Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-29
Wants the Gold Democracy's Money
and Silver Mems Votes.
PLANS WORKING FOR A COMPROMISE
TO Be Silent on Chicago Platform
and Nominate BryanCandidate.
THE REPUBLICAN SITUATION

| tiger. with big hunk of meat at one eng
OF his cage and an oper door to liberty at
| the other-that's Tammany
| III he springs on the meat the keeper will
| get chance to close the door. If no
| chooses liberty he may 20 hungry.
| Tammany wants the money that F1owes.
| and Whitney and other gold democratu
| would contribute to the campaign IL sill
| YER is ignored. They also want to
| preserve their standing with the regu.
lar democratic national organization ana
to get the votes of the silver men in New
York city, which are needed TO secure tho
election Of their ticket. Both votes and
money are essential TO success. and IL 10
hard to tell which they need most. The
money is a present, tangible thing. What
can be accomplished with the silver vote
is gamble. The leaders do not want to
max a choice; they want both The sac
| rince OF principle one way or the other
is not troubling them. Their plan is to
| sell the platform TO one faction and trade
| the ticket to the other IL has always
been a maxim with Hin tnat IL he had
| the candidate IL mattered rot who had
| theGpla tform. In tins Instance however
the gold people. with whom Hill is lsso.
| clat"d. can't afford to let the platform OF
| Chicago figure in this fight on the same
| side with them. They therefore feel com.
| relicd to demand both ticket and plat.
| fCim.
Demands of silver Men.
The silver men are making similar de
| mand, bat they are weakening on thu
platform. This is the situation they ax
confronted with in trying to make their
| deals. They intend to do the best they
can with it, and at the same time get the
campaign contributions of the moneyed
| men. They have decided what they Will
| do. That is, not to say anything about
| the Chicago platform and to nominate for
| mayor of Greater New York a man VINO
supported Bryan last year without re-
| solve.
supporter of Bryan is what the silver
men d. mlnd, and there were insny such
| in New York last fall who d:d not believe
In silver. A man who supported Bryan
simply in the name of party regularity Is
not objected to by Messrs. Hin, Flower
and whitney. especially when his election
| VIII secure their business interests as in
volved in the municipal government. The
| question is TO find a man of that delicate
| shading of principle necessary to satisfy
| both sides They want chameleon can-
didate who will take the color of silver or
| gold according to his surroundings. IL
such one can be found he will be accepted
| by all factions.
| The nomination of Henry George by tho
silver democrats. in a moot convention.
with conditional candidacy, will probably
prove fortunate thing for Tammany. AZ
least they think SO, and IL is not certain
that they did not connive at il.
1t seems that they have the assurance Of
Mr.. George that he will not remain in the
| field unless Tammany gives grave provo-
| cation for his doing SO. II this means
| anything it is that if Tammany should
! nominate a gold ticket and ignore the
Chicago platform-that is. If they should
| go back on the silver men altoSether--hs
| would feel compelled to make the fight.
Any action short of that on the part Of
TammaLy would hardly he regarded AZ
grave provocation." However, there has
been more explicit understanding than
| this as TO what would result i'm the retire-
ment OF Mr.. George from the field, and.
generally 81 eaking, the support of the
Tammary ticket by the silver element. It
| is in exact terms that the candidate shall
be a man who, whether believing in silver
or gold, voted for and contributed to tho
support CT Bryan, recognizing party aus
thority expressed in the national con.
vention; and also that the power and in-
| fiuence of Tammany If put in control OF =
the municipal affairs shall be extended to
the support of the national candidate in
1900. whoever he may be or whatever the
platform may be. The silver men insist
also that they shall not be Disseminated
ag ainst in New York affairs.
The Tammany managers have avowed
their intention to comply with all these
conditions. If they do Mr.. George VIII un-
doubtedly decline TO enter the fight, and
the urited democracy lsilver) VIII noi run
a separate ticket.
the support of all the silver men. There
seems 10 be no doubt that Purroy, with
srch a fierce as he can control. VIII hghf
Tammany TO the bitter end. Others OF tha
rank and file may refuse TO accept such q
ccmpromise and may refuse TO vote or even
vote for Low, and besides, some local dis
trict bosses with personal following in tha
fern Of small organizations, are liable 10
make the best terms in thsir own Interest
tLey can.
still Hope for Compromise.
The republican managers say this morn
ing that they nave not yet given up hopa
of a compromise with the LOW people, and
that they will not give up hope until by
the operation of the election law the
tirement of candidates Will be impossible.
Under the new law, candidate cannot
withdrew W his name later than twenty days
before the election. Until The Intervening
time has expired. they say Gen. Tracy will
stand ready to retire If MIR. Low will. Mr..
Low has given them no indication that he
will agree to anything, mt they intend
that the fault shall lie with him and the
Citizens Union IL compromise is no. ef-
fected.
The feeling against Mr.. Low and the
Citizens Union at the regular republican
convention last night was such as to give
little promise Of compromise. The repub-
licans had delayed the nominations until
night in order to give an opportunity for
a conference between committees OF the
shown no disposition to treat with them.
When the convention reassembled at night,
therefore. the name of Low was loudly
hissed and the lew Low men in the con-
vention who had the temerity to urge the
convention to accept the Citizens Union
candidate foi mayor were treated with
anything but politeness and consideration
by the great majority of delegates and the
audience. 1t required not only the per-
sonal appeal of Mr.. Quigg, Mr.. Piatts
manager in control of the convention but
actually stern exercise OF authority on
his part to get a hearing for the few OF
Mr.. Lows friends. and then he was only
partly successful
ssCits'' Are stfn Necked.
On the other hand the Citizens Union are
as stin necked as ever and insist that Low
win be In the fight to the end. They are
likely to adhere to this determination. not
because IT Is wise, but because they find
II difiicult to believe in anybody but them
selves. A. thing, however. that is apparent
to everybody else and which the Citizens
Union can hardly fan TO zee. IL that tho