The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-04


Governor Flower expressed the opin-
ion that if the democratic convention
nominated candidate upon a free sill
Yer platform the republican ticket
would carry New York by 250,O00. My
own county of Jefferson" he said,
which never even in Fremont's day,
gave to exceed $500 republican majori-
ty, will give 5000 to that ticket"
Senator Hill had nothing to say.
This afternoon Senator Stewart of Ne
vada, Representative Newlands of Ne
vada and Hon. George C. Gorham, for
merly secretary of the senate, called
upon Senators Jones and Cockrell to
urge the nomination of Senator Teller
as the one man who could solidify the
forces of silver and make the victory
| certain at the coming election. So far
as the expressions of the gentlemen
visited We're concerned it was said the
interview was not satisfactory
Mr. Newlands is exhibiting to his sill
Yer friends a tabulation as foliows
| Democratic vote in 1892, 100000; de-
duct democratic vote in hopelessly gold
states of New York, New England, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, 100000, and
the democratic vote in ropulst states
of the west 250,000 and there is left
| 3750,000. Deduct for the democratic
gold vote 20 per centT750. .00O-and the
aggregate democratic vote Of silver
pledged to the silver ticket to the nom
mated at Chicago amounts to but 81
| 900, 900.
| If the silver democrats will accept the
combination now offered them by. the
| Teller boomers, Mr. Newlands pledges
them the following votes:
Populist and silverite vote on the
basis of the vote of 1894, 100000 Free
| silver republicans vote, 100000; inde-
pendent vote of organized labor, 5o0,-
900. Total for the Teller candidacy, g.
| 100000. Grand total for the ticket, If
! Teller is nominated, $780, 600. 1t is pos
| itively stated that the anti-silver men
will not bolt the convention when their
wishes with regard to the platform are
disregarded.
1t is given out tonight from free
/ silver source of prominence that the
gold delegation from Michigan will be
Aunseated earlier counsels to the con-
Vtrary Notwithstanding. There has like
wise been developed concentration or
sentiment in number of delegations
/ favorable to the selection of Editor
William ]. Bryan of the Omaha World
Herald for temporary chairman.
Chicago, July 3.-The first serious
break in the ranks of the silver men
occurred tonight at g. meeting of the
Indiana delegation. They voted not to
1 go into thessilver caucus next Monday.
! John e. Lamb, who as alternate-at-
| large will occupy the seat of Senator
Voorhees,, detained by illness, introduce
ed the following resolution:
Resolved, That the delegation from
Indiana believes that the nominee of
| this convention ought to be made by
the convention and we decline to at
/ tend or be bound by the action of any
caucus or conference called for that
| purpose"
This precipitated lively debate last
! ing over an hour. The passage of this
resolution was urged by Messrs. Lamb,
/ w. E. English and Judge McCabe.
They took the ground that the proposed
action was in violation of all precedent
and sound democracy. The passage of
the resolution was strenuously oppose
ed by Messrs Overmeyer, Colerick and
| Gregory, who argued that failure to
go into the caucus would operate
against the ClldHCGS VI SIONCLllOl Ihbt-
thews
Although the Indiana delegation
numbers twenty-six silver nlen to four
gold men, the arguments in favor OF
the resolution caused many of the
twenty six to look favorably upon it,
and when Senator Turpie, the head OF
the delegation and ardent silver man,
advocated its passage the scales turned
in it's favor and 1t was passed by a
small majority Afterwards the vote
was made unanimous. A conference Of
silver delegates numbering seventy-fve
and representing nearly every state
that sends silver delegates to the con-
vention was held at the Sherman house
/ tonight.
The conference was called to order
by Senator Harris of Tennessee. Sem
ator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of
the steering committee" of five ap-
pointed at the first conference, reported
the result of their interview with the
executive committee Of the national
committee. This interview he stated,
had not been entirely satisfactory and
the committee would have further
conference with the national commit
tee.
Mr.. ODonnell of Colorado, in course
of a speech urging the Importance of
the silver men securing the temporary
organization, suggested the name Of c.
S. Thomas of his state as temporary
chairman He created great enthusi-
asm by saying that he and the west
ern silver men wanted a silver man
nominated by silver and not by the
votes of the gold bug delegates. He
had an intimation that the gold men
might throw their votes in a body for
some silver man. He wanted the sill
yer men to agree on candidate and
then go into the convention and nomin-
ate him by solid silver vote. This
gave rise to a discussion as to how the
end could be accomplished. Congress
man Swanson of Virginia advocated a
general conference of all silver dele
gates unless the committee of which
Senator Jones was chairman could
come to some agreement as to tempo
rary chairman.