The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

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home tomorrow.
The arrival of the Iowan created slight
furry at the headcenter of the Bland
movement. It was soon dissipated. how
ever. AS the day wore along the Bland
forces recovered from the shock, and to-
night are as gamy as ever. 1t was
rumored that Mr.. Bland himself would
arrive in the morning. / inquired at head
quarters as to the foundation of this story,
and found that Mr.. Bland was still engaged
gathering his hay crop on his farm at
Lebanon, and would thus be occupied
until long after the Democratic conven-
ton had selected its Presidential candi-
date, and the delegates had scattered to
their homes. The fact is that, while the
Bland boom showed indications of weak
ness on the surface, its foundation walls
were mistaken.
Besides the caucus OF the Illinois dele
gation, which was held during the day,
demonstrated that Bland was Ethe fayorite
Illinois will vote as unit. This gives the
Missourian a great lead. His managers
are confident that by Tuesday morning all
the silver States will have declared for him.
One tall, lanky delegate from "Mizzury"
said that everything was over but the
shouting, and he went off on the still hunt
to find long-haired poet capable of writ
ing a few stanZas of new and original
battle-cry for freedom.
There is no question that Mr.. Bland
will be nominated" said Mr.. Stone to me
to-day. 'He may not succeed on the first
ballot, but will win out in the end. There
is no question about it. We are not the
least bit alarmed over the little demonstra-
tion of Teller. He is a good man, but the
sentiment of the m a jority of the delegates
is undoubtedly for Bland. We can safely
say that Bland is the man of the hour"
81 have no doubt but that by the time
the States are called for ballot on candi-
dates for President" said Senator Farras
of Missouri, the Hanna of the Bland boom,
'there viii be only one man in the
country, and that man will be Bland OF
Missouri The majority of the Western
States have already united upon him. 1
do not regard the Teller boom seriously.
1t is already on the wape. 1t was only
Fourth of July frecracker after all. This
is a Democratic convention. Mr.. Teller
does not represent the Democracy. He
only thinks as we do upon one issue and
that is the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at 16 to l."
"What part will the tariff have in the
coming National campaign2" I inquired
of Senator Farras.
cit will probably take a secondary
place." he replied. Democracy believes
in tariff for revenue only; that is rev.
enue sufficient to run the Government.
No, the revenue at present does not seem
to be sufficient to run the Government,
and the convention may declare for an in
crease of duties on some articles of i'm
portation. That, however, is a matter
which am not prepared to discuss at this
time"
The boom of Pennoyer, which has been
locked up in a glass-case at the Palmer
House, was unpacked to-day. Life-size
lithographs of the Webfoot statesman were
strung about the corridor beneath pictures
of Boies of Iowa, Bland of Missouri, Mat
thews of Indiana and Patterson of Penn
sylvania. When the pictures were hung
up DR.. Mullineux, delegate from Oregon,
a man with large frame and loud voice,
forced his way through the seething mass
of humanity in the lobby, and shouted
long and loud for his candidate for
the Presidency: "Rah, Rahl PEN
N-O-Y-E-R.n
The cry was taken up by the other en-
thusiasts of the Oregonian, and for more
than an hour the name of the dIstin-
guished Ex-Governor rang throughout the
hotel.
Look at him." shouted the Oregonians
in one voice: "he is the peer of them ALL
Take down those other pictures; they are
the pictures of boys compared to him. He
is born to lead men. Rah rah rahl PEN
noyer.
The sound-money men do not seem to
be making many converts to their cause.
They are making desperate fight. ALI
the big gold leaders of the country are
arriving on every train. The scene about
the headquarters of the Palmer House to-
day was one of great excitement and
numerous conferences were being held.
Whitney and Hill were busy all day mar
shaling their men into line. Senator
Vest of Missouri was early on the scene.
Don NJ. Dickinson took lively interest in
the events OF the day. President James
]. Hill of the Great Northern Railway con-
tributed his energies to the task of gather
ing in recruits for the gold army. The
gold men say that they will accept no
compromise. They will fight the silver
men to finish. The monster demonstra-
ton of the gold men tonight was ad-
dressed by all the leaders of that wing of
the party. The silver men are, however,
holding the key to the situation, and will
probably unlock the door to the Coliseum
next Tuesday morning.
FRANK MCGUIRE
PROTE CTION AND SILVER.
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