The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-04
SILVER MEN SUBSIDING
TIE ANTI-GOLD MEN BEGIN 10
HEDGE.

80 ~fS'h ao AIfGk-1hC NOmlnhI1On
an Uncertain Quantity and Still Goes
Begging-Neither Bland Nor Boies in II
"A Dark Horse Now-The Sound Money
Mems Votes Very Important Factor.
Chicago, July 3.-The silver delegates
having been at white heat for two DAYS
are now cooling off little, but the
weather Is still awfully hot. The sill
yer men attribute all the evils in the
land to the gold standard men, except
ing the hot spell. That began when
the silver men arrived here. To-day
the silver men are modifying their
shouting and pretentions and are talk
ing of compromise. The belilgerent
spirit so much in evidence on Tuesday
and Wednesday, seems to have depart
ed with Altgeld. The men who call
themselves leaders during his absence
said to-day that they wanted a peace
ful and orderly convention if they could
not have harmony. They are no longer
making threats of driving every gold
man out of the convention and out of
the party.
The silver men will make the plat
form. Every gold leader on the scene
admits as much In the ordinary
course OF human events there is not
the ghost of a chance to prevent this.
But there are already indications that
the silver men have concluded not to
run roughshod over the sound money
democrats of the east, as proposed by
A1topII I, 80 No
stripe. 1t is even possible that the sill
yer men may not be able to nominate
a candidate who Is outspoken in favor
of the white metal
BEGINNING TO COME TO THEIR
SENSES.
The fact is, it has begun to dawn
upon some of the silver leaders that
the sound money democrats of the east
are not men to quit with the first sl1ir-
mish when they start in to make a
fight.
The few gold men who have been on
the ground for two or three days have
not done much talking, but they have
made their presence felt and they have
forced the silver men to realize that
minorities have some rights in the
S4ShioSie btAS l'ehl W. hociilS VA tllC DIV Cl
leaders, having had most of the enthu-
siasm melted out of them by the Chi
cago heat and humidity, are coming
now to take a sober second view of
the situation. They know that the sill
Yer men have no money and could not
raise any money from their own ranks
to run campaign
IT TAKES MONEY TO RUN A CAM
PAIGN.
1t Is proposed by the extreme leaders
of the dominant faction that after they
have made the platform and named the
candidate they will then try to turn
all the gold men out of the national
committee, make Altgeld or Senator
Jones of Arkansas chairman of that
committee, and open campaign head
quarters in Chicago. But a number of
the leaders who have been In politics
before now are looking beyond the con-
vention and the control Of the national
committee. They know from expert
ence that it takes money to run a cam
paign. They know that this money
cannot be raised among the silver men
of the west and they are beginning to
realize that If they carry matters too
far in the convention they cannot get
a dollar from the sound money demo-
Gratis Of the east. For this reason there
is beginning to develop here feeling
favorable to concession of some kind
to the democrats who have in past
campaigns provided the sinews of war.
That concession may or may not take
the form of letting the sound money
democrats have voice in the selection
of candidates.
AS TO THE CANDIDATES.
OF the many candidates now in the
field, not one of them has at best more
than a fighting chance Of getting the
nomination. The managers of these
candidates are beginning to realize this
fact, and they are wondering what is
going to happen. The followers of
Bland or Silver Dick" as everyone
calls him, are making a great noise, but
can count on only 100 votes. Bland s
chances are very slim.
Boise of Iowa has no chance at all.
Of the other candidates, the New
York Evening Sun dispatch says as fol-
lows: Matthews, Campbell, Mclean,
Blackburn and Tillman, few compli-
mentary votes on the first ballot is
about all they can hope for. The dark
horse is largely an odds-on favorite in
this race. 1t was whispered about last
night and this morning that Altgeld
| is secretly at work in the interests OF
Governor Stone, and expects to secure
his nomination.
Stone is chairman of the Bland exec
utive committee, and is here as an in
structed delegate and worker for "ssil-
yer Dick" but 1t is intimated that he
| has not closed his ears to the buzzins
Garfield sherman incident may posi-
bly, be repeated at this convention.
Altgeld has not publicly expressed a
preference for any candidate, and thai
| is one Of his secrets of his suddenly de-
veloped power in the party. He con.
| trolls absolutely the forty-eight votes Of
| Illinois, and can cast them for any can.
| didate he selects.
But all the politicians and the silver
leaders are beginning to wonder what
| the New York delegates and the dele.
| cations from other eastern states are
going to do when it comes to ballotins
| for candidates. Ex-Governor Pattisor
| of Pennsylvania is the only SOUND
money candidate in the field up to this
| time, and he has no delegates pledged
| to him except the sixty-four from
| Pennsylvania.
| 1t has been said that the sound mon
| ey delegates would unite on Pattison
and would cast all their votes for him
Il,