Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-03

$3.50 O'Clock this morning, to whoop II
up for Patlison and sound money. The
train is deliberately decorated with
flags and streamers, and the sides ol
the cars are covered with canvas bear
ing in large letters the word "Pennsyl-
vanIa," with medallions OF pennsyl-
vania's favorite son, Robert Patti
son.
THE DECORATIONS.
The decorating of the immense
Coliseum commenced In earnest, TO-
day. All the banners and coats Of
arms OF the different states that em-
bellished the wigwam at St. Louis have
been sent on here, and will be brt ught
into requisition for the democratic
pow-wow. The interior decorations
require more miles of bunting and
more thousands of figs than have
ever been employed IN any structure
in this country.
FINANCIAL TLANKS.
Financial planks by the score are
already beginning to mske their ap-
pearance. Some are straddles. bus
the majority, although differently
worded, favor action independent Of
other nations in the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver and gold. 1t is
already evident that the first battle
royal will be on the question OF ab-
rogating the two. thirds rule, now
necessary to secure the nomination of
candidate. Il this should not be
done, prolonged dead. lock is inev-
table.
ANTI SILVER DELEGATIONS.
The arrival of the anti,silver delega-
tions from St. Louis, Memphis, New
Orleans, Kansas City, Omaha, Atlanta,
Houston, Galveston, Mobile and other
cities is awaited with interest by the
members of the gold-standard minor
ity now on the ground. The visitors
propose 10 do some missionary work
among the delegates, but the chief in
tention is to appear before the platform
committee and protest against an cut.
and-out declaration for free coinage.
Inasmuch, however, as this committee
bids fair to be free silver in the proper
tion of about to 1, the prospects of
the delegations-which will be CON-
posed of business men, bankers, whole
salers, jobbers aud brokers--carry ing
their point, or anything near it, are
decidedly dubious. Advices from vari.
Gus points, moreover, indicate that
fully $4,000 silver boomers from diff
ferent states will be here by Monday
night, and they will own the town.
THE CAUSE OF FREE SILVER.
Members of the national executive |
Of the new silver party are
arriving to-day, to take part in the
conference called for tomorrow. This
is an independent organization formed
at Washington over q year ago, and
which has for its object the promotion
Of the interest of the white metal
through strict political methods. DR..
Mott, of South Carolina, is chairman
Of the national committee.
The democratic bi metallic league
has already been In session at the
Sherman house for several days, and
on Monday the national committee of
The American bi imetallic union, of
which A j. Warner, of OHIO, Is chair
man, will have its innings. Hence,
next week there will be in session un-
der different roofs the representatives
Of three strong organizations, each de-
voted to the cause of free silver, to the
exclusion of all other political tenets.
the hotels are rapidly be-
coming crowded with delegates and
organized clubs from different parts of
The country, although the great bulk
Of the forces will not commence to
arrive until to- m orrow.
ENDORSEMENT OF SENATOR TELLER.
There is great deal of talk in the
siss concerning the endorsement Of
Senator Teller by next weeks conven-
lion, but out of the babel and mass Of
rumor only two things come as Ger.
tain: One, that the senator stands no
earthly show of being rendered the
nomination by the silver democrats,
and the other, that under no circum-
stances would he accept it if so ten
dered. So far as next weeks proceed
ings are concerned, the name If the
and venerable Colorado
man may be dropped from considera.
lion. A gentleman who is close to
him, and who but literally repeats what
Senator Teller has said in private since
The St Louis convention, asserts "Sen.
ator Teller has always been republi-
can and is one still. He left the con-
vention on the silver issue, but to all
he rest of its fundamental principles
ind doctrines, he is still firm and true.
TO accept nomination from the DEM
,cratic convention on a general demo-
,ratic ticket, would be to confess po-
itical apostacy. To accept such
nomination, even if the platform was
to silver plank, would be
little less. II would still be demo-
cratic nomination anda simon-pure
democratic ticket. Senator Teller could
accept no such nominations. Between
a nomination and an" endorsement,
however, there is a wide gulf. and if
the convention should choose to in
dorse him as presidential candidate,
without naming one OF its own, do |
not see how any objections could be
Endorsing tfs Nominees.
NEW YORK, July 3.--Nine days Of
ratification of the prohibition ticket,
at PittshurU are In ordar Mt