The herald., 1896-05-09
Windy City Democrats Make q
Partial Payment
Fifteen THOUSAND IS DUE
To Complete the Amount Promised the
Convention
Will Not Be Held at Chicago IL
Merely besh
Associated Press Special Wire.


CHICAGO, May 8.-Chairman Harri-
ty of the Democratic national commit
tee, with J. c. Herne Of Indiana, j. G..
Prather of Missouri, r. II. Shirley of
Kentucky and Ben T. Gable of Illinois,
all members of the subcommittee of the
national committee, came to Chicago to-
day and went into session at the Well
ington hotel. They were Joined by Jo-
seph Donnersberger and A. A. Good
rich of the local committee. Mr.. Don
nersberger handed a check to Mr.. Har-
rity for SIS, 600 which, with the $40. 900 al
ready paid, makes $25, 1000, leaving only
$4,000 yet to be paid.
When you visit US next" said Mr.
Donnersberger, "the amount will be
cleared
An agreement was come to by which
another meeting of the subcommittee
Will be held in this city at the Auditor
ium toward the end of the month when
MIR. Donnersberger will hand over the
final check. After all this had been sat
isfactorily arranged Mr.. Harrity said:
"All talk about the national conven-
tion being held in some other city than
Chicago is bosh There was not a syl-
liable in the letter wrote to the members
of the local committee few days ago on
which such rumor could have possibly
been based
After the financial affair had been ad-
justed. the committee. in conjunction
with Col. Martin of ST Louis. the SER
geant of arms of the convention: r
Canda. tin Coliseum architect. listened
to suggestions for telegraph arrange
ments from representatives of the West
ern Union and Postal companies. Mr..
Canda also submitted report in refer
ence to the plan of seating delegates
ana the audience. Col. Martin had re-
port. too. In regard to assistant SER
geants at arms.
DUBOIS FOR SILVER
DENVER, Col, May s.-A special to
the Republican from Boise. Idaho, says:
The Evening Mail prints a political
story tonight that has set political Boise
on end. 1t is to the effect that Senator
DUBOIS has written a letter to Hon. f.
A. Fem of Boise, one of the leading Re-
puolicans OF the state. in which he de-
clares he will not support a Republican
presidential nominee unless he is a free
silver man.
Straight up Republicans who are ex-
pected to go to the Pocatelio conven-
tion on the 18th inst say under such a
declaration they will bolt the conven-
ton there if Dubois friends succeed in
securing the adoption Of resolutions en-
dorsing the action of the senator in the
senate The boilers will elect a set Of
delegates and send them to ST. Louis as
a straight Republican delegation for
Mckinney.
ARTHUR is COMING
SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Chairma
Arthur of the Republican state conven-
tion left for his home in Los Angeles this
afternoon. He has ten days in which to
appoint an executive committee Of the
state central committee and will an
nounce his twenty-one selections soon
after his arrival in Los Angeles Before
he left he said that he proposed to ap-
point the committee on broad lines, rec
ognizing all factions, as he did not be-
lieve that any one wing of the party
should dominate it.
FOR SILVER SURE
VIRGINIA CITY, May8.-The Re,Hb-
lican state convention will meet in this
city tomorrow. 1t is certain that resolu-
tions favoring free silver are to be adopt-
ed, and that the six delegates to be cho-
sen Will be pledged to vote for a free
coinage advocate if there is any possi-
Dility of the nomination of a silver man.
the discussion Of political matters has
been forgotten in the excitement attend
ing the boom in stocks. The delegates
arrive on the noon train tomorrow.