Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-06
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adoption OF plank III the pldIlOl III NOh
demning Federal military interference
in the local affairs of the States. The
doubt cast on Altgeld's attitude fur
nishes a cause for anxiety in the Bland
camp. The withdrawal OF the Illinois
delegation after the flourish of trum-
pets with which its arrival w2s an
nounced might prove disastrous.
The Matthews boom seems TO have
been shattered by the row in the In
diana delegation between the gold ana
silver delegates over the question OF
retiring national committeeman Sheer
in. Il is evident that Governor Mat
thews made, perhaps, a fatal Diunder
in insisting that several Of his personal
friends who were for gold should go
on the delegation.
The Blackburn boom does not seem
to be progressing, but John X. Nc
Lean, of Ohio, the proprietor oil the
Cincinnati Enquirer, is developing in
10 a power in the convention. He Is
surrounded by trained politicians
whose touch is felt everywhere. Al
though they are quietly urging MIN
for first place on the ticket, it IS wei
understood that his aim is to secure
the nomination for vice president. HIS
corporate interests are initiating
against him, but his power is evident
and there is a prevailing feeling that
HE CAN SECURE SECOND PLACE
on the ticket. 1t is said that the Bland
managers have tried to make a comDl-
nation with him despite the TACT thal
il is pretty we'll known that Mr.. NC
Lean himself believes that Teller Wou4d
be the strongest man 10 nominate.
Considerable discord is develop
ing among the silver mel over
the rivalrles naturally 49, created by
the candidates and there is also dissen-
sion over the platform. Many OF the
leaders are strongly in favor OF a SIN
gle declaration for free silver and the
practical ignoring of all other cues
items. The tariff question, especially,
they desire. to be handled gingerly lest
il drive from them the free silver ne
pujblicans Of the West who are m0der-
ate protectionis,s Others, on the oth-
err hand. think there should be regular
Democratic platform to cover the
pending issues Of the day. Some even
favor a very radical tariff plank All
this bodies i'll for the prophets OF a
short convention. The gold men, led
,by Mr.. Whitney, profess to be encour-
aged by the outlook. Their plans seems
to be based on future contingencies.
Having failed to make an impression
on the solid phalanXes Of silver their
purpose seems to be to stir up strlle
and take advantage of such dissenslons
as may be developed in the opposition
The great advantage which they pos
sess. always the strength OF hopeless
minority. is their compaciness. W.
are a well organized force said Don
NJ Dickinson. of Michigan, who was
Postmaster General under C.syeiana' q
first administration, and who Is mere
with the prestige of having sn2tcneu
victory for gold from what was adm. 1
ted TO be a silver convection in Mich
igan. 1--WE are fighting an unoTgan.zed
mob resolved only on one thing-a dec
laration for the free coinage Of silver.
SUCH A DECLARATION
they cannot hope to prevent, but they
are now using an ingenious argument
to secure compromise on platform and
candidate. They tel the silver leaders
that if a Democrat is placed on silver
Platform the silver Republicans OF The
West will abandon them and the East
ern Democracy will be destroyed and
they will be left high and dry With only
the silver Democratic support ana Win
ont the sinews of war either from the
East or West. They tell them, there
fore. that they are confronted with the
alternate Of nominating Republican
TO get the support and aid of the silver
mine owners or yielding to the demand
for a COMPROMISE from the East, IN
which latter event they agree TO keep
tht Democracy intact ard furnish ali
the campaign fund that is needed. These
advances are met with firm, but courte-
Gus refusal by some of the silver lead
ers. who simply reply that there can be
no compromise of the issue. The more
radical. however, receive it sneeringly.
In some quarters the silver men not only
meet the suggestion of a gold bolt with
indifference, but some of them openly de-
clare that it would strengthen their po-
sition ard they would welcome it. The
fear that the gold men with almost if
not quite one-third Of the delegates,
could plump their votes about at random
and cause
ALL SORTS OF MISCHIEF
and the urther difficulty of making a
nomination without the practical unant-
nous vote of all the silver men has re-
vived the talk of silver caucus. The
secret fear of Teller has also had its in
fuence in favor of caucus to decide
,he question of candidate. There will
be no attempt to hold such a caucus,
however, until the convention has as
sembled and the difficulty of selecting
a nominee in convention has been dem
onstrated Then it will be argued that
no candidate who is for silver can re-
fuse to submit his claim to those who
are to make the nomination.
There was less talk to-day of bolt
by the gold men, and it was opealy dis
couraged by Senator Hill, Mr.. Whitney