The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-03
FOR THE WHITE METAL.
CONFERENCE OF ALI PARTIES FAVORABLE TO sILVER CALLED.

N~s-~~~~~-~ The New Silver Party Steering tho Plan Populists, Silver Republicans and Silver Democrats Invited to Attend-Governor
 Stone or w. J. Bryan to be Temporary
 Chairman of Democratic Convention.
 Chicago, July 2.-Dr. J. J. Mott of North Carolina, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the independent or new silver party formed in Washington a year ago, has sent out an invitation for conference on Saturday night of representatives of every party and fac tion favorable to silver, including pop ulists, silver democrats and silver re- publicans.
 As to what it is intended to accom- plish by this conference pr. Mott is reticent, but the expressions of senti- ment among those that flocked to his quarters during the day indicated a preference for the nomination next week of such a candidate as could be indorsed by silver men and populists at St. Louis three weeks hence upon g. platform dealing with no other issue than that of the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
 The executive committee of the inde- pendent silver party meets here on Sat urday, and at tomorrow nights meet ing of the democratic bimetallic com mittee and the silver delegates com mittee will be appointed to meet the independents with a view toward unit ed action.
 Sentiment among the silver men crystallized to-day in favor of the se- lection of either Governor Stone of Mis- souri or w. J. Bryan of Nebraska as temporary chairman, with Senator Harris of Tennessee and Major Towles, secretary of the bimetallic committee, as chairman and secretary, respective ly. The story was published this af- ternoon that Senator Harris had been definitely chosen as permanent chair man. but at the headquarters in the Sherman house the fact that no meet ing had been held to-day was cited as proof that this was purely guess work.
 Tn the absence of degelates with votes the boomers expended their am- munition on the crows that invade the hotels They took possession of the rotundas and held forth to those in clined to listen concerning the merits of their respective candidates. At one time four distinct bcoms were in pro- cess of advocacy on the ground floor of the Palmer house and the cheers and shouts of the listeners created a din.
 The friends of Bland were the most active. In addition to their headquar- ters at the Palmer and the Auditorium Annex they opened up rooms to-day in the Sherman house. MT. Bland's S friends to-day insisted that the pre- vailing sentiment in the city and the advices which they were receiving from outside warranted them in declaring that 1t was Bland against the field With the field already on the run.
 The friends of ex-Governor Bo1es, however. argued hat it was votes rather than shouting that made nomi- nees. Delegate Brewster of Creston, one of the chiefs of the Boies bureau, and who had a talk with Governor Alt geldt before the latter left for Spring field last night, quoted him as declaring that he had no spoken a word on the subject of presidential possibilities that he was no more friendly to Bland than to Boies and the time, had not yet ar rived when the Illinois delegation could fasten itself to any one candidate.
 There was more or less talk about the hotels concerning ticket made uE of Bland and Boies but the Iowa peo- ple frown down any suggestion that Boies would accept second place. wee President Stevenson and Governor Matthews of Indiana were also talked of considerably for the second place on the ticket in the event of the nomlna- tion going to Bland and late in the day ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio was talked of in the same connection. Not a single name of any person ha1line east of the Alleghany was brought up however.
 The friends of Governor Matthews were reinforced to-day by the arriva If will English, son of the late w. Il English. who was a candidate for vice nresidert on the Hancock ticket in 1880 Although not a free silverite MT. Eng fish is a warm friend of the lndlaha executive The local sound money democrats began to bestir themseiVes today and arrangements were Inaue for a. conference of all the gold stan dard delegates that may be on the ground tomorrow night.
 For Saturday night there has beer arranged a mass and Senators Hill Gray Villas and Palmer, ex-Secretary Whitney, ex-Governors Russell, wafer Peck. Flower, Francis and Messrs. w D. Bynum of Indiana, W. F. Sheehar and others are to make sound money addresses.