The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-27
APPEAL TO THE SOUTH.
Sound Money Democrats
Planning for the Chi
cago Fight.
FORCE BILL AS A LEVER
Whitney confers With Members Of
the National Committee
BANDS Gang.
FORCE BILL AS A LEVER

NEW YORK, June 27, 1896.-Mr William
G. Whitney and other leaders of the
fight against free silver in the Demo-
cratic party will go to Chicago on July
!, and from the time of their arrival
until q platform is adopted by the Ma.
tionai Convention they w:n do all in
their power to convince the Democrats
tfon in favor Of a iebased currency will
be fatal to the party.
But the fight for sound currency is
to be friendly one and it will be fought
out in the councils of the party. 1t has
been decided that there viii be no bolt,
and no threats win be used unless a SOL
emn warning that a free silver plank
means defeat for the ticket can be called
threat.
Mr.. Whitney from now until he leaves
for Chicago next Tuesday will be in daily
conference with prominent sound money
Democrats of the East He met last
night Chairman Harrity of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, Josiah Quin-
cy of Massachusetts, B. B. Smalley of
Vermont, B. T. Gable of Illinois, Carlos
French of Connecticut and w. F. Shee-
han of New York. all members Of the
National Committee, and the party had
a long conference on the situation
Senator HAl will probably spend Sunday
in the city, and will confer with M Whit
ney and other leading sound money Demo-
Gratis. The Senator and Mr.. Whitney may
go to Chicago together. The Hon. Perry
Belmont is home from Paris and will join
the leaders of the sound money forces in
Chicago as soon as possible. Mr.. Belmont
has many warm personal and political
friends among the Southern Democrats
Comptroller Fitch, who has an extensive
acquaintance among Southern and West
ern congressman, and Congressmen Cum
rnings ana Bartlett will also join the lead
ers at Chicago as soon as they can get
away.
AS a result of the conferences already
held it has been decided to make a de-
termlned fight to win the delegates from
the southern States away from free sll
yer. For many years there has been i
clsse bond OF sympathy between the Demo-
Gratis OF the South and the party leaders
ct the. Democratic party and State of
The Democratic Congressman from this
State have always worked and voted
with those of the South against Force
bills and to repeal obnoxious Federal
laws. Now that the party is threa tened
with defeat and disruption on account of
the, free silver craze. the Democratic
leaders of New York feel that they can
afsreal to the. intail. .genre and reason of.
Southern Democrats with confidence. The
adopted BY the Democratic State Gonven-
tion on "Wednesday sounded the keynote
Of the. fight to. be made at Chicago by
leaders of the sound money movement
The Democrats of the Sputn are to be
warned that they may. expect Force bills,
Ia mi ffrr,c Il
Mckinley is elected and the Republicans
again control both branches of Congress-.
For this reason Mr. Whitney, Senator
Hill and other leaders feel hopeful that
the Southern delegates can be persuaded
that their real interests are identical with
those of the great Democratic State of
New York
Appeals win also be made to the busi-
ness men of the cities of the West and
the Northwest to join in the fight for
safe and sound currency
While It Is admitted by all tine leaders
Of the sound money movement that the
odds are against them, they are hopeful
that few days of missionary work among
the party leaders from the South and
West at Chicago will change the situation.
The sound money men are sure of more
than one-third of the delegates, and are
confident that even if they fail to secure
a gold platform they can at least prevent
the nomination of an olrt-and-out free sill
yer candidate.
They are confident that the two-thirds
vention, and are hopeful that the silver
men will not even attempt 1t.
In the preliminary fight at Chicago the
sound money men Will have one adj
vantage. All the members of the
National Committee who are politicians
of national reputation are sound
money men. The silver men on the
committee may be in the minority, al
though that question is not yet settled,
hut they have no such men to lead them
The members of the National c.omroittae
who are experienced politicians known
all over the country, are Sena-
tor Arthur Pue German of Mary
land, William f. arrity of Pennsylvania
CONGRESSMAN Benjamin T.. Gable of
Illinois, Senator Calvin s. Brsce of Ohio,
Major Josiah Quincy of Boston, Brad
ley B. Smalley of Vermont, E. C. Wall
of Wisconsin; General Matt w Ransom
Of North Carolin, now United States
Minister TO Mexico; ex-Lieutenant Cover
nor William F. Sheehan of New York,
j. r. Richardson of Iowa. Daniel il
Campau of Michigan, and Carlos French
of Connecticut
All of these men have had long expe-
rience In national politics, and they are
men of influence and party leaders in
their respective States. They are all for
sound money, and the silver men on the
committee do not begin to match them
in experience. ability or influence 1t is
doubtful II the silver men will be able
to control the committee and the tenn
porary organization.
PREPARING FOR The FIGHT.
Republican State Committee VIII