Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-20
HILL Is ON RECORD.
The New York Senator a Free
Coinage Advocate.
LETTER HE WROTE TO A KANSAN
How the Battle Is Going at Chicago
Tammany Seeking Combina-
tions Agains. Cleveland.

announcement That the EX-President Is
Beaten, the Dark Horse Being APP
parently Gorman-The Story Positively
Denied by the "Other Fellows" Who
Pr"phesy Victory on the First Ballot
Senator Palmer Arrives to Work for
Grover-Campben Smashcs His Own
Boom-Boies Men Believe There Is Tri-
umph Ahead for Thcm-The Wigwam
Hot Work Going on.
CHICAGO, June 2O.-The most interest
ing development in the political situation
since Saturday is a letter purporting to
have been written by David 3. Hill to
Charles X. Holiday, Jr., of Topeka, Kan,
giving the iong-sought-for information of
where the senator stands on the silYerqucs-
tion. This is Information that has been
sought in various ways. An Ohio repre-
sentative sought it direct from the senator
and got no reply. The distinguished and
never-silent orator, Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, has sprung he question in the
senate more than once in order to put Hill
on rccord-and failed every time.
The Senator Quotes TiIden.
And all this time the senator has been
on record over his own signature--in
writin', b'gosh-and probably laughing in
his sleeve at the trouble some people were
taking to Smoke him out" The senator
says in this letter: at is a scandalous mis-
use Of executive power to employ the veto
i'll preventing remedial legislation from
being carefully planned and passed when
so great a majority of the peoples repre-
sentatives have been elected by the people
expressly for that very work, to repeal the
Sherman silver law and to promote the
return to free bi-metall;C coinage. Gov
ernor Tilden implied IA sounder view of
the function Of the federal executive when
he said IF summoned by the suffrages of
my countrymen to attempt this work 1
shall endeavor, with Gods help, to be the
efficient instrument of their will"
4 WhaCk at Cleveland.
The Democratic party, says Hi, will not
"betray the peoples trust by allotting the
executive power to any man whose views
are similar to the views Of President Har-
rison, and who is pledged like him 70
block every approach to free bimetalIic
coinage am indignant at the rapacity
of the gold moECmctallists, so reckless
both of silence and Of public opinion. Free
bimetallic coinage is the demand of Il vast
majority of the American people. 1t gave
Us the parity of the silver and the gold
dollar for eighty years. Free bimetalic
coinage is the last word of monetary
science To restore it safely, wisely, finally
is the mission of the Democratic party"
Two More Elements Interested.
This interests two elements other than
the two, one of which is isclaimiug that Hill
cannot carry New York, and the otherthat
Cleveland cannot, and vice versa. The
silver and anti-siiver men hadn't been
making much noise in the fight; the Col
Crndo men, like those in the Republican
convention, We're here for a free silver
plank or candidate. and were consequently
in the field against Cleveland. But the
eastern men, when it comes to that qucs-
ton are nearly unanimous against the de-
sires of the silver state cOntingeut-an-
other parallel to the Minneapolis conven-
tion. So it is pretty hard to say whether
the letter will help or obstruCt Hills am
bitiun.
They Shout Hill and Free Silver.
One thing the letter did-it influenced
the silver men to come out for Hill; they
were looking for man 10 beat Cleveland,
and they think they have found him.
L ntN Dtlu Il caucus ENdihI'1tN ulSHJ, anu
the claim was made that $50 delegates tC
the convention were in favor of free coin.
age, and that men who hold such views
cannot vote for Cleveland. The Hill letter
it was said, put him on record i'll favor OF
free coinage and assured him one delega.
ton, anvhow-that of Colorado, the only
| full delegation from silver state in the
| city at the time.
| Wild and WoolIy Yarn.
A wild yarn was printed in one of the
morning papers which in effect was that
| Hill had Withdrawn and would throw his
votes to Pattison, who was to be assisted by
! Senator Quay! Also that Hill had given
| this information to a prominent Repub
| licanl just how the cOncocter of this
story happened to stop where he did-why
| he didn't include President Harrison, Sen
! atOr Sherman, cX Governor Foraker anC
| John c. New among the men who were
| going to help Pattison sit down in tn,
| presidential chair-is information that
| will never he sunnlipd