The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-08
JUDGE ClARK's CHANCES GOOD
Senator White, of California, Selected
for Permanent Chairman The Sill
yer Men sre still Badly Divided
on the Question of Cand-
date for President.
date for President.

Chicago, Ill, July 7.-(SpeciaI-lt
was war to the knife to-day for three
hours between the gold and silver
forces. The East was arrayed against
the South and West, and for the first
time in 25 years the Eastern delegates
were forced to bite the dust. The Ma
tional committee by small majority
is for gold and it was determined to put
a gold man in as temporary chairman.
They hoped to catch on to Senator
Hills popularity and elect him. Then
he was to make red hot speech. The
silver men resolved to permit no man
to speak officially who was not silver
man. Upon this the issue was joined.
The debate was hot and long, but
threats and appeals alike failed to get
more than out of the 554 silver dele
gates in the convention.
The silver men are divided as to the
hest man to nominate, but there Is
division upon nothing else. The peo-
pIe need not be alarmed, to-day's ac-
ton shows that Hill and Whitney can
make no division. There is continued
talk of a silver caucus in order to Sc
cure the nomination of a silver man by
silver votes alone; but Boies, Matthews
and Mclean are opposed to it, fearing
Bland would have majority and they
would be out of the race. The same
fear will prevent the immediate abro-
cation of the two-thirds rule.
The dark horses and candidates with
few votes hope to be nominated II
the two-thirds rule prevails, ana
therefore they favor it. If necessa-
nv the rule will be abrogated.
The silver men lack about forty OF
tvo-thirds vote, but it is believed they
I will get the needed thirty-siN votes after
the first few ballots. If Bland is not
nominated on the first few ballots
a stampede to Bryan is possible. North
Carolina delegates will welcome this
stampede. Most of them think Bry-
an the strongest candidate. There Is
no rhanee to nominate Boies or Mat
tbeys. Bland is far in the lead. de is
the most probable nominee. Ii he fails
BRYAN is the probable nominee, with
Clark or Blackburn for Vice-President.
The A. P. AS are fighting Bland. His
telegram in answer to the charge that
he leaned to the Catholics is doing him
good.
Here is what Bland telegraphed:
aRelieion is not the issue. i am
Methodist. Have always been one.
Always will be. Ii ! were
half as good as my Cathoflc
wife. | would not worry about getting
into heaven. This is the sentiment
expressed in a previous emergency
where her religion was criticised.
stand by it now tonight"
Senators Dubios and Pettigrew adj
dressed the North Carolina delgatlon
in favor of Teller. They made some
impression, but there is little senti-
ment favorable to his nomination for
President. 1t is possible he may be
considered for Vice-President.
Yesterday Mr.. Theodore f. Kluttz
addressed the South Carolina dele
cation in behalf of Clark, ". ID.
Turner the Colorado delegation,
John. r. Webster and B. r. Winburne
the Virginia delegation, and B. X. Lacy
the Washington delegation. Others
called to see other delegates, and
Clark's claims were presented in
way to win favor. Nothing can be pre-
dicted of the Yice-Presidency with