San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-30
FREE SILVER PARTY.
Two-Thirds of the Democratic Dele
gates Are Pledged for White
Natal

IW0-lnlfuS OF tne DSIuOcrdtlS i'eit
gates Are Pledged for White
Metal
Chicago, June 30.--,iovernor Stone,
of Missouri, arrived this morning and
Is at the Auditorium annex. Governor
Stone was accompanied by Nicholas
NJ. Bell ]. X. Hickey ana wife. of ST.
Louis. and b. w. Farrls. from I-eban
on, the home of Congressman Bland
The governor and Mr.. Bel, are dele
gates-at- large from Missouri and the
whole party are supporters of Bland
for president. Elk Governor James l..
Boyle, of Omaha, was among the ar
rivals at the Auditorium this morning.
The ex-governor is not delegate, but
has come to attend the convention.
Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, and Sec
rotary of State Hinrichseu were
among the nOtables who put in an aD-
pearance today. If the prognostica-
lions of Mr.. Hinrichsen, delegate at
large and chairman of the Illinois
state central committee, are correct
the gold standard delegates to the Ma
tional Democratic convention will be
given no quarter.
"The silver men are going to run
he convention" said Mr.. Hinrichsen.
They will control both temporary
nd permanent organizations and
vill nominate free silver ticket from
bp to bottom. and will adopt a free
liver platform of IS to 1. The wishes
the gold men will not be consider
The states they represent will
t vote the ticket, and so they will
ignored. Last year when the
,mOcrats of Illinois held a cOnven-
On and declared for free silver, /
rote to Mr.. Whitney and a number
other gold standard Democrats
skiing for a conference between the
bid and silver men of the party.
heir replies were short and curt.
hey could not think of consulting
18th so insignificant a crowd as the
rec silver wing represented. Things
ave changed now. We have two
birds of the delegates. We will not
bnfer with the gold men, because we
1--we nothing to confer about. The
eat Democratic party wants a free
liver ticket and platform, and we
Ill give it \ them"
The sub-cOn ruittee of the Demo-
attic national committee will meet
the Palmer House tomorrow for
e purpose of arranging in some
amer the details of the convention.
his subcommittee consists of Chair
III Vim. +. Harrity, Secretary s. p.
eerin, and Messrs. B. L. Cable, ].
Prather, +. C. Wall, Hugh G. Wal
.e and T. III. Sheerley.
yol. Sherin said today that minor
nmittees having matters in charge
uld be able to report everything in
ictical readiness for the conven
d. The national committee has de-
ted from the usual rule of having
committee composed of residents
look after these matters. They
pl2 ICED the work in the hands of mem
bers of their own organization and
they feel the innovation has proved a
success. The full national commit
tee will not meet until noon next
Monday, the day before the conven-
ton, but no one appears to have a
definite idea as to what business it
will have before it.
The Democratic party has in the
past been so free from contests that
there are few precedents to guide
them. The national committee has
never heretofore granted hearings as
Ine hepuDucaH coulHiltee uoeS anu ~
I is believed this plan will be pursued
again this year, though the silver
| men have been somewhat apprehen-
sive. The committee may attempt to
override these precedents and seat the
gold contestants, believing majority
of the committee will be opposed to
silver, hence the subcommittee which
Z will meet tomorrow will be asked by
- - .xsx f6nr enr1Nn aG-
surance on this point. The national
committee will at this meeting. next
Monday. designate the temporary Of
ficers of the convention, including
temporary chairman.