The herald., 1896-05-24
IN THE FIELD OF POLITICS
Illinois Free.Silver Republicans
Will Not Bolt
THEY MAY DECLINE TO VOTE
Or Plunge on Senator Cameron oi
Pennsylvania
Failing to Secure Q Silver Plank. They Pro-
pose to Force . Record for or
Against Gold

pose to Force . Record for or
Against Gold
Associated Press Special Wire.
CHICAGO, May ga Washington
special to the Post says: The free silver
delegates to st. Louis will not bolt.
SUCH, at least, is the present intent. The
present purpose is for the silverites to
make their fight on the platform, take
no part In the nomination of g. ticket
(Deing mute when it comes to balloting)
ana tnen make such combines and alli-
ances arterward as will give greatest
promise Of future influence. It is barely
possible that they will amend the second
clause or the proposition and instead Of
refraining from balloting, plunge on
senator Don Cameron and make fight
Tor him In their respective states.
But the most interesting feature Of the
program remains to be told. The silver
delegates will have representation of
eight or nine on the committee on reso-
lutions, including such fighters as Tel
ler Dubois. Carter and Cannon. These
men will make as big fight as they can
IN the committee and will, of course, be
outvoted overwhelmingly. They will
then proceed to formulate a minority
report, but it will not declare for free
silver. 1t will be an out and out gold
platform. It will pronounce for gold
monometallism In the most epecifis
terms and in the strongest Language
that can be employed.
III the silver delegates cannot secure
the recognition Of silver they propose TO
force the convention to go on record
squarely for or against a plain gold
standard.
IT the convention is bent on taking
goid, said Mountain state senator.
who Will be delegate at st. Louis, eve
VIII give 1t chance to take the refined
article so that there can be no doubt as
to the quality"
A SOCIAL FUNCTION
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 23.-The
Evening Leader today prints the fol-
lowing: A Stamford gentleman is au-
tnority for the statement that the Hon.
samuel FeSSenden, member of the
Republican national committee, and
VINO Is firm friend and supporter of
Thomas b. Reed, has been invited to go
TO Canton and make a social call' on
Major Mckinley.
BIMETALLISTS CALLED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-The ex-
ecutlve committee Of the Bimetallic
league or this state has issued call
upon the bimetallists throughout the
state to meet in mass convention in
eacn senatorial district on Monday. the
10Th day of June, for the purpose of
nominating one delegate and one alter
nate delegate for such senatorial dis
trict to attend the national convention
10 De held 81 st. Louis on July 20.
POLITICAL NOTES
| CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 23.-The
democratic convention of the Twentieth
Congressional district held in this citv
tooay, elected ex-Congressman Tom T.
Johnson and S. H. Holding delegates 10
tne Cnicago convention. They were not
pleoged' put are opposed to the free
MINNEAPOLIS. May 2s.-The Fifth
district Minnesota Republican Repub-
uCan convention nominated J,oran
FLETCHER for congress.
QUAY DOESN'T COME.
FIIISBURG, May Ex-senator Quay
w was expected in Pittsburg today, but up
10 noon ne had not been at any of his
usua! haunts. Shortly after noon his
son Richard telephoned from Beaver
tnat his father would not be IN to tha
city until Monday. He said further that
the senator had not prepared any state.
.Ient ana It was not at all probab BILE
tnat ne would do so, as he had refused I'd
civulge anything that had taken place
at Canton even to him.
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
P1TTSBURG. May 2S.-The advance
guard OF the 1885 delegates who will COM
pose the national prohibition convention
rived in Pittsburg. Part of the Mary
land delegation. which will boom the
candidacy of Joshua Leveri1g for the
head of the national ticket, ,t.me in and
Is quartered at the st. Charles hotel
They have with them a seemingly mex
hausible supply of lowering buttons,
which they will use among tie friends
of the broad gauge" candidate between
this and the opening of the convention
and will place them, If possible, on the
iapels OF some who are now enlisted
in favor of the marrow gauge" candi-
date, whoever he may prove to be.
Many delegates will arrive today and
when the national reform convention
opens on Monday hundreds of Prohibi-
tionists will be present as spectators.
1t is believed by the managers of Wed
| nesday's convention that the attendance
will exceed $4,000.
Chairman Samuel Dickie OF Michigan
arrived tonight and got to work on con-
vention detail work. He is a narraw
| gauge man and thinks his faction will
dominate the convention.
TWO DELEGATIONS.
YANKTON, S. D., May 23-South Da-
kota will have contesting delegation
in the Democratic national convention.
| The free silver men had a conference
after the gold standard men had had
| their innings and elected full set of
delegates to Chicago. For some reason
this was suppressed, but delegates in
attendance declare that nearly 100 of the
| 100 delegates present at the first conven-
| tion, and who were dissatisfied, assem-
bled in regular session and elected a
permanent organization and chose these
| delegates: V. S. Ross, D. r. Lynch, s.
Neumier, N. P. Potts, j. P. Barrett, ]. w.
| Abel, T. w. Taubman and A. w. Null
| len. These delegates will meet at HUI
| ron on June 4th for final conference be-
| fore starting for Chicago.
OPPOSED TO SILVER,
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May ga
| meeting of nearly al the prominent Dem
| ocrats of this city was held tonight for
| the purpose Of opposing the free silver
wing of the party in the state. All were
vigorously opposed to free coinage. A
! mass meeting of Democrats Of the coun-
| ty opposed to free silver was called for
Thursday evening next. Delegates viii
| be sent to the Chicago convention who
| will oppose any free silver candidate.
| Nine-tenths of the prominent Demo-
Gratis Of Indianapolis are for the gold
standard.
! A Steamer Stranded
CAPE HENRY, Va, May 2s.-The
| British steamer Glenavon, bound from
Fernandina to Rotterdam with phos-
| rho 70 yocE ctrpn ndn1 ~, <I,o ~.