Evening star., 1896-07-03
G OIL D B OIL T
The New York Delegation Will Not
Be In It.
rELLERS ADVICE TO SILVER MEN
The Administration to Be ProbabI,
Ignored at Chicago.
PLAN OF TILLMAN'S FRIENDS

Discussion as to the probability Of gold
bolt at Chicago invariably leads to talk as
to what the position of the New York dele
cation will be should there be a bolt by
their friends. 1t has come to be pretty
generally felt that the majority Of the New
York men will stay with the party. no mat
ter what the remainder of the delega ton
or others may do. No amount of persua-
SION, it is believed could induce many of
them to get out of the organization. This
Is regarded as especially applicable to the
Tammany Hall men and to Senator Hill.
The attitude OF the Tammany Hall men
will be worth watching in the national con-
ventlon. 1t is said, and is now acknowl-
edged by many New York papers, that
there Is far more silver sentiment in New
York city than the public has supposed.
1t Is claimed that 60 per cent Of the rank
and file Of Tammany is for the white
metal, and that every gathering of the
braves recently shows an increase in the
sentiment. 1t is jokingly said that many
of these Tammany silverites do not know
what 16 to l means. but they are for that
ratio all the same "Silver Dollar Smith
Is charged with saying that it means six
teen beers in the future to only one now
This kind Of platform, it viii be seen, is
calculated to gain strength In New York.
AT any rate. it is generally felt that Tam
many is too close to the sentiments of the
remainder of the silver men throughout
the country to jump the track. The Tam
many leaders would be afraid to bolt for
fear the main body would not follow them.
This would depoSe many of them and might
result In new leaders. Congressman Amos
Cummings. Billy Sulzer and other Tam
many statesmen declared their intention Of
sticking to the party, silver or no silver,
before Congress adjourned. Other Tam
many leaders SO expressed themselves.
They have reiterated their determine ton
since then. Amos Cummings is on record
as saying that his district is full of "l6 to
1" talk
Tie threatened bolt Of the Massachusetts,
gold men has been partially blocked in
unique way. George Fred. Williams, one
has come out in an interview in favor of
silver. He says he sees that there is a
revolution on for the white metal, and that
ne proposes to go along with 1t. He does
not believe that 1t can be checked and he
does not propose to try. OBJECTIONS in other
states are h:nted at.
The general belief is that the men who do
not intend to support the democratic ticket
VIII make no scene In the convention They
Will go to their homes and publicly state
that they will support Mckinley or will re-
rra1n from voting at all. That Is the wav
the silver ticket will lose support from
gold men.
Senator Tellcr's Advice.
The interview yesterday with Senator Tel
ler' In which he advises all silver men Of
all parties to vote for the democratic nomi-
rees, IS no surprise here The Star has
mentioned frequently the report that Sena-
tor Teller said that he would support the
democratic nominee His statement that
Bland or Boies would be nominated in
connection with the advice he gives shows
1t Is thought, that he is willing to support
either or these men. Senator Tellefs ac-
knIy fo
Fopulist project to nominate him at their
convention. He will no doubt refuse the
nomination and advise the silver men of
.ne country to support the democratic
Gratis want ard they will probably be glad
70 see the populists nominate him
As to the Adminfst ration,
Great interest is felt in Washington az tn
what will be the course of the Chicago
convention toward the administration. The
general belief, and what will probably be
the case, is that the platform will contain
no reference to the administration of Pres
loent Cleveland, unless it is as to his policy
In the Venezuelan matter. That NAV be
commended. but outside of that the ad-
minlstratfon may not be mentioned in any
way The chances are more on the side of
the President being scored by the conyer-
ton than OF being indorsed by It, The ex-
preston OF opinion of the silver leaders
WIN were mere all alOnS until Congress ad-
Journed, was that the administration would
be completely ignored. In fact they assert
ed that the democrats could not afford to
commend the President. 1t would excite
the resentment of the radical silver men
all over the country and would lose the
party votes. Such men as Tillman and
Altgeld will probably insist on strong reso-
| iut1ons condemning President Cleveland
particularly as to the bond issues and his
alleged interference with states rights. On
the last question Tillman and AltgeId have
always stood together. One has ALWAYS
approved the course Of the other.
Candidates at Chicago.
OF the presidential candidates before the
convention at Chicago only three will be
present and participate in the proceedings
of the convention. These are Senator's TIL
man and Blackburn and John R. Mclean
Each heads the delegation from his re-
spective state. Each is thought to be seri-
cusly an aspirant for the honor Nothing
would please Senator Ttllman more than to
get the nomination. His friends have
claimed for him for months, often in his
presence, that he could carry thousands
more votes in November than any other
candidate. 1t Is not known what are the
plans of the Blackburn and Mclean leaders
but when Gov. Evans of South Carolina
was here a few weeks ago he intimated to
friends that the plan of the Tillman lead
ers would be to divide the silver forces as
much as possible, delay the nomination as
long as they can and then rush matters for
their favorite 1t is claimed that Tillman
has many promises of support in case there
Is hitch of this kind, and he has been
playing for just that kind of thing
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