The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-07-05
CONVENTION NOTES.
Gossip Concerning the Vice Presi-
Dental Situation.

est activity manifested IN the wee pres
idential canvass before the conven-
tion is shown by the managers of
Mr.. Charles A. Towne. Gen. Z. S. Cor
ser, of Minnesota, who is here, is max
ing arrangements for the silver repub-
lican convention and at the same time
is doing all he can to make Towne's
nomination possible. 1t is the present
intention to have an early conference
between the committees Of the popuast
party, the silver republican party and
the democratic national committee,
with view of securing some kind of an
agreement for furthering Mr. Towne's
candidacy. 1t is quite probable, how
ever, that the democratic national com
mittee will refuse to take any respon-
sibility in the matter on the ground
that it is a subject for the convention
and not the committee to consider.
1t is argued that Towne's name on
the ticket would serve to emphasize
the silver issue in the campaign, just at
a time when there is disposition in
some quarters to leave the Endorsement
of silver to the reaffirmation of the
| Chicago platform. Upon the other
hand, in trying to conciliate the east
ern democrats on the money question
it is suggested that some eastern man
whose silver views are not so radical
should be selected, even if Mr.. Towne is
being pressed by the popuists and sill
yer republicans, who are democratic al
lies.
Lewis a Candidate.
Thomas Maloney, chairman of the
Washington delegation, is here as the
custodian of the vice presidential can
didacy of James Hamilton Lewis, of
that state. Mr.. Maloney says the states
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho are
for Lewis, and it is expected that six
additional votes will be given him for,
Alaska.
Plenty of Candidates. .
"There are plenty of candidates,
men who want the honor, and one
does not hear so much about deelina-
tions as there were among the repub-
licans at Philadelphia. The aggres-
sive men are Sulzer, of New York, and
Towne, of Minnesota, while the names
in the background form a basis of
speculation, there being such men as
Benjamin F. Shively, of Indiana, and
Judge A. B. Parker, of New York, who
are considered as available. The be-
lief is general that some kind of an
Endorsement from Col. Bryan would
be sufficient to name the candidate,
| but it will be bold man who will
dare to proclaim that any one partic-
ular candidate is the choice of the
man already determined upon for
| president. 1nere are not enough del
egates here to even give an intima-
ton of what is likely to occur.
Suffers Friends at Work.
If Mr.. Sulzer, of New York, is not
nominated for vice president it wiD
not be on account of any lack of boom-
| ing on the part of his friends who are
| here. The managers, with b. ID. O'Con-
nell at their head, are losing no oppor-
tunity of making known the fact that
Mr.. Sulzer is not only in the race,
but that he will win if he can. Badges
bearing the words "Bryand and Sulzer
and Victory" with portraits of the
men, are being distributed to all who
will wear them.
An interview with Mr.. Sulzer,
telegraphed from Lincoln and pub
lished here, quotes him as saying that
he stood with Bryan on the Boer ques-
ton and every other question. He
also declared that the New York dele
cation would do whatever is best for
the party, and if the convention wants
sixteen to one, the delegation will not
oppose it.
The Platform.
The topic uppermost in the minds of
the democracy seems to be whether or
not there shall be specific declaration
in the platform for silver coinage at
sixteen to one, or whether a simple
reafirmation of the platform adopted
at Chicago shall be sufficient. 1t is
believed that much depends upon Mr..
Bryan's wishes in the matter, but even
he may not be able to influence the ac-
ton of the convention, if it is deemed
wise policy to adopt the same plan
that has been followed in several west
ern states, and not specifically men
ton sixteen to one. The interview with
ex-Gov. Stone, Augustus Van Wyck, in
st. Louis, and talks with different men,
bers of western delegations who have |
arrived, best indicate that these men
do not think it important to make a
specific declaration, while others make |
it plain that If sixteen to one is not |
mentioned 1t will be construed as ar
abandonment of the principle. The |
ratio declaration and the three words |
sixteen to one" are likely to be the |
stumbling block in which there might !
be harmonious gathering. Advocates
of sixteen to one say that to omit the
declaration would be trimming" and
the party cannot afford to do any trim
ming in view of the advanced stand
taken four years ago, after a bitter
and intense struggle.
Those who are content with a re-
affirmation of the Chicago platform, or
who are earnestly seeking a modifica.
ton of that document, say that the
democrats want to win and that the
most earnest silver men ought to be
satisfied with Bryan as the candidate,
even if there is not specific declaration
in the platform in favor of silver, with
the words sixteen to one included.
These men assert that silver cannot
be made the vital issue any way, and
that the campaign will be fought on
issues that have arisen since 1896, there
fore 1t is useless to try and make q
silver declaration, especially as 1t is
mot daeirad hxy 4ha ,nar ~ 5tJ |