The San Francisco call., 1896-07-07

and from the apartments of the man Of
the high forehead, the fruits of remaining
away from church on Sunday and doing
politics instead of praying, have become
apparent during the last twenty-four
hours. Among these results may be men
toned the fact that some OF Governor Alt
geid's Illinois delegates have had the
temerity to express a preference for some
candidate other than "Silver Dick" and
the equally significant fact that large
number of the silver men who had here
tofore said: Get thee behind me, David,
have talked with David in front of them
and have gone away with the opinion that
David is pretty good Democrat after all.
The big result is Senator HilPs selection
by the National Committee as temporary
chairman. Even Governor Altgeld has
walked into the trap laid by the willy New
Workers, and has taken a sniff at the
toasted cheese on the bait hook. He no
longer regards Senator Hill with the dyna-
mite eye of the anarchist. The whole aim
of Senator Hills efforts is in the direction
of the defeat of any too pronounced silver
candidate for the first or second place, and
also to prevent the 16 to l ratio from being
inserted in the platform. In the absence
of no bread he would be willing to take a
half-loaf in the shape of any mitigation in
that regard. 1t now appears that Hllps
absence from the gold meeting at the
Auditorium several evenings ago was de-
liberate with malice and aforethought.
Some of the silver men with W hom he has
been wrestling politically are saying that
Senator Hill is not such a rabid goldbug
after all.
The Senator himself has given them to
understand that there is ground for this
opinion; that what he chiefly desires is
the success of the Democratic party, and
that he does not wish to jeopardize it by
any too radical utterance in the platform
on the financial issue. He has pointed out
to them the danger OF unnecessarily
estraDging from the party the large pro.
portion of the influence of sound money
Democrats In all parts of the United
States, and he has assured them that i,
would give him the greatest pleasure and
that it would be the proudest work of his
life at this time to keep the party intact,
without taking away from the advocates oil
free coinage any of the fruits of victory
which they could harvest in the conven-
tion by the large majority of votes con-
trolled by them. If the convention does
not revoke his appointment tomorrow he
will be given the vast power dwelling in
the intelligent gavel.
He has been so smooth spoken in the
matter that many silverites who had come
TO Chicago with silver bricks on their
shoulders and foaming at the mouth gave
the Senator respectful hearing in their
calmer mood. In this way he has made a
perceptible inroad in to the radical faction
of the party and has even secured a hear
ing for his claims for the temporary chair
manship. The declination of that honor
by United States Senator White OF Cali
fornia, which declination was made after
MIR. Hill had several secret conferences
with prominent members of the California
delegation, removed the most serious OBJ
stacle from the pathway of the Senator
from New York He has this advantage
among all the turmoil and jarring OF the
rival factions with respect to their favorite
candidates for the Presidency-that the
gold men are solidly united in the COM
mon cause and that thew have no favor
ties, the cause in their estimation being
higher than any men or number of men
but after all this scheming and subtle
weaving of cunning webs doubt whether
the willy Senator from New York will sue
ceed in his attempt to break down the 16
to l clause, which is really the life blood
of the present convention. But it is