The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-31
THE SILVER ASSEMBLY.
The Great Gathering of Bimetal-
lists at Chicago.
THE DEMAND OF THE wEsTERNERs

They VIII he Satisfied Only with Free
Coinage at the Ratio of sixteen to one.
Either Senator stewart or General War
ner for Permanent Chairman.
CHICAGO, July 81. - Delegates to the
National Silver convention are arriving
hourly and fully thousand are on hand
Headquarters were opened this morning
I'm the Palmer House for the delegates from
New York and Colorado, at the Great
Western hotel for those from Montana,
Idaho and Illinois, and at the Antique
hotel for the delegates from Ohio, Texas,
Indiana, Nebraska, Michigan and Cali
fornia. This applies tosdelegates that come
alone. For those with families, provision
has been made at the Hotel Mecca.
Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, and Con-
gresham Boen, of Minnesota, arrived
yesterday They tarried long enough how
ever, 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 Sem
ator Wolcott said he felt he could be of
more service to the party at the national
Capitol, in view of the fact thai the make
up of committees and other important
matters would command consideration
during the present week
Congressman John II. Reagan, of Texas,
also arrived at the Grand Pacific. The
national executive committee of the Peo-
ple's party has established itself in the
same hotel. 1t is understood that the
Populists in the convention will resist any
attempt to form any new party, on the
ground that the Omaha platform comedies
everything that is demanded by the silver
ties, and that as a consequence the latter
could not do better than TO come into the
Populist fold in a body The leading sill
verites already on the ground, moreover,
are strongly opposed to any innammatory
or demagogic harangues 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 be speedily called
down and sent to the rear.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is the most
mentioned for permanent chairman by
the western peor'1 but growing senti
ment has developed Al favor of Genera
| Warner for the position. Fear is apter
tanned that il western man is made per
manent chairman an impression will e
abroad that the convention is being man
aged wholly in the interest of western
mine owners, and for this reason many o
| the delegates favor General Warner o.
some other eastern man.
Among today's arrivals were ex-Con
gressmen H. F. Bartine and 7. X. Wren
of Nevada "Our delegation will not b.
a very large one" said Mr.. Bartine "W
shall demand free coinage on ratio of
| 70 tg II io abo,trI 70 eov that efIxyat. 90,
be produced at fifty cents an ounce Their
are occasions when a rich find may pu
the cost of mining down to that figure
but the average cost of mining silver i
ahoCt dollar an ounce. Everything ha
closed down IN Nevada save few mine
where the per centage of goldi is eXtremel,
large. Only ruin is in store for the ives
and eventually the east, in the demoneti9
ing of silver" 81,
The delegation from Idaho arriveX :
day headed by Senators George l., ST.,
and Fred I. Dubois. The delegat,,,,Do,, e.
that state will number about lFsg tn
delegation are Senators Pow oaL Man
tie, Governor Toole eX-Govsenm,S, = Herber
and Ricketts,. CongressmayS I.srtwell ant
ex-Congressnnan Dicksoye-
every ounce of sil~G1'mined in Mon
tana this year has &C 1Si0 o." said one o
the delegates, 'anGFe insist upon the t.
16 ratio. The ea.spIs already feeling th
effect of the a SStern depression brough
about by th,'' ,''demand for the repeal of tn
silver purcGas sing act. One firm in Butt.
has been compelled to cancel million ant
half dSllar's worth of eastern orders"
| The Colorado delegation of 300 arrived
- ReSotvei1,y at 8 o'clock this morn
TINS o;s"eets with the appfo,the party arr