The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-14
turn OF THE GOLD MIN
They Will Have Their Innings in
the Political Game.
CONVENTION TO BE HELD SHORTLY


Doings of the Recent Chicago Conven-
tion Propose to Put Ticket of Their
Own In the Field with the Object of In-
suring the Defeat of Byrsn-Governor
Altgeid Also n Marked Man.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE silver Demo
cracy Of the nation has had its day The
gold men will have their innings next.
The gold Democrats Of the country will
not only refuse to support the nominees
and the platform of the Chicago conven.
ton, but will place "A sound money Demo
cratic ticket In the field. Chicago, st.
Louis and Cincinnati are the places most
favored for sound money Democratic
national convention, and Henry Waiter
son OF Kentucky is mentioned as the ideal
candidate on sound money platform for
president.
Although the leaders Of the delegations
from the eastern states were very guard
ed while attending the convention last
week in talking about the possibility Of
second national ticket being named, IL was
well known that the great majority of the
delegates favored such course As for
the party organization has been wrested
from the hands of the goldites, and the
rights of the minority ruthlessly trampled
upon, the feeling in favor Of n third ticket
is even stronger than in the east.
Illinois Gold Men Lead.
The gold Democrats OF Illinois are lead
ers in the movement for a national gold
Democratic ticket, and are also preparing
to place gold Democratic state ticket In
the field. The names of ex-Judge Thomas
A. Moran, William II. Morrison and
Comptroller Of the Currency James Fl
Eckels have all been mentioned in connec'
ton with the gubcrnatorial nomination,
The organization of the movement for
national ticket has been placed in the
hands of the leaders of the Illinois gold
Democracy, and definite developments are
looked for within "a couple of weeks. The
first step to be taken will come in the
shape of an address to the sound money
Democrats of the country, and this will
be issued within the next twenty-four
hours
The advocates of a sound money ma
| tional ticket do not make the claim that
| they will win; they do not expect success,
| but their position Is that this will be the
easiest method by which they can strike a
| blow at silver and its champions and
bring about the election of Mckinley and
| the adoption Of the sound money Repub-
| lican platform. The fight will be made
mainly In the southern states. The gold
| Democrats believe that with some south
ern man like Henry Watterson at the
head of their ticket they could break into
the sclid south and aid Mckinley in cap
turing several of them
| Anything to Beat AltgeId.
| A third ticket might give Maryland
| West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Texas. Alabama, North Carolina and
Delaware to the Republicans. As for the
state campaign, the object is TO defeat
Altgeld, through whose Vaccinations anc
those of his lieutenants the Democracy o
Illinois claims 1t was misrepresented n
last weeks convention The hotels Mon
day morning had resumed their norma
conditions The big prints of presidential
candidates had been taken down of tn
walls, the ornamental signs outside stat
Headquarters, and the bunting and othe
decorations that figured so prominently IL
| the corridors during the past two week
had been removed, and nothing remaine'
to indicate that Chicago had been all las
week the scene of one of the greatest an
most sensational conventions of the ma
| tional Democracy ever held.
A few scattering delegates and her
and there distinguished statesman lin
gered. but the last of these had taken hi
departure about noon The great corp
of newspaper correspondents that supplies
news to all parts of the country disappear
ed Sunday and the Tammany braves too
their departure Saturday Before tw
weeks are over the great Coliseum may b
the scene of another gathering of ia
| different character.