The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-10
BLAND STILL LEADS TN THE PRES
DENTAL RACE,
SITUATION UNCHANGED.
bryan shown Mnch Favor by southern
states-Gold Men quietly Working
for Vice President stcvonson--
The Missourian's Lteutenapts
Feel Confident OF Victory
for silver Dick "

CHICAGO, H., July o-The Bland
forces are trying to rush the work OF
the convention. The disposition of
the Boies and Matthews leaders is to
prolong the fight, for they see they
have no show i'm the event OF an early
ballot. OF course, they are aided in
every way in this programme 10y the
Eastern delegates. The Boies and
Matthews men are trying TO insist
that they are not roofing" against
bland, and favor,ng delay. and they
are insisting that this work is being
done 10y the Eastern delegates alone
This is plainly incorrect, and the fact
has stirred up the Bland followers to
a white heat
William j. Bryan Of Nebraska is
making q strong play for the nomin
alton, but it is not his intention to
enter the fight at the start lie hopes
that the Bland and Boies men will
lock horns IN deadlock, and that the
free silver men OF the South and West
will then turn TO him. Bryan has
more strength in North Carolina than
in any other Southern state. North
Carolina caucused yesterday and
Bryan got / / votes. Bland got q Boies
3 and Teller i. The vote would have
gone TO Bryan, but when he heard of
the action of the caucus he sent them
word that he did not desire the vote
on the first ballot, and he would sug-
gest that the votes go TO Bland. II
was therefore agreed that the state
shonld vote for Bland, but il Bryan
gets into the race the twenty-five
votes of North Carolina will come TO
| him az once
There has beSn q quiet but de-
termined effort al, day TO stir up a
/ sentiment for Stevenson. From the
very start Trude of Illinois has been
against Bland lie is working very
hard TO get the Illinois delegation TO
come out for Stevenson lie cannot
do anything, however, as long as Att
geld remains true to Bland. Altgeld
and Stone have been together a great
deal and Stone said last night that
! Altgeld was for Bland to stay to the
end and that he had no second
choice.
The gold men are secretly fayoring
this Stevenson movement They are
afraid to say SO above their breath,
however
The Bland men,have continued their
| fight for the Southern States and with
| very talr success. i heN say lHhL lntfc
is not the slightest doubt but that
they have Georgia, Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi They also hope to induce
| Alabama TO reconsider the action by
which it decided TO cast its vote for
| Boies
There was story current last
evening that Kansas would break
away from Bland and go TO Bryan.
The leaders of the delegation deny it,
however. There are some Bryan men
on the Kansas delegation, but Over
myer and Martin will hold il in line.
The adjournment last night was
forced by the sub-committee of the
committee on resolutions by asking
for more time 90 prepare the platform.
II happens that the subcommittee is
made up OF a majority of Teller men,
and this is looked rpon as showing
that il may happen that the Teller
| fellows may have joined in the scheme
Of delay by way of hurting the chances
of Bland aus improving those OF the
| field