The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-04
Speeches Made by WelI-KnOwn Men
Predicting Disaster If the
White Metallists Win.
EX-G0V. FLOWER FEARFUL
THAT NEW YORK STATE WILL GO
100000 REPUBLICAN.
Bynum Afraid Indiana Will BE Los
to Democracy by 5,OOO-COlOnel
Fellows I'm Tears.
;nac,a, 70 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 3.-The sound-money
people have held their first big conference
and their only sign of a bolt that has yet
developed is in Massachusetts. A general
appeal to the convention will be made to-
morrow and a big sound-money mass meet
ing will be held tomorrow night. The In
diana sound-money people arrived to-day
and began work. The bimetaliic committee
,to-day dissolved but the committee of five
still lives, and the senatorial junto has
turned the leadership of the silver forces
over to a general committee to be COM
posed of one delegate from each silver
State. This committee will probably call
silver caucus for Monday night, but the
scheme to caucus on a candidate has been
killed, Iowa giving ii it's death blow. The
Indiana delegation tonight adopted a res
olution against this scheme. The national
committee has decided to recommend gold
men for both temporary and permanent
chairman, ignoring the demand of the sill
yer men.
The Matthews boom made a distinct ad-
vance to-day and his chances are better
than fair. Turpie issued a statement that
Matthews is not candidate for Vice Pres
ident. BANDS managers are inclined 20
believe that he is beaten, though tonight
they figure for him $50 votes on the first
ballot The Teller boom was revived, but
has no chance of success. McCabe is TO be
Indiana member of the resolutions COM
mittee and Marvin of the credentials COM
mittee Sheerin will probably be reelected
to the national committee.
w. C. Whitney and his gold-standard con-
tingent from the East arrived at o'clock
this afternoon, and the first thing they
| did was to engage all the vacant rooms in
| the lake front hotels. Mr.. Whitney saw
| to this personally, took bath, ate din
ner in his room at the Auditorium Annex
| ard was ready for business. At o'clock
| the sound-money conference was held at
| the Auditorium, with the big parlors full.
Each State represented was called upon for
a statement of what would happen if silver
| is the platform, and Mr.. Bynum. speaking
| for Indiana, said it meant the loss of the
| State by fully fifty thousand. There
was no band with blaring instruments to
| meet the Eastern gold-standard men when
| they came to town. Even the local COM
mittee failed to be on hand, and Mr. Whit
ney was on the curb at the station signal
| ing for cabs for his party instead OF ans
| wering a speech of welcome.
FLOWER GOES TO WORK.
| Ex-Governor Roswell p. Flower was the
| first to arrive and he did not wait TO get
the stain Of travel from his person before
| he had launched into the fight. The first
| place he tackled was the West Virginia
| headquarters, where he met delegate Chill
| ton. He had very animated conference
with him, and when he had finished he said
| to the reporter: II had idea about the
| spread Of this silver fallacy and now have
| confirmed it. These West Virginia people
| admit they are not particularly in favor of
| this silver business, but they have some
| other end to attain. In West Virginia the
Democratic party has been losing votes TO
| the Populists, each year a few more. They
| believe they can recover this vote by going
| for free silver. The situation is the same
| all through the country"
| A local newspaper man, who had entered
| asked Governor Flower if it was not true
| that there were silver men in his own home
county of Jefferson in New York State.
II believe there are. The trouble is just
| this. the farmer is only just now beginning
| to feel the effects of the panic of 1899. The
bankers and financiers felt it the year II
| occurred. but the farmers just now are
feeling the stringency of it and are willing
to accept any fallacy that they think will
| aid them"
Governor Flower visited the headquarters
| of the local gold standard contingent and
| told the leaders that he was ready to as
| sist them to the best of his ability as soon
| as they were ready to call upon him.
Il was an hour later than Mr.. Flowers
| arrival that the special of William c.
| Whitney rolled into the station. On ii
were United States Senators David b. HILL
of New York: James Smith, of New Jer-
| sey. and Gray, of Delaware: ex-Lieutenant
| Governor Sheehan, Of New York: ex-Gov-
ernor William Russell. of Massachusetts,
| District Attorney John r. Fellows; Naval
Officer Christopher C. Baldwin: State CHAIR
| man James W. Hinckley: national COM
/ mitteeman William F. Sheehan, ex-Mayor
Hugh Grant; manager Thomas F. Ryan. of
| the Metropolitan Traction Company; Col
George B. Harvey. +, ]. Regan. Mr. Whit
| ney's secretary. Congressman George b.
Mcclellan and James J. Martin. of New
| York and Mr.. whitney. Senator Hnl Mr..
Hinckley and sheehan went to the Palmer
House and the others to the Auditorium
Senator HIN said: ~ shall have to look