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the party is threatened with the secession Of
part Of its membership; not. then. because Of
Its choice of nominee but because Of its out
spoken declaration OF a traditional financial poll
Icy.
PROSPECT OF A SILVER BOLT.
The prospect Of bolt the part Of small
minority Of free-coinage delegates the adop-
ton by the convention Of straightforward
money plank continues to monopolize specula-
tion among the great bulk Of the delegates al.
ready on the ground for next weeks gathering.
That the sentiment among the Rocky Mountain
and Pacific Coast delegates In favor Of bolt is
rapidly weakening has already been pointed out
in these dispatches.
Up 10 to-day no free-co!nage advocate among
the delegates National Committeeman from
the silver States would commit himself absolute
ly to the policy Of secession. Senator Dubois Of
Idaho. one Of the most vehement and radical Of
the silver leaders and delegate-at-large from
his State, arrived here this afternoon. however.
and his coming seemed to put a little stiffening
into the talk OF the free-coinage men. Senator
Teller. of Colorado, is expected to reach st.
Louis tomorrow. and after his arrival a confer
ence Of the silver delegates here WILL be
held to agree. II possible. some more vigorous
programme Of buster for the intimidation Of tho
Far Western Gnd Mississippi Valley delegates.
who rule, favor sound money, but are shy
about voting for unconditional acceptance o(
the single gold standard.
Senator Tellers course will be narrowly watched
during the convention. He will be the acknowl-
edged leader OF the free-conage contingent
and will undoubtedly make a stubborn fight
against any money resolution on which the
committee or platform may agree 1t is generally
expected that the Colorado Senator will leave the
Convention when his free-sver coinage SUBJ
stitute resolution Is voted down. as 1t Is sure to be-
Whether he will be followed by any considerable
number Of Far-Western delegates is very doubt
full At the most, only four State delegations
those Of Colorado. Idaho Utah and Nebraska
with twenty-six votes in ALL are now counted on
possible seceders. with the probability that not
more than a dozen delegates will be found willing
a the pinch to follow the senior Colorado Senator
out OF the Convention hall.
PHRAsEOIOGY OF THE MONEY PLANK
The exact phrs sseology OF the money plank Is
still far from being settled In the minds of the
delegates now here. Nor will Il be possible to
guess whether the platform will simply pronounce
against free-eilver coinage at any ratio, or will
go further and declare in so many words for the
single gold standard, until the Committee on
Resolutions is announced, and its makeup can
be studied with some care. Sentiment In favor
of an unequivocal gold declaration seems to have
gained strength here In the last two or three
days. An unexpected solidarity OF opinion IN
favor Of an out-andout gold platform has been
discovered among the Southern delegates and It
is plain that the Committee on Resolutions will
contain large proportion Of radical gold men.
IL the gold standard IS not directly mentioned
In the platform something like the Indiana money
plank will probably be accepted by the Con-
vention.
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATEa
The contest for the Vice-Presidential nominss
ton has not yet reached acute stage. The
two most promising candidates at present are
Carret A. Hobart. Of New-Jersey. and Henry
Clay Evans OF Tennessee. Mr.. Hobart is strong.
ly supported by New-JeEey. and has many
friends In the Western States. Mr. Evans has
the backing Of several Southern delegations. and
is carrying very energetic canvass for the
second place the ticket. He declined to-day
an offer from the Mckinley managers Of the
permanent craftsmanship of the convention on
the ground that he preferred to devote himself
exclusively to his canvass for the Vice-Presi-
Dental nomination. Senator Proctor. OF Ver-
mont. has been spoken OF as the possible choice
Of the convention, but. Ike Speaker Reed he de-
clares he IS positively not candidate. Senator
Hawley has also been suggested a nominee
If the place is TO so to New-England.
Penasy ylvania has more or less passive can
d.date in Governor Hastings. Governor LLOYD
Lowndes Of Maryland may also be put in nomi.
nation. From the Pacific Slope VI. II. De Young,
the Editor Of The San Francisco Chronicle" b
talked Of as a candidate. New-York, as is we'll
known. has wealth of possible nominees for this
dignihed ani honorable place, among them
Warner Miller, Chauncey VI. Depew, General
Horace Porter. ex-Secretary Benjamin F. Tracy
and j. Sloat Fassett. Mr.. Hobart and Mr.. Evans
are the only two candidates already on the field
and avowedly conducting q canvass for the
nomination.
SPEAKER REEDS FoRLORN HOPE
MR. MANLEY ISSUES ANOTHER STATEMENT ASK
ING RENEWED EFFORTS FOR HIS CANDIDATE 1
[BY THE UNITED PREss.l
St. Louis. June Ill. II. Manley. OF Maine.
was deluged all day with kilograms requesting
him to explain or qualify his statement given
10 the United Press yesterday. in which he con-
oodad tho, Ma ior Mckinley would be nominated