The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10
THEY WANT A FIGHT
COMPTROLLER ECKELS FOR
A BATTLE ROYAL.
Plan OF the Leader Whitney. Uiii, and
the Other iI~ravywriShts Of the Fast Es-
pect to Chcci the SILVER Tidal wave
When They Eeach Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 3.-Comptrollcr Eek.
els of the treasury department said
yesterday that he expected Mr.. Whit
ney and others of the anti.siivcr wing
OF the party on Friday. MIR. Eckels
thinks that after that time the com.
p%lexion of sentiment will change
somewhat, and that the silver people
Will not rave such complete command
of the situation as they now appcar to
have.
While Mr.. Whitney is regarded as
the leader of the gold forces, they ex-
pcct to be able to muster a formidable
array of distinguished men who will
assist him in his efforts to prevent the
party's throwing itself entirely upon
the white metal side OF the contro-
versy. In addition to Mr.. Whitney,
Senators Hill and Murphy, HOY.
Charles Tracy and Governor Flower,
Hon. Frederick l.. Coudert and ex.
Postmaster General Bisscll are ex-
pccted from New York, as are Hon.
Don NJ. Dickinson OF Michigan, Gov
crnor Russell and Mayor Quincy from
Massachusetts, senator Smith of New
Jersey, senator Villas OF Wisconsin,
Senator Gray of Delaware and many
others, including large delegations Of
business men and influential poll.
ticians from indianapolis, Baltimore,
P~ittsburg, st. IOuis, Cincinnati and
other cities. II is understood fifty in
f~lucntial men are coming from Indian
apolis alone, and that Iowa will send
a large delegation. The Illinois gold
Democrats will also be present in
force.
II cannot but believe" said Mr..
Eckels, after giving this list, that
these men will exert an influence upon
the convention. They are all men
who have participated in national af.
fairs and all we'll known Democrats.
hey will appeal to the convention in
the interest of the business stability
of the country and also for the prescr.
walton Of the party's integrity. Even
the silver leaders must listen If they
are Democrats, when it Is pointed out
to them that the adoption of n free
silver declaration means the certain
defeat of the party ut the polls.
1T will be shown to them, as il can
be clearly shown, that in this event
they will not only lose every Eastern
State, but that they are also sure to
lose all the Southern States, such as
Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia
and Kentucky, where the Republicans
have an organization which is not
bound up with the PopulIsts.
They must also listen to appeals
to their reason against the o%verturn-
ing of Democratic ~precedents. as it is
proposed to be done in the matter of
the abrogation of the two-thirds rule.
No Democrat can regard such innova.
tions as this and such as the frequent
consultation with the ST Louis boilers
with cquanimity, and such proceed
ings will only encourage the indie
pendent movement which il soon to
follow them if they are coupled with
a free coinage declaration in the plat.
form"
Asked IL the gold men would bolt in
the convention in case OF "a positive
announcement for free silver, Mr..
Eckols expressed the opinion hat
there would be no open bolt, "but,"
he said, there would be a detection
at the polls whish it would be impos-
sib!c to prevent