The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-07


CHICAGO, July Con the eve OF the
Dnmocrntlc nn,Inr,, convention which
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c"'Ne"eS III 'he Noi'acuh' oh '''c in"e
front at noon tomorrow, all Is confu-
sion. Only one thing looms IN like n
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"e.'t ia ..'' ''s '''"' '""sY
thc situation ana oDscures the VISION OF
OF the wlsest and most far-seeing OF the
Icoder, That il Tho convention will he
iof SILVER ht IL 10 l. AS LOT cahula"te"'
the convention IL still cropping In the
murk. The din OF the Bland and Boles
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o"o,''e'S Ia "e"ie''"S' A''u ~ ''''N''N"'
at times mat II almost cnrrleS the nhO-
| lie OF Its feet. Bland IL unOueStIunably
In tho I.,I en- t,r M aetna, vo.ps ara
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c"hceFheu' ms StfehSth approNinati"s
| $50. II liberal estimate, with Boies NOV
ing along mt his heels with about 200.
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out ,'.'''e' 10 aug ~ He'''o''s""NT '"'
now ne can WIN IN this cnaouc Soiiui-
c"s,s ~" ,bom, Ir Sor L"rl: Sv horsas @ WIliIn,n !
Bryan, the boy orator OF the Platte. Vice
President Adlal f. Stevenson, John Il.
Mc''Tnn: I, @ tne bius HTass oralor' S@snS.or @
WATT ~ California, nil ahnre the dis
tinctIon OF being canvassed. Even Sem
ator Hill. OF New York. ls talked nt, ana
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Hheta!sti anu MEutu ,1I t'aNe S'o''e
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ctt.,oSe uooI'i t'Slii otSsot' Mas loI WI,
tao ST." ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a.'' 81 10.
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pnotsa''s nan tne'l nilaes, tne iopuils'
vuuetS, auuIiiilis .nrty netSe 10 mn, M.
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al ti'ess ushIihs SsSit.sS
tacn oule', WIN ,he Soiu iIlsf SUN a"a
eS!nphS', ,S.iS iTS ~ ~! otuc's IL - u
snleMu poIltichi ploi',et VINO can IuIht
lhe iidt out, wiz ietiuire dI icdst
another ia! toF ,he los 10 MT
unui'ctpiined Siifrrites.
The silver leaders now reluctantly ad-
NIT nm the eya NJ tho convention that
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'"e'E t"o-t"'lu "hIJo''tS ~ an u""'sc'-
plincd mass. running ,hithcr and thlther
possibly to be stampedol In the end,
Tbo,. st,-,od o,, With tho o,rorrcad
intention OF getting together anu ar
| ranging n programme to be put through
by the sheer force OF their majority.
They were 10 abrogntc the two-thlrd5
rule and select their candidate In a cau
Gus OF silver men. Both these projects
were put aside, and they are now at the
door OF the convention with the question
OF candidate open and 4 deadlock In
eVltable. II will require every silver
vote In the convention to nominate and
the friends OF any one candidate can
II the gold men do not plump their votes
to silver man who may be formidable
but not the choice OF the ma aJority pre-
vent an early nomination. This would.
OF course, play into the hands OF those
who, are manocuverng TO bring for
ward Teller at the opportunc time; or. II
the sentiment Of the convention refused
to yield TO the leader OF the st, Louis
boilers, into the hands of the managers
OF dark horse. Buck" HinrichScn'S
poll OF the Illinois delegation, which
showed majority for Bland, was con-
iiIinea .o-H.! Mnem S.c nt'e.;It'om io.-
Kansas and Texas also fcll in line for
Bland and their acquisitions made "Sil-
Yer DICKS followers very confident.
or'-nv"rnor's -. Yarn, 'nnnorers rocnivoI n n,S,r0
nnces OF support from the south, which
buoycd up their hopes. Bus It Is long
road TO two-thlrds majority md Bland
has naturally become the target OF the
friends or NIL the other candidates. The
dark horses are especially Willing 10
have the Mlss0urian urnw the fire. II ia
possible that eventually Bland may
reach the goal. but the most sngaclOus
political observers seem to believe he
may have reached the top OF thr hill.
After he has been pulled down they cX-
poet TO gee the Hand cohorts with their
blood aroused even drop on BoIcs and
| destroy him.
The Iowa candidate nj present has the
shpp0ft, unc0nsciouSly. perhaps, 20 far
az he IL concerned, OF many OF the east
orn gold men who expect to bow to the
VIII of the majority. bland, they urge.
Is man OF II single Idea. In the end
the situation seems TO possibly point to
an outsider nS the termination OF this
political strife.
Attitude Of Gold Mcn.
Tho rnld mon nrc yithou, n donriio
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programme '"ey are practically re-
cOncilcd to defeat so far as the platform
IS concerned, but seem TO Ir poysess-
AL ., IN, v,r,. hama ,h,, yo,,,o,tI,,.