Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-21
READY FOR COMBAT.
noTu SIDES HAVE FORriFiEp
THEIR POSITIONS ON THE
FIELD OF BATTLE.
Free silver Men Declare Thnt rhcy
VIII Not Compromise NOR WIN
They lie Bribed.

Springfield. Ohio, August 2O.-The dis
trlct ana other preliminary meetings
Of the Democratic state convention
were held here today preparatory to
the assembling OF the convention at
10 a m. tomorrow. senator Brlce
reached Linn from New York yester-
dag and arrived here this morning. He
Is making the fight Of his life Tor
platform IN harmony with the v,eWs
Of President Cleveland, Secretary car
Isle and himself on the financial quts-
tiun. He is not taking un agg'caSive
purt for the nomination Of governor
or other. offices. but IL Interested IN
| the. organization 20 as to control the
! committee on credentials, which VIII
/ determine the contests and The COM
/ mittcc on resolutions, which VIII Tee
! port the platform. lie rs believed TO
| have "A majority OF the sos delegates,
! but the silver men claim Forty OF
! enough TO make trouble n no couces-
/ sion b. made to them The delegates
are an horc and the question Is as to
| what concession shall be- made to the
/ minority. which claims TO be over two-
! nftha and almost one-half the niem-
| hcrshlp OF the convention. The Biiee
men are raising no objections to any
/ OF the free silver candidates, not even
| TO Hon. John II Thomas and Col
| James Killbourne for governor. and
! they are both pronounced advocates
| OF the free and unlimited coinuge ot
| silver
Senator Briec IL to be the temoor-
| ME- ~ ,,,tt, s,,ao,h ia euro "a il, r,r
! ,n, ,,,,st ,,,,,,,,i,,,, ,,.ltb,,,t ,,9,,1 "a
| the outcome of the Aght for the organ
! l2utipn Of the convention. His speech
] will be conservative. Immediately
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cI,l'nllals iIo n,1ttvr ul 9vHy'hs lh'
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| IN CONSTITUTING thes' reports lhe sen.
ntor may nave some close rulings ana
| inc MlN'r men may get nlnu' " II
a. thla lunetufe OF the pioeegdinEs mat
inc contest prtween inc Tree SILVER
ana the Brice men Is expected. although
| the latter hhd things thor way today.
Just before Brice arrived at II n. m.
the city was flooded with dodgers
hearing the resolution adopted at the
meeting Of the silver delegates.
we favor the Immediate restoration
of the law providing for the free coin,
age OF both gold and silver coins AND
their use, without discrimination. az
provided FOR Ia the constitution"
TN" silver men mot Senator Price
and pledged him they had no fight on
him. and all they wanted was THIS
plank The senator and his friends
are non-cummlttul, and want M 10
walt FOR the regular report, ON the
! arrival of the train bearing CN-CCv'
gtnor Campbell at noon, badges wor'
7trlhuted broadcast IN anticipation
Of his nomination, All leaders pnd
delegates arrived today
This afternoon Senator Brlce, ex-GoY
eruor Campbell and other leaders, re-
sponded to calls for speeches IS tn,
clubs pnraded by the Lagonla hotel
At that time General Asa $. Rush
noll, the Republican candidate Cor pov
ornor hlppvned TO be calling uu Price
Campbell ana others. and ho also re
Hppnded' welcoming his political on
punents 10 the city,
The silver men had meetings agar
today to secure endorsements for thel
resolution, but while they We're making
speeches the Brlce men secured tire or
SANITATION OF the convention, carry iul
, of members OF various committees,
The committee on resolutions Is com
| posed OF business men Ike PrCs,1en
ingalls, OF the Big -Four, eN-C1ngrrss
@ man Mcmahon. Hurd, Vunce an
Achauer The Brice mon also secure
a majority of the state central com
h,itoc Wllch holds over until after IN
selecUon OF the presidential icitFHte
next year When the committee %
resolutions mot tonight, eN-Col ,ress
man FRANK liurd. who II as radiog
FOR gold standard as for free I;ud,
Q was made chairman, and IL vas 4, uu
that j. NJ Lewis. r. H. Lewis, A. w
Patrick, and \. j. Blandin. were u
pnly free silver mon on the inmittc
OF ~ members
me other committees were n
strongly organized. The ,tronges
= showing OF the opposition on any {
them was 10 Tor Brice, and the FEEDER,
ADMINISTRATION TO fve for the nppoWuoi
lneludlng the iree silver men aud 9th,
elements The committee on resoli
Tons appointed a subcommittee OF II,
70 draw up a platform ON which II
opposition was given a representation
a. ana which was instructed 70 rentiir
= tne natnhal hnnnoial i1pN NJ lSg
a Wh,on senator Irlce says the prealdei
"a ana secretary Carlisle had lnterprctt
y 70 mean gold standard. IL Nae all
~ instructed TO indorse the tnrlfr bI
n nhssed by me last congress, AMI u
q nSuopli administration and the recol
4 o. s frmasos sp ss,S woro MAJ. o, !,