The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-08
S|LVER'S WILD SWAY.
Senator Daniel Chosen Tenn
pOraTy Chairman.
PRECEDENT PARALYzED.
National Committee Majority Re-
port Rejected.
SOPHlSTS IN FULL SWING.
The Vote $50 for Daniel and 349
for Hill.

Ex-Gov. Waller Warns the silver
ties That the Eastern sound
Money Men VIII Fight Them TO the
Last Ditch in and out of the Con-
ventIOn-The Unit Rule Enforced
in the BaIIOtinE-The Enthusiasm
Incident to Party Unity Notice
ably Lacking.
Chicago, July THE silver men have
won the first days fight in the national
democratic convention. They routed their
opponents by a majority of 2O7, seated
Senator Daniel in the chair over Senator
Hill, the nominee of the national COM
mittee, and broke two records. They up
set a practice which has always hereto
fore prevailed in democratic conventions
Though it has been some times ignored
in republican conventions). and they held
the longest first days session of any great
national convention within recent mem
ory.
The vote of 9O5 cast was one less than
the total vote by reason of the fact that
Senator Hin refrained from voting, but
this loss in a calculation Of relative
strength was Offset by his opponent. Sem
ator Daniel chivalrously voting against
his party and himself.
The result to-day showed the silver
men to be forty-eight votes short of a
two-thirds' majority, taking it as test
vote. But in many respects # was not
so. There were eight votes of South Da-
kota cast for Senator Hill, which on a
square issue of free coinage will go for
silver Three votes in West Virginia
thrown against the silver candidate to-
day will be counted for the silver plat
form. The territories, which on the pre-
liminary roll were given six seats, but
only two votes each, will probably be
awarded six votes in the permanent or
ganization except Alaska and the District
of Columbia which will remain at their
present rating. Alaska, admitted for the
first time to a democratic national con-
ventton, sends six delegates to a silver
body, and 1t is expected will be punish
ed for it's freshness" by having it's rep
resentation cut down to two. This will
give the territories thirty-two votes in
stead of twelve as cast to-day, and all but
three of these votes ALASKA 2, and Dis
trict of Columbia u, are counted for sill
YER Nebraska's sixteen votes will un-
doubtedly be turned over to the silver men
by the credentials committee.
Florida's vote. which was four to four
Frra .~fT
yer and three for gold hereafter, and
Maryland, which voted twelve gold and
four silver on organization, 1t is said, will
scatter in the proportion of eleven silver
to FIVE gold when it comes to voting for
the different silver candidates. though II
will remain as now on the question Of the
platform.
These changes and accessions, it is
claimed will come very near giving the
silver men the two-thrds majority they
seek, and which will enable them to car
nv everything their own way. If they
should still lack few votes, they have
Michigan to fall back upon. A decision
in favor of silver men in one or two con-
tested districts in this state viii convert
under the unit rule the twenty-eight gold
votes Of Michigan into twenty-eight sill
yer votes and give sure two-thirds ma
jority for the silver men.
The gathering of to-day was wonder
fully interesting assemblage in the gigan-
tic coliseum-wonderful in point of num-
bers and interesting with regard to the
men who made up the assemblage. The
giants of the party were there. There
was Senator Jones of Arkansas, different
to a. degree, portly of appearance, but
quick in movement; Senator Harris of
Tennessee, older and not so erect as his
senatorial colleague, sizing up the con-
vention with the keen eye OF the practis-
ed presiding officer; Senator Tillman.
leading the South Carolina delegation.
hardly less noticeable than his older fel-
low senators, and the young governor OF
Texas who also came in for his share OF
attention.
William C. Whitney sauntered into the
great hall almost unobserved. He took
his seat with the New York delegation.
nearby to Mr.. Bissell Of Buffalo. who had
been President Clevelands law partner
and Postmaster General, and looked about
at the sea of faces.
Hurrying along through the eonvergine
crowds of arriving delegates Mr.. Russell
the boyish-looking ex-governor of Mas
sachusetts, and with him the other
Russell from the Bay state.
who had been unsuccessful in
his endeayor to reach the executive Of