The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-06-19
A BIG MEETING.
;hc ir;u silver Con, ent ION Promises % be
i Great Suri css.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 10 i;ic pr.
dic,ious of the promoters OF The slITri
convention are on the eve Of lHlil'.
ment. The Memphis hotels are fast
being occupied by the delegates ana
distinguished men OF letters and states
men from all sections of the country
and it seems now that by tomorrow
morning there will be scarcely an un-
occupied room in any hostelry of the
city. The extension and executive
committees of the Central Bi-metalllc
League held an important meeting THIS
afternoon. All subcommittee report
having practically completed their Ia
bors and the only one that hadnot dis.
charged its duties in full was that OF
reception. \ communication was re-
ceived from Florida stating that Gov.
Mitchell had appointed as delegates
from the State at large United States
Senator Samuel Pasco, S. r. Mallory,
ex-Congressman John L. NJ. Gasklns,
speaker of the Florida house; Bascom
Palmer, State senator; VIM. +.
Thomas, State treasurer; Clarence 3.
Collier, Capt. J. +. Tucker, Frank
Z. Harris, W. j. Cooper and Harry
W. Cooper, postmaster at Jacksonville.
Gov. Culberson, of Texas, has ap-
pointed delegates at large from the
Lone Star State with ex-senator John
H. Reagan, chairman. United States
Senator Marion Butler will head the
North Carolina delegation and in COM
pany with the delegates will reach
Memphis tomorrow morning. The
delegation is to be composed of Re
publicans, Democrats and Popullsts
alike and is significant of the fact that
it will be the first manifestation OF
coalition between the parties in North
Carolina.
W. H. Hinrichson ofIllinois, writes
that it will be impossible for him to be
present. In concluding his letter he
says, "You have no doubt seen the
full report or our convention on the
fifth. It was success in every way,
in spite of what the republican and
Democratic gold papers said about it.
Illinois is safe in the free silver ranks
and will be in 1896"
The program to be followed by the
silver convention as laid down IS that
it will be called to order by the Presi-
dent, W. B. Brown, ofthe local bi-me-
tallic league at o'clock on Wednes-
day. Causey Young, ex-Congress-
man from this district will be temper
ary chairman and his partner, Jere
Horn, will act as temporary secretary.
Judge B. II. Estes, sometimes pulpl-
teer, will offer prayer. Then will
come permanent organization. Sena.
tors Turpie, of Indiana, and Jones, Of
Arkansas, are the selection for the per-
manent Craftsmanship. The place was
offered Senator Harris but he declined,
saying that as this is his own constltu-
ency, the convention would have
more weight if a stranger were chosen:
Senator Turpie and Senator Jones will
arrive tomorrow, when Harris will
confer with them. The one who does
take the chairmanship will get the
chairmanship Of the committee on
resolutions. It is conceded that Tur-
pie will be permanent chairman. The
notable arrivals today were Senators
Harris, of Tennessee; Turpie. of In
diana, and Berry, of Arkansas, and
Congressman Dinsmore, OF Arkansas.
Senator Turpie said in an interview to-
day he did not look for disruption
of either of the great parties on ac-
count of issues, if the party lines were
broken the damage would be as great
to one party as to the other. He
thought the outlook for international
agreement in the next few months
excellent and if this is brought about
each party will settle down to the old
issue.
The friends of silver held a confer
ence tonight at which resolutions were
adopted favoring the breaking away
from the old parties, in each case they
did not recognize the silver question
and run candidates of their own.
The meeting was composed of De-
mocrats, Republicans and Populists.