Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-03
WILL Not GIVE UP
The Leaders Of the Gold Faction
Will Struggle for Suprem-
acy at the Convention.
MESSRS, BLAND AND BOlES
A New Declaration Of Independ'
ence Addressed to the Voters
of the Country.
THE NEW SILVER PARTY

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 9Th
announcement from the leaders Of tn
gold factions of the east and west tha
they will not surrender the control Q
the national convention without strug
gle, that will aft Jrd them an opportu
nifty Of putting themselves on record
had the effect Of making the silverite
more than usually aggressive thi
morning.
Yesterday the belief was prevalen
and freely expressed, in view of the
overwhelming strength Of the whit
metal advocates, that their opponenti
would refrain from active antagonism
and content themselves with passive
protest against what they character
ICED as the suicidal policy of the ma.
jori,y. Late last night and this morn
ing, however, dispatches from the east
to mt m bers of Senator Harris commit
tee and other silver organizations,
made it clear that the gold men would
put up the best fight that their mum.
berss, experience and knowledge of pc.
litical affairs would permit. Save for
the activity CT the sound money lead
ers, the situation is the same as yester-
day. 1t is about settled, although de.
relopments between now and Monday
may change the plans, that Senator
Harris will be permanent chairman Of
the convention, and Major Towles, Sec
retary of the democratic bi-metaliie
committee, Its permanent secretary.
These details, together with the matter
of drafting silver plank, rounding up
the followers, so that there may be no
possible desertlons to the opposition,
will constitute the work the silver con-
.ferees have laid out for themselves.
The fact Is apparent from the start,
that the leading democratic silver men
place no stock in any possible large
support from the populist silverites.
SOME BITS OF HARMONY.
so far, the managers of the vsrious
candidates are charry of estimating
their possible strength, excepting the
friends of Bland, who gave out, this
morning, that, with the smattering of
delegates so far on the ground, they
had about 150 votes in sight. The sup
porters of Boies, nevertheless, are con-
fident. There is DO love lost between
the Boies and Bland forces, and each
day the tension becomes more strained.
The Boies people hold the other side
responsible for bringing into bold re-
lief, the ex-governor's utterances de-
mandatory of the Chicago riots, and
approving President Cleveland's action
In ordering the federal troops to Chi
cago, and threaten to retaliate by pub
lishing ex- Congressman BANDS record
upon pension legislation, which they
say will demonstrate that be is the in
verate opponent OF the boys in blue.
They also charge the Bland people
with being responsible for the story Of
New York's seventy-two votes being
pledged to Boies, the circulation Of
which. they say, was intended only to
prtjudice the Iowan's prospects among
the radical free siiverites.
Among the ardent advocates of the
free coinage OF silver, and incidentally,
the nomination by this convention of
Senator Teller, besides the boiling
st. Louis delegates at work in Chicago,
are George c. German, of California,
ex-secretary OF the United States SEN
ate, Halle:t Kilbourne, of the District
of Columbia. The latter has prepared
what he calls new declaration OF in
dependence, addressed to the inde-
pendent voters of the country, which,
after recitipg at length certain uncon.
tested statements regarding the finan.
cial policy and monetary system of the
country, concludes: "That the people
of the United States are of right. and
ought 10 be free and independent from
all entangling alliances; they are alb
solved from all allegiance to the British
gold standard policy, and all political
connection between them is and ought
to be dissolved; as free and independ-
ent people they have the full power,
through the ballot oox, to do all other
acts and things which independent
voters may of right do. For the sup
port Of this new declaration of Ameri-
can independence, and with firm re-
lance in the patriotism and common
seuse OF the American people, we mu-
tcally pledge to each other our indi-
vidcal and united effort and eternal
vigilance TO secure honorable victory y
THE GOLDEN WING.
Under the auspices OF the Illinois
honest money democrats, national
headquarters of that element were
opened at the Wellington hotel. this
morning. Gov. Altgeld and the
Illinois delegation in particular, and
silver people IN general, are the sub
iects of attack. Comptroller Eckels
ex-Mayor Hopkins and representative
democrats of twenty towns in the state
are present. Sub-committees have
been appointed to meet eastern honest
money people scheduled 10 arrive from
the eaet, to-day, and roYnd them III
for conference, tonight.
Ex-senator Patrick Walsh, Col
Evan p. Hopwell. of Augusta. Ga /,
and Senator Ben Tillman were emoDt
tbe callers at Senator jones' Sherman
house silver headquarters At noon, ant
after brief conference. lett the hote
Tor conference with other silver lead
ers elsewhere.
THE PESEsyLyANIANs OFF.
Pnsns pELPHfA, Penn. July :
Pennsylvania e stale demoaratig dele
ration leit for Chicago on q specIa
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