The evening times., 1896-07-03
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from the Populst silveritcs, and ip none
OF their doiDgs has there heen sugges-
ton of an eye single to the 1uture; that fu-
ture being the national conventions of
PopuIists and radical tree silveriteS sched.
uled for ST. Louis three weeks Lence.
Nor have the POpulists evidenced any
Overwhelming desire 10 get into close fei7
lowship or coinpanionship with the silver
Democrats. Occasionally they have turned
UP in small numbers at the Sherman House,
but they have fiocked by themselves
| or sought the headquarters OF the knights
OF Labor on the upper floor, from whence
Genera! Secretary Hayes and others OF the
executive board, who will figure largely
in the doings at st. Louis, have been giving
it out that they are neither part nor
parcel in the program or plans of tie
Democrats, but that they propose 10 go
it alone and make their own ticket when
the proper time arrived. a
Whatever talk there may have been In
months or weeks gone by of the possibility
OF a Democratic silver Populist fusion. it
has not been borne out by the conditions
that have SO far prevailed here this week,
and, judging from the expressions OF lead
ing POpulists, there is but one contingency
that would be likely to bring bout union
of the two elements.
LOOKS LIKE BLAND OR TELLER.
That is the nomination OF Senator Teller.
Something may come OF tie conference Of
leading members of the national new Silver
party, which is scheduled for this morning,
but II Is certain, up to this writing, neither
the silver Democrats on one end nor the
Populist silvcrites on the other have IL
dicated the slightest inclination toward
getting together.
The situation this morning is apparently
clearer than il has been in relation to the
Presidential nomination. The talk is now
confined chiefly to Bland and Tel Ter,
though Gov. Buics has many strong sup
portcrs. The forces are arrayed along
the lines of expedieDcy ON the one side a nd
on the other side desire to coDfine the
entries for the Nomination to old members
| of the Democratic party.
The advocates or eXBediency. that is,
those who favor Teiler's rom ination, are
working with great energy and apparent
confidence. To the argument that this Is
a Democratic convention and that a Dem
| ocrat must ara will be nominated, the r. 2,
| llv is returned that an eighteen-hnur Dem
ocrat is good enough for the country and
| ought To be for the convention.
There are some eighteen-hour Demo
crats,'' said one Of the Teller advocates
this morning, whom / prefer to other
only one issue in this campaign and that
is the free and unlimited coinage OF sil-
YER"
''If man is in favor of that that makes
him a Democrat for 1896 at least, and l
favor nominating the man wfo can com
mand the support OF the greatest number
of voters upon that issue. Undoubtedly
that man is Henry NJ. Teller OF Colorado.
In 1856. when tie Republican purity was
Are you opposed to the extension OF
slavery?'
An answer in the affirmative made u
good Republican of the man on the spot.
And so an affirmative answer to tie CUES
tibn. Are you in favor of the free coinage
of silver makes n good Democrat in 1896
without regard to the mans former party
affiliations or the length nf time that he
has held to that opinion.''
OHIO MAY GO FOR TELLER.
The tribute paid to Senator Tcller's
worth aud ;trrngth, by Mr. John K. Nc
Lean last night is regarded as significant
In this connection, and the assertion is
dGe with ore ur less ro,sr taa tifo's
forty six votes may be cast for Teller, IL
| 1t should appear that the Ohio vote thus
cast will be decisive.
Among the ardent advocatesof free COIN
| age of silver, and incidentally of the nomi.
| nation by this convention of Senator Teller
| besides the bolting St. Louis delegates, who
are at work in Chicago, are George C. Cor
| ham, of California, ex-secretary of the Sen.
| ate, and Ha,let kiibourne, OF the District Of
| COlu umbia. ~ III
| The latter has prepared what he calls
new Declaration of Independence, ad-
| dressed to the independent voters of tht
country, which after reciting ut lengt.
| certain mcoutested statements regarding
the financial policy and monetary system
| of the country concludes:
| That the people of the United States are,
and of right ought tu be. free and independ
ent of all entangiing alliances: that they
are absoived from all allegiance To til.
British gold-standard policy, and that al
| political connection between them is. and
| ought TO be. dissolved, and as free and in
dependent people they have full power
through the ballot box, to do all other act
and Imrgs which independent voters maN
| of right do.
AM to the support of this new declara-
| tion of American independence. with q
firm reliance on the patriotism and com,
| mon sense Of the American people, we mu-
| tually pledge to each other our Individual
| and united efforts and eternal vigilance
to secure an honorable victory
B0IES' SUPPORTERS CONFIDENT.
The supporters of ex-Gov. Boies, while
| refusing to do any figuring, are, neverthe
| less, confident. No love is being lost be
tween the Boies and the Bland forces. and
with each succeeding day the tension he.
comes more strained. Several times yes
terday in the Palmer House there were
! verbal passages at arms between Missou
rites and IOwans that threatened to de
velop arguments stronger than words.
| Each siGe accuses the other of resortine
| n DapylrS that r p,f nSn lly-h ;r,,
| play in ante-convention campaigns.
The Boies people hold the other side re
sponsible for the bringing into bold relic
of the eS-goyernor's utterances denun
ciatory Of the Chicago riots and approv
ing of President Cleveland's action in or
dering the Federal troops to Chic ago a n,
threaten to rctaliate by publishing ex
Congressman Rland's record upon pension
Legislation, which, they say, will demon
strate that he is an inveterate opponen
| 20 ''-~ rs'-'r 81 ilrn,
They have already secured data concern
| Ing nis t,tterances and votes upon the de
pendent pension bill. which they threStef
to publish and scatter broadcast.
They also charge the Bland people will
hninG responsible for the story that New
York rk'sseventy-two votes have been pledged
to Boies, and the circulation of which, the,
say, is intended only to prejudice tht
Iowan's prospects among the radical fre
| silverites. 80
MCLEAN NOT A CANDIDATE.