The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-24
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS
Gathering at Peoria for Their Stats
Con1entici
Tht PROGRAMME is FOR sOtlu SILVER
With Gov. Altgeld the Mark Hanna of
the Occasion-No Presidential
Preference Will be Given
utteranee.

PEORIA, H., June 22.-save in the
matter of political complexion the
democratic state convention viii be a
reproduction on miniature scale of
the gathering OF the republican hosts
at St. Louis. The silver element here
is as much in control as was that Of tho
gold standardites there, and Gov. Alt
geld Is the Mark Hanna of the occa-
sion. He will designate the delegates
to Chicago, draft the platform, indi-
cate his preferences for the nomina-
tions on the state ticket, and whatever
he says and does will be accepted wlthi
out murmurings.
Everything is so thoroughly cut and
dried that Secretary of State Helm
richsen said that the entire business
would be gotten through with within
two hours, instead of two days, as
originally contemplated. As for the
sound money minority, II will content
itself with protest against the silver
plank, but, according to the present
programme. there will be not bolt.
Leading administration democrats,
OF whom Postmaster Washington
Hesing Of Chicago is the most
conspicuous, are focking In from
all over the state to look
over the field, but they are with
out work or influence, save in exhort-
ing the minority to keep tiff upper
lip and not permit the Altgeld pro-
gramme to go by default.
The advance guard Of the Boies
boom put in an appearance In the per
son of Editor Samuel Il. Brewster, Of
Creston, Ia, and Boies delegate tc
Chicago, and later was joined by other
Hawkeye democrats. II did moi
take Brewster long to reach the con
clusion that there was no earthly
hope OF his candidate receivin,
the Endorsement OF the convention
} In fact he was plainly told that while
the leaders of the Illinois machine ha'
nothing against Horace Boies, yet |
. was not in the programme to give ever
} a quasi Endorsement to any candidate
I The entire Illinois delegation, as Mr.
| Brewster was notified. would go I
Chicago prepared to take advantage o
< opportunities, and would follow tn
finger of Gov Altgeld with a
a much fidelity as was manifesto
, by the Colorado delegation las
q week toward Senator Teller A
the same time he was assured tina
there was nothing in the story ser
: out from here that the Altgeld bril-
ade had settled upon Gov. Stone I
! Missouri and Clark Howell, of Georgi
= as the presidential ticket to be char
pioned by the Illinois delegation. Th
story,as explained to the United Pres
: grew out of letter received Sunda
! night by Gov. Altgeld from Gov. Ston
: in which the latter urged the indors
!, ment of Mr.. Bland by the conventio
3" To this the reply was returned tn
such course would be inexpediep
l. and that no names of preference
u would be mentioned in the conventio
= As to the story that Gov. Boies hi
$ lost caste with Gov. Altgeld becaut
IS in a speech shortly after the Chical
"A labor troubles, he had approved 7
sending of federal troops to that cit
n 1t was declared to be bosh.
l. The silverites on the ground q
ID numerous and they are coming in wi
S a rush, are jubilant over the accessi'
Is to their ranks OF Assemblyman ODo
nell, of Bloomington. Up to we
ago he was counted with the sou
rs money advocates, but hesaid that, &C.
re erned by the sentiment in his distrl
a. and in which he is a power, no otn
d. course was open to him, but to 9
IT, alongside the 10 to banner.