Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-10

and the New YORK cou6n&cnf went %
near BIZ club house and began work In
neaiateiy. They were not in an nmiable
mood at all and the talk Of boiling the
convention entirely was very loud Con-
gresham Charles Tracey said he would
not go back, as did also General Frederick
Bartlett Elk Governor Flower called the
meeting to order and Senator Hill took
the floor. He said very little, but it was
pointed He believed the platform vio-
lated the established principles of Democ.
racy in many more particulars than the
mere adoption of silver plank.
To support a candidate on such a plat
form would mean virtual agreement with
il. He did not believe that it was policy
to Mt present 50 far act as to give it an in
dorscmcnt. His remarks were received
with applause He was followed by John
r. Fellows who was very bitter in his re-
marks. There Is not one lota Of Democ-
racy in such q platform" he declared.
1T is tissue of Populistic and anarch-
istic notions compiled by men who have
no claim to recognition as statesmen or
even politicians, bat who are frenzied
fanatics. cannot see how l can support
such a platform or any person placed
upon it,"
William c. Whitney said he had visited
several delegations of gold states and had
| found their temper such that they would
| follow New York's lead. He was person.
! ally not averse to leaving the convention,
| but he would not like to have it said that
| New York led such revolt. He was in
| favor of remaining in the convention but
not take any part in the election of a can.
didate, and urged with Senator Hill the
| appointment " a committee Of five to ar
range with tho other gold states plan of
| action.
The temper of tbs meeting was shown
when Congressman Sulzer arose to speak.
He advocated that the delegation as good
Democrats should stay in the convention
and take part in the proceedings. He be
lieved that the majority rule had always
been looked mp to in the party and it should
not be disrcgarded. At this juncturt
somebody said: do you mean that We
should vote for this silver platform?
Yes" said Sulzer, ''and work for it."
'Shame, shame" were the cries and TIT
speaker was cried down.
judge Clute of Albany, an alternat,
for Erastus Corning, showed decided sill
yer proclivities and he also was shown n,
sympathy. Senator Thomas +. Grad!
was almost violent in his denunciatiOn U
what he described as the outrages perpc
trated on the convention and on Demo
Gratis by the silver men. He said that h
was very much in favor Of repudiatini
| Democracy did he not know that this wa
not true Democracy, but fanaticism.
Delaney Nicoll, of New York, ended
!. brief but bitter talk with these words: %
en- Democrat, but cannot support sucl
| platform and will not vote for candi
date named upon it." Governor Flowe
, made the warmest speech of the evening
and Hill and Whitney had all they coul
| do to prevent q bolt resolution being pu
} through at once. Senator Hill intcrposc
: and offered this resolution: ''That CON
mittee Of six be appointed to visit othe
state delegations INSTRUCTED for gold an,
| urge upon them the necessity for refrain
, | ing from action and that this committe
act both in the convention and hereafte
for the New York delegation" 1t wa
1 adopted and the chair appointed Senate
: Hill, William c. Whitney, James "
Hinckley, Roswell p. Flower, Frederic
3 r. Coudcrt and William F. Sheehan. Th
0 | meeting WINS then adjourned, it being tn
a sense Of the members that New York
!, vote was not to be- cast for a prudential O
other candidate.
Republican silver men who bolted froI
9 the convention ut st. Louis have bee
Q scurrying about the city visiting the lea,
q ers Of different gold delegations trying I
|, get them to vote for Teller 80 rs to pr
n vent the nomination of Bryan, which the
n fear will be made II the gold delegates r
fuse to vote in convention. They hay
u not met with very much success, as IL
J gold men have no intention Of voting f,
any silver man, much less any Republica
u silver man.