Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-30
S|LVER'S VANGUARD THERE A Very Important Meeting Will
 Be Held Today. ITS THE FIRST SKIRMISH
The National Committee Will Be Made to
 Show Its Hand.
RUM0R ABOUT NEBRASKA DELEGATION
Senator Jones Says ''If the Committee M < mates Temporary Chairman Nc Satisfactory the Convention vii \
 Elect Man Who Is."

Chicago, June 29-(Special )-From ev- cry quarter of this fair land thousands are pouring into this, the great conven- tion city, as fast as steam can carry
 them. Already many leading democrats are here. Boies and Bland, the favorites, are in the lead, running neck and neck, while others are punched considerably in the rear.
 The bimetallic democratic national
 committee has opened headquarters at
 the Sherman house, which will be a place of conference for the silver delegates
 from now until the convention adjourns. The Chicago Evening Post says: eThe advance guard of the bimetallic
 national committee, which did more than
 any other agency to turn the democratic party toward free silver, arrived in Chi cago today and opened headquarters at
 the sherman house. Hon. T. O. Towles of
 Jefferson City, Mo-, secretary of the com-
 mttee, reached the city at o'clock, and
 after registering and exchanging few words with Senator Jones of Arkansas, who is the treasurer, unlocked the doors
 of parlors M and and announced that
 the storm center of the silver movement
 was formally transferred to Chicago.
 Senator Harris of Tennessee, chair
 man of the organization, who may pre-
 side over the convention, will reach the
 city tonight to attend the meeting of the committee tomorrow.
 "John w. Tomlnson, the Alabama rep resentative on the committee, Is at the
 Palmer house with c. I. Thomas, the
 member from Colorado, and the other
 members will arrive in the morning. The most prominent silver democrats in the country are at the head of the bi- metallic committee. Governor Stone of Missouri Ex-Speaker Crisp of Georgia, Ex-Senator Turpie of Indiana, Allen w. Thurman of Ohio, B. F. Shively, demo- cratic nominee for governor of Indiana, and Ex-Senator Patrick Walsh of Geor- gia are all on the committee, to say noth- ing of our own Buck Hinrichsen and Ex Congressman Fithian.
 Tomorrow at 10 o'clock the committee will hold It's first meeting to arrange it's programme for the convention. Meetings l will be held every day to keep pace with the developments. Its leaders proceed on l the theory that 1t was the bimetallio democratic national committee that en- abled the silver men to secure control of the convention and they are planning, to direct largely the policy to be outlined for the newborn silver democracy. So far the committee has espoused the cause of no candidate for president. It's main purpose is to secure the adoption of Is to 1 plank. The committee con- sists of representatives of thirty-five states and territories"
 Senator Jones says there will be 607 delegates instructed for silver and about
 4U more WnO VIII OIIer no ODStructlOn to
 a 16 to plank and a nominee in accord
 with the platform.
 It Is rumored here that the national
 committee will recognize the gold dele-
 gation from Nebraska, but there is noth- ing official. This and other important
 matters will be considered at the confer ence tomorrow.
 Senator Jones said to delegation of
 reporters who called on him at his room
 this afternoon at the Sherman house:
 "If the national committee nominates a
 temporary chairman not satisfactory the
 convention will elect man that Is satis- factory"
 A committee will be appointed tomor-
 row to confer with the national commit-
 tee to see what 1t intends doing.
 The gold men have opened up head
 quarters here also