Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
MANLEY ON THE GROUND WiseacreS Say That Something
 Will Drop. BOLT TALK IS BEGINNING Colonel Trumbo of Utah Says the West May Take Such Action in Self-Defense,
 The Hall Repaired.

St. Louis, June 9.-This city tonight is the camping ground of great army on the eve of great battle
 The Mckinley hosts, overpowering in numbers and confident of victory, await the issue complacently. The outlying camps dedicated to ''favorite sons" have the shadowy hope that something unforeseen may happen to turn the tide of battle in their favor. The Reed men, the Allison men, and, in fact, all other than Mckinley men, refuse to give a ros- ter of their pledged delegates and refer vaguely to breaks on the second ballot. Lieutenants of the Ohio man answer by saying there will be no second ballot There was some nebulous gossip afloat this evening touching combinations to prolong the contest, but all efforts to solve this to certainty met with the reply: Wait until after Manley comes.
 One unpleasant feature that promised to embarrass the local committees of en- tertainment is happily arranged to the satisfaction of all The negro delegates upon their arrival will find good quarters provided for them and prompt and civil attention at first-class hotel
 Judge Long of Florida and Committee man Hill of Mississippi received these as-
 
 selves satisfied. They came in advance of their delegations and discovered that through some misunderstanding the1r colored delegates were not provided for, but are now satisfied that the local com mittees will carry out every promise;
 The prominent arrivals tonight include Judge Manley of Maine, Senator Gear or Iowa, Senator Hansbrough Of North Da- kota, Senator Shoup Of loiaho, Chalr- man Carter of Montana, J. $. Hammer, national committeeman from the Indian territory; Wright Cuney, delegate at large from Texas, J. R. Lynch, delegate at large from Mississippi; T. D. Riordan of California, Powell Clayton, national committeeman from Arkansas; ". B. Scott of West Virginia, Isaac M. Potter of Rhode Island and W. R. Hearst of Cal ifornia.
 Chairman Manley was visited tonight by scores of politicians, all eager to press claims of various sorts, but MT. Manley pleaded fatigue from his long journey and retired early. Among his callers was Ex-Congressman Nathan Frank of St. Louis, who is a contesting delegate from the Twelfth Missouri district. The de- cision of the committee in regard to the claims of delegates from this district will decide the national committeemanShip of Missouri in all proba ability. The contest ing delegations are respectively friendly, one to Chauncey I. Filley, the other to 1. delegates from Missouri, nineteen neces- sary to a choice, and MT. Kerens claims to have already secured the pledges of seventeen delegates.
 Among the western delegates who are already on the ground and advocat ting the adoption of a free silver plank in the platform of the republican party are M. H. De Young of California and Col Isaac Trumbo of Salt Lake City, Utah. In an interview tonight MT. De Young said: The delegates from the silver states are very determined in their desire to ad- vance the interests of silver. They want the right to have free coinage of silver very radical and talk about leaving the convention in case they fail to have their views adopted. This action will not be general. It is generally known that Col orado, under the leadership Of Teller, proposes to walk out of the convention. The California delegation has been in- structed to vote for Mckinley, and the convention adopted resolutions in favor of the free coinage of silver but our del- egates do not intend to leave the party nor the convention in case of the failure of that measure.
 'The silver men, especially of Colo rado, Montana and other states where silver is an important factor, think if Teller should be nominated by the dem ocratic party in Chicago there will be no question of his indorsement by the silver and populist party conventions that meet in St. Louis on July 22.'
 Colonel Trumbo said: We of the west have become convinced that the republi- can party is controlled by the lead trust and the eastern manufacturers The time has come to put the party back in the hands of the common people.
 Our fight is plain. We are for silver first and for a duty on lead and wool. We want lead and wool for the west and silver for the whole country.
 "Our claim is that the farmer who grows the wool is entitled to the same degree of protection that is given the manufacturers of Massachusetts"
 twill you bolt in Case silver plank is not adopted?" was asked.
 That is matter for future considera- ton. Thus far we have believed that we could fight the matter out within our party lines, but If we fail we may be compelled to adopt some other course out of self protection
 Whom will Utah support for the nom- ination?"
 q imagine that her vote will be cast for Teller Nearly all the votes of the silver states, I think. will go to him." Sergeant-at-Arms Byrnes gave out the following tonight:
 Much inquiry having been made rela- tive to the extent of the damage done to the convention hall by the cyclone, I think 1t proper to inform the public that the damage has been entirely repaired, and that the hall is as good as it was before the storm. Everything is in readiness for the convention.
 "The assistants have nearly all been selected. and they will report at the of flee of the sergeant-at-arms in the audito- rum building on Monday at 10 a. m. MT. G. N. Wiswe1l of Wisconsin, first assist ant sergeant-at-arms, will, under the gen. eral supervision of the sergeant-at-arms, direct the work of all employees in and around the auditorium building.
 "No commissions will be forwarded. They will be handed to the appointees in- dvidua1ly at the time and place above mentioned, and on the same day tickets of admission to the convention will be issued by the sergeant-at-armsf from room No. 220 in the Odd Fellows building. on Olive street, between Eighth and Ninth streets T. E. BYRNES. Sergeant-at-arms."