The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-06-10
THEY'RE ALL At SEA
Free Coinage Will Make a Heap Of
Trouble at St. Louis.
TRYING TO FIX THINGS UP
Offlclous Members OF the Advance
Guard Doing All the Taking,
But saying Nothing
to the Point.


st. Louis. June 9-Politiclans OF all
shades Of complexion. from all over the
union, are swRrmlng into this city to-
night. There Is already considerable
discussion among the delegates and
other party leaders as to the probable
course that will be pursued on tho
financial question. The possibility OF a
bolt by the free-silver delegates in case
OF the Incorporation of plank in the
platform which they will construe as
unfriendly to silver. Is discussed freely
In the hotel Hobbies, and by none more
so than by the silver men themselves.
II is gathered from those who are al
ready here that the disposition To bolt
the convention Is confined to a very
few. One OF the most prominent silver
delegates said tonight that the men
from the West felt that they had been
elected by republican constituencies to
meet in convention TO secure all they
could for silver. but they were not au-
thorlzcd to bolt IL they found them-
selves In minority. and that the more
they conferred. the more general was
the opinion they should stand by the
republican organization.
the name OF NJ. II. De Young. a strong
advocate of FREE silver. is already being
urged In connection with the npmina-
! tion for the Vice presidency. When DE
Young was asked for an expression OF
his views as to the course OF the silver
men, he said. "The delegates from the
silver states are very determined In
| their desire to advance the interests Of
silver. Some Of them are radical ard
talk about leaving the cony eniion In
case their views are not adopted. This
action will not be general. II Is gener-
ally known that Colorado. under the
leadership of Teller, proposes to walk
out OF the convention
"The California delegation has been
instructed for Mckinley. and the con-
/ ventlon adopted resolution in favor
: of the free coinage OF silver. But our
/ delegation does not intend to i,dve the
/ city or the convention In case CT
\ failure OF that nature. The men. es-
pecially OF Colorado, Montana and
other states, think that II Teller would
be nominated by the democratic party
In Chicago. there would be no question
of his Endorsement by the two conven-
tions that meet In ST. Louis on July 22i
that ls. the silver rarty convention and
the populist convention. In fact, II 10
agreed that both conventions Will en-
dorse the nomination OF Teller. II Tel
Ter Is nominated by these three parties.
my private opinion is that he VIII come
very near being elected.
There IL one serious question,
though. In the whole OF this PROPOSE
tlon. VIII the democratic party take
a man out on the republican national
convention and make him the standards
bearer Of the democratic partyf The
general impression among leading dem.
ocrats Is that they will not do 1t.
think II Teller leaves the convention
Montana and Idaho will follow. Utah
as n whole will not. There may be one
OF their delegates who will. Nevada 10
Just as anxious for free silver as any Of
the other states while | do not know
what their delegates propose TO do
they can be depended upon to do every
thing that lies In their power to ad-
vance the interests OF silver.
What will be the probable pro-
gramme in the national convention of
the silver men?" was asked TO which
DeYoung replied:
"The members Of the platform COM
mittee will offer an unlimited silver.
coinage plank. and, II rejected by thas
committee. when the committee make
I their report 10 lnr NtuN 'littthf 1thta
tor Teller will be the one who VIII
probably offer in open convention .
substitute for the plank reported BY the
committee. In the shape of one favor-
ing the unlimited cgOinage OK suver.
They then will Insist on discussing the
substitute resolution on the floor OF the
convention. They Will insist on rod
call on the substitute, and u defeated
they will walk out ot the convention.
Richard c. Kerens OF Missouri, re-
turned to-day from Canton. whittier No
was summoned by wire. by Major Nc
Kinley As TO the object OF his visit.
Kerens said II was to talk over the sit-
uation. They also talked about the
money plank for the platform. AZ
least half a dozen money pbanks have
been sent TO Mckinley from diferens
parts OF the country.
II examined them all" said kerens.
, "and there was scarcely a pins point
OF difference in their declarations. All
were for sound money. Mckinley Is Q
sound d-money man, He viii be nomi-
mated as such on the first ballot. There
will be no humbug of an Informal bali
lot. as some OF the antl-Mckinley peo-
pie are talking. By sound money !
mean the republican party Will maine
tain the same parity between gold ana
silver that 1t always did when In
! power"
yini.nce At the y III rias