Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-09
MIR. TELLER Is OUT
HE BOOM FOR THE COLORADO MAN
HAS COLLAPSED.
strong Revolt Against what IL
deemed an Attempt at Senatorial
cfatton-Th Cry Is Now Heard
on Every / in Chicago That
the Nominee Must He m Democr,,

Chlcago, July This is to be one of
me MOST remarkable conventions i'm
.ie history OF American politics. With
lhe convention but a few hours away
anu almost three-fOurths of the dele
saUes on the ground ii is so hedged
ABOUT by conditions that little can be
loreSeeh as TO candidates. The feature
Vi the DAY has been the seemingly ut
yer collapse OF the Teller boom. The
laih OF the existence of the senatorial
caoai porting To secure Teller'S nomi-
uation mas aroused among many OF
tne incoming delegates a feeling of
lne most bitter and passionate resent
lnent and the cry is heard eyerywhere
to-day that the nominee must be a
democrat. 1t is considered almost
treason to suggest Teller. This strong
revolt against what is deemed an at
tempt at senatorial dictation seems to
have checkmated the cabal. As the
Tree silver Republican and the Popu-
list leaders realize that the game is
slipping away from them they are in
cllned to grow ugly in their despera-
tlon. The former have begun TO pre-
dict defeat III a Democrat is nominated
on the ground that no matter how
disposed they might be to support a
Democrat on a free silver platform
their friends in the Western states
would not follow them bag and bag
gage into the Democratic party. The
Populists could with difficulty be re-
strained to-day from issuing an ad-
dress saying that they could not sup
port a Democrat.
The Bland forces executed a coup
to-day by converting a caucus at the
sherman house, attended by repre-
sentatlveS OF those tranS-MiSsissippi
states favorable TO Bland. The notice
OF the caucus had not been widely cir
culated, so that the large attendance
of prominent Western leaders was a
source of unexpected qualification to
the Bland managers. Sixteen states
were reported, having an aggregate of
2lS votes in the convention, and from
the assurances given it was believed
that almost all, if not all, of the West
ern votes could be relied on for Mr..
Bland. The states represented with
their respective votes were as follows:
Arkansas, 10; Colorado, s.; Idaho. 6;
Illinois. IS; Kansas, 20, Missouri, "a;
Montana, 6; Oregon, 81; Texas, 30;
Utah, g.; Washington, g.; Wyoming, s;
Arizona. 6; New Mexico, 6; Indian Ter
ritory, 6; oklahoma, g.; Alaska, 6.
These states comprise all west of the
Mississippi river except California and
the two Dakotas.
The managers Of the Boies cam
paign say they are very much encou
aged by the reports received to-day
from their scouts and skirmishers who
have been canvassing the incoming
delegations. They declare that Boies
has developed a great deal of unex-
pected strength, and that he is the Sec
ond choice of two-thirds Of the silver
delegates. They are sensible of the rise
in Bland stock, but they say that
Bland will never be able to ecure
two-thirds Of the convention, indicat-
ing that the Boies men will not favor
the abrogatiOn of the two-thirds rule.
The Boies men think that the preju-
dice against the selection of a South
ern man will operate against Mr..
Bland and prevent his nomination.
n Tables Turned.
The Mississippi delegation has
turned the tables on the New York
gold missionaries and is carrying the
free silver wal into the enemy's camp
in return for the efforts expended by
the Eastern men to divert the South
from It's loyalty 10 the white metal.
Yesterday a party of New York DEL
egates made a tour of the headquar-
tiers of Southern states and bestowed
upon the Southerners advice and ad-
monition to turn them from their
course. Many Southern men Uere dis
posed to resent what they considered
the patronizing manne OF the Eastern
men toward them. To-day the Mis-
sissippi men selected three of the best
takers from their delegation, Dele
gates Johnson, Cochran and Hill, and
instructed them to visit the head
quarters of New York and other East
ern states, and ask for hearings to
make speeches for silver. Congress
man Money, speaking of the plan, re-
marked i'm a sarcastic vein: '"The ig-
porance Of these New Workers on the
financial question is something as
founding. They seem TO be ignorant
on the first principles of finance. They
do not even know that bimetallism is
advocated by every politicai economist
in the world of any standing. We are
very hopeful that we will be able to
turn them from the error of their ways
and make them see the light. They
can do no less than give our represen-
tatjyes the same respectful hearing
that we accorded to them"