New-York tribune., 1896-08-28

THE LOUISIANA SENATOR PREPARING
HIS SPEECH.
EX-GOVERNOR FLOWER MAY BE TEMPORARY
CHAIRMAN AT THE INDIANAPOLIS
CONVENTION.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE ]

tB1 TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBUNEJ
indianapolis, Aug. FIT is definitely announced
that Senator Caffery. Of louisiana will be the perma
nent chairman of the Convention of Sound-Money
Democrats. He will not be formally elected until
next Monday but he has been Informed and is pre-
pairing his speech. The recent declaration of Bourke
Cochran that he Is for adopting platform. but vot-
ing for Mckinley takes him out Of consideration, 1t
is now believed. for temporary chairman. and the
Executive Committee will probably select ex-Gover-
nor Flower for temporary chairman He occupies
strong position home it Is ssld without belonging
10 either faction of his party and viii make an excel
lent to sound the keynote that will rally the
great body OF the NewYOrk Democracy to the stan
dard erected by the Convention in this city The men
who have charge Of the fortunes Of the new party
have deemed best do everything possible to unite
the party in the Empire State for the indianapolis
ticket Hill is about the only man OF prominence in
the State who has not shown conclusive evidence OF
sympathy with the movement. and he has not an
tagonzed 1t. IT is known that letters nave arrived
at headquarters bearing the Senator return address
What was the nature Of the communications between
him and the committee Is not known. but 1t is sald
that all inquiries about the party have been
turned over by him TO the committee instead OF
answering them himself
Wisconsin havi.g instructed for GeneIal hidsE ANU
Nebraska for Watierson it now looks as If there
would be a contest for the Presidential nomination.
l. is said at any that since some delesduohS
have taken the matter in hand the committees IN
charge are glad that they can trust TINS matter 10 he
settled by an active Convention earnest IN lis pur-
nose and that the ticket will not have to be made up
in a cut-and dried way They look upon TINS sltua-
on az highly encouraging for large ana enthusidS'c
Convention 1t is probable that the Bragg movement
NAV crinnle the Villas movement, which has had a
National rather than a State incentive. The WIS
consin Senator has been the favoriie OF most OF the
leaders as expressed in correspondence Ihere Is no
rivalry however between the two men, II Is said ana
i s believed that Senator Villas was behind the work
NJ tho Wisconsin Convention. Secretary Oarlls'es
name will not be presented at the Conventoh' o"lhs'
j. - said to his suggestion that having been con-
nected with the issue Of bonds ms name I WTudI De
bugaboo with the Populsts, lie ma P PoSI, - ,he
cIinrd 10 accept the nomination In reference 10 w
.,,gas,ion mat possiby President Cleveland Wouid
be nominated, of those at the head OF the organ"
ZatiOn said: ., , NJ C,eveIand'
s,ande and II is not going to do anything that would
offend him There has never been me ssmuGSt ,io ,
from him that he would accept anothei % ,i
and under these circunstances inc N"''N N'' W
MOI consider his name Al an, ooo ,-,.,.o. ,ro,or,
II is nrobable that there will be 900 delegates present
nearly that many having engaged quarters 81 ,h' NJ
tels Mir Bynum said to-day that every Stdte am
Territory except Nevada, Nyomns' luan0 am "a. tan
viii he reprcsented we have been unable 10 hnu
WI, VII o in theso States" said ne, except members
Of Congress who own silver mines, and most OF them
live in California. = IT. oo,,r,tt.oo IL occ,-
great deal Of the time OF me commit - 80
,iad vvi,h the stream of elegrams asking 10 De as
pI pIgnoG good accommodations. Georgia teegraphed
~ rooms for twenty to-day. The telegraph COM
pancs have been busy mtt'ng UP nanies % have
ma Ia ~ one and a third rate to the Convention;
Sereeant-at-Arms Walter Kessler has appoin,eu
49, - Eroe Soil candidate for Nice-Presldent more
than forty years Will proDapN De one 1i , tI,
Indiana deegatesd- large he Is ieepe III ,Dct3n 2,
still vigorous In nina lie HN's a. i''"e''
,l,,ri aff