The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
SOUND MONEY MEN IN SESSION.
Ex-secretary whitney Pays His
Compliments 10 Gov. AItgeId.

Ex-secretary whitney Pays His
Compliments 10 GOV. AItgeId.
Chicago, July 5.-The gold democrats
who are supporting william C. whitney
in the business which has brought him
to Chicago, held an enthusiastic meeting
tonight, and discussed matters of I'M
portance, bearing on the treatment they
might expect in the convention from the
dominant silver men. The feature of the
conference, which, like that of Friday
night, was conducted behind closed doors
in the Auditorium hotel, was a speech de-
livered by Mr.. Whitney at the opening
He paid his compliments to Gov Alt
geld, who, he claimed, was the dominat-
ing spirit among the silVerites, and ended
his remarks with this declaration, made
in a ringing voice: II take it for granted
that no man in this room will ever con-
sent to the subordinatlon of the welfare
Of the country and the integrity of his
party, for any consideration"
Loud cheers followed, and it was some
minutes before the applause died away
There was really little business of i'm
portance al the conference. It's main pur-
pose was to discuss the various contests
before the national committee and to
listen to a statement from Mr.. Whitney
as to what had been accomplished since
the gold forces began their active fight
on last Friday.
1t is estimated that over 225 persons were
IN attendance, the room being inadequate
to hold the assemblage. Among the first
to arrive were sixty Indianians, wearing
conspicuous badges bearing the inscrip-
lion: Indiana Sound Money Democrats"
Two sergeant-at-arms were placed al the
door, and as each man entered he was
subjected to close scrutiny. Two fol-
lowers of the silverites had passed
within the precincts Of the conference
room, but were discovered in time and
summaruy ousted
Among those in attendance were w. d.
Bynum, ex-Attorney General. A. c. Smith
of Indiana, William G. Whitney, ex-GoV
Flower, ex-Lieut. Gov. Sheehan, ex-GOv
Gray, Don NJ. Dickinson, ex-Mayor Thorn
as F. Gilroy, Judge Funch of Iowa, Col
Harvey, Col. John r. Fellows, ex-GoV
Russell Of Massachusetts, Controller Eek
els, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Hamlin, John p. Russell, w T.. Harrity
Ben T. Gable, Franklin MacVeagh, Wash
.ngton- Hesing, eX-Gov. Francis, Josiah
Quincy, Robert r. Wright of Pennsylva-
MIA, and ex-Gov. r. w. Knox.
Senator Gray of Delaware, who was
selected as permanent chairman Of rhe
gold delegation at last Fridays meeting
called the conference to order, and m
mediately thereafter Mr. Whitney arose
to address those who were present All
Of those In attendance were not dele.
gates to the convention. A notable abb
sentee was Senator David b. HILL who
was present at last Fridays conference
DuL ulI not accept lHt llNlLdLlOn TO aD-
pear tonight.
Mr.. Whitney prefaced his remarks by a
brief statement of what the situation had
been at the conference held Immediately
after his arrival in Chicago At that
time, he said, the little information they
had tended to one inevitable conclusion.
that the free silver men under Altgeld had
made up their minds to force their
way through the convention in every
particular, and had also decided to do
three things. First, to hold a caucus and
select their candidate outside the con-
vention hall; second, 10 abrogate the two
thirds rule, and third, to make the re-
suit absolutely certain by firing out as
many gold delegates as they could possi-
bly, find a pretext for dismissing. They
had also decided another thing, and that
was to violate every precedent of the
party by refusing as temporary chairman
a man selected by the national commit
tee and to put their own man in his
place That, he said was the state of
things a the last meeting.
ssTo-night," said Mr.. Whitney, 'ft was
obvious that there had been a distinct
setback for the silver forces. The plans
had been changed The sentiment that
had been brought since that time through
the efforts of the sound mohey demo-
Gratis here and the democratic press
throughout the country, was very mark
ed. As indicative of the change in the
plans Of the silver men, they had under