New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-08
CONTENTION TOPICS AT ERIE.

pposprCTs OF THE HARD MONEY MEMS SUCCESS IN
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONAL STRONG HIGHT
IN VIEW But SUCCESS PROBABLE-EX-Gov. BIG
LER AND COL. MOVES BIDDING FOR THE CANDI-
DACY-sIXTY-TBREE INSTRUCTED AND ONE HUN
DRrD AND EIGHTY Eight UNRESTRICTED DELE
GATES.
tBY TELEGRAPH FROM STAFF CoRREsPoSDES1.J
ERIE, Penn, Sept 7.-There are four courses on
the currency question open TO the Democratic State
Convention, which will meet here tomorrow, and
each has more or less advocacy. The first is
declaration against further issues
of irredeemabe paper money and in favor OF
speedy return to specie payments. Senator Wallace
and Congressman Randall and Clymer, MI. Speer,
and fully three fourths of all the really able men III
the party would be glad to put such plank into
the platform. Few of them, however, think 1t pos
sible to carry the Convention for such declaration
The second course is to hand the party over to the
indatiOnists, by adopting the Ono resolutions.
Nearly the whole of Western Pennsylvania appears
70 favor this That section is infected with the rag
money insanity, that among all the delegates
from west of the Alegbenies IT would be difficult
70 muster a dozen who are clearly and decidedly
for hard money. Joined with these Western dis
ciples of Kelley and Carey are considerable number
of delegates from the lumber region along the upper
Susquehanna and from the coal and Iron UsttlcG
Probably the lnIlatlOnlbeb Ol
vocate of preenbacks enough to pay the national
debt. to the man who timdly suggests that the
Government ought to ease up business little by
uniting more money afloat, have numerical major
ity in the Convention. third course proposed ls to
dodge the whole subject by making reference what
ever to it in the platform. This plan hasits advocates
among class Of party managers, who think the
PENNSYLVANIA Democracy hopelessly divided on the
currency ISSUE and that TO try to dragon the M
nortv into the support of principles odious to them
wonld bring certain defeat at the election. The
last course suggested is less honest than the above
II ia TO adopt skillfuly wOrded resolution, which
NAV mean initiation resumption, according ~ The
differentiation put upon it. Several willy Old poll
t;cans favor this scheme. From force of habit they
wonld sooner deceive the people with platform
than to treat them fairly.
The prospects are that the hard money men, by
their superior ability and parliamentary skill viii
Ia ahIe ia hold the greenback mob in check, and
rrevent apy open declaration In favor of imitation.
TO do this they may have to consent 70 the adoption
of financial plank that will mean practically moth
ing. Nearly all the delegates are ON the ground and
IN. crowd of strangers Il made to count up over
600 by the presencs of an unusually largo number
81 outsiders. All tho Democratic members elected
70 the next Congress except one are here ana 80 Is
nearly every Democritic politician OF note In the
State "a well as the whole body of editors OF Demo-
cratic newspapers. II the Convention makes mis-
takes Il will not DO for want Of competent outside
influence and advice.
Tho fight over the Govcrnorship has taken new