Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-09
m NOT GIVE IN
cr,NLARD DEMOCRATS WILL
rEEP UP THE FIGHT.
will Do Even IL They
themselves I'm a Hopeless
,,.ority : They f"Sor
unt ON the Temporary
'..,rmanship, with senator Hill
rneir Candidate.

Iuly THE Eastern gold
plcasd every preparation to-day to
ila' ,be war even il they find
pos in a hopeless minority.
nsea moi been 4 break in the sill
.pnrth aud the leaders of that
SUM- are fixed rs adamant in the
snination to run the convention.
same time there seems to be a
s.satic feeling for Senator Hill,
'rerol of the silver leaders Wis
s s,m to-day and requested him
aI,ow his name to be used for
parv chairman. Senator Jones
yarada was particularly anxious
:. tho matter. He said:
lS"oator Hill, we have no personal
'etion 10 you, but Il forces Will
~ content with anything but a
-. man in the chair. We don't
Y. 10 have to turn you down and
hope you will not accept the des-
p.a ex-Gov. Russell, William G.
Es,tney and other leaders were strong
.Sair Judgment that there should be
4 M on this issue, and that MIR. Hill
i,,id stand. So far convinced were
Y Tasterners Of this that ii was said
Z, IiIl would stand and that he had
~,o nreparing an address that would
saliyered from the floor. If not from
[ nlatform. and this last statement
proloned an interesting phase that
|,y mean a lively row in the conven-
aTbe gold men shall not speak," was
cry of the rank and file of the sill
n men. with the exception OF Jones,
llackhurn and Mclean. These latter
sd that the convention should be
in IFS treatment so far as the gold
lombard men are concerned, should
that Russell, Fellows, Hill and
raw should be allowed TO talk.
'rhere was a good deal of discussion
o.asy over the matter of the absence
I senator Hill from the gold meeting
night. and the questions as TO his
lsenee from both the gold conference
| the morning and the meeting last
and his refusal to say anything
/ the conference on Friday night
rerp mt squarely to him to-day. He
'The gold meeting last night
sas held by local people and ! was
expected TO speak. | have re-
rained from taking part in any con-
on the financial issue be-
ause | do not believe that there Is
az use reiteratlng my views. All
ave read the New York platform. On
hat issue | stand %squarely. j have
othing to say as 10 the probable de-
sion on the temporary chairman
bin. will consider the matter If the
ati0nal committee tenders il 10 me.
| cannot see that the situation Is
We are not any stronger
ln We were, but we are doing good
Visionary work.
Favor n Gold Ticket.
There was less talk to-day Of a bolt
' the gold men, and ii was openly
iSeouraged by Senator Hill, Mr.. Whit
ey and others. Still it is plain that
ANY Of the gold men will refuse to
lpp0rt a silver candidate, and some
quietly canvassed the advisable
y Of placing n gold ticket and gold
indidate in the field. The advantage
be gained by them from this course,
ley argue, would be the same which
to those who refused to support
RELY In 1872. Those who we're dis
with Greeley nominated
Of New York, and after
defeat 1t was by their or
that the party was reorgan-
ed and placed on a footing again.
he gold men propose to inaugurate
fight the moment the gayel is
'opped by Chairman Harrity. They
. resolved upon offering a gold man
the convention for temporary chair
an, despite the protests of the sill
r leaders, and Senator Hill is the
an upon whom their choice has fall
The silver leaders have the ut
ost respect for Hill. but they and
er followers + determined that a
lver man shall assume the savel and
az the first utterance in the cOnven-
- shall be unequiyocally for silver,
We can neither afford to be injured
faint praise" said Senator-elect
oney of Mississippi. to-day, "nor
tually condemned. We must have
{ machinery from the start