New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22
THE SILVER sIDEsHO".
,-r, y IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO THE
nrMETALL1C CONVENTION.

,,xo FOR IT TO DO sUT Go THROUGH PEN
,,,.roRy ENDORSEMENT OF BRYAN AND
srw,1I. AND TIE ADOPTION OF
,p1rr yREE-ooINAGE PLATFORM
fpv TELEGRAPH TO rRIrUNEl
=. ,or,s July 21-The Silver Executive Com
-.,.,os cot together this afternoon at the Linoe"
,yn,s, 10 map out its work About twenty
-..r,hers were present. and Dr. Mott, OF Nor'n
rro,,na was IN the chair. 1t Wal al once
S~r.sd that the Convention ha little to DO. Its
ss,sgations come here unit for Bryan. ana
=. has no significance whatever beyond that
u.,ch attaches 10 a Democratic sideshow Dr
Mott said tina: its platform could be written on
.heet Of nctepaper. with possible extension
,rov,ding for the Swiss referendum The ques-
~, ~ courtesy" between the two Conventions
,.me up or a suggestion by Colonel Baker Oh
-. California delegation. that the silver people
.,oud not diminish the importance OF their
meeting by an unduly brief session
There IS In fact. not more than the work OF
single ordinary sitting. so far az actual busi-
,sss is concerned. to be attended TO by the Con-
rsn,ion II can do in few words what 1t came
,sr. 70 do There probably never was general
convention in the history Of American politics.
~ the subject OF temperance be EXCLUDED
.,oss function was so limited There Is
..H not TO be even the slightest diner
.rce OF opinion among the five hunoreo
~ six hundred delegates who have arrived
as 20 its course. and there Will be no con-
,royersy whatever In Its procedure. as every
hodv will he Of the same opinion as everybody
else II will be over again the case OF the Twins
who "outfavored" each other, especially Johnny.
THE PROGRAMME CUT AND DRIED.
Colonel Baker and Mr. Newands thought at
.hs meeting to-day that the Convention should
nroceed with the elaboration which attaches
n National gathering with multiplicity OF
duties 10 perform. They said that BRIEF nasty
session would subject the new party to taunt
and ridicue an organization with ho'hihs
higher than a cut-and-dried ratihcauon OF the
work Of another organization as Its purpose
This struck the other committeeman present as
extremely pertinent and the unanimous sense
Of the committee, so far as II was represented
was that the proceedings should be extended
AZ least until the adjournment of the Populists
To this end. it was agreed that committee
Of conference should be appointed. to see sihh'-
lar committee of the other Convention. in order
that the slverites Nigh. keep in touch officially
with the other body and know by that means
action was taken. however. on this. or. indeed.
on any other subject, owing to the small repre-
sentation Of the committee in attendance. and
the matter was laid over 10 De consloered
at a meeting 10 be held late tonight, cond-
tiOnal on the arrival of more committeeman
The meaning of this is that the silver people
will hold the merest lyceum with Incidental
business.
lands will be among the speakers but there Will
be no debate things now SEEM Inc leiiow-
ship Of silver is so happily narrow tnat IL s
only a question of which Fellow Is gong 10 oe
able 10 saw the same thing In the best way. NO
ladies' tea party ever so unanimous as THIS
Bryan sideshow promises to be MT Newlanoe
vii, have the advantage of his wordy brethren
from Nevada In that he will have the first say
NOTHING TO FIGHT ABOUT.
The Convention will be called to order by the
partv's chairman. Dr. Mott but. as Mott Is not
Versatile his service In this respect will be all
but perfunctory. and the great body OF LOO
which they say will be the number present to-
morrow will be brought to attention in few
conversational utterances, which Will probably
consume two minutes OF its time. There will be
no trouble at all in organizing the Convention.
as there is nothing to fight for. There are no
contests and. as the object to be accomplished.
the adoption Of brief platform and the indorse-
ment Of Bryan and Sewall, can be disposed Of in
an hour of actual business. there will be no rec
ord TO speak Of.
This however. is all predicated upon the great
sense Of unanimity at present apparent IL is
not impossible of course that some calamity
bowler may kick up disturbance on some sub
jec not wholly germane to the Convention, as a
BRYAN appendage, and. in such an event, there
Will he developed among the silver people enough
latent and unemployed talent to add merriment
and sensation to the proceedings No one. how
ever expects for a moment that the work or
the silver convention will exceed In interest the
artificial notes Of the cuckoo as II sounds the
hour II may be pretty to listen to and something
nice TO see but that is its sum total.