The record-union., 1896-06-30
Interests.

CHICAGO, June 29-Contrary to es-
tabliShed custom on such occasions the
generals of the great political battle TO
be fought here next week are arriving
in advance of the rank and file Senator
Jones of Arkansas came in late last
night, and this morning Colonel ToWies
of Missouri, Secretary of the Blmetaillc
Democratic National Committee, opened
up headquarters at the Sherman House.
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels led
the list of this mornings arrivals at
the Palmer House. He was closely fol-
lowed by the Hon. John T. Shafroth,
Republican silver Congressman from the
First District of Colorado, who broke
his journey West to keep an appoint
ment with Senator Dubois of Idaho, one
of the boilers of the ST. Louis conven-
tion. At the Auditorium Annex, the
first signs of the Bland boom became
evident with the arrival of George w.
Allen, delegate-at- at-large from Missouri,
who will be joined later in the day by
Nicholas P. Bell, John A. Knott and j..
T. Bradshaw, Executive Committee of
the Bland forces.
Senator Jones on being asked about
the possible outcome of the pitched bat
tie between the gold standard and the
silver people next week, said emphat1-
cally: Some gold men may bolt, not
ALL Those who leave will not, in my
Judgment, be either numerous or infiu-
entail enough to affect the result. Am
absolutely of the opinion that on
straight silver platform with strong
candidate, we can defeat the Republican
ticket AS to that candidate, l and my
colleagues are instructed for Bland
We will vote and work accordingly
How do you regard Senator Teller?"
was asked
II have the highest admiration for
him." was the reply. If he should
happen to be the nominee Of the con-
vention he will receive my full support.
And that of every true Democrat,
put in Secretary Towles.
Mr.. Allen, who is Secretary of the
Bland Executive Committee, said Mis-
souri's candidate was In the center of
the silver cyclone, and added: You can
form some idea of his popularity with
the people of the West when l tell you
that before the end of the week there
will be in this city 5000 representative
Democrats from the West who will do
all in their power to further Mr.. BANDS
interests One ST. Louis organization
expects to send 1000 men, and there
will probably be another thousand
from other parts of Missouri. l do not
expect Mr.. Whitney's threat or man
ifesto to have any serious effect, for he
will find a different situation here than
anything that has heretofore con-
fronted him.
The Bland headquarters in the Audi
torium annex were prettily and ef-
fectively decorated, and Bland litho-
graphs were soon conspicuous in the
hotel and street windows. The Boies
boom is also being we'll attended to in
this respect, and the managers at the
Palmer House talk confidently Of the
prospects for his success. Sergeant
alarms Butler Of the Iowa delegation
said this evening: There will be 5000
Boies shouters in Chicago by the mid
die of next week.
One of the incidents of the day was a
conference of c. A. Walsh, Secretary of
the Iowa State Central Committee and
delegate-at-large, with Grand Master
Workman Sovereign of the knights of
Labor, with reference to the reported
antagonism of the Knights and other
labor organizations toward Mr.. Boies
on account of his public utterances at
the time of the great railway strike up