Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-18
PATRIOTS WITH A C'zfAL p Mr. Whitney Will NS Sail on
 the Blue Sf 2 WILL SWELTER | < CHICAGO And Preach the Gospel of Gold to the Benght.
 ed Democratic Masses. MIR. GORMAN WILL BE THERE AL so In Time to Prevent "Foolish Action on the Currency Question"-Senator Irby Will Retire to the Grateful Shade
 ofPrivate Life
MIR. GoRMAN WILL BE THERE ALSO

New York, June 17.-William C.. Whit
 ney, who had taken passage for Eu- rope on the Teutonic, which sailed this
 morning, said this afternoons:
 "I decided late last night to remain at home and go to the Chicago convent
 ton. do not think I can help matters much, but have yielded to the requests | of many friends who have been at me for several weeks to be present wherp l the convention meets. All this muddle
 that the party has got into over tho | silver question may, in my opinion, re- | suit in its disruption, and if I can b9 | of assistance to those who were instru.
 mental in helping to reform matters in
 1892 I shall be glad to do so. l Tt is true that I had not, up to last night, expected to attend the convention
 at all, or in fact have anything to d0 with it, and my sudden change of plens | is only the result of my determinatioff | to yield to the wishes of my friendsy 1 Nothing said by MT. Cleveland has iis fiuenced me- as I have not heard from 1 him directly or indirectly. His renomS
 ination is to my mind impossible. No-
 'body can tell what will take place under | the present conditions. If I can help 1 matters by conferring with those asso- ciated with me in the movement insti- l tuted four years ago I am willing to make the attempt, although cannot tell now what can do."
 The sudden change in MT. Whitney's | plans is regarded as an indication that | the democrats of the east anticipate one 1 of the hardest fights in the history Of | the party.
 MT Whitney's determination not to go l abroad was the outcome of the pres- l sure that has been brought to bear upon l him by such staunch democrats as Da, 1 vid B. Hill, Senator German, Ex-Senator | Matthew W. Ransom and Colonel JameS | Murdock. These men had a long con- ferenca with MT Whitney yesterday af- ternoon, but 1t was not untii last night
 that he submitted to the views of his | friends. llt MT. German Will Go With Him. l Baltimore Md, June 17-The state-
 ment that William c. Whitney has de- cided to postpone his trip to Europe in l order to take part in the deliberations | of the democratic national convention | caused the statement here this afternoon | that Senator German, too, would be a | participant in the Chicago debate of gold | versus silver. The senator, it Is said, | will accept the vacant position as dele | gate at large created by the decllnation 1 of MT. Charles C. Homer to serve in that capacity. Senator German has repeat | edly asserted that he would not go to Chi-
 cago, but the impending fight over the | financial plank of the platform to be | adopted there has, 1t is claimed, caused
 him to change his plans. In speaking of l the situation today one of MT. Germans | closest friends said: Senator German l did his best in the state convention last | week to prevent any foolish action on | the currency question. I think 1t Is his | duty to go to Chicago and use all his in- | fuence there to prevent the national con- | vention from committing party suicide. l He has much influence with the southern | nn leadership
 the force bill fight"
 | Senator German could not be found In | this city nor at his home in Laurel It Is l not known whether or not he has re- | turned from New York, where he was in conference with MT. Whitney last night. Irby No Longer Candidate. Columbia, s. C., June 17.-The greatest sensation of the South Carolina situation | so far this year is contained in dis patch to the State tonight from Laurens, | s. C., the home of Senator Irby, which says:
 | In short interview with Senator Irby today your correspondent asked this question:
 will you be at Manning next Monday. | Senator?"
 The speaker replied: "I shall not at- | tend that or any other campaign meet- | ing as a candidate for the United States | senate. l had intended up to short | time ago 10 dsK TOT LHt df | the ensuing primary, but have concludes | not to enter the contest. From advices received from different sections of the | state I conclude that my motives and 1 official acts for the last year have been misunderstood by the faction of which | was a charter member. It Is apparent | from these advices that I must antago- | nize those with whom have co-operated politically since 1886. It seems that the | entire machinery of the party govern | |. xAd tA hNIf.a a 1 defeat and destroy me. This would not | have been but for a misunderstanding of my motives in opposing the equal divis- | ion of delegates to the constitutional con-
 vention, the defense of the name of But l Ter in that convention, my opposition to l the plan of suffrage as adopted and the l compromising position taken by me in l opposition to a bolt in the late state dem- | ocratic convention. In addition, if | were to run with my old friends organ | ized against me I could only expect sup port from those heretofore my political | opponents, which would be distasteful to | me. as they owe me no favors In arriv- | ing at this conclusion desire to say that | I cherish no spleen towards those who | I believe misconstrue my motives and po- | litical course recently and confidently an- | ticipate the future to vindicate these po@ sitions and policies"
 | Congressman Turner, Too.
 | Savannah Ga, June 17.-A special to | the Morning News from Brunswtrk an- | nounces that Congressman Turner de- | clines to accept d renomination at the | hands of the convention of the Eievcnth Congressional district at St. Simons to. morrow. MT. Turner favors the gold | standard, and belief that the democrat | ic national convention at Chicago will l declare for free coinage at 16 to induces l him to decline renomination w. O. | BrantIey of Waycross is likely to be the nominee of tomorrow's convention.