Evening star., 1896-09-09
WAS HOWLED DOWN
Gold Delegate Not Allowed to Speak
in the Trenton Convention.
new JERSEY DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLE
Silver Sentiments Prevailed Among
the Delegates.
ROW OVER GUARDIANSHIP

TRENTON, Nj, September 9-The dele
gates to the dc Ipcratic state convention
called to nominate presidential electors be-
gan to arrive early, and by IL O'Clock the
hotel corridors were crowded. The senti-
ment everywhere was for silver. there be-
ing put few gold delegates, the gold men
Tor the most part, having made no contest
at the primaries.
The Essex dele ltion arrived in a body,
ard. headed by a brass band, marched To
Mssonic Hall. Col. Price the lea der of the
E:seX delegation, was seen 10y repre-
sentative of the Associated Press and ask
ed as TO the truth of the rumor that he
had letter from Senator Smith, who is
now In Europe, defining the Senator's posi-
ton with refere' ,e to the campaign, and
which would he read in the convention
Col Price denied having any such letter,
and SAID so far as he was aware there was
no such letter in existence
Robert Davis, the leader of the Hudson
delegation, has taken a flop from Atkinson
of burlington Cor permanent chairman, and
said that the hudson delegation would
support Senator Daily.
Davis admitteu he had pledged himself
to Atkinson, hut at the time he id not
know that DAILY was candidate. The
Hudson delegation, however, he sad,
would not so back on OF its own men,
and he felt constrained TO support the Hud-
son county senator.
Atkinson was 'ery angry over the turn
things Fad taken, and declared h.s intention
OF making tight in the convention
through minority report of the commit
tee on permanent organization.
The convention Was called TO order at
1215 today by eX-corgressman Samuel
Fowler OF Sussex county, who is acting
chairman Of the democratic sta.e commit
tee in the absen Of Senator Saith. Mr..
Fowler said that the convention had been
called TO name electors to cast the vote
OF the democratic STATE of New Jersey for
that hoLest, able, fearless statesman, vii
h2m j. Bryan. The mention Of Mr.. Bry-
ans name was the signal for an outburst
of applause, which lasted for fully a min
ute, the delegates rising in their seats.
Mr.. Fowler then named eX-Congressman
Argu SITS w. CL;ier as the choice of the
state committee for temporary chairman.
Mr.. Cutler, who has been the defeated as
pirant for the democratic nomination for
governor score of times, then began 10
speak He read his address from manu-
script and started off by saying that We
are Tearing crisis where the money pow
er is becoming SO dominant that the flower
OF the country, The producers Of wealth,
are teins crushed down under the weight
mat Is making them poorer and poorer
he then took w the discussion of the
money question and quoted from James G.
Biainc and other prominent republicans ID
show tnat they had been for a gold and
silver currency. Mr. Cutler said that the
United States could adopt a free coinage
basis irrespective Of the other nations He
said that wren the colonies IN l176 Were
able 10 successfully declare their indepen-
dence they ought to be able to do so in
1896. As the speaker took his seat he was
loudly applauded.
After MIR Cutler had closed his speech a
delegate from Essex county, named Wilbur
huntington, attempted 10 speak. Imme-
diately there were objections from the Es-
sex delegates, and the convention was
thrown into an uproar.
Huntington is gold man, who was
elected from Mount Clair but was refused
credentials by the county committee OF Es-
sex county. During the ulroar William X
DeVereux, Monmouth county delegate
VINO was on the stage, approached the foot
lights and started Bryan campaign song
the delegates all Joined in, and at the close
OF the song Huntington had changed his
mind about speaking.
Chairman Cutler then announced that
John Mattison of Somerset, James Carpen-
ter of Gloucester ard William *. Devereux
OF Monmouth had been appointed tenn
porary secretaries. Samuel SeInple. WHO
had been agreed upon as one OF the secre-
taries was dropped because IL was ascer-
taiheG that he WIS a gold man.
The committees on credentials. perma-
rent organization and resolutions were
then appointed
Samuel Bigelow, an Essex delegate. offer
ed resolution reciting that some of the
members of the democratic state committee
were not loyal to the democratic platform
and ticket, and recommending that the
chairman of the convention appoint
a committee of i've to suggest the proper
course to be pursued by the convention.
The resolution Was referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions without debate. and
the convention took a recess until > o clot k