Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-25
FREE SILVER'S FIGHT
Democrats Getting Ready for the
Chicago Convention.
WHITE METAL MEN LEAD IN OHIO
VIII Control the State Convention Which
Meets Tomorrow - Administration
Democrats Hard at Work for -
the Gold Standard. q"

Columbus, o., June 22.-The demo-
cratic state convention meets here to-
morrow, and the entire fight centres
on the currency, with the silver men
largely In the majority. Four-ffths of
the delegates are already selected, and
there are few gold men among them.
The convention will no doubt stand
for free silver, although the action of
Cuyahoga, Lucas, Montgomery, and
Butler counties, in declaring for the
single gold standard, has created a
nucleus around which an opposition of
goodly proportions may gather. John
A. Mcmahon of Dayton, who was Sc
lected for temporary chairman, has de-
clined on account of the evident free
silver tone in the convention. He Is
in favor of maintaining the present
gold standard. The state central COM
mittee will choose another person to
the forty-six delegates from this state
to the democratic national convention
will be for free silver.
To Stem tho Sill YER Tide.
Washington, June 22.-Administra-
tion democrats here are cooperating
with w. c. Whitney of New York in his
effort to stem what is termed the sill
yer tide and to change the apparent
silver complexion of the Chicago con-
vention into one for gold. The first
practical move in that direction made
here has been to secure list of all the
delegates elect to the Chicago conven-
ton. More than two-thirds of these
have been chosen. All the delegates
chosen who are either instructed for
silver or are believed to incline to sill
yer, will at once be communicated with
personally. These delegates for weeks
past have been receiving ''sound
money" literature from New York and
Boston reform clubs, but they will, it is
asserted, be solicited by letter. Efforts
will also be made to ascertain their
standing In their communities and
what influence, if any, of n local or
national nature can be brought to
bear on them to change their
views on the money question. To this
end prominent bankers and merchants
In the communities in which the dele
gates reside will be written to for in
formation and when in hand this in
formation with political pressure that
can be brought from their fellow
democrats locally or nationally will
be utilized in the direction Of the we'll
known views of the administration.
To Battle for the Gold Standard.
Albany, June 22.-At the assembly
district conventions here Saturday the
following resolution was adopted: IRE
solved that the delegates from this as
sembly district be and they are hereby
instructed to use all honorable means
to secure an unequivocal declaration in
the democratic platform to be adopted
at Saratoga in favor of sound money,
and the election of delegates to Chi
cago who will battle for the mainte-
nance of the gold standard in the ma
tional democratic platform.
Ex-Gov. Campbell Called Down.
Washington, June 2.-Ex-Governor
Campbell of Ohio left here yesterday
afternoon for his home. Near the
close of his speech Saturday night,
when he declared for the money of the
constitution, he was interrupted by
cries from the audience-"No straddle,
Jim. Say l6 to 1. Now's your
chance"-but he made no response.