Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-03
WILL TAKE IT ALL.
And Let the Gold Standard Men
Have "'the Rest"
DIvvYBY SILVER EH AT CHICAGO

Pr0p0es - OrIanire the Cooveotaoa, Dae.
tate the Money Plank Of the Plateerm
and the Presidential Ticket and Give the
Sound Money" People What L. Left
Whole Business Of the Meeting To Be
Settled in One Day II Altgeld's Idea OBJ
tains-Convention Notes.
CHICAGO, July S.-According to the
Judgment Of the most prominent and dis
corning Democrats now in Chicago the
following list comprises all Of those men
who are regarded as presidential posi-
bilities, and the order in which they are
placed is the order of their prospect for be-
ing nominated as things look now: r.
p. Bland, of Missouri; Horace Boies, of
Iowa; Claude e. Matthews, of Indiana;
Henry NJ Teller, of Colorado; A. E.
Stevenson, of Illinois; Robert e. Patti
son, of Pennsylvania; J. r. Mclean, Of
Ohio; James A. Campbell, of Ohio; ]. C.
S. Blackburn, Of Kentucky; Ben Tillman,
of South Carolina; w. ]. Stone, Of Mis-
souri,; w. j. Bryan, Of Nebraska; w. c.
Whitney, Of New York; w. E. Russell, of
Massachusetts,; Roswell P. Flower, of
New York; Arthur P. German, of Mary
land; Ex-Governor Pennoyer, Of Oregon;
Senator White, of California. OF these
Stevenson, Tillman, Whitney and Rus
sell have stated plainly that they are not
candidates at all.
Programme of the Silver Men.
After capturing the temporary and per-
manent organization of the convention, as
they are now planning to do, the silver
forces have planned to settle the whole
thing before the convention opens, and
fixed up before Saturday. Senator Jones,
of Arkansas who is slated for Harrity's
job as chairman of the national commit
mite, and who is a large factor in the
| councils of the silver men, puts it this
way:
Eve expect to dictate the platform
namely, n declaration for the free coinage
Of silver at the ratio of Is to without re-
gard to the action of other nations Then
we expect to dictate the control of the or
| ganization of the convention. Then we
expect to name president and a vice
president who will represent the principles
of the platform. When we have done
that We are willing to compromise any
thing that ia left
will do 1t All in One Day.
And, If an interview with Governor Alt
| geld ut Springfield is authentic, the silver
men are also arranging to make the Chi
cago convention a phenomenon in the
matter of quick w.ork-for they propose to
do the whole business in one day. This is
the formal and uncOmprOmising challenge
thrown down by the chairman of the COM
mittee of five which has undertaken to
| grapple with the national committee and
run the convention. The Importance of
this declaration as affecting the chances of
| the various presidential candidates is thor
Oughly realized by the boom managers,
and especially by those managers who are
still hopeful for the cause of sound money.
The latter have accepted tho challenge
and are quietly mastering their strength
and preparing to put up a pretty fight to
| the finish. So secret are they in their
plans that the silver men are already wor-
ricd.
The Free Coinage 'fBig Five"
Tho men who now claim to hold the
key to the situation are Senators Jones, OF
Arkansas; Daniel, of Virginia; Turpie, OF
Indiana, and Governors Stone, of Missouri
and Altgeld, of Illinois. At present this
committee is having things pretty much
its own way. OF these Altgeld and Stone
are said by the wiseacres to be Bland men
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has studious
ly avoided committing himself on the
presidential question, but it is said by
well-informed members of the nationa
bimetallic committee that he also favor,
the cause of the Missourian, and that Their,
is great unanimity of sentiment among
the members of this committee of five
Bland and Boies Is ticket that is Spoken
of with favor, but Iowa frowns on it ant
says "Boics is a candidate for the presi
dency only"