The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-22
sIAMEsE TWINS OF SILVER.
r,,,, orTIOoI( on THE Eve OF ST.
LOUIS TWO CONVENTIONS.

s,,mIv Attended-The POpuIists
W,v Muster 1000 Delegates, and
,,.,orsement of Bryan and sevvaIl
Almost Certain.
:, louis. July 21.-The Siameses twin
conventions, which will meet here to-
,,,-rovv in different halls, but at the same
s5n~ will have as the ligature that binds
,bsr together I'm "a settled purpose, only
-ta free silver plank of the Chicago plat
s,rm There is no attempt TO disguise
,5. truth that on all other issues the
conventions Will be hopelessly divided.
The national silver party, whose call
g was issued Jan. Il, 1896, stated that the
paramount issue it had to consider was
at5e gold standard, gold bonds and bank
currency on the one side. and the BIZ
metallic standard. no bonds and govern
mert currency on the other"
ON this platform a representation Of
ISIS votes was proposed for the national
silver convention, but not more than 800
. Of these straight silver delegates are re-
4 corded as present in the city, and scarce
lv more than that number is likely to be
present when Dr. j. j. Mott of North
q Carolina calls the convention of silver
men 10 order tomorrow.
The representation of the peoples party,
or as it is generally termed, the populist
party Of the United States, was establish
ell on a ratio which should have yielded
los delegates and Csc alternates. total
OF 1904
Chairman Taubeneck, who is not the
least sanguine of the executives of the
peoples party. does not venture to antiei-
pate a larger attendance than 1900 dele
gates and alternates tomorrow.
The national silver party is to meet In
what is known as the Music hall. It's
course will be plain sailing. 1t has only
q one purpose in view, the endorsement Of
free coinage Of silver. 1t win listen with
more or less attention TO long scholarly
addresses from Francis c. Newlands Of
Nevada, the silverite" congressman, its
chosen temporary chairman, and from
William =. 81. John OF New York, ex-
banker, who will be permanent president.
This body will in all probability follow its
programme, which is to indoTse the Chi
cagO nominees on u silver platform issue
an address TO the people and either ad-
Journ promptly or prol0ng the cOnven-
ton by long speeches until its more tur-
bulent neighbor has concluded its proceed
angs.
The peoples party viii assemble in the
same hail which recently echoed with the
name OF Mckinley as the republican nom
lnee As 70 what the course of its pro-
ceecings will be- the claims of the two
factions are tonight quite as divergent as
Ihey nave ever been. The presence Of
Senator Jones of Arkansas, chairman Of
the democratic national executive com
mittee, and his frequent Interviews with
prominent populist delegates, has nafu-
Tally given rise TO rumOrs that "a deal
We on &hlch would secure the indorse-
mont OF Bryan and Sewall by the con
Ntutloh, ana such recognition of the ueo-
PIE party as would induce them Ia stnl,
aor the time being their own identity
Asalhst this theory, Mr.. Taubeneck
NHeHInan OF the peoples party, interposes
lhe strongest kind Of a disclaimer as
serting with Vehemence that the nouilists
lhtend 10 nominate q candidate Of their
own upon platform of their own. There
- ueeH an DAY strong talk of nominate
ms southern pOpulist for the second
place on the ticket even If Mr.. RrVaE
sHyulu secure sufficient strength To he
indorsed for first place
ntt iNe Bryan manipuators, who are
9Aanaglng the fght, say that the taii CO.'S
Nlth the hide. and that if thev carry
SIF9n through tot which they have no
ooNoU Sewal will follow.
ne middle of the road" men, on the
everi.,hiu' hhanu' are claiming to have carried
~ onihg before them. They held A
aeot.Is tonight and counted twenty
Nguty states as with them in a deter
''ie, ION not 10 endorse the Chicago lick
HIl llelr opponents assert that they
- -, az the recalcitrant Bryan men
representing their states, whereas the
verse 10 them " W
he ieosn si,5isas siies seem at loss to estimate
9t5"thcance of the selection of SEN
,1 Marion Butler of North Carolina Nv
i -ta lonal committee as the tenporary
-i'.'- OF me convention. He has been
10 Iave ~ ,,jn I9ctlon and appears not
jnart,riHls ms may, perhaps, explain his
iIe'S selection as the teuDOrary-
attHil"5 oiilcer OF the convention. Tint
r+ le u pietuFesquely and curiouslv
rDl,si!i'5 gathering is already assured
ar 9f ..oee 10 pc present are Gen. Wea-
iowa and Mr. Streator OF TIinois
m - 'o.Inef candidates for the presidency
Nir.glnir rol I.ist ticket, and Gen. Field Of
s,rasjt IOaf years ago Tor the vice
si1encyi Eugene " Deba and his lieT-
aI Mr Burns, who shared his I'M
i,,l NEent; Mrs. Helen Gouge,r. Mrs
Ear, lien. zen Lease, Jacob S. Coxey and
re M, and other possibilities Will in
ttA win the grizzled wheat formers
- vest, the planters of the south ana
i s'1l'siAstlc new eonVeEJs and follow
I'm lhe east and middle states go
TNe TtL-1Ne UP this convention.
| middle OF tho road" mon arc
lo-nlght that they will control
7,s 1tI. ~. shiion and defeat the Bryan
o. =
's-1i4g spirit at middle of the road;
Fa 5., l.g@I quarters says that fuliv el0 of
- 00-e gates present favor the "poi6-
7o ne road idea, whch Is in oppasi
a~s- ~ lusion or to the nomination of an,,
~" VINO is not directly identiGad w.
popdlst party. "'1A
.es 49, ~ D. =. CoXey of Ohio shares the ba-
341 ar. bryan cannot be no1ninate6
~ ~ Co@ey was, this afternoon. cnosay,
,7ta Ouio delegation to represent tbs
n 0n lhe committee on resoIlIfiors
Dr. NV. NV. loAey's opinion the platform wiz
eHteQ TO the convention an Th,,rg
H., ,''e WI be practical reafIrrnaf{or
Tl 7,JIl.dh4 platform Of 1899
-, Ae@3s delegates who are Y,al-in., ,
VaP HBht against indorsfng f5r,.s, .
t6a meeting Of representatives fror3
81 1r,fr. : 5tates IN accord with the ,7lan -
~ fs'He a straight poDulistic tis,a+
MaAar' .lg states were repregente,5.
81 in5iH ARKANSAS, California. C,eorgto
- 7ilhtlaaa, Iowa, Louisiana ~
s. %ortS ctisaissippi, Minnesota, New Yori5
aloilna, Oregon, Ohio, Penns,-I1--lN -
- j,-ieeas, West Virginia, Wasbjn.]toy,
u s.9.,-9q Texas, Arkansas. Afissiesirr,f
>5Il' ma North Carolina were ,o1oIt' -
- AGAINST Mr.. Bryan. Illinois 80
81 b 1.r were reported half in favor -
ii Y5rr 1H ana half against him an ~
ii ii mat We're received If - - ~
b Bio. -ilIl the 'r1fddla Of t1,a 49, ~, N'ti