Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-19
NOW FOR A BIG POW-W0N
National Republican LeaguerS
 Gathering at Cleveland
TO HOLD A CONVENTION
Tie Money Question the Absorbing Topic of the Hour White Or YeIow Metal
 the Watchword


 the National Republican league conven- l ton the man who can tell which way the 1 eat will jump on the all-absorbing mon 1 ey question does not live. It is not even l a certainty that the cat will jump as 1 the feeling seems to be strengthened
 with the arrival of each delegation that the money question should be handled
 like hot stone. By every train dele
 gates and visitors have been brought to
 the city today, and tonight all the hotel
 lobbies and the sidewalks are crowded
 with enthusiastic republicans discussing
 politics. and the money question in par | ticular.
 There was a big surprise in store for 1 the delegates and visitors who were seek
 ing information on the money question.
 Among the arrivals during the day were
 the advance guards of the southern
 states There was little comfort for
 the western advocates for free silver in l the utterances of these men from the
 south Sound money" was their slogan.
 My only purpose in coming to the conyention,' said MT. Lea, prominent 1 Nieksburg, Miss, republican, was to do l all in my power to prevent a declaration 1 in favor of free silver. The only silver
 men in our state are democrats The re-
 publicans are to a man for sound money. 1 Our party can make nothing by getting l into the breakers on this money contro-
 vcrsy. The tariff should be the issue in
 the coming campaign. On that the l party is united. On the money question
 it cannot but be hopelessly divided
 There is a fair expression of the sen 1 tlment of our party in the state of Mis-
 sssippi,' interposed Col. J. P. Stevens | of Macon, Miss.
 l The colored delegates from Louisiana l are headed by H. H. Blunt the presi-
 dent of the state league Blunt is one l of the most prominent colored republi-
 cans in Louisiana. At the Dover con-
 vention last year he made a rousng | speech in opposition to a resolution pro- | Niding for the division of the caucuSeS
 of the southern states on race lines
 The colored men were at once cor
 ralled by number of western delegates. | who catechised them on their position on the moey question.
 The Louisiana delegation will be solid | for sound money if the issue is made by
 the convention" said MT. Blunt. We | do not think that it is the business of
 this convention to declare either for or
 against free silver"
 The members of the Arkansas dele | gation are decorated with yellow badges
 bearing the inscription, Sound Money"
 Senators Carlton of Montana and Du-
 bois of Idaho arrived from Washington
 late in the afternoon. Their advent was
 hailed with delight by the free silver 1 delegates from the west as their recent
 utterances have marked them as lead l CTS of the white metal forces
 l To United Press reporter Senator l Dubois said: Tn my judgment it is not | within the province of this issue to make | platforms for the republican party I | supiAse, however, that the usual custom
 Of adopting resolutions will prevail. Any declaration on the money question must l be on free silver basis or the republican | party can not hope to carry a western
 state next year. If the issue is made I | propose to sound the note of warning
 and l have pledged myself to work unre- 1 mfttngiy for a free silver declaration | The citizens of the west will not be sat | ished with declaration for bimetallism
 which is another word for straddle. l Practical bimetallism means gold i standard The point has been reached in 1 this great question where either party l must choose between gold monometal- | lsm and the free and unlimited coinage | of silver at 16 to l."
 Senator Carlton said: 'T am neither here 1 as United States senator or as a chair4 1 man of the republican national commit | tee, but as delegate and humble citizen l of Montana. My views on the silver l question are well known, and if there is a | hght on the question, of course, will be | with the other delegates from my state l for the white metal. It seems to me l however that the objects of the league
 are to promote harmony in the party. l rather than to usurp the platform prerog- 1 atives of the national republican con l ventiOn. l am not in favor of principles l by the league that will be binding upon l next years national convention" The feeling between the gold and sil- | yer men is very bitter and there is much
 1alk or preventing any discussion in the l convention.
 Col Isaac Trumbe of Salt Lake City. l Utah, is red hot for silver but entirely l free from presidential aspirations on the l question. As to silver" said he you
 can say that we will present the subject 1 Wednesday and insist that some definite l action be taken. A compromise resolu- 1 tion will not satisfy our people. If no ] other delegate introduces the silver dnes- l tion Wednesday I will"
 Editor II. c. Plumley of the Fargo. N. 1 D. Forum said: "The only obipct of | our trip is to insist that the league shaI not take action on the money question" 1 From expressions heard on all sides l it is pretty hard to figure out how the 1 free silver men will be able to muster 1 enough votes to adopt a free silver res | olution. The opposition to such dccla- | ration seems to be pretty well concen- | trated and fully as aggressive as the sil. verites Not an aVowed candidate for | the presidency has appeared in opposi- | tion to Gen. E. A. McAlpine of New York. and his friends declare that he
 will be elected by exclamation. Secre- tary A. E. Humphrey also seems to be certain of reelection.
 meeting of western free silver dele gate was held at the Hellendon hotel to- night Col Isaac Trumbe of Salt Lake City presided. All of the western states. excepting Oregon, were represented. committee consisting of the chairman, A K. Dubois of Idaho, w K. Burchinen of Colorado and c. F. Allen of Utah, waa appointed to draft free silver resolutions. They will report at a meeting of the western delegates at l o'clock tomor- row The purpose is to have the res-. olutions offered to the convention in the regular woy and referred to the com niittee bn resolutions. Each state is entitled to representation on this com mittee, and if necessary a minority re- port will be made to the convention by the western members of the committee This will precipitate the fight on the