The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-04
GoLDBUGs GET TO WORK.
VERY AMUSING ANTICS IN CHICAGO
YESTERDAY.
They Sense the Danger, But Appear
tn he PeyyerIess to Ward OF the
Silver DeIuge.


night
No sooner had William c. Whitney
gone to his room than he wrote per-
sonal notes to the leaders here of all
the states opposed to silver, requesting
that the gold standard people meet
him and others of the eastern men at
the Auditorium at s o'clock, so some
plan Of acton might be devised for
the gold campaign.
At 8.o 'clock Mr.. Whitney, accompan-
led by ex-MaJor Grant, Ex-Governor
Russell and several other of the east
ern men, appeared at the rooms. Sen
ator Hill and Roswell P. Flower came
| in a little later and eX-Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan, who is the pres
ent national committeeman from New
York, came along right after. James
j. Martin, John r. Fellows, Senator
Gray of Delaware, Senator Smith of
New Jersey, chairman of the New
York state committee Hinckley, and
several others followed, and the room
soon filed up. Among the others go
ing in were: w. F. Harrlry, John r.
Read and Charles E. IngersoIl Of Penn
sylvania; John P Hopkins, Washing
ton Hesing, James S. Eckels and Ben
I. Gable of Illinois; ]. G. Prather of
Missouri, William e. Russell of Mass
dGAQSSllS, NlClOI DOQSuIld OIL
Maryland, e. S. Bragg and E. C. Wall
of Wisconsin, Don NJ. Dickinson of
Michigan, Morris Power, c. c. Bald
win, Smith NJ. Weed of New York; W.
D. Bynum, john T. Dye of Indiana;
Asher NJ. Caruth Of Kentucky.
Senator Gray was chosen chairman
of the meeting on motion of Mr. Whit
ney, and Collector Reed of Philadel-
phia and Mr. Ben T. Cable of Illinois
were made secretaries.
Mr.. Gray. on taking the chair, said
that every member present must be
impressed with the gravity of the sit
uation. No convention of the Demo-
cratic party had ever been called upon
to face condition so momentous.,
I'VE confess he said, that none of
us is clear as to a definite policy to be
pursued. All We can do, and all we
are seeking 20 do is to hold an infor-
NAL conference of those who recog-
nize the impending danger, to take
counsel, one with another, and act as
wisely as we may under the circum-
stances"
1t was then suggested that cali
be made of the states that those pres
ent indicate the names of delegates or
influential persons favorable to sound
money, together with addresses, from
which names the secretary should
make roll. 1t was found nearly all
the states represented, either by dele
gates or by men who had come here
to work, against free silver When the
state OF Kentucky was called Mr..
Long, ex-chairman of the Democratic
state central committee, made an i'm
FASHIONED speech. He said he did not
believe 1t was possible to do any effec-
tive missionary work with the delega-
ton from his state, but he was GER
tain that if a 16 to 1 platform was
adopted by the national convention.
Kentucky would go Republican at the
election
When Missouri was reached ex-Goy
ernor Francis said he regarded mis-
sionary work with the Missouri dele
cation as well nigh hopeless. If Bland
should be nominated, it was his judg-
ment that the state would go Demo
cratic, but he did not believe it posi-
bic that any. other candidate could
carry Missouri for free silver.
Judge Morgan of Illinois spoke at
length and said the silver movement
in Illinois was not an intelligent Demo-
cratic movement. but represented the
disconnected socialistic and anarchis-
tic following of Governor Altgeld,
which was very largely personal in its
character.
When New York was called. Elk
Governor Flower said:
In my home county we number
among our Democrats a few men of
silver tendencies. We have given Re-
publican majorities for presidential
candidates of between two and three
thousand. I am bound to say, how
ever, if the Democratic party goes be-
fore the people,. on a silver platform
this Republican majority will be doub-
led if not trebled. This would be
the result in every county in the state
and the Democratic electoral vote
which we have been able to give in
some years would be thrown away and
the state would go into the Republican
column"
Governor Flower then spoke upon the
financial issue in the east, and said
the panic that would naturally ensue
if the silver candidate were successful
would react upon the farmers as had
the panic of 1893 several years after
ward For that reason l would not
feel it possible to go before the farm
ers of my state and speak for Demo-
cratic nominee upon free silver plat
form I am positive New York Will
go upon the Republican side of the
question with majority OF from loo,-
coo to 100000 if the issue is silver.
Governor Flower was followed by
john X. EelIOWS, OI NEW L VI n, WY
spoke with great deliberation and IN a
broken voice he said: Il am a Demo
crat, and it has been a source of great
pride to me that [ should be able 10
leave TO my children as a heritage, the
recollection that their father had been
a consistent Democrat. But am
strongly impressed that this movement
against which we are contendlng vlo-
lates every principle of Democracy, ana
is but the vaporings of wild fanatlcs:
The tears Streamed down MI. Eel
lows cheeks as he said
''If this dogma of reputation is m
corporated into -he platform OF the
Democratic party, l must leave that
party, and forever AS l have said. L
am a Democrat I have voted and
worked and expended my energies with
and for the party. have been as falth-
full and consistent to its principles as
the party has been. But while | have
always expected to remain Democrat,
l cannot, gentlemen. accept the degra-
dation the following of this silver fall
lacy means
AS Colonel Fellows sat down the
room rang with applause.
A motion was adopted to the effect
that the gold men meet every morning
at 10 o'clock at the Palmer house to ar
range for missionary work, and that
a, conference similar to tonight's be
convened every evening at the Audi
forum at O'clock
The meeting then adjourned.
Twice during the meeting Senator
Hill was called for, but declined to
make any remarks, saying he did not
believe in crossing bridges until he
reached them. When the gold confer
onop c1Osad a y,7id17ier5ot tho