The record-union., 1896-06-17

ator Teller will be fighting for the free
silver cause in the Committee on Res
olutions. The fight then will be carried
to the convention, and the confidence
displayed by the radical never say
die free silver men indicates that they
expect support from sources not now
suspected by outsiders.
Senator Teller, when asked for a
statement tonight, declined to talk be-
yond the single admission that the
Committee on Resolutions will adopt
the financial plank of the sub-commit-
tee, and the convention would ratify
that action by large majority. What
would be said then Mr.. Teller would
not say, but free-silver delegate who
enjoys the full confidence of Mr. Teller
said tonight that the great silver lead
er would make thirty minutes speech
in which he would clearly and concise
ly state the position of the silver men
in this fight, and would then walk out
Of the convention. 1t is not believed
however that Mr.. Teller will go so
far, although he will decline to take
any further part in the proceedings.
The silver bolt appears to be dimin-
ishing in it's Importance for it is re-
ported tonight that Senator Mantle of
Montana failed to persuade his col
league, Chairman Carter of the Ma
tional Committee, to join with them in
a protest against the action of the con-
vention Mr. Mantle himself declines
to discuss the subject, but is said to
have expressed the opinion that it
would be useless for him to bolt unless
Mr.. Carter and he acted together
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still talk of boiling Senators Teller,
Dubois and Cannon and Congressman
Hartman. Just what their following
may be when the test comes is prob
lematical, but the silver men admit
that quite a number of those who were
firm UP to to-day have been weaned
away from them.
1t is the programme of the McKin-
ley managers not to have any extern
ded debate on the financial situation,
and if Mr. Teller is the only speaker
the previous question on the adoption
of the resolution will probably be or
dered as soon as Teller finishes his
speech. According to this programme,
it is not impossible, the Mckinley men
say, to adopt the platform and nomi-
nate both candidates tomorrow.
A free silver leader said to-day:
when our votes are recorded against
that gold plank, for that's what the
plank will be, no matter how it is
phrased, CLOSED over and smoothed
down, we will have run our course. We
cannot then remain in a convention
whose deolara ton of principles is alb
horrent to US. There is but one thing
for US to do to maintain our independ-
ence and preserve our political man
hood. We must leave the hall then and
there. And we will leave with cheers
from certain State delegations, which
are believed to be for solid gold We
will go to Chicago and attend the Dem
| ocratic National Convention. We are
| fighting for the very life of the West
1 hate a Democrat, but if the Democrats
will give us free silver / will take them
to my heart
which combines the free coinage of sill
yer with the Mckinley protection idea.
In brief, the Wyoming plank declares
| for the free coinage of American silver
and high tariff on foreign silver.
CALIFORNIA FOR SILVER.
ST. LOUIS, June 16-Reports are
| being circulated that the California
delegation is not solid for silver. At a
| meeting of the delegation held this
morning a resolution proposed by Con-
gresham Johnson was adopted. 1t
stated that the California member of
| the Resolutions Committee demmon)
| be instructed to cooperate with the
silver men in every way short of actual
boiling