The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-06

taking up.
movement and the movement itself will
be consigned by the people to oblivion
before a year has passed. and the theory
of silver is known to the masses"
Governor Flower was asked: will
the gold adherents nominated a candi-
date if they bolt the convention ?"
Frankly, I don't believe so. NJ
own opinion is that we will not be. n
the convention when the roll is called
for nominations. | don't think we will
remain III the convention after the
adoption of a silver plank"
Suppose a Republican-Mr. Teller
was nominated would that make the
proposed bolt any more pronounced 2"
Il don't believe that the Democratic
convention will go SO far Us to name a
Republican, so | can't speculate on that
issue
Hill Thinks Differently.
Senator Hill refused to subscribe to
that portion concerning the bolt. He
said
I'VE have some time yet and things
may change materially, so that / can
not say what II action will be. No, l
don't think we will have Il candidate.
Even if a silver plank is adopted, l do
not see how WI could object to placing
a candidate upon it
John 4. Fellows said: I'VE ought
to leave the convention if the silver
policy prevails. That is all l have to
say"
The proposed gold meeting called for
IL o'clock turned out to be in the ma
ture of a very informal conference, and
the real work of consultation was done
in the private rooms Of Senator Hill,
Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. Harrity. Sena-
tor Hill had Mr.. Whitney in his room
in the morning with Governor Flower
and several of the Illinois and Indiana
men. He said after this conferen e:
lit is entirely too early for US to say
Just what plan we will pursue i'll the
convention after it is organized. First,
there is the fight in the committee ON
resolutions, and then there is the fight
on the platform in the open convention.
If the silver platform is adopted, we
will then be compelled to take a stand,
and it will be quickly done, and cannot
now be forecast"
Mr.. Whitney, after talking with Mr.
Hill, strobe into the Illinois headuuar.
tiers, and said
I'VE are now conducting our cam
paign of education, and it will last un-
til the convention meets. How it will
end, nobody knows, but we will move
very quickly after the convention gets
in session. Will we bolt? Well, l can't
discuss that now. Will we have a can.
didate? ! can't say"
On the other hand il has been de.
termined by some anti-silver men to
have candidates placed in nomination
for whom they can vote. The gold
standard men think they have about $40
votes i'll the convention, and they wish
TO have them held away from any sill
yer candidate until some definite ar.
rangement can he made for making the
force effective. Ex- Governor Pattison
will be placed i'll nomination by Penn.
sylvania, and there is some
talk that William +. Russell
will receive the endorsement OF
the Massachusetts, delegation. 1t has
also been suggested that some
candidate should be named who will
. receive all the anti silver votes afte,
complimentary votes have been cast.
There has been some suggestions that
William G. Whitney should be the
man whom the gold Democrats should
unite upon, but it is doubtful if he
would be voted for in a convention
which adopted a silver platform. There
II also some talk Of placing William h
Morrison in nomination for the purpose
Of holding the anti-silver vote together
bat mp to the present time the action Of
the gold men has not crystallized Oh any
line Of policy during the convention.