Evening star., 1896-07-04
Bland or Teller the Alternative at
Chicago.
CHARGES AGAINST SENATORIAL JUNlA
Secretary Morton Between the
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
ENES AND TALK


the situation this morning tersely and
graphically that I feel I cannot co the
readers of The Star better service than by
quoting 1t. as follows: Bland or Teller
only these two appear to be under serious
consideration. The democratic party is at
the parting OF the ways. In all probability IL
will name for President either the Mis-
souri, ex-Congress man. who has never been
anything but democrat, or the Colorado
Senator, who for thirty years has been q
distinguished republican. Bland represents
conservative democracy. the old traditions
and the old school. The men who cluster
about him believe in maintaining the parry
organization Intact. They would not run
after minor parties, nor permit the slough
off factions of republicanism to dictate to
them.
Teller represents the new idea His sup
porters are the men who have placed silver
revolution before party. They arc the men
who have assumed that a change Of the
monetary standard is of greater import
ance than tariff or constitutional rights or
anything else in the government. They
agree that all traditions and prejudices
should be subordinated TO the one idea
of rehabilitating the white metal Which
shall the democratic party choose?
Shall IT, with dignity, and perhaps with
narrowness, stand within itself nominal
ing none but old-time democrats, shall
IL yield to the craze OF the day. make an
effort te utilize a single idea for the pur-
pose of combining three parties or parts
Of parties together. and on that ask for
control Of the government?
How the Fight Lies.
the battle now for the nomination is be-
tween the bosses and the rank and file OF
the silver Senators who have settled upon
Mr.. Teller. The rank and file OF the dele
gates are divided between Bland, Boies
and the field" 1t is safe to say the ma
jority of the latter look askance at sena-
tor Teller's candidacy. Whether the bosses
can induce the delegates as they come in
to accept the preconceived arrangement is
the great question and one that is hourly
presenting new difficulties TO the most in
terested parties.
Every reader of The Star has been IA
miliar with the plans Of the senatorial
junta since the bolt of the silver men a;
the ST. Louis convention. At that tine
the hopes and objects of the silver Sena-
tors were clearly defined in the dispatches
to The Star The silver Senators have
been in the field since early hour to see
to 1t that the details of their plans. all
centering upon the nomination of Senator
Teller. should be carried out At the very
outset, however. they found themselves
combatted. Simultaneously with their ar
rival came a well-arranged push" for
two other candidates, Bland and Boies
The promoters OF these booms were not
inclined TO let the senatorial tunta have
everything their own way. They refused
to harness with the team the junta was
a5 Nar
race OF their own. In fact. they have de-
fled the senatorial junta and dare them to
open battle. 1t goes hard with the junta.
for they are not accustomed to defiance to
either their opinions or will.
DenOuncfng the Senatorial Juntn.
The workers for Boies and Bland booms
alleged attempted domination of the party
by the senatorial junta. Within the very
party organization they are drawing the
lire between the masses and the classes
just as their opponents claim the silver
men are doing throughout the country. In
every hotel corridor you can see knots of
men in the midst of which is sor1e excited
individual inveiehing against "the great
cloak room conspiracy" they call this
attempt of the senatorial junta TO pick
the presidential nominee. They will tell how
the plot has been Matching for months
urjer the dome at Washington and around
the exclusive senatorial circle. Then the
orator calls upon his followers TO
throw of this attempted domina-
tion, to heed the voice of the people and
10 nominate Bland or Boies. as the case
may be, for the two candidates are making
joint war against a common enemy up 10
this point.
No Teller Headquartcrs.
Teller's candidacy is all under the sur
face. He has no headquarters. no push
to shout his name in the corridors, no pla-
cerds on wall or stairway. You do not
see picture of Teller in all Chicago, al
though he is leading candidate for Pres
ident. This is rather 4 remarkable situa-
alton. considering the showing being made
by the ether candidates. OF course the rea-
son is apparent. Mr.. Teller has never an
nounced himself candidate for Pres
ident before the democracy, and he could
rot send his friends here TO openly aoNo-
cate the candidacy of a man who less
than thirty days ago was a republican.
Such a situation has not presented itself i'm
the democratic party since the days OF
Horace Greeley. The more one thinks about
1t the more the strangeness of the situation
appears. The anti-Teller people dwell upon
it with great emphasis. They ask why is
1t that the man who is their most formi-
dable opponent has TO headquarters AMI
no organization; then they say ii only goes
to prove the existence of the great cloak
room plot to foist upon the democracy a
man whose candidacy cannot be put forth
into the open light of day.
Demonstration for Bland.
In marked contrast to the position of the
Teller candidacy is the showing made by
Bland and Boies Every big hotel in the
city has "a Bland headquarters The first
thing you upon entering is an immense
sign over the office with silver Dick ju;-
ted out in incandescent electric light globes
on a silver background. Above 1t will hang
a gigantic portrait of the Missourian while
scattered through the rotunda. along The
walls of the corridors ard hanging from the
stairways will be hundreds of smaller
Bland pictures.
The Boies people were later in getting to
work, and are now hunting for spare
inch of surface here and there upon which
to hang Autographs and banners. They