The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 3, 1896, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO C ALL, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1896. " i NN el Hugh Wallace of the State of Washingt on, Spoken Of as Temporary Chairman of the Democratic National Convention. from the Coliseum by the breezes of Lake | morrow evening, when another round-up | Michigan. He will, however, the convention be well represented in by his appointees and friends in the Federal departments in | Washington, some of whom are here al- ready, and the remainder of whom are ex- pected here by Sunday. They will assist the gold men in whatever programme they may adopt. It is now understood that the gold men, even if they do mnot formally ana publicly bolt the convention, will desert the Democracy, and will unite their fortunes for weal or for woe with the Republican party, which is marching for- ward in line of battle with banners proudly waving and with a solid front. A story has been afloat for two or three days to the effect that Eastern men will erate for any of iis officers from chairman who has not been a stanch, outspoken ad- vocate of their cause, nor will the conven- tion consult the wishes of the minority in any msanner regarding its orgauization or its work. The Inter Ocean this morning published a very clever cartoon representing four tattered tramps with bedraggled roosters on their hats knocking at the door of the Coliseum for admission. The first is labeled “Deficit” and carries in his hand | & valise containing bonds and pawn- tickets. The second is labeled ‘‘Depres- sion,” and slung by a cord over his shoalder is an old oyster-can, used as a growler, marked “Tariff Reform.” ‘The third is “*Uoubt’” holding by the collar s tarved dog named Enterprise. fourth is “Disaster,” carrying a bundle of newspapers marked ‘“‘Business h".lumv‘ depreciation aid stock quotations, 62 ceuts to O cents.” The cartoon is sub- headed *‘The Delegates at Larze. Per- haps They Won't Make Many Speeches, ‘but They Will Have Front Seats and Fill Public Eyes.” 1 met Jerry Driscoll here this morning, Jerry who used to be Chris Buckley’s secretary and who during the reign of that gentleman in San Francisco polities had a monoply of puolroom and other gambling privileges. Jerry was looking very well and would serve for a fire alarm in a country town should his costume be flaunted in the pubiic street. Business did not go well with him after Mr. Buck- | ley retired to his Livermore vineyard and betook himzeif to the manufacture of | 8o Jerry took up his residence in | wine. Chicago and has now the monopoly of the bookmaking privileges at the racetrack | here, besides half a dozen poolrooms in different parts of the city. Jerrv told me that Cbicago 1s getting a little bit too slow for his ambition, and that if he could make the riffle he would go to New York and capture the racetracks there. Some curiosity is manifested as to the manner in which the California delega- tion will receive Governor Altgeld’s orders when they arrive here next Sunday—that is, when the delegates arrive, the orders being already here. It is not believed by those who koow the men that United States Senator Stephen M. Wiiteand Con- gressman Maguire will bend the knee or doff the cap to Altgeld, and there may be | other delegations of the same kind, but it is feared that the wires have been too weil set to be broken through very easily, if atall. The thing which is the most solid up to date is the Bland boom. That is thriving. The Serman House interior is being hand. somely decorated with the National colors in honor of the California delegation, who will make that place their headquarters. ‘When they shail arrive the old hotel will buzz with life, for the crowd that is com- ing is not noted for peace and guiet in the political arena. Dr. D. A. Sabiakin-Ross of Yankton, South Dakota, arrived to-day. He is chairman of a contesting delegation of eight silver men. He alleges that the regular delegation of eight gold men Eent here was selected at a fake and forged proxy convention by Federal officers and | other Cleveiand tools. He added that if the National Committee, which will meet at 10 o’clock next Monday morning, shall refuse to seat his delegation there will be a minority report by the six silver members of the committee, and that and every other minority report wiil be submitted to the convention and will be adopted. The convention will not allow any gold men to be seated, right or wrong, no mat- ter what the National Committee may do. Jonx PavL CosGravE. —— CALM BEFORE THE STORM. But the Gold Men Do Not Propose to Surrender to Silverites Without a Struggle. CHICAGO, IrL., July 2.—The proverbial calm before the storm prevailed to-day. Having accomplished everything possible in advance of the arriving of a respectabie number of silver delegates on the ground, the Democratic Bimetallic National Com- mittee and those co-operating with it took & rest from their labors so far as meetings or conferences are concerned uatil to- The | | of all the white metal supporters then in | Chicago will be in order. The ranks of the 16 to 1 advocates were re-enforced to-day by the arrival of Dr. J. | J. Mott of Nortn Carolina and whois chairman of the executive commitiee of | the Independent or new silver party, ! formed in Washington a year ago. For reasons which he deemed sufficient and | stead chose a hotel on the same street but a couple of blocks away. 5 | From here, and without consultation with any of the silver people that pre- ceded him, he sent out an invitation fora | allow the National Committee to Rame a | conference on Saturday night of represen- | conservative silver man for temporary | tives of every party and faction favorable | cbairman. There is no truth whatever in | to silver, including Populists, silver Demo- this report. The convention will not tol- | crats and silver Republicans, As to what it was intended to accomplish by this con- | to doorkeeper any man who is not and | ference Dr. Mott was reticent, but the ex- | pression of sentiment among those that | flocked to his quariers during the day in- | dicated a decided preference for the nomi- | nation next week of such a candidate as could be indorsed by the Bilver and Popu- list conventions at St. Louis three weeks | bence upon a platform dealing with no other issue than that of the free and un- limited coinage of silver. The executive commuttee of the Independent Silver party meets here on Saturday, 2nd at to-morrow night’s meeting or conference of the Dem- ocratic Bimetallic Committee and the sil- ver delegdtes a committee will be ap- pointed to meet the independents with a view toward united action. Sentiment among the silver men crys- tallized to-day in favor of the selection of | either Governor Stone of Missouri or W. J. Bryan of Nebraska as temporary chair- |man of the convention, with Senator | Isham Harris and Major Towles, secrc- | tary of the bimetallic committee, as per- “manem chairman and secretary respec- | tively. The story was published this }alternoon that Senator Harris had been | definitely chosen as permanent chsirman, but at the headquarters in the Sherman | House the fact that no meeting had been | hela to-day was cited as proof that this | was purely guesswork. Through Senator | Jones the siiver men went on record to- | day as opposed to the suggestion made by | members of the National Democratic Com- | mittee that Senator David B. Hill might | prove acceptable to both factions as tem- porary chairman. Senator Jones insisted that, while personally he had the highest | regard for his New York associate in the ; Senate chamber, he could notcountenance | the idea of a supporter of the gold stand- “axd presiding, even if for a short while | | | only, over a corvention that was opposed to his views three toone. Senator Hill, he said, would not be acceptable to the silver people, and consequently there was nothing to be gained by a futher consider- ation of his alleged availability. In the absence of material—in the shape of delegates with votes—for the making of deals or the winning of converts the boomers expended their ammunition to- day on the motley crowds that invariably invade the hotels on the eve of a National | Convention. Much after the fashion of the sideshow men at the circus, they took pos- session of the rotundasof the hotels and held forth to those inclined to listen con- cerning the merits of their respective can- didates. At one time this afternoon four distinct booms were in process of advocacy on the ground floor of the Palmer House, and he cheers and yells and shouts and ronical ejaculations of the listeners com- bined to create a din that can be as well imagined as described. The Iriends of | Mr. Blend were perhaps the most active. In addition to their headquartersat the Palmer and the Auditorium annex they opened up rooms to-day in the entresol of the Sherman House, where a commit- tee lay in wait to corral such of the arriv- ing delegates as might first of all seek out | the quarters of the Democratic silver com- mittee. p | Mr. Bland’s friends were in high feather to-day, and, while unable oa account of the paucity of delegates already in sight | to give out any definite figures, insisted that the prevailing sentiment in the city and the advices wuich they were receiving from the outside warranted them in taking their stand tbat it was Biand against the fieid sna with the field already giving ewidence of beiug on the run. The friends of ex-Governor Boies, however, were by no means disheartened by the claims of the that it was votes rather that shouting that made nominees. Delegate Brewster of Creston, one of the chiefs in the Boies bureau, and who bad a talk with Governor Altzeld just before the latter left for Springfield last night, quoted him as declaring tuat he had not spoken a word on the subject of Presidential possi- bilities; that he was no more iriendly to Bland than to Boies, and that the time had not yet arrived when the Illinois dele- gation couid fasten itself to any one can- didate. Outof this the adherents of the Iowa man managed to extract considera- ble comfort. There was more or less talk the about the hotels to-day concerning which he has not explained the head of the silverites did not teke up his abode at | the Sherman House, wher= the silver head- | quarters have been established, but in- Bland men and fell back on the argument | {icket made up of the two B’s, Bland and Boies; but the Iowa people frown down any suggestion that their candidate would accept second place. Vice-President Stevenson and Governor Matthews of Indiana were also talked of considerably for the secoad plece on the ticket in the event of the nomination for the Presidency going for Mr. Bland, and late in the day ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio was talked of in the same connec- tion. Nota single name of any person hailing east of the Alleghanies was broached, however, and as one of the sil- ver peoble put ,it, the general opinion seemed to be thal if there was an Eastern man of National reoutation who is favor- able to silver be must have taken to thg woods before allowing his convictions to go on record. The friends of Governor Matthews of Indiana and his aspirations were re- enforced to-day by the arrival of Will English, son of the late Hon. W. H. Eng- lish, who was a candidate for Vice-Presi- dent on the Hancock ticket of 1880. Al- thongh not a free silverite, Mr. English is a warm friend of the Indiana executive and was elected delegzate at the latter's re- quest. His wealth and influence, it is said, will be freely used in Governor Mat- thews’ behalf. The local sound-money Democrats be- gan to bestir themselves to-day and ar- rangements were made for a conference of all the gold-stacdard delegates that may be on the ground to-morrow night. It will be held at the Auditorium Hotel. So far the silver people have hcld the right of way and there has been considerable criti- ‘cism over the failure of the Illinois sound- | money committee to do anything toward counteracting the efforts of the opposition. | For Saturday night there has been ar- ranged a mass-meeting in the Aunditorinm proper and at which Senators Hill, Gray of Delaware, Vilas of Wisconsin, Palmer of Illinois, ex-Secretary Whitney, ex-Gov- ernors Russell of Massachusetts and Wal- ter of Connecticut, Peck of Wisconsin, Flower of New York, Francis of Missouri, Hon. Robert E. Wright of Pennsylvania, Allen McDermott of New Jersey, W. D. Bynum of Indiana and William S. Shee- han of New York are expected to make short sound-money addresses. L WILL FIGHT ALTGELD. The New York Delegates Expect to Take Down the Governor a | Peg or Two. | NEW YORK, N. Y.,July 2—The ad- | vance guard of the New York Democratic | delegates started from the Grand Central depot at 4:30 o'clock thisafternoon. They went accompanying Mr. Whitney, and will show the Chicago silverites the sort of men who, representing New York, will make the fight for gold at the National Convention. Mr. Whitney's party in- cluded Senator George Gray of Delaware, Senator J. S. Smith of New Jersey, ex- | Mayor Grant, ex-Police Commissioner J. J. Martin, Thomas Ryan, Colonel G. B. M. Harvey, C. C. Baldwin, Smith M. Weed, ‘Walter Stanton, J. McDonald, F. H. | Dubignon, Thomas H. Reagan and S. W. Hinkley. Senator Vest of Missour, | Senator Jones of Nevada and Governor Hauser of Montana were on the train, but not of the party. Senator Hill, ex-Gov- | ernor Russeil and ex-Lieutensnt-Governor | Sheehan will jorn Mr. Whitney at Albany. A delegation of Tammanyites saw the train off. Mr. Whitney said that he | did not know what they could do at Chi- cago. ““There is nothing to be said now,” i he said; “it'has all been said before. We are going to do the best we can.” Senator Gray said: I expect there will be asilver plank in the Chicago platform, but no one knows yet. I don’t think Gov- ernor Altgeld will be as big when the New Yorkers get there as he is now.” e RETORT TO A BANKER. Delegate O'Donnell’s Reply to a Re~ | quest That He Renounce Siiver. DENVER, Cowo., July 2.—Hon. C. S Thomas, National Committeeman, leaves on Friday night for Chicago. As a dele- gate from Colorado he will probably go | upon the platform committee. He says | that any candidate will suit him if all | right on the financial question. The logic | of the political situation, he believes, | points to Governor Matthews of India as the best man, though now Bland seems to have the best showing. He believes | Vice-President Stevenson would make good timber. | Hon. T.J. O'Donnell, delegate-at-large ‘iirom Colorado, left for Chicago to-day. | Before leaving he mailed a reply to a let- | ter from N. W. Harris & Co., bankers, { under a recent Chicago date, urging him to work for a linancial plank to maintain the gold standard, giving as his reason that the firm had so far invested $777,000 in Colorado, and stood ready to do more of this when the financial question had | been settled. In his reply Mr. O'Donneill says: | Your draft upon the principle, patriotism aud integrity of the Democracy must be re- fused. Reason: No authority to draw; stranger 10 us; no .confidence in your re- sources of ideas or political tenets. You can- not purchase the sovereign right of the peo- ple of Colorado to take that part in the gov- ernment of the Republic guaranteed them by the constitution for §772.000. A duplication of your boasted total investments of $110,000,- 000 in the West and South will not serve now to swerve the Democracy of those sections one iota from the straight path of duty. The gov- ernment of this country has been left too long in the hands of bankers and bond-dealers. If any additional reason were needed to justily theig decision it would be furnished by such letiers as yours. I leave to-night for Chicago to assiet the militant Democracy of the South and West in preparing a declaration ot inde- ‘vendence, which shall be free coinage, 16 to 1, regardiess of any other mation on earth or syndieate of bankers and money-lenders. S L WILL INGALLS BOLT? Kansas Republicans Fear He WIiil Repudiate the Gold Plank in the Platform. TOPEKA, Kaxs.. July 2—The Republi- can State League Convention, which met here yesterday, was the smallestin pointot numbers that has been held since the league’s organization, less than 400 dele- gates being in attendance. Edward Madi- son of Dodge City was elected president and Oscar Swayze of Topeka secretary for | the ensuing year. The resolutions in- dorsed the National platform as adopted at St. Louis. = The evening session was addressed by General Charles H. Grosvenor of Ohio. Ex-Senator John J, Ingalls was in the city most of the day, and it was expected that bhe would address the convention, but he left the city without warning and disappointed the delegates. He abso- lutely refused to define his position on the money question, replying, “I am a Re- publican.” Ingails bas always been an outspoken advocate of free coinage, and Republican ieaders fear be will repudiate the goid plank of the party platform. Ciose to the Reserve, ‘WASHINGTON, D. G, July 2.—Gold withdrawals to-day mnnmw $101,500, leaving the gold at close of to- w"'-'fnim Mm%n s FOR BLAND AND BOIES, Peculiar Stories Afloat Con- cerning the Two Candidates. WHAT STONE DID SAY. Reports That Gold-Standard Men Favor the Iowan Are Denied. BOOMERS BY THE THOUSAND. Chicago (o Be Invaded and Kept in Turmoil By the Supporters of Aspirants. CHICAGO, IrL., July 2.—The story was carried to the Boies headquarters during the afternoon by newspaper and other visitors that Governor Stone had made a formal statement for publication, insinuat- ing that the Iowa candidate was asking favors from the Eastern gold delegates and counting on their votes, and that, therefore, he was nota safe man for the radical free-silver following to rally round. ‘Whkat the Missouri Governor did say, in connection with his statement making plain the friendly position of Bland toward laboring men, was this: I have heard the report that the East- ern gold standard delegates were tending toward Governor Boies, but I know noth- ing as toits truth. Mr. Bland’s stand is the personification of the free-coinage ides, and it is utterly impossible in the very vature of things that there should be an alliance between him and the single gold-standard people. If bhe is nomi- nated he will be nominated by the votes of delegates elected as Iree-silver coinage men. I am sure Mr. Bland’s nomination would be opposed to the ut- most and his defeat sought by every means possible by ti:e gold power. The States represented here by single gold- standara delegations will not' probably cast a single electoral vote for the nomi- nee of the convention. If Mr. Bland is nominated it will be by the delegates from the States whose electoral votes must bere- lied on for success at the polls.” C. A. Walsh, secretary of the Iowa State Commiitee and chief of the Boies forces in the temporary absence of C: in Evans, who bas gone to Iowa to bring down a host of Boies people, said when he heard the report that Governor Stone nad at- tacked Mr. Boies covertly as the gold men's choice that he would not beiieve any such story until he had seen it in black and white. To a reporter Mr. Walsh added: “I have reason to feel convinced that Governor Sténe is too much of a friend of | Mr. Boies to attack him. I couid show you documentary evidence of this fact. ‘We have also received at our headquarters here from Soathern Democrats of promi- nence, delegates and others, letters which show that Mr. Bland will not get all the | | “duplicates,” and hence may be used as Soutnern votes claimed for him by his shouting and sanguine boomers here. These writers say that Iowa’s Governor is the logical candidate of such a cgnvention as this will be; but while the delegates do not commit themselves as to voting for Horace Boies, it is plain that they are not bound by any Bland pledge.” “Will you make any estimate of the for Mr. Boies by States?’ “There will be no Boies figures given out here officially, because it is idle work at present to do so, and we do not waat to apoear ridiculous or boastful, while not afraid to make comparisons. The votes claimed for Mr. Bland are mainly ia the air. Why, the delegations, with a few ex- ceptions, are not here and have not been polled as to candidates. When it comes to vote-getting we will show our rivals what the Boies boom is like. We have established one headquarters for the pub- lic. When our little atmy gets here from every Iowa crossroads then you will hear more about Boies.” Telegrams were received to-day by Ser- geant-at-Arms Butler of the lowa delega- tion and headquarters that 1000 Boies men would leave Ottumwa from that section of the State Sunday morning and arrive here with a band at 4 o'clock. Saturday even- ing 300 more Democrats of the same kind will arrive from Burlington, Mount Pleas- antand other towns in the southeastern part of the State. By Monday night the Iowa visitors to the convention are ex- pected to number between 8000 and 10,000. The goid men’s Illinois executive com- mittee will open new and elaborate quar- ters at the Palmer House, near the New York parlor, and will leave nothing un- doue to step into the Coliseum with a gold delegation if there is any chance. Other- wise they will content themselves with joining forces with the Eastern Demo- crats and worrying the silver delegates all they can. The executive committee of seven at a meeting this morning decided to increase their membership to fifteen, adding the following: Senator John M. Palmer, Comptroller of the Currency Eckels, ex-Congressman W. S. Forman, ex-Judge Thomas A. Moran, Franklin MacVeagh, ex-Mayor Jobn S. Hopkins and Henry 8. Robins. A conspicuous addition to the gold forces ‘was ex-Governor George W. Peck of Wis- consin, who arrived at the Palmer House and talked with every gold advocate of in- fluence. To The United Press the Gov- ernor said: “I came from Milwaukee to look after the opening of the Wisconsin headquar- ters. We are coming here with our gold ideas sohdly fixed to join the Democratic procession. It takes gold to keep silver moving, you know. The Wisconsin dele- gation will abide by the will of the major- ity, as Democrats usually do, but we are none the less gold fighters."” General Bragg will be here next Monday and the remainder of the Wisconsin' dele- gation will arrive Sunday. Chairman Harrity of the National Com- mittee talked privately in the Palmer House headquartersand at the Wellington Hotel, where he is registered, with a large number of potiticians, gold and silver, and he wasin the greatest demand among all the famous Democrats in Chicago because he was recognized as the leader of the gold forces until the arrival of Mr. Whitney to- morrow aiternoon. Ben T. Cable, the gold advocate from Illinois on the National Committee, ar- yote \ days and possibly only two. rived from Virginia in time to get into conference with Mr. Harrity on the tem- porary organization. Neither of them would say who was his choice for chair- man pro tem. The New York lesders are expected to settle that question and the National Committee will agree with its gold majority., That thereis goinz to be a gold standard chairman presented by the committee is considered certain. On this line Chairman Harrity said to The United Press tbis aftcrnoon: “I don’t think they can turn down the temporary chairman elected by the Na- tional Committee. I don't believe the two-thirds rule will be abrogated by the convention. It will not be considered by the commitiee. That remains for the rules committee to pass upon. Our fight will be made on the platform, and we will do the best we can. The contests will be decided in the usual manner, but there are not enough of them to make a fuss about.” 5 There will be no meeting of the Na- tional sub-committee until the ncon hour Monday, when the full committee con- venes. When Secretary of State Hinrich- sen, the Illinois silver leader, in the ab- sence of Governor Aligeld, was asked about a story that the Governor haa given promises to the agents of Senator Teller he declared emphatically: “There is absolutely no truth in that story. In the first place Teller is not a candidate and would not accept a nomina- tion if it were tendered him. Of course, the boys have been working for his nomi- nation, but their action has not his ap- proval. Iknow that the friends of silver all over the country and Teller's own friends feel that the Senator could not afford to take the nomination if it were offered him. I know from people who are close to him that he bas made up his mind that under no circumstances would he ac- cept. I kunow, further, that he thinks it would be wisest to nominate some one who is not only a pronounced silver man, but a Democrat also.” ExCongressman Bynum of Indiana, who has engaged quarters at the Palmer House for the use of a gold standard dele- gation from Indianapolis, said to-day: | “The Indiana political sentiment is over- whelmingly against free silver. I don’t expect a bolt. The Indiana delegates are not that kind, although four are opposed to the sllver idea; but they might vote for an independent sound money candi- date. I look for such a convention among the sound money Democrats, but it wiil hardly be cailed by the sound money del- egates to this convention.” John R. McLean, whose name is numer- ously mentioned for both places on the ticket, providing either nomination falls to the good fortune of Ohio, came into the city this afternoon, and his parlors in the Auditorium annex were quickly filled with friends, political and personal, and poli- ticians who wanted to exchange views of the situation. e SILVER MEN VERY, ALERT. Furnished With Duplicates of the Credentials of All the Del- egates Elected. CHICAGO, Irv., July 2.—The sub-com- mittee of the Nstional bimetallic commit- tee beld an informal meeting this morn- ing and issued a call for a meeting of the general committee and of all silver dele- gates on the ground to-morrow niglt, The mail of the committee was unusually heayy to-day and in it were the credentials of some fifteen silver State delegates. This brought about the development, and which has been hitherto kept secret, that months since the Nasional bimetailic com- mittee laid plans by which it should be furnished with signed duplicates of the credentials ot every set of silver delegates elected to the convention from each State and Territory. These duplicates are in every respect a counterpart of the originals and are not even indorsed as original credentials if occasion requires. ‘When asked for an explanation of this Secretary Towles said: “There are some practical politicians as well as practical statesmen on this com- | mittee and we have not been overlooking | anythine. Sometimes, you know, papers | get mislaid and confusions and complica- tions result. Nothing of the kind will happen so far as we are concerned. Of every set of credentials issued to a delega- tion at large or to a district delegation we have here its counterpart. One cannot be told from the other. If any of our people lose their papers we can supply the deficiency. Moreover we know just how these delegates are instructed and where they are expected to stand when they get ! here.” Ex-Governor J. E. Osborn of Wyoming, the only Democratic executive which that State has haa since its admission in 1890, and who was elected 1n spite of the fact that the State went Republican on National issues in 1892, arrived at the Sherman House this morning. He is chairman of the delegation of six chosen by the State Convention. To a representa- tive of the United Press he said: “Political issues have been lost sight of in Wyoming for the time being and the question is simply one of silver against gold. The State will go for whoever may be the silver gandidate. We have no choice, but whoever is nominated by this convention upon a silver platform will re- ceive the electoral vote of Wyoming. For myself I would prefer a free-silver Demo- crat, but if we cannot get one we would take Senator Teller or any one, so long as itis a free-silver ticket and a free-siiver candidate. The Wyoming delegation will open headquarters at the Palmer House on Monday. Among the leading silver men here to- night the sentiment is expressed that the convention will last not longer than three Every effort to bring about this result as far as can be done by perfecting arrangements to that end in advance is now being done by con- sultations with in-coming delegates, upon whom the idea is impressed. A new name is mentioned to-night for temporary chairman. It is that of Charles 8. Thomas of Colorado, National Commit- teeman from that State. Mr. Thomasisa silver man, of course, a man of command- ing figure, excellent voice, firm and a good parliamentarian. Other silver men men- tioned for the place are Governor Sione of Missouri, ex-Congressman Money of Mississippi, ex-Speaker Crisp of Georgia and W.J. Bryan, editor of the Omaha ‘World-Herald. The consensus of opinion among delegates seen to-night is that the silver men will insist upon one of their creed being made temporary chairman of the convention. 8. A. Ramsay, a leader of the gold stand- ard delegation from South Dakota, ar- rived at the Palmer House this morning from his home in Woonsocket. The other seven members of the delegation will come in singly between now and Monday. Mr. Ramsay said to a United Press reporter: “A sound money resolution was adopted by our convention. The silver faction took part in the proceadings, and after the resolution went through they went out into & corner and pretended to elect a con- testing delegation to Chicago. I don't think they have any valid claim for recog- nition by the National Committee or the committee on credentials. The regular delegates are pot instructed on the finan- cial guestion or as to the Presidential candidate, but they will vote for a sound money plank, and if the silver men'win, as I suppose they will, then I and the other delegates, I think, will vote for the best silver man who is put up. We will know when and where to jump, but we don’t want any Republican or ex-Republi- can silver man. We will have nothing to do with any bolting scheme.”” The Bland men are counting on the votes of South Dakota. —_— WILL URGE FUSION. One County Convention of Colo- rado Populists Shows Friend!li- ness to the Democrats. DENVER, Coro., July 2.—The County Convention of the People’s party to-day selected delegates to the State Convention and passed brief resolutions delaring that the gilyer issue is the most important guestion and urging all people to unite upon that 1ssue, waiving party fealty if necessary. The National Cunvention in St. Louis is urged to make no antagonism to the Democratic party if it shall set upa silver candidate on a silver platiorm. Rev. Myron W. Reed, Hon. Lafe Pence and Hon. T. M. Patterson addressed the con- vention, urging a union of all ~1lver forces. Mr. Reed said: “The Republican party must be destroyed, as it is the chief enemy of the buman race.” Mr. Pence saw a rapid growth of the silver sentiment in the East, but doubted a victory unless the People’s party showed its true spirit by joiming with the Demo- crats upon this issue. “Ex-Governor Waite, with two of the officers of bis administration and a small coterie of genuine middle-ol-the-road Populists, held a rival County Convention and declared for the strictest party autonomy. The delegates declare they will contest for seats in St. Louis if denied representation in the State Convention. The action of the Populists of the main convention to-day foreshadows the action of the State Convention next Saturday, which will urge fusion as to the electoral ticket. 5 — - BLACKBURN WANTS IT. The Senator’s Boom Nurtured and Fostered Awalting the Battle’s Opening. CHICAGO, IrL., July 2—United States Senator Blackburn is the only delegate to attend the convention preliminaries who is an active Presidential candidate. His interests are being carefully preserved and nurtured into enthusiasm by his friend, Phil Thompson Jr. of New York. The two have quariers adjoining in the Audi- torium annex and much quiet work was done to-day. The genial Senator declines to do any taiking for pubiication, consid- ering his name will be presented to the convention. The Senator’s position on the question of dispensing with the two- thirds rule is that there is no use trying to suspend the time-honored rule until the necessity for such action presents itself during the balloting. By appointment Senator Dubois of the bolting Republican contingent called on Senator Blackburn at his apartments and held a secret conference in the presence of Phil Thompson which lasted considerable time. The Idaho Benator’s visit was in the interests of his leader, Senator Teller, and it is presumed that the contingent support of the Blackburn strength was asked for the Colorado Senator. It isa fact, confirmed by the admission of Sena- tor Blackburn, that the South feels very kindly toward Senator Teller, especially because of his fight in the Senate against the Lodge force biil, but among the Bouthern old line Democrats, irrespective of the money question, it would be a difficult task to create a sentiment favor- able to voting for a man who only a few days ago was a Republican partisan. Colonel Thompson, as the spokesman for Press reporter this afternoon: “Senator Blackburn will be put forward by the Kentucky State delegation for President by the unanimous action of the delegation sent there, of which he is the head. They are instructed for him ana we will remain in the fight to the end, carrying it on in the same manner which characterized former successful contests in which the Senator has engaged. He has been promised the support of several State delegations and the individual sup- port of some delegates from several other States. We do not care to mention names or give figures vet. Mr. Blackburn has been an ardent and consistent advocate of the free coinage of silver for twenty-two years. His recent victory in the State Convention on the silver issue against the combined forces of the administration show that he is the most popular man in Kentucky public life and a proper man to be at the gold ring in November.” The Bland headquarters in the Audi- torium annex, Sherman House and Palmer House were the scenes of activity and confidential talk all day and far into the night. A fourth rallying place for the AKE no substitate for Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. This herb remedy is home product, and it isat the same time the best produced in the world’s market. Joy’s Sarsaparitla has been indorsed by the leading ladies in the country. Brings no pimples. Cures habitual constipation. TESTIMONIAL. The Edwin W. Joy Company—Gentle- men: I have been subject to bilious head- aches and constipation for several years past—in fact, for a year or so back have been so bad that I would have to take phy- sics every other night or else I would have a headache or duli, mean feeling. I have taken one bottie of your Sarsaparilla and I have derived great benefit from it, and believe it to be a permenent cure for sick headache. CHAS. ELKINGTON, 25 Locust avenue. Bland shouters will be opened n a day or two at the Auditorium 1n charge of Seere- tary allen of the Bland executive com- mittee. Judge Shackelford will have charge of the Sherman House headquar- ters when the decorations are in shape. Delegates White of Wasbington, Overmier of Kansas, and Jones of Arizona, were among the visitors at Bland headquarters to-day to speak of their support and that of other delegates for the Missourian. State Senator Bailey of Indianapolis ar- rived at the Auditorium annex as the ad- vance agent of the Matthews delegation from that State. He said tbe delegation was unanimous for the Governor and free silver. Matthews criers will be here with the delegation and a band of music Mon- day to open headquarters. Comptroller Eckels is keeping in the background and does bis work for the zold minorily without being seen or inter- viewed to any extent. He paid bis re- spects to Vice-President Stevenson at the Palmer House and saw several members of thie National Committee after the con- ference with the bimetallic committee. “The silver fellows are trying to disrupt the party by atf{racting every dissenting element to our ranks and tearing the time- honored principles of Democracy into splinters,” said he. “Icannot foresee the consequences. That two-tairds rule should never be abrogated and the National Com- mittee should sharply rebuke the bimetal- lic ccmmittee for presuming to diciate the temporary organization.”’ BLACK PLAGUK NOT FEARED. dhe Hongkong Quarantine Kemoved by the Hawarian Authorities. HONOLULU, Hawar, June 25.—Attor- ney-General Smith writes from Japan that the time of incubation of the black plague is so short and the quarantine so thor- ough that he had removed his previous vrohibition of steerage passengers leaving Hongkong for Honolulu. A Portuguese writer in a daily paper =ays that on account of this Government’s encouragement of Chinese immigration the entire Portuguese population will soon rise and appear in a body—men, women and children—before the executive bunild- ing to denounce this course of the Gov- ernment. In an interview, the Portnguese Com- missioner derided the idea of any such disorderly action on the part of his coun- trymen. e EX-CALIFOBNIAN DEAD, In Ill Health for Some Time and Grieved After His Wife. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2.—Colonel Joseph C. McKibbeh, ex-member of Con- gress from California, diea last night at Marshall Hall, a resort on the Potomoac River, nearly opposite Mount - Vernon, of of which be was part owner. Colonel McKibben had not been in good health for some time past, and the end which came peacefully, was not unexpected. On the 6th of last month his wife died after a protracted illness, the immediate cause being the result of a surgical operation. Since that time the failure of Colonel Mc- Kibben’s health has been rapid., NEW TO-DAY. «Dow't let's miss the bandwagon Hip—hip—hurrah! Hurrah for the Fourth and *‘freedom forever!” And a wee share of enthusiasm for us ‘the Kentucky Senator, said to a Unigedltoo—your liberators from the tailors’ exorbitant tax. Men’s All-woo! Suits, blue and black cheviots, cassimeresand fancy tweeds, sizes 34 to 44, B $10.00 Covert Cloth Top Coats, the latest shades, Sizes 3410 44 eeee el 1.$10.00 All-wool Pants, cassimeres and fane ALL-WOOL SWEATERS... Men’s and Boys' Fedora Hats Bicycle and Outing Goods. 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