The herald., 1896-06-10
At THE CONVENTION CITY
The q. 0. P. Clans Gathering at
st. Louis
GREAT. PEOPLE AND SMALL
VariousIy CoIored and Holding Various
Political Opinions
The Question Of Negro Quarters Now Less In.
tsrestlng Than the Promised Bolt
Of the Silver Men
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
ST. LOUIS, June 9.-Politicians,g great
and small. black and white and all the
intermediate shades Of complexion. from
all over the union, are swarming into
this city tonight. For the last week
they have been dropping in at odd In
tervals by ones and twos, but now they
are coming by the carload, and 1t will
be a week before all have arrived. AL
though 1t Is almost a week until the con-
vention will be called to order, there Is
q vast amount of preliminary work to
done. There are scores Of contests to
be ordered before the national commit
Tee, which meets tomorrow and there
Is much routine work to be done.
There Is already considerable discus
sion among the delegates and other par
ty leaders who have arrived, as to the
probable course that will be pursued OH
the financial question, and 1t is becom-
Ing evident this question will receive
more attention than any other in the
committees and by delegates generally.
The possibility Of q bolt by the free
silver delegates. In case Of the incorpOr-
alton of a plank in the platform which
they will construe as unfriendly to sill
Yer, is discussed freely in the hotel lob
bies, and by none more so than by the
silver men themselves, of whom there
are already several in the city. There
has been on general conference among
them, however, and will not be until the
arrival of Senator's Teller, Dubois, Can
non and others, who are not expected
until the latter part of this week or the
first of next. 1t Is gathered from those
already here that the disposition to bolt
the convention Is confined to but very
few. One of the most prominent of the
silver delegates said tonight that the
men from the west felt they had been
elected by Republican constituencies to
meet In convention to secure all they
could for silver, but that they We're not
authorized to bolt if they found them
selves in minority. and the more they
conferred the more general was the
opinion that they should stand by the
Republican organization.
Among the Republicans Of the west
the name of M. H. De Young, member
of the national committee from Califor-
MA and strong advocate Of free silver
Is already being urged In connection
with the nomination for vice-president
When Mr.. De Young was asked for an
expression of his views as to the course
OF the silver men, he said:
THE delegates from the silver states
are very determined in their desire to
advance the interests of silver. They
want the right to have the free coinage
of silver at 16 to /. Some of them are
very radical and. talk about leaving the
convention in case their views are not
eral, 1t is generally known that Colo
RADIO, under the leadership of Teller,
proposes to walk out of the convention
The California delegation has been in
structed to vote for Mckinley and the
committee adopted resolution in favor
of the free coinage of silver. But our
delegation does not intend to leave the
party or convention in case of a failure
Of that nature.
The men, especially of Colorado, Mon
tana and other states, think that If Tel
Ter should be nominated by the Demo-
cratic party in Chicago there would be
no question of his endorsement by the
two conventions that meet in ST. Louis
on July ED. That is the silver. party
convention and the Populist conven-
tion. In fact 1t is an understanding
already made and as led that both con-
ventions will endorse the nomination of
Teller. If Teller is nominated by these
three parties, my private opinion is that
he will come very near being elected.
There is one question though, to the
whole OF this proposition. Will the
Democratic party take man out of the
Republican national convention and
make him the standard bearer of the
Democratic party? The general opinion
among the leading Democrats is that
they VIII not do it. I think if Teller
Idaho Will follow. Utah as whole will
not There may be one of their dele
gates who will. Nevada is lust as any
ious for free silver as any of the other
states. While l do not know what their
delegates propose to do. they can be de-
pended upon to do everything that lies
In their power to advance the interests
of silver"
What will be the probable program In
the national convention of the silver
mem was asked, to which Mr.. De
Young replied
The members Of the platform COM
mittee will offer an unlimited silver
coinage plank and If rejected by that
committee when the committee make |
Ineir report to the convention, Senator
Ieiier VIII be the one that will offer in |
the open convention q substitute for th,,
plank reported by the committee. in the |
shape of one favoring the unlimited |
coinage of silver. They then will insist |
on discussing the substitute resolution
on the foor of the convention. They will |
insist on roll call on the substitute.
and If defeated they will walk out Of the |
convention - 'A1
THE QUESTION OF QUARTERS
81. LOUIS, June 9.-James COY seq
retary OF the Business Mems lea de-
nled emphatically that the negroes were
relns alscriminated against. He said
tnat Committeeman Hill of Mississinn;
nad no right to complain If he could not
nnG motel accommodations A letter
nad been written to him more than n
month ago telling him that unless early
appiication was made all the rooms ~
the hotels would be taken. In this let.
ter the Business Mems league offered to
engage rooms for him and the Mississin.
pi delegation. He did not reply to This
Furthermore" continued Mr.. Coy
,NMr. Hill has not been to see us since
ne came to the city. If he will come here
we will find good rooms and board FOR
him. All this talk about the colcr line
is nonsense. We made the promise to
take care Of the colored delegates and
VIII DO so. If they refuse to come and
iet US know they desire lodging, then
the fault is not ours"
These men having trouble getting
rooms for colored delegates have onlv
themselves to blame" said S. M. Ken
nard, president OF the Business Mems
league. today when we got the con-
we pledged ourselves to take
care or the colored men and we are go
ing TO DO 1t. But those who waited un-
I'll the last minute will have to take
wnat they can get White men cannot
get accommoda ations at the hotels now
They are all filed" "'
You may say positively" said Mavor
they can get places for tha
lodging and feeding Of ali coiored dele