The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 15, 1896, Page 2

2 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1896. - to-morrow morning and take up the cud- gelsin her son’s behalf. The latter is be- ing urged for the Gubernatorial nomina- tion in Texas, and his friends declare that he will exhaust every effort to secure a seat on the floor of the convention. Several members of the committee said to-night that under no circumstances would they consent to a rehearing in any case. Under the rule of the commiitee unanimous consent will be required to re- vise the roll, and if the committeemen referred to persist in their opposition, con- testants will have no resort save to the credentials committee. Next in interest to the discussion of the New York case were the indications eiven by the Connecticut, Rbode Island and Massachusetts delegations of a design to break away to McKinley, gt DID NOT DISCRIMINATE. The National Committee Denles That It Favored McKinleyites. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—The follow- ing statement is given out to-night from Ohio headquarters to show that the Na- tional Committee performed its duties in the matter of contested seats in a spirit of fairness to all concerned: An analysis ot the work of the National Com- mittee in regard to the 168 contests which were originally filed with it shows that 136 cases were acted on, some of the original num- ber having been abandoned, while several, “notably those of Delaware and & portion of the Texas delegation, were referred to the con- vention. In many cases both contestants and contestees were understood to be McKinley men, notably in all the Mississippi and South Carolina districts and in certain districts from ee, Virginia and elsewhere. 5 claimants rejected by the com- -two were avowed McKinley men. sion which prevailed during the consideration of these cases—that the commit- tee was deciding a large number of the cases in favor of McKinley—doubtless grew out of the fact that in nearly ail of the States where there was & large number of contests both the con- testants and the contestees were avowed Mc- Kinley men, and s a natural result more Mc- Kinley men were necessarily given seats than were anti-McKinley men. In New York three districts were contested, covering six delegates. Two of the contests were decided in favor of the McKinley dele- gates and in the other districts both delega- tions were admitted, giving each delegate a half vote. In Pennsylvania there was a contest in the Third Di . The contesting delegations were both admitted, ‘each delegate having a half vote. In Delaware the contest was referred to the convention. In Virginia there were contests in the Sec- ond, Third and Eighth districts. In the Third and Eighth the contests were withdrawn, and in the Second District both delegations were admitted, each delegate being given & half vote. In North Carolina there was a contest in the Sixth District. Both delegations were ad- mitted, each delegate with & half vote. In South Carolina there was & contest in each of the districts and as to the delegates-at- large, covering eighteen votes. Both the con- testants and contestees were McKinley men, the contests turning on differences between local factions. All of the contests were de- cided in favor of the Webster faction. In Georgia theré were contests in three of the districts and as to two of the delegates-at- large, all of which were decided in favor of the McKinley delegates. In Florida there were contests in the Second District and as to the delegates-at-large. The MeKinley delegates were accepted in the Sec- ond District, also the delegates-at-large, the McKinley delegates in the First District being rejected. In Alabama there were contests in the Kirst, Third, Fourth, Fiith, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth districts and the delegates-at-large. The Fifth and Ninth districts were decided against the MeKinley men. The others seated were McKinley men. In California there were contests in tne Third and Fourth districts, both of which were decided in favor of the McKinley men. In Mississippi there were contests in the seven districts and as to the delegates-at- large. Allwere avowed McKinley men, the fight being between local factions. The Hill faction was successful exceptin the Second, Third and Sixth distriets. In Louisiana there were contests in the First, Becond, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth dis- tricts, the McKinley delegates being successful except in the Fourth District, where the decis- ion was against them. In Texas there were contests in every dis- trict and as to delegates-at-large. None of the delegates-at-large were placed upon the tem- porary roll. Inten of thedistricts the contests were decided in favor of the McKinley dele- gates, while in the remaining—the Seventh, Tenth and Twelith—the degision was against them. g In Kentucky there was but one contest, the Fifth District, which was decided in favor of the McKinley delegates. In Tennessee there were contests in the Sixth and Ninth districts, contestants and confestees being McKinley men in one district, while in the other, the Sixth, the anti-McKinley con- testants were seated. In Arizona there was a contest as to the six delegates at large, all being admitted with a healf vote each. The contest in Alaska was de- cided in the same manner. In South Carolina, Louisiana and Texas there were organizations commonly known as the “Lily Whites,” claiming seats in the con- vention, but in all of these cases the committes decided that the organizations were irregular and could not be recognized. ErNee : A MASSACHUSETTS SPLIT. Three Delegates Threaten to Bolt if Not Placated. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—The threats of a belt in the Massachusetts delegation this afternoon caused a decided sensation and resulted in the prompt adjournent of the meeting until to-morrow morning. Eben 8. Draper was elected chairman of the delegation and E. C. Benton its secre- tary. Up to this point everything went smoothly. When, however, George H. Lymon of Boston was nominated for member of the National Committee an empbhatic protest was at once forthcom- ing. Immediately following this nomina- tion N. M. Jefferson, apparently excited, but with much emphasis, said that if the effort were made to Elace Lymon on the committee Reed could not have the solid vote of Massachusetts, as in that event McKinley would have three votes on the first ballot. Without attempting to argue the matter the session was adjourned at once until to-morrow morning, at which time, it is said, Lymon will be elected, as he has twenty-seven out of the thirty votes of the delegation. Senator Lodge will also be elected to-morrow morning as a member of the committee on resolu- tions. —e— NEW YORK McKINLEY MEN. Eight Carloads of Platt’s Enemies Arrive in St. Louls. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14—The special train bearing the McKinley League of the State of New York, as the anti-Platts now term themselves, arrived at 7 o’clock this evening. There were eieht cars covered with banners and the locomotive had a McKinley portrait above its headlight. About 150 men came on the train. Witha brass band and a local club as an escort the anti-Platt men made more noise and pro- voked more cheering and hand-clapping from the crowds that lined the streets than apy arrivals to-day. ‘The Milholland men casried a mammot . roll of paper, which they said had 146,000 signatures in favor of McKinley. They also carried a half of the banner that was torn in two at the New York convention, where Morton’s candidacy was indorsed. Some of_ the prominent men in the parté are: John E, Milbolland, Colonel Fred Grant, James ‘A. Blanchard, Mayor Jewett of Buffalo, John Simpson, W. R. Benjamin and As- sistant Attorney-General Hasbrouck, PLATT MEN ARE NOW PLACATED, Harmony Restored by the Seating of Morton Delegates. WILL NOW STAND FAST. They Hoped for More, but Will Be Satisfied With What They Got. NEW JERSEY IS FOR HOBART. New York’s Governor Will Pesitively Decline the Second Place Nomination. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—Members of the Republican National Committee are pluming themselves on their success in disposing of the immense mass of work thrust upon them without holding a Sun- day session, against which the conscien- tious scruples of several of the members strongly rebelled. True, it was nearly 5 o’clock this (Sunday) morning before the last contest was disposed of, and the tired and worn out committeemen crawled away to their neglected beds. But inas- much as the session began at 10 . ». Sat- urday and was continued without adjourn- ment end with only brief recesses until all the cases had been disposed of, the extra hours after midnight are regarded as merely an extension of Saturday’s legisla- tive day anc not as a violation of the Sab- bath. The committee disposed of 168 cases remitted to the convention for settlement, the delegates-at-large from Mississippi, Delaware and Texas and the delegates from two of the New York districts and one California district. The number of cases was so great, as one of the members of the committee frankly admitted, that it was a physical impossibility to give all of them a’'careful judicial consideration and | many were decided almost at haphazard. A very large proportion of the cases will be fought over again before the committee on credentials when the convention is or- ganized and may delay the nomination till late in the week. ' None of the several hundred Platt-Morton men went to bed last night until the Na- tional Committee disposed of the lastof the New York contests. Mr. Platt was the one exception. He retired to his room for the night at 11 o’clock. His friends, how- ever, displayed a feverish interest in the outcome and were unwilling to leave the neighborhood of the National Committee’s headquarters until a final settlement was reached. Mr. Platt was early astir this morning and at 8 o’clock his friends began making their way to his rooms. Among those with whom the Senator was in consulta- tion during the forenoon were Senators Elisworth, Raines, Stewart and Lexow; Speaker Fish, Francis Hendricks, George W. Aldridge, William Barnes Jr., 8. H. Davis, Edward Lauterbach, John 8. Ken- yon and Chairman Hackett of the State committee. Mr. Platt declined to express an opinion with reference to the National Committee’s action, but some of the gen- tlemen whose names are here mentioned were not so reticent. Occupying, as they ao, intimate personal and political rela- tions with Mr. Platt, they may be fairly supposed to represent hisviews, and what they say, therefore, has all the force of an ex-cathedra statement. 1t cannot be said that they are “‘pleased” with the result. They had hoped that Morton men only would be seated. To this extent they are disappointed. On the other hand they were led to believe that the anti-Platt men would be favored with- out exception. That they were not so favored is naturally a source of gratifica- tion to them, and to this extent they are satisfied. As one of the number expressed it to a United Press reporter: “We shall acquiesce in the committee’s conclusion, for we have won a practical victory, but we would have preferred te have had all our men seated.” It may be said, in this connection, that all talk of a bolt of the New York men at the convention is at an end. Mr. Platt will not press the matter any further if the convention shall approve the National Committee’s action. It really represents aloss to Governor Morton of only three and a half votes out of a possible twelve. This means that Mr. Platt, with his friends, will remain in the convention and | participate in itsdeliberations. What Mr. Piatt and his followers will do when the Presidential campaign actively begins is another question, although it is asserted that they will perform with cheerfulness any political duty that may be assigned to them. General Anson McCook, seated in place of Alexander T. Mason in the Thirteenth District, will, it is said, vote for Governor Morton. It is estimated at Mr. Platt’s headquarters that Governor Morton will secure fifty-nine of New York’s seventy- twovotes. The McKinley voters in the delegation are these: George H. Roberts, Second District; Wiliiam B. Atterbury, Tbird District; Frederick W. Wurster, Fifth Distri Wilham H. Robertson, Sixteenth District; Thomas W. Bradley, Seventeenth District; George E. Matthews and Wesley C. Sterns, Thirty-fourth Dis- trict, with Messrs. Bliss and Cruger in the Twelfth District casting half a vote each for McKinley, and Brookfield in the Thir- teenth and Collins and Wright in the Fif- téenth casting one vote each for McKinley, making in all thirteen votes in the New York delegation for the Ohio candidate. There is openly expressed dissatisfac- tion among the Platt men this morning that Governor Morton should have chosen Chauncey Depew as the medium through whom to announce his determination not to accept the nomination for the Vice- Presidency. Mr. Platt was so much sur- prised yesterday when Mr. Depew showed him Governor Morton’s telegram that he instructed Chairman Hackett to wire the Governor immediately about it. Mr. Hackett did so. He received a reply stat- ing that the Governor had traveled with Mr. Depew from Rhinebeck to Pough- keepsie on Friday last, and that he had then informed Mr. Depew he would not allow his name to go before the conven- tion for Vice-Presidential honors. Since then, he added, he had had no further communication with Mr, Depew. This raised at once a question of veracity be- tween the two gentlemen. In other words, Mr. Depew had a telegram which purported to have come from Governor Morton, declaring unequivocally that he did not want the Vice-Presidency. His telegram to Mr. Hackett stated that he had no communication with Mr. Depew except of an oral nature. Thereupon Mr. Platt telegraphed the Governor requesting an explanation. That telegram was sent yesterdav afternoon. Mr. Platt received an answer that it was true. The Platt men cannot understand why the Governor, if he desired that’his wisbes in regard to the Vice-Presidency should be made known, did not acqusint the peo- ple who are managing his campaign with that fact. They are irritated that he should have chosen Mr. Depew, who, al- though he will make the speech placing Governor Morton in nomination, has not been as actively identified with his can- vass as have been Mr. Platt and other gen- tlemen. They make no secret of their dis- pleasure at the Governor’s lack of tact, as they term it. The Platt men deny that any concerted action will be taken by them looking to the unomination of General Bepjamin F. Tracy of Brooklyn for the Vice-Presidency. It would appear from the frank expres- sions which fell from the lips of a number of these gentlemen this morning that Gen- eral Tracy is not popular with them. They do not object to him on personal grounds; but it is evident that he1s not the man of their choice if they are asked to name a candinate for second choice. They say, however, that if the convention should developa s trong sentiment for Gen- eral Tracy they would not oppose it. They are disposed to believe from re- ports which reach them through the Ohio men, that Mr. Hobart of New Jersey will be the candidate of the McKinley men, in which event his success is practically as- sured. The friends of the other candi- dates will not concede this, but they insist that many of McKinley’s stanchest sup- porters are equally favorable to Dingley of Maine, Evans of Tennessee and other gentlemen whose names have be‘en sug- gested for second place. Ex-Judge J. Franklin Fort, one of the New Jersey delegates, who has been se- lected to present Hobart's name to the convention, is enthusigstic over the bright outlook for New Jersegss ravorite son. At that State headquarters this afternoon Judge Fort said: “Yes, New Jersey wants Mr. Hobart’s nomination. It would do wonders for us politically. For the past three years we have carried our State, and with Mr. Ho- bart on the ticket we will be lifted out of the doubtful column. We have never desired it. Now when we are entitled to it and when the party can transfer us into the Republican ranks for all time, we ask consideration. Mr. Hobart will be an ideal candidate and an able Vice-President. He is one of the brightest men in this country. His zeal for Hepublicanism, his genial manners and his sterling integrity, coupled with his wide knowledge of public men and broad graspjof public affairs, will commend him to the people. “1f the delegates only knew Mr. Hobart as we do there would be no other name mentioned. Everybody in New Jersey is for Hobart.” “Will not New York ask for the Vice- Presidency ?” “Why should they? They have had the Vice-Presidency for sixteen years. They are all split into factions. They are bet- ter off without it, and we feel they should stand with us. Mr. Hobart is as well known in New York as he is in New Jersey and his identification with the large busi- nessinterests of both States makes him an exceptionally available nominee. Many of the New Jersey delegation are here. The remainder of the delegates will reach here to-night. As one man we will work for Hobart.” “What do you think of the outlook ?” “As we see it Mr. Hobart is sure to be nominated. There is a sentiment for him and for the recognition of New Jersey that will carry the convention unless all signs fail. The party cannot make any mistake in standing by New Jersey at this time. It is the generous, judicious, kinaly thing for the party to do. The good it willdous and the encoursgement it will give us cannot be estimated.” The supporters of the Vice-Presidential aspirations of Henry Clay Evans of Ten- nessee resumed their efforts in earnest this afternoon. Every newly arnving delegate was taken in tow immediately after registering, and plied with argu- ments concerning the expediency of plac- ing the distinct representative of the South upon the ticket. Particular attention was paid to those delegates who had been previously ap- proached in the interests of General Ho- bart of New Jersey, and to these the argu- ment was directed that New Jersey was safe for McKinley without any special in- ducements being offered to secure its sup- port; that New York was in the same position; while, on the other hand, the nomination of Colonel Evans would insure the vote of Tennessee in the electoral col- lege for the Republicans, and possibly that of Alabama also. Friends of the Ten- nessee candidate claimed this afternoon that they were making very satisfactory progress. P The Missouri delegates will hold their meeting to-morrow morning to choose members of the various committees of the convention, members of the National Committee, etc.,, and they may then ex- press their preference for the Vice-Presi- dency. Although there has been considerable talk on the subject and several of the del- egation are known to favor General Ed- ward A. McAlpin of New York, General McAlpin’s candidacy is not viewed alto- gether with favor by some of the New York delegation. Chauncey Depew, speaking on the subject this afternoon, remarked that every vote asked for Mc- Alpin was equivalent to one vote taken away from Morton. The Massachusetts contingent, 112 strong, arrived this morning. They left Boston at 4 o’clock on Friday last. The party includes Senator Lodge and the re- mainder of the delegates to the con- vention, with the exception of Murray Crane, who preceded them several days ago. It contained, in addition, George H. Lyman, the chairman of the State Com- mittee, and Francis H. Appleton, the president of the Republican Club of Massa- chusetts. It has been arranged that Eben 8. Draper, who is a brother of Congress- man Draper, and also one of the four dele- gates at Jarge, will be elected chairman of the delegation Senator Lodge, by popular consent, will represent the State on the Committee on Resolutions. e BULKELEY WANTS IT. Connecticut’s Candidate for Second Place on the Ticket. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—The Con- necticut delegation arrived this morning and at once launched the boom of ex- Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley for the second place on the ticket. Every dele- gate wore a badge with a nutmeg at- tached to it. They are all for “McKinley, sound money and Bulkeley.” They base their hopes on the attitude of Morton, Reed and other Bastern men in regard to the Vice-Presidency, and point to ex- Governor Bulkeley’s record as Mayor of Hartford for four consecutive terms and Governor of Connecticut for two ferms, and to his business standing and army record, and claim that he is_the most de- sirable man for the place. Ex-Governor Bulkeley 1s a delegate at large from his State. He was seen by a representative of the United Press to-day. He said: “Yes, my people seem to be agreed in urging my nawme for second place on the ticket and friends from other States have tendered their support. I am a sound money man and that seems to be what all Republicans in the East want. I know of no other New Hngland State that has agreed upon a candidate for Vice-Presi- dent, and I think that the New Yorkers would support a Connecticut man almost as heartily asone from their own State. Through my business interests I am not unknown in the West, and since my ar- rival here many delegates have offered to support me. All of thisis, of course, en- couraging to me and my friends.” John B. Jeffery, an old-time printer of Chicago, is pushing Governor Bulkeley’s campaign with great energy. He declares that the strength of the entire East will be thrown for Connecticut’s candidate. The recent visit of Governor Bulkeley to Can- ton has led to the report that Major Mc- Kinley is not averse to having the Con- necticut man’s name on the ticket. e g e IN PRETTY QUARTERS. Where the Several Candidates Re- celve Their Friends. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—St. Louis now looks like a convention city. Ithas hung out 1ts bunting in tasteful profusion to bid welcome to the big Republican gathering. A little slow in starting the demonstration, it has landed it in good form at Jast. All four of the leading candidates—Me- Kinley, Reed, Morton and Allison—have their headquarters at the Southern Hotel. McKinley’s headquarters are designated by an allegorical representation of ‘‘Pro- tection,” a marvelous work of art. It represents in the foregrouud five female figures, faces florid, one of them standing and holding aloft in one hand the stripes and starry shield, labeled “Protection,” and holding in the other hand a naked sword, on which she leans. The other females are squatting around in rather un- graceful attitudes—one of them appearing to be seated on a Texas steer, which looks as if it would like to get upon its feet, but is too heavly laden to do so. In the back- ground of the picture is & wild prairie, with no sign of life or human habitation, so that it puzzles even an Ohio man to de- termine where the ‘‘protection’ is meant to come in. But in the Ohio neadquarters on the first floor corridor where Mark Hanna pre- sides, there is a graceful array of festoons and flags and state shields, and every one of the big crowd of visitors constantly passing in and out is made welcome to a McKinley badge. ‘While it appears to be conceded that Me- Kinley hasthe votes, it is quite certain that the Maine people have made the hnest dis- play in behalf of the man of their choice. The Reed quarters are in the parlors of the Southern, a magnificent suite of rooms that have been elaborately decorated with tri-colored bunting, festooned from the chandeliers. Banners bearing the seai of the State and other flags have been util- ized. The most 1mposing effects, how- ever, are made on the outside of the build- ing. The edge of the porch over the main entrance bears the words, “Reed’s Head- quarters,” and at each end “Reed” ap- pears in incandescent electric lights, which at night throw a brilliant glare upon a banner suspended across the street containing a fairly good victure of the Speaker, and the inscription, “For Presi- dent, Thomas B. Reed.” The largest room on the parlor floor at the head of the stairs and in normal times the *‘ladies’ ordinary” is the temple sacred to the Governor of New York. The walls and ceiling are profusely draped with bunting and atone end of the room the serene and tranquil countenance of Mr. Morton—rejuvenated a decadeor two by the artist—beams upon all who enter those precincts. Downstairs on the office floor and close to one of the four large entrance doors of the hotel another room is fiited up for those who are attached to the political fortunes of Senator Allison of Towa and whose faith is strengthened and stimu- lated by editorial assurances from Des Moines—copies of which are strewn around —that he has no idea of withdrawing from the contest and that his name will be pre- sented without fail as a candidate for the Presidency. The rush of incoming delegates to-day has been continuous, but though their in- creased numbers added largely to the volume of sound no change was indicated in the trend of sentiment. It. still ran strongly for McKinley for first place and with no very marked choice for second place. The Vice-Presidency, in fact, seems to be a field marshal’s baton, which may be hidden 1n the knapsack of any one of half a dozen private soldiers who have been named, or with almost equal proba- bility may be concealed about the person of some one who has not yet been pub- licly suggested for the honor. The large and beautiful rooms on the varlor floor ot the Southern are now occu- pied by the headquarters of Massachusetts, Iowa, Maine, California and a few other States and by the United Press. The California headquarters are in the ladies’ parlor of the Southern. A number of ladies helped to entertain visitors there during the afternoon. Chauncey I. Filiey has opened quarters at the Planters’, where his portraits and buttons are dealt out lavishly. At the end of the room is a motto “Stand Up for Mis- souri.”’ Mr. Kerens, his rival, bas head- quarters at the Southern. e New Jersey has taken two floors in a building at 302 Fourth street, half a block from the Southern. One of the most noticeable rooms opened to-day was that of the Tippecanos Club of Cleveland, Ohio. It is on the ground floor of the Southern, and the four walls and ceiling as well are completely bidden by bunting. Like all other Ohio rooms a big McKinley portrait is the most conspicuous feature of the decoration. Illinois has a large room on the ground floor of the Southern, and Colorado is on the parlor floor of the samg hotel. Maine, Michigan, Minnesota and Ne- braska also have headquarters at the Southern. Rhode Isiand, Vermont and Wisconsin are at the Lindell. Connecticut, Maryland and Texas are at the Laclede, and Kansas, Kentucky and Tennessee are at Hurst’s, s BRADLEY HAS WITHDRAWN His Name Will Not Be Presented the Convention. LEXINGTON, Ky., June 14.—Governor Bradley has decided that he will notallow his name o be presented to the National Republican Convention as a Presidential candidate because he realizes thatit would be useless. His only statement to-night is tliat his name will not be presented. Further than this Le declines to talk. His closest friends have admitted from the first that his candidacy was a hopeless one and several of them have been trying for weeks to persuade him o withdraw. to TELLER SOUNDS A WARNING NOTE, Silver's Friends Demand a Clear-Cut Financial A Plank. NO JUGGLING OF WORDS, They Will Not Be Misled by a Guarded Declaration in Favor of Gold. PLANS NOT YET PERFECTED. Procedure of the White Metal Wing Wiil Be Decided Upon This Morning. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado, the Jeader of the silver forces at the Republican conven- tion, svent the day very quietly at the residence of a friend in the suburbs of the city. He will not come into town until to-morrow morning, by which time the Colorado delegation will have arrived and the Senator will have a conference with them at their headquarters in the South- ern Hotel. The only instructions given by the Colorado convention to its dele- gates-at-large were simply to actin accord- ance with the views of Senator Teller. For that reason it is very desirable that this conference should be held at the earliest practical moment, and after it is all over Senator Teller will meet and dis- cuss the situation with the silver dele- gates from all the States. Until that is done he does not care to talk for publica- tion, except in the most general manner. It would be presumptuous on my part,”’ saia Mr. Teller, “to make any statement as to what I, or those who believe as I do, would do in the event of the convention not declaring for that which we believe to be right and absolutely essential for the best interests of this country. I haveal- ways endeavored to act when the situation arose and not to discuss it beforehand. I stand where I did when I wrote my letter to the chairman of our State Committee, and upon the same ground taken in my speeches in the United States Senate. Beyond that 1 have said nothing to any one. “I see by the morning papers that the indications point strongly to the adoption of a platform in favor of the existing standard. The general opinion appears to be that the word ‘gold’ is to be omitted. I hardly thought that the men who are en- gaged in the business of constructing finan- cial planks would be so foolish as to be- lieve that they could omit the word ‘gold’ and declare for the existing standard, thereby making people believe that it was anything else than a declaration for the gold standard. “It is mere juggling with words and the silver men would have very much more respect for the gold men if they came out for gold instead of meaning thatand re- fusing to say so. The silver men in the convention will not be misled by this con- struction of a financial plank nor will the people at iarge misinterpret its true in- tent or purpose. Nothing will satisfy the silver men but a clear-cut declaration for the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. Until the situation Las thoroughly crystallized and the silver men know what they may expect, I, for one, do not care to say anything further on the subject.” Delegates from the various silver-pro- ducing States are beginning to arrive Among them are Senators Cannon and Brown of Utah. Senator Dubois of Idaho arrived this evening. Senator Mantle of Montana has been here for two days. Witl the exception of Senator Brown the four Senators named, together with Chairman Carter, comprise the five free silver Sen- ators who refused to vote to take up the tariff bill in the last session of Congress. All of these gentlemen will meet Teller at an early hour to-morrow morning, when the programme of the silver wing will be formulated. Sy BRASS BANDS AND BUGLES. They Disturb the Air and All the People in St. Louls. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—*‘Protection, patriotism, prosperity,” are the watch- words emblazoned in letters of gold on the ramparts of the Republican stronghold. They appeared first on the McKinley badges and on the lithographs which his campaign committee are scattering broad- cast, like chaff, before the wind. One of these pictures, which attracts considerable attention, represents the major in a piug hat and a Prince Albert coat shaking hands with a workingman. The major holds a smoking cigar in his left hand, while his right, that which ad- ministers the society shake to giddy women reporters, is clasped around that of the laborer in a good old-fashioned shake. On, what a sweét before-election smile the major wears. As for the honest labor- ing man, he must be deeply moved, for he has turned his back on the spectator in ‘order to hide his emotion. Itisa touch- ing scene and is expected to make the man from Canton many votes in the con- vention. Another pictorial argument is a big col- ored lithograph, six by seven fcet, after the style of a theatrical poster. It repre- sents a bust of McKinley, with an Ameri- can shield on bis breast, and two men, one a banker, another a laborer with a dinner bucket in his left hand. The two stand with clasped hands over the major's left shoulder. Below is a scene represent- ing steamboats and factories, filling the air with smoke, and over McKinley’s right shoulder an Ohio farmer working a horse rake. The motto, in big red letters, is “The Advance Agent of Prosperity.” To-day for the first time it became ap- parent that a big National convention was to be held here. The Planters Hotel early this forenoon had filled up all the vacant nooks with cots and mattresses, and the head clerk turned away all comers to seek lodgings elsewhere. Every train that pulls into the depot brings delegations and clubs from all parts of the Union. Headed by bands, which they bring with them, they march up Broadway to their hotels, the sidewalks being crowded with spectators all along the line of march. Among the arrivals are the Reed Club and other delegations from Maine, num- bering about 100 persons. They come to make the fight for Reed and they have started in with a rush. Their headquarters arein one of the largest parlors of the’ Southern. - One hundred delegates and members of the McKinley Club of Canton, Ohio, came in this afternoon and occupied the Ohio beadquarters on the grouna floor. The spacious lobbies are almost impassable and in the hubbub of talk and flare of bands on the outside it is difficult to make oneself heard. The finest, most dignified and stylish- looking body of men that arrived to-day is the Union League Club of Philadelphia. The uniform is of black cloth, the coat be- ing of cutaway pattern in the correct style, the hat being a gray plug that impartsa sporty air to the wearers. Young and old they are all good looking and all with with the darlingest mustaches you ever saw, curled up at the ends in guite a rakish way. They bear their walking-sticks at carry arms, and the eyes of every man jack of them, instead of being front, are cocked up at the sixth and eighth stories of the Planters Hotel ogling the pretty girls from New York and Massachusetts, who are waving handkerchiefs and fans out of the windows and wafting kisses and smiles at the gay boys from the Quaker City. They are a handsome, stylish lot of fel- lows, with no slim waists among them, each member of the club possessing a cor- poration that would fit well upon a col- lector of the port, a mint superintendent or the postmaster of a big city. Several venerable ladies and grave gentlemen from the staid and sober old town of St. Joseph, Mo., were shocked on beholding such levity issuing from the Quaker City. And right were they to be shocked and scandalized on the Christian Sabbath by the giddy bearing of the league men, some of whom wear white mustaches and are old enough to be fathers of fami- lies. But the wicked men didn’t seem to care, because they are away from home and their wives cannot sece them smiling at the girls, some of whom are probably away from home, too. There is not a bearded man in the crowd, and this absence of whiskers and aniformity of mustaches gives the 300 clubmen guite a military air. Thousands of people flocked out of the dingy sky- scrapers to look at these beautiful, fat- stomached, corp-fed men. They made noise enough to be heard for a mile with the big drum corps and buglers preceding a crack brass band in front of the proces- sion. When they arrived at the entrance to the Plantefs Hotel the dandy drum-major made a feint at the people on the side- walk as though he were going to throw his assegai at them, and the crowd accord- ingly opened up and let the ferocious drum-major and the giddy boys from Philadelphia enter the aristocratic cara- vansary. They are all Quay men, and at the head of the first landing on the broad staircase his full name in letters two feet long, formed of incandescent lights, blazed a warm welcome. The band halted in the middle of the lobby and played ‘‘Amer- ica,” “Hail Columbia” and the ‘‘Star- Spangled Banner,” with the whole strength of its lungs, and made such a din that the reformed Kentucky colonel and the Massachusetts major who were treating their headaches with bromo- seltzer in the eighth story turned over in bed and cursed the Quaker City, its ox and its mule, its Union League, its brass band and all else that belonged to it. Even good-natured General Ben Hur Wal- lace, in the midst of a beautifully rounded period, tossed his bangs impatiently and muttered in Hebrew something very gut- tural. The crowd below in the lobby yip-yipped and yelled and hurrahed with delighg, and the jam became so great that all sem- blance of order was lost, so that the stout gentlemen from Philadelphia were obliged to break ranks and stampede with the general herd. Thus, allday and almost all night, as the trains come puffing into the big depot, were brass bands playing, crowds surging and yells and hurrahs splitting the air. As I write there is another great uproar and down the zrand stalrcase comes a brass band, disturbing the peace of four counties at the head of the delegation and visitors from Massachusetts. The Yankees have fine lungs and they are whooping up things with old-time enthu- siasm. A white satin banner, inscribed in h\ letters of black and gold, ‘‘Massachusetts, Solid for Reed and Gold,” evokes the en- tbusiasm of a Maine man in a48 cent straw hatand he turns loose a Penobscot Indian yell that makes the psyche top knots quiver on the heads of the pretty giris at the telegraph counter. Hardly had they disappeared into headquarters before an- other band and another delegation comes through another entrance adding to the riot. Nobody in the hotels will sleep to- night except those so rortunate as to be completely exhausted. JonN PAUL COSGRAVE. — - RUINED REED’S FUTURE. Effect of Manley’s Statement on the Maine Man. ST. LOUIS. Mo., June 14.—Th¢ twelve Maine delegates to the convention, accom- panied by nearly 100 of their political friends, arrived this afternoon. At a meeting held later in the day, it was agreed that Amos L. Allen, Speaker Reed's private secretary, who is also one of the delegates at large, shall be placed on the committee on resolutions and For- est Goodwin on credentials. Mr. Joseph H. Manley was selected a fortnight ago, to represent the State for the next four years on the National Committee. The Maine politicians are reticent in their replies when questioned as to the feeling among them respecting Man- ley’s recently published statement in re. Sleep Induced by the use of coca, opiate or nar- cotic compounds is bad, decidedly bad. They undermine health and shatter the constitution, and the patient is steadily growing into a worse condition, often re- sulting in the terrible slavery and misery of the cocaine and opium habits. Sleep induced by the use of Hood’s Sarsaparilla does not, perhaps, come as quickly, but it comes more surely and more permanently through nature’s great restoring and re- juvenating channel — purified, vitalized and enriched blood. This feeds the nerves with life-giving energy and builds up the system and constitution from the very foundation of all health and life—the ‘blood—pure, rich, red blood. gard to Mr. Reed's candidacy. It has been oepuly declared that Mr. Manjey has ruined his political futureas a result of his declaration, but to wnat extent it will affect his membership on the National Committee no one would say. Much will depend upon the position assumed by Mr. Reed, whose personal representative, Mr. Allen, will reach town to-night. ST S SENATOR QUAY’S RACE. Conducting a Campaign in Hand- somely Furnished Rooms. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—The era of brass bands and marching clubs has set in. At 2 o’clock this afternoon a battalion of Reed men from Massachusetts, headed by a local pand, marched down Fourth street to the north front of the Southern Hotel and saluted the Reed flag. This first arrival was soon followed by a Re- publican club from Alton, Ill., and it car- ried the McKinley banner. It was headed by its own band, in very handsome Hun- garian uniforms, and the men cheered lustily for their candidate as they passed the Southern Hotel. At the Planters’ Hotel, two squares further up, Senator Quay is sole monarch of candidates. His pictures hang on the pillars and staircases, and a row of incan- descent lamps, kept constantly lighted, shows at the head of the staircase to the parlor floor the name of “Matthew Stan- ley Quay.” The headquarters there con- sist of & suite of rooms, in one of which stands on an easel a large, bandsome oil painting of himself, the gilt molded frame of which is now wreathed in evergreens. In the same room a visitors’ book is open, at which the delegates and visitors from the Keystone State are requested to record their names. All these are unmistakable indications, 1f they do not amount to a positive announcement, that Mr. Quay is to be considered as regularly entered on the list of runners in the Presidential race. e MANY CLUBS ARRIVE. Streets Filled With the Marching Political Bodies. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 14.—The Union Republican Club of Philadelphia, 165 strong, under the marshalship of A. 8. L. Shields, arrived at 5 o’clock this evening, The Crow Club of the Fifteanth Ward of Philadelphlia, numbering 150, also came this evening. They were met at the sta- ion by the Pennsylvania delezation and escorted to their quarters. The Crow Club isa Quay organization and is understood to be here to carry on the boom of Gover. nor Hastings for the second place on the National ticket in the expected event of Mr. Quay failing to secure first place. The Merchants’ Republican Club and the Lincoln Club, both of Philadelphia, the Jatter numbering 500, arrived to-day. The Lincoln Club of Toledo, 500 strong, reachea here late to-night, as did the Blaine Club of Cincinnati, 600 strong. The Tippecanoe Club of Cleveland, over 1000 strong, is due in the morning. : NEW TO-DAY. 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