Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-12

son will be placed in nomination before the
convention. and to say the least, Will put up
good fight. Every solitary man In Iowa Is
for Allison"
SURE OF ONLY ONE THING.
When asked what he thought would be
the result II the republicans should declare
for gold he said: 4 don't suppose anything
about it. should not like to see my opin-
ion on that point in print. OF course, no
man can tell exactly what Will happen, but
I am confident that Mckinley will not be
nominated on the first ballot, and Il is no
foregone conclusion that he will be nomi-
mated at all. AS to the nomination for vice
president, have no definite opinion. How
ever, l think some one from the east will
be selected
Senator Proctor Of Vermont says he has
no desire for the permanent chairmanship.
He would prefer that some younger man
should be honored with that distinguished
position.
Mr. Fairbanks of Indiana is still a popu-
lar favorite for the permanent chair. and 1t
is not unlikely that the Mckinley people
will ultimately yield their objections to
Fessenden for temporary chairman and that
he will be selected by the national COM
mittee
Chicago is engaged in an attempt to get
the headquarters OF the national committee
removed from New York to Chicago. For
this work the state central committee of
Illinois appointed a committee to lay this
matter before the new committee. The COM
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]. X. Wilcox of Champaign, L. T. Linnell
of Golden. C. S. Kennels of Jacksonville,
and Sheriff James Pease Of Chicago. This
committee is here now, and with them
several other gentlemen, among them DR..
T. N. Jameson and C. NJ. Pepper. "hll
that we can do now" said Mr.. Pepper, "is
to find out who the new committeeman
will be and work on them"
Or. Jameson explained: "The fighting
| ground of the campaign will be in the south
and west. and Chicago is the geographical
center of the battlefield 1t would be
| benefit to have the headquarters in the
| west, and a detriment to have 1t in the
| east. To have the headquarters of a gold
campaign under the shadow of Wall street
| would be menace to the interests OF the
party. Chicago Is accessible from all parts
of the country, and Will afford aceommo-
| dations of the most elaborate kind for the
committee. Chicago is n railroad and tele
| graph center The city will accommodate
the headquarters in every way, and will
| contribute largely to the fund"
| BOOM FOR HENRY CLAY EVANS.
Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee arrived
in town today and his appearance at once
| started afresh talk of his candidacy for the
vice presidency. Mr. Evans said that his
newspaper friends had kindly kept him before
| the people of the country in connection
with the second place on the ticket. He
would, of course, be pleased to have the
nomination, but he was not losing any sleep
over the prospects of success or defeat.
name to the convention, and he has assur
ances of support in other directions.
Senator Hawley of Connecticut is being
| discussed in connection with the second
| place, but there are few United States SEN
ators who would care to be vice president,
and it is not known here whether the pro-
posed candidacy of General Hawley is with
| his consent.
Buttons and badges with Mckinley and
Hobart of New Jersey and Mckinley and
| McAlpin of New York are quite plenty,
| showing what the talk has produced. The
sentiment in favor of Hobart seems to be
| pretty strong, and there are reasons to
believe that he is more likely to be the
nominee for second place than any of the
men so far mentioned.
MORE PLATFORM TALK
There is a general consensus of opinion
| that the financial plank of the platform will
be very nearly identical with the plank of
| the Indiana convention, although there is
| demand for some notifications. The Indi-
ana platform declares: I'VE are firm and
| emphatic in our demand for honest money.
We believe that our money should not be
| inferior to the money of the most enlight-
| ened nations of the earth. We are unaltera-
| bly, opposed to every scheme that threatens
| to debase or depreciate our currency. We
favor the use of silver as currency, but
| to the extent only and under such regula-
| tions that its parity with gold can be main
tanned, and in consequence are opposed to
the free, unlimited and independent coinage
Oh silver at u ratlO OF 10 TO /"
There is a demand from some sections
that the platform should declare for an
international agreement and pledge the
party to take steps to bring about such an
agreement. This Is the plea OF some of the
western states, where it is claimed that the
party might be able to win against a free
coinage declaration by the democrats There
is another body that wants to declare
against free silver without international
agreement and to say nothing more. The
demand OF those who want the party pledged
to urge an international agreement is not
liKeiy to be acceded to, as there seems to be
preponderance OF opinion in favor of TAX
ing step which will prevent further agita-
| tion.
The ultra silver men say they prefer
declaration for single gold standard to
ahything else, and say that the issue can
het be made plain in any other way.
hoHert Evans, member of the national
! committee and head of the Minnesota dele
| CATION, says his state is against free coin
| age. Il do not object" he said "to
declaration against free coinage without an
international agreement. but | do not want
the party pledged to urge such an agree
ment and compelled to take steps to further
conference looking to such an adjust
ment 1t will continue the agitation, an
agitation which will be useless and which
VIII be injurbus to the country. am in
favor OF the present standard and think we
ought to maintain 1t and allow the country
10 enter INTO an era of prosperity which
VIII follow settlement of this question"
HENRY c. PAYNE HAS A PLANK.
Discussing the probabilities as to the nom
ination for the vice presidency, Hon Henry
Q. Payne, national committeeman from
Wisconsin, said today that the nomination
would in all probability go east. He
| thought 1t would be thrown to either New
Jersey New York or Pennsylvania "At
present. he continued, Hobart of New
Jersey has the lead with those here We
cannot, however, tell how it may be when
more delegates arrive. Still, Mr. Hobart
Is generally recognized as an available man"
Mr.. Payne expressed the opinion that in
the present case the opposition would not
be able TO unite upon a candidate and that
the Mckinley men would be permitted to
choose his running nate He also said that
Hon. III. Clay Evans would poll considerable
vote and said he would be especially strong
in Pennsylvania, having been born In that
state.
Henry c. Payne, member of the national
committee from Wisconsin, has prepared a
draft of a financial plank which has been
passed around among a large number of
delegates and members of the committee
and has met with quite general approval
Mr.. Payne is pronounced anti-silver man
and says that he could vote without the
least hesitation for the Dlank which ba has