The evening times., 1896-06-30
SILVER men N COUNCIL
consinued from First Page,

read aloud TO the assembiage, to the evident
satisfaction OF the listeners.
..Sccretary Norton has evidently sized
up the situation, said Senator Junes, land
his opin.onis wclcMne. even II 1t does come
rather late in the day."
THAT'S the second sensible thing that
the Secretary has said since the silver cru
sadc was iDaugurated," said another COM
fnitteefiian. who subsequently made the
inevitable request that he should not be
quoted. & SSE
1.-The first was when he returned from his
recent six Thousand mile trip and acknowi-
edged that the western pruiries were on
fire for silver, and that his own gold dele
cation from Nebraska would be lucky II
it got into the coliseum galleries.
"The next Thing we know we SHAH Ilnd
that they are succumbiDg to the inevitaDie
and coming into the silver CAMP" said
Delegate John wv. Tomlinson.
coNsTERSATtON IN BOIEs CAMP.
Consternatinn was thrown into the Boies
camp this afternoon By report that an
alliance, Offensive and defensive, had been
effected betweeni the Bland forces and the
Illinois delegation, in the interest OF the
Missouri ex-CoiigressmaD, and with Gov.
Stone as reSiddary legatee in the event'of
the silver dollar champion falling to win
out. q
For threetquarters of an hour, ending at
noon, Cows. fAltgeld and Stone were in con-
ference in an ante-room leading OFT from
the privateiparior occupied by the former.
both the communicating and main doors
being locked.
The only other person present was Col.
Charles II. Jones, Of st. Louis, who was
there presumably as witness OF what
might be said.
nl u
pied nearly fifty minutes, and When the par.
| ticipants emerged to the corridor they ap-
| peared to be bubbiing over with satisfac-
ton and good nature.
All three were approached In turn by the
| United Press representative. but returned
| the stereotyped answer that 1t had been
agreed that for the present not one word
| should be said concerning the object Oh
| the conference or its result.
The news OF the meeting. however, quickly
spre ad to the other. hetes. and In less time
| than 1t take 5 TO tell the story the sherman
| House rotunda filed up with the advance
| guards of the BOies. Matthews, Bland aud
| other booms.
only one construction was placed upon
| the conference between the TWO e&ecu-
tiyes and this Is that an alliance OF some
nature or other had been agreed upon be
tween Gov. Aitgeld. who carried the forty
| Ell jCl,t votes OF Illinois in his pocket. and GOV
! Stone who is here as recognized ieader
| OF the Bland forces.
ALTGELD's LEANING TOWARD BLAND
II was argued that conference OF sucf
| duration and Conducted with SO much
| secrecy must necessarily be of some IN oment
| ana ,neIa I was uwe.t upon That the iillnois
| governor had not thought 1t worth While I.
| get into communication with Secrtar,
/ walsh of the Iowa State central committee
| or other OF the Eoies leaders. although III
had ample opportunity for 60 doing wher
| they were at Peoria last week seeking to Sc
| cure ain Endorsement of their candidate al
the hands of the State Democratic conyen
1 ton.
1 The fact was also recalled that while
at Peoria Gov. Altgeld received a length,
| communication from Gov. Stone bearing
/ upon Mr.. BANDS availability as Presi
Dental nominee upon Democratic siivel
platform, and further, that, while the
| governor maintained his nou-committa=
| attitude, it went out from people close tc
him that either Mr.. Bland or Gov. Stone
himself would, on the eve of the national
convention, be found in very close com
munion with the Illinois delegation.
| Whatever the nature or result OF the con
| ference, however, 1t overshadowed all the
other proceedings OF the morning. and FUR
| nished the first decided sensation OF tht
| gathering OF the clans.