The Meeker herald., 1896-07-11
BLAND IN THE LEAD.
POPULAR WITH SILVER MEN.
u,v.r Ne. at chicago Aakias Their ris.s
re Control the Coaventioa.-List OF
Pra>ldsntiaI CaadIdatss.

Denver, July "a special to the Re
publican from Chicago says:
According to the judgment OF the
most prominent and discerning dem
ocrats now in Chicago the following
list comprises all of those men who are
regarded as presidential possibilities
and the order OF their naming indi-
Gates the comparative chance each In
dIvIdual Is thought to have Of being
nominated:
R.P. Bland, Missouri; Horace Boies,
Iowa; Claude E. Matthews. Indiana;
Henry NJ. Teller, Colorado; A. N. Stew
enson, Illinois; Robert e. Pattison.
Pennsylvania; ]. r. Mclean. Ohio; J.C.
S. Blackburn, Kentucky; Ben Tillman,
South Carolina; w. ]. Stone. Missouri;
, W. j. Bryan. Nebraska; VIC. Whitney,
New York; w. e. Russell, Massachu-
setts; Roswell p. Flower. New York;
Arthur P. German, Maryland; ex-Gov-
ernor Pennoyer, Oregon; Senator
White. California.
| After capturing the temporary ana
permanent organization Of the conven-
ton as they are now planning to do,
the silver forces calculate to dictate
the presidential and vice presidential
nominees. They have planned to set
tie the whole thing before the conven-
ton opens. and are now figuring on
having the matter fixed up by Satur-
day night.
Senator Jones Of Arkansas, who Is
slated for Harrity's job as chairman Of
the national committe. and who is
large factor In the councils of the Sill
yer men, puts it in this way: 1--WE ex-
pect to dictate the platform, namely, a
declaration for the free coinage Of Sill
yer at the ratio Of 1G to I. without re-
gard to the action of other nations.
Then we expect to dictate the control
of the organization Of the convention.
Then we expect to name a president
and vice president who will represent
the principles of the platform. When
we have done that we are willing to
compromise anything that is left"
| AT present this committee is having
things pretty much Its own way, which
Implies the corollary that the Bland
contingent is very much elated at the
prospects. The high hopes Of the
Bland boomers are easily explained by
the fact that Governor Stone, who is
the right bower to Altgeld, Ia the man
ager-in-chief of the Bland boom.
Bland is further said to meet with
favor in the eyes of Altgeld, who will
swing the Illinois delegation, this feel
Ing on the part of Altgeld being trace
able to a desire to turn down Boies,
who is the only other silver candidate
who at present shows enough strength
to compete with Bland. The hostility
to Boies Is easily explained by the al
legged hostility of the latter to the La
boring men, and his approval Of the
course of President Cleveland during
the big railroad strike in Chicago.
| Senator Jones of Arkansas has studi-
ously avoided committing himself on
the presidential question, but it is said
1 by well-informed members Of the na-
! tional bimetallic committee that he al
20 favors the cause Of the Missourian,
4 and that there is great unanimity of
sentiment among the members of this
committee OF five.
The friends of Boies are far from
feeling discouraged, however. They de
ny emphatically that Altgeld has ex.
pressed any intention to swing the IL
lInois delegation for Bland. There are
q number of silverites who are talking
BoIes for second place on the ticket
They say the strongest silver combina
tion which could be put in the field
would be Bland for president, Boie1
for vice president and Teller for secre
tary of the treasury.
The managers OF the Teller boom al
the Great Northern hotel were not dis
posed to talk Of the proposition tc
make Teller an appendage to the mair
ticket Senator Dubois and Senator
Mantle Of Montana still say they be
lleve the wise course for the demo
Gratis to pursue would be to name Tel
Ter for president.
Today 1t was announced that the sill
yer leaders have decided upon Senator
Isham Harris of Tennessee as the per
| manent chairman of the national con
, vention.
, This is regarded as a decided advan
tage for Bland of Missouri.
The silver men have decided to rec
ommend either w. ]. Bryan of Nebras
, ka or Governor Stone Of Missouri 70
temporary chairman.
A conference Of the bimetallic na
tional committee was held to-day 70
the purpose Of taking account Of tn
strength Of the silver men In the cor
, vention. Secretary Towles gave on
the result as follows: after goinl
over the revised returns we ind tha
ON the platform we can count upon 50
delegates who will stand by the plat