The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-06
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MAN
HOWEVER NOT CHOSEN.
Services Of Delegation Proffered to
MI. Whitney
TO AID IN THE CAUSE OF SOUND
MONEY WHAT 1T CAN.

|
Other Delegations Which Put in Their
Appearance Yesterday-Talk About the
| Candidates-Animated Discussion Re-
| garding Merits of Bland aud Boies-Tel-
| Ter Men Putting in Time and Work
| Which is Beginning to Tell in Their
| Favor.
Chicago, July 5-Maine led off today
in the matter of organization. Her dele
cation, which reached Chicago via
Niagara Falls in time for breakfast, met
at ten. E. B. Winslow, president of the
Portland Board of Trade and Democratic
candidate for governor of the state, was
selected as vice chairman of the conven-
tion. Seth Gordon, chairman of the
delegation and c. Vey Holman. member
of the committee on resolutions. Not all
| of the positions were filed. Another
meeting Of the delegation is being ar
ranged for, at which the national COM
| mitteeman will be chosen. A resolution
| was adopted authorizing the chairman to
confer with Mr.. Whitney and place the
Maine delegation at the service of the
sound money cause.
| After the meeting adjourned Mr.. Hol-
man called upon Senator Hill, who
taA hat bo ho
York S representative on the resolutions
committee and had talk with him
about the action of the sound money men
on the committee. Mr.. Holman said the
delegates were in favor of the nomination
of Mr.. Whitney for President, but wh at
they would do in that regard. could not
he stated until after the conference be-
tween Messrs. Gordon and Whitney.
"We have organized" he said, upon a
| sound money basis. AS to the nomins-
tion. it makes comparatively little differ
ence to US what the convention may do,
We are going back home to carry the
state for the Democracy on local issues
| Strange as the assertion may seem, we
We think he will Garry Speaker Reed S
| district. There Is no doubt about Knox
county, and we believe we have good
chance for Cumberland county, in which
Portland is located.
| number of other delegations, chiefly
from Southern States arrived today. One
of the most noticeable was that from
| Texas, at the head of which were Con-
gressiaan Bailey. Coy. Culberson and
John S. Reagan, ex- Postmaster General
of the Confederacy. The Texas delegates
are united and enthusiastic for free silver
and Bland. Mr.. Bailey is expected to
second Senator Vests presentation Of the
name OF "Silyer Dick"
Next after the Texans came the men,
bers of the Louisiana delegation. Imme-
| diately after their arrival, Congressman
! Robertson Of Louisiana and ex-Congress-
man Lane of Illinois, engaged in a
vigorous discussion Of the merits of
Candidate Bland. Mr.. Lane asked the
Louisiana man if he was for Bland.
"Show me that he is big enough for
| the place, and I'll support him, 4" WAS the
| response.
"Well, he is big enough" retorted
Lane, land the people are for him.
| "Now, Lane" said Robertson, ''you
AMI know Bland. served eight years
with him on the coinage, weights and
measures committee in the House of
| Representatives. While no one can or
does question his honesty, he does not
measure up to the standard that the
American people require of their oandi-
dates for President. What's the matter
with Boies2'
Then MIR. Lane assailed Boies, contend
| ing that as shown by his recently pub
lished letter, Boies was not sound on the
silver question as recently as year ago,
and that he owed his success in Iowa to
the prohibition movement.
"He Is not the kind OF man." said
Lane. the Democrats want on a free sill
yer platform. The only trouble with
Bland" he added, Gas far as you men
from the South are concerned, is that he
is called Southern man, and you are
afraid to vote for him. You are political
| Bland 4S votes, as she will do, the
| Southern delegates ought to have courage
| enough to second ber efforts in his be-
half" There the discussion ended.
Senator Iillman arrived at the head of
the advance guard of the South Carolina
delegation. He comes with littla state
boom for the Presidency. At the first
opportune moment, 1t Is stated, he will
turn is votes over to Bland.
| Ex-COngressman Phil Thompson SAYS
that Senator Blackburn is gaining votes
| hourly by his manly, open candidacy,
and his refusal to enter into un-Demo-
cratic schemes to secure endorsements. In
| his opinion, the fear Of putting Con-
| federate soldier upon the ticket is rapidly
disappearing, as far as the Northern
soldiers are concerned. They admire the
disposition of the Blackburn forces to
leave the nomination to the entire Demo-
| oracy in convention assembled and op-
pose the selection by the caucus in which
any Democrats are unrepresented.
| The Blackburn people, if successful in
preventing the caucus. hope to bring to
their man number of votes not hereto
| fore marked in the Kentucky list. They
claim that proceedings in convention and
out must be conducted with view to
giving every body fair show. While
| they confidently assert that silver man