The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-07-05
THn VICE rRmk.DENOY.
TOwne and sulEer Seem TO BE the
Most Prominent Candidates.

TOwne and suIEer Seem TO BE the
Most Prominent Candidates.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 2.--The democrat
&c vice presidential nomination Is still Tor
anybody-that Is, anybody who can reach
1t. Here is a list to choose from: william
Sulzer, David b. Hill, Elliott Danforth'
Judge A. b. Parker, of New York; BenJa-
min F. Shively, Indiana; Charles A. Towne,
Minnesota; Carter H. Harrison, Illinois;
Benton Mcmillan, Tennessee; James Ham
ilton Lewis, Washington; Robert A. Pat
tison, Pennsylvania; Arthur Z. German,
Maryland; ID. j., Campau. Michigan; David
S. Rose, Wisconsin; David Oyermeyer, Kan
sas; William ]. Stone, Missouri: George
Fred Williams. Massachusetts. There nay
be some others, but these are mentioned"
Some are avowed candidates, and others
are not, and some do not even expect to
be presented to the convention.
Two Active Candidates.
The active candidates are Sulzer and
Towne. Others expect a complimentary
vote, but both of these gentlemen want
the nomination, and their friends are work.
ing for them with much earnestness.
Friends of Shively are also pressing him,
but the Indiana man is discouraging them.
Shively has his eye on a seat in the senate,
which is more attractive to him than
nomination for the vice presidency. He
does not care to offend his Indiana friends
by being churlish regarding the vice pres
idency, but he is doing what he can to dis
courage the talk about himself The
friends of Towne say Shively is not and
will not be candidate. Another man who
is strongly mentioned is Carter Harrison,
of Chicago. Illinois men say he prevented
the state convention from naming him for
governor, or instructing for him for vice
president. 1t is expected he will come here
and make 1t plain that he does not wish to
be a candidate. Among the incipient booms
those
man and Gov. McMillin, of Tennessee.
Henry d. Clayton, member of the nation
al committee from Alabama; talked about
German as an available candidate, while
Buck Hinrichsen of Illinois, was sponsor
for McMillin.
The Hill Movement.
Quite an interesting and unknown guam
| tity is the suggestion about ex-senator
| Hill. He seems to have considerable
| strength in different parts of the country,
| and several delegates intend to vote for
| him. Hill intimated before he left for Lin
coin that he was not candidate. Every
| time Hill Is mentioned seriously someone
recalls the position he took on the tariff
bill and his position in politics since that
| time.
The fact that so many names have been
| suggested and that so many delegates are
casting about for a candidate indicates the
nebulous state of the vice presidential sit
| uation. 1t may clear up, and someone
| agreed upon before the convention meets,
| but the present indications are that the
| contest will be determined by ballot in the
| convention.
| Hill Goes to Lincoln.
Kansas City, Mo-. July Former Gov.
David B. Hill, of New York, accompanied
| by his private secretary, P. ]. Manwiller.
| and Gen. j. s. McEwan, of Albany, arrived
| here early Sunday morning from St. Louis,
| having left Albany on Friday. Within two
| hours after his arrival Gov. Hill departed
| for Lincoln, Neb., to hold a conference
| with Mr.. Bryan. As Gov. Hill was leaving
| the breakfast room at the Coates house,
| shortly after his arrival, he was handed
| a telegram from Mr.. Bryan requesting him
| to come to Lincoln at his earliest conven-
| fence. Despite the fact that he was much
| fatigued from his long trip from New
York, the governor felt that he must obey
the summons. The telegram calling the
governor to Lincoln conveyed no lntima-
ton as to Mr.. Bryan's object in summoning
the distinguished New Yorker Mr.. Hill
himself disclaimed any knowledge of the
purpose in Mr.. Bryan's mind when he sent
| the telegram, and added that, even If he
knew the object of the visit, 1t would be
improper for him to discuss it.
The summons. received by Gov. Hill from
Mr.. Bryan created the first distinct sensa-
ton of the ante-convention proceedings.
While few people saw Mr.. Hill before he
left for Nebraska, the fact that he had
gone at the request of Mr.. Bryan soon was
noised about the hotel corridors and was
the principal topic of discussion. Opinions
varied widely as to the object of the con-
ference, but as nobody had any really def
mite information, the gossip was specu-
latiYe, purely.
1t is known that Gov. Hill does not desire
distinct declaration in favor of sixteen to
one, and ii will be his effort to induce not
only Mr.. Bryan, but also the convention,
to accept a modified financial plank, which,
while not specifically declaring for the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen
to one, will be such a reaffirmati ton of the
Chicago platform on that subject as will
prove satisfactory to all elements of the
party.