New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-03
PERRY BELMONT REFUSES.
DECLINES TO ACCEPT NOMINATION FOR
CONGRESS- IN IST DISTRICT.

Mineola Long Island Oct PERRY Belmont who
represented the Ist District in Congress for twelve
consecutive years. again nominated last night
by the Democrats to succeed Townsend Scudder
No other name was presented to the convention
Andrew ]. Weeks. of Babylon, presented Mr.. Bel
mont's name The roll brought out no other nomi-
nation. and the secretary instructed TO cast
the ballot for Mr. Belmont
The committee this evening went to New-York
and called Mr.. Belmont at his home. No. "a
West Fifty-seventh-st They argued with him for
two hours. Mr. Belmont declined to He said
he getting to be a man of nearly fifty years
old and had wish to return to Congress If
there was anything he could do to help them the
party in the district he would be only too willing to
do it. He believed a Democrat would win in the
district this year. hgtdt must be some other Demo-
crat than he.
The committee will meet in the Democratic Club
in Long Island City and select the nominee. Town
send Scudder has been warned by his physician not
to accept.
Mr.. Belmont had written letter to Captain L
J. Merritt of Whtestone. declining to be the nomi-
nee. The delegations caucused for four hours be-
fore the convention called to order. but they
could not be dssuaded from their wish to nomi-
nate Mr. Belmont
A committee of six was appointed to wait upon
Mr. Belmont and tender him the nomination.
The committee included John E Backus Council
man Joseph Cassidy. John Malone John E. Ward
and Senator Havens.
Mr.. Belmont in his letter to Captain Merritt says
Were it to be otherwise there would be some
body amiable enough insist that / went to
Kansas City as delegate. and have since then
zealously supported the Democratic ticket merely
to recover Democratic regularity in office seek
ing sense. You all know what happened four years
ago On my return from the Democratic National
Convention at Chicago l explained to my Long
Island constituents why could not accept silver
recommendation a remedy for the terrible in
dustrial and financial depression which had during
four years afflicted our county The supreme and
only issue that year silver recommendation
versus gold monometallism.
Mr.. Belmont continues that the Gold Democrats
were deceived He says there coinage or
currency legislation till March T. 1900 and then "a
makeshift not only cowardly but deceptive. in a
political sense" as Secretary Gage had recently
confessed He further criticises the acts of the
Republicans and adds that long before the Repub-
lcan leaders could put their financial scheme OF
last March in operation the terrible financial and
industrial depression had passed away and conf
dence had returned. The result would proba bly,
have been similar had Democratic President and
Congress been elected in 1896" he declares.
However that may be-. he continues ''the con-
sequences Of the financial and industrial depression
OF 1892 disappeared in 1897, and the free silver cy-
clone is. as the weather experts say, also passing
of through the Rocky Mountain States never to
return. Beginning in Ohio, the breeding place of
unsound money delusons 1t has moved westward
till it is the shores OF the Pacific Ocean
take the fatal plunge"
He closed by saying il is longer probable that
silver recommendation will be put on the statute
book.