Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-07-02
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
An Important Conference.

CTAU1C NOlumlLCSo auu Cuo COunlGlto
Of Democratic silver men held a con-
ference in Chicago at noon to-day.
The two committees were together
for an hour and half when the silver
men withdrew While no luminosity
was displayed by either side the con-
versation was very earnest.
The silver men asked that it should
be definitely understood that they did
not come as representatives Of the
silver party, but as delegates repre-
senting the majority view Of the
party. They expressed desire to
have an understanding upon the vari-
GUS ques lions of temporary chairman,
seats for delegates and alternates,
procedure regarding contesting dele
cations and arrangements for tenn
porary ron-call
The principal part of the conference
was devoted to the selection Of tenn
porary chairman, but no understand
ing was reached.
CHdtIludh I1dIIlGy obhb0u LIZ hdIt
no opportunity for conference with
other members of the National Com
mittee and did not feel prepared to
indicate the policy of the committee.
He said he would be pleased to confer
with the silver men again, and asked
them to meet the committee next
rhS hn
to be able to speak authoritatively.
He said he had no candidate, but de-
clined to say whether the committee
would be disposed to act upon their
own responsibility or accept the adj
vice of the silver men.
The silver men were not precisely
pleased with this statement. All of
them agreed to making it clear that
they would expect to be consulted,
and also that in case of failure to con-
suit the m and the selection Of a pre-
siding officer whose views were moth
harmony with those of the majority,
they would be heard from in the con-
vention. This was put so plainly that
the members of the Executive Com
mittee did not fail to comprehend It's
full import.
The silver men said they would &C
cept any man designated by the
National Committee, provided he was
a man of recognized standing in the
party whose views were understood
everywhere to be in accord with their
own on the fiji an ;ial question.
They were only concerned that the
convention should be recognized from
the beginning as silver convention,
feeling confident many would draw
their conclusions as to the character
of the convention from the standing
Of the temporary presiding officer in
the silver ranks.
patiently, but gave no sign of any in
clination to yield to the request, nor
indeed any as to what course they
would pursue, further than that out
lined in Harrity's preliminary state
ment. All members Of the Execu-
tive Committee expressed desire to
preserve the utmost harmony in the
convention and among individuals, in
this expression they we're heartily
joined by the silver men with the
mental reservation that the rule of the
majority should be made manifest
from the beginning. Nothing was
said on either side to indicate a pref
erence as to the individual for the
Craftsmanship.
Harrity's exact position was that a
full National Committee wonld have
to pass upon the Temporary Chair
nanship. and he had no means of
knowing how the members of the
committee would regard the subject.
He ventured the opinion that they
would be controlled by their convic-
tons and their judgement. II con-
trolled by convictions alone, they
would probably select a man holding