The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-29
THE HoNEsT-MoNEY FIGHT.
silver Men Finding Out They Will
Have No WaIkover.

silver Men Finding Out They Will
Have No Walkover.
CHICAGO, June 2s.-That the honest
money Democrats who are coming to the
national convention do not propose to sur
render to the free-sIver men without a
bitter struggle is becoming more apparent
every day. The silver men have been
counting upon walkover, not only In the
preliminary skirmishes before the conven-
tion, but in the convention itself 1t has
been one of their claims that when the
sound-money men discovered that they
control an overwhelming majority of the
votes they would drop the money issue and
get into the political band wagon, so as
to claim some of the loaves and fishes in
the event of the Democratic candidate be-
ing successful. Souhd-money men who
have heard this view expressed have sim
ply asked what would be the use of get
ting into a band wagon which has no des-
tination.
1t is beginning to look as IL the financial
policy Of the convention will be held para
mount to candidates, and that neither side
will abandon the fight until one or the other
has achieved a victory. Ex-Secretary
Whitney, of New York. who is coming
West to lead the .honest-money forces. is
at work day and night establishing his
lines of battle and II the most recent dis
patches from New York are correct he has
taken his first step toward capturing the
temporary organization. A meeting Of dis
tinguished Democrats was held at his home
in Fifth avenue. New York, Friday night
to discuss ways and means of organizing
| the honest-money minority of the conven-
| tion so that il can check the efforts of the
pan IN for er , to to
| the ratio OF sixteen TO one, and the fact
that Chairman Harrity, of the national
Democratic committee, was present has
caused a lot of alarm among the free-sil-
yer men who are now in Chicago. They
knew that Mr.. Harrity was in favor of an
honest-currency plank, but they did not an
| ticipate that he would mix up with the
enemy TO the extent of advising them how
| TO proceed to win their fight in Chicago
As the chairman of the committee which
will name the temporary officer of the
convention, MIR. Harrity is an object of
are to meet in the big Coliseum, for his
| influence in the national committee is al
most unlimited. While the silver men will
Whitney meeting has any significance 9TH
! er. than that he merely followed his pre-
| do not try to disguise the fact that they
do not like 10 see any member of the ma
sS;'l. sional committee tts tc9 friendly with Mr.
Quincy. of Boston, who conducted the lit
| erary bureau of President Cleveland's last
campaign. and Benjamin b. Smalley. of
Vermont. were also present and they are
both coming to Chicago with Mr.. Whit
Chairman Walsh, of the Iowa State GEN.
trail committee, whose particular mission
| In Chicago is 10 secure the nomination of
| Ex-Governor Boies said that ii would not
| make any difference whether Mr. Harrity
| favored the sound-money or silver Demo-
| Gratis. for. no matter who Is temporary
| chairman, the majority OF the convention
| will form the permanent organization after
'Mr Whitney may think he is going to
| run things in this convention" said Mr.
| Walsh, but he will find out after he has
| been in Chicago twenty-four hours that
task of his life. Everything he has done
and said up to the present time has been
calculated to excite the antagonism Of the
silver Democrats Of the West and South.
who feel that they are standing for
principle. And I'm taking Harrity into con-
ference at his home he is making 1t ap-
| troll of the National committee so that he
may name the temporary officers of the
If he wishes. but will make the prophecy
right here that the national committee
majority MAI t 'e Of the delegates % to ut the CO conven.
ton. If 1t does the convention may take
it into its head to deprive the committee
of some Of the powers that are now In
Has Iowa any candidate for temporary
chairman? Mr.. Walsh was asked.
THAT is a matter We have not considered
yet. Iowa. think, Will not stand In the way
| of any good man being named to preside
iy es organized so long as he is a good Demo
| crat. Our mission here IS to secure the
nomination of Horace BoieS for PRESIDENT
| of the United States"
There was lot OF talk yesterday around
! the various political headquarters about
4 the selection of compromise candidate
| for temporary chairman. The silver men
said that they would not object 10 the Sc
| lection of a good Democrat who has not
| been too prominent in the councils of the
| sound-money wing of the party, and among
| other names they mentioned were those of
| Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio. and James
| c. Flanders. of Milwaukee. Some persons
regard Governor Campbell as a presiden-
| tial possibility and, therefore, consider him
| out of the race for presiding officer Of the
| convention, but Mr.. Flanders is not can
| didate for any office and is acknowledged
| to be one OF the brightest men in Wiscon-
| sim He was a member of the Wisconsin
| State convention that declared unequivo-
| cally i'm favor of honest money. but the
| free-silver men admit that he is a Demo-
| crat before anything else and that he
| would make an admirable chairman. If
| matters should turn out so that they cam
| not have one of their own men for tenn
| porary chairman they will not offer obiec-
ton to the selection of Mr.. Flanders. But
| they have not lost hope of capturing a ma
jority of the members of the national COM
mittee notwithstanding that they are pre-
| pared to retire a considerable majority of
the present committeeman to make room
for representatives Of their own financial
views.