The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-07
GOLD PLANS FIXED
VERY DOUBTFUL If ANY DELE
GATES WILL LEAVE THE CON-
VENTION HALL.
MOST RADICAL ACTION
WILL BE TO FOLLOW EXAMPLE
SET BY MONTANA AT ST.
LOUIS.
ARE FOR HILL TOOTH AND NAIL
The e. tern Men Are I'm Hopes THAI
They May be Able to Elect
Him.

CHICAGO. July 6.-The situation in
the Eastern gold standard camp has
cryStallized enough to enable one to
get more of a settled idea of a plan
than has hitherto prevailed. The gold
men will not as a body leave the con-
vention, and it is doubtful if any dele
gates take that course. The leaders
are all against it, though it is believed
that William c. Whitney would be
pleased to see another convention with
a gold standard platform.
The most radical action that the gold
men will take has practically been set
tied, and that is to follow the plan
adopted by the Montana delegation in
the national Republican convention In
st. Louis, to remain in the convention
hall with the notification that they will
act in their individual states, as to sup
port of the platform and national tick
ct, as the Democrats of their states de-
sire. But even this latter proposition
is tempered, and the action may not
take place if the silver majority does
not inordinately trample upon the
rights and privileges of the gold minor
ity.
In these resolves the gold men say
they are backed by the unbroken Dem
ocratic principles of majority rule.
Such Tammany men as Senator Can
tor, Congressman Sulzer and John c.
Sheehan assert that they will abide by
what the majority does, and will not
bolt or refuse to vote Oh any question.
The majority of the New York dele
gates are apparently of the same mind,
and Massachusetts and Pennsylvania,
the other two leading states in the gold
movement, are in sympathy
AS to the action Of the convention
on the temporary craftsmanship, the
delegates will fight tooth and nail for
Hill, and they are very clipper tonight
with the hope that they may secure
number of silver men to aid them. 1t
is even said that the gold men, to
maintain show of fairness, will vote
to unseat the gold men of Nebraska
seated by the committee, and will ask
In return support from the silver men
for the Michigan gold men, and for
HILL The silver men, on the contrary
seem to be afraid tonight that there
will be a division Of their forces or the
Hill question that may hurt their
cause.
1t IS rumored that Boies has been
dickering for the Eastern vote. and
q few silver states that have had Vice
President Stevenson in mind, are also
looking to New York and other gold
states for votes. Pennsylvania is not
in this alleged dicker, remaining faith
full to Pattison. Altgeld and Senator
Jones are much disturbed and demand
a short convention, but the gold men
say that it will be prolonged one
The gold men are jubilant over the
fact that they have defeated the silver
mems plan for caucus to settle a
platform, candidate and length of the
convention. Senator Cantor. who Is
delegate-at-large in place of United
States Senator Murphy, said tonight:
I'VE have beaten them in three
things: they can't get a caucus; they
can't limit the convention to one day,
and they couldn't defeat Hill in the
national committee"
When the New York delegation met
tonight, 1t was noticeable that a num-
Der of men with Boies badges were in
the room. Just before the meeting, five
members of the Alabama delegation
came to Gov Flower and said:
Governor, we have been forbidden
by our unit rule from voting for Hill
for chairman. but we will help him out
by voting for Whitney, so as to take
strength away from the silver candi-
date"
Mr. Whitney came over to the New
York meeting and was there for about
fifteen minutes. When he came out
he was told by the Associated Press
representative that he was credited
with not being adverse to a bolt He
said:
''You may deny that emphatically
] am not in favor of a bolt. I do
not want a bolt, and 1 shall urge that
no such action be taken. We are
Democrats. I have not heard of the
alleged overtures of the Boies people
to the gold men, but it is not impos-
sble, and there may be many breaks