Connecticut western news., 1893-08-03
SILVER MEN GATHER.
THEY ARE IN CHICAGO BY THE THOU
 SANDS NOW.
General Warmer and Senator Stewart Talk ed of For the Place of Permanent Chair. man-Coiorado Sends a Big Delegation All After GoIdbug Scalps.


 man-Colorado Sends a Big Delegation
 All After GoIdbug scalps.
 CHICAGO, July 3l.-Delegates to the sil yer convention arrived in force, and the prospects are that when the convention meets tomorrow morning it will be one of the largest gatherings of the kind ever as- sembled.
 About POO delegates to the national sil- yer convention had registered at the head quarters in the Montauk block up to this morning, but according to the advices re- ceived by the committee on arrangements fully 10 times this number will be on hand within the next 24 hours. Headquarters will be opened this morning in the Palmer House for the delegates from New York and Colorado; at the Great Western hotel for those from Montana, Idaho and Hi nois, and at the Antique hotel for the dele gates from Ohio, Texas, Indiana, Nebraska, Michigan and California. This applies to delegates that come alone. For those with families provision has been made at the Hotel Mecca.
 woIcott Cannot Stay.
 Senator Wolcott of Colorado and Con- gressman Boen of Minnesota looked in on the committee. They tarried long enough, however, only to remove the dust of travel and take dinner and then continued their | journey to Washington.
 In conversation with some of the local silver men who were anxious that he should remain for the convention, Senator Vol colt said he felt that he could be of more service to the party at the national capital | in view of the fact that the makeup of committees and other important matters would command consideration during the | coming week.
 Congressman John H. Reagan of Texas also arrived at the Grand Pacific. The na- | tional executive committee of the Peoples party has established itself in the same ho- | tel. Only H. C. Taubeneck, Treasurer | Rankin of Terre Haute and George J. | Washburn of Massachusetts chairman of | the eastern division of the Peoples party, have so far put in an appearance, and al- | though these were in consultation for sew eral hours no formal caucus will be held until the bulk of the committee arrives. It is understood that the Populists Tn I the convention will vigorously resist any | attempt to form any new party on the | ground that the Omaha platform comedies everything that is demanded by the silver | ites and that as & consequence the latter | could not do better than to come into the | Populist fold in body. The leading silverites already on the | ground, moreover, are strongly opposed | to any infiannnatory or demagogic ha- rangues under the cover of the convention. | They want it, they say. to be sober calm and deliberative body, and if Governor | Waite or any others should undertake to repeat their recent wild utterances they | will speedily be called down and sent to the rear. | Senator Stewart of Nevada is the most mentioned for permanent chairman by | the western people, but n growing senti- ment has developed in favor of General Warmer as permanent chairman. Fear is entertained that if western man is made permanent chairman impression will go abroad that the convention is being man | aged wholly in the interest of western | mine owners, and for this reason many of the delegates prefer General Warner. | The Colorado Men Arrive.
 Among the 300 strong delegation which arrived today was ex-Senntor Thomas NJ. Patterson of the Rocky Mountain News, who made the brilliant fight in the last Democratic national convention for a free silver plank in the party's platform. The headquarters of the delegation are at the Palmer House. Other prominent men in | nors John L. Routt and John Evans, ex- Senator N. P. Hill, ex-Senator H. A. w. Tabor, Jacob A. Cooper, president of the Bank of Commerce; John Rising and ex- Chief Justice Joseph c. Helm. The Cen
 tennial State delegation will wear blue and silver badge, bearing the inscription Liberty and Unionn above a replica of & silver dollar, and the shield of the state.
 Messrs. r. c. Clark. F.. c. Kingsburry and c. l.. Hathaway of the Washington delegation, are at the Wellington hotel, and expect 100 or more delegates to arrive today.
 The 400 Iowans who came in on a spec ial train today are quartered at the Great | Western hotel.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The national silver convention is now in full blast. It was called to order by Hon. A. J. Warner, and a speech of welcome was made by Mayor | Carter Harrison. The business of the con vention was then taken up in earnest.
 It is apparent even now that the work of | the convention is not to end with the sine die adjournment of Wednesday. Aggres- sive- committees are to be appointed to carry the fight to Washington and state committees will be named to work uppub- lie sentiment in the various states. Then | a campaign committee Is to be named and to this committee is likely to be intrusted what is really the most important work of the free silver crusade Its work will be secret, and it is expected it will labor to enlist the assistance of the unemployed everywhere Mass meetings nightly for all the weeks to come during the financial crisis are to be held by the unemployed and | poverty stricken in every city of the land, and resolutions are to be there presented and adopted calling upon congress to pass a free coinage bill.