The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-06

Yer convention in Michigan. ~
fighting an unorgardscd mob resolvsn 1 ,
on ono thing. declaration io' ''e i''O
flina lgu OF silver.
such declaration they hope they can
prevent. hut they art now uriis an ~
scnious argument IT, secure roinp'nnlse
on plat form and candidate. They ten III"
silver headers that If a democrat IS placed
on silver platform the SILVER repnnilrans
of the West Will abandon them ana the
Eastern democracy VIII he destroyed.
they toll them. Therefore. that they nrc
confronted with tho alternative of nom
mating II republican 10 e"t tho support ana
, aid oil the silver mine owners or Yielding
to the democrats for compromlse from
The lAast In whinh litter event they agree
10 keep the democracy intact and furnish
all he campaign fund that is needsh.
courteous s"fnsal by som" OF the silver
leaders. who simply reply that there can
be NJ compr mise OF the issue The more
radical. however. receive K snccrlnrly.
In snne quarters the silver men not
only mset tho suggestion Of bolt with
| .udifference. hut some of them openly g.
clsrc that II would strengthen their posi-
tiou and they would welcome It.
| The fear that the gold men. with almost
one-ihird Of tho delcsGteF. could plump
their votes about a, random AMI cnusc
ali sorts Of mischief and the further df-
| nc,l,v Of making a nominai'm without
rrsciioal unanimous vote OF all the silver
m,r. has revived the talk OF n s'i,7sr Gnu
Gus Tiua secret fear Of Tcler has also
| had its ir.iiuence in faVct of a caucus 70
| decide the question of a candidate. There
| Will be no n,lenr' 10 hold sacn 9anr' T.
| however. until the convention has assem-
| hled and tho difficulty ot selecting " Nh
| inee IN convent on lms hoen oonenaifai.d.
There WAS less talk today Of holt Nv
TN, gold mon and it WIS openly discour-
area by senator nm. Nj. whitney and
| Lat i, 10 iaf nf
Of the rold men Will refuse to support n
silver candidate. aud some today quietly
canvas-cd the advisahil.sy Of placing It
gold ticket and gold candidate in The hold.
Tho advantage 10 IT, gained by Them from
This course, they mgue would he IN"
same which came 10 those who refused TO
support Greeley in 80 Those who w"rr
u.tatiened with Greeley n1mlnni,i
lO'Connor e New York, and afftf Gr, 4 y ;
dsfoai II was by Their crGam1hl .on ihat
thr party was reCrglna'1 ana plhce' "l'
"a sound footing aenln ...... a,
1he gold men propose 10 lnhiiEnrh'" W
drb, thu momsn, the paVel IS drnppe! %.
Thurman narritv They are r"solvod
uron offering gold nlnu t. INC cunN,i
ton for temporary chairman, drspi'e th'
Gtor liill IS the mai upen wnom W. ,ini
lchoice has fallen rho sIyer men my,
Mo utmost respect for nm put ,nn ,,
shnil assume the gavel. and th1t the first
,Ittnrance In The convention shall be I'M
eqnivocaliy for silver ,o-.,,.aa
I've can neither afford to b" decniNeu
with fmini praise said soma T. .ei -, T,
MONEY Of Mississippi today nor an,nAl , y
Condemned We must have the machinery
from the start ~,
hir. lin was today urged by some Of n,
silver friends not TO consent TO tue use o,
~ ,,na int II was said that he resolved
10 make the night and was preparing u
{ gold speech to he delivered sither ron
ihe platform n Ne can succeed IN hol1ng
II or from the floor of the silvcrites