New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-28
THE MONGREL ALLIANCE
POPUtIsTs DIssATrsFIED WITH THEM
NEW CHAIRMAN a


NINE OWNERS IN THE SILVER MOVEMENT
AND WHY THEY ARE THERE.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuNBl
st. Louis. July 27.-To-night there was geoe
eral scuttling out Of the remaining Siver-Popue
list cohorts Inc situation Is hopelessiy
mixed that considerable number Of tho lead
Ing men In both organizations had remained
over to hold conferences" and to debate In
the calm which succee led week OF frenzy ana
madness the policy most likely to lead the three
parties to the mOngre alliance through to day
light. There has been absolutely no result.
Last night and this afternoon Chairman Marion
Butler OF the new Popuist committee. had .
good many callers at his room in the LindelI
Hotel-Democrats. Populists and Silverites.
There a great deal Of talk. and It was lit
tie else than talk. Some OF the Democrats
sought to enlist his influence toward getting
Watson to withdraw and leave the field clear
for Sewall. but the North Carolina Senator
treated these suggestion, IN a spirit of bull
headed petuence. The Democratic regulars"
who thus endeavored to thrash a little harmony
out Of bad situation left him with burden
of disgust Many hard things have been said
about the whimsical North Carolina Senator IN
consequence
yer National Committee, who halls from Phfla-
delphia said to The Tribune correspondent to-
day: I'VE had to throw DIR. Mott overheard.
Last winter in Washington Marion Butler told
our people that Mott was the man OF men 10
head the Silver party; that he the Iron
Duke of North Carolina, ideal leader and Q
man to tie TO-
MOTT AN Iron FLUKE"
ba ia drou NulA
He is utterly incompetent. And II was found
necessary to take the management OF the late
Convention almost entirely out Of his hands
We hold Butler responsible for Mott. and now
that Taubeneck has been turned down. and
Butler put in his place as chairman Of the
Populist Committee, would be little surprised
If the Populist brethren have the experience over
again with him that have had with Mott
They seem to be two Of kind
Frederick Bailey, Editor Of THE Oklahoma
Representative" who esta blished the first Bryan
Headquarters in ST. Louis and worked unceas-
ingly in the Nebraskan's interest, said: But
Ter is a trimmer and trickster. Nobody has any
confidence in him. The South had the majority
of States. though it does not cast majority OF
votes and they thought an emcient Northern
man should be saccifced to place Southerner In
the saddle Paubeneck was slaughtered to make
way for Butter. II there is any advantage to be
gained by this stroke fail to see II. The eiec-
ton Of Senator Butler as chairman OF our Ma
tisnaI Committee WILL I fear prove TO be . ~
rious setback to the cause of Populism."
These are two sample utterances. Diffen-
derfer IS one of the smartest Of the Silver dele
ga es in the late Conven ion. In the old Penn
sylvania GreenbaclS days he had much to do
with the movement taat sent Brunm 80 Con-
gress and he is considerable OF politician. He
thinks the North Carolina school OF leaders.
either Populist or Siverte, sorry lot. Bailey 10
not a sorehesd, but he thinks as practical poll
tcian, that his fellow-Popuists could not possi'
bly, have made worse use Of their opportunities.
and that their crowning folly was to elect Marion
Butler as head Of the National Committee. But.
ler he says thinks Of locating the POpulist cam.
paign headquarters in Washington. and this In
his opinion would be contrary to precedent. and
altogether unwse because. for one thing. It
would lose to the cause the influence which Is al
ways exerted locally by National political
II Butler carries the headquarters
to Washington an important advantage will bs
lost.
GOLD-CRUSTED SILVER LEADER.
Chairman Charles d. Lane. Of the new Silver
Committee, who succeeded Or. Mott. held quite
a levee at his room in the Southern Hotel this
afterr oon Mr. Lane is a gold-mne owner
whose acrret'ons run up into the millions He
is a thir1 ov 1e. in the famous Utica mine In
Calaveraa County. California. which James @.
Fair lld 'le' years ago for mere gong BE-
fore h, fou,td Du' its real worth Colonel Tom
Hatha a,', who ,wns a gold mine not far from
Utica, 'r'd rh- T.tbune correspondent this after
noon ,t.s Lanes mine produces 100000 .
= do, d,>A 90 -
gold n,,rc H. the world. Mr.. Lane Is one OF the
raukes, sysyr men. how ever in the country. ana
he has been the object OF a good deal Of quiet
amusement among such shrewd silver men a.
Jones Of N,yada, and some of the Colorado and
Montana gold men who have been conspicuous
In the late silver proceedings here. This Is not
so muci, because he is identified with the silver
moveme mt, for they in that respect In the
same beat with him. but It Is rather on account
Of the reason he gives for seemingly going
against MS present interests in the choice Of his
political affil.ation. This reason was voiced
ather sent.ntiously this Afternoon at the
Southern II ,tel The Tribune correspondent
asked him this question:
isn't 1t slightly paradoxcal for the biggest
gold producer In the country to be SO sttff IN
advocate of free slverT
Mr. Lane replied: Not at ALL sir. I know Of
nothing to hinder a gold miner from being an
American"
The fact is that these big gold miners. ana
here were several Of them in the late Silver
Convention, who are bowling for free silver have
Imong themselves a little sleeve humor which 70
lot fed out to the general public. They shrewdly
oresee that In the unsettled financial and In.
lustrial conditions which would follow the sue
ess Of silver mononetalism. the relative power
md value Of gold would be much enhanced. and
heir personal interests accordingly improved.
{ may therefore turn out to be politics on their
,art OF the long headed order There are pum-
,er OF the genuinely silver-Tad gentlemen lately
,ere who had the prescience to think 81 this
,hase OF the Western silver movement and to
become more or less puzzled thereat. The min.
ng interests Of Senator Jones' Of Nevada, who
lrew and reported the silver platform. are Aas
most wholly identified with gold.
SILVER MEN TO BE AT MADISON soUAR1