Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-07

erl is Surely the Leader IN
Stint of Promised Votes, with
Next. and Not Far Behind.
~. sentiment Favorable to
e-.v..son is Strong and May
--szs Him q Formidable Cand1-
.-s- Even Senator Hill is Men
--s. The Trouble Expected to
ne Moment the Gavel Falls.
-o. July 6-On the eve Of the
-r. a,ic National Convention, which
ra.s in the Coliseum. on Lake
Front. az noon tomorrow. all is con
0.lvCne thing looms up like a search
ON the fog that hangs over the sit
ion and obscures the vision Of the
st and most far-seeing OF the lead
That is that the convention will be for
liver al Is to1
AS for candidates. the convention Is
SIM cropping in the murk. The din Of
s Bland and Boies boomers is deaf
.ng and so infracdous at times that
F. almost carries the ruoIc of its feet.
Band is unquesrior5nly in the lead
81, far as actual yc.es are concerned.
his strength approNuat,rg go. a lib
sraI estimate. with Bcies moving along
at his heels with about 200; bu, neither
is able 10 demonstrate as yC, how he
can win. Tn this choa-ic condition of
affairs. gossip and speculation casts
about for dark horses.
VIM. J. Bryan. the Boy Orator Of the
Platte. Vice President Rdlai Z. Steven
son. John r.. Mclean, the Blue Grass
Orator. Senator Joe Blackburn, Of Ken
rcky: Senator White. Of California, all
are the distinction Of being canyassed.
Even Senator hin. of New York. is
a.ked of. and his famous Elmua speecn
af 1898 is recalled as an evidence that
is a bine,alls, and would make a
rong compromise candidate. The
anne Of Ex-Governor James E. Camp
BEN. of Ohio. is also heard The PEN
a1yer boom from Oregon was formally
launched to-day. and ex-Congressnan
joe Sibley. of Pennsylvania, announced
BIS anliGacy.
Sc work in the background is the
-.a-t.rlal movement for Teller with
1ee silver Republicans and their
,s the Populist leaders, sUaining
eys.y nerve TO impress ON the conven-
Ion The adyisabiLty of nominating the
3oraGoan. With all these silver
o,ces struggling against each other
t.h the god men solid and compact,
ready to obey orders. il is a shrewd
political prophet who can point the
nan out.
1t Will requireat least another day
Tor the fog TO lift.
THE SILVER LEADERS.
SOW reluctantly admit ON the eve of the
convention that their twC-thirds ma
Jointly is an undisciplued mass, run
ming hi,her and ,hither, possibly to be
s,ampcded in the end. They started
QUO with the announced iutoention OF
el-ins together and arranging . pro-
g-auue % Ue pa, through by the
sheer fO~ca of their majority. They
we're To- a5rogate the two-tlirds rule
and a'-ct their candidate in o caucus
o. silver men. Both these projects
were pu- aside and they are now at
The door OF the convention with the
question oil a candidate omen and q
deadlock inevitable
It Will require every silver vote in
the convention To- nominate and the
friends OF any one candidate can. if the
gold men do not plump their votes to
silver man Who may DE formidable.
but not the choice of Uhe majority,
prevent an early nomination. This
would. of course. play into The hands
afti9se who are m3ueauvering to- bring
forward Teller az the opportune time;
1r. f. the sentiment of The convention
refused 10 Yield 10 the leader Of the
S.. Louis b0'tsrs. into the hands Of The
managers OF O dark horse
Buck Henrichseu's poll of the Hi
.rls d. Iega-i0u showing majority Tor
Bland was confirmed to-day when the
delegation voted a. to 1 to support the
Hssourian. Kansas and Texas also
t5l I'm line lor Bland and their acQuisi-
-ons made silver Dicks followers
very confident; ou- B0les boom also
grew 2p2ce. loWa's eX-Goyernor's /