New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
FREE SILTER'S STRENGTH.
AN ESTIMATE OF SIS VOTES AT CHICAGO
TO 1913 FOR GOLD.
THE FREE COINAGE STRENGTH MAY BE IN
CREASED TO ei2 BY DISREGARD OF SOUND
MONEY INsTRUCTIoNs-BLAND IN
THE LEAD FOR PRESIDENT.

THE LEAD FOR PRESIDENT.
Chicago June "a morning paper says: The
Democratic National Convention will convene In
the Coliseum In this city on Tuesday. July Z. All
of the 900 delegates entitled to seats have been Sc
lected and their names given, together with the
currency instructions or preferences OF each deie-
gate OF the fftyone States and Territories thirty
three have declared for the free coinage OF silver
at a. ratio of is to without waiting for concur
renee by other nations; sixteen declared FOR the
gold standard and two FLORIDA and the District or
Coumbia) adopted currency panks. The Florida
Convention adopted the following in place OF
financial plank
Whereas Questions OF coinage and finance ARE are
matters prescribed by the TOR tb nroper
function OF the Democratic National Convention: TO
the policy Of the party on such questions, as well
on other National issues; Therefore be IL r,,
refsrreG for determination to the National Demo
cratic Convention and we pledge our suppol, 10 inc
policy OF the party which may be so enumerated.
give hundred and seventy-eight Of the delegates
are pledged vote for free silver, and S2s for gold
but 1t IS probable the silver total will be increased
to a greater figure than 57s Many In the gold COL
umn are there by the unit rule, which prescripes
that they with the majority Of the delegation
Many silver men bound by this rule to vote for
gold have declared that they will refuse to abide
by the rule. and will appeal to the silver majority
I'm the Convention that they be allowed to vote ac-
corllng to their own convictions. The breaking Oh
the unit rule, decisions In a number OF contests
and the likelihood OF increased representation from
free-s!lver Territories will materially increase inc
number OF votes for free silver. probably to Dr.
Thus with the silver men In control or tho Or
eanizatlon 1t is probable that change from the
two-th rds' rule will not be necessary. Throwing
the unit rule to the winds may help Few goid
delegates with free-silver instructions to vote TOT
the gold standard but the flop of slverites IN the
New-Yorlk delegation. the exact number OF wnich
IS not known, will probably balance any acces9o"'
to the gold ranks.
There promises to be warm fight In the Con-
vention precpitated by the silver men over the
unit rule In the Michigan delegation, which Is IN
sr1icted for gold, all of the twenty-eigh delegates
are for silver. and they have openly avowed their
intention Of kicking the traces and VIII contest
the seats OF the four god deegates-at-large and
six district delegates II the unit rule Is insisted
upon.
wisconsin declared for gold. and Instructed the
delegation to vote as a unit Nineteen are for gold
and five for silver The latter announced on the
day of the Convention that they would bolt the unit
rule
Eight of Minnesotas eighteen delegates are for
silver but ore OF the eight, Z. B. winston con-
siders the adoption OF gold plank by the conven-
ton which elected him enough to bind him to vote
that way and he will vote with the gold majority
The other seven Of the silver minority threaten
trouble IL an attempt Is made to enforce the unit
rule tH,o Main. ds,egaton ,s snl.t. four being for
silver but It is not likely any attempt VIII be MADE
BY that States delegation to enforce the rule Two
delegates from Delaware instructed for gold are
silver men. In the Washington delegation fve
silver men will try enforce the unit rule on three
gold men. >, -.. s.,,a
with silver In control and all contests des,,ded
IN their favor the total of silver delegates will be
increased to 622 and gold total reduced % -
There are twenty extra delegates from the Terri
tories waiting TO be seated by the -Convention'
which would increase the silver strength to 642
The Territories are entitled to but two delegates,
but five of them elected SIX apiece and expect TO
have the Convention Increase their representation 10
The contests are: The entire Nebraska delega-
ton where the gold men recognized by Secre-
tary Sheerin, Of the National Committee A CON
testing delegation from Nevada both being FOR sill
yer. The entire delegation from South Dakota Is
contested by silver who bolted the regular
convention The gold and silver factions In Texas
met on the same day and each elected n deegatton
The XVIIIth Ohio District elected two delegations
For the Presidency, Bland. Of Missouri. leads with
1Oj delegates instructed for him California In
structed for Senator White Of that state Indiana ma
blackburn Massachusetts, is for Russell New
York for Whitney, Ohio for John r. Mclean; Penn
syyania for Panson. and South Carolina Will prob
ably present the name of Benjamin r. Tillman"