The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-07-11
TELLEE'S FEIENDS AT WORK
Tho Popn:ists UnrG ia ting In Their f forts
ON Behalf of the Colorado Senator
Gen. Warner Has a Finan-
cial Plank Ready.

change In perpleXed conditions Bland
is individually in the lead; so much so
that the strength of all the other dem
ocratic candidates combined is less
than his. The only man whose
strength dangerously asserts itself
against him is the Colorado
republican, whose name may not even
be presented to the convention, but
who may yet be voted for from the
first ballot, and in whose interest an
alien conspiracy matches democratic
dissension and inspires democratic
treachery.
Stewart, of Nevada, sat on the plat
form near the chairman to-day, his
presence as the guest of honor at u
democratic convention attcsting the
strange temptations offered to the
democratic party.
The gold men, headed by Whitney
and Russell in pers on, stOutly declared
adherence to their newly expressed
purpose not to vote when the nomina-
tions are presented on n free silver
platform, but their course as to this,
though practically agreed upon by all
who may fairly be called the leaders
of the sound money delegates, will not
be officially declared until after their
caucus called for tonight
The senatorial conspiracy has by no
means abandoned effort. The most
persistent efforts are made to so
strengthen opposing candidates as to
create deadlock. The entire accu-
racy of the opinion that ex-senator
Pat Walsh was in it is shown by the
action of the delegation from that
state. After a session lasting more
than two hours last night they came
to the agreement that for the first
ballot they would support Boies and
would after that switch their vote
to Teller in case the republican
should show any strength in the con-
vention. This result was not attained
until the advocates of Bland, Boies
and Teller had each been heard and
was something of a surprise to out
siders, as it had been definitely >ascer-
tanned early in the afternoon that the
preferences of a ina ajority of the dele
CATION were for the Iowan. Ex-Sena-
tor Walsh and the two IIowells, father
and son, were known to be in favor of
Teller, but even the senate conspiracy
hardly dared to hope that they would
be able to influence the vote of the
delegation to leave Boies.
The populists are unremitting in
their efforts to land the boiling repub-
lican senator as the winner of the
nomination. In the event that any
other person is named, they stoutlv
declare that third ticket will be
placed in the field in st. Louis to the
inevitable hurt and probable defeat of
the ticket to be named here. The
Of
themselves protesting a purpose to
support any candidate named on a free
silver platform supplement the argu-
ment of the populists with this of their
own that no one but Teller can carry
the western republican states.
Bland has been gaining votes steadi-
ly, but the silver men cannot nominate
their candidate without the absolute
unanimous support of every silver
man in the convention. This makes
the situation interesting. Combina-
tions are being worked in all direc-
tions and Bland is to be knitted, if pos
sible.
The recent accessious to the Bland
column have become numerous enough
to be of Importance, although he still
lacks n very material proportion of the
two-thirds vote necessary. Virginia is
among the states hitherto unplaced
which is going into the Bland column,
and North Carolina, after it gets /
flirting with the youthful and !
Bryan, will also straggle to
BANDS support
The bitterness between Bland and /
Boies continues to be apparently inn
placable, and the Teller forces work |
for the creation of dead !
lock- So intense is the feeling of Ri I.
Valry between the leading aspirants :
that it was impossible this morning to
get an agreement for a conference be- !,
tween the managers of the respective
Bland and Boies booms.
The oppone ents of Bland tried yes
lerday and to-day to bring Stevenson /
He was appealed to at his
Illinois home to say when and how he
lad first ranged himself on the silver
side, and responded that as long agoas
s7s he had run for congress on the
silver issue and had been elected. This
eleventh hour candidacy does not seem
% have created much attention and
he effort to land Stevenson will prob
IDLY be abandoned.
Hin has been the card at the top of
he pack to-day. His name is being
luietly whispered among the delegates
md his Elmira speech is being circu-
ated to show that, as he was once on
he silver side, he might be trusted to
ret there again if his party called
lin to lead them to victory. In the
midst of these developments, Hnl
Ieeps silent His chances for any thing
ike fair proportion of silver support
night seem to have gone glimmering
when he allowed himself to be chosen,
IS he did yesterday, to be temporary
hartman of the gold men of the ma
ional committee, when he knows that
his action marks him for n slaughter.
Tho populists have issued mani
este urging the nomination of Sena-
or Teller.
Gen. A. J. Warner has prepared a
financial plank which he will submit
o the committee on resolutions.
Arthur NJ. Peck, n contract tor of Kan
us City, Mo, has disappeared, and
many creditors arta an NiOuslV aMnitinr