The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-24
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD, GOLD.
NEW NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON,
 TEN1ION TO BE CALLED.

Representatives From Nine Great States
 Repudiate the Work Done at Chicago-4
 New Convention to be Held Not Later
 Than September a--Men of National
 Reputation Present at the Conference
 Hundreds of Telegranss From Influential
 Democrats, North, South, East and West
 Approve the Plan Conference Will AIee
 Again To-day.
 Chicago, July 23.-Pursuant to tha call issued by the democratic organl- zation of Illinois which is opposed to the Chicago platform and in favor of holding another nominating convention to declare against free silver, a confer once of representative democrats from nine states was held tonight at the Auditorium hotel Most of the dele- gates were sent by sound money orr ganizations.
 The unanimous sentiment was that another convention should be cLllsjs and the following was adopted:
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this conference that there should be dem- ocratic national convention held. g democratic platform enunciated and a democratic ticket nominated for tha office of president and vice president said convention to be held not later than September 2.
 The resolution was offered by w. R. Shelb of Michigan. The vote in it's fa- vor was unanimous.
 The matter of detail as to the call yof+ +o o oo,,, &,,iffao of nrn frn.11.s each of the states represented, which the chair was authori7ed to appoint. The committee will report at Il o'clock tomorrow, to which hour the confer- ence adjourned.
 Early in the meeting there was q clearly defined opposition to taking inn mediate action towards issuing the convention call. and a protracted de- bate ensued as to the details and mode 1 of procedure Senator Villas of Wis., consin, S. H. Holding of Ohio and oth- CTS advocated the holding of mass meetings in the states represented ro take counsel of the people there. and to get the strength of the sound money democrats who repudiate the platform. l Senator Villas favored the selection or delegates to a national convention at l these state mass meetings rather than at delegate conventions. Those who l opposed immediate action did so on l the ground that the delegates were individuals who had no authority to represent any one but themselves. Sew, eral of the speakers sharply criticised MT Whitney for his reported advice E to democrats to vote for Mckinley and I for not leading bolt from the Chi- I cago convention when the platform 1 was adopted. It was alleged that the I Ieatsern delegates had been recreant ! and dilatory and Senator Gray should have appointed the committee he was .Iauthorized to name at the conference of gold delegates. The Chicago plat .l form was denounced as revolutionary,
 anarchistic, populfstfc and un- denao- I cratic to the core. The committee of ] one from each state appointed by the chair In accordance with the resolution was as follows
 T Indiana, John R. Wilson; Iowa, Hem ry volllmer; Ohio, s. H. Holding:I
 Michigan, w. A. Shelby; Kentucky. 4 George M Davis; Missouri L. C..
 Krauthoff; Wisconsin, Senator Villas
 and General Bragg; Illinois, H. s. Rob-
 bins.
 The various resolutions as to the best
 plan of procedure in issuing the call
 were referred to this committee to re- I port. The sense of the majority of
 those present was that, although none
 of the delegates were authorized to act
 for city, county or state, yet whatever
 the conference did would meet with
 the hearty endorsement of every sound
 money democrat in the land.
 Men of national reputation, hereto-
 fore prominent in the councils of the
 democratic party, were in attendance,
 Hundreds of telegrams from all over
 the country were received advocating ; a new ticket.