New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
BOOMS ARE LANGUISHING.
THE SILVER QUESTION HAS OVER
sHADOWED THEM so FAR.
RIFT THE SCRAMBLE FOR THE NOMINATION is
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE VIGOROUS
TO-DAY-GOSsIP HEARD ABOUT

THE hotels
Chicago July with the wholesale incoming OF
delegates and organized bodies scheduled Tor To-
morrow the booms will begin 10 show signs or HE
and vigor and the claims of the rival candidates
vii, be voiced as energeticaly have the plans
of the silver people In the last few days Inc stare
OF Washington delegates. who came In last night
headed by Judge White OF Seattle. at once de-
clared themselves for Bland. but qualified ms
preference with the declaration that the nolnln1-
lion Of Senator Teller would please, people Of that
State than anything else Senator Iurpe
, %ao a %e1n the premnare OF Governor
cause is hopeful but not over-enthusiastlr re Gays
that he has assurances from number u. states
that have favore OF their own that they are
for the Indiana Governor as second choice ana
%a tic IS nSs M he holds that, so far
ernor Matthews seems to nave the BEST cHa'ce OF
success Of any candidate
Horace Boes will poll the largest number of
votes cast on the first informal ballot at the National
Convention said Charles A. Walsh, secretary OF
the Iowa delegation. we not making any
boasts" he continued. and We are not announcing
what strength IS In pledged States. but we
know whereof speak
"Boiess strength" said Judge Van Wagner CON
ststs small degree In the confidence the great
Northwest and South have in his judgment any
proposition likely to confront National Executive
Boies IS particularly strong with the German Amer
leans, and will poll strong vote among the agri-
cultural and laboring classes 1t is true that he
took q position against the sympathetic strike. AS
TO his attitude the Intervention OF the Federal
troops during the strike, he merely said that he
regretted that come OF the strikers went far as
70 necessitate a rigid enforcement of the law the
part Of the State OF Illinois and the Nation"
Ex-Congressman W. ID. Bynum. OF Indiana, VITO
is al the Victoria Is pronounced in his opposition
10 the proposed repeal Of the two-thtrds rule. Il
think the repeal OF the twoth!rds rule Is an EVIL
deuce OF the extreme limit which the radical
silver men are willing 10 co. he SAID. The rule
ought never 10 be repealed unless the system OF
representation Is changed | can conceive OF a con-
dition of affairs by which a candidate might be
nominated by a majority Of delegates that could
M, Siye TO the candidate Il single electoral vote
The unit rule by which delegates chosen from
Congress- districts deprived OF any voice In the
Convention Is undemocratc. and ought to be abro-
Yeted There Is no proposition TO repeal the rue
Sscause by so doing number OF SOUNDING
democrats would secure the right OF voting the
continent OF their constituents Mr. Tiren In
is7e would not consent TO tho repeal OF this rule.
r. A. Louis Convention In lS7G recommended that
an exoression OF the sentiment OF the Democratic
,,srtv he taken for the next National Convention.
but the matter never received any serious cons.d
Grafton
When Governor Altgeld was asked how he ex-
nected TO prevent the gold delegates from the East
casting their votes for the most undesirable SILVER
candidate and thus nominating him. he replied Il
am In favor ~ preliminary caucus VI '"e i'ss