The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-08

that if he IS not nominated here. he will
be by the pOpulists AT st. Louis and they
have been taking some comfort TO them
selves for the snub that he has received
in this expectation. II 1t finally comes to
the point when Mr.. Bland's friends must
go 10 some Otner man, IL is hard 10 see
how they could be reconciled to Gov. Boies
on account of the manner Of fight his cam
paigners are making on him. They came
out to-day in a renewed attack on him be-
cause his wife is a Catholic, putting out
circulars saying that "he wants to erect
a Catholic altar in the White House"
They also claim that Mr.. Bland is really
weak sister that while a silver crank,
he accepted the compromise Of 1873. and is
on record as saying "Barkis is willing TO
that" Naturally this kind of camDaign-
ing has engendered some bitterness be-
tween the followers Of Messrs. Bland and
Boies, and the effect is more than likely
to be the defeat of both, though they are
now the strongest candidates in sight
Ex-senator Walsh said tonight that he
would present resolution tomorrow de-
claring against the A p A
Dixie" bore or the hOnors of the con-
vention. When the strains of the familiar
tune were sent reVerberating through the
great hall, there came an outburst Of en-
thusiasm that was not approached by any
other incident, and tonight on the streets
and at the hotels It was Dixie" and
asm. This effusion over the southern favor
1te rallying song is the keynote of the big
convention. 1t is the west tapping the
south on the back Everywhere the south
and the southern delegates are demon
strated over to an extent that ought to
make the southerners suspicious. For
While the west goes into estacies over the
south and is telling them soft stories. the
honied words and effulgent enthusiasm is
all for purpose. The west wants to make
its hold complete, so that the south may
be used for the silver craze to the last ex-
tremity and that without the west Weld
IA hon. arsa
of politics in return. This coddling of the
southern delegates has already caused the
remnants of the bloody shirt to be dragged
out and some of the local papers are cry
ing that the south is in the saddle again
this time preparing to strike a worse blow
to the country than II did in 1861. But when
the convention is past, it will be found that
the west has only tickled the south into
a combine in the interest of the western
silver miners.
The delegations of North Carolina and
South Carolina met together tonight, and
gave a hearing to Senator Pettigrew and
Representative TOwne, who presented or
guments in favor of the nomination of
Senator Teller. The two delegations lis
tened to the arguments, but took no ac-
tion.
Later in the evening the friends of Mr.
Bland address the delegations from the
two Carolinas separately. Up to mid
night no decision as to which candidate
these states would support had been
reached
The convention scenes of to-day, were
fully as enthusiastic as any one could have
desired. The contest over the temporary
craftsmanship gave both the siverites and
the gold men opportunities to shout them
selves hoarse, and tonight the uncertain
ty about candidates has kept the bands
playing and the crowds and bands max
ing a maddening din about all the big
hotels. If the shouting lasts the week out,
and the prospects are that it will, after il
is all over. it will take the democracy the
balance of the summer to recover its
wind. r. NJ D.