The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-09
THE CONVENTION.
A Feeling of Uncertainty as to the
 Probable Nominee.
Bland Men Make Strong ClRims-Senator White for Temporary Chalrman-Piat- form VIII Be short-Overmyer
 VIII Speak for Bland.

| CHICAGO, July GA caucus of the Bland men was held at the Sherman house yesterday. and it was the most important gathering that has been held since the delegates began to ar. rive. The states which were repre-. sented were: Colorado, 8 votes; Arkan. sas, 16 votes; Idaho, votes; Illinois, AS votes; Kansas, 20 votes; Missouri. 34 votes; Montana, votes; Nebraska, 16 votes; Nevada, 6 votes; Texas, 30 votes; Utah, votes; Washington, 8 votes; Arizona, votes; New Mexico, 6 votes; Indian territory, 6 votes, and Oklahoma, 6 votes This is a total of 22s votes, but this does not nearly show what Bland's s first ballot strength will be. Califor. mia and the two Dakotas, which were not represented at the caucus, are just as much for Bland as are the other western states. The western state that is not for Bland is Iowa, which is still nursing it's Boies' boom. The solid west cannot come anywhere near nominating, however, as there are 034 votes in the convention and if the two-third rule is followed it will take 622 2-3 votes to nominate. The Bland men, however, expect upon the first ballot in addition to the states named: Alabama, with g votes; Flor ida, votes; Louisiana, 16 votes; North Carolina, g votes; South Carolina, IS votes, and Tennessee, "A votes. On the second ballot they claim Ken. lucky, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia and Mississippi will go for the Missouri man. There are also scattering Bland votes in other states which will be for him from the start unless the delegations adopt the unit rule. .....
 The feature of the day has been the seeming utter collapse of the Teller boom. The talk of the existence of the senatorial cabal plotting to secure Teller's nomination has aroused among many of the incoming delegates a feeling of the most bitter and passion ate resentment, and the cry is heard everywhere that the nominee must be a democrat
 THE PROBABLE PLATFORM.
 CHICAGO, July 6-The platform will be short. It will contain less thans5OO or 600 words. It will consist of only four or five blanks, perhaps but three. The longest, and the one to which the most importance will be attached in the campaign, will be the financial plank. It will advocate the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to one. The tariff is not ig. nored. Instead, however, of reciting the evils of protection and going into details regarding the public benefit de. rived from unrestricted commerce with the world, the tariff plank will simply reaffirm in few words the party's fealty to the doctrine of tariff for reve. nue only. A third plank will commit the democratic party to the principle of raising public revenue by taxing in. comes It will advocate the adoption of a constitutional amendment au- thorizing congress to raise money in that way. The platform will declare in favor of an economical administra. tion of tse federal government and perhaps also against the immigration of paupers and illiterates Many of the leaders are strongly in favor of single declaration for free silver and the practical ignoring of all other questions
 THE GOLD MEN CONFER
 CHICAGO, July 6-The gold dele. gates gathered rather slowly Sunday evening for their second meeting. Neither Senator Hill nor Gov. Flower attended the meeting, the former giv. ing as a reason that he was too busy with other affairs. Before the session, Mir. Whitney said: 1.-The meeting is simply to formulate plans. We are not going to arrange any individual course" It was announced, however, that the meeting was to get the sense of the delegates on the question of bolting the convention, several dele. gates having urged the course early in the day. There was less talk yester- day of bolt by the gold men, and it was openly discouraged by Senator Hill, Mir. Whitney and others Still it Ao Pioih ICuU hiohy oA thO kOi1 men will refuse to support silver can. didate, and some quietly canvassed the advisability of placing gold ticket and a gold candidate in the field.
 THE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
 CHICAGO, July GA secret meeting of leading silver men was held at the Sherman house yesterday. The con. ference was devoted exclusively to canvass of the situation with reference to the selection of temporary presid. ing officer. and the majority of those present announced themselves as favorable to the selection of Senator White.
 THE KANSAS DELEGATION.
 CHICAGO, July 6-David Overmyer yesterday accepted the invitation of Gov. Stone to second the nomination of Bland. Mir. Overmyer decided the matter in the morning when poll of the Kansas delegation was made, show ing IS for Bland, one non-committal and one absent J. Mack Love, of Ar