The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-23
SILVERlTES IN FULL SWING.
SOUND MONEY TO BE SHOWED UN-
DER BY ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS.

Gov. AltgeId the Ruling spirit in the
state Convention 10 Meet To-day.
His Control over IL ns Absolute as
HannR's at ST. LOuis-He Is Not
Favorable 10 BOies or Teller.
| Peoria. H.. June 22.-Save in the matter
/ OF political complexion. the democratic
! state convention tomorrow will be a re-
/ production in a miniature scale OF the
/ republican hosts at ST. Louis. The silver
/ Interest is as much in control as was that
| Of the gold standardites there. and Gov.
Altgeld is the Mark Hanna of the occa-
/ sion. He viii designate the delegates to
| Chcago, draft the platform and Indicate
| MS preferences for nominations on the
/ state ticket, and whatever he says and
/ does Will be accepted without murmuring
| Every thing is so thoroughly cut and
/ urled that Secretary of state Heinrich
sen salQ this morning that the entire bus
/ mess would be gone through with within
/ two hours, instead of two days, as orig
| lnally contemplated.
| As for the sound money minority II will
! content itself with a protest against the
| silver plank, but according to the present
| programme there will be no bolt. Lead
| ing democrats, Of whom Postmaster Hes
/ ing or Chicago is the most conspicuous,
are Hooking in from all over the state to
! look over the field, but they are without
! weight or influence save in eXhorting the
minority to keep a stiff upper lip and not
| permit the Altgeid programme 10 go
The advance guard of the Boies' boom
/ put IN an appearance early this morning
| In the person of Editor Samuel Il. Brew
| ster OF Creston, Ia, and a Boies' dele
/ gate TO Chicago. He will be Joined by
| Secretary Walsh and other Hawkeye
1t did not take Editor Brewster very
| long however, to reach the conclusion
| that there was no earthly'hope of his can
| dtdate receiving the Endorsement of the
| convention, in fact he was plainly told
/ that while the leaders of the Illinois ma
! chine had nothing against Horace Boies,
! yet II was not IN the programme to give
| date
The entire Illinois delegation, so Mr.
| Brewster was notified, would go to Chicago
/ prepared to take advantage of opportuni-
ties and woukd follow the finger of Gov
| Altgeld with as much fidelity as was man
| nested by the Colorado delegation last
! week towards Senator Teller At the same
| time he was assured that there was moth
| ing in the story sent out from here last
| upon Gov. Stone of Missouri and Clark
| Howell of Georgia as the presidential tick
| ct to be championed by the Illinois delega-
This story. as explained to the Southern
| Associated Press this morning, grew out
0I,,ta OF letter sc received s,,S,d late late last
| Stone, and in which the latter
| urged the Endorsement Of Mr.. Bland
| by the convention. To this the reply was
| returned that such course would be in
| expedient and that no names or prefer
ences would be mentioned in the conven-
/ tion.
| AS to the story that ex-Gov. Boies had
/ lost caste with Gov. Altgeld because IN
| a speech shortly after the Chicago la
| Dor troubles he had approved the sending
! Of federal troops to that city, it was de-
| clared to be untrue.
The silverites on the. ground, and
| they are coming in with a rush, are
| Jubilant over the accession to their ranks
| OF Assemblyman O'Donnell of Bloom
| ingtoH. Up to a week ago he was not
| counted GO1Od aI
| but he admitted this morning that, gov
| erned by the sentiment in his district,
i and in which he is a power, no other
course was open to him but to get along
side the 16 to banner.
Peoria, ILL.,, June 22.-Perhaps the most
| significant feature of the gathering of
| the democratic clans for to-morrow's state
| convention is the strong undercurrent of
sentiment in favor OF Endorsement OF
| Senator Teller as a presidential candidate
| upon an out and out free coinage plat
| form by the national convention at Chi
| cago. There is no question that were a
| Teller resolution introduced 1t would re,
| celVe the support OF quite a respectable
! following, but the suggestion is antagon-
| lied by the Altgeld machines.
During the day Secretary of State Helm
| richsen was visited by large number OF
| delegates in sympathy with the Colorado
senator, who argued with more or less
vigor and earnestness that convention
| of the national silver democrats with the
| silver resolutions would certainly result
| in the triumph of the white metal in No
| vember. Secretary Heinrichsep how
| ever, contended that any attempt toward
| the Endorsement of an erstwhile republi-
| can at Chicago would result in a bolt of
the gold standard delegates; that these in
| turn would nold convention OF their
| own and nominate a ticket which would
| be heralded as that of the simon-pure de,
mocracy, and that such a ticket would
| receive the support Of the strongest dem
| ocratic agricultural element, to which the
silver champions looked largely for sup
port.
Let us nominate silver democrat at
Chicago" was Mr.. Heinrichsen's conclud-
ing argument and again he repeated: IF
the silver republicans want to come to us
we'll and good if not, let them nominate
their own ticket and carry their own
states. We will do the same and silver
viii fare just as well in the electoral col
As to the convention of the morrow it is
| sufficient to say that Gov. Altgeld is in
absolute control and that with nine hum
dred or more of the thousand odd dele
gates, his will is law
The Iowa promoters Of the Boies presi-
Dental boom made little impression dur
ing the day although they worked hard.
Gov. Altgeld, when talked to in the in
| terest of Iowa S candidate, was decidedly
non-committal He characterized as an
| invention of the gold bugs the story
that he was opposed to Mr.. Boies because
the latter had made a speech justifying
President Cleveland in sending federal
troops to Chicago during the labor troub-
| les, but admitted having said that this
among the laboring element in the event
of his becoming the nominee.
On general principles he thought the ex-
governors attitude on the public questions
of the day should entitle him to considera-
tion at the hands of the Chicago conven-
ton.
Autographs of Bland of Missouri were
displayed in the hotels this evening, but
If he had any sponsors they failed to put
themselves in evidence. EX-Congressman
Morrsons name was not mentioned.
The slate for delegates at large, s
agreed upoH, is headed by the governor
himself with Secretary Heinrichsen, Judge
Sam p. Mcconnell of Chicago, and Gen
Lewis 3. Parsons of Florida, as his as
| sociates The latter is 80 years of age and
has a very creditable war record For a
quarter of a century he had lived in re-
tirement, farming and preaching free sill
yer, and proposes to take the national
stump in the coming campaign.
Thomas H. Gahan of Chicago has been
slated to succeed National Committee
man Ben 7. Cable
The platform will in the main, be de-
voted to state affairs the national plank
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