Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-02
UNSATISFACTORY.
Conference Of the Silver Men
and Democratic Executive.
HARR1TY PosTPoNEs A DECISION,

leagues on the Burning Question of the
| Temporary Chairmanship at Chicago
| Free Coinage People VIII Therefore
| Prepare for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Money
Men to Open Their Fire Tomorrow-Post-
master Hesing Gives Up the Fight-Con-
vention Notes.
CHICAGO, July 2-The conference be-
cratic national executive committee has
| come off and the silver men are only half
pleased with the results thereof The OBJ
| ject of the silver committee was to ascer-
tain what the executive committee was
going to do about the temporary chair
| manship of the convention next Tuesday.
The silver men said they would be satis-
fled with and would accept any man for
temporary chairman designated by the ma
tional committee, provided he was a man
ofrecognized standing in the party and that
! he was man whose views were under
| stood everywhere to be in accord with
| their own On financial questions-that is
provided he is a radical free silver man. In
| that event they would not insist upon
naming the individual, as they were in
different on that score
For Harmony 'If We Get Our Rights"
Harrity and his associates listened pa
| tiently to all this, but gave no sign as to
any inclination to yield to the request.
| nor indeed any as to what course they
| would pursue further than that they
| would pass Professionally on the points
| raised by the subcommittee and before
| final action invite the silver men to an
| other conference The points raised in
| eluded. besides the temporary chairman
| ship, the question of contests, tickets, etc.
All members of the executive committee
expressed a desire to preserve the utmost
harmony in the convention and ameng in.
| dividuals. In this expression they were
| heartily joined by the silver men, with the
| reservation that the rule of the majority
| should be made manifest from the begin
| ming. Nothing was said on either side to
indicate preference as to individuals for
Craftsmanship.
Harrity's Position Stated Exactly.
Chairman Harrity's exact position was
| that the full national committee would
have to pass upon the temporary chair
manshir and he had no means of know
ing howIthe members of the committee
Nouio ltShru the subject. he Ventureu
| the opinion that they would be controlled
| by their convictions and their Judgment.
If controlled by the conviction alone they
would Probably select man holding the
same financial views which they might in
dividuaGy hold; whereas if they consulted
their Judgment they might select a-aaan
whose views would be in harmony with
the sentiment of the majority of the con-
vcntion. He did not, he said, suppose
that the executive committee would feel
| called upon to make any recon-
mendation. If not, there would be
no ust for the silver committee to
see the executive committee again, and
| they Gould call upon the national COM
mittee. If the executive committee should,
howevd, decide to act, the silver men
would be notified.
Hoped for More Than They Got.
So as stated above, the silver delegates
are fartrom satisfied with the result of the
conference. They had not counted much
on securing positive acquieseence in their
demand to be allowed to practically name
the temporary chairman of the conven-
ton, hIt they had hoped to secure a more
definitt idea of the programme of the ma :
tional temmittee than they succeeded in
obtaining The result of the conference
was almost nil, and the silver men left
the Committee room feeling that their
labor lad been practically in vain