New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-18
TROUBLE AHEAD IN CHICAGO.
\ hot FINANCGA. FIGHT INDICATED IN
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
IT NAv nr THE LAST BATTLE OVER SILVER EVER
FOUGHT WITHIN THE rARTf-Gos"F
ABOUT THE PLATFORM AND ros-
I'M rrlrcrAru ~ Tur rrIprNEl

lRv TELEGRAPH TO THL TriHrNEi
Washiugton. Jan. l7.-An examination ~ the
last ballot taken in the contest over the place
ri- holdinr ,hc Democratic National Conv'n-
tlou shows tas; the Southern and the far
Western men voted almost unanimously for ST
Louis This means a stubborn fgn' In the con-
,ention over the financial plank of the plat
form II likewise marks a change of sentl-
mout in silver circles since last week only
d f.r. DAYS ago safan Of IN" warmos friends OF
silver from the South expressed Indifference
as T., whore the convention should b" held
whsy failed to vince even wn"n No~-f"rk was
mentioned. lot 20 go to Now-Nork. they s"ld
"N,hv not. II the Administrators course W'th
regard to the finances is to he ind"rsod or even
'sloothcd over ior campaign purposes let me
work bo done where that sort of work Is best
understood"
Put these politicians seem to have thought
better of that proposition. When the time for
action arrived they threw their influence III
favor Of town close to their home constituent
ces whore silver could hope fer more ardent
championship than in New-fork or anywhere
in tho East rhey lost their choice Of place.
hut. nevertheless. arr content with ChicaS''
They consider that stiN fight can he made
there and they promise that one shall be made.
The Chicago battle it is now said may prove
organization now known rs the benpcrat;
party \ conn romise is impending, but some
~ The oldest and ahlcst members or the party
are anxious about the result. ,Ihey thems"iN 5
are unable at this lime TO outline such pat
form as VIII bring together men now at open
odds on the money question
How much If the demand for a gold stand
ard will the Eastern Democrats abate FOR party
harmony How much Of the demand for the
free coinage Of silver will the southern ana
Western Democrats abate for party harmony
II the appearance OF harmony Is effected In the
convention. how will the dolivcrancc put forth
stand the test OF campaign criticism? And II
IL is rejected 10y the people at the polls ana
the Rcnuhlicans sweep the country. VIII not the
two Democratic factions then. each charging
the other with the responsibility for defeat be-
come permanently separated?
The selection of the Dcmocracys candidate
for the next campaign is still regarded as sub
ordinate IN interest 10 its choice of platform.
The majority Of the party leaders are extremists
on one side or the other. Until the platform is
constructed therefore, the man To stand on II
cannot wlth aafe,y be selected ordinarily. Mr..
O'ney or Mir. Whitney would not suit Missis-
sippi or Alabama any more than Mr.. Steven
son or cx-Govcrnor Campbell would suit New
York or Massachusetts. But give To Mississippi
n comforting assurance about silver. and to
Massachusetts an assurance against the loss OF
credit by the Government. and one good man
almost as well another, 1t Is argued Will
answer the party's ends
Colonel Morrison is regarded as something or
an exception t. this rule. In a certain sense
lie is a platform in himself He is the father
az tariff reform. he has n conservative record
on silver, and as an cN-soldier he stands well
case would perhaps. not have to be as nice as
In the cases Of others. Such, at least. are some
OF the interesting comments Of to-day on yes
terday's spirited convention city fight.