Evening star., 1896-07-06

| ditions will continue until Tuesday in the
| north and middle Atlantic states. Clearing
the New York delegation from the hall If
| you were not granted hearing"
That's right" assented Senator Dan
| lei, nervously, shifting his unlghted ci-
| gar.
| 'And yet" continued the speaker. you
now find yourself in a position where you
| cannot support the man you once nomi-
| mated for President, the temporary
chairman of democratic convention?"
Il am afraid that's so." said Senator
| Daniel. II cannot vote for him."
| Up on the second floor Of the Palmer
House IS long, wide corridor. For two
| thirds of its length 1t Is packed all day
and half the night with jolly, entnusias-
| tic crowd of men. pushing. pcrspiring.
| cheering, as they pass in and out of the
various free silver headquarters. At one
| END of the hall glitters the legend sound
money headquarters" picked out in in
| candescent electric lights. 1t shines over
| a door leading into a spacious apartment.
vacant, save for an array Of empty chairs
and a desk, behind which sits one lone
| Individual. The silence Of the cham
Der is broken only by an occasional
|
| ther up the hall that awakens the
| echoes in the room and causes the
| lone Individual to start as though dis
| turbed in the midst of trance. This is a
| fair representation Of the proportion Of
| the gold and silver wings of the party
here.
There are some mighty mean men in
| this town. Yesterday there blind
man who had a stand Of badges for sale
near one of the big hotels. His badges
were spread out on big board and he
i called out his wares in lusty tones; but no
! one seemed to buy Of him. When the sun
went down he was still crying his goods.
| but his voice was husky and his tone dis
| couraged. Then a sympathetic visitor went
| up to the blind man and asked him how
| he expected to sell Mckinley badges at a
democratic convention. Some enterprising g
| Chicago merchant had worked off his old
horse stock Of Mckinley badges on the
blind man.
: One of the figures before the convention
| who Is rapidly coming into more promi-
nence than 1t was at first thought he
would command in this particular conven-
| ton is Senator David B. Hill. A few days
ago it was deemed that his position as a
gold man, accentuated by the fight which
| the eastern men are making to have him
! elected temporary chairman, would throw
| him into the background with the silver
| faction. Some interesting developments.
| however, are likely to cluster around Sen
| ator HILL The eastern democrats are de-
| termined to make him temporary chair
| man, II 1t can be done, and they have a
| well understood purpose behind their in
| tention.
| In order to make him more acceptable to
| the silver men, the eastern democrats have
caused wide circulation to be given to a
| letter which Senator Hill wrote to the At
| lanta Constitution in 1893. In that letter
Senator Hill said in particular:
Il am in favor of bimetallism as the is
sue of the future We should seek to keep
that issue to the front; we should not
strive for temporary success or compro-
mise. We should be for free coinage under
| an International agreement, If it be Dos
| sible to procure one, and for which every
exertion should be made, and If not DOS
| sfble, then for Independent bimetallism
1 This Is the great goal for which we should
| strive. If it cannot be done at once, our
| friends must not be impatient. The people
| must be educated. The unexpected action
| of India and the general sentiment of the
moneyed classes conspire against us at this
| time. / do not believe in the Bland BILL or
any other measure which guarantees any,
| thing less than an unrestricted coinage for
| gold and silver alike, as pledged in the
| democratic national platform. Let us pre-
pare, not for present victory, but for a
| victory Upon that issue IN 1885,
| This is used to reconcile Senator Hill to
! the silver men as being favorable to silver
| and not hostile. The object of the eastern
| democrats in making Senator Hill tempo
| rary chairman Is to try to inoculate the
convention with the spirit Of democracy
from the outset. Il am a democrat Is the
well-knoWn motto of the great New York
| er, and the eastern men would like those
| words to constantly resound in the ears OF
| the delegates. It is a motto to conjure
| with, they think, and to keep the conven-
ton from running Off at a tangent and up
on lines leading away. as the gold men
think, from the old-tfrne democracy.
Senator Hill did not attend the sound
money meeting in the Auditorium Saturday
| night. 1t was not deemed wise that he
should affiliate in such conspicuous manner
| with the gold men, as it would certainly
| fere with the plans they are maturing to
| make him temporary chairman.
Mr. Don NJ Dickinson has made a strong
fight for the gold delegation from Michi-
| gan, and has effected a compromise with
! the silver managers Of the convention. II