Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-04
THE TEVENSON BOOM
Extreme Silver Men Believe It Will Die,
Despite Its Kindly Reception.
A Man Who Has Been I'm the Fight
for Years Wanted-SOme of
the Avaflables.


have been noticeable in the talk Of some
of the delegates at the Kentucky and Vir-
ginia democratic conventions. There was
no distinct Endorsement of the BOOM II is
true, but number of the delegates spoke
kindly of the Vice President and of the
feeling which has been entertained for
MIN fcr years by southern people. Among
the Kentucky delegates there is said TO
have been quite sentiment for the Vice
president, but 1t is not known how far
this sentiment was developed or how much
weight can be attached to it,
AS pointed out in The Star the radical
SILVER democrats fear that there might be
enough compromise silver men in the con-
Venuon, aided by the gold-standard men,
10 brlns about the nomination of Steven
son or some man like him. Mr. Stevenson
was born in Kentucky He has many in
HCehtlal relatives in North Carolina with
SIfohS connections in other southern states
lihe Alabama. Many of the silver poli-
uc!ahs OF Georgia are friendly to him as
also In otter states. Should sixty or sew
enty silver men from these states vote for
ms nomination. and be backed by the gold
!ilei' lhere would be close to a majority for
MIN. This is the way some of the silver
men, VINO are apprehensive that they will
not get to nominate a silver man of long
standing, look at the matter
believe 1t VIII Die.
viewing the question, however from the
standpoint of Money, Bailey and Others
VINO nave been, or will be. elected dele
gates to Chicago. the Stevenson boom will
uic so soon as the object it is intended for
is accomplished. They say that even if il
;, Goit t;hued 10 the date for the convention it
Mouiu DE harmless. One of them said that
the silver men would have nearer two hun
uleu than one hundred majority at Chi
anu mar not enough men could be
sot 10 me SIDE OF compromise to effect the
result that Is now intended. These men
also say that the silver men will never
pc. Iiit the nomination of man who has
ieifaihed from taking any part in the
nsmt; sit ihey don't believe in that kind Of
Poiltlcs- for the cause of silver they saw
many ms have endangered their poIiticai
IiNes. 1hey Will not be the ones now ia
ooisenI 10 the nomination of men who
,raItei, s'ieh. Wheh speech might have bee.
golden Nothing but the nomination of >
man VINO has borne the brunt of the fight
10y LOT ScFeral years will suit them they say
ms Is the kind of talk that is hear. on
every side at the Capitol.
The idea that the Stevenson boom is d,,e
10 democratic silver Senators has been
repudiated by some of the men whose
names We're connected with it. 1t is said
mat senator Vest yesterday sent a tele-
gram TO a friend denying that he had any
connection with it, and pledging himself
10 make the speech nominating Bland. if
the latter desired it. Senator Jones of
Arkansas, the silver leader of the SON
ate, Is also said to oppose the Stevenson
talk.
bringing Ont Cundfdates
The silver wave which is sweeping over
the country in the temperate ranks. and
the con sequcnt talk Of candidates. is bring
ing many men TO The front Senator Vest
himself has friends who believe that he
should be the nominee One of tie latest
suggestions is the name OF Senator White
liE fri.
domination would leave no doubt that the
west would be solid for the ticket They
also urge thar his record On the silver
question has been steadfast: that while
ne mas been outspoken for silver he has
not been obnoxious and that there would
be less opposition to him among eastern
democrats than to any other man. There
Is also certain amount of talk about
Gov. Altgeld. While his name is connect
ed with first place by a few, the majority
speak of him a vice presidential NOS
slbllity Gen. Warmers name is freuuent-
~ mentioned. He was a democrat up to
the Tune OF the silver conference in Janu-
airy, when he made his further party sIle-
glance, like Tillman, conditional on the
domination of d silver man at Chicago
senator blackburn is practically put in
newspapers have been flying the name of
Heh. hardin for nearly 4 year
Must BE From the West.
In all the informal states tfat are be-
ing nsnred on, however, it is pretty gener-
any conceded that the nomiLee for first
place must come from the west or north
west ana that the second place shall go
to the south. Should this idea prevail In
the convention the following men would
be IN position to be struck: Stevenson. Tel
Ter, White, Bland. Boies, Campbell. War
her, Matthews, Bryan and Altgeid For
second place many men would be available
IL the choice was from the south. Chief
among them, 1t is said, would be Senator
Daniels or Senator Tillman, if he would
take the place Next would be Blackburn
or Hardin, Morgan or Jones. Racon or
Bailey; in fact, a large assortment.