New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05
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two-thirds rule will undoubtedly lead to long
and interesting struggle in which the ecld-stand-
ard minority may figure with decisive enect'
Boies Matthews and Mclean are undoubtedly
all counting on support from the Eastern oeie-
gates as against Bland. Teller or any other free-
coinage extremist. and the gold standard leaders
may finally find 1t within their power to die
tate nomination which will be far from palata-
BILE to the fiery radicals OF the Vest Blackburn
Daniel-Altgeld type The gold-standard men
are. for the present pursuing rather negative
policy. Naturally. they must wait for the pro-
gramme of the majority TO develop itself. They
undoubtedly control a majority OF the National
Committee. and will he able to put the goid
delegations from Michigan and Nebraska on the
temporary roll and 10 nominate a gold Demo-
crat for temporary chairman. But as the Coh-
vention will promptly seat the two contestins
silver delegations and will reject the god-stand-
ard candidate for temporary chairman for
nominee more acceptable to the majority, the
advantage Of forcing a fight at the outset IS not
very appreciable.
Meanwhile the Eastern managers are holding
public meetings and in other ways attempting 10
stem the silver tide. Mr.. Whitney is leading his
fororn hope cooy and jauntily. Iiis role here
now contrasts strangely with that ne played IN
the Chicago Convention Of four years ago Theh
he was the unquestioned master, whose toucn
on the keyboard set In motion the whole political
machinery in the leaky ard storm beaten wig
wan on the lake front His word was law his
authority was supreme At his dictaton the
very forces against which he is now hopelessy
struggling abandoned their political convictions
and nominated an avOwed enemy OF the single
principle on which they had come more and
more to State party success
To-day the spell which worked in 1892 Is i'm
potent The second Administration OF MT
Cleveland. with its continuous record OF party
dsintegration and Generalization, has done its
work and the uncha-nged party dictator OF
four years ago Is called upon 10 face revolution
within party lines which promises to sweep
away the ascendancy Of Eastern ideas and East
ern leadership in Democratic politics for many
years to come.
PROGRESS OF THE BOOMS.
There is little to chronicle in the progress
made to-day in the canvasses for the rival can
didates for the Presidential nomination. Ex-
Governor Boies. the candidate with the affidavit
face" as his followers have fondly dubbed him.
has been summoned here by his agents, and
arrived to-day The Bland boomers have taken
alarm at this move. and also telegraphed for
Silver Dick" who has been represented for
the last few days as busily engaged In digging
potatoes and cutting hay
The Republican exilas who figuring here
in advisory capacity to the free-cOinage ma
jority, still clamoring for the nomination Of
Senator Teller the only logical candidate"
whom the silver men of all parties can unite
trying meanwhile to delude themselves with the
idea that their secession from the St. Louis
Convention does not logically bind them to any
silver nominee next weeks Convention may
choose
The rather startling suggestion Is made to-day
that a combina ton of Eastern and Southwestern
votes may finally be made on ex-Attorney Gen
eral Augustus II. Garland, OF Arkansas. a men,
her OF the first Cleveland Cabinet Mr.. Garland
Is on friendly political relations with Senator
Hill and is said to have the support Of the Ar
kansas delegation as a second choice to Bland.
There is nothing too strange TO happen In this
hare-brained and Quxotic Convention and even
the nomination Of the hero Of the Pan Electric
scanda, may not seem surprising by the middle
end Of mex, week.
John r. Mclean is undoubtedly the most prom
ising canddato now talked Of for the Vice Presi.
dency. and his strength among the delegates con-
tnues, and shows handsome increase.