two thirds rule. To do this they felt would make it possible for the gold men to com bine with a small percentage of sllverites and nominate a man who was not straight on sliver. Committeeman Clark Howell appeared before the delegation and gave an account of the proceedings of the national com mittee, in which he intimated that aoma crooked work had been done by the gold contingent to change the line or action of several of the members. Ye*terday, ha said, these members had openly said they were willing to let the silver men hav* full swing, but to-day, they -changed their mind and not only unseated tha silver delegates from Nebraska, but put Senator Hill upon tho convention as tem porary chairman. No vote was taken on the cholco of the delegation for President, this being deferred until to morrow morning at 9:30 o’clock. Pend ing a decision of this Important question the delegation heard speeches from tho boomers of the various candidates, all of whom were knocking at the door, hope ful of securing Georgia's vote. The most interesting of these hearings was that of the Teller boomers. In his behalf Con gressman Towns of Minnesota, Senator Dubois of Idaho, Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota, and Congressman Hart man of Montana made speeches. They banked on the south to support their man and declared that the south would not bo true to sllvorlsm If it failed to take ad vantage of the opportunity. Senator Tel ler, they argued, was the only man who could be elected on a silver platform. The populists would en dorse him at St. Louis. Congress man Hartman presenting a letter from Chairman Taubeneek and other populist leaders to that effect, and the silver re publicans of the west would come to hi* support. If be was not named by't'he dem ocrats, the silver republicans of the west would be forced to unite with the i>opulists and'the south could not elect a silver dem ocrat. With Senator Teller, the silver men could sweep the country and capture the lower house, while with -any other oan dhlats the democratic party would be sure ly defeated and the republicans would not only capture the House and presidency, but also the Benate. According to the fig ures of the Teller boomers, he could de liver 265 electoral votes, while no demo crat could carry more than 197, while 224 would be necessary to elect. During the presentation of the case of Senator Teller, C apt. Howell and others of the delegation asked frequent questions to bring out more fully the strong points in his claims, and the speeches were re ceived with a great deal more enthusiasm than thoseof the friends of the other can d’dates. Capt. Howell concluded the Teller case by reading a dispatch just re ceived from M. R. Wright, pop., and A. Hlohardson, dem , of Cedartown, saying that Senator Teller's nomination would unite the two parties In Georgia. Senator Vest, Judge White and Gov. Stone of Missouri, presented the claim* of Mr. Bland. Frank I’. Shively, the democratic candi date for governor of Indiana, spoke for Gov. Matthew*, and Gov. Boles was placed before the delegates by L. T. Genung, delegate-at-large from lowa. Aside from Teller, Bland appeared to have the most strength with the Georgia delegation, and It may be that he will receive the vote of the state on the first ballot. TWIN SHAFT A TOMB. The Hupping of Sunday Done by One of the Rescuers. Wllkesbarre, Pa., July 6.—The excite ment attending tho Twin shaft catastro phe has by no means abated since the report circulated that rappings from the men had been heard. Another thorough investigation was made during last night and It was finally learned that John Owens did the rapping. He made the explanation that he did it to encourage the miners who were at work. Owens belonged to one of the shift and was promptly discharged. At I o'clock this morning the rescuers encountered a mass of large rock, and from that time up to 8 o'clock very little progress was made. It will take at least a week before they can reach the spot where the victims are. All hope of And.i.a any alive has been abandoned.