The herald., 1896-06-30

tract 1t made, has, to say the least, n
strange sound to those who have heard
the universal cry of distress occa-
stoned, as they believe. by doubling the
purchasing power of money and cut
ting in twain the market price of the
products of labor. If to undo what law
has done to add to the burdens of the
toiling millions of this nation and dou-
BILE the fortunes of the rich within 1t, Is
to disrupt the Democratic party. disrup-
tion must come.
The majority of the party threatens
to anyone. and if those who comprise
the majority can avoid it, we may be
assured that they will submit to no
wrong such as the permanent establish
ment of single standard would impose
upon the great mass of the people of this
nation.
STEWARDS VIEWS
DENVER. Col. June pa special
to the News from Washington gives an
interview with Senator Stewart of Ne
vada, who leaves tomorrow for Chicago.
1t is in part as follows:
What men do you think would best
unite the silver forces of the country"
THE two men who appear to command
the confidence of all people alike are
Henry NJ. Teller and Joseph C. Sibley.
For character and ability, Henry M. Tel
Ter is the peer Of any statesman in the
United States. His ability is equal to
that of any man who has run for the
office of president during the last half
century. He was Democrat previous
to the war. Since then he was Repub-
lican until the meeting of the convention
at is. Louis. since which time he be-
longs to no party. He is an American
citizen and belongs to the people alike"
Gould the Democrats afford to nomi-
nate Teller?"
Il think that the Democrats can afford
to nominate a man who will insure sue
cess. I think they can afford to have
success
ler?"
Certainly. The Populists could vote
for Mr.. Teller. Mr.. Teller has done re-
Gently what the Populists did long ago.
He has left his party because he believed
his party was against the country"
THE BLAND BOOM
CHICAGO, June 29.-The Bland boom
is the first of the personal booms to ar
rive and it can hardly be said to be here
yet.
Mr.. George W. Allen, secretary of the
st. Louis Bland executive committee
came as an advance agent of the boom
today and opened up what are to be
Bland headquarters at the Auditorium
annex.
Mr.. Allen counts confidently upon Mr.
Blands' being the leading candidate
from the opening Of the convention. He
places the strength of his candidate on
the first ballot at not fewer than 200
votes and says it may reach as high as
275. The assured votes claimed at pres
ent is 11S, consisting of "a from Missouri,
80 from Texas, 16 from Arkansas, and 6
each from New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, all of which are in
structed for Bland, and 20 from Kansas,
where l 2of the votes, sufficient to con-
troll the delegation under the unit rule,
are pledged to him. He counts also upon
the votes of Ohio, Tennessee, Louisi0 ma,
California, Oregon, Colorado and other
Western states.
COChRELlI ARRIVES.
CHICAGO, June Ex-senator Cockrell
was among today's arrivals He is a
delegate to the Democratic national con-
vention and is here for the purpose of
attending the Democratic silver confer
ence.
I'VE shall nominate straight silver
man on an unequivocal silver decara-
tion in the platform he said, when
asked for an expression of his views.
Il am, of course, for Mr.. Bland" he
continued, land our delegation is in
structed for him. but if we cannot get
him, we shall get some other man who
is sound on the currency question and
Missouri will support him at the polls.
Mr.. Bland is safe, practical man and IL
elected, would be entirely reliable as
president. There can be no doubts on
that score. 1 have not, however, de-
voted myself so much to finding presi-
Dental material, as I have to making
sure of silver majority in the conven-
ton. That assured, we shall have but
little difficulty in finding an available
man for president"
The senator thinks the financial ques-
IioH VIII pe Hidue tne paramount issue
in the platform and that there will be
a square declaration for the mintage of
silver on terms Of equality with gold at
the ratio of 16 to 1 and without waiting
the cooperation of other nations He
laughs at Mr.. Whitney's suggestion of
a compromise and says it will not be en-
tertained. He does not believe an un-
equivocal silver plank will drive many
eastern men out of the party and argues
that on the contrary, it will bring many
votes to the party that cannot be caught
in any other way.
1--WE shall gain immensely in the
west" he said, land we shall not lose
in the east. The people have not yet
come to full realization of the strength
of the silver movement. It will sweep