The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-30
PRESIDENrItL rTMRnR.

crhuc NnmlnatlOn- Silver Men W hO
 May Battle for the Chicago Prize and six
 Eastern Men spoken of by the sound
 Money Element of the Party.
 New York, June 29-The Evening Sun tonight says:
 At the democratic national conven- tion, which meets in Chicago on Tues day, July 7 it is expected that twelve and possibly fifteen candidates for the nomination for president win be pre- scented and voted for.
 All of the candidates positively in the race at the present time are free silly men, but the leaders of the sound mon ey delegates will undoubtedly unite on some eastern man when they reach Chicago
 The leading free silver candidates whose names are certain to go before the convention are:
 Horace Boies of Iowa, a free silver and free trade democrat who left the republican party a few years ago be- cause that party stood for a protective tariff. Four years ago Boies was a | candidate, and received 100 votes in the convention.
 Richard r. Bland of Missouri, known as Silver Dollar Bland because of his ! championship of the white metal while | chairman of the committee on coinage weights and measures in the house. His platform is free silver at the ratio of 16 to l.
 Joseph c. s, Blackburn of Kentucky, who was defeated for reelection to the United States senate because of his ad- Vocacy of free silver. lie has announce ed that he does not expect to get the nomination, but will have his votes counted in the convention. Blackburn is not on speaking terms with Secre- tary Carlisle and the Cleveland admin istration
 Governor Claude Matthews of Indl- ana, plain farmer and free silver man at l6 to 1. He is a popular Hoosier with some following in the states that border on the south side of the Ohio river
 W. J. Bryan of Nebraska, called by | admiring constituents the Boy Ora tor of the Platte" He has a loud and enduring voice, and for four years has been advocating the free and unlimited coinage of silver tWenty-two and half hours out of every twenty-four. The doubtful starters on a silver platform are:
 William B. Morrison of Illinois, once chairman of the ways and means com mittee of the house of representatives, at which time he drafted a tariff bill which was the nearest approach to free trade seriously proposed since the war. The measure failed of passage, but earned for the chairman of the com mittee the title of Horizontal Bill" MT Morrison, who has been out af act i've politics for several years, wanted to be nominated four years ago, but the Illinois delegation would not vote for him.
 Senator Henry NJ. Teller of Colorado, who bolted the republican convention at St. Louis and wants to be the candi- date of the democrats and populists. He is also candidate for reelection to the United States senate from Col orado as a silver advocate.
 Ex-Governor James F. Campbell of Ohio whose platform is free silver and a vigorous foreign policy and who would run on a compromise money plank
 John R. Mclean of Ohio, who wants to keep Campbell from getting the nomination.
 The sound money men have no cer- tain starter in the race so far, but they have this list to draw from:
 Ex-Governor William E. Russell of Massachusetts, who is young and plays lawn tennis He is unequivocally in favor of the gold standard.
 Ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison of Pennsylvania. who, like Russell, has been elected governor of a republican state.
 Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle of Kentucky. who was an ad- vocate Of the double standard while a member of congress, but has been q gold man since he has been in the cab inet.
 Vice President A. F. Stevenson of H. linois, who is a democrat and has re- mained a democrat throughout the present administration.
 Others mentioned as possibilities if a sound money platform is adopted are MT. William c. Whitney and eX-Gover- nor Flower of this state. MT. Whitney has said he will not accept if nominat- ed, and will not serve if elected. Ex Governor Flower is not a candidate for the nomination.
 Ambassador Eustis. from Paris, was proposed some time since by a Wash ington newspaper just after his sound American speech at a London ban quet