The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

silver men may, therefore. be set down
as Intellectual.
If the national committee, at its meet
ing TOMORROW decides TO present the
name OF Senator Hill for temporary chair
man, It may be authOritatively stated
that Senator Hill will stand and that the
overthrow OF the programme mapped out
by the national committee will bring mat
ters TO a head between the gold and sill
yer men al the opening Of the cOnven-
ton on Tuesday. The gold men know
that test vote must be met, and many
of them believe il better to meet Ii on
the selection Of temporary chairman, with
all the precedents of regularity on their
side, than 10 have the issue presented on
more even terms later on. They question
the ability Of the silver men to hold their
men together on a vote to overthrow the
decision Of the national committee, and
10 turn down a man who deserves so
We'll OF MS party as David b. Hill. Such
an irregular beginning to the convention,
followed by other arbitrary acts by the
majority, the gold men claim, would fully
justify them in bolting and refusing their
support TO the nominee.
Senator Hill shook hands with hundreds
OF MS friends and admirers during the
day. He had a word of cheer and encour-
agement for all who are trying to stay
the drift toward free silver. He said that
he believed the unit rule on states and
the two-thirds rule on nominations both
time-honOred customs of the democratic
party, would stand in this convention He
said that all the talk about there being
one free silver man in the New York del
egation was nonsense; that each and ev-
cry man from the Empire State was for
gold, and they would all vote for gold,
even If the unit rule was done away with
He told a story being circulated at the
Sherman House to the effect that a man
named Lockwood. claiming to be a dele
gate from the Thirty-second district of
New York, was for silver. He declared that
the man named was either an impostor
or a myth. The sound money delegates
from Michigan called upon Senator Hill
at his headquarters this afternoon. The
senator received the delegation very cor
daily. Elliott G.. Stevenson, on behalf
of the delegation, told Mr. Hill that the
gold men of Michigan were with him and
would fight for the cause Of sound money
to the end.
Mr. Hill said he was glad to have such
faithful advocates of the cause and hoped
success would crown the fight. I'VE are
all working to that end" said the sena-
tor, land we will at least put up glo-
rious fight"
AT the conclusion Of the interview. the
Michiganders gave three cheers for the
New York senator.
Mr.. Stevenson, in speaking relative to
the fight in the Michigan delegation be-
tween the gold men and the silverites,
said: sixteen of our delegates are ir
revOcably pledged to gold and twelve are
for silver. Our state convention ordered
the unit rule to prevail in their delegation.
1t will prevail, and our vote will be for
gold, unless the national committee shall
otherwise ordain. The twelve silver men
have openly declared that they will rule
so by main force. We do not fear them
al their worst, and ] am confident that
Michigan will be found in the gold column
solidly with the 2S votes"