Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-30
Work Done by the Democratic Sub
committees at Chicago.
UNCERTAINTY OF THE CONTESTS
Silver Men Claim That They Will
Control Everything.
TELLER CAMPAIGN OPENED

VI Tue ueInocrdtlc ndClOnai committee Will
meet at the Palmer House in this city
tomorrow for the purpose of arranging
some of the minor details of the conven-
ton. This subcommittee consists of
Chairman w. F. Harrity of Pennsylvania,
Secretary s. p. Sheerin of Indiana, and
Messrs. B. T. Cable of Illinois, j. G.
Prather of Missouri, E. c. Wall of Wis
consin, Hugh c. Wallace of Washington
and T. H. Sherley of Kentucky. The
committee will hear reports from the SUBJ
committee on music. press and decorations
of the convention hall
Colonel Sheerin said today that the minor
committees having these matters in charge
would be able to report that everything
vas practically in readiness for the con-
Vert1on. and he had no doubt that the
suoc ommlttee in charge would find the
"oIk In all respects satisfactory.
Inc national committee has departed
frcm the usual rule of having a committee
composed of residents to look after these
matters. They placed the work in the
naLds or the members of a committee of
their own, and they feel that the innoya-
ton has proved success.
The Question of Contests.
The full. national committee will not
meet until noon next Monday, the day
before the convention. No one appears
to have definite idea as to what business
1t will have to consider There have
been reports OF contests from various
states. notably Michigan, Texas, Nebraska
Nevada and Colorado. but Colonel Sheerin
says that SO far he has received official
notice of rone except that from Nebraska
The democratic party has in the past
been SO free from contests that there are
few precedents to guide them The ma
uonal committee has never before granted
hearings. as the republican committee does
nor attempted to arrange them so far as to
decide what set Of delegates where there
are contests, shall have their names placed
upon the temporary roll. The practice has
been rather to deprive beth parties to a
contest from participating in the tempo
rary organization, thus referring the en-
tire matter to the convention. But 1t is
belleVed that this plan will be pursued this
year, though the silver men have been
somewhat apprehensive that the national
committee may attempt to override these
precedents and seat gold contestants be-
heving a majority Of the committee to be
opposed to silver. Hence the subcommittee
which will meet tomorrow will be asked by
the silverites to give them some assurance
on this matter
The national committee will at its meet
Ing next Monday designate temporary otfi-
GERS or the convention, including the tenn
porary chairman.
No Quarter for Gold Men.
If the prognostics of w. H. Hinrfchsen
delegate-at-large and chairman of the Illi-
nois state central committee, are correct
then the gold standard men to the national
democratic convention will be given no
quarter.
The silver men are going to run the con-
vention,' said Mr.. Hinrichsen. "They will
control both the temporary and permanent
organizations, and will nominate a free
silver ticket from top to bottom and adopt
free silver 16 to l pla atform The wishes
OF the gold men will not be considered. The
states they represent will not vote the
ticket, and so they will be ignored
Last year when the democrats of Illinois
held convention and declared for free
silver 1 wrote to Mr.. Whitney and num-
Der of other gold and silver men of the
They could not think of consulting with
so insignificant crowd as the free silver
wing represented. Things have changed
now. We have two-thirds of the delegates
We will not confer with the gold men, be-
cause we have nothing to confer about
The great democratic party wants a free
silver ticket and platform, and We will
give it to them
Probable Permanent Chairman.
The Record today prints the following:
Senator Isham G. Harris Of Tennessee,
the chairman of the democratic bimetallic
national committee. will probably be the
permanent chairman of the democratic ma
tional convention. This Is a part of the
program of the silver men, which includes
the removal of the national democratic
headquarters to Chicago and the election
of Senator Jones Of Arkansas as the chair
man of the rational committee, to succeed
William F. Harrity.
The removal CT the national headquarters
to Chicago, the silver men declare, will
certainly be accomplished. They say that
as Illinois will be the battle ground, it
is necessary that the directors of the cam
paign be in close touch with the men who
are in the field making the fight.
The Teller Campaign.
Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho, the per-
sonal representative of Senator Henry NJ
Teller, reached Chicago last evening and
registered at the Great Northern Hotel.
AS soon as his valise had been taken to
his room he hurried to the Sherman House
and there met Judge Mcconnell. After a
short conversation in the Office, Senator
Dubois and Judge Mcconnell went up
stairs and Senator Teller's campaign man
ayers held a short conference with Sena-
tor Jones, Senator Harris, John w. Tom
linson and other silver democrats.
National Bimetallic Committee.
The conference of the members of the
democratic national bimetallic committee
was called to order at the Sherman House
a few minutes past IL o'clock today by
Senator Harris of Tennessee, who is chair
man of the organization.
There was present quorum Of men,
bers Of the committee and a large number
Of distinguished democrats, including Sena-
tors Harris and Bate of Tennessee, Jones
of Arkansas, Turpie of Indiana, Daniel of
Virginia, Cockrell, Martin of Kansas, Gov
ernor Stone of Missouri, Representatives
McMillin and Richardson of Tennessee, and
-Repres entatives Bryan of Nebraska and
Snodgrass of Tennessee besides others.
The first meeting was devoted largely to
introductions and the exchange of views
as to the outlook for the approaching con-
vention. The opinion was generally ex-
pressed that there would be no question as
to the absolute control of the convention
by the silver forces, to which was gener-
ally added determination to see that
nothing happened to in any way weaken
the control.
There was more or less individual dis
cussion of Mr.. Whitney's attitude among
the delegates, and 1t was noted that there
was no expression en- the part of any one
favorable to yielding anything to the gold
standard element.
The opinion Of the gathering on this
score was we'll summed up in q character
istic remark by Senator Harris: 1T am"
the Senator said, lone Of many thousands
of democrats and of many hundreds Of dele
gates. I can't. Of course, speak for all, but
can speak for myself 1 want no com