New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-26
and Territories as follows
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An insnection Of the foregoing statement viii
chow that the state OF Michigan. with twenty
.iyh, delegates IL not included II that number
should be added 10 the SOUNDING ney column II
would make total OF 342 votes. or ~ more
than one-third Of the Convention. ~ III sound
money delegates should stand together they
could prevent the nomination OF A stralgh'"ut
free-silver candidate even after the ADOPTION Oh
n srce-silver PLATFORM unless the majority which
adopted that platform should abrogate the '"o-
thirds rule which has always governed the
nomination Of candidates II would be IN 'hs
power Of a majority OF the Convention to do
,ba, Rut even II Michigan should be added TO
the free-slIver column the total would be in
creased t. only GIG. which would still he four
short Of the necessary two-thirds The free-sl
vor men however claim To be sure OF seven
votes from Minnesota and four from Maryland,
neither OF which states adopted the unit rule
II their claim should hold good In regard 70
either Of these States they would he able 70
,nu-,or n majority Of two-thirds. unless there
were OBJECTIONS elsewhere. There lies the H.
which appears already to trouble them because
they foresee how difficult II not impossible II
may lee TO concentrate all their votes on single
candidate who will be acceptable TO the extreme
free-silyer Republicans In the Pacinc ana noun
tain States and elsewhere. and at the same time
not too unacceptable 10 sound-money Democrats
In other States. ~.
The Michigan situation is a peculiar one. The
state Convention adopted the unit rule ana de
clared against free coinage; but II appears tla'
the free-silver Democrats OF that STATE. VINO
rest uneasy under the yoke OF Don vi. Dickinson
and who feel that they were the victims or
"bunco game In the State Convention. nave ne-
termined to rebel II they succeed the went
eight votes Of that State Will be cast Tor iree-
silver platform and free-silver candlnate. /"
conversation with a Tribune CORRESPONDENT, '"
day n Michigan man. who Is well ih'"r"ie' !"
regard to the situation said.
THE SITUATION IN MICHIGAN.
"A well-organzed and shrewdly conceived plan
ls under way 10 unseat the sound-money dele-
gates to the Chicago Convention; The Mich'-
GA, delegation consists OF twenty eight dele
gates. twelve Of whom are straightout tree-s"-
YER men. II will. therefore. only be necessary to
unseat three ~ the sound-money men To give
the free-silveritcs control OF the delegation. and
the unit rule will do the rest The Michisfn
state Democratic Convention consisted Of slight
T., mare than 500 delegates or these perhaps
90 were original delegates. the rest were SUP
stitutes' no proxies being allowed In Michigan.
Those substitutes were mainly postmasters IN
formal revenue collectors and other of'iceholders
and through them Mr.. Dickinson, MIR stevenson
and Mr. Enr!ght-the latter being the posth"S-
fer at Detroit-were enabled 10 control the CON
yention and subvert the Will - the STATE De-
mocracy by the adoption Of gold plank an" q"
Endorsement of the Administration
The free silver idea Is absolutely ra'mp@n, :"
Michigan There Is no doubt that iullN nm.
tenths of the Democratic votes IN the So
favor the white metal The free-silNer ben'
crafts nronose 10 unseat several, II not all II inc
gold men In their delegation, ana mus gam co''-
troll of the state machinery FOR free SnNr,'
They will not send a contesting delegation or ~
tamnt 10 break the unit rule. which might nave
disastrous results in the Convention. ihey hatc
a better plan. They VIII send 10 Chchs' va
~ 4 M m a.
tbnma.lves 10 he represented by substitutes
These men Will be prepared to make oath una.
their substitutes violated their agreements WIN
their principals and misrepreS"n'ed tner 'un-
stItuents by voting for the gold plank. ana inc
original delegates vii: therefore demand their
seats In the delegation
CONFIDENT OF THE RESULT
with the silver men In control OF the Ma
tional Convention there would not seem 10 De
much doubt Of the result Of such a contest
This will add twenty eight votes 10 the silver col
umn. and II the calculations Of the silver men are
correct will give them more than the two-thirds
majority necessary to nominate presidential
ticket. 1t will also give the silver men control
Of the Michigan party machinery and permit
them 70 name n National Committeeman and a
State Central Committee which will be in sym
pathy with them George p. Hummer. the
recognized leader OF the freesilver Democracy
~ Michigan. who. with McCrath. ex-Justice OF
the State Supreme Court Is mana ging the Mchi-
gan contest wrote to a prominent and inhuen-
tlal Democrat H. this city. under date OF June
10 az follows:
The silver men OF Michigan propose to go
IN the National Convention and contest the gold
delegates seats. There is no possible question
hut the Justice Of our contest can be made evil
don't The result OF the contest Is OF no less i'm
portance TO the Democracy OF the State than TO
the Convention itself II no contest Is made the
Cleveland Dickinson crowd VIII nave majority
tbo ,p,it tee
organize a committee hostile to silver and hostile
TO the wishes OF nine-tenths OF the Democracy
of the State They will also secure the National
committeeman who would misrepresent the
State The organization o. the committees Is
Of the utmost Importance TO the future OF the
party In this State.
"Mr Hummer expresses the opinion that II
either Senator Teller or Ex-Governor Boies should
be the nominee Of the Chicago Convention he