Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-26
silver Conference In Chicago.

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Washington, D. G., June 26.-The con
ference of free silverltes, to be held at the
Sherman house, Chicago, next Tuesday
will be of even more far-reaching import
ance than the Democratic convention it.
self, for it will then be determined whether
or not there is to be coalition of all the
free silver forces in the coming campaign
or whether the Democrats will act indie
pendenty. The blmetalic Democratic
national committee has received woro
from the following state committeemer
that they will attend:
Alabama, ohm w. Tomlinson; Arkan
sas, Carroll Armstrong; Florida, Frank
G. Harris; Georgia, Patrick Walsh
Idaho, George Ainslie; Illinois g. W
Fithian; Indiana, B. F. Shivley; Iowa, S
B. Evans; Kansas, Daniel j. Overmeyer
Kentucky, H. A. Sommers; Louisiana, M.
j. Cunningham; Massachusetts, Frank
K. Foster; Michigan, George p. Hummer;
Mississippi. Robert H. Taylor; Missouri,
Lon V. Stephens; Montana, W. A.
Clark; Nebraska, G. j. Smyth;
Nevada, I. H. Dennis; North Dakota, Will
lam N. Roach; Ohio, Allen W. Thurman;
Oregon, Thomas O'Day; South Carolina,
W. d. Mayfeld; Tennessee, j. M. Head;
Texas, Horace Chiffon; Virginia, Peter ].
Otey; Washington, G. H. Warner; West
Virginia, Daniel B. Lucas; Wyoming, j.
E. Osborne; Arizona, William H. Barnes;
New Mexico, W. s. Hopewell; Oklahoma,
A. j. Beale.
Committeeman Thomas j. Clunie, Of
San Francisco; @. 8. Thomas, of Denver
T. J. Jarvis, of Greenville, N. c.; and O.
w. Powers, Of Salt Lake City, Utah, have
notified the committee that they can not
be present, but that they will have repre-
sentatives on hand.
Some interesting Information was Sc
cured to-day at the silver headquarters
on the prospects of coalition. The
Democratic leaders have decided that
it would be beneath their dignity
to extend formal invitation to
the Populists and boiling Republi-
cans to come to Chicago aud meet with
them. However, they expect representa-
tives of both these bodies to be in Chi
cago, and if they do come of their own
accord they will be given cordial well
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Gil. Their suggestions will be listened to,
and it is said that the Democrats will, if
they can consistently with their ideas of
party dignity, make some concessions.
If no satisfactory understanding is arrived
at before the Democratic nomination,
Senators Jones, Harris and other leaders
will 90 to st. Louis when the Populist
convention is held and endeavor to Sc
cure nm Endorsement of their candidate
and platform.
The Teller boom is received very frig-
idly by the Democratic free silver leaders
in Washington. Senator Harris is most
positive in his opposition to the Demo-
cratic party taking Senator Teller up as
presidential candidate, and Senator
Jones is also strongly opposed to any
such action. Both favor Boies. At the
same time they are not pushing the
Iowan's candidacy, and have in fact been
advising against instructions everywhere.
Bland now has ninety instructed votes
and Boies thirty. Senators Jones, Har.
ris, and even Blackburn, all announce that
a southern man is not to be thought of
on either end of the ticket. Senator
Blackburn's state instructed for him, but
he will at Chicago declare that, while he
appreciates the compliment, for patriotic
reasons he must decline the proffered
support.