The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-07
SURPRISE TO SILVER
ss - - 1865 Ell s+-i .f4~se N~s
CHOICE. OF HILL WAS NOT ExPEGT-
ED By THE WHITE METAL
i LEADERS.
$50 ~~--s-Sn. mas
or -dl-
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CAUCUS !, ! QUESTION AGAIN.
III ONE is HEED NO SPEECH MAX
ING is TO BE PER-
EMTTTED.
THEIR CHOICE AT ALI HAZARDS
silver Men Determined That Senator
>, Daniel Shall sound the, Keynotea.
of the Convention.

| were not prepared for the announce
ment of the selection Of Senator Hill
Tor the position Of temporary chairman
by the national committee. They had
counted confidently upon securing the
cooperation of a sufficient, number of
| goid members Of the committee to Sc
cure the recommendation Of Senator
Daniel
When the silver committee held its
first meeting its members were con-
graduating themselves upon the prob
ability of the selection Of Senator Dan
iel When they met again In the even
ing they showed plainly that they were
disappointed. but they were not notice.
ably discouraged. They asserted more
positively than ever their determine
ton to secure control Of the temporary
organization, regardless of the action
Of the committee. They take the posi-
ton that the result was secured by
open intimidation. The interview be-
tween Mr.. Whitney and Committeeman
Norris, of the District Of Columbia
was referred to as a specimen Of the
gold mems tactics, and it was stated
in the meeting that Mr. Whitney had
even threatened to ruin Mr.. Norris in
|
determination to- support silver man
for. temporary chairman The plan Of
the silver men, will now be to have a
report prepared by the minority Of the
committee, representing their choice
for the position, and to beat him at all
/ hazards.
The meeting Of the committee was at
tended by representatives from TWENTY
six states, all of whom reported that
| their delegations were prepared to fol-
low the leades, designated by the com
mlttee, In. every move they might
make. 1t developed that it was the
plan Of the committee to select men to
make all the important motions which
II Is contemplated may be necessary in
the convention, and that none but
these shall be supported by the silver
men, whatever the motion or sugges-
| ton. -
The question of the advisability Of
| nold1ng a general caucus was discussed
at the day meeting but the fact appear
Ing that the members of the committee
were not sufficiently instructed on this
| point, the committee adjourned until
night without taking action, in order. to
allow a further canvass Of the various
SILVER delegations 1t appeared from
| vote taken that there were 423 dele
/ gates represented i'm the conference
put that only 2O8 Of them had indicated
tnelr preference upon the advisabilitv
OF caucus. OF these 1913 were for the
caucus and 80 opposed to it, Gov. Ait
! gefd suggested that If caucus should
be held, there should be an understand
| ing that no speeches hbe made EfeE
senator Daniel has been unanimously
| agreed upon as the most available
man FOR the silver minority to present
HIS name will be presented with a
written report setting forth at length
the reasons for not accepting the req
ommendation OF the majority Of the ma
t1onal committee
| r'Tbe night session was devoted al
most exclusively to the subject of fhe
temporary craftsmanship The spirit
| WIucn perRaded the meeting was decid-
edly pugnacious, and they decided, tn
put forth their utmost endeavors to
! score signal winning. On motion of
Mr.. O'Donnell, of Colorado, the roll was
! called to determine whether a majority
or the delegates were represented at
the meeting. The call developed the
Iact that those present had authority
10 pledge 40 delegates. This Is a bare
| majority and the. committee sin1medf-
ately decided that it was too close for
| comfort. They therefore resolved that
the situation was such as to demand
immediate action to secure assurances
| or greater support, and about one-third
OF the members present were at 10
| O'CLOCK appointed a subcommittee
| to visit the absent delegations and
! secure .furtheTs pledges. They immedi-
ately started out in carriages to rscour
the town. The silver men did not at
tempt to conceal the fact that thew
We're somewhat chagrined over the
fact that there was not a better show
Ing. They would not confess to a be-
4 hot p aa{r. Js..y.-
ing in the least but they were inclined
| to complain that their committeeman
had not been as Jealous and industrious
as they might have been.
| The committee appointed to visit re-
calcitrant delegations
MADE THE ROUNDS
with great dispatch, and returned in
less than an hour reporting that they
had polled some of the missing dele
cations and had secured the guarantee
Of sufficient number to swell the total
to 532. They also stated that while in
some cases they had not been able to
make an actual poll on account Of the
impossibility Of seeing individual del
! egates, they had been assured by MEM
bers of delegations who were seen
| that there would be a. vote of at least
800 This estimate, 1t was stated, was
entirely independent of contests and
did not include many other delegates
/ They still claim over 500 votes
The following resolution was unanf-.
mously adopted. s.It Is the sense Of this
! meeting that the interest OF the cause
| of free silver requires that a Democrat
In favor of silver should be elected
temporary chairman of the convention.
and that all true and loyal friends of
the free coinageA Of silver should vote
for Senator John W. Daniel for tempo
rary chairman Of the convention as
recommended by the minority report of
the national committee .
On motion ex-senator Jones. resoIu-a
ton was adopted requesting all silver
delegates to be at the convention not
later than IL O'Clock and in their seats
not later than go tomorrow morning.
At the close aof the silver conference
which occurred at II o'clock tonight.
Senator Jones,s Of. Arkansas. said az
feel very confident on the eve of the
convention that the promises of the
Democratic silver men. to the country
VIII be entirely verified by the pro-
ceedings Tomorrow We were not able
to locate all the silver delegations to-
night, bat we have assurances of be-
tween 500 and $50 votes and we are
| confident of securing enought to swell
the. vote on Temporary chairman to
about 600.
Yes" the senator continued. in re-
Spouse to a question, I'VE shall have a
roll call on the election of a Temporary
chairman. We want one, for we desire
to put on record the men who will vote
against. silver. Our forces are perfectly
organized, and we have no fear what
ever of the result"
Senator Jones also stated he had no