Newspaper Page Text
MAC ON- TELEGRAPH
ESTABLISHED IB 1826.
MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, JULY 0, 1896.
DAILY, $7.00 A YEAH.
Ill BIOS S fill
Tbe Rational Committee Will Present
His Kline lor the Temporary
CbirmansLlp.
DAVID TO HEBT SILVER HEN’S DABIHG
Tbo Strength of the Gold Advocates and the
Silferoonfl Will Bo Tested on Hili’a
Nomination—Will the Majority
Override Precedent 1
——
Chicago, July 6.—Senator Hill was
Touted upon today by a number of
prominent silver men, who used all
*orts of axguiments to Induce the New
iTork senator-to withhold permission fcr
the use of Mr name as temj>orary
chairman of ttoe national committee.
Among the callers were Senators Vest
and Cockrell of Missouri, White of Cal
ifornia, Mr. Walsh of Georgia, and
other active silver nron. Senator Hill
| was told thait it would <bc unwise to
allow his name to be presented only 'to
be howled overr by the silver majority,
which is expected to rule the conven
tion.
HILL STANDS FIRM.
He listened respectfully to all argu
ments presented, but was unaffected in
mis position by what was said to him.
Die declined to make ainy statement for
publication as to his attitude, tout oth-
Jers close to him saW that he is not ttoe
\y give urf a light on the eve of
battle. It is Relieved that Senator Hill
is the one man who can prevent a holt
Ajy the sound money men of the Bast,
free silver platform is adopted and
fa free silver man nominated by this
conventionv and that If 'the senator
fcvere to bow to the wishes of the silver
leaders and refuse the use of his name
by the national committee for tempo
rary chairman, too would no longer be
In a position to dheck a bolt of the gold
delegates.
THE COMMITTEE'S RIGHT.
The efforts of t’toe silver men may
therefore be set down as Ineffectual. If
the national committee at ite meeting
tomorrow decides to present the name
of Mr. Hill for temporary chairman,
it may be authoritatively stated that
Senator HIM will stand, and that 'the
overt/hrow of the programme mapped
out by the national committee will
bring matters to a head between the
gold and silver men at the opening or
thW convention on Tuesday. The gokl
men know that a teat vote must be
met, and many of -them believe it bet
ter to me<et It on the selection of tem
porary chairman, wrtih all the prece
dents of regularity on their side, than
to have the Issue presented on more
even terms later on.
WILL SUPPORT PRECEDENT.
They question the ability of the sil
ver 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
ns David B. Hill. Such an Irregular
beginning to the convention, followed
by* other arbitrary acts by the major
ity, the gold men claim, would fully
justify them in bolting and refusing
their support to the nominee.
HILL AND HIS FRIENDS.
Senator (Hill shook hands with hun
dreds of his friends and admirers dur
ing the day. He had a word of cheer
and encouragement for all who are try
ing to stay the drift toward free sHY*?.
He said toe 'believed the unit rule on
states and the two-thirds rule on noml-
naSona, both time-honored customs of
the Democratic party, would stand In
this convention. He said that all talk
about there being one-free silver man
in the New! York delegation was non
eense; that each and every man from
the Emigre State was for gold, and
they would a51 vote for gold, even if the
unit rule was done away with, die told
a story, being circulated at the Sher-
tr.&n house, to the effect that a r
named Lockwood, claiming to be a del
egate from the Thlrty-eecond district
rof New York, was for'sflver. He de
clares that the man named was either
un Imposter or a myth.
THE CRISIS TODAY.
The crisis in national Democratic
prospects will probably be reached to
morrow. It may be precipitated by the
decision of the national committee
to temporary chairman of the conven
tion. There in a well-grounded belief
toniRht that the sound money majority
of that committee will recommend to
the convention that Senator David B.
Hill of New York be the temporary
fc^yialrman. The knowledge that this
I wan the Intention of the committee Js
said toifurnish the explanation of Mr.
HiII> absence from the gold m
mass meeting last night.
HILL WAS NOT ABUSED.
He has thus escaped the- denuncia
tions which the silver xnen at the Sher
man house have lavished with unspar
ing tongues today upon er-Governor
Flower, Senator Gray, Mr. McVeagh
and District Attorney Fellows for their
participation In that gathering. There
is an openly expressed desire on the
part of the silver men to force th
P*Tht from the beginning upon the tem
porary chairmanship, and Mr. George
Fred Williams of Massachusetts, one
of the latest claimed accessions to the
silver runk«, la spok« n of ns a de>iral»b
Eastern man to put forward In antag
onisrn to Senator Hill. The Bound
money'men are willing and Senator
HIS is even said to be eager to have
the fight opened upon this Issue. They
hs-sert that to antagonize the recom
mendation of a national committee in
the matter of temporary organization
t\ould be such a breach of Democrats
traditions and u*ag*s that no Demo
cratic convention could reasonably be
expected to natation it by Its deliberate
Senator Harris of Tennessee appears
to be generally ?.r ■ pted ta the nt|
Duty a choice for permanent president.
If he should taker the chair It 1* thought
excuse himself from making
l*ny set speech on the plea that recent
ilckness has left his physical strength
sonv-what Impair'd.
THE BOOMERS AT WORK,
e leading booms ■ -utlaue In fuU
• ’Silver Dick” Bland s trumpeters
•re making the most of the promised
accession of Illinois' forty-eight votes
to their standard, and claim his nomi
nation a» assured. The Bole3 men are
not yet here in full force. His “boom-
rs" are to arrive In two sections to
morrow, when they will supply abund
ant enthusiasm to add to the pictur
esqueness of tl»e contest. Meantime
the Tellerltes profess such absolute
confidence in th»* nomination and elec
tion of the Colorado senator (though
his own state delegation stands com
mitted to Boles) that they are already
bargaining for a partition of the spoilr
of the office between the original Tel
ler men and their Democratic allies.
Mr. McLean continues to be named
very extensively for either first or sec
ond place, and has apparently gained
Considerable strength during the day.
DON’T WANT A CAUCUS.
Considerable opposition is developing
to the holding of any caucus to deter
mine Jn advance of the meeting of the
convention what shall be the course of
the silver men. Supporters of Senator
Blackburn's candidacy take the lead
in declaring their intention to refuse
to enter any’ such caucus. They, want
the convention to settle the matter and
they promise to abide by its decision.
. MICHIGAN BACKS HILL.
The sound money delegates from Mich
igan called upon Senator Hill at his head
quarters this evening. The senator re
ceived fhe delegation very cordially. El
iott G. Stevenson, on behalf of the- del
egation, told Mr. Hill that the gold men
of Michigan were with him and would
fight for the causo of sound money to
the end.
Mr. Hill said he was glad to have such
faithful advocates of tin* cause and
hoped fcuciess would crown the fight.
"We are all working <to that end," said
the senator, "and wo will at least put
up a glorious fight." At the conclusion
of the interview the Michiganders gave
three cheers for «tfie New York senator.
Mr. Stevenson, in speaking relative to
the fight in the Michigan delegation be
tween the gold men and the silver!tea,
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 tlieir dele
gation. It will prevail m/d our vote will
be for gold unless the national commit
tee fehall otherwise order. The twelve
silver men have* openly declared that
they will rule this (lelegntoin, even if
they have to do so by main force. We
ao not fear them at their worst, and I
am confident that Michigan, will he found
in . the gold column solidly, with the
twenty-eight votes.”
« ifll IN C
Dslegatloos Prom Texas, Illinois and
Other states Are on the
Grounds.
BLAND'S FRIENDS WORN HIS BOOM.
THE FREE SILVER SIDE.
They Want the Temporary Organization
and Will Fight for It
Chicago, July 5.—Several of the free
silver delegates, including among- their
number tli6 executive* committee, which
called upon the national sub-committee
n few days ago, met this afternoon in
one of the parlors of the*Sherman House
and carefully considered *tlxo question of
the temporary chairmanship of the con
vention. The gentlemen <worp in session
for more than an hour, hut jxdjourned
without having readied any conclu
sion.
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 con
cern. They want u man in good voice,
skilled in oratory and possessed of an
abiding faith In the.doctrine of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver. Several
(Hatingi\ished men have been suggested
for this place, among them Mr. Bryan of
Nebraska, Mr. Thomas of Colorado,
Senator White of California or Senator
Blackburn of Kentucky. The last two
named, appear to meet with more favor,
and it is not impossible that one of them
may bo selected as the candidate on the
silver men, although, ns has been slated,
nothing has been finally determined.
The committee will meet again tomor
row morning at 10 o’clock when the
choice will be made, and at noon the
name agreed upon will bo laid before the
national 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 tc select whomsoever
it may desire. A prominent member of
the free silver committee stated this
evening that their suggestion ought not
to be interpreted as a command, and
if the national committee saw fit not to
obey, the fight would be simply trans
ferred to the floor of the convention,
where nothing hut defeat would meet
the committee.
NEW YORK DELEGATION.
The Sound Money Men of the Empire
State Off For Chicago.
New York, July 5.—The Tammany
Hall delegation to the Democratic na
tional convention at Chicago started
for that city at 9:36 o’clock this morn
ing over the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad In ten parlor
coaches and one baggage car. The
train will be divided Into two sections
at Buffalo. The first section thence
will go over the Michigan Central rail
road and the second section over the
Lake Shore railroad. Both arc ex
pected to am ye In Chicago at the same
time, probably about 10 o’clock tomor
row morning. There were 250 dele
gates, alternates and Tammany Ilall
adherents on the train.
Among those on the train were Con-
grt.-.-Bman Sulzer, District Leader Pat
rick Keenan and Associate District
Attorney John McIntyre.
Mr. McIntyre 'said that the New
York delegation would work hard for
a gold platform under the lead^ship
of Mr. Whitney, ex-Governor Flower,
Mr. Belmont, District Attorney Fal
lows and others.
ELECTIONS IN BELGIUM.
Brussels, July 5.—Elections were held
today tor members of the chamber of
d« put!** to till th« vacancies caused by
the withdrawal, under the constitution,
of one-half of the members of the house
Whose terms of office had expired. The
final results are as yet unknown. The
figures received show that in eighteen
districts in Brussel* and eleven In
Antwerp reballots will be required ow
ing to triangular - ontcsis between Lib
eral, CarthoUcs and Socialists.
Boies Is Looming Up in Good Shspe-Tillm&n
Is Figuring for at Least an Honorable
Mention The Financial Plank
Will Be Clear Cat,
SATOLLI S SUCCESSOR.
Rome. July '.—The'pope has n*
dried Mgr Dlomed- Talconis p
delegate to United B tales, Jn
cwlen to Cardinal Satollt. who I*
pected to arrive here on July 1$.
.Chicago, July 5.—-A number Of dele
gations. chiefly from Southern‘state.*,
arrived today. One of the most notice-
aide was that from- Texas*, at the head
of which were Congressman Joseph W.
Bailey, Governor C. A. Culberson ami
Hon. John H. Reagan, the ex-poslmas-
ter-gencnal of the Confederacy. They
had with, them 'Mark Elison, whose
“rebel yclil’ has made 'him famous In
national conventions. Texas delegates
are united and enthusiastic for free-sil
ver and Bland, and Mr. Bailey is ex
pected to second Senator Vest’ll pre
sentation of the name of ".Silver Dick"
on behalf of the delegation from the
Lone Star State.
DISCUSSED BLAND'S MERITS.
Next after the Texans* came the num
ber® of the Louisiana, deli nation. Im
mediately after their arrlva'l. Congress
man S. M. Robertson of Baton Rogue
and ex-Congresaixtan La-ne of Illinois
engaged in a vigorous discussion of the
merits of Candidate Bland. Mr. Lane
asked the Louls’ana man If ho was for
Bland.
"■Show me that toe Is big enough for
the place and I’ll support him," w'as
the prompt response.
"Well, he Is ibig enough," tootly re
torted Lane, "and t'he people are for
him."
"Now, Lane," said Robertson, "you
and I know each other and we know
Bland. I nerved eight years with him
on the coinage, welg^Lt and measures
committee In the house of representa
tives, and while no one can or does
question tols honesty, he does not meas
ure up to the standard that the Ameri
can people require of their candidates
for president. What’s the matter with
Boles?" .
• HOW ABOUT BOIES?
Then It became Mr. Line’s turn to
assail -Boles, contending that, as shown
by tols recently published letter. Boles
was not sound on the silver question
as recently as a year ago, and that he
owed his success In Iowa to the prohi
bition movement.
‘die Js not the kind of a man," said
Lane, "the Democrats want on a free
silver platform. The only trouble with
Bland," he added, "as far a* Stool men
from *ho South an* concerned, is that
he Is caMed a Southern man and you
are afraid to vote for.him. You’re po
litical cowards,• that’s what you arc.
If Illinois can afford to give Bland for
ty-eight votes, as she will do, l/he
Southern delegates ought to have cour
age enough to second her efforts in his
behalf."
There the discussion ended.
TILLMAN IS THERE.
Senator TlUmarn arrived at the head
of the advance guard of the South Car
olina delegation. He comes with a flit*
tie state boom for the presidency, but
ait the first oppoxLune moment it is un
derstood 'toe will turn his votes over tc
Bland.
Ttoe caucus of the Missouri delega
tion. which was held last -night, re
united in no positive action, furttoc
than ttoe selection of Senator Cockrell
as a member of ttoe committee on res
olutions, The candidacy of (Mr. Bland
and the policy to toe pursued in order
to make the work In his behalf as ef
fective as possible was discussed from
10 o’clock until almost 1 o’clock in the
morning, a number of very enthusias
tic speeches toeing made. Congress
man *De Aflmond advocated the en
dorsement toy ttoe delegation of Htoe oau
cue of the silver men which have been
proposed for. the purpose of determin
ing who shall be the silver candidate.
OPPOSED BY VEST.
This was antagonized by Senator
Vest. Not for 'the reason, however,
that he was opposed to anything that
Mr. Bland's friends wanted, tout be
cause toe considered It bad policy at
vii'* present time. In one <*f *his char
acteristic speeches Mr. Vest called at
tention to the fact ttoa-t Mr. Bland wa
the loading candidate ami would In all
probability be the choice of the <
ventlon. If the Missouri delegation
were to take the initiative in this mat
ter, their action might be construed
Senator Vest said, as an effort on th<
part of Missouri to unduly 'hasten mat
ters and take snap Judgment Jn favo
of its carxlidaJte. It might also, h
feared, be unacceptable* to delegation
from other stales who -had candidates
to come before the convention, tft-na-
tor Vest believed that the first steps
with respect to this proposed caxicui
should l** taken by the delegation*
pledged to no particular candidates
and declared that as soon as this wai
done Missouri could properly oartlcl
pate in its proceedings. This advice
was followed, and no -action was taken
on the subject.
ILLINOIS FOR BLAND.
All of the members of the Illinois del
citation have not yet reached the city,
hut those who lire here, a majority «*f
the whole number, held u conference
morning at the Sherman House,
question of this indorsement of a cu
date was Informally discussed, and it
was speedily ascertained that a verj
large majority of the whole deb'gntioi
wn< favorable to the nomination of Mr
Bland. The delegation will n-.t be com
plete until tomorrow morning, are! wliil*
another .onfor-n* ** will Is* held tooigb
f**r the purpose ct conferring with tlxon.
who arrived <>n the afternoon trains
the formal action of th. delegates wil
not be bad until ihe conference of tomnr*
row. At this time. Mr. Bland, through
the operation of the? unit stile, will In
formally Indorsed and members of the
ration* convention committees will 1*-
selected.
HARRIS FOR CHAIRMAN.
It is i-oiicdled that Mr. Harris of Ten-
see will !*♦• the chairman of
the contention, and h- has made h>
amngvuienU to take ponwesioij of the
gave! Hinl assume control of a body that
gives premise of requiring the leadership
f the skilled parliamentarian that he is,
For several weeks Senator Harris J»a«
been in ill health, but has recuperated
and. In his room at the Sherman House,
this morning, told a reporter 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 party. He will make
but a very short speech in accepting the
position, leaving it to the temporary
hairnnin to sound the key note for the
lonvantioh.
THE FINANCIAL PLANK.
Free silver leaders, who have been
-elected toy the respective* delegations ns
members of the committee on resolutions,
and others who will undoubtedly form
a vast majority of that Important organ
ization, have today been conferring to.
gether with respect to the text of the
platform, and the subjects that shall bo
mentioned therein. Only upon the finan
cial plank has there been any deflnlto
agreement. The exact text has not been
finally determined, but that is a matter
of detail that can be easily arranged
her *ho eom'nltteo gets together. That
it will bo a short, clear cut, concise dec*
Inration for the free and unlimited coin
age of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, is a
foregone conclusion. Two short Renten.
eta are all that would be necessary to
construct this plank.
WILL TOUCH ON THE TARIFF.
The indications nro that those who
have hoped the platform would ignore
other matters will be disappointed. Well
known men among tl^pse in control of
convention matters, assert that the tariff
question must not be overlooked. While
there is a diversity of opinion as to the
advisability of coming out In n flat footed
indorsement of the Wilson tariff act,
that h»er t ill b<* Incidentally Indorsed at
least, ff the United States senators are
permitted to have their way, the platform
will declarv tlipt the present tariff law
should remain untouched until the exi
gencies of the occasion prove that its
modification is absolutely necessary.
THE INCOME TAX FEATURE.
Whether the income, tax, which was
declared to be unconstitutional by the
supreme court, shall be referred to is n
question upon which there is a very
great difference of opinion. The majority
of the lenders, however, appear to be in
favor of recognizing the principle that
became a part of the Wilron tariff act
and n determined effort is to be made by
delegates frmn .sonie of the Southern and
Western states to secure an expression
mi the subject, if they fall it will be
because tbo agitation of tlxo act is not
deemed to la*, expedient, and not be
muse the majority of tin* party are
against it.
WILL IGNORE CLEVELAND.
The administration will not be men
tioned ill the plutfonn. Borne of the more
radical of the silver men want an em
phatic coiuleinnatioa of the financial poli
cy of President Cleveland nml ^ocretary
Carlisle Inserted in the platform, but it
is believed that while the ndmlntaftatlon
will CBcnpo -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 sil
ver vote of the convention. There whs a
great deal of talk todaj^fnvorlag a plank
that' smacks very largely of what is
known ns jingoism.
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
In a-conversation this afternoon, a del
egate who has been selected tis a member
of the committee on resolutions, and
who will lit all probability be Its chair
man, said that the Democratic party has
always been the American /party, nud It
was only during the, administration of
President Cleveland that tin* American
ism of tin* party had been east aside.
Therefore, it Is quite likely that the for
eign policy of tho present administration
prill, by indirection at least, -be repudi
ated. If the programme agreed upon by
these gentlemen does not go amiss the
sympathy of the Democratic party will
be expressed for suffering Culm^Ynd a
demand made for the recognition of its
independence. Itisnot impossible that the
desire to "even things up" with the ad
ministration may load to the adoption of
a plank on this subject that will be
equally strong as that adopted at St.
Louis, , • •
BLAND ON FIRST BALLOT.
Chicago, July 5.—The following Bland
figures were given out tonight to !n«l|
cate the practically certain strength of
the Missouri candidate on the first bal
lot:
Arkansas 16, Colorado 8, Idaho 6,
Illinois 48, Kansus 20, Missouri 41. Mon
tana 6, Oregon H. Texas 30, Utah 6,
Washington 8, Wyoming 6. Arizona 6,
New Mexico 6, Indian Territory 6, Ok
lahoma 6. Total, 236.
This summing up of Mr. Bland’s sup
porters Is thirty-two votes below th*
estimate given at the afternoon cau
cus of the Bland delegates
ALTGELD 8 DELEGATES.
The Illinois Democrat* May not Be Con
trolled by the Governor,
• Chicago, July 6—Governor Alt geld did
not bring the Illinois delegation t
formal vote on a presidential candidate
today, as expected. The Bland nun v
dlKijipofjitcd' and a trifle uneasy over
the situation, mm it rested tonight. Tho
trouble exists mainly with the nuti-BInnd
men of the Cook county (Chicago) del
gation. There are fourteen of them wh
do not favor the Missourian, and prof*
Boies almost to a man. The Bland men
of the delegation excuse the failure of
tho two meetings to take definite action,
by saying that some of tin* delegate*
who are for Bland did not arrive today,
and as tho full delegation was not pr« *
exit it was deemed advisable not totflke
a poll of the delegates till tomorrow,
The claim of the Bland men of the dele
gation has been that thirty of the forty
eight were with them, but tier** wer*
not that number at th** Sherman f-wlay
The first <ati« *is was called for l<
o'clock Governor AJtgdd presiding, ami
immediately adjourned to 8 O’clock in the
At that time after :fi< governor had
conferred with bin confidential men. n
meeting was called informally and an
agreement was soon notched to adjourn
until tomorrow morning, when t.fie absen
tecs will be on hand.
Tie* Boies men bad representatives ont
-id** of the headquarters, and Secretary
Waltb of th«* Iona state commit fee. * a j,j
he regarded the outlook as favorable to
Boies.
The Slltetites Hay Nominate a Repub
lican tor Their Presidential
Candidate.
FIGURES ARE ALL !N HIS FAYOR.
Surprises Are in Store Jcr Democrats, Popu
lists and Republicans-Disgruntled of
Svery Party May Unite and
Organise on Some Plan.
Chicago, July 6.—Tho Teller men today
began to define their policy, They are
growing more enthuMlastlc as the con
vention draws nearer, and are making
definite claims as to the strength of their
candidate. They have prepared a state
ment, showing the number of electrical
votes wheih they claim will be obtained i?
Teller is made the choice of the con
vention. This statement Is beiug used to
influence Teller sentiment among the del
egates. Congressman Bailey of Texas, a
ielegateiit-lnrgo and one of tho Bland
leaders, has also prepared a statement
giving the number of electoral votes
the Democrats may hope to secure, but
his figures fall far below those prepared
by tho Teller fnction.
Tho two statements have been com
pared and tbo Teller people are saying
that the, Bland men nud supporter* of
other candidates* pledged to free silver,
are very much impressed with Teller’s
alleged strength.
MR. TELLER’S STRENGTH.
The Teller statement gives the Colora
do man 266 electoral votes, while Mr.
Bnilcy’a foots tip only 197. The Teller
men have been very* frank with the sil
ver leaders. They will not concede tin-
right of the .Democratic party to dictate
the entire programme to be followed in
the event of the Colorado senator's nom
ination and election, and nro trying t*»
reach an understanding on these pcints
before the convention ntfomblcs.
One- of the uioit prominent Teller men
who lias been In frequent conference
with the Democratic lenders, told a
Southern Associated Press reporter to
day that tho Teller people would not
Consent to any proposition us to tin* po
sition they would occupy in the event
of his election, except such ns would
give them a proportionate share in the
administration of tho government, based
on tho number *»f electoral votes they
secured for tho candidate.
REPUBLICANS WANT TOO MUCH.
Mr. Teller’s friends Insist that he is the
only man who can enrry tho country
for free silver. It Is in this distinct and
broad statement that they base their
demands on the De/uocrati«‘ lenders.
They are endeavoring to effect an nr-
Arrnngemcnt with ilnr Dt-MnerntJc lend-,
ers an to tho platform on which Mr. Tell
er can make llu* race. They want, of
course, to make tho financial plank the
main feature and subordinate everything
else to it.
"The platform will be satisfactory to
ererybody." said Reprei»ont.itlvc Hart
man of Montana, who bolted the 8t.
Louis convention with Mr. Teller, ami
who Is here looking- after the Teller In
terests, "Nobody Van And fault with it,
and if Mr, Teller is nominated, us lie
will be, it will sweep the country."
GOLD BUG ARE GATHERING.
Federal office holders Hro beginning to
come In, but whether or not 4 they will
take any part in tho proceeding! bus not
yet developed, Charles H. Hamlin, as
sistant secretary of the treasury, arrived
this morning and started out f-> And Wil
liam C. Whitney and Don M. Dickinson.
A.'A. Wilson, marshal of the district of
Columbia, one of tin.* closest of the pres-
Ident’s personal and political friends, i*
also here. J. S. Vnnsomlen, private sec
retary to Secretary Carlisle, and a well-
known Democratic worker in Kentucky,
is another administration man, who Is
looking after things. Secretary Morion
has not boon in evidence since bn reached
Chicago. He Is stopping at the 'Chicago
Club and does not fcrqtient the hotel
corridors or hotel quarters.
THAT MASH MEETING.
Last night’s tnass meeting of the gold
men was a remarkable demonstration
from the standpoint of attendance and of
the nottd men who spoke or were present
ns spectators. I.Ir. Hill was asked to
attend and make a speech, but. he de
clined point blank to do either. Rumors
as to his reasons for declining f<» nerve
are numerous, but Mr. Hill Is not grati
fying tho **uriostlty of those who desire
to know the truth.
BLANDS FRIENDS CAUCUS.
Republicans and Uopul sts , f Ci’iror.iti
Arc Urging His Nomination.
Chicago. July 6.—The first general
caucus of delegates and alternates, fa
vorable to the candidacy of Mr. Bland,
was held In tlx* club room of the Sher
man House this afternoon, and after a
session lasting an hour and a half, ad
journed to meet again at 10 o'clock.
The object of the Bland managers
was to get acquainted with the dele
gates from other states than Missouri,
and to begin the work of formulating
tho convention plan of procedure, rath
er than to make a full test of Bland's
strength. Twelve states responded to
the roll call, and 100 delegates, Instruct
ed for the Missourian, were present.
From the figures sent to the secretary,
250 votes were put down as a certainty
on the first ballot.
SPOKE FOR BLAND.
Most of th** Illinois delegation were
around tho hotel, but only a few at
tended the caucus. Texas and Kansas
were largely represented. Secretary Al
len, of the Bland executive committee
of Missouri, colb-d the caucus to or
der. Senator Martin of Kansas was
chosen chairman, and Dr. L. J. De
Shlell of Texas was elected secretary.
A few vigorous speeches were made
on the outlook from Missouri’s point
of view, and there was no lack of en
thusiasm.
Congressman Bailey said the solid
thirty votes of the Lone Star State
would 1** cast,for the I^aclede county
farmer.
OTHER STATES JOIN IN.
Mr. Ovc-rmeyer of Kansas said hln
k 4tate was for Mr. Bland, because no
other Democrat could carry the state In
November.
Secretary of State Hlnrlchnen an
nounced a majority of the IUlnoln dele
gation for Bland, and that under tho
unit rule the forty-eight votes of his
state would he cast for the free silver
pioneer of the party.
There whs little but Bland talk In
the Sherman House when tho delegates
rrned. 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 to Black
burn and McLean. Gov. Culberson of
Texas and Gov. Stone of Missouri came
to look in at the caucus and meet dele
gates and friends.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER,
letter was road from San Fran
cisco stating that a silver club, com
posed of Republicans, Populists and
nooriUs, was being formed 1,000
strong, whose choice was Bland tor
president nnd Morgan of Alabama,
White of California or Sibley of Penn
sylvania. for vice-president.
WHITNEY TAKES A STAND.
He Addressed an Enthusiastic Meeting
On the Status of the Delegates.
Chicago, July 6,—The gold Democrats
who are supporting William C. Whit
ney In the business which bxought him
to Chicago, held an enthusiastic meet
ing tonight and discussed maftera of
Importance bearing on the treatment
they might expect In the convention
from the dominant sllvei xnen. The
feature of the conference which, like
that of Friday night, was conducted
behind closed doors In tne Auditorium
hotel, was a speech delivered by Mr.
Whitney at the opening, lie paid h!s
compliments to Governor Altgeld, who,
he claimed, was the dominating eplrl££
among the sllyorltes, and ended his
remarks with tills declaration, made In
a ringing voice:
"I take It tor granted that no man
In this room will ever consent to the
subordination of the welfare of tin*
country and the Integrity of his party
for any consideration."
Loud cheers followed, nnd It was
some minutes before tho appjauoo died
away;
There wos really little business of
Importance at th** conference. Its main
purpose wun to discuss tho various
contents before the national commit! *.*
and to listen to a statement’from Mr.
Whitney ns to what had been accom
plished since the gold forces began
their active fight on lust Friday. It
Is estimated that over 225 persons were
in attendance, tho room being Inade
quate to hold the assemblage. Among
the first to arrive wer** sixty Indlnn-
ana wearing conspicuous badg**n, hear
ing the l..j'crlp*lon:
"Indiana Bound Money Democrats.”
Two sergeants-at-arms were placed
at the door, and us ouch man entered
ho was subjected to close scrutiny.
Two followers of the sllverltes had
passed within the precincts of tin* con
ference room, inn Wei** discovered In
time nnd smninn.ily ousted.
Among thorn* In attendapco wire W.
D. Bynum, ex-Attorn**y-Gemral A. G.
Smith of Indiana, William C. Whitney,
ex-CTovernor Flower, cx-Llout< nnnt
Governor Shohan, cx-Oovernor Gray,
Don M. Dickinson, ex-Maydr Thomas
F. Gilroy. Judge Flinch **f Iowa, Col.
Harvey, Col. John B. Fellows, **\-Gov-
orhor Uunsoll of MmiKachasetts, Comp
troller Eckels, Assistant Beer* tnry *.f
th<* Treasury Hamlin, John E. Russell,
W. A. Ilarrlty, Ben T. Cntde. Franklin
MeVeagh, Washington !Infixing, * x-
Governor Bradley. ex-Governor Fran
cis. Josloh (jfrjnfey. Robert E. Wright
of Tennessee and ex-Governor It. W.
Knox of Kentucky.
Senator Gray of Delaware, who was
selected as permanent chairman of tho
gold delegation at lav Friday’s mcc -
ing, called the eonf* rcnce to order, ami
Immediately thereafter Mr. Whitney
arose to address thon? who wcroqiros-
cnt. AH of tho- ’ In attendance wero
not delegates to the convention. A no
table absentee was Senator David B.
Hill. Who W3« present at last Friday’s
conference, hut did not accept the In
vitation to appear tonight. Mr. Whit
ney prefaced his remarks by a brief
statement of what tho Situation had
been at tho conference held Immedi
ately after Ills arrival In Chicago. At
that time, he said, Un* little Inform i-
tlon they had tended to one Inevitable
conclusion, that th** fr-c silver men,
under Altgcld, had made up their
mind/* to force their way through tho
convention In every particular, and had
also decided to do three things—first,
to hold a caucus and select their can
didates outside the convention lull;
second, to abrogate th'- two-thirds nil”,
and third, to make the result absolute
ly eertntrv by firing out ns in iny
gold delegates as they could poulbly
find a pretext for dismissing. The
had ah** decided on another thing, and
that was to violate every precedent of
the party by refusing uh temporary
Chairman n man sol octet! by flu* na
tional committee, and to put their own
man In hh» place. That, he said, was
the state of things at the last meeting.
"Tonight." said Mr. Whitney, "It was
obvious that there had been a distinct
setback f*»r (he silver forces. Their
plans had been changed. The sentiment
that had been brought about since that
time, through the efforts of the sound
money Democrats here and the Ix*mo-
cratic pre.*n throughout the country,
was very marked. As indicative of tho
change In the plans of the sliver men,
they hid undertaken to hold a caucus
and the attempt had failed; they had
abandoned their l*b*a of abrogating the
two-thirds rule, and, from the best'in
formation that could be obtained to
night, they had deckled not to carry out
their Idea regarding the temporary
choli'imnshlp.”
Mr. Whitney said that H>o reports of
what the free sliver men attempt-vl to
do today were to th«- effect that divi
sion In their own ranks made It Impos
sible for them to carry out their own
pirns before the national committee
tomorrow. "This was tlie situation
when they adjourned this afternoon,
and then* was little probability," h«*
added, "that they would come to tho
conclusion urged by Altgeld when the
committee met this morning.”
CHRISTIANS CONTROL.
Athens. July 5.—As an outcome of th!
Insurrection In Crete against Turkish
rule the Christians of the Island today
elected a provisional government and
derided to proclaim the uotoji of the
island with Greece* ..