The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-02
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS.
No Doubt That They Will
Nominate q Ticket.
PREPARING FOR CONVENTION.
States Organizing to Send Delegates
PREPARING FoR CONVENTION.
states Organizing to Send Delegates
and Conduct . Campaign.
Secretary OF Agriculture Morton Makes
. Speech In Ncbraska Against
Free Coinage, Taking the Ground
That silver Is Obsolete rs . Money
Metal.

Chicago. Aug. The executive COM
nlfttee OF the gold standard Democratic
conference which meets in Indianapolis
next Friday. having IN charge the ar
rangsmens for the preiim4narfes for the
conference. made an announcement today
10 the effect that thsrty-one states VIII
participate in that meeting. The an
nouncement was made after going over
the responses TO the address recently
issued as the result OF the gathering at
the Auditorium. where Gen. 8xagg and
Senator Villas differed In a sensational
way as 10 the policy of an immediate cal
for a national convention. Chicago is
favored for the convention but Detroit,
Indianapolis and Minneapolis are scandi-
dates.
The national executive committee held
It's conference today in the Palmer house
II consisted Of Gen. Bragg. OF Wisconsin;
J. o. Broadhesd. OF Missouri. w. B. Hal
deman. OF Kentucky: TX. s. Robbins, of
Illinois; w. ID. Bynum. OF Indiana. All
the members OF the committee were pres
ent- The committee met at 9 O'clock IN
the morning and remained in continuous
session until In the afternoon.
ne adyices from thirfy-one states, Mr..
Pynum and Mr. Robbins reported, were
such as to warrant the certainty that all
OF them would be represented at Indian
apoiis. After canyassing in detail the
god standard men Of seventeen states had
already organized and named their COM
mitteemen to the Indianapolis conference.
The committeeman thus far named are as
follows: Alabama, ]. VI. Faulkner. Mont
gomery; California. t. B. Pond, San Fran
cisco; Illinois. John NJ. Palmer, Spring
field; Indiana, John n. Wilson, Indianap-
oils; Kansas. Eugene Hagan, Topeka:
kentucky, Richard T. Tyler Hickman:
Massachusetts. ex-Mayor Matthews. Bos-
ton; Minnesota, 4. w. McCuteheon. ST.
Paul; Mississippi. Edgar s. Wilson jack
son; Missouri. l.. G. Krauthoff, Kansas
City: Nebraska. Euclid Martin, Omaha:
New Hampshire. Gordon Woodbury., Man
chester; New York. Charles Tracey. AL
oany. alternate. George Foster Peabody.
brooklyn: Pennsylvania, John G. Built.
Philadelphia. South Carolina T. f. Toliy.
Anderson; West Virginia, III. $. Smms,
Huntington: Wisconsin, Ellis s. Asher,
La Crosse.
In the following states, the committee
was Informed. the gold standard men
had organized and called a conference TO
appoint representatives from their states
10 the indianapolis conference on the
9Th; Connecticut. Florida, Iowa. Maine.
Maryland. Michigan. Ohio. Rhode Island,
Texas. Vermont. Tennessee Virginia
Washington. The committee was also
advised that I'm the following states steps
afe peths taken Whlcn VIII Result In the
naming of committeeman: Colorado
Montana. North Dakota. New Jersey.
South Dakota. Two OF the territories.
New Mexico and oklahoma. placed them
selves Ia communication with the COM
mittee and desired TO be represented at
Indianapolis
communication was received from
the Dennison house. OF indianapolis,
rendering free OF charge committee rooms
for the use Of the committee on August
4 This offer was accepted. and the COM
nittee decided that the conference would
be held In the club room OF the Dcnni-
son at p. m. In addition to the COM
mitteemen appointed from the states.
prominent Democrats have notified the
committees Of their states of their in
tention 10 be present at the Indianapolis
meeting.