Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-02
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
From Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 2.-The Boies leaders
were greatly disconnected yesterday
over the report that a conference had
been held Tuesday night between Alt
geld, Brewster and others representing
the Iowa delegation concerning an al
legged deal in which the Illinois gov
ernor had delivered the State delega-
ton to Bland upon the solicitations of
Governor Stone OF Missouri. "No such
conference was held" said Mr.. Brew
ster. "Governor Altgeld did have a
talk with Governor Stone, but the
question of candidate was not discuss
ed" The Boies men claim at least
two.thirds of the Illinois votes and
claim that a word from Governor Alt
geld would swing over the whole dele
cation.
When ex-Secretary Whitney and
Senator Hill reach Chicago tomorrow
with leading members of the honest
money delegations, of the eastern and
New England States, there will be- con-
ference of all the honest money dele
gates in Chicago. The action of the
bimetallic committee in appointing a
committee to demand the temporary
chairman from the national committee
is taken by the honest money men to
mean that the free silver majority
mean to run the convention with q
high hand and that they do not pro-
pose to give the honest money men o
chance to maintain their independence
and right to act without interference.
The conference of the honest money
men tomorrow will take up the action
OF the silver committee and it is prob
able that resolution denouncing the
attempt to interfere with the national
committee will be adopted.
From now on until Monday after
noon swearing in" of silver delegates
aud missionary work among the wav-
ering is the programme of the Sherman
House caucus. The Columbia Theatre
has already been engaged and by the
time the caucus has organized the
steering committee will have had its
first and last interview with the full
national committee, and upon its re-
port depends the future action of the
silverites. IF chairman Harrity an6
his colleagues are prepared to concede
everything that is demanded, chief of
which is the selection of silver men for
temporary officers, and reference of
the contests to the national committee
on credentials then the caucus will he
simply ratification and a love-feast,
otherwise the caucus will assume the
reins, drive over the national commit
tee, select its temporary organization,
make up its temporary roll and pro.
coed to run the convention from the
start.
Some silver men are of the opinion
that it would be carrying things with
an unnecessarily high hand to exclude
the contrasting gold delegations without
giving them show before the commit
tee on credentials and urge that, in the
interest of fair play at least, both con-
testants and contestees should be seated
until the claims of the rival delegations
have been adjudicated upon.
There was an important conference OF
silver leaders in Senator Daniels room,
at the Sherman House, last night, at
which a draft of pronunciamento,
which will be issued later was read and
discussed. An occasional vigorous par
aeraph denouncing the decentralization
of silver or the efforts of the gold men
in the party to prevent its triumphant
reinstatement in the platform of the
party, was waited out into the corri-
doris. Senator Daniel declined to say
when the manifesto would be issued