The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-03
Silver Men Fear Serious DAM
age to Their Cause
IF Senator Hill Is Made Tenn
pOrary Chairman
AT CHICAGO, TUESDAY
Silver Men From the South and
West
Described as "Rabid' In Their
Opposition to Gold.

Chicago, July 3-With the exception
of the active work of the local gold
standard men, the movement in that
direction lies dormant today and will
remain in that condition until the ar
rival of the eastern gold standard men
late this afternoon. Chairman Harrity
has refused to be very active in the
cause until the arrival of his eastern
cO1fereeS because. as the head of the
national committee, he will in meas
ure have to aid in deciding what is
now the knOtty point between the gold
standard and silver men, the selection
OF a temporary chairman. On this
matter there seems to be a division
even among the silver men. Senator
Blackburn, an active silver man and a
presidential candidate, while proclaim
ing against any gold standard man
welding the gavel at the convention,
temperS his remarks with the state
ment that he is equally opposed to any
gag law or the rushing of the cOnVen-
ton by those in control.
He said this morning: '"The men
Who are coming to fight for gold are
good Democrats and as such are enti-
tied to a hearing before the convention.
The Republican convention gave a re-.
spectful hearing to the silver men, even
though they knew that their party was
to be disrupted, and there is no reason
why we should not do the same
On the other hand there are those
who urged that the previous question
SnOulQ De moved on all nOC1OnS LnaC
the gold standard advocates should not
be allowed to state their views. Chair
man Harrity. who will call the con-
vention to order, refuses to say whether
he will rule that speeches are in order
or not prior to the selection of a tenn
porary chairman. At that time no
rules will have been adopted for the
government of the convention, the con-
gressional rules having to be adopted
by resolution. The silver men who are
opposed to Senator Hill, or any other
gold standard man, say they will move
the adoption of the rules prior to the
selection of a temporary chairman. but
Mr. Harrity says that his only business
is to call the convention together and
then name the national committee s
choice for temporary chairman. If the
name mentioned meets with the dfSap-
provaI of the silver men they will move
a substitute and then move the preVi-
Gus question. All then depends upon
whether the chairman of the national
the previous question in the absence of
rules. If he refuses and the gold
standard men are allowed to talk then
there will be, doubtless, an exciting
scene. The easterners have among
them several skilled parliamentarians
and there are also some clever men
among the southern and western dele
gates. The rank and file of the silver
men are almost rabid in their eager
ness to control, and there may be great
trouble But all this surnise of ap-
preaching and apprehended trouble
may be abrOgated by an arnicable ar
rangement between the national com
mittee and the silver men. Some of
the silver leaders are urging that there
is no harm to come to their cause by
having Hill as chairman of the tenn
porary organization, for by a majority
they can OVerrule his rulings. Vice
President Stevenson is mentioned to-
day as a possibility. and his name is
| received with more favor than Hills.