The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-20
SILVER MEMS PLANS.
What They Will Do as to the Unit Rule
at Chicago

ot (hlcaSO.
1t is the purpose of the silver men MT
Chicago, it is ascertained on the highest
authority, not To push the repeal of the
two-thirdS rule until it is seen that moth
ing can he done in the way of making
NOMINATIONS without a majority rule be
ing adopted.
As the adoption of 4 platform requires
SIMPLY majority vote, the programme of
the silver men is first to put through a
platform that will suit them. and on
Mhlch nobody but Il white metal man can
stand When this has been done. ballot
ing Tor the nominee will probably begin.
without any reference to the two thirds
vote rule. 1t will continue for two.
maybe three. days. without the silver men
making any effort to change the rule.
If the nomination has been DELAYED at
that time by the gold standard men. the
silver majority will tell the minority
that 1t does not propose that the will of
the majority shall he thwarted. and that
unless the minority sees fit to help bring
about nomination at once. the famous
rule will he abrogated and Il majority
rule substituted for it,
This decision of the silver men. it is
said, has been reached owing To several
reasons. The chief one is the veneration
III which the historic rule is held, and
the other * because the majority does not
want To he accused of running rough Shod
over the majority. 1t desires To give the
minority all the play il wants. and IL fair
show TO accomplish something. if il can
when we see for certain that nothing
can be done witout abolishinx the two
thirds rule, we will proceed To do it,"
said the informant of the Star reporter.
who Is Il dclegate-at-la large from his State.
and whose word is followed by many sill
yer men,
Would your plan give the gold stand
ara men opportunity to work division in
your ranks"
NO: that is impossible We are solid.
and cannot be separated Then the adop-
ton of IL silver plank would not leave the
gold men much To work on
"Accorlng to this then. the session of
the convention i likely to be prolonged
one
Il think 50; and ii would not surprise
me to see the nominations deferred until
the second week OF the convention. We
have no desire To force any of these gold
men out of the party. unless they want
To 30. and that is why we are not going
to run things with Il rush ut Chicago.
The opinion on all sides is that the con
vention will be II lengthy and exciting
one since the adoption OF Il Sold plank
ut st. Louis, il is not thought that there
will be.any bolt ois.the gold men. Had
there been Il straddlc at st. Louis. how
ever, the >hrcwdesi politicians believe that
Secretary Carlisle and the gold men
would have left the party as constituted.
and put ont ticket with Cleveland or
some other gold standard man at the head
of 1t, on an out-and-out gold platform.
They would have done this on the suppo-
sition that they could carry New York
and some of the Eastern states. The feel
ing now is that while they will not bolt
they will lay down" on the Democratic
nominees. either by not voting or by vot-
ing the Republican ticket. OF course. II
large number of them are expected To sup
port the ticket under protest.
The Tammany leaders in New York de
clare that they will support the ticket,
no matter who is 1.-THE nominee. Amos
Cummings. Sulzer and Walsh, Tammany
Congressman in the House, repeatedly
stated to their silver colleagues that Tam
many would line up for the nominees,
and would do it heartily and without re
Servation. I'VE would rather support
II silver Democrat than a Republicans
said Representative Sultzcr. Washing
on Star of Thursday.