The herald., 1896-07-07
Representatives Chosen on the
Various Committees
FRIENDS OF CANDIDATES
Plead for Support OF the Golden State
Delegates
The Invitation to Be Bound by Any Caucus
Decisions Is Politely Bat Very
Positively Declined
Special to The Herald.

delegation in caucus this afternoon
agreed to name j. j. Dwyer of San Fran
cisco member of the national COM
mittee, vice Michael F. Tarpy of Oak
land, who has held the place for the
past eight years. Senator Stephen M.
White was agreed upon by the delega-
ton as the stats representative on the
committee on resolutions. w. r. Burke
of Los Angeles will serve upon the COM
mittee on credentials, James V. Cole
man on organization, and Judge James
G. Mcguire on order of business.
Church of Fresno will be one Of the vice.
presidents of the convention. Ex-Con-
sressman Caminetti will be member
of the committee which will formally
notify the candidates for president and
vice-p president of the honors which have
been thrust upon them. Harry E. Wise
will be one of the conventions secre-
taries
The first business before the caucus to-
day was listening to speechesfrom rem
for presidential nomination, holding
forth reasons why California should
support as a whole with it's eighteen
votes the various leaders eulogized.
committee of Populists spoke first on
behalf of Senator Teller, and were fol-
lowed by a committee of Indianans
speaking for Gov. Mathews, who in turn
were succeeded by a committee of
lowans who talked for Horace Boies.
The Iowans delivered the shortest and
best speeches, and made the best i'm.
preston. The delegation, however wa.
not polled upon individual preference
for presidential nomination.
The Kentucky delegation is trying hard
to have Stephen NJ. White on behalf of
! California, deliver speech secondinp
the nomination of Senator JOS Black
burn. White has not yet consented. and
VIII probably be compelled to refuse He
stands ready however to cast his own
vote Tor Blackburn at any time the
Bluegrass candidate should be close
enough to the nomination.
The California caucus deputized W.R.
Burke to represent the state at tbe Gil.
yer conference which was being held at
the same time at the Sherman house IN
another part of the city.
Burke was instructed to inform the
silverites that California stood ready to
support with it's eighteen votes John w.
Daniels of Virginia as temporary chair
man of the national convention If that
was the feeling of all the silver peonJe
The delegation would not, however
agree to go into caucus to be bound for
any one presidential candidate. They
would work and vote as a whole for
silver, the man and the platform but.
beyond that, they would refuse to he
bound Burke's news made some of the
loudest of the radicals in the 16 to l camp
gfumble, but that was the end of the at
tempt to tie UP the men from the Golden
state.
John Boyd, c. P. Huntington's agent
who at Washington, worked SO hard for
Frye's Santa Monica harbor rider is
here working for Horace Boies. so II ia
N>-ANSS' AiV 10 uOlIlSs tne Iowa man
about as much harm as he did to Port
Los Angeles, for his corporation affilia-
tion has been noised about where the
alleged facts will do the most good.
There's story floating around all of
the big state headquarters that q Tell
er Denver banking syndicate has
pledged itself to raise $500, 900 to turn over
for his election in case of Teller's nomi-
nation by this convention. The name Of
the Colorado senator will not be formal
ly presented to the convention. but he
will have scattering votes in several DEL
egations, his friends assert from the
start.
The field is in such chaotic state here
as YET that should the Bland balloon
burst there IS no telling what may hap
pen to the representative from Dem
yer. The bitterness between the sound
money advocates and the bimetallistSe
as they choose to call themselves. IS
fast growing a thing of the past. Both
sides are as moderate.towardc cac', c4',-
er today as they We're hostile yester,i.,,
Even John p. Altgeld is tonight busv
talking harmony and concession. 1t will.
OF course, be most pronounced silver
platform, with an equally pronounced
silver candidate. but the national admin
istration is not to be dubbed in the face.
John X. Mclean came out this after
noon with the Ohio delegation against
Bland. Mclean can secure the vice
presidential nomination, but saws he
will not run with Bland at the head of
the ticket.
Senators J. c. Blackburn and Will
lam Lindsay of Kentucky who have
been on opposite sides of the currency
question, and between whom consider
able bitterness has existed, were brought
together today by a close friend of Sec
retary Carlisle. Senator Lindsay an
nounced that he could not afford to leave
the party on account of the currency
question, and the two senators went in
to breakfast together at the Auditorium
annex.
A Populist committee, representing
the national organization Of that party;