The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-04
1T IS NOW QUITE POSSIBLE THAT
HIS NAME WILL BE PRE-
fENTED.
GOLD MEN ARE BEHIND HIM,
PREFER HIM TO ANY OF THE
OTHER SILVER LEADERS
OFFERED.
BLAND BOOMERS ARE VERY BUSY
Headquarters of the Missouri Candt.
date Center of Interest Dur
ing the Whole Day.

CHICAGO, July 9-It is quite pos
sible that the name Of Augustus Fl.
Garland, attorney general of the
United States during President Cleve-
lands first administration, may be pre-
sented to the Democratic national con-
ventioL. with a fair chance Of being put
at the head of the ticket. AS it seems
certain that the Democratic convention
| VIII declare in favor Of the free coin
| age of silver, attention has been d.
rected to Mr. Garland through q, letter
he wrote in June of last year to Presi-
dent Brown, Of the Bi-metalIic league
OF Memphis, Tern, in the interest OF
free coinage.
! AS Mr. Garland was a member of
President Cleveland's first cabinet.
eastern and northern Democrats would
prefer to have him nominated il the
nomination of silver man is Inevitable.
| AS yet the Garland boom has been kept
| considerably out Of sight, and 1t is not
likely that it will be brought into the
| view of the convention until the gold
| Democrats are thoroughly convinced
| they cannot stem the silver tide Then,
regarding Mr. Garland as the most
| conservative of the silver men, they
are likely to throw all their weight in
| favor of his nomination.
The Bland managers are rapidly per-
| fectfng their arrangements for advanc-
| ing the interests Of their candidate.
Their headquarters at the Palmer
| house and Auditorium have been CEN
! ters Of activity throughout the day.
! While there is an abundance of Bland
enthusiasm about the streets and hotel
| Hobbies, it will be given definite form
or Monday night by a parade and
| demonstration on the lake front. Bands
from st. Louis, Kansas City and
Springfield, Mo-, and the Topeka .Kas,
Flambeau club will be in line. and the
Bland managers expect such accessions
| from other states as will make the
demonstration most conspicuous one.
| There will be a number of speakers at
the lake front meeting.
The activity of the Teller managers
! has received serious consideration at
| the Bland headquarters, and 1t was
| felt that the plea made as to the avail
ability Of the Colorado senator was
most important factor in the canvass
of Bland. Instead of seeking to check
the Teller movement by open opposi-
| ton, 1t was given the most courteous
and considerate attention by the Bland
| d. w. 0IIlS, OIL L0DdnOn,
Mo-, who is here as the personal rep
resentative and close friend Of Bland,
said: 1--WE are not alarmed at the
| Teller sentiment being developed. Sen
| ator Teller is a. good man, and If he
was president, the bimetallic system of
money adopted by the Democratic
fathers, in harmony with the constitu-
| ton, would be restored so far as the
administration could accomplish 1T, and
his influence would be exerted to re-
store free coinage of silver by law as
early as possible
1.-THE election of Mr.. Teller to the
| presidency would be a great victory
| Of the masses over the classes and no
man would rejoice over such, a victory
more than Mr.. Bland. If the free sil-
yer delegates to the convention think
| that he Is the strongest man, 1t would
! be wise to nominate him. 1t must be
remembered, however. that ours is a
| Democratic convention and the nom
| inee must be a man who is right on
! the financial question, and who will
| poll the largest vote. The BANDS per-
sonal interests will not stand in the
way OF success His friends believe he
| Is the strongest man before the coun-
try, and believing that, urge his nom
| nation"
The estimates made by the Bland
managers are that he has SO votes posi-
lively instructed, and that besides those,
he has a personal following from
states which have not yet expressed a
! formal preference, which will carry his
| total close to 400. They are carefully
avoiding the clash over the temporary
| Craftsmanship, and have espoused the
| interests of no particular candidate.
saying that any fair presiding officer
will be acceptable to Bland.
The Missouri delegation met at the
Auditorium headquarters at o'clock
! and went over the Bland situation.
Nicholas Bell was made chairman of
/ the melting and j. T. Bradshaw secre-
tary. The reports from various men,
/ bers were uniformly encouraging, the
sentiment being that Bland held the
lead thus far and was likely to be nomi-.
mated. The presence of two Of the
Nevada delegates, belonging to the
Dennis faction, who pledged the six
votes of the state to Bland, was a
source of encouragement. The state
ment was made also that L. p Mullinx
| and DR.. Welsh of the Oregon delegation,
while for Gov. Pennoyer, first, were for
| Bland as second choice. Committees
were appointed to work at the various
hotels and depots, but the more import
ant details were left until the full dele
cation had arrived.