Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-20
OHIO'S DEMOCRACY.
Silver and ANTI Silver Men
Gathering for a Fight.
FIGURES GIVEN BY EaCa'FACrIOG.

Brice Men Seem Most Confident, Accord.
ing t. tho Number They Claim-Cleve.
land sends Two Delegations. One of
South Carolina Proposes q Platform for
silver Democrats-Polstical Field Notes.
SPRINGFIELD, O., Aug. 3o-Many DEL
egates are here, although the Democratic
state convention does not assemble till to-
morrow. The fight between the free silver
and the Brice men will occur this even
ing, when the members of the committee
the organization are selected. There are
s03 delegates. The silver men classify
them as 3i3 for freq silver, S2S for gold
and 137 doubtful. The Brice men claim
that there are i5j fo- ''honest money"
and that of the 3i3 claimed by the Thur.
man men for silver some are doubtful.
It is generally believed since the last
counties selected delegates that the Brice
men will control the organization and
have fourteen out of the twenty -one MEM
bers of the committee on resolutions.
Bricc, Ex-Governor Campbell and other
leaders arrived this morning and will
dine with John II. Thomas, the free sill
yer leader.
May Adopt the kentucky riaD.
This fact is recognized as assuring q
compromise before the district meetings
are held. 1t Is believed that there will be
some agreement at the Thomas dinner as
to who Will be nominated for governor.
IL Ex-Governor Campbell will not run
III ~
bourne may be nominated. Both are FREQ
silver men. The real issue pending is as
to what concession Will DC made to the
free silver men aud yet make the finan-
cial record for the party that is desired By
Bricc. One may get the platform and tho
other the nominee. There are some bitter
contests to be settled while Bricc is pre-
siding as temporary chairman, and there
may DC trouble at the opening of the con-
voution IL all the silver contestants are
unseated.
Silver Men and the Platform.
The silver men held meeting last
night ut which it WAS resolved not to ac-
cept the nominee or any thing else in lieu
of conceding the platform. The meeting
decided that all they asked vas for rec
ocnition in the platform. A committee
headed by Allen w. Thurman was app
pointed TO draft conservative silver
plank to submit to the committee on reso.
buttons tonight. This colnmittce was
directed to limit the coinage to that of
American silver free nj IL to !, and not
include the silver of any other country.
The meeting heard some radical speeches,
but the spirit of the maj ority was for Il
conservative course toward Brice and
what was termed mis- majority"
Brice and Ant.-Brlcs at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 20.-The Brice and
anti r.cc delegations from Cuyahoga
county to the Democratic state convcn-
ton held meetings last night and formed
separate organizations. The anti-Brice
delegation decided to accept no compro.
miss. but to make fight for Iifty-nine
seats in the convention. If refused they
Will leave the convention hall in 4 body.
Judge +. J. Blandid. prominently men,
toned for United States senator, and L.
a. Russell will lead the fight in the com.
mittce on credentials. The Brice delega-
ton, elected by the boiling county con-
vSntion, selected committee of which
ex-Mayer Blcc is member to contest the
seating Of the anti-Brice delegation.