The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-25
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS
Prohibitionists Are Agitated
Over Coinage Questions
FREE SILVER IS FAVORED
But Delegates Are Too Poor 10 Attend
the Convention
oeos positively Refuses TO 90 Into Politics.
Even as a Presidential Can dldste.
Minor Political Notes
Associated Press Special w,re

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 24.-Free sfIl
Yer at the ratio of 16 to promises to be
the main issue before the Prohibitio1ist
national convention which will conven.s
here next Wednesday, Leaders of both
factions of the party are here and thew
say it. will be the liveliest convention
the third party people have ever held,
Ex-Governor John p St john of Kan-
sas VIII lead the free silver wing Of the
party, while the opposition will be head
ed by Samuel Dickey OF Michigan. chair
man of the national central committee.
a strong gold standard man.
tiV~GoVernor st. john says that two
thlrds OF the Prohibitionsts of the coun-
try are for free silver, but that the rank
ana HE are TOO poor to come to the con-
vention 1t would cost a Kansas farmer
tne price OF 400 bushels of corn to come
mere, he says and as their farms are all
nortgaged, they cannot afford it.
Chairman Dickey says that there will
be three factions in the convention. One
desires a platform for prohibition only:
one desiring any sound declaration
Wh1ch can be adopted without serious
opposition, and third which desires
prohibition, free silver, woman suffrage.
Tree trade, government ownership Of
railway and telegraph lines restricted
immigration, anti-monopoly. united
ownership of land and "anythiug else
that anybody wants" This latter fac
uon IS said to have u majority of the
delegates, and is called the broad
gauge wing.
The leading candidate for the NOM
NATION for president are Joshua Lev
ering OF Baltimore, who represents the
marrow gauge" wing; Charles z. Bent
ley OF Nebraska a free silver or broad
gauge man, and John Metcalf of Rhode
iSiand' representing the conservatives.
Ex-Governor st. John says there will
be about 800 delegates in attendance
Whlle Mr.. Dickey thinks there will be,
over 1000. From the way the hotels ara
ming up 1t is estimated by the leaderS
tnat the convention will be attended by
from 10000 to 10000 Prohibitionists.
CHICAGO GOLDITES.
CHICAGO, May 24,-The gold stand
ard leaders of the Democratic partv in
TINS tCooO county today met at the
Palmer house in this city and drew I'm
a manifesto which, as they put it. filings
gu OUT the nag of regenerated party"
Inc MANIFESTO gives in detail the local
history of the political split in the DEM
ocratic party in this state and mans
out course which provides for boycott
not only OF tomorrOws primaries and
tuesdays S convention. but Of the present
+ county central committee and It's be-
longings. 1t declares the state end of
the silver machine as being more undem-
Ccratic than the Cook county end of H.
ana announces it's purpose to "go on with
the work of the party independently OF
the silver men," who are called Populists
and not Democrats.
The gold standard men saw thew are
going to stay at home. The silver men
VOW that 10000 ballots will be cast for
the delegates to be elected at TUESDAYS
county convention. The gold standard
men charge that the credentials of the
delegates to the state convention to be
elected Tuesday are already made out.
An intimation has been made by Soma
Democrats close to Gov. Altgeld that
the instructions on the money question
to be voted at Tuesdays convention may
be found to be simply ''anti-gold-
making no mention of silver at 16 to l.
WANTS NO OFFICE
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May PA special
to the Commercial Appeal from Bir-
mingham, Ala says:
Eugene Y. Debbs, president of the
American Railway union, said tonight:
g l will state for the public print that
I will not serve in public office have
fixed conception of a public office and
do not care to hold one. Politics and
labor are two different institutions, and
| will not give up labor for politics. The
two don't go we'll together, and be-
l1eVe am of more use in labor. No
will not go into politics and will not ac-
cept the nomination for president
MODEST AND HONEST
KANSAS CITY, May 24-Major War.
ner, ex-commander in chief of the G. A.
r., who has been a much talked of CUB
ernatorial candidate, has issued the fol-
lowing card to the public:
70 the Republicans OF Missouri: In
answer to numerous inquiries from
friends in all parts of the state saw to
you frankly | am not and will not bO
a candidate for governor. I have no
enemies to punish and more friends
than l could reward il | lived to be Al
old as MethuSaleh
tSlgned) WILLIAM WARNER