New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
silver MEN KILL TIME
r,No FOR THE MOMENT TO NoMI-
NATE BRYAN.
DELEGATES BORROWED" TO MAKE
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,.u. July 23-The silver sideshow was
hs,ter filled out to-day than at its open
n~ lesion. There were between 1000 and
-" mn ae,eeates present when the Convention
~, business this morning This was mainly
.,,er Of management The snail attendance
..,.,dav inspired the bosses to invention. ard
-, nappy device was hit upoc Of manufacturing
s,-,orinC lot Of delegates to Ali the vacant
~. The additional 600 delegates who ap-
N..r.d this morning were largely picked-up WIS.,
49,, slverites Of former Republican affiliations.
-asmong them also were a few Of the Repubh-
=, popullst alternates. whose services were
-, reouired at the other establishment Thus
..aasd out. the silver people had a fine Con-
-,or The object Of this padding was two
IA In the first place. 1t must make an i'm
,,.ssion" on the country by Its size and Its fine
,,sarance and, in the second place. II must
.,ronstra,e TO the people the vast Importance OF
=. Republican silver detection. as sn Offset to
a. .ound-.noney bolt from the ranks Of the
Democracy.
r,r,v in the session this morning these pur-
,osss were brought to the fore by Delegate
c,rons OF Illinois. who moved that when the
afternoon session should begin there be poll
., ,he delegation to show the previous political
.a,iaton Of the members. The matter was de-
,srred until the afternoon sitting because there
r,srs still number of the dummy delegates
"a, n be rounded up" This poll. when 1t was
e,.uv taken showed OF course, that the ex
pepublcan element greatly predominated.
That was the sole object of the count. 1t is
supposed to be a very fine piece Of manage
ment" as a whole. though II does not sound so
well for It's projectors with the whole story
told Some Of the deputy sergeants-at-arms who
helped in the round up found II too good
thing to keep. and the dscreditabe portion of
the silly device Of Mr.. Strong and his fellow
scheners thus became known beyond the con-
ndential limits The Illinois gentleman was
very much stuck" on his plan. and it was easy
TO see that it was regarded in his Immediate
atmosphere a masterstroke.
SENSITIVE ABOUT BYGONEs.
There was a good deal OF sensitiveness devei-
oped among members who did not quite fall in
With the polling scheme. They thought 1t un-
wise TO stir up old scores and, as one delegate
from Arizona said, the best plan was TO let by
cones he bygones and look TO the future to the
maxim Of political home to take the place
Of the one they had abandoned. The opposition
tostrong's motion was wholly from Republicans
whose detection is recent that 1t Is painful 10
have the subject emphasized to them as 1t would
be by this poll Since mingling with the Silver
Popuist crowd and with the mongrel crew that
their principles" naturally draw together, many
Of these boiling Republicans are a bit ashamed
OF their new company. and the display OF tenn
per and vehemence this afternoon in the effort
to head off the poll after the Convention had
av,tf tfoot a
Of this unhappy state Of mind 1t was distinctly
amusing to see these gentlemen squirm when
the simple matter Of recording the fact that
they had once been Republicans was thrust at
them
This was about all tte days proceedings In
the silver camp amounted TO. There was lit
tie brush In the morning between Mrs Cougar
the Indiana woman surragist. ana Delegate
Cole of Milwaukee. In her address Mrs. Cougar
brought in some pretty strong temperance talk.
and tntinated the propriety Of mixing In a little
prohibition with silver to catch the floating vote
OF that Tx, which doesn't quite know where 1t
lives since the Prohibition split In Pittsburs.
The Milwaukee man was red-headed in double
senre over this proposition. He has radiant
blond cast Of hair. and he was In state OF ex-
trerne dudgeon over the Indiana ladys EFFORT to
inject an alien subject into the Conventions
proceedings. he declared IN teHpeStuouS loHco
that while he did not especially speak for the
great brewing interests of his city. he for one
would never agree that the Convention should
poke the frebrand Of Prohibition at the German
element Of the Northwest. Editor Doud. of st.
Louis tried to choke off the St Louis man by
obiect,ne TO the discussion Of any subject not
embraced in the party's recognized principles
but Chairman Towne ruled that Mr. Cole must
he heard as II had given unanimous consent
that he might proceed. Things having thus
zone Nr Coles way, he announced that he had
,a,d all he intended TO, and then he retired amid
shouts of laughter and lively clatter OF ap-
plause.
NOT A sHIRTSLEEVE GATHERING.
The intense heat made the work Of the Con-
vention very uncomfortable and kept everybody
moist: yet in the great hail. filled as It was with
yers1iring delegates and visitors there were only
iou. men In their shirt-sleeves and Colorado
n.uublican on the stage Identified two OF them |
ss borrowed Populist delegates. This Difference |
p1 paid TO the two hundred and ODD women
who in the hall, either as delegates or spec
taiors; but II resulted in mighty actlVlty Win !
fans In fact tn. spectacle Of loo palm leaves
al oscillating at nee made the Convention and
rs visitors resemble vast fan drill. IL was
Unique. and in a mild sense. provocative OF HleI-
rtnent among those who were not hopelessly
lied down 10 the solemnities OF silver. Inc rams
we're very useful in making enthusiasm also, ana
when the delegates rose TO their feet TO raise
eatter the useful breezemakers were held abort
md made 10 saw the air in a manner OF exceed
Ing confusion.
The Convention came near getting itself by the
ears twice motions TO take recess II was
recalled that the fate Of Tilden before the Elec-
oral Commission was virtually settled by vote
~ the Commission on a motion TO take recess
lor luncheon: but as there was no issue involved
either Of these motions other than that OF time
Ilinng the loud talk over them spent Itself In
.,vnoes and the Convention adopted the motions
~ lne with the tme-killing policy which Is part
~ ~ the programme in the agreement between the
Conventions
POsTPONlNG THE INEVITABLE.
As stated in these dispatches last night, the
''er people Will defer their perfunctory act OF
nominating the Chicago ticket until the moment
Nnen the enthusiasm 1t will presumably inspire