The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-06
SOUND MONEY MEN HOLD ANoTHER
CONFERENCE, BUT TAKE NO
ACTION.
GAG RULE BY sIIvERITEs.
1T is DECLARED CAUSE SUFFI.
CIENT FOR THE MOST RADI-
CAL COURSE.
GOLD MEN TO BE UNsEArED.
How SfIverites Propose to Secure
the Necessary TwO-Thirds-Hin
Avoids the Discussion.

CHICAGO, July 5.-The gold state
delegates gathered rather slowly this
evening for their second meeting. The
attendance was very much larger than
on Friday night, many more of the del ]
egates having arrived. Some of those
who strolled in early were: w. F.
Harrity, John r. Read, Robert E.
Wright, of Pennsylvania; Arthur A. .
Mclean, Frank Comiskey, Ex-Mayort
Gilroy and Elliot Danforth, Of New
York; w. D. Bynum, A. G. Smith, S.
Q. Pickens, Charles G. Offutt, Harold
Taylor, John r. Wilson, Charles HI.
Brownell, Arthur T. Brown, o. M.
Packard, j. G. Conradt, J. r. Frenzel,
Ernest H. Foutz, J. w. Minor, Albert
Usher, J. E. Mccullough, Fred
Francke, all Of Indiana Euclid Mar
tin, J. r. Sheehan, Lee w. Spitel, OIL
Nebraska; G. Vey Holman, Of Maine;l
Washington Hesing, Of Illinois.
Later on the leaders began to come
along, among them being William C.i
Whitney, John R. Fellows, William
f. Sheehan, Hugh Grant, James r.
Martin, John p. Ryan, Of New York;
Ex-Gov. Russell and John Russell, of
Massachusetts,; Senator Gray, of Del
aware; James w. Hinckley and Col.
Harvey, Of New York
Neither Senator Hill nor Gov. FIoweri
attended the meeting, the former CIV
ing as a reason that he was too busy
with other affairs. Before the session.
Mr.. Whitney said: 'The meeting is
Simply to formulate plans. We are
not going to arrange any Individual
course
1t was announced, however, that the
meeting was to get the sense Of the
delegates on the question Of boiling
the convention, several delegates hav-
ing urged that course early in the
day. h
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Whitney and Senator Gray, Of
Delaware, again assumed the chair.
He spoke briefly but not encourage
ingly of the work done, and assured
his hearers that there had been one
point gafned-that Of preventing the
abrogation Of the two-thirds rule.
Mr.. William G. Whitney followed
| Senator Gray, and was greeted with
great applause. Mr.. Whitney spoke
briefly on the situation and called at
| tention to the contested seats and to
the fact that it was alleged that the
silver men were going to
THROW OUT DELEGATES
who did not agree with them This led
! to a general explanation of the con-
tested seats in Indiana, Ohio and Ne
/ braska, but particular attention was
| called to Michigan. All the cases, as
explained by men from the states in
| terested, were in favor of the gold
delegates. The Michigan case was ex-
! planned by Elliott G. Stevenson and
| Don M. Dickinson. It was stated by
| Mr.. Stevenson that no ground of con-
test existed, no irregularity was
charged, and that all that was claimed
! by the silver men was that Michigan
was not gold state and that it should
not cast a gold vote in the convention
The proposition of the silver men is to
unseat the four delegates at large,
Elliott G. Stevenson, Thomas A. Wea-
| dock, r. r. Blacker and Peter White.
| The first was elected in the Michigan
convention by a majority Of $50 and
| his election was made unanimous. Wea-
deck was elected by seventy-five ma
| jority and his election made unanim-
| Gus. The other two men were elected
by acclamation.
The contestants are John w. Nc
| Grath, Spencer o. Fisher, William f.
Mcknight and T. E. Berkwith. They
| were candidates before the state con-
vention. One of them moved in con-
vention to make his successful oppo-
| nents election unanimous Mcknight
was elected dictrict delegate after
his defeat. The delegation now stands
16 gold and IL silver, If the four dele
gates at large are unseated and the
silver men substituted the situation will
be reversed and Michigan being under
II q
silver and give the silver men the neces-
Sary tWo-thirdS to control the conven-
ton. 1t was stated that it had been
decided by the silver conference tonight
to unseat the gold delegates in Michi-
gan and that steps are being taken in
that direction. 1t was stated that three
states, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri had
already instructed their men for the
committee on credentials to seat the
silver delegates at large in Michigan.
1t was also stated THAI when the Indi-
ana man was selected he was asked
how he stood on the Michigan contest
and replied that he had not looked into
it yet.
Well" was the answer, ''if you
don't know how you are going to vote,
we had better elect another man" and
this was enough to secure a pledge
from the man elected. Another state
ment was TO the effect that Senator
Cockrell, in discussing the Michigan
case with Senator Hill, declared that
every gold delegate at large was to be
thrown out and the state voted solid
for silver.
The explanation OF the Michigan
case and the alleged determination Of
the silver men to throw out the gold
delegates on the ground Of general
principles alone and not as a matter of
pretended irregularity caused a great
deal Of indignation among the men in
the conference. The proposed course
was declared to be revolutionary and
If carried out would justify the gold
men in any course they might deem
advisable. 1t was said that the gold
men could not submit to any such
high-handed course. AS no such action
can be taken by the silver men until
the credentials committee acts no plan
was proposed tonight.
1t was decided to be unnecessary to
\ hold a conference tomorrow night but
another conference will be held on
Tuesday night after the convention has
held one session.
Bland BOoomcrs Arrive.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. July C.-At least 1900
Bland boomers left fer Chicago at noon today
an fhrnn al the H. 0f-