The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10
Bland Stronger Than All the Rest of
the Candidates Combined.
TELLER'S FRIENDS AT WORK
The PopuIists Unrrnn,ttInE In Their E forts
on Behalf Of the Colorado Senator
Gen. Warner Has . FInan-
cIal Plank Ready.


that the strength of all the other dem
ocratic candidates combined is less
than his The only man whose
strength dangerously asserts itself
against him is the Colorado
republican, whose name may not even
be presented TO the convention, but
who may yet be voted for from the
first ballot, and in whose interest an
alien conspiracy matches democratic
dissension and inspires democratic
treachery.
Stewart, of Nevada, sat on the plat
form near the Chairman to-day, his
presence as the guest OF honor at a
democratic convention attesting the
strange temptations offered to the
democratic party.
The gold men, headed by Whitney
and Russell in person, stoutfy declared
adherence to their newly expressed
purpose not to vote when the nomina-
tions are presented on a free silver
platform, but their course as to this,
though practically agreed upon ty all
who may fairly be called the leaders
of the sound money delegates, will not
be officially declared until after their
caucus called for tonight.
The senatorial conspiracy has by no
means abandoned effort The most
persistent efforts are made to so
strengthen opposing candidates as to
create q deadlock. The entire accu-
racy of the opinion that ex-senator
Pat Walsh was in it is shown by the
action of the delegation from that
state. After "a session lasting more
than two hours last night they came
to the agreement that for the first
ballot they would support Boies and
would after that switch their vote
to Teller in case the repu blican
should show any strength in the con-
vention. This result was not attained
until the advocates of Bland, Boies
and Teller had each been heard and
was something. of a surprise to out
siders, as it had been definitely ascer-
tanned early in the afternoon that the
preferences of a majority of the dele
cation were for the Iowan. Ex-Sena-
tor Walsh and the two Howells, father
and son, were known to be in favor of
Teller, but even the senate conspiracy
hardly dared to hope that they would
be able 10 influence the vote of the
delegation to leave Boies.
The populists are unremitting in
their efforts to land the boiling repub-
lican senator as the winner of the
nomination. In the event that any
other person is named, they stoutly
declare that a third ticket will be
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inevitable hurt and PROBABLE defeat of
the ticket TO be named here. The
group OF Fepu biican senator's, while
themselves protesting a purpose to
support any candidate named on a free
silver plati"rm supplement the ar-u-
ment Of the pupUlists with this OF their
own tkat no.ene but Teller can carry
the western republican states.
Bland has heen gaming vnIeS steaai-
ly, but the silver meu,caunot nominate
their candidate without The absolute
unanim0us support Of every silver
man la the convention. This makes
the sitaation interesting. Combine
tions are being worked in all direc-
tions and Bland Is to be knitted, if pos
sible.
The resent aeeessieus 20 the Bland
column hare become numerous enouEh
to he of importance. although he still
lacks very material proportion of the
two-thirds vote necessary. Virginia is
among the states hitherto unplaced
which is going into the Bland column,
and North Carolina. after it gets
through flirting with the yeuahful and
cratorical Bryan, will also straggle to
BANDS support
The bitterness between Bland and
Boies continues to be apparently i'm
-placable, and the Teller forces work
sassiduously for the creation of dead
dock. So intense is the feeling Of RI
Valry between the leading aspirants
that it was impossible this morning to
get an agreement for conference be-
tween the managers of the respective
Bland and Boies boOms-
The oppon euts Of Bland tried yes
ferday and to-day to bring Stevenson
forward. He was appealed so at has
Illinois home to say when and how he
had first ranged himself on the silver
side. and responded that as long 2goas
1873 he had run for congress on the
silver issue and had been elected. This
eleventh hour candidacy does not seem
to have created much attention and
the effort TO land Stevenson will prob
ably be abandoned.
Hill has been the card at the top of
the pack to- day. His name is being
auietly whispered among the delegates
and his Elmira speech is being circu-
lated to show that, as he was once on
the silver side, he might be trusted to
get there again if his party called
him to lead them to victory. In the
midst of these developments. Hill
keeps silent His chances for anything
like fair proportion of silver support
might seem to have gone glimmering
when he allowed himself to be chosen,
as he did yesterday. to be temporary
chairman of the gold men of the ma
tional committee, when he knows that
this action marks him for slaughter.
The populists have issued a mani
festo urging the nomination of Sena-
tor Teller.
Gen. A. J. Warner has prepared a
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