The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-20
The Senator's Followers Clain -
HIVE at Least 46s Honest-Money
Delegates Out Of q Total OF sos.
THURMAN's MEN CONFIDENT
WILL ACCEPT NOTHING IN LIEU or
A SILVER PLATFORM.
Conservative Plank Likely 10 BE Pre-
The Hardfn-Bradsey Debate.

SPRINGFIELD. o.. Aug. 19-Many dele
gates are here tonight. although the DEM
0cratic State convention does not assemble
till Wednesday,. The fight between the
free silver and the Brice men will occur to-
morrow evening. when the members of the
committee on resolutions and other COM
mittees In the organization are selected.
There are sos delegates. The silver men
classify them as SzS for free silver, 32s
for gold and 137 doubtful. The Brice men
claim there are ss5 or honest money and
of the S43 claimed by Thurman for silver
some are doubtful. 1t is generally believed.
since the last counties selected delegates
to-day, that the Brice men will control ell
the organization and have fourteen out OF
the twenty-one members OF the committee
on resolutions. Senator Brice. Ex-Governor
Campbell and other leaders will arrive to-
morrow morning and are to dine with
John II. Thomas. the free-silver leader.
This fact is recognized as assuring a COM
promise before the district meetings are
held at p. m. 1t is believed there viii b
some agreement at the Thomas dinner e.
to who will be nominated for Governor.
If Ex-Governor Campbell will not run, then
John III. Thomas or James Kilbourne may
be nominated. Both are free-silyer men.
The real issue pending Is as to what con-
cession will be made to the free-silver men
and yet make the financial record for the
party that is desired by Senator Brice.
One may get the platform and the other
the nominee. There are some bitter con-
tests to be settled while Senator Brice -
presiding as temporary chairman, and there
may be trouble at the opening Of the con-
vention il all the silver contestants are un.
seated.
The silver men held a meeting tonight, AZ
which it was resolved not 10 accept the
nominee or anything else in lieu of conced-
ing the platform. The meeting decided that
all they asked was for recognition In the
platform. A committee headed by Allen w.
Thurman was appointed to draft con-
servative silver plank to submit to the COM
mittee on resolutions tomorrow night. This
committee was directed TO limit the coinage
to that of American silver free. Is to !. and
not include the silver of any other country.
The meeting heard some rabidly radical
speeches, but the spirit OF the majority was
for a conservative course towards Senator
Brice and what was termed ''his majority"
The Cleveland DELEGATIONS.
CLEVELAND, Aug. l9.-The Br.ce and
anti-Brice delegations from Cuyahoga
county to the Democratic State convention
held meetings tonight and formed separate
organizations. The anti-Brice delegation de-
cided to accept no compromise. but to make
fight for fifty-nine seats In the conven-
ton. III refused, they will leave the conven-
tion hall in a body. Judge E. j. BIandin,
prominently mentioned for United States
Senator, and l.. A Russell will lead the
fight in the committee on credentials. The
Br.ce delegation, elected by the boiling
county convention, selected a COMMITTEES, OF
which ex-Mayor Blee Is a member, to con-
test the seating of the anti-Brice de1ega-
tion. Both delegations are prepared for 3
hard struggle