Evening star., 1896-07-06

The anti-Bland people have laid down
their plans and declared their resources.
They insist that Bland people must show
something as good In order to get the dele
cation.
The arrival Of delegates In great number
only brings additional evidence of the un-
settled condition Of the convention as to
candidates. Things are expected to move
rapidly during the next few hours Deals
of all sorts are being attempted, and there
will be great deal of shifting.
The prediction Is made that the tide will
set strongly in one direction before the
end of the nights work, but at present
stagnation Is broken only by thousand
little eddies whiriing in different d;rec-
tions, without enough force to draw any
thing into them.
The Southern Men Unsettled.
The southern delegations are generally
without any settled purpose few have
come wearing Bland badges, and among
most of the rest there is a friendly feeling
toward Boies. They express surprise to
find that the Iowa candidate had not made
more progress, but they do not seem to
care much, and declare that all they want
is to nominate a silver man who can win.
They display less Of that confidence for
which the western delegates are conspicu-
Gus that any silver man can be elected
Many of them say that they do not know
that it is possible to win with any one, and
they want the strongest possible candi-
date put up. They do not represent the
situation in the south as perfectly safe
until they can get the southern populists to
support the ticket The gold men. they
saw cannot be held by any silver man,
and the populist vote must be had In order
to prevent the loss of some southern states
The loss of both the gold democrats and
populists, they fear, might cost them Nortn
Carolina Alabama and probably LOUIS
lana.
They are afraid of the southern populists
If they put up Bland. and they do not want
to go out of the party. Their friendliness
toward Boies is on the theory that he might
do more than any other democrat In the
west, but they are not confident on this
point and their faith has been shaken by
the evidence that Bland is stronger than
Boes among the western delegates
Governor McLaurin of Mississippi de-
cIares that the man for the democrats to
nominate is Senator Turpie. He says that
is the strongest nomination that could be
made.
Arguments Of the Teller Men.
to their campaign. Some of their best talk
ers have started the rounds Of the head
quarters of the silver delegations on a social
call. Heretofore this work has been con-
fired to individual efforts upon prominent
leaders. Now that the delegates are COM
ing in great numbers, and the various state
headquarters are opening. the visiting line
has become more promising. They have
1.othing to say against any of the several
candidates, and speak in especially COM
plimen tary terms of Bland. But they have
a table of figures to show that 1t is impos-
sible to elect any one without the populfst
vote. and they have the declaration of the
populist leaders that no one but Teller can
get that vote. They declare that they de-
sire nothing but victory. They say that
personally the best interest of Teller, Du-
bois and all those who bolted the ST. Louis
convention would be served by their ac-
cepting any silver nomination the demo-
Gratis might make. They would then occupy
a lofty place as patriots, whereas they may
be in danger of being denounced as self
seeking politicians if they refuse to do this.
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