Evening journal., 1896-07-06
cod nfen Prenare to FIrht.

CHICAGO, July 6. - The eastern gold
men havo made every preparation TO keep
up the war, evenif they 1nd themselves in
a hopeless minority. There has not been a
break i'm the silver strength, and the lead
ers of that movement are fixed as adamant
in the determination TO run the conyen.
tiOn. At tlfe same time there seems TO be
sympathetic feeling for Senator HILL
and several of the silver leaders visited
him and requested him not to allow hif
name TO be used for temporary chairman.
senator Jones OF Nevada was particularly
anxious about the mattor He said Sen
ator Hill, we have no personal objection
to you, but our forces Will not be content
with anything but a silver man in the
chair. We don't want 10 have to turn you
down, and we hope you will not accept
the designation
But ox-Governor Russell, william c..
Whitney and other leaders were strong
in their Judgment that there should be n
fight on this Issue, and that Mr. Hill
should stand. So far convinced were the
easterners Of this that it was said last
night that Hin would stand and that he
had begun preparing an address that
would bo delivered from the floor II not
from tho platform, and this last statement
developed an interesting phase, that may
mean lively row in the convention
The gold men shall not speak, was the
cry Of the rank and file Of the silver men
with the exception Of Jones' Blackburn
and Mclean. These latter said that the
convention should be fair in It's treatment.
and fairness, so far as the gold standard
mon are concerned should mean that Rus
soil, Fellows, Hill and Gray should be
allowed TO talk
There has been a good deal of discussion
over the matter of the absence of Senator
Hill from the gold meeting Saturday
night and tho questions as TO his absence
from both the gold conference in the
morning and the meeting at night and his
refusal TO say anything at tho conference
on Friday night were put squarely to him
He said: "1'he gold meeting was held by
local people, and I was not expected tn
speak / have refrained from taking part
I'm any conversation on tho financial issue.
because 1 do not believe that there is any
use roiterating my views. All have read
tho Now York platform. On that issue I
stand squaroly. have nothing 20 say as
to the probable decision on the temporary
Craftsmanship. 1 will consider the matter
II the national committee tenders it TO
me. No; / cannot see that the situation is
changed. We are not any stronger than we
were, but we are doing good missionary
work 4"
Some little discussion was caused BY
reason of the fact that the gold men had
called another meeting at the Auditorium
IL was said that it was TO settle the ques.
tion of supporting Mr.. Hill for chairman.
Senator Hill's attention was called TO
the statement that there was a silver delo-
gate from New York state. He said: "The
statement Is absolutely untrue. There i.
not silver delegate in our party The
man who made the statement is an I'M.
pestor,
Ex-Governor Russell OF Massachusetts
was asked TO give his views on tho sltua-
ton. He said ''There Is no material
change Nou can say that the two-thirds
rule will not be abroeated by the conyon-
tlon, and that the unit rnla viii also
stand. /"
The Question of Temporary Chairman.
CHICAGO. Juno 6.-Tbe Democratic ma
tional convention is not only in quun-
dary as to whom shall be selected for
president, bat it has a still higher feDco TO
jump in the matter of the selection of Off
GERS TO preside over the temporary and
permanent organizations. The latter Off
Ger riey he sol,cted without much trouble
If the selection of the temporary chairman
could he sstiefeclorlly arranged
Senator Hill IS the undoubted choice Of
the national committee. He is also the