The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-02
SHOWING THEfR TEETH.
Silver Men Want to Know Gold Mems
 Plans at Convention.

Chicago, July 1.-The subcommittee or the national democratic committee on convention arrangements met this afternoon. MT. Harrity presided. Ser geant-at-Arms Martin reported on the appointments he had made and his course in appointing doorkeepers free from political entanglements was ap- proved. The subcommittee received a deputation from the bimetallic com mittee, consisting of Senators Turpie of Indiana, Jones of Arkansas and Daniel of Virginia. Governor Stone of Mis- souri and Governor Altgeld
 All but the Virginia senator made speeches, expressing the views of the silver majority relative to the makeup of the temporary organization and roll of delegates as to the national com mittee's action In contests and also as to the distribution of tickets among the delegates. The subcommittee listened courteously to all that was said, but did not commit itself on any point Chairman Harrity when questioned af- ter the conference said:
 The delegation made certain inquir- ies as to the procedure of the national committee affecting the temporary or ganization and contests and tickets We referred the gentlemen as to or ganization and contests to the record of the former committees, particularly as shown in the report of the 1892 con vention, as to the matter of settling contests to previous reports of the acts of the credential committees. We told them the full committee would have sole Jurisdiction of the temporary or ganizati tion.''
 Subsequently Governor Altgeldt said that judging from the reception there was every reason to hope that an anic- able arrangement would be reached when the delegation was afforded an opportunity of outlining it's position.
 The action of the Illinois delegation in determining to lead the attack for the abrogation of the two-thirds rule was a fruitful topic at the bi-metallic headquarters to-day and during the day it developed that Governor Alt geldt's scheme was in danger from an unexpected source. and that Michigan rather than Illinois might become the pivotal state and wield the balance of power. Two delegates from the fifth district, William F. Mcknight and George P. Hummer, both active free silverites, were among the visitors to headquarters and conferred at length with members of the executive commit tee.
 The situation in the state is that, while fourteen of the twenty-six dele gates are silverites, the delegation is instructed for gold and bound to that standard by the unit rule. It is pro- posed, however, to precipitate a fight on the enforcement of that rule in ad- vance of any action on the two thirds issue. In the event of the unit rule being declared invalid there would be no necessity for the substitution of a majority vote for the two-thirds vote for the silver voters of the Wolverine state would give that side the necessa- ry majority and one or two to spare. This suggestion exploited by the Michi- gan delegates was not received with es- pecial enthusiasm.
 Governor Altgeldt and his lieutenants had already enlisted the bulk of the bi- metallic support for the abolition of the lWO- IutS, U Ne'o AiC'd bS most of those approached by the Mich igan men that the Illinois scheme was an easier and surer way of placing sil- yer nominees upon silver platform than any other attack upon the time honored unit rule.
 Part of the plan of the Michigan sil- yer men is to go before the committee on credentials and to ask the unseating of the entire gold wing of the state delegates, among whom is Elliot G.. Stevenson, law partner of Don M. Dickinson, on the ground that the state convention was packed and free ex- pression of opinion suppressed.
 Vice President Stevenson's presence under the roof of the Palmer house for a few hours to-day failed to create even a f1utter of interest. His callers were numerous, but their missions were more social than political. Most of his callers were identical with the gold standard element of the Illinois democ- racy, and this led to the circulation of a, rumor that if the Altgeldt bimetal- lie element insisted upon naming the temporary chairman MT Stevenson might be offered them as compromise. The rumor, however, was more shadow than substance.
 Minnesota for Gold.