The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-05

ers may decide to make him temper
airy chairman of the convention II
place of Bryan of Nebraska, about
whose selection there IS hitch, OWING
to the fact that his seat is contested
This. of course, presupposes a choice
of the national committee on Mondas
unacceptable to the silver horde. The
arrival of Boies and the announcement
that thirty of the Illinois delegates
would support him. sent UP the stoch
of the Iowan today. The Boies meT
claim considerable
ACQUISITIONS OF STRENGTH
in the uninstructed delegations and be-
cause these delegates are not instruct
ed, they refrain from locating them
The Bland boom is growing more act
i've and more aggressive each day, and
today they pushed their figures up sew
eral notches. claiming 1SS delegates al
ready pledged. There was a story
af1oat tonight that Governor Altgeld,
who returned to the city today and
to the convention, had thrown the
weight Of his influence to the Missouri
farmer II this proves true. it will
give Bland strong and sllillful if
perhaps rash general to command his
forces. Altgeld has been an uncertain
element in the contest so far
The eyes of the managers Of the
several candidates have been anXiously
turned toward him from the first, both
because he is recognized as one OF
the great covers in this convention,
and because. it is admitted the fight in
the campaign will be hottest in the
Mississippi valley states of which Hi
nois is the pivot There have from
time 10 time been strong limitations
that at least Altgeld is and has been
for Teller. and is ready to cooperate
with what is now being called the sena-
torial 'cabaf' or syndicate" for the
nomination of Teller if opportunity
should offer. The existence of this ca
bal, which includes the ablest of the old
and experienced silver leaders on the
ground, and which seems to have ram
.ncation5 everywhere, has been
PRETTY WELL EXPLOITED HERE.
It's nucleus consists of most of the
Democratic silver senators. They have
most shilfully organized the prelfmina-
RES for coup at the proper time
which will nominate Teller. They re-
Sard him as the most available and by
far the strongest man to nominate.
But they perfectly realize the difficulty
of convincing Democratic delegates
who come from the rank and file of the
party, and whose faith is grounded in
years of service, that a twenty-day con-
vert should be chosen and Democratic
leaders of q lifetime disregarded The
attitude of the silver Republicans. the
Populists and the labor unions whose
representatives are on the ground in
Teuer'S interest, cannot but aid in the
development of The plot. The hearts
OF the managers of other candidates
sink as they come to realize the pow
erful and secret influences at work to
accomplish their overthrow. They re-
fhnc
ument among the rank and file to
thwarr the "cabal." And this senti-
ment unquestionahly exists among the
delegates who are arriving. The ex-
pioltation of this plan of the Faders to
NOMINATE TELLER
irouses in them feeling of the deep
est resentment ard those who are in
At appreciate the position in which thew
are officials placed. Some of them are
publicly supporting other candidates
and at first blush it sayors of treason
10 the rock-ribbed Democratic dele
gates. For this reason these skillfua
manipulators today made haste 10 GET
under cover and there was much less
terday
Some Of the men from the south like
Congressman Swanson Of Virginia
ana Andrew j. Cormack of Tennessee
were exceedingly bitter in their char
acterization Of the plan to nominate
Keller. who has not even announced
ms allegiance 10 the Democratic party
as they said. and whose course. if cleo.
leo, would be governed by conditions.
BESIDES, they argued, as others did.
trat If the free silver Republicans and
Fopullsts were true to their convictions
and professions, they could NOT h,1t
support the free silver nomination of a
democratic convention. They were on
posed to allowing
THE TAIL TO WAC THE DOC
They also declared that in the south
at least the Populistic leaders reallI,
oeslred TO continue their organiza tion
ana they expressed doubt whether. the
nomination could induce them 10 aban-
con the organization on which fhav
depended Tor such prominence as they
The fact that caucus Of +ho
slIVer forces in advance of the
convention has been abandoned
apparently makes des51ooi,
almost certain as the silver men
nave barely the requisite two-fhirds
10 nominate, and with half a dozen
candidates in the field the prosnect of
securing the unanimous vote of rba
SILVER men for any one candidate seems
aiuiOSl impossible. Here is the olaoo,.
funlty for Teller or a. dark horse. as4he
cabal believe. An unusuallv large
proportion Of the delegations now hare
nave never before attended 2 national
convention and after they have Az
hausted themselves going around IN .
circle like willing cattle the leaders
may be able TO
DRIVE THEM INTO THE TRAP
they have prepared. In the end they
expect the delegates to come to the7,,
Tor counsel and advice in a snir-it ~
concession. and 1t is then that tbeT
nope to convince them that Teller IS
the boyle of the situation
There Is some talk of the gold mo,
trying to find an acceptable cor,nro-
mise candidate like Stevenson. but If is
not received with favor.
Length of the Convention.
CHICAGO, July 4-There is sti1
much discussion among delegates as
TO the time that will be consumed nv
the convention. There is a, general
desire TO have the time abbreviated as
much as possible but there is no