New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17
ONLY SILVER MEN WANTED
,,r,oS or THE PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRATS"-AMOS j. CuMMiN"S
FOR MAYOR.

rhe Progressive Democratic League which
claims to represent many Democratic cannpa.s"
clubs silver leagues Bryan and Sewai ois"NiN
tons Populistic societies. as well as numerous
labor organizations of various kinds. held u meet
ing yesterday afternoon al NO. f' '"u ~
hooned CONGRESSMAN Amos j. Cummings Tor Mayor
and defined the leagues attitude In the coihiis
municipal campaign. Its managers leu u! eN
semblyman Jimmy" oliver, Will staDu TO muses.
this year One Of the delegates denounced inc
contemplated betrayal Of the cause OF silver ny 'o
movers Of Tammany Hail." which were charged win
CONCENTRATING only the names OF men who seccdeo
from the Chicago Convention to the lndiahapo'iS
Convention as candidates for Mayor IL ""'
time" he said, for the Bryanites OF the CIT! 10
act" . . a.,
The question was. after long debate ielt 10 '"e
Committee on Political Activity composed OF ~ ..
tcinde,on James oliver, James Walstead EDWARD
Dobson F. T.. Bleyer William Wright. franh i''
FLYNN. Edward S. Durlacher and James CASSIDY
rho resolutions agreed upon by the committee
holly deny published statements that the i"as'o
Is hostile to the regular Democracy. put 'he! u
wand that the regular Democracy shall stand with
the League for free silver Bryanism az" i0P
as they were enunciated at Chicago
can the regular Democracy afford to ignore OF
rerudiate the National creed"' is asked Is II
wise or prudent that. for the sake OF the return 10
tire fold OF those few wealthy individuals i""ue
nrominent and made influential by our suIrag Sn
pTbn FOR the sake Of selfish, sordd. peIsona. III
,erests basey deserted the banners OF De dni,b
49, v.en over to the enemy and used tncir "eato ~,
70 defeat and disnegrate our orGanizd''o; Nv, 'n ~
tSe regular Democracy should alienate, ,ens %
thousands of the ;oinC masses VINO Mionouht ,hc
md 70 past party affiliations. nobly supp9rtcu ,nS
Sational Democratic platform adopted IiC1sp "a
Srho rasolutions wind up with hat-footea re-
fpsai TO support any ticket nominated on pia ~
form which ignores the free-slver necara,ios =!
he BRYAN Chicago Convention IhGy h sre e, ~
dnn,Iv Intended 10 throw scare no me posI iioi
Toromanv Hal, who want to conduct INC MUM lp
oamnaicn without reference to last year .>auo"''
TINS warwnoop OF the Bryanites VIII uoup.' g. w
,oLnn az defiant protest against me pIai' ~,
union of Democrats Of all sorts-goo M -
Iii opd neutrals OF the Hill stripe william ,; -,
VII, "a understood to be active IN w0rkns w
WIZ a movement which Is 10 take IN iahimnmS
Iau ,ba Grace (NationaD Demoeracy' me e reeu
i ars a' the Bronx. Mick Muller's following on
Ues island and Patrick Jerome GLEASON OH,
q. g., ,bn thorough OF Queens IT IL saI Una. ~. ~
W. has already promised JuugtshiP on ~
" n ell-known gold Democrat anu ma az
offered other places to represertii'ses 81
ne nas Examinations named hoping wlth me ala
NJ tho cohesive power OF pubic pinnnea s,od peSo
o.. M deal that will sol'dify the proposed Deho
cratic union -. oo,or IN The Rrvanitc vote"
said a Tammany Democrat ysste1,h nsSs minority in
.ha Greater New-York.