Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-04
SHALL WE BOLT?
Gold Democrats at Chicago
in a Quandary.
Boiss SAID 10 Be Seeking Support
from { a;teIn Cod Men.
Teller Says the Silver Men Will Surely Con.
troll the Convention.

| Chicago, July 3.-The story was car
REQ req to the Boies' Headquarters, yester-
gay .sy AFTERNOON. by newspapers and other
visitors that Governor Stone had made q
formal statement for publication insinu-
| atlhS that Iowa candidate was asking
davorS @ from the Eastern gold delegates
| counting on their votes, and therefore
| ne was not safe man for the radical
| iree silver following to rally around
" nat the Missouri Governor did say. in
connection with his statement making
paln the friendly position of Bland
| towards laboring men, was this: Il have
neard the report that the Eastern gold
standard delegates were tending towards
governor Boies. but | know nothing as
TO its truth. Mr.. Bland's stand is the
REORGANIZATION per- n of the free coinage idea
nature OF things that there should be
any alliance between him and the single
laildara Rlands = g1,d in men; I'M, am sure Mr.
| utmost and his defeat sought by every
means possible by the gold power. The
states :. represented by single, gold stand
single electoral vote for the nominee of
this convention. If MIR. Bland is nomi-
mated II VIII be by the delegates from
on for success at the polls
{. a: Welsh, secretary of the Iowa state
committe and chief of the Boies' forces,
in the temporary absence of Capt Evans.
who has gone to Iowa to bring down
host of Boies people, said that when he
beard the report that Governor Stone
gold mems choice, that he did not believe
any such story until he had seen it in
black and white.
TO United Press reporter, Mr.. Walsh
added: Il have reason to feel convinced
that Governor Stone is too much OF n
friend OF Mr.. Boies to attack him. |
could show you documentary evidence
OF this fact. We have also received at
our Headquarters here from Southern
Democrats of prominence. delegates and
others, letters which show that Mr..
Bland will not get all the votes claimed
Tor him by his shouting and sanguine
boomers here. These writers say that
lowa's Ex-Governor is the logical candi-
date of such a convention as this will be-
but while the delegates do not commit
themselves as to voting for Horace Boies,
It is plain they are not voting for any
Bland pledge.
viii you make any estimate of the
vote for Mr. Boies by states?"
There will be no Boies' figures given
out here officially. because it is idle work
at present to do so and don't want
10 appear ridiculous or boastful while
not afraid to make comparisons The
votes claimed for Mr.. Bland are mainly
in the air. Why. the delegations. with
a. siptions.-are- nat~herc and have
not been polled for candidates. When it
comes 10 vote getting will show our
rivals what the Boies' boom is like. We
have established our headquarters here
enough for four. When our little army
gets here from every iowa crossroads
then you will near about Boies.'
y
Sergeant Arms Butler of the Iowa
delegation announcing the prospective
departure of number of Boies clubs for
Chicago. BY Monday night the Iowa
crowds Of visitors to to the convention
is expected to number between 5000 and
10 $50.
\ conspicuous addition to the gold
forces. today. was Ex-Governor eGorge
W. Peck of Wisconsin. To the United
Press the Governor said: II came from
Milwaukee to look after the opening of
the Wisconsin headquarters. We are
coming here with our gold ideas solidly
fixed TO join the Democratic procession.
1t takes gold to keep silver moving. you
know. The Wisconsin delegation will
abide by the decision of the majority. as
Democrats usually do. but we are none
the less gold lighters
a morning paper says: "Silver Demo-
Gratis are TO ignore entirely the gold
in the Democratic national con-
Vention. This plan of action has been
made apparent by every move taken by
the white metal advocates since they be-
gan to wipe their line of action in the
and to the least important
and to allow the opposing anti-silVerites
absolutely no voice in the proceedings.
From the present indications the gold
men will submit after a heavy discharge
Of blank cartridges. They will protest
sufficiently to give them an excuse for
voting the Republic ticket next fall.