The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-02

CHICAGO, July 1-Wlliam F. Har-
rity. chairman of the national Demo-
cratic committee. arrived today al the
Palmer House, few minutes before
u. the hour set for the meeting Of the
national committee. He found the Sill
Yer committee, appointed yesterday TO
confer with his committee, awaiting
him. and gave them AN early audience
When asked about the status OF the
temporary Craftsmanship before ne met
the silverites, Harrity SAID ne hao no
information to give out
Il can only say" said the CHAIRMAN
that as far as ] am concerned nave
no man for the place"
The executive committee OF the ma
tional Democratic committee cohNeheo
at the Palmer House promptly at Il
today. with Chairman Harrlty ana
Wall. Steering. Sherry, Prather ana
Wallace present. Gable was the on9y
absentee. The committee went lmlne-
diately into executive session.
The silver committee, consisting OF
Senators Jones. Daniel and Turpie,
Governors Altgeld and Stone were
promptly admitted. The question OF
Temporary organization was discussed.
The two committees were together
an hour and a half, when the SILVER
men withdrew. The proceedings were
informal While no animosity was dis
played on either side, the consultation
was very earnest. There were no
formal saeeches but a general CONVEX
sation lust as if we were sitting
around log FIRE in the country, SAID
one of the participants after. The sill
Yer men asked that ii be definitely I'M
derstood they did not come as rep
resentative silver committee but as a
delegation representing
THE MAJORITY VIEW
of the convention. They expressed a
desire to have an understanding upon
the various questions, OF the tenlporals
chairman. the seats for delegates ana
alternates. the procedure regarding the
contestine delegations and the ar
rangement for temporary roll-cal H. Re
ferring to the temporary roll-ca!l. the
members Of the executive committee
intinated that they would expect 10
consider the contests, as the nauohdl
committee had done on all previous &C
casions, and make up a temporary roll
call. Attention was called TO the lact
that so far there had been no notice
except in Nebraska. The silver men dad
not indicate whether this would be sat
isfactoTy. 1t was also stated on behalf
of the national committee that uckefS
would be distributed by the committee
according TO estsb lished custom.
The principal part OF the conference
was devoted to selecting temporary
chairman. but no understanding was
reached. Chairman Harrity stated that
he had 10 opportunity for g. conference
with the other members of the national
committee and did not feel prepared to
DOT JCNU
of +he committee. He -said-he would be
pleased TO confer with the silver men
again. and asked them 10 meet the COM
mittee next Monday. py which tme ne
hoped to be able to speak authorlta-
lively. He said he mad no candidate
bur declined TO say whether the com
nittee would be disposed to act on
their own responsibility or accept the
advice Of the silver men. The silver
men were not precisely pleased with
this statement. AK of them were
agreed IN making it clear that they
would expect to be consulted and also
that in case of failure to consult them,
and the selection of a presiding officer
made whose views were not in har-
1nory with those Of the majority. they
would be heard from in the convention.
This was put so plainly that the mem
bers of the executive committee did
not fail to comprehend its full import.
The silver men stated that they would
ACCEPT ANY NAN
{ designated by the national committee
provided he was a man of recognized
standing in the party. whose views
were understood everywhere to be in
accord with their own on the financial
question. They were only concerned
that the convention should be recog-
nized from the beginning as a silver
one. feeling confident that many would
draw their conclusion as to the charac-
ter OF the convention from the standing
ef the temporary officer in the silver
ranks.
Harrity and associates listened pa
tiently but did not give sign of inclina-
ton to yie.d to the request or indicate
what course they would pursue, FUR
Their than that outlined in Harrity' s
preliminary statement. All members of
The executive committee expressed a
desire 10 preserve the utmost harmony
in the convention and among individual
expressions they were heartily Joined
by the silver men, with the mental
reservation that the rule of the major
fly should be made manifest from the
beginning. Nothing was said on
either side to Indicate a preference as
TO individuals for the Craftsmanship.