Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-06
OUT OF THE RUCK.
Two Democratic Entries Show
in Front Of the Race.
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PRIZE
Bland and Boies Are Now Leading
Neck and Neck, for
t,le Same.

Spite of q Speech Made at Denver That
Almost Lines. Him Up" on the Tariff
Issue-Poll of the Illinois Delegation
Said to Show Thirty Votes for Bland, but
the Poll Observation-Disclosures Hill to he
Put Forward for Temporary Chairman
Ante convention Notes.
CHICAGO July 6.-Whatever may hap
pen tomorrow or later down at the Coli
scum, the leading candidates before the
Democrats gathered here this morning, for
the presidential nomination that is to be
bestowed by the national Democratic con-
vention, are Bland and Boies The feature
of yesterday was the seeming utter col
lapse of the Teller boom. The talk of the
existence of a senatorial ''cabal' plotting
to secure Teller's nomination aroused
among many of the incoming delegates
feeling of most bitter and passionate re-
sentiment and the cry was heard every
where that the nominee must be Demo-
crat. 1t was considered almost treason to
suggest Teller. This strong revolt against
what is deemed an attempt at senatorial
1ictation seems to have checkmated the
"cabal." AS the free silver Republican and
Populist leaders realize that the game is
slipping away from them. they are in
clined to grow ugly in their desperation.
And Teller Was Getting in Line.
This collapse is doubtless aggravating,
especially as Teller has just removed the
| last political objection the Democrats
could have urged against him-the tariff
objection. Being for free silver, against a
| nj 70 , ri -.
does not seem anything more to be de-
| sired, for these are three of the funda-
mentals of Democracy. The Colorado
senator last night delivered an address in
the Auditorium at Arlington park, Den
ver The Welsh people of the state built
the auditorium for their eisteddfod and
they invited Teller to say what he pleased
not confine himself to the dedication,
but go into politics at will.
| Present Tariff a Protective One.
After the senator dedicated the pavilion
he referred to vicious legislation concern
ing our monetary system for the last
twenty years. and said: .'ff somebody
tells you that it is a tariff that you want,
let me tell you that you have bigger
tariff now. than you had under the Repub
lean tariff of 1883. It's a protective tariff
too. We all know that it is not the cause
of your distress. but that it is our monetary
p, system. The system now existing is put
ting us in competition with all the low.
priced labor of the world. Our monetary
system gives them 100 per cent. profit be
cause of the rates of exchange. No tariff
will prevent it"
| He Must he a Democrat.
| But the feeling is too strong here nov
in favor of IA Democrat and the candidat,
must be Democrat from way back
no new conner from another party, mucl
less one who though in sympathy will
the Democratic mniority would hardly b.
willing to adopt the name. Still as thing
stand it it very aggravating to the silve
outsiders t. see the tide turning ava,
from Teller and they have begun to pre-
diet defeat if a Democrat is nominated, OIL
the ground that no matter how disposet
= they might be to support a Democrat Oh
, free silver platform their friends in tn
western states would not follow them ba
, and baggage into the Democratic party.
Reasoning with the Populists.
The Populists could with difficulty b
I restrained from issuing an address sayin
e that they could not support Democrat
They were met with the argument that
I. their professions of devotion to the silve
II cause We're not hollow pretenses the
must join hands with the Democrats i
. an attempt to elect "A candidate on ths
II issue so far as the silver Republica
q boilers are concerned it was argued tha
q If they walked out of the St. Louis col
Q vention because of their convictions the
must choose, if the Populsts carried OF
their threats. between the nominee of
party that controlled we'll nigh half ii
votes in the country and the nominee
the Populist convention at ST Louis. .
Teller interview from Denver saying TIL;
= he would support the nominee of this col
vention completed their discontinue