Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-02
ABOUT TWO BOOMS
Stevenson Now Being Used to Kill
Off Morrison.
NO COMPROMISE MAN WANTED
Silver Men Want a Candidate
SoIidIy I6 to |.
7 A L K O f A B u T

The silver democrats are assuming and
the gold men generally conceding that the
16 TO l policy will prevail at Chicago. On
this assumption there is much activity
among the friends of the several possible
candidates to get them in the field. The
boom for Vice President Stevenson, which
is supported in the Senate. is meeting with
considerable opposition In the House.
Though some of the Senators who are
working for Stevenson are among the most
radical silver men, this does not satisfy all
the silver men that Stevenson is firm
enough of their faith to make a suitable
candidate to stand for silver alone. They
object to his lack of activity in the in
terest of silver, and say 1t is not enough
;hat he should favor silver passvely; what
they want is a candidate who has won
fame silver champion.
The boom, however, appears 10 be more
subs tantial than ii was at first thought
to be. An effort is being made with some
success to have him adopted as the Senate
candidate and some men of considerable
Influence are behind il. For a long time
the men who are now for Stevenson held
off and could not be induced to adopt the
Vice President. 1t is believed that tho
thing that has decided them in his favor
is the desire to kill off the Morrison boom.
With the practical certainty that the silver
men will control the convention the lead
ers Of that wing Of the party are taking q
oupromise, either to candidates or
platform.
Morrfson's Attitude.
Morrison stands in the attitude Of an
available" conn romise candidate who,
being gold man, would approve silver
legislation. In the fear that, having many
friends among the silver men, he might de-
velop great strength If supported by the
gold minority, the radicals want to get him
off the track. The most Obvious way to
accomplish this is TO boom Stevenson as
the Illinois candidate. This and the fact
tnat Stevenson has many friends in the
senate has given the Stevenson boom a
sudden start Many who are willing that
the Vice President should he used 10 kill
off Morrison are fearful that Mr.. Steyen-
son might develope too much strength and
quiet but very earnest movement OF
counteraction has been started.
The great fear Of the radicals IS that II
man OF not very pronounced views il
selected as a candidate his influence will
be eNerted toward harmonizing the party
by softening down the silver declaration.
They want a man whose name regardless
| of the platform, would mean free silver
| sixteen TO one, and who would be free from
any temptation 10 make friends with the
other side. Today the word is being pass
ed from man 10 man that there must be no
compromise, no conciliation.
Talking Boies.
Most of those who do not take to the
Stevenson idea are talking Boies. There Ia
| more talk of the Iowa man than any one
else. There has developed a movement for
Teller, which is more serious than the idle
gossip which has been indulgad in hereto
fore.
The discussion of a bolt at the Chicago
convention has now turned on the problem
of what the gold men VIII do. The silver
men are trying to confound the admins ira
ton people with their own arguments
against boiling, but the silver men prefer
defiance to Cancellation.
The declaration of Mr.. Harrity that
democrats must stand by the uarty no mat
ter what the convention does is being re-
peated by Hill, Brce, Lindsay. Gray and
the rest of the gold democrats in the Sem
ate, but none of them believe that the
voters can be held against their convic-
| tions on this question