The San Francisco call., 1896-07-03
FOR BLAND
AND BO|ES.
Peculiar Stories Afioat Con-
corning the Two
Candidates.
WHAT STONE DID SAY.
Reports That Gold-Standard Men
Favor the Iowan Are
Denied.
BOOMERS BY THE THOUSAND.
Chicago 10 Be Invaded and Kept in
Turmoil By the Supporters
of ASpirants.

visitors that Governor Stone had made
formal statement for publication, insinuat-
ing that the Iowa candidate was asking
favors from the Eastern gold delegates
aud counting on their votes, and that,
therefore, he was not safe man for the
radical free-silver following to rally round.
What the Missouri Governor did say, in
connection with his statement making
plain the friendly position OF Bland toward
laboring men, was this:
al have heard the report that the East
ern gold standard delegates were tending
toward Governor Boies, but know moth
ing as to its truth. Mr.. Bland's stand is
the personification OF the free-coinage idea,
and it is utterly impossible in the very
Dature of things that there should be an
alliance between him and the single
mated he will be nominated by the
votes of delegates elected as free-silver
coinage men. 1 am sure Mr.. BANDS
nomination would be opposed to the ut
most and his defeat sought by every
means possible by TIE gold power. The
States represented here by single gold
standard delegations Will not probably
cast single electoral vote for the nomi-
nee of the convention. If Mr.. Bland is
nominated it will be by the delegates from
the States whose electoral votes must be re-
lied on for success at the polls"
G. A. Walsh, secretary of the Iowa State
Committee and chief of the Boies forces in
the temporary absence of Captain Evans,
who has gone to Iowa to bring down a
host of Boies people. said when he heard
the report that Governor Stone mad at
tackled Mr.. Boies covertly as the gold
mems choice that he would not believe
any such story until he had seen it in
black and white. To reporter Mr.. Walsh
added:
81 have reason 70 feel convinced that
Governor St&ne is too much of a friend of
Mr.. Boies 20 attack him. | could show
you documentary evidence of this fact.
We have also received at our headquarters
here from Southern Democrats of promi-
nence, delegates and others, letters which
show that Mr.. Bland will not get all the
Southern votes claimed for him by his
shouting and sanguine boomers here.
These writers say that Iowa's Governor is
the logical candidate of such q convention
as this will be; but while the delegates do
not commit themselves as to voting for
Horace Boies. it is plain that they are not
bound by any Bland pledge"
"Will you make any estimate of the vote
for Mr.. Boies by States?''
There viii be no Boies figures given
out here officially, because it is idle work
at present to do so, and we do not want to
appear ridiculous OF boastful, while not
afraid TO make comparisons. The votes
claimed for Mr.. Bland are mainly in the
air. Why, the delegations, with few ex-
ceptions, are not here and have not been
polled as to candidates. When it comes
to vote-getting we will show our rivals
what the Boies boom is like. We have
established one headquarters for the pub
lie. When our little army gets here from
every Iowa crossroads then you will hear
more about Boies."
kilograms were received to-day by Ser
geant-at-Arms Butler of the Iowa delega-
ton and headquarters that 1000 Boies men
would leave Ottumwa from that section of
the State Sunday morning and arrive here
with band at o'clock. Saturday even
ing 800 more Democrats of the same kind
will arrive from Burlington, Mount Pleas
ant and other towns in the southeastern
part of the State. By Monday night the
Iowa visitors TO the convention are ex-
pected to number between 5000 and 10, ,000.
The gold mems Illinois executive COM
mittee will open new and elaborate quar-
tiers at the Palmer House. near the New
| York parlor, and will leave nothing un-
done to step into the Coliseum with gold
delegation if there is any chance. Other
wise they will content themselves with
| joining forces with the Eastern Demo-
| Gratis and worrying the silver delegates all
| they can. The executive committee of
seven at meeting this morning decided
to increase their membership to fifteen.
adding the following: Senator John NJ.
Palmer, Comptroller of the Currency
| Eckels, ex-Congressman W. S. Forman,
| ex-Judge Thomas A. Moran. Franklin
MacVeagh, ex-Mayor John S. Hopkins
and Henry S. Robins.
! A conspicuous addition to the gold forces
was Ex-Governor George ". Peck of Wis
consin, who arrived at the Palmer House
and talked with every gold advocate OF in
huence. To The United Press the Gov
/ ernor said:
| al came from Milwaukee to look after
the opening of the Wisconsin headquar-
ters. We are coming here with our gold
ideas solldly fixed to join the Democratic
| procession. 1t takes gold to keep silver
moving, you know. The Wisconsin dele
CATION will abide by the will of the major
iry, as Democrats usually do, but We are
none the less gold fighters"
General Bragg will be here next Monday
and the remainder of the Wisconsin dele
CATION will arrive Sunday.
| Chairman Harrity OF the National Com
mittee talked privately in the Palmer
House headquarters and at the wellington
| Hotel. where he is registered. with large
number of politicians, gold and silver. and
he was in the greatest demand among al
the famous Democrats in Chicago because
he was recognized as the leader of the gold
forces until the arrival of Mr.. Whitney to-
morrow afternoon.
Ben 7. Cable, the gold advocate from
Illinois On the National Committee, az