The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-03

: of drafting a silver piank and OF rounding
ap their followers 50 that there may be
no possible deserfIons to the opposition,
constitute the work that the silver con-
ference nave laid out for themselves
IN the mater Of ca1dlda,tss, ,. tney VII
take no hand as body buS VII s yile
IofioWers oI iSplss Baa1,u, 80 sds.l ealSM ; z :,
bl3ckpurn Mclean ana lae e !, otaet 1 as5',I-
anus 90 lhsiI own Morh aa-u " sI Il se
sandldates has osen tlae mf5eo e., a,,s 91 sne
, t,ss.I Sger rSes1ss ,e ,,1,t
they ft 81. - ,isssfe shall he as
sfa,,neis ~ = sar silvar ss the ma
5a,~;fx- nj wifi ba fi-a r,la4fnr,s,
ana fo,. this reasor. although en-
daa,,ari,a 60 70 rarnajr ,,ncnn,a,1,r7-
feative sven on fl,is noint when taking
i, nss,ic fhev are nr,posed to Vjce- Presi-
5ent ~ Sfavens9, al aIlv one else that
might prove acceptable to the gold ele-
sne79f b,lf whose advocacy of silver is
NOT elean-clit and pronounced
The fact Eas been apparent from the
start that the leading Democratic silver
men place no store in any possible sup
port from the Populist sIlversles ana in
none Of their dolngs mas. there hesn
suggestion OF aa.eye7 sIngie sio me iutuEes
that future being the National con-
Ventlons OF Popuilsls anu Eaaicai Iree
sllVerltes seAeou,su ~ p loJ5s pissSe ~
,ss7as, INV s5esjr ff,
81 rst = into .iasa fe1lawshi nT comfanion-
sbi, xsss+l, tha silsssr Jos,nrcrats C,eea-
sjof1ajiv thew have turned up in small
hunters a the Sherman House, but they
have fiocKed by themselves or sought
the Headquarters of the knights of
Labor on the upper floor, from whence
General Secretary Hayes and others of
the Executive Board, who will figure
largely ia the dodngs at st. Louis. have
been giving it out that they are neither
part nor parcel in the programme or.
plans of the Democrats, but that they
propose ITO go 1T alone and make their
own ticket Wnen the proper TIME ar
rived. Whatever talk there may have
been in months or weeks gone by OF the
possibility OF Democratic silver PoDu-
list fusion, lt has not been borne out
vailed here this week, by judging from
tine expressions OF leading Popul.stS tnere
is but one contingency that would be
sgns sgg to erng a ao4u q uon no0atae 0f 5ae w9
Senator Teller. Something may come of
the conference of leading members of
the National New Silver Party. which is
to this writing, neither the silver Demo-
Gratis on fI,e one hand or fha ponuI;st
ilner.tes an fhe ather 1 have indcareS
II sliol4est snclinats,n tavvsrsI eseffins.
sneetber s1, i'sT sels1i's
The situatian this r,orning ;s annar-
emily clearer than t has been in relation
g lne FresluehIlaI a. nonllnalaon. me dalK
IS now confined Chiefly 70 Bland and Tel
sr Strong aeaga The es 9or aas ray an
ed along the lines of expediency on the
one side and on the other side a desire
to COlffne tlle4e ntrieS for the nomination
to old members Of the Democratic party.
The advocates of expedieney, that is those
who favor Teller,s nomination. are work.
ing with great energy ana ar,narent CON
fidence so the a,.ss,',ner,f fbat tbis is
x,, &, + ~, a
an,s II ~ u,iaa
ply is returned that an 1a-hour Democrat
IS good enough Tor the country and ought
70 pc Tot tne convention. Ihere are
some l5-hour Democrats, said one of the
Teller advocates this morning, whom I
prefer to other twenty-year Democrats.
There is to be only one issue in the cam
paign and that IS the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at the ratio of is to l. If
a man is In favor Of ftl1at that makes him
a Democrat for 1896 at least, and / favor
nominating the man who can command
the support Of the greatest number Of
voters upon that issue. Undoubtedly that
man Is Henry NJ. Teller Of Colorado. In
gsnszit'g the single oue's' ion nEs4 sslsea
Are you opposed to the extension of
slavery y
An answer in the Affirmative made a
And 50 an Affirmative answer TO the ques-
tion, Are you in favor Of the free COIN
age Of silyer2' makes good Democrat
in 1886, without regard 10 the mans for.
Tner party a1lilia uions or the length OF
time that he has held to that opinion
Inc trIpute paaa 10 pen2tor neiisr. $
worth ana strel1fsth py Nj; 5oan II 3. NC MIC
Lean lasl nlgnl as regaraea as slgniilloans
~ 5nls conhecuoH, anu me aSseIsloh y =
~ inaas Wilt iele u leS oio +. =
40 Vo5es may re Sa5l ioi eiiSl. t5 y y u
.s, n9udd aIpsat aiiae LIZ ifo eiius ease
y - ~ -, = ne4lS.s ~ ar15a,+ .5,,ao.+as = )
e. so s}i,., q ,,,J 4, ].;17 IL, ~
ths es nomnat}on bv This convention Of
es,a ~. 1.silsr bas;7a i,nItins ct
io,,is dkIapasas Who are ~ wnTlx in
rbicago' are George a Gorham of Cali
forpia: ex ex-secretary of the Senate and
Halieff Kjlbourr,e of the District of
Columbia. The latter has prepared what
he calls ! new d4aola ration Of irdepend dence