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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, -SUN_'D'AY",' JULY 5, 1_896. considerable pushing to get it through the crowd. The Bland boom did not suffer anything by this little diversion. His is the only name that is spoken with any degree of enthusiasm which seems to fit into the silverniche. The nickname, *Silver Dick,” has done about as much to make kim pop- ular as all the arguments of his advocates. He is the author of the Biand bill, and that fact being known to every silver man in the convention has had 1ts expected ef- fect. Outside of the States which have favorite sons in the field Bland seems to be the only candidate in vogue, At one time to-day I thought that the Biand boom wobbled just a little bit, and that was when a postoffice file of delegates tramped upstairs in what seemed a never- ending procession wearing a rabbit path on the carpet tothe door of Mr. Boies’ room. That foxy old gentleman, in the guise of aninnocent granger, had slipped into town just for a day in order, as his friends said, to confer with his political advisers here in the van of battle. He is to go away to-night. When I opened the door of his room in the Palmer House this morning I ran afoul of a very sweet- spoken gentleman who was acting as this honest old granger's bodyguard. He drew me aside to one corner of the room, and, holding me against the wall by the coat lapel with his left hand, cut great gashes in the atmosphere with his open right band in his most earnest attempts to impress upon my feeble understanding the vital fact that Mr. Boies would not talk politics and would not be interviewed upon any subject by a newspaper man. Thoen I stood the bodyguard up against the wall while I impressed upon his mind the fact that I had not come for the pur- pose of interviewing Mr. Boies, but that I desired to press his sunburned, horny hand and gaze into that guileless face and upon that noble brow, thatched with the snows of well-spent years while hoeing corn on the prairies of Iowa. ‘When 1 handed my card to the candi- date for the Presidency a look of pain erased the good-humored wrinkles trom | the corners of hiseyesand he cast anet| tu Brute glance at his bodyguard, who re- | assured him with a wink. I put the old gentleman still more at ease by repeating that I had not come for an interyiew, not baving a porcine appetite for that which I | could-not get, and he smiled upon me with gratitude. He has a kind face with 4 well-formed nose, the point of which has been whittled down very fine and sticks out very sharply on a horizontal line. There are smiling wrinkles around his eyes, and when he smiles otherwise, which is very often, he displays a very good set of teeth and his cheeks puff out with mer- riment. He was pleased to say that he felt in good spirits, that his political pros- | pects were bright and that he was goingto return to his home this evening. The interview was terminated by the bodyguard presenting a fat man from New York in a linen suit. I had some difficulty in getting away from the door through the crowd &f people, most of | whom were not delegates, but who wished to have a talk with and to make them- selves solid with the man who perchance by a happy turn of fortune’s wheel may become President or Vice-President of this great county, with a whole lot of poste offices, consulships and other lucrative offices at his disposal. ‘‘Yes,” I overheard a man remark in the New York quarters half an hour later, “Boies is a nice old fellow and he'd make a good run, because he has got some hay- seed in his hair. They say he owns a whule lot of land and that he has callosi- ties on the palms of his hands from cut- ting coupons.” ~ That was all the wobble there was to the Bland boom, but that will be more than ‘overcome if the suggestion of some of the Bland people is adopted, which is to have Mr. Bland make his appearance here within a day or two in a casual kind of a way to confer with some of his principal advisers. For instance, should he come bere his appearance in the lobby will be | the signal for a great outburst of cheering, | for it cannot be disputed that all the per- sonal magnetism which will affect this | silver convention is haloes around the crown of *“‘Silver Dick’ of Missouri. David Bennet Hill spent the glorious Fourth in his rooms in the Palmer House receiving his friends, and it was a very hard day’s work indeod. Every man who visited him seemed to have things of the utmost importance upon which to consult bim. There were s0o many callers and the interviews were so prolonged that I was obliged to wait for almost an hour before I was ushered into the presence of this well-known statesman. As I satin front of the open door of the inner room in which Senator Hill received his visitors I had a very good view of him and was able to form a tolerably good idea of his mental make-up. He has one of the finest heads I ever saw upon a man. His “dome of thought rises grandly above nis eyes. and sweeps back in 8 symmetrical curve to a point behind the middle of his ears, where it reaches a semicircle of brown hair, the whole crown of his head being perfectly bald. There aré no lumps, knots or gulchesin it. Itisfull and rounded, and from a phrenological standpoint denotes a well-balanced mind. The Senator's eyes ‘are of a very light blue or gray, so light indeed that at times as he turned his face toward the window there seemed to be no color in them. They are rather deeply set beneath a pair of very thin, straight eye- brows and rather close together. His glance isquick and shifting, like his move- ments and gestures, and he gave me the impression that he was & man ol more than ordinary guile and cunning. His countenance does not belie him, for his record is that of a shrewd political strate- gist, one of those men who are most dan- gerous in their moments of defeat, for if they get only half an opening they are likely to reverse the victory. His next most striking facial character- istic is the rotundity of his cheeks. They remind one of the paunched cheeks of the gray squirrel which whisks its bushy-tail in the redwood trees of California. When I was introduced to Senator Hill hefre- marked in a deep basso voice that he would be very happy to give an interview to the S8an Francisco CAry, but that he had made up his mind before he came here ‘not to grant any interviews to any news- paper men. Glancing at an anxious group of six or eight New York newspaper cor- respondents he remarked with a comical expression of the eyes that he would re- serve all his interviews “for the New York boys.” The boys smiled, but somewhat sadly, because they wanted the interview then and tbere. One of them had pre- ceded me, and his seemed to be a desper- ate case. He wore a vandyke mus- tache and beard, closely trimmed, and . was fashionably dressed for trop- ical weather in a black alpaca sack coat, a . biue-striped neglige shirt, with turn-down collar, pantaioons. of cream-colored flannel striped lengthwise with black, and ye Gods! a pair of white kid, laced, razor-toed shoes. He sat with his back to me, facing Senator Hill, who was also sitting, and made most tremen- dous gestures, smashing his clenched right hand into the palm of his left and speak- ing most earnestly. He was asking the Benator, no doubt, to place his heart upon his sleeve for newspaper men to peck at. But the Senator did not have any heart to spare for exhibition purposes, and as he rose from his chair to summon the next person in waiting, which was my- self, the man with the sandy beard placed both hands upon the Senator’s hips and tugged at his coat while imploring him to grant him the desired scoop for his vaper. I was rather pleased than other- wise to behold the gentleman partaking of the same kind of soup that I knew would be dealt out to me when it came my turn. Hill and WLitaey are here to make his- tory. They are history-makers, and what they will do and say between now and next Tharsday will ecno through this Na- tion for many and many a year to come. Like all their colleagues they are gold men first and Democrats afterward, if this con- vention may be called Democratic, but that ‘proposition‘is disputed. This gathering is not admitted by them to be what its pame implies. On the con- trary, echoing the sentiment of Congress- man Bynum, as published in this morn- ing’s CALL, they declare that this is asil- ver convention dominated by Republicans, Populists and ownersof silver mines. This declaration is an open road to the future repudiation by the sound-money Dem- ocracy of the action and the candidates of this convention. From the temper of the sound-money Democrats here no other conclusion can be reached than that Bynum’s prediction will be fulfilled. “This convention will put forth a silver platform and silver candidates, and thatis as far as it will get.” There 1s a little boom, which has been stirring for several days and growing a lit- tle stronger every day, in favor of United States Senator Stephen M. White of Cali- fornia. His name was mentioned at first by few Gelegates who knew and ad- mired him"for his sterling integrity, his unsurpassed ability and his uncompromis- ing Demoeracy, as an available candidate for the Vice-Presidency. To-day I heard his name whispered about in the New York headquarters as a Uemo- crat whose name at the head of the ticket would attract more followers from among the conservative as well as the radical wing of the Democratic party than any one of the persons already named. The New York delegate who spoke to me of Senator ‘White in approval of his availability asthe Presidential nominee would not allow me to publish his name as the author of that statement, but he intimated to me rather strongly that if Senator White would con- sent to make th® race the New York dele- gation would cast its solid vote for him, as he would be more acceptable to the sound- money men than any of the other silver men yet known. The headquarters of the California dele- gation at .the Sherman House are being lavishly and patriotically decorated with flags and bunting. Some of its members are expected here this evening and the re- mainder to-morrow. There seems to be a charm about everything Celifornian for Eastern and Western people, whether it be the visit of California Knights Templar or of a political body. When Californians 20 abroad they put up everything in style. | Nature with them has been generous, even to the poorest among them, and they can’t help taking after their mother. ‘When the Californians arrive here Gov- ernor Altgeld’s grip on the Democracy will be likely to be loosened. Sound money headquarters are spring- ing up in the three political hotels, the | Palmer, the Sherman and the Auditorium, like mushrooms after a shower. The headquarters in the Palmer House take up the largest parlors in that hostelry. Over the doors are the words, “Sound Money Headquarters,” the letters being formed of incandescent lamps, which are kept blezing day and night, as if defying | the enemy. The,K Cook County sound money Democracy opened to-day their headquarters in the Richelien on Michi- gan avenme, facing the lake. They oc- cupy the whole of the first floor. The sound money men also have spacious headquarters in the Auditorium and the Sherman, and, judging from the large amount of money that is being expended for rents, literature, lights and attendants, the sound money men have not given up the battie by any means, but are deter- mined to make a desperate fight even in the last ditch. To-day has not been prolific in new de- velopments. The weather was oppres- ively sultry this morning and visitors per- spired at the rate of a gallon an hour, so that many of the delegates stole away from the city. Tempted by the gentle breezes wafted from the lake of biue, whose surface was dotted with white sails of small craft, gleaming against the background of gray haze, which covered the eastern horizon, the steamers plying from the foot of Van Buren streets to the bathing resorts and soft-drink cafes of Manhattan and Wind- sor Park beaches were crowded with poli- ticians and pretty girls enjoying the cool- ing breeze caused by the motion of the steamer and escaping from the heated streets and firecracker turmoil of a Chi- cago Fourth of July. The martyrs who remained behind were Senator Hill and the other big guns of politics whom climatic conditions can never make disloyal to work which is in hand. There were other martyrs who looked upon the cool sea and saw with longing the fluttering ribbons and gay flags on the steamers’ decks. These, too, had work in hand and re- mained behind to do it, but with disloyal hearts and with many a sigh ove~ their sad fate. They were the Bobemians, who love naturé and who, while despising the heated brick walls of a great city, must trudge at the grindstone sighing for their old love, the shady woods, the green fields, the babbling brooks, the blue seas and the gentle airs that make the outdoor world the Mecca for the hand that is weary and the spirit that fain would rest. The latest is that Colorado will with- draw Teller and support Bland. Jonx PAuL CosGRAVE. e b BLAND HAS THE SWING. His Boom Little Shaken by the Ar- rival of Farmer Boles at Chicago. CHICAGO, Irvn., July 4 —Farmer Boies, ‘who has been looking after his corn crop in Iowa, laid aside the hoe and came to town to-day. He came to Chicago to fence in his Presidential boom. Boies got in early this morning, and after shaking the hayseed out of his hair he went into secret council with his managers. His arrival, of course, had some effect upon the sitna- tion. There was a mnoticeable increase of enthusiasm in favor of the IJowa states- man, while the Bland boom was hame mered with unrelenting vigor. Mr. Boies would not discuss the chances for his nomination. He feels confident of victory. He will talk with the delegates personally and will make a strenuous ef- fort to check the onslaughtof the labor element. Circulars bave been issued setting forth his views upon labor questions and re. citing paragraphs from his famous speech, in which he upheld the position of Presi- dent Cleveland in sending armed troops to quell the riots caused by the great rail- road strike in Chicago mn 1894. Mr. Boies will also talk with the labor leaders and endeavor to dissnade them from further attacks on him. He expects to return home to-morrow. The arrival of the Jowan created a slight flurry at the headcenter of the Bland movement, It was soon dissipated, how- ever. As the day wore along the Bland forces recovered from the shock, and to- night are as gamy as ever. It was rumored that Mr. Bland himself would arrive in the morning. Iinguired at head- quarters as to the foundation of this story, and found that Mr. Bland wasstill engaged gathering his hay crop on his farm at Lebanon, and would thus be occupied until long after the Democratic conven- tion had selected its Presidential candi- date, and the delegates had scattered to their homes. The fact is that, while the Bland boom showed indications of weak- ness on the surface, its foundation walls were unshaken. Besides the caucus of the Illinois dele- gation, which was held during the day, demonstrated that Bland was ithe favorite Illinois will vote as & unit. This gives the Missourian a great lead. His managers | are confident that by Tuesday morning all thesilver States will have declared for him. One tall, lanky delegate from *“Mizzury” said that everything was over but the shouting, and he went off on the still hunt to find a long-haired poet capable of writ- ing a few stanzas of a new and original battle-cry for freedom. “There is no question that Mr. Bland will be nominated,” said Mr. Stone to me to-day. ‘‘He may not succeed on the first ballot, but will win out in the end. There isno question about it. We are not the least bit alarmed over the little demonstra- tion of Teller. He is a good man, but the sentiment of the majority of the delegates is undoubtedly for Bland. We can safely say that Bland is the man of the hour.” “I have no doubt but that by the time the States are called for a ballot on candi- dates for President,” said Senator Farras of Missouri, the Hanna of the Bland boom, ‘there will be only one man in the country, and that man will be Bland of Missouri. The majority of the Western States have already united upon him. I do not rezard the Teller boom seriously. It is already on the wane. It was only a | Fourth of July firecracker after all. This is a Democratic convention. Mr. Teller does not represent the Democracy. He onty thinks as we do upon one issue and that is the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1.”” “What part will the tariff bave in the coming Nationel campaign?”’ I inguired of Senator Farras, “It will probably take a secondary place,” he replied. “‘Democracy believes in a tariff for revenue only; that is a rev- enue sufficient to run the Government. No, the revenue at present does not seem to be sufficient to run the Government, and the convention may declare for an in- crease of duties on some articles of im- portation. That, however, is a matter which I am not prepared to discuss at this time."” The boom of Pennoyer, which has been locked up in a glass-case at the Palmer House, was unpacked to-day. Life-size | lithographs of the Webfoot statesman were | strung about the corridor beneath pictures | of Boies of Iowsa, Bland of Missouri, Mat- ‘thews ot Indiana and Patterson of Penn- sylvania, When the pictures were hung up Dr. Mullineux, a delegate from Oregon, | 2 man with a large frame and loud voice, forced his way through the seething mass of humanity in the lobby, and shouted long and loud for his candidate for the Presidency: ‘Rah, Rah! P-E-N- N-O-Y-E-R.” | The cry was taken up by the other en- | thusiasts of the Oregonian, and for more | than an hour the name of the distin- | guished ex-Governor rang throughout the | hotel. “Look at him,” shouted the Oregonians in one voice: “he is the peer of them all. Take down those other pictures; they are the pictures of boys compared to him. He is born to lead men. Rah!rah!rah! Pen- noyer. The sound-money men do not seem to be making many converts to their cause. They are making a desperate fight. Al the big gold leaders of the country are arriving on every train. The scene about the headquarters of the Paimer House to- day was one of great excitement and numerous conferences were being held. ‘Whitney and Hill were busy all day mar- shaling their men into line. Senator Vest of Missouri was early on the scene. Don M. Dickinson took a lively interest in the events of the day. President James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway con- tributed his energies to the task of gather- ing in recruits for the gold army. The gold men say that they will accept no compromise. They will fight the silver men to a finish. The monster demonstra- tion of the gold men to-night was ad- dressed by all the leaders of that wing of the party. The silver men are, however, holding the key to the situation, and will probably unlock the door to the Colisenm next Tuesday morning. FraNg McGUIRE. i e PROTECTION AND SILVER. Judge Powers Tells of the Stand of the Utah Delegation at Chicago. CHICAGO, ILn., July 4—When the star of Utah was placed on the flag at noon to- day, making the forty-fiith State in the TUnion there was ereat rejoicing at the headquarters at the delegation in the Palmer House. Many who had labored incessantly for the elevation of Utah to the sisterhood of States were present. They congratulated each other upon the fuifillment of their mission. They were happy in the thought that their work was done. They gloried in the knowledge that a new epoch bhad opened in the history of their State. There was no talk of race prejudices, no word of religious reproach. All united with bearty entbusiasm in hailing the dawn of a new and better day 1n the life of the people of Utah. The headquarters have been handsomely draped with National colors, and pictures of noted statesmen and history-makers ot the country hang upon the walls. Judge 0. W. Powers, chairman of the delegation, received me cordially when I called upon him this afternoon. He talked free silver and protective tariff. He has already pre- pared the tanff plank which he would like to have inserted in the Democratic plat- form. It reads as follows: “We favor the imposition of dutles to meet the demands of the Government for revenues, such revenues to be adjusted so as to operate equally throughout the coun- try and not discriminate between classes or sectiofs.” In other words Judge Powers and the delegates in Utah want the mining, milling and manufacturing industries of the West protected as well as those in the East. He wants to have the woolen manufacturer of New England protected against the cheap European importations as well as the lead and copper producer of the Rocky Mountains. The tariff plank which Judge Powers suggests is taken from the old Walker platform of 1846. It is believed that if it is adopted by the convention the foliowers of Senator Teller and a great many Republicans would be more inclined to vote the Democratic ticket with the free silver platform than they otherwise would; at least this is the idea of the Utah people. They freely con- fessthat the platform of 1892 is flavored too much with free trade to suit the peo- ple of their State. They declare that Pres- ident Cleveland and the other Democratic free-trade leaders have taken their ideas entirely from the Atlantic Coast, 0 the absolute exclusion of the Pacific Coast’s interests. “It was Henry Watterson who drafted the tariff platform of 1892, said Judge Powers, “and in = fiery speech before the Chicago convention at that time suc- ceeded in having it adopted, while it did not reflect the sentiment of a majority of the delegates. It favors the Eastern coast entirely. Now we want a tariff that will operate more equally throughout the Urited States, and that 1s the object of the resolution which Utah has prepared and which Mr. Rawlins, who will be our mem- ber of the committee on platform, will vresent at the proper time. *Who do you favor as the party candi- date for President ?” I inquired. “Utah is for Bland,”” replied Judge Powers,”” butany cand!date with a sound silver record will be accepiable.” “How will Teller suit your people?” I asked. “Utah will support bim loyally,” was the answer. There has been some talk to-day about Teller and McLean asthe ticket. I under- stand that such a combination has been made. It is quite apparent the Teller forces are not wasting any time in press- ing forward the merits of their candidates. Whether or not they have the power to force a nomination remains to be seen. T. W. Wamper, 2 mining man of Utah, who just arrived from New York where he has been spending the summer, told e to- day that the sentiment in favor of the iree coinage of silver was growing rapidly at Gotham, A circular letter was received at the Utab headquarters to-day from N, W. Har- ris & Co., bankers, of Chicago. It sets forth that the firm had loaned out in West- ern securities $110,000,000, and of this sum $481,000 was scattered throughout the State of Utah. The letter intimated that if a free silver platform were adopted by the Chicago convention it would causea finan- cial panic and also the clients of the bank in question were aiding to bring it about. The Utah delegates, however, were in no way disturbed by this prediction. They will continue the fight for iree silver. And the present creditors of the State now so happy in its new suit of clothes don’t want to play in its back yard if there are thought to be others that do. Fraxx MoGuiRE. e IN CONCILIATORY SPIRIT. Willilam C, Whitney Wants the Fight to Be on Mild and Par- suasive Lines. CHICAGO, Irv., July 4—Some of Mr. Whitney's friends say he bas been placed in a false position by overzealous support- ers of the gold standard. One of the most prominent of the men who accompanied Mr. Whitney to Chicago said to-day that Mr. Whitney did not come here to be ag- gressive, but came in a conciliatory spirit. He wanted his fight to be one of mildness and persuasion, and did not desire the prominence which he has attained as the leader of the forces opposed to the adop- tion of a straightout silver platiorm. “Mr. Whitney feels somewhat annoyed by the false position in which he hag been piaced,” said this gentleman. ‘“‘He wants to bring about barmony by mild persua- siveness, and not, by an aggressive fight agains! the silyer'men.” The ‘Massachusetts pegple are saying to-day that George Fred Williams should not stand asone of the Massachusetts dele- gates in view of his published interview showing a leanicg toward silver, and they may make an effort to get him to with- draw. They base this feeling on the ground tiat Mr. Williams was selected by a convention that declared in favor of the gold standard, and he therefore does not represent the feeling of the Democracy of the State, —_— SOME FAVOR A BOLT. Sound-Money Men Not Yet Decided as to Their Course In the Convention. CHICAGO, IL., July 4.—The question of a bolt by the gold men is engaging a great deal of attention and is the principal theme of discussion about some of the sound-money headquarters. At present ic does not appear that there will be any gen- eral movement in that direction, as each State will actin accordance with the views of the members of the delegation thereof. In Ilhnois there is every indication of a purpose to put a gold ticket in the field. The Cook County sound-money Democrats held a convention some days ago and nominated a county ticket, at the same time electing delegates to a State convent tion, which will be called after the Na- tional Convention shall bave finished its business and the condition of affairs then known. The reports were current to the effect that some members of the Illinois delega- tion have revolted against Altgeld’s domi- nation and will refuse to be bound by his directions. Friendsof the Governor, how- ever, smile at these reports and say the delegation will do as it has heretofore done, register the Governor's wishes with- out question and without division. Jonn T. Dye of Indianapolis, general at- torney of the Big Four Railroad Com- pany, one of the committee of sound- money men from Indiana, now on the field, says he sees no other course for the opponents of the free-silver idea to pursue than to bolt the platform and nominee. *‘1 take no stock in the proposition to make no opposition in the convention to the action of the majority. Todo so binds us to inaction during the campaign. No benefit can come to the cause of sound money by the adoption of that policy.” SENATOR JONES’ LETTER. In Preparing the Sliver Campaign He Will Be Guided by the Majority. CHICAGO, IrL., July 4.—Senator J. K. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the steer- ing committee, to whom has been confided the preparation of the silver men’s plan of campaign, this afternoon sent to the leaders of the silver delegations this letter: CHICAGO, IIL, July 4. Dear Sir: We would be glad to know if your delegation lfl'eel with us in the convic. tion that the best interests of the cause we all have a theart would be advanced the platiorm and nominations rnn cally de- termined by the silver men of the country. Please let me know at the earliest possible moment if your delegation egrees in this movement. Very truly yours, Jaues K. Joxes, Senator Jones will be guided as to his course in calling a general conference of silver men by the way the majority answer. PR Altgeld Returns. CHICAGO, ItL., July 4.—Governor Alt- geld returned to the scene of political strife to-day irom his official home at Spring- field, where he has been for two days re- cuperating from the enervating effects of the preliminary skirmish. He was non- commital in ":reau of - chairman- ships and Presiden! preferences of the Illinoisans, SPEEDING ON 10 CHCAGO. Californians Greeted by Poor but Patriotic People. A STRAW BALLOT TAKEN ON THE TRAIN. Men From the Golden State Vote Solidly for Senator Stephen M. White. FARMERS GIVE THE DELEGATES SOME ADVICE. Congressman Maguire Sends to “The Call” the Views of Some of the Delegation. MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa., July 4.— Our train became unwieldy and was di- vided at daylight this morning into two sections, both of which are rolling at the rate of fifty miles an hour through the beautiful and fruitful valley of the North Platte toward Chicago. g It is the Fourth of July and the towns along the road are raily decorated with flugs and bunting. The people are poor, but patriotic. Most of them will never be able to pay the mortgages that encumber their homes, but they are still self-reliant and even hopeful. Their crops are fine this year, but they complain that none of their abundant product will command any money. They see the strong arm of the Government exerted to limit both the kind and the volume of the people's money, and in their distress they cry out for the removal of the limitation. They are looking to Chicago as the meccaof their temporal salvation. They seem to regard our gathering there as something more than a Democratic National Convention—as a sort of con- ference for the defense of popular rights against the aggressions of the gold mon- opolists. Though a majority of those who meet us at the depots are not Democrats, they do not hesitate to advise us as to our course at Chicago. A majority of them are for Teller, many for Bland, but all are for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. At Lexington, Nebr., some practical joker had circulated the report that Senator Teller was on our train, and upon our arrival we found a larze gathering of the people waiting to greet him. In reply to their repeated calls, Mr. Dwyer and I assured them that Teller was not on board. They were disappointed, but good naturedly advised usto vote for him in Chicago. - One old gentleman, who told us that he was a Republican-Pupulist, said: “It don’t matter wiat good silver man you nominate, let us all try and put a stop to the control of our money system by the Morgan syndicate. It has demon- strated its control not only of all available gold, but of the greenback currency also.” Mr. McDaniel of the Salt Lake Herald took a straw ballot on the train last night, resulting: Bland 50, Teiler 30, White 26, Whitney 8, Boies 8, and a number scattering, one vote being cast for Cleve- land. The California delegation voted for White and the Utah and Idaho delega- tions for Bland. Most of the delegates ab- stained from political discussion to-day. Mr. Dwyer said: “When I left California I had formed no choice for the Presidential nominee, other than that he should be a man who could stand honestly and consistently on the platform. It is a foregone conclusion that the platform and the candidate will be for silverat16to L. Iam beginning to feel that the choice of the convention will ulti- mately fall on either Boies of Iowa or Mat- thews of Indiana. I am personally await- ing our arrival at Chicagzo before making up my mind. 1 would like to see the California delegation combine on the man that seems to have the most solid backing in the tier or States comvprising Ohio, Indiana, Iliinois and the Northwest, because this, I think, is where the fighting will be the hottest in November, and where the Democracy must win or lese. Boies has an advantage over Matthews in having a more extended Na- tional reputation, but the latter offsets this by the fact tbat Indiana, being a closer State than Iowa and more neces- sary to Democraticsuccess, would be more likely to be won by Matthews than by any- body else.” Dr. D. F. Ragan, who has heretofore been reticent, was quite enthusiastic to- day. He said: “Iregard the coming gathering of the Democratic elans at Chicago as a memor- able one, one that will not ba eclipsed by the epoch-making convention of 1860. Grea} and vital issues are at stake. The people’'s interest in the guestion is thoroughly aroused, and by a common impulse the masses are moved to raise aloft the banner of silver and throw down the gauntlet at Chicago to the moneyed class, whom they regard as their enemies in advocating the single gold standard. The issue of 1860 was not more vital than this, and as the seedsof that great issue were sown long before the battle was waged 80 the present issue is not a sudden outbreak, but the culmination of a series of attacks long since inaugurated against the white metal. The Democracy is characterized as silver mad, but it seems, indeed, as if there is a method in its madness. As the party of the people, it has interpreted the people’s wants and proceeds to give them such relief as they demand—the free and unlimited and inde- pendent coinage of silverat the ratio of 16 tol. This s to be the main plank in the platform. It makes no difference whether upon such a plank we place Bland, Boies, Sibley or Stevenson, the Democracy will win in November."” The delegation will meet to-morrow af- ternoon in the Great Northern Hotel, Chi- cago. JAMES G. MAGUIRE, SELECTING A CHAIRMAN. All the Sliver Leaders Will Agree Upon a Man to Preside Over the Convention. CHICAGO, I, July 4.—The silver forces devoted themselves this marning to conferring with each other as to who would be the most acceptable man among them to present for temporary chairman, { { The silver men did not meet in formal conference, but Senators Jones and Har- ris, Governor Altgeld and other leaders held a meeting and sent for the leaders of the silver men in the respective delega- tions and discussed with them, separately, the merits of the various persons men- tioned in connection with the temporary chairmanship of the convention. Among the names thus canvassed were those of Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, H. D. Money of Mississippi, Senator Harris of Tennessee and J, D. Richardson of Ten- nessee. Mr, Thomas is developing more strength than any of the men named, and as heisa member of the National Democratic Com- mittee it is claimed by his supporters that he may receive the indorsement of his fellow members on personal grounds. After the Jones silver committee shall bave learned the consensus of opinion of the silver men, it is the intention to ac- quaint the silverites on the National Com- mittee with the selection of the silver forces for temporary chairman, and an- nounce that their man will receive the solid support of the silverites, under authority conferred by the first silver con- ference and reaffirmed by yesterday’'s meeting, The Jones sub-committee has entire charge of the matter, and can rec- ommend the temporary chairman without calling for a further conference, The sub- committee will, however, be guided in its selection of a temporary chairman solely Dy the degree of unanimity which the sil- ver leaders and delegates express for any one man. In case of pronounced division of sentiment in the matier a further con- ference will be held. The names and aa- dresses of the leaders in each delegation are in possession of Chairman Jones, and a conference can be assembled within an hour’s notice. e TELLER TALKS MILDLY. Would Vote for Bland or Boles or Even Stevenson for the Presidency. DENVER, Coro., July 4.—Senator Tel- ler passed n.ost of the day 1n his office re- plying to his more important tetters. does not wish at thistime to submit to a formal interview, but to the United Press correspondent in a confidential talk he ex- pressed himself clearly and positively upon eeveral phases of the political situa- tion. “The people of the country,” said he, “need have no fear of the position of the Republicans who left the S5t. Louis con- vention. Neither McKinley nor the plat- form there adopted can claim any one of us at anwtime. If we don’t get what we want in Chicago we shall go to St. Louis, and, failing there, we will be like many | other men of the country—we wil not vote at all. It is preposterous to talk of vrotection . with such a ‘platform as that made by the St. Louis convention. Why, I would rather vote a free trade ticket than that. You simply cannot get protec- tion on ‘a gold platform. No, there is no doubt about the loyalty of the friends of silver and bimetallism who left the St. Louis convention. Democratic ticket if it gives us a clear platiorm and an undoubted silver candi- date, and Iexpect to do some talking in California and down East as far as Illinois for our cause in any event. “We are uniting ail over the Nation for Americanism and American ideas. Ihave no patience with men who think we can- not establish an independent financial policy as well as an independent political policy. We don’t ask England to dictate our political ideas, and why should we in financial matters? I have been.asked.to speak at the dedicatory exercises of the Eisteddfod Pavilion te-night, and I had expected to say only a little and nothing of a political nature, but thinking over the subject to-day I have concluded that it might be well to take advantage of this National holiday to touch up the people to a desire for a8 little more Americanism. We need more of the spirit of indepena- ence, more confidence in our great country and in ourselves. Really this is the bot- tom of the wiole controversy. Are we an independent people?’, “I would prefer not to talk about the Chicago situation,” he replied to a query, and with a smile added: “It's rather em- barrassing just now. I don’t want to say a word that might embarrass the stanch friends of mine there whose sole ambition 18 to secure the return of bimetallism. So far as I am personally concerned, I couid willingly vote for Bland. I could vote for Boies.” “How about Stevenson ?”* “Stevenson is all right on the silver question. He is a good man but very modest. Had he come out six months ago and declared his candidacy no power on earth could have prevented his nomina- tion. But he held back because Morrison, from the same State, was out for the Pres- idency, and modestly deferred to ancther Democrat from his own State.” “Would you vote for Stevenson?'’ “‘Yes, for his silver views are sound, but it is not candidates we are fighting for, it is bimetallism and our country’s pros- perity. In any event we must unite the silver forces and thereby carry the elec- tions next fall. Idont want to prejudice the cause of any of the Chicago candidates and I have been frank with you only to show you my position. Iam a sincere ad- mirer of Mr. Bland and, as I have told you, I will vote for him if he is nominated. I don’t indwvidualize because of preference, but only to illustrate ruy pesition.” BLAND AND VICTORY. Nicholas Bell Says That the Missouri Statesman WIll Surely Be Nominated. CHICAGO, IrL., July 4 —Hon. Nicholas M. Bell. Superintendent of the Foreign Mail Service, who is in charge of the Missouri headquarters, has sent the fol- lowing signed note to the United Press; Richard Parks Bland will be nominated for President. No combination can now prevent it. The other gentlemen named are good and worthy, and any one of them, under other conditions, might be favorably considered. But Biand has won the hearts of the pcon‘lje and hardly a township in the country but echoes his name, He is the ideal candidate. No scandals in private or officiat Iife attach to him. He has iived a life worthy of avery cit. izen’s emulation and his name at the head of the National ticket is a forerunner of victory. NICHOLAS M. BELL. 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