Evening journal., 1896-05-26
POLITICAL POT BOILING
Alleged Scheme Of Silverites to
Nominate Teller.
Mr. TILIMAEs VIGOROUS TALK,

Depew visits Morton and Says the Gov
ernor Is Hopeful Rumor That Quay
= Has Plan to Get All Hands on the
Bandwagon.
NEW York, May 26.-The Washington
CORE spondent of The Sun says;
A prominent member Of the Cleveland
administration, an assistant secretary Of
one Of the grent departments, said that he
had inst discovered. 20 his great surprise
and somewhat TO his oonsternation. that
scheme Is on foot to bring about the
nomination OF Senator Teller by the Dem.
ocratic convention at Chicago II The anti
silver men fail to control it. The plan has
beon known aud talked abont in Wash
ington for some days, and, strangely
enough, Democrats generally seem TO
think pretty we'll of IL. What is stranger
still, the Republicans don seem to like Il
at all. They arc fearful that II Teller
should be nominated he would be very
strong IN the middle states as protec'
zionist aud very strong In the south and
west as FREQ siiyerlte. thus putting Il
upon the shoulders OF the eastern Repub.
lfcar.s to defeat him.
The administration men DO not, o.
course admit that the Chicago cuhven.
tion will be controlled by the silverhes.
and they nre careful not 70 do or say any
thing that could possibly interfere with
their cherished plan 90 bring about the re-
nomination Of Cleveland II Teller should
be nominated by the Democrats II would
give Cleveland mon better excuse FOL
bolting tho convention than they have Of
presont Their plan Is to make the silver.
ties bolters, II any boiling Is TO be done
and they nre very much disturbed, there
fore, about tho talk as 20 the possibility OF
Teller's noninntion on q free silver plat.
form. The national committee will make
" their especial business to put the brand
OF bolterS upon the silverites.
Doubted by senator Brlce.
Senator Brice docs not admit that any
imnortance attaches to the report from
Ohio that the primaries indicate the tri-
nmph Of tho silver men. lie says that the
counties so far carried by the opponents
OF sound money have always been silver
counties, and thnt there is no significance
whatever in the results there. The scna
tor had long tnlk with several prominent
Ohio Democrats, one OF whom was OK
Governor Campbell, who has boon here
for several days. I1o left for homo on tht
afternoon train, and he and tho Ohio del
ogntes are of the opinion of Senator Brice,
that tho sound money men have good
lighting chance OF carrying the Ohio con
vention. II they do, they will pledge
themselves TO vote for Camp bells nomi-
nation.
Senator Pitchfork Tillman has returned
from his southern speechmaking, woar
ing on the lapel OF his coat three tined
pitchfork made Of tin, in Imitation OF sill
yer On tho handle IS the word TIL
man. Each tine OF the fork impales
bug made Of gilt TO look like gold and
tho hugs are labeled Cleveland Carlisle
and Sherman. Mr. Tillman says that oy-
crywhcre no went the motto OF the Demo
Gratis is lG TO OF bust. He says that IL
tho Chicago convention the silvcr mot
will have control by about n hundred ma
iority, and as TO Chairman Hnrrity'
threat that would be holters tnay be barred
from tho convention Tillman says Har
rity's buster will have no more effect ur
the national convention than Michigan
Doodle. He forgets that no Is not the mas.
ter OF the Democratic party and is only iti
servant True Democracy Is IN no humoi
10 be bluifed by goldbugs or other bugs.