The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-02
Not Satisfied.

CHICAGO, July 1.-The silver dele
cation are far from satisfied with the
result Of the conference of their com
lnittee with Chairman Harrity and
The members Of the national executive
committee. They had not counted
huch upon securing positive acu1li-
eScence IN their demand to be allowed
10 practically name the Temporary
chairman of the convention. hut rev
haQ hoped to secure more definite
idea of the programme of the national
committee than they succeeded in OBJ
tanning. The result of the conference
was almost nothing and the silver men
leEt the committee room feeling that
their labor had been practically in
vain They were also dispIeased with
TIE postponement of the matter until
50 late date as next Monday. In
the absence of any definite assurance
from Mr.. Harrity, they are inclined to
the opinion that there is a disposition.
If not a determination, on the part of
the national committee to
SELECT AN ANTI-SILvER MAN
for chairman and to postpone the an
noUncement of the selection until the
very eve of the convention. This they
regard as trifiing with them TO de-
gree. They are, therefore, disposed to
proceed with their plans pretty much
as if Mr.. Harrity had assured them
the committee would name a gold
chairman, so as TO be prepared for
the emergency if this should prove to
be the plan of the committee. This
plan would be, as heretofore outlined,
to have q silver man agreed upon in
advance by the silver forces, and to
ala 1~ y
choice of the committee.
Chairman Harrity insists that he has
acted
IN PERFECT GOOD FAITH
with the silver committee and that,
being only one member of the ma
tional committee, he could not give any
further assurance than he did give.
The silver people also feel that the
assurance in regard to contests were
very indefinite, and they find that it
will be necessary for them to continue
their precautions in this respect. They
are quite determined that the silver
majority shall be deprived of no ad-
vantage that justly pertains TO the
majority.
The distribution of tickets, which has
been arranged for. is not altogether
to their satisfaction. but they do not
see their way clear as yet to alter the
in this respect. 1t appears
that several states which Will be re-
presented in the convention by silver
delegates have advocates of the gold
standard on the national committee.
Each national committeeman will re-
ceive fifty tickets. This arrangement
will, it is claimed, give the gold men
AN UNDUE ADVANTAGE
in the convention from those states
The distribution is, however in &C
cordance with precedents, and there
V i'll probably be no effort to disturb it.
Upon the whole, the conference con-
firms the silver people in the belief
that their early reuniting and provision
for cooperation is wise, and that it is
necessary to continue their precau-
tons in the interest of the majority.
There has been considerable discus
sion today of the availability of Gov
ernor Altgeld as temporary chairman,
but it is intimated that, believing he
can be of more service on the floor
than in the chair, he will not be a can
didate. The question of the selection of
a man for this place, however, is still
open.