The sun., 1896-01-16
NEW YORK STILL LEADS.
sr1yER MEN THREATEN TO BoLT IF
UEGEr THE CONTENTION.

New York, They Say, hs tho MONO OF tne
"Goid Hugs" and They whi Call An
other Convention ir tho National Com
u,tt,e Decide. in Her Favor-Committee
r,.u D,,recnte the Raising OF the
p,,,rc,n, Issue ut This Time. but Cen.
smnIlcy says that If They Wish to
Force the Quc-tion Now It Had Better
u. Met Now Senator IIili and tho Ad-
,,,,,.,rn,,on seem Indifferent md Arc
An, Aiding the New York Delegation.
wAsu,NGroS, Ian. lo. In the contest be-
tween the four cities who desire the honor OF en-
pertaining the National Convention OF 1890,
Ncw York i, still lighting tho field. To-day.
hnwevcr tho contest hns gone outside of the
r,gulnr lines of municipal contention. and ma
tionnl issues have come to the front.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the conservn-
,;,oop,, practical members OF the Democratic
marty to keep the financial question out OF tho
contest for the Convention. tho free silver men
insist upon dragging the white metal issue TO
the front. They have selected st. Louis as tho
most desirable and friendly location Tor the
Convention. from their standpoint.
They claim to have sixteen votes pledged to
81. Louis ON the free silver basis. On the other
hand they have declared war on New York as
M, home of the - gold bug and some of them
vosn fnrns to say that If New York Is selected
n. the choice of the National Committee num-
her Of the free silver States will refuse to send
delegates to the Convention. and they further
,~rdict that two Democratic Conventions will
be held In other words. tho free slverites
threaten 20 split the Democratic party in two
md call n separate Convention in one or the
Southern or Western cities.
twas difficult 10 believe that such intense
feeling on the subject existed among the lead
f,a, men who also good Demo-
Gratis but investigation showed that the report
lad not been ovcr!rawn. Senator Jones OF Ar
kansas who, in addition to being II member of
the Senate Finance Committee. is regarded rs
the ahlest leader OF the free silver movement in
the Democratic ranks, told reporter of THE
scN very frankly that he had received letters
from all parts OF the South and West from lead
ing silver men. appealing to him to issue
call for second Convention II New York is
,,lcctet as the site for the Democratic Conven-
ton. said he:
There is no Disgusting the intensity of our
,rople on this subject, and tell you plainly
tina; they will not submit to the holding OF the
, Convention in New York. Hundreds of the
most prominent men in the South and West
have written to me declaring that they will not
attend a Convention held In New York. Wheth-
ar justly or unjustly. they have fixed impress
sion that if the Convention goes to New York it
simply means that the Democratic party has
sold itself out to the gold bugs OF Wall street..
Sunator Jones is too sensible a man to believe
IN such idI. t,lk but as he saws there ~ n very
,,,,i5o,l. sor,in.,t :, TINT eFect and r. will
be a serious mistake il the National Committee
should fail to consider the source from whence
1t comes. lie says he is in favor of holding the
Convention in any city outside OF NewYork. He
would prefer Boston, Philadelphia. Omaha, Bal
tmore. Cincinnati or any other city that can
oher adequate ACCOMMODATIONS.
Senator German. who is one OF the leading
heard considerable talk to-day abou, the in,en-
,ons of the free sl,srtes and that they ARE ev,-
e'''' s'''''' !" ,ne'' ','''. vi '"o suo'e'|
nevertheless. he still maintains that the ioca-
tion Of the Convention can have no material ef-
feet uno, ,be candidato or the nlatfo-m ~ tbe
n ~ ' -, ... 80 y. ~ -. - W va. =.
parry therefore ho laVors Ne" ork' because IL
offers better facilities than any other city in the
United Sto,cs Hos,vs+hat tho Na,iopal Com-
-. I.'t'' nt sa,s INA, .i.e ->nt1o','' ooni-
mittee is not IN debt, and therefore the con-
test to take place tomorrow is not an
auction so,o Tb. sir,r,s nnas,,on rressn,ed ia
'''' '"'' "' s'''pie 'lues'ioi p'e'..'e'4 10
winch one oI the cities mentioned can oner the
best accommodations and the greatest attrac-
,iors y, ,Lo ,,,,oo,,os ,,.t,, 80. =, ,,,o.d a. ~,
,'""s W t''e '' gates "no eApee' " "''e"u 'he
Convention. He regrets that the financial or
any Of the great national questions should be
drnr,od int lin oo,,,.,t,ion 60, ,ha C,on,.r
.'"hStu i"t' 'le '"'hpet'''on i'r 'ie Con'eh-
figure in tie contest He realizes that the free
.iIvor ,,o,, o,o ,,,,so,, ~ ,h. .,t;., d h. 4;
0'' "'''' "'' t'o"Heu oh tne s"pJect' """ iie -
! not prepared to say how far their influence will
! lr felt when the final vote IL taken He ;ro-
poses to vote !'r New York because il is the best
Convention city
senator Brirf, Who is also N ifnuentinl mem
her oi rhs EntIonn , oiuni,,ee. SAWS ne has
hear a good deal Of INN to.1luy about New
Nuik being .Lr home of ihr " cold nur' and St
Louis Lc,r,7. tie raven nf "e.t FOR th" free 81
vcr crauk"y lie drprrrtcs the nttempt to raise
the !ssr,c between Nryy York as the sound
money" city and 81 / nyis ns th. froe sIivcr''
city such nm Ieeur II" contends should NOT he
ma !c in c"uunc,inn win RI" .nicct lon ~ siI q
Nm 's .,,, '"tv,'''!'n, AZ view ni tne iie. !
doe not go low !, H." ia nnssib,r for
either of Tie two citins narpd tn IN. splerted
VALE Cincinnati /, nm nsriraut for thn honor
of rntrrinttirr ,hn tnn~.ntion ss,otnr prica
sav, very frnukIv ihat ,hrrn prr many r.snon
s.l.tir, oryuIyiu,, rrnu il,os, wnn mni.riink h :.
to ulniurr ,L,. Inr.' ,trr,rs ~ n >n,,nn"i t'n,,
vcntini. y" :nr n. he is n"rsonnIly concerncd
h. IL moi rurLmslms,,r nycr thn snyres,ion M
trn.!iig Tia" CnnyIi,,in, n .:incinnn,, I'M, in
vlrw ~ IA" i!naur! "nI;ost thnI hns been raised
between N,.~ Vor ~ - t'''i' om; 10, ,Hs 'rn
rrrt, Of Cnc,nnn,i Lny,. rn rrc,tIy hcnce5