The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-02
opinion in way that will leave them

with a very admonitory memory"
Senator Villas told representative of
the United Associated Presses that the
indica tons were that Mckinley would
carry Wisconsin, and that at least 20
or % per cent of the Democrats of the
state would fall in line for the nomi-
nees of the indianapolis convention.
The senator was informed that there
was considera Die talk of making him
the nominee of the convention but ne
declined 10 discuss the matter
Perry Belmont, of New York, said
today Il hope to vote for an electoral
ticket to be nominated here, presenting
as the candidate for president a man
in whose loyalty to Democratic prin-
ciples implicit confidence can be
staked. The preservation of Demo- i.
cratic principles in their entirety will
be of incalculable value to the country
in the future.
The fact is" Mr.. Belmont continued,
the root of our financial troubles lies
in the continuance of government paper
money, which needs constant redemp-
ton. The sounder our currency the
better will be our credit, the greater
our financial independence and the less
need there will be of borrowing or re-
sorting to the undesirable aid of
BOND SYNDICATEs.
mo man can be more DESTROYS of
avoiding this necessity than 1 am.
Threats of reputation and advocacy Of
unsound and deprecated currency rem
DER doubly difficult the protection Of
the public credit Those who talk about
a dearer and scarcer dollar themselves
create what they allege to be a con-
traction in the volume of the currency,
which is in reality the withdrawal of
confidence and capital from our indus
tries, produced by agitators of tinan-
cial heresies. who would wreck pros
perity altogether in an attempt 10 up
hold their theories of coinage and cur
rency-"
A delegation of eighteen, all the way
from Florida, arrived at noon, and
were escorted to their quarters by a
brass band. The delegates displayed
a gilded alligator labelled: Florida
goldbugs," and each man carried
large waving palm leaf.
The Florida delegation came in oc-
cupying a coach, on the side of which
was a streamer running its full length,
inscribed: "Florida's sound money
Democracy" At their head was the
banner constructed here by their order
with a picture of President Grover
Cleveland, surrounded by the words:
Our candidate for president"
Following the Florida delegation came
car over the Big Four line from Gin
cinnati headed by Senator Caffery.
Their car carried a streamer similar to
that on the car Of the Florida delega-
ton.
SENATOR CAFFERY,
VINO is to be the permanent chairman Of
the convention, said to reporter for
the United Associated Presses that his
delegation had not agreed to support
any particular candidate, but were for
the ticket which the convention might
decide TO be the strongest.
mo man conversant with the condi-
ton of affairs in the south, said Sen
ator Caffery, can deny that there is a
very pronounced feeling in favor of
sound money, and that the men who
advocate that sentiment will vote their
convictions. This is the case not only
in my state of Louisiana, but in other
parts of the south. The fact is that a
great many old-Iime Democrats imme-
diately after the Chicago convention,
renounced the ticket and platform and
declared themselves for Mckinley as
the lesser of the two evils. While they
did not agree with the Republican can
didate on the tariff question and other
tenets of Republican faith for which he
stands, they did approve of his finan-
ciaI views. These men have, many OF
them, gone so far that it is now impos-
sfble to get them back even for the
third ticket which we will here NOM
irate.''
Several Tennessee delegates came in
with the Florida delegation. One of
them, Mr Theodore Coole of Nashville,
said. People down our way think
Bragg and Buckner the logical candi-
dates of the convention There Is, now
ever, a strong sentiment
FOR GROVER CLEVELAND.
Mr. Joseph Bryan, the head of the
"sound money movement in Virginia,
reached Indianapolis today ait the head
of a. delegation of fifteen men. Il am
more than pleased with the outlook.
said Mr.. Bryan to a representative of
the United Associated Presses. 1T has
Ions. been considered treason in Viz
einia for q Democrat to say a word IN
condemnation of the ticket named by
the party. but 1 wish to say that this
year the woods of the old common
wealth, if that be treason, are fun OF
traitors"
The New York state delegation, sew
enty-two strong, arrived here on a, spe-
cial train at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon,
with Ex-Governor Flower at their
head.
Mr.. Dewitt Warner told represent
tative of the United Associated Presses
that the delegation had no choice for
first or second place on the ticket.
The Pennsylvania delegation reached
Indianapolis late this evening over the
Pennsylvania road. There were sew
enty men in the party The delegates
discussed the situation on the train
and decided not to advocate the candl-
dacy of any Individual, nut to vote for
the best man. showing the strongest
feeling when the proper time arrives.
The Indiana delegation met at state
Headquarters this morning and elected
delegates. The delegation did not dis
cuss preferences for the presidential
nomination. What expressions were
made by members of the delegation
point towards a. vote for Bragg and