Evening star., 1896-07-06
gether at the Auditorium annex The Ken
lucky delegation will organize tonight.
BOies Expected to Return.

gether at the Auditorium annex. The Ken
lucky delegation will organize tonight.
Boies Expected to Return.
Ex-Gov. Boies is expected to return TO
Chicago some time during the day. The
gold men Of Iowa are perfectins an organ
fZation for the support of Boies. The lead
ers are Richardson, member of the national
committee: Cato Sells, Judge Kinney and
T. M. Gobble. The latter Is one Of the four
gold delegates from Iowa. The other three
gold delegates refuse to participate in the
movement for the nomination of Boies and
have already given notice that they intend
to bolt a silver nomination, whether 1t Is
Boies or any other man.
The organization Of the Iowa gold men
has for its purpose the holding for Boies
all silver delegates possible, and when he
has secured enough to effect a nomination
II supported by the gold delegates from
eastern states. these delegates are to vote
for him. or couIse 1t Is necessary to Sc
cure pledges from eastern delegates to
bring about his nomination. It Is not
known how many eastern delegates can be
secured.
Under this arrangement 1t is not intended
that the eastern gold delegates shall vote
for Boies until he has enough silver votes
to nominate him, because 1t is feared that
the support Of any gold delegation would
drive the silver forces away from him.
Gen. ]. b. Weaver of Iowa was in con-
ference with the Boes leaders today and
SAID tndt ne was IN IaV0r OF fusion OF the
democrats and populists, not only in con-
gressional districts and state of Iowa, but
also throughout the nation. Gen. Weaver
who was the populist candidate four years
ago. says he is for Teller, and hopes that
Teller will be nominated. If Teller Is not
selected ne will support Boies, and will
urge the populists to support him If he is
nominated by the democrats, provided he
Is not nominated with the aid of gold votes
in the convention. Weaver says he will
not support any democrat who Is nomi-
mated in this convention with the aid of
gold v,ts and will urge the populists to
oppose fusion for such a candidate, espe-
cially If there Is any appearance of q COM
bine in favor of silver candidate which
looks like compromise with gold forces.
Program of the Gold Men.
The program of the gold men has begun
to assume shape, though it has not yet been
entirely agreed. nor has 1t been submitted
to but very few leaders Of the anti-silver
forces. During the gold conferences Mr..
Whitney, who is the recognized leader of
the gold forces, has counseled the anti-sil
yer men to stand together and to be ready
quires. He has not indicated what action Is
to be taken, but refers to 1t as something
that Is to be determined or later 1t is un-
derstood that as the matter stands now the
course is not to walk out of the convention
but to remain until the close.
Then. when the silver men have captured
everything ana dQJOuTneO, a conference VIII
be held and arrangements made for con-
vention some weeks later of anti-silver
democrats for the purpose of putting In
nomination man whom they can support.
OF course, II the silver men go to the ex-
treme of turning out the gold delegates in
Michigan and capturing that state, a bolt
may be Immediately precipitated but the
convention to be held to select a gold can
didate is not likely to be FASTENED by an
actual bolt from the convention. There are
a number of gold men who are very much
opposed to this program. They would
much prefer that no candidate be put up
so that they could remain within the organi-
zation and vore against the ticket named
by the silver men.
This course Is preferred by the western
men, who feel that the silver organixa ton
will be very sIrong in their states, and
boilers will get a cold shoulder in the
future. 1t is understood that the eastern
men feel that the best way to withhold
votes from the silver ticket Is by putting
Up q candidate. Many of the eastern men
do not want to be put in the position Of
having to choose between the republican
candidate and the democratic silver candi-
date.
Another Democratic Candidate.
Gen. Tracey Of New York, who was
gold leader ir the Fifty-third Congress.
when the silver-purchasing law was re-
pealed. says that he does rot think that
bolt of the party ticket will be organized al
this convention, but that the people who
do not approve of the nomination of a Sill
yer man will ask for another candidate,
and that it will be a spontaneous demand.
He thinks the situation will not be far
different from that In 1872, when the stall
wsrt democracy refused to support Horace
Greeley and put Charles OConnor up as
candidate in order that the democrats who
would not vote for Greeley and were bit
terly opposed to the republicans could cast
their votes for straightout democrat
The idea of a second ticket is also ad-
vccated by those who desire to make the
protest against silver platform and can
Gldate as emphatic as possible. Gen.
Tracey says that while this has not yet
reached the stage of definite program, yet
ne regards it as the natural and inevitable
sequel to the complete control of the con-
vention by the silver forces, which now
seems assured
Those of the eastern delegates who have
6een IN the habit of following the lead of
Senator Hill are at loss to know Just
where they stand. They are waiting for
senator Hill to announce his plan, and his
announcement seems to be tardy in it's ap-
pearance.
The arrival of Tammany this morning
seems to have frightened up the gold ut
mosphere considerably, but the Frightening
ls simply because of the strengthening of
lne numbers present, and not because OF
any revived hope of winning. Those among
the Tammany men who may be accounted
leaders are very much averse to the taking
OF any arbitrary action by the gold stand
ara contingent: They say that the demo-
cratic conventions have always been obe-
d,ent to the rule Of the majority, and this
should be no exception to the rule. They
say that a vigorous fight should be made
py tne gold men upon all Of the questions
where they disagree, but when defeated.
the oefeat should be accepted gracefully.
There was new and rather novel fea-
lure OF the eastern situation. 1t was the
arrival Of delegation of about sixty COL
ored people calling themselves the National
Negro Democratic Association. They are
presided over by James A. Ross of Buffalo.
ana are scheduled to hold a meeting to-
morrow night. majority Of them are for
silver. and they expect to pass a resolution
to that effect tomorrow night
FROM THE POTOMAC.
Delegates From the District ,ud
MRry1and.