The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-01
THE GOLD MEN GATHERING.
Delegates at Indianapolis Arc Few
In Number.
CASTING ABOUT FOR A CANDIDATE.
boiters Are Mt Sea as To who Shall Load
Them Platform Drafts From
Every Quarter.

thu.' august Aitnuufsn
the convention OF the gold standard DEM
ocrats is less than forty-eight hours away
the delegates arc slow In arriving. A
lew of the notabies. including Perry Bel.
mon, and John Il. Fellows OF New York;
Louis Erich OF Colorado Comptroller
tAkles. senator Villas OF Wisconsin, on
Congressman cultivate OF Ohio. 9. s.
Sporry Of Connecticut. got here today. but
the real influx VIII not begin until tomor-
row
secretary John v. Wilson already has
the signed credentials OF over 6Dv dele.
gates and tolc grams announcing the others
are ON their way. Thus far but one dele
gate lms appeared who does not favor the
nomination. OF \ third ticket The mama
gers, however, look upon a ticket IN the
doubtful States as OF vital Importance,
but the general Is pectutiun now Is that an
electoral slate viii be put mp in almost
every STATE IN the Union. II is pointed out
that an active canvass Is 80 b. made 10y
Inc gold democrats under the auspices ol
the committee to be appointed by tho con
,entiun against the Chicago nuninoes and
that this could be done both more oitrc-
tive ana consistent with nominees ia tie
ucld
"rhey would" says Congressman 81 erry.
Give us chance to rally around them.
Despite the tact that In this campaign
the money question oNcrshadows All else
II would be almost impossible for I,mo-
Gratis 10 advocate the election of Mckinley
an u platform which prunuuuCcs for uro-
lection aud othcg things TO which We have
hoen and sun are uualtorabN opposed,
The only drawback TO making nomina-
tons. IL seems la me Is the fact mat
many old democrats win vote for MclSn-
ley and The real strength of the gold dcni-
ocrMs will not he manifest IN the vote
cast
When tho present movement wax or
ENnlHpl the utlt-t1pn of candidates VIVA
considered OF Lttle importance. II WIS
Thought they could bc selected al "A CON
ference. hut As the movement has rtowh
u corteat has developed There is dis
position 10 consider the auoetlen OF thr
nolninees NOR. .'ri9"S;y' Lhe{@ H. , "t
h X closest friends aie dlaoourtguS II
and there are also thoao VINO believe It
to bo bad policy to nominate the IreSl-
drnf or any one cunnccicd with tue adj
minlstratiou, The managers have Legun
10 east Nuund for vote 2ottrts. 1ho
was Senator George Gray oi Delaware.
ES- Congressman cultivate OF ONO, w
n tsster to switzerland Broadhe4d ot
Missouri and Mt iynum are ALSO talked
There has been considerable discussion
today about the platform which the cen
tons that a night may Ice the outcome
Nj. f,ynum today received from abraham
= Hewitt of New York a draft .. go
platform which the New YORK man ihinkA
should be- Adopted. MIR, BNnam some
me ago wrolc tu lead nr gold democrats
throughout the country asking thm TO
submit their IDEAS u- Ia Wu nat the pa
form shou4d lac. Several have rrfpuncrd
with drafts OF different blanks hut MI
Hewitt has atnt an entire la1i9rm, Al
the commun atipns which have horn r.
ccivcd on the subject by Mr.. bypum viii
he turned over to thc committee on totp-
lu,ious, when / shall b, anpo uicd.
Some of the delegates think II r. a mis-
take to have THE idea get out that the
platform was drawn by Hewitt or mn,
prepared in tho treasury .deplr mont h44
boon So. ii hv spvfr.t led fs ut iH rrid
nlcN emcnt, and there Is a general I'm
precision that stRB snohs irlA TINS quar-
.tof VIII be received by the committee ON
resolutions ana he convention with a
great deal Of favor.
IT s possible thut somo OF the money
rlanks which have hoeu prc.urrt ~
h,rn drawn ON the lines augEusicd IN the
telsniy department.. and possibly Mr..
ll"Witts drift mny contain these Hucgos-
tons.
rnoie H. ALSO talk Of plank ~ favor
OF uptnCY reform. having For ltF main
object the retirement of ihc giecnhecks
and a revised syytfn If Issuing hnnl.
rotCa 10 tab the place OF tbs grr,nhucks,
The notes to be redeemed aud rcifsucd
Hnd, sunporicd by z III reserve IN the
TN rs, " ia the ma 'ntcnuilrr az an cur
rency AT par with god 'llis scheme Is
sad "a have behind II several strong sen,
who viii push 1t before he committee ON
r solutions.
'Ih,re Is also . movement 10 secure an
indorsoiutnt ~ the principles of tile Ia
conn tax. hui this does not receive rc'Y
hearty support from the dciegatca now
hcre
Comptroller Eckels. who arrived to.
ngM IL onthusastlc over the prospects
of the convention He said II would hn
inAgnflcent body Of men aud a great
credit to the cause IN which they ara en-
sied Mr. Eches says that from his
observation on his trim through he West
he IA Of the opinion that the silver way"
ls reccdinG very randy, And ,whcn tho
yotcs are counted" said he "you v III
nud thnt ton democrats voie for Mckin-
ley where one republican votes for
Bryan"