The morning times., 1896-07-31
READY TO Do BUSINESS
Silver Headquarters Formally
Thrown Open.
TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS
No Conflict of Interests to Be Al
lowed-ChGirman Lane on His Way
Here 10 Take the Helm-How the
Campaign Work Is sAssigned-Send-
ing Out Much Literature.

The national headquarters of the Silver
party were formally opened yesterday, with
A. II. Pile of California in charge. Rooms
So, So, "a, and SIS, on the fourth floor of
the Corcoran Building, Will be the tempo
rary home of the committee until final
arrangements are perfected for the location
OF the Democratic national headquarters.
The Silver committee expects TO he in
close proximity To the Democra tic commit
tee, aad work ID conjunction, although
there will be no merging OF the TWO CON-
mittees. / is probable that rooms Will
be secured in tie same building. George
7. keeney of the Silver party is also the
representative Of that party ON the Demo
cratic executive committee, and there viii
arise no conflict Of authority or interests.
a sjeetiDg OF the executivecomniittee Will
soon be called to consider the details of
the campaign The meeting is expected 10
occur in this city. W. p. ST. John, ex- presi-
dent of the Mercantile Bank of New York,
is the treasurer of 10th the Democratic and
Silver committees.
MIR. HILLYER ON DECK.
C. j. Hiilyer. National committeeman for
the District, was at headqua rters, helping
clear the decks for action. He will make 1t
his personal business to push the work SO
far rs the adJdcent territory Of Maryland
and Virginia is concerned, and believes
that the free silver sentiment is spreading
like wldfIre and will be successful at the
polls.
Charles d. Lane of California, chairman
of the national Silver committee, has not
yet arrived III this city. He IS the owner
of the lorgesi gold mine in the world, The
Utica mine at Angels Camp. During the
st. Louis convention he declared in a
speech:
Il produce gold 10y the ton, and it is all
at the conmaH,l of the silver men,"
Mr.. Lane is now en- route home, making
stops in Idaho, Utah. Montana and other
States. arranging for the sinews OF war.
He visited Mr. Bryan at his home in Lincoln.
He will be here later. l. n. Stevens of
Colorado, vice chairman of the committee,
will be chiefly III charge of the campaign
outside of New York. lie will be here III 4
week or less. He was formerly United
States district attorney for the District OF
Colorado and is a politician of national
reputation. The New York campaign will
be personally conducted by w. p. St John,
in conjunction with George 7. Keeney.
MIX. tiLE > Assem- llON.
Mr.. Pile, now in charge of the committee
work here, is son of William A. Pile, who
wasa member OF the Fortieth Congressuud
well known as the fighting parson from
Missouri who served during the entire
period of the war. Mr.. Pile says there
is not n State west of the Mississippi river
in which Mckinley has ghost of chance
of winning. California will give at least
40 700 majority for Bryan.
Il have read great dealin the papers,"
said MIR. Pile, about the vast sums of
money that are being offered at long odds
on Mckinley. l have Travelled recently
across the whole continent and did not find
single Mckinley manready to bet. From St
Louis our delegation sent a telegram to
s. W. Kitchen of the New York Stock Ex-
change offeruing to pay all his expenses
to st. Louis and make him a bet nf suffi-
Cient proportions 10 recompense him for the
trouble, but he did not even reply To the
message. These bets you read about in the
papers are what we call in our country
phantom bets"
Mr.. Pile said that while Indiana is
doubtful State, he believed Bryan would
carry it. He feels certain that Bryan will
carry Illinois and Michigan and would not
be in the least surprised if Mckinley would
lose his own State. He characterized Mr..
Reeds speech as outlining opinions exactly