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to their respective delegations.
On the other hand. the management Of
the Columbia Theater assert that they
have already received the money to pay
for the use Of the hall for silver caucus
to be held next Monday afternoon.
WHARTON BARKER.
The Philadelphia Republican Said to
He In the Field.
CHICAGO. July 2.-The Tmes-Herald
Philadelphia special says:
Wharton Barker, the Philadelphia banker
and a republican free trader and free sill
verite, expects to be nominated for Presl-
dent by the democrats at Chicago.
BOIEs' SILVER PLANK.
Not Firmly Attached to the Ratio of
16 to 1.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, July "A large con-
tingent of Iowa democrats will pass through
Dubuque Monday on their way to Chicago
Friends Of ex-Gov. Boies here, while conf
dent of his nomination at Chicago. are plan
ming to have him nominated for Congress
should they fail at the national convention.
Arrangements are being made for the
printing Of thousands of copies Of Gov
Boies' money plank rejected by the COM
mittee on resolutions at the Iowa demo-
cratic state convention. The printed copies
will be scattered among eastern delegates
especially those opposed to radical silver
movements The following Is the rejected
plank:
'In making this declaration we do not
ignore or underestimate the Importance of
the democratic doctrine that the parity OF
coins made from the two metals Of which
a double standard Is composed should be
faithfully and hOnorably maintained. And
while we believe a ratio which has been
substantially continued for three-quarters
of a century in the most prosperous period
OF our country's history will prove equally
efficient and equally satisfactory II re-
adopted now, still, If when silver and gold
are restored to absolute equality before the
law. with equal rights In the minds Of the
ration and as money of final redemption,
reasonable experience shall demonstrate
the parity at the ratio aforesaid cannot be
n maintained, we pledge the democracy OF
Iowa to aid by every means within Its
power in the establishment of new ratio.
which such parity shall be maintained"
WHAT GOV. ALTGELD SAYS.
Not u Candidate for Any Chairman
ship of the Convention.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 2.-If the free
silver leaders have their way, the Chicago
convention will be in session but one day.
They intend to make a vigorous effort to
carry this idea into effect, and that Is one
reason why they are so determined to have
a free silver man for temporary chairman.
They want man who will expedite bus
mess In manner that will meet their ap
proval. Gov. Altgeld returned to Spring
field from Chicago today, and it was he
who said the free silver men wanted one
day convention. The governor expects to
return to Chicago Sunday, and will remain
until after the convention. In conversation
~ ~f Aero Tod
Press today Gov. Altgeld said the advance
guard of free silver men at Chicago were
of one mind, and that was that short
con .ention was imperative to the good Of
the cause.
We will have control of the convention"
he said. "aId it is, we think, to our best
interests to wind up the business Of the
convention in one day. The single gold
lay 1t is to their interest to spar for
wind as the sporting men would say They
want to divert the platform from
straight l6 to l silver basis to some sort
of a muddled compromise" l- 70. a-.-
As to the position of temporary or per-
manent chairman. the governor said he
did not want either. 1T was what might
be called clever politics.. he continued,
the honor They knew it would tend to
arouse spirit of jealousy among the de-
mocracy. 1t would give them chance to
say 1 was hosging everything and was
MY whole desire is to see silver win.
want to see free silver ticket with free
silver platform. For myself 1 want moth
ing"
Governor Altgeld said he had no idea
who would be temporary permanent
chairman of the convention, beyond that
both positions would be filled by men ac-
ceptable to the free silver democrats. In
regard to the presidential nominee. he said
he had no preference. 1t was too soon as
yet to fix upon a man.
WHITNEY'S PRESENCE RESENTED.
SenatOr-Elect Money of Mississippi
Voices the Views of Some.
CHICAGO, July 2.-Some of the silver
II en- manifest disposition to resent the
announced intention of gold advocates who
are not delegates to the convention to come
to Chicago with the avowed intention of in
fluencing the course Of proceedings.
Voice was given to this feeling by Sena-
tor-elect Morey Of Mississippi, who said:
ut Is an unheard-of proceeding for men
like Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. Eckels. who have
no credentials to national convention. to
attend it with the view of influencing the
action of delegates on question of prin-
ciple.
1t is of course usual for the friends Of
candidates to exert their influence upon
delegates, who believe as they do but for
men to come here as these men do to
change the views of delegates who are in
structed on line of policy, is either piece
of arrogance or piece of folly, just as you
choose to regard 1t.
Il say to them that either one Of two
constructions is to be put upon their con-
duct: They either propose to buy men out
right or they want to otherwise influence
delegates to break faith with their con-
stituents. Either policy will be resented.
and l predict that the gold advocates who
come to the convention without other ex-
cuse than that of exerting their influence
on duly elected delegates will meet with
very cool reception. The convention will be
silver from core to cuticle, and the gold in
firence cannot be used to change its char
acter."
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN. -.-.
Likely to be Struggle the
Threshold of the Convention.
CHICAGO, July 2.-The executive COM
mittee of the national democratic commit
tee has decided to recommend to the full
committee that they proceed in the usual
way to designate a man for temporary
chairman of the national convention.
There is no doubt that if the full ma
tional committee accepts the recommends