The morning times., 1896-05-27
TO CHEcKMtT[ HlnR|IY|
His Scheme 10 Exclude Boilers
Causes a Ceunter-Plot.
POLITICIANS ARE RED HOT
Silver Men Have Planned to Hold II
Mammoth Caucus and VIII Remain
Away If the Bolting States Are
Kept From the Organlza ton of the
Convention

Chairman Harrity's interview given out
i'll New York to the effect that boiling States
will not be permitted to participate in the
temporary organization of the convention
has created quite cyclone OF Ofindlgnation IN
this city.
Several Senators and representatives who
will head their State delegations at Chi
cago have been questioned on the subject
OF MIR. Harrity's statement, and the in
variable reply is that plan Of operations
has been agreed upon which will more than
checkmate the Democratic boss.
AS understood by the politicians here, Mr.
Harrity's threat applies to those states in
which the gold men have refused for one
reason or another to abide by the decision
OF majority favorable to free silver and
will bring contest before the national
convention. The idea is not TO place the
states from whence these contests come upon
the list read in calling the convention to
order. aud prior to the appointment OF a
committee on credentials.
PLAN To CHECKMATE.
AS an illustration, contest will be made
from Illinois, where Mayor Hopkins and
his followers in Chicago remained away
from the primaries for the purpose OF i'll
stitutIng d contest. 4 contest will be
filed from Alabama and South Carolina,
and as matter Of fact the intention is to
have such contests flied wherever possible
without any reference to the sufficiency
or the grounds for so doing, the plan being
to have enough of these contests pending
from States friendly TO silver so that if the
States are prevented from participating in
the temporary organization the gold
men will easily have majority OF the CON-
mittee on credentials and can seat their
contesting delegations.
This is a pretty scheme and would un-
doubtedly give the gold men control Of the
convention, unless some drastic measure
be taken TO prevent the consummation Of
the proposed coup.
According to the Senators, members. and
delegates now in this city their plan for
evading Mr.. Harrity's trap is almost
equal in cunning TO the one he has laid for
his opponents. On the day preceding the
convention the silver men have deter
mined to hold q mammoth caucus, similar
to the one the friends and followers OF
Gen. Harrison held in Minneapolis four
years ago.
WILL ALL HANG TOGETHER.
At this they will all hang together and
not allow Chairman Harrity, or the ma
tionai committee, for that matter, to
usurp the authority and powers belonging &
to the convention aud the committee ON
credentials.
A delegation will be appointed TO wait
upon Mr.. Harrity and ask him TO recede
from his contaminated artiOn as set forth
in the New York interview, so far as 1t
relates 10 keeping so-called boiling States
off the list of participants, otherwise the
silver delegations will remain outs ide
with the alleged bolters.
Thus Arkansas, which has no contest,
will stand by the silver sentiment IN
Illinois and other states will do the same.
the intention being that every State shall
have full and fair representation upon the
committee on credentials and that a number
of trumped up contests shall not give the
convention into the control Of the sound
money faction.
If Chairman Harrity persists in carrying
out his program as announced from New
York he will call the Democratic Nationa
convention together with between two
hundred and fifty and three hundred
delegates present, the remainder of the
91S delegates in the meantime having
agreed to stand by the excluded boltinG
States.
1t is thus evident that Mr. Harrity mus
climb down from his high horse or he will
be placed In the remarkable attitude OF
attempting to preside over a convention
with less than one-third OF its numerical
strength present