Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-30
POLITICAL.

Senator Stewart, OF Nevada, VINO
will attend the Chicago convention,
says the democrats must make conces-
sions to the populists and silver repub-
licans in the matter of the nomination
for President.
The leaders of the democratic silver
forces in the various States are arriving
in Chicago. Their meeting began to-
day in the Sherman House under the
auspices of the bimetallic democratic
national committee. The meeting will
be composed in large measure of the
representatives of the bimetallic COM
! mittee, which was organized in Wash
| ington last August. Mr.. P. ]. Otey is
the delegate from Virginia.
Ex.Secretary Whitney, the eastern
general of the anti-silver democrats
will start for Chicago from New York
tomorrow and there he will meet
those who are to assist him in what
Mr.. Whitney himself probably knows
is a hopeless battle for sound money
Realizing that the silver men have
now more than 500 of of the $50 dele
gates to the convention, Mr.. Whitney
will not threaten the convention with 9
bolt or theatrical withdrawal from
the hall, such as was effected by Sena
tor Teller in St. Louis. He will sim
ply argue that the proposed course Of
the convention will have the effect o.
driving lifelong democrats from the
party and insure the election of the
republican candidate, Mr.. VIM. G.
Whitney has prepared financial
plank, which he will urge the commit
tee to adopt. He will be assisted in
his fight by Senator Hill and by Sena'
tor Smith, of New Jersey.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, says that
30 far as he has heard from the silver
delegates, they practically agree upon
the main features of the platform. The
idea is to give first place to the financial
plank and to make all other questions
including the tariff, subservient to this
Ashed what influence he expected
Mr.. Whitney's coming to Chicago to
have upon the convention, the Senator
replied "None whatever. 1t will have
no more effect than would very fine
spray on ducks back. The people
have made up their minds as to what
they want, and the delegates they have
sent here will be here to do their bid
ding, and no amount of influence will
change their purpose or turn the course
of events.
81 see," continued the Senator, "that
it is suggested that business influence
can be brought to bear to change the
votes of Southern delegates. Never
was there greater mistake. We Of
the South feel that we have already
been ground to powder, and no amount
of pulverizing will affect US. Mr.. Whit
ney will be treated courteously, but
this is not going to be Mr.. Whitney's
convention"
Senators Dubois, of Idaho, and Petit
grew, of South Dakota, who were
among the delegates who walked out OF
the republican convention because ofthe
adoption ola gold standard plank, reach.
ed Chicago yesterday, as did Con-
gresham Shaffroth, of Colorado.
They are supposed to be there
for the purpose of promoting SEN
ator Telier's interest in the demo-
cratic national convention, though
they do not openly avow that such is
their purpose. Senator Dubois declin-
ed to say more than that he was hope
full that the democrats would nominate
a man for President upon whom the
silver forces. whether democratic,
republican or populistic, could combine,
and insure his election,