Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-27
SILVER CONFERENCE.
Senator Daniel viii Attend the Meeting
at Washington.
SENATOR MARTINS POSITION.
Ii Is Being Stated by Some People
Without Authority.
POSSIBLE ARGENTINE TICKET.
Cameron and Daniel, for President
and Nicc-Presidcnt. Respectively.
I'm Certain CONFERENCE.-The of
chi ArfI,u~ Clair Denver
POSSIBLE ARGENTINE TICKET

WASHINGTON. II. C.. June 26.-(Spe-
cial)-lt is understood that Senator
Daniel will attend the conference Of Dem
ocrats to be held here on the 18th Of
August to consider the silver question as
it effects the Democratic party. The call
for this conference was issued by Sena-
tors Harris. Jones (of Arkansas), and
Turpe. They are earnest advocates Of
the free coinage Of silver and are poll
teal intmates in the Senate Of air. Dan
iel. In fact. they train together on this
question
1t Is presumed also that Senator Mar
tin will be present While he has not
given any public utterance as TO his pO-
sition on the currency question. there is
no harm in his attending. even " he
and his colleague do not agree about the
free coinage Of silver
IDLE GOSSIP
Some people. without having any au-
thority TO speak for the Senator-elect
have. asserted here that because he and
Senator Daniel are such close friends.
they agree on the money issue. and others
who know just as little regarding Mr.
Martins views. have jumped to the con-
clusion that because he has not been in
terviewcd or made any speeches on the
subject he must OF necessity be a gold
bus" They even go 50 far as TO say
that when man does not rush TO the
front and declare himself when there is
such n rampant night going on in various
parts of the country for free coinage he
must of necessity b. on the other side.
But Senator Martin says nothing. II
he comes TO the conference that has been
called 10y Senators Harris. Jones. and
Turple he will be free to take any stand
he sees ft HIS friends say that may be
he Will then JOIN the free-silver people
and stand shoulder to shoulder with Sena-
Tor Daniel or IL may happen that he will
choose to say that he wants nothing done
until international bimetalIism can be
brought out
SENATOR DANIELS VIEWS.
Senator Daniel. on the other hand.
has nothing TO add to what he has said.
He j. an oGt-and-Out-fr- e-coinage man
ut the l6-to-i ratio, regardless OF what
the other nations Of the earth may DO.
lie is counted on by the iree-coinage
advocates q meet them here
Senator Dubois Of Idaho since his re.
turn from the Republican League Club
Convention at Cleveland, is more firmly
of the opinion than he was before going
year fail 10 recognize silver in their plat
form. ana the Democrats adopt the same
policy. an independent silver ticket vii,
be put IN the field. In such event, be-
says with emphasis No. fayors the nomi-
nation % Teller. Of Colorado. and Daniel,
of Virginia. for Nice-President. Tbs.
of course. is without consulting Senate.
Daniel who is a Democrat, and has never
I'm the slightest winked al or encouraged
anything outside Of hts own party. 10
is known 10 favor fighting out this aues-
ton within the Democratic party.
DUBOIS AND CAMERON.
Nr Dubois Processes 70 believe that
his own party viii DO tine squar, thius
by silver and he says that he looks
for the nomination of Senator Don Came
ron as the Republican candidate on a
silver platform. Some Of the Ni.einiG
Republicans, who expect TO 20 TO thu
convention. are known to be cOquetting
with the Cameron BOOM and his mama
gers claim he viii nave great strength
I'm the South II his own delegation car
be secured early next year. Quay says he
Is for any PENNSYLVANIA over the rest
Of them. and TINS is believed 10 mean
that he ana Cameron have an under
standing. regardless of the latter's frees
coinage sentiments. FtW OF the p0liti'
clans here believe that Cameron can get
the Pennsylvania delegation. and in that
event Dubois and the other western fell
lows viii he in a bad fix.
COLONEL DENVER DEAD.
Colonel Arthur 81. Clair Denver. a we'll
known claim agent and lawyer who has
resided here for the past fifteen years,
died here yesterday in the list year Of
his age Colonel Denver was born az or
near Winchester. Va. fact that is
known to bat few PEOPLE, because il was
generally supposed he was a western man
by birth and rearing. The Denver
brothofs-the other being the late General
Denver. after whom the Colorado capital
city was named-went West when boys
They settled in ohio. and were among
the early "forty-niners" in California in
the DAYS of the gold excitement. General
Denver came TO Congress from California,
as did also General Joseph Mckibbon.
the manager of the Marshall Hall resort
down the Potomac river, near this city.
and Colonel Arthur Denver. who was
state Senator and 4 most Influential poll
tician out on the Slope. helped them both
along.
FRIEND OF VIRGlNGANS.
Colonel Denver was the friend and as
sOciate OF many Nirginians who went out
to California in 1919. He knew very we'll
the DargerAelds and Wises OF Virginia
and many others who could be named
lie was named after Arthur ~. Clair
who was an officer on the star of General
George Washington.
The funeral Of General Denver win take
place here on Friday and the paI-bearers
Will be from among members of the CALI
fOrnia Pioneer Association, OF Washing
ton. Deceased was a popular man. and
he was quite well known in Virginia.
POSTAL NOTES
Among postmasters appointed to-day
were:
North Carolina-Lowder. S,anly county
j. j. Davis vice Il. W Lanier resigned.
Queen Montgomery county. ). y. Allen
vice Queen Cox, resigned.
Virginia-Morris Church, Campbell coun-