The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-16
SlyERITES TALK OF A SPLIT.
mn NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON-
MENTIONS THEIR THREAT.

rsev say That if New York is Chosen
t, the National Committee They
Viii Call Another Convention to
IA. Held in the Wcst-They Fear
,be sound Money influence If the
co,vcutfOn should BE Hold at New
York.
washington, Jan. notwithstanding
.bs Efforts of the conservative and prac-
+i,sI members Of the democratic party to
tsep the financial question out of the
a,r-ost for the national convention, the
srss silver men insist upon dragging the
rbifo metal issue to the front. They have
sso,ted St Louis as the most desirable
and friendly location for the convention,
er,r their standpoint They claim to have
sivteen votes pledged to st. Louis on the
free silver basis. on the other hand they
have declared war on New York, as the
borne Of the gold bug" and some of
Them go as far as to say If New York is
salected as the choice of the national COM
mittee. a number of the free silver states
will refuse to send delegates to the con-
vention. and they further predict that
two democratic conventions will be held.
In other words, the free silverites are
so aroused that they threaten to split the
democratic party in two and call a sep
arate convention in one of the southern
or western cities. 1t was difficult to be-
ueve that such intense feeling on the sub
isct existed among the leading free silver
men. who are also good democrats, but
Investigation showed that the report had
not been Overdrawn.
Senator Jones of Arkansas who in adj
dltion to being member of the Senate
finance committee. is regarded as the
abest leader Of the free silver movement
in the democratic ranks, told the CORE
spondent of the Morning News very
frankly. that he had received letters from
all parts of the south and west, from
leading silver men, appealing to him TO
issue a call, for a second convention II
New York is selected, as the site Tor the
democratic convention. Said he: There
is no disgusting the intensity of our peo-
pie on this subject and l tell you plainly
that they will not submit to the holding
of the convention in NeW York. Hun
dreds of the most prominent men in the
south and west have written TO me-, de-
claring that they will not attend, as dele
gates a convention held in New York
Whether justly or un1ustly, they have
fixed impression that If the convention
goes to New York it simply means that
the democratic party has sold itself out
10 the gold bugs Of Wall street"
Senator Jones is too sensible a man to
believe in such idle superstition, but as
he says, there is a very formidable senti-
ment to that effect, and it will be a seri-
GUS mistake if the national committee
should fail to consider the source from
whence 10 comes. He says he is in favor
of holding The convention in any city out
side Of New York. He would prefer Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Omaha Baltimore,
Cincinnati or any other city that can offer
accommodations.
Senator German, who is one of the
leading spirits in the national commit
tee says he has heard considerable talk
Intentions
silVerites, and they are evidently sincere
in their beliefs on the subject. Neverthe-
less, he still maintains that the location
Of the convention can have no material
effect upon the candidate or the platform
of the party and therefore he favors
New York, because it offers better facil
tiles than any other city in the United
States. He says the national committee
is not in debt and therefore the contest to
sa 2ke aud{i9e R99e s5Id t9morroT Me is sm95t met
question presented is which one
OF the cities mentioned can offer the
best accommodations and the greatest at
fractions to the delegates and those who
expect to attend the convention. He re-
grets that the financial or any of the great
national questions should be dragged into
the competition for the convention, and
II should not be permitted to cut any fig
Hfe IN the contest. He realizes that the
Tree silver men are aroused on the subject
and he is not prepared to say how far their
iunuence will be felt when the final vote
y taken He proposes to vote for New
aQrk because it is the best convention
Senator Brice, who is also an influential
member of the national Committee says
ne has heard a good deal of talk to-day
about New York being the home of the
goa bug and st. Louis being the haven of
rest Tor the free silver crank" He depre-
Gates the attempt to raise the issue be-
tween New York as the sound money
c.ly and st. Louis as the free silver
clly. such an issue, he contends, should
not be made in connection with the selec-
a view
Oh the fact that such an issue has been
Hladet he does not see how it is possible
Ior either of the two cities named to be
seIecled While Cincinnati is an aSpirant
1T the honor of entertaining the conVen-
uon Senator Brice says very frankly
mat there are many RESPONSIBILITIES de-
voving upon those who undertake to man.
age the local affairs of a national conven-
u9h. 50 far as he is personally concern
e. ne is not enthusiastic over the sugges-
uon OF sending the convention to Cincin-
Aai, but in view of the financial contest
lnat has been raised between New York
ana st. Louis, the prospects of Cincinnati
have been greatly benefited. There are
from Cincinnati Il Il the % conven-
uon decides to go there.
The first is that the press should be
We'll cared for, and be advised not to try
20 stampede the convention in the IN
.erest of any candidate. The second ac-
uon would be to see that the hotels do
Hol practice eXtOrtion on the delegates and
sueslS to the convention. Senator Brlce
+l nc uOeS not DelleNe elln6F Ol llle
cues named have a majority of the votes
a. this time, and he does not believe a
decision will be reached until the men
VINO are expected to do the thinking, as
wen as the acting for the party have
mad time to carefully consider alb the
GAINS presented to the committee He
sdys many of the committeeman come
70 ashington unpledged and their only
opJect is to locate the convention where
II may do the most good for all concern
t- He would personally prefer to see
locate
ne does not take any stock in the sug-
Sestions that it would be dominated by
v all street influence He knows full well
that the location Of the convention has no
ul[ect bearing upon the candidate or the
pohcy outlined by the convention He
convention twice ana Chicago has also had
IL twice, if the committee decides to go
vest he cannot see why Cincinnati should