Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-09

Chicago, July 1t being understood
hat the territories are to be allowed
SIX votes and the District Of Columbia
six votes also, the total number OF
votes III the convention next week IS
SIS. Then AGO would DE majority
and 612 a two thirds majority. The
silver men now claim these states; Al
ALBANIA %, Arkansas 16, California Is,
Colorado s, Florida 5, Georgia 20, Ida
no s, Illinois IS, Indiana 80, Iowa 70,
Kansas 20, Kentucky 26, Louisiana 10,
Maine 5, Minnesota Z, Mississippi 10,
Missouri 81, Montana 6, Nebraska 10,
Nevada 6, North Carolina 22, North
Dakota ., Ohio So, Oregon s, South Car
Dina Is. Tennessee u, Texas 80, Utah
s, Virginia "a, Washington 5, West
Virginia u, Wyoming g. Alaska s, Ar
iona c. District OF Columbia :, indian
territory 6,-tctal $50 votes.
The gold standard people are left OF
this basis only these states, with the
accompanying vote: Connecticut u,
Delaware 6, Florida 3, Maine I, Mary
land 16, Massachusetts 30, Michigan Is,
Minnesota Il, New Hampshire s, New
Jersey 20, New York Il, Ohio 5, Penn
sylyania "a, Rhode Island S. South Da-
kota s, Vermont s, Wisconsin 24,.-to-
tai, 533.
In connection with these figures 1t
will be noticed that the silver men lack
but IL votes of having the necessary
tWo-third to nominate, but they claim
that OF the votes counted for gold IN
Ohio will come to them after the tenn
porary organization, while the Mlchl-
gan votes are also expected 1t VIII
rurther be noticed that Nebraska is tig-
ured in the silver column and this Is
because, while there is a contest, the
silver men say that they will see that
the gold standard men are not seated.
1t is security in this pIeponderance OF
votes that makes the silver leaders con-
hdent OF ultimate victory. A decision
upon the abrogation OF the two-thirds
vote on nominations may be delayed
until after the temporary and perma-
nent organization and until just as the
convention is ready to nominate. Then,
unless the gold standard men re0Og-
ME the superiority of numbers and
succumb to the inevitable, the silver
menmen will force the issue and re-
scind the long standing rule.
l.. P. Mullin and John WEIGH, dele
gates from oregon have opened head
quarters at the Palmer and are boom
ing Sylvester PennOyer as cOmprO-
mise candidate. They say that i'll
case the democrats should nominate
Peunoyer there will not he the least
question Of his being endorsed by the
popuIists and silver men. Pennoyer
has always been elected as d democrat,
but he repudiated the party as repre-
scented by President Cleveland and in
Clined to cast his lot with the populistS.
Governor Stone, of Missouri, was
asked yesterday if he had noted the re-
port that the eastern gold standard
delegates we're tending toward Govern
or Boies. He answered that he had
seen such a report AID heard such talk,
, but knew nothing of its truth. COntin-
uiug, the governor said that Bland and
> his friends had not expected and do Lot
expect any support from that source.
The movement to make Senator Till
temporary chairman received a decid-
ed impetus during the day, and there is
good reason for believing that the ex-
ecutiYc committee of the national COM
mittee would be pleased to suggest his
name if it felt his name would be &C
Cepted by the silver men. Members of
the committee profess to believe that
Hill be acceptable to the silver people,
/, because he is not regarded as an admin
istration man.
; The announcement that the eastern
gold standard leaders, William c..
/. Whitney, Senator Hill and others,
would arrive today has put some heart
into the gold standard men who are
here, and argument in the hotel cor
ridors yesterday waXed a little warmer.
The rumOr of the withdrawal Of the
gold standard forces ffcm the conyen-
ton if they are defeated is still current
but it cannot be definitely placed in So
i far-as arranged plans Of the gold stand