Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-25

"PUT NOME BUT SCOTS ON GUARD"
There appears to be difference of
opinion as to how the national demo-
cratic executive committee stands on the
financial question. 1t was remarked
few days ago by Mr.. Whitney, in an IN
terview with reporter for a New YORK
paper, that a majority of the committee
was favorable to the free coinage ele-
ment i'm the party. 1t appears from that
remark that the gold standard advocates
have sounded the committee. Ii they
have. and ascertained that 1t was
against them, we can easily account for
the quietude that SO suddenly come over
the move set on foot some time ago TO
get up enough boiling delegations to
affect the temporary organization and
possibly the final action of the Chicago
convention. If Mr.. Whitney has been
properly reported on that question the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch is evidently la
boring under misapprehension as re-
CARDS the status Of the committee. In a
recent isxle of that paper we find the
following in regard to the announcement
made some time ago that the national
committee would attempt to force upon
the convention as temporary chairman
majority of the body:
TT is again announced that 1t Is the
intention of the democratic national
committee to select as temporary chair
man of the Chicago convention some
man from one OF the leading free silver
states who is in sharpest antagonism to
his party on the money question.
"If this is done it will be deliberate
and intentional affront to the democrats
of the state thus singled out. And 1t Is
an affront that will not be submitted to.
"If such q man is rendered to the con-
yention by the national committee as
temporary chairman some delegate from
the state thus affronted will rise in his
place and move the substitution of a
name that will be in harmony with the
wishes of the majority. The result of a
vote taken under these circumstances is
not matter of uncertainty. tenn
porary chairman in accord with the Will
of the convention win be elected.
"Such a course will not be without
precedent. Here is an extract from
Stanwood's History of Presidential Elec-
| tions page 1856:
"The convention republican) met at
| Chicago on June 8. The national COM
| Clayton of Arkansas as the temporary
| chairman of the convention. The selec-
| ton was supposed to be in the interests
| OF Mr. Blaine. A nomination of the
Hon. John X. Dyncn OF MISSISSIPPI, uiS-
| tinguished colored man, was made from
| the floor. and the convention, on vote
| by Delegates elected him to the position
| by All VOTES to 3s7 given for Mr.. Clayton.
/ What was done at Chicago in 1884 will
| be done again. IL necessary, in 1885,
| If Mr. Whitney has not been correctly
quoted and a majority Of the committee
! IL in fact opposed to the free coinage ele-
ment In the party and attempts to put
upon the convention as temporary chair
man a man distastefui to the freq coinage
advocates, as .outlined by the Post-Dis-
patch. we hope the silver men will
| promptly sit upon them by eIecting q
| man Of THAR own choosing. Such action
if taken by the committee will be notice
| to the free coinage men in the convention
/ that the machinery of the party is to be
brought into service along with tina ma
| tionat administration In the effort to
overthrow the will of the people already
expressed at the ballot box. Such efforts
should be nippcd In the bud by those
having the power and the commission of
the people to do It,
| We are in favor of fair methods
] that will be represented In that conven-