The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-07-09

ON THE EVE OF BATTLE
The silver Delegates Rest for want OF
Material Upon Which to Impress Their
vieWs-The Question of Temporary Or
Eanfxnti6n Receiving Attentl0n-Roies
Men Take New Hope-Ths Coming Gold
Bugs from New York;
CHICAGO. July 2.-The proverbial
salm before the storm prevailed to-
day. Having accomplished everything
possible in advance of the arriving of
q respectable number of silver dele
gates ON the ground, the democratic
bimetallic national committee, and
those cooperating with it took rest
from their labors, SO far as meetings
or conferences are concerned until to-
morrow evening, when another round.
up of all the white metal supporters
then in Chicago will be in order.
The ranks Of the 16 to ] advocates
were reinforced to-day by the arrival
Of DIR. j. j. Mott, of North Carolina,
and who is chairman of the executive
committee of the independent or new
silver party, formed in Washington q
year ago. For reasons which he
deemed sufficient, and which he
has not explained, the head
Of the silverites did not take
up his abode at the Sherman house,
where the silver headquarters have
been established, but instead chose an
hostlery on the same street, but
couple of blocks away. From here,
and without consultation with any of
the silver people that preceded him.
he sent an invitation for a conference
on Saturday night of every represent
ative or party favorable to silver, in
elhding populists, silver democrats and
silver republicans.
As to what it was intended to ac-
complish by this conference, DR.. Mott
was reticent. but the expressions of
sentiment among those that f1ocked to
his quarters during the day indicated
a decided preference for the nomins-
tion next week of such a candidate as
could be. indorsed by the silver and
populist conventions at st. Louis three
weeks hence upon platform dealing
with nc, other issue than that of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
The executive committee of the indie
pendent silver party meets here Satur-
day, and at tomorrow nights meeting
or conference of the bimetallic commit
tee and the silver delegates com.
mittee will be appointed to meet the
Independents with a view toward
united action.
Sentiment among the silver men
crystallized to-day in favor of the Sc
lection of either Gov. Stone of Mis-
souri, or w. ]. Bryan, of Nebraska, as
temporary chairman of the conven-
ton, with Senator Isham Harris, Of
Tennessee, and Maj. Towles, secretary
of the bimetal1ic committee, as per.
nianeht chairman and secretary, re.
spectively.
The story was published this after
noon that Senator Harris had been
definitely chosen as permanent chair.
man, but at the headquarters in the
Sherman house. the fact that no meet
ing had been held to-day was cited as
proof positive that this was purely
guess work.
Through Senator Jones, the silver
men went on record to-day as opposed
to the suggestion made by members OF
the national committee that Senator
David b. Hill might prove acceptable to
both factions as temporary chairman.
Senator Jones insisted that, while per
sonally he had the highest regard for
his New York associate in the senate
chamber, he could not countenance
the idea Of a supporter of the gold
standard presiding, even if for short
while only, over a convention that
was opposed to his views three to one.
Senator Hill, he said, would not be &C.
ceptable to the silver people, and con.
sequently there was nothing to be
gained by q further consideration OF
his alleged availability.
In the absence of material-in the
shape of delegates with votes-for the
making of deals or the winning OF
converts, the boomers expended their
stock of ammunition on the motley
crowds that invariably invade the
hotels on the eve of a national con.
vention. Much after the fashion OF
the side-show men at the circus, they
took possession of the rotundas of the
hotels and held forth to those inclined
to listen concerning the merits OF
their respective candidates.
At one time this afternoon four dis.
tinct booms were in process of advo
cacy on the ground floor of the Pal
mer house, and the cheers and yelli
and shouts and ironical CALCULATIONS
of the listeners combined to create a
deafening din that can as well be i'm
agined as described.
The friends of Mr.. Bland were per-
haps the most active. In addition to
their headquarters at the Palmer and
the Auditorium annex, they opened up
rooms to-day in the entresol OF the
Sherman house, where COMMITTEES
was appointed to corral such arriving
delegates that first of all seek out the
headquarters of the democratic silver
committee.
Mr.. BANDS friends were in high
feather to-day, and while unable, or
account of the paucity of delegates al
ready in sight, to give out any def
mite figures, insisted that the prevail
ing sentiment in the city and the ad
vices which they were receiving from
outside warranted them in tskin2
their stand that it was Bland against
the field, and with the field already
giving evidence of being decidedly on
the run.
The friends of ex-Gov. Boies, how
ever, were by no means discouraged
bv the claims of the Bland men, and
fell back on the argument that it was