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ladn in sending soldiers to Chicago. Inc
Boies boomers are also said to be con-
cerned because they had heard of pc
tition which was being signed by Chi
cago Democrats addressed to the
County Central Committee urging them
to take up arms against Boies on that
account, for the purpose of keeping the
Illinois delegation away from Iowa's
candidate. Neither party to the con-
ference would speak as to the result,
but the Boies men said everything was
all right with the labor people, and Mr..
Walsh said: 'sThere is absolutely no
truth in these stories about trouble be-
tween Mr.. Boies and organized labor
Mr.. Boies has been a good and consist
ent friend of labor, and he will have the
unstinted support of that element"
Ex-Mayor Hopkins, one of the gold
standard leaders in Cook County, said
to- day that the gold men would appear
before the National Committee ON Gre
dentials and demand the seating of
their delegates in cases where contests
existed.
Senator John Martin, Chairman of the
Kansas delegation, arrived to-day from
Topeka. He would not say what can
didate he favored but declared that the
nominee would be a straight out free
silver champion. He exclaimed as to
the two-thirds majority rule for the
election of nominee: IF had my way
about it the two-thirds rule would not
last minute. The majority ought to
rule. 1t is all a mistake to say that
this rule is fastened on the party for
ever. The precedent was established in
1914, and then it was done to defeat
Van Buren as a trick. Kansas is a unit
for free silver. There We're some gold
Democrats in our State, but they were
squarely beaten and in a manly way
acknowledged it,
Congressman Towles said when asked
about the silver mems attitude towards
the two-thirds rule: Il think the two
thirds rule will stand. I'VE can control
two-thirds of the voting delegates. 1
think there is no ground for the appre-
hension aroused on that score"
The figures compiled by the Bland
managers gave 9S delegates instructed
for the Silver Dollar" man, 123
pledged and 151 whom they have "rea
son to expect" will support him, Ken
lucky and. Ohio being credited in the
Bland column on the second ballot. This
makes a total Of 372 votes claimed for
Bland on the second ballot.
Messrs. Sherin, Prather, Sherley, Wall
ard Wallace of the National Sub-Com-
pittee spent part Of the day at the
Coliseum alloting the space to be used
/: the press associations and the tele-
graph companies under the platform
ard in the working press section, where
provision has been made for 42S seats.
Tomorrow the troublesome work of as
signing the number of seats to be given
the newspapers of the country will en-
gross the whole time of the sub-com-
nnfttee which has that in charge.
There are 1000 applications for these
42S Seats" said Committeeman Wallace
of Washington to the United Press re-
porter tonight, "and there will be plenty
of disappointed ones
Senator Turpie of Indiana arrived at
the Palmer House this evening as the
advance agent Of Governor Matthews
He came also to attend the meeting of
the National Bimetallic Committee
meeting. He had nothing new to say
as to the strength and position of Indi-
ana's candidate for the Presidency and
in what he did say Of the party situation
financially he was "sily er tongued."
To the company of distinguished Dem
ocrats at the Sherman House was added
tonight that of Senator Isham G.. Har-
ris Of Tennessee, Chairman of the Bi-
metallic Committee. Two of the bolt
ing Republican Senator'S Messrs. Petit
grew of South Dakota and Dubois of
Idaho, were late arrivals at the Great
orthern Hotel. They are here ostensibly
in the interest of their leader in the Sc
cession movement, Senator Teller, but
they did not say anything new on that
line for publication. The idaho Senator
sent a message to Governor Altgeld
asking for a meeting. and there will
probably be one held tomorrow with
the Illinois Democratic silver leaders,
when the caucus of the Illinois delega-
tion meets to decide on the plan of ac-
ton in the convention.