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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 189&

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convention, the question is upon the adop^ j ; tion of the report of the committee. Those

Oregon has a full delegation ' In favor of the adoption of the report, say |

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money." Oregon:

for honest money, honest men and honest government.'’ Pennsylvania: “Pennsylvania Has a full delegation of sixty-four delegates and many hundred more who would like to have come.” Rhode Island: "Present with twenty-

seven.”

South Carolina: “Present, with a full delegation." South Dakota: "Five delegates.” Tennessee: (Applause, members rising) "Tennessee has a full delegation of twen-ty-four delegates and twenty-four alternates, and More to spare.” Texas: “A full delegation of thirty

men.”

Vermont: “The eight delegates of Vermont are here." Virginia: "Virginia has a full delega-

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Washington: "Washington has a full 4»legat!on.“ West Virginia: “West Virginia is fully represented.” Wisconsin: "Wisconsin Is present with twenty-four delegates, and they are all Democrats."

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Secretary Wilson—That completes the call of the SUtes-tl. (Voices: "Call the

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The Chairman—Forty-one States have answered by delegation, (Voices: "Sail the Territories”). The Chairman—I think it will be exceedingly -proper to call the Territories. The secretary Will call them.” Alaska: (Laughter) “Alaska is here.” Arisona: “I am here.” (Laughter.) New Mexico: “New Mexico occupies every seat that she is entitled to.” Oklahoma: No response. Indian Territory: No response. The Chairman—The next business in or4*f> sa appears from the printed list I - have before-me, is remarks by me. (Applause.) The wOid 1$ silver. Silence is golden. 1 mkke no remarks, but I call for ‘a report from the national committee. National Committee’s Report. _ Mr, - Brennan, of Wisconsin—To die national convention ot the National Democratic party: Your national committee beg to submit the following report: * ' “Pursuant to the call for this convention the delegates elected thereto have been reported to the secretary of< the national committee. From this report It appears that delegates have been selected and are present from forty-one States. Those in which Ho delegates have been selected are Wyoming. Utah, 1 Idaho and Nevada. In

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■y" the executive committee that the time available for correspondence and organisation has been relatively ao short, and . the papulation of said States so widely soentered, that it haa been Impossible to take the necessary steps to form local organisation and to secure the election of

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man announces that the report of the i

committee is adopted.

Chairman Palmer—It is the duty of the i Chair to name the gentlemen who will i conduct your temporary president to the ! chair. Governor Jones, of Alabama, and Mr. George F. Peabody, of New York, and i they will be kind enough to conduct Gov- ! 1 ernor Flowtr to his place as temporary I chairman of this convention. Chairman Flowers’s Speech, i Upon taking the chair, Mr. Flower said: "This gathering is notice to the world ! that the Democratic party lias not yet 1 surrendered to Populism and anarchy. The true principles of Democracy, expounded by . Jefferson and exemplified through a century of national history, are not dead because those principles have been repudiated by a convention calling itself Democratic but controlled by undemocratic influences. Those are true Democrats who remain true to the principles of their party and who refuse to be bound by party declarations which betray party faiths and threaten both party

and country with disaster.

"By our presence here we emphasize the genuine character of our Democracy and demonstrate the patriotic nature of our partisanship. There have been numerous instances in political history where in the name of party loyalty men have Justified their non-support of party platforms or candidates, and in too many of such cases has the movement failed because, when analyzed, its inspiring Influence was found to be nothing higher than a desire to avenge disappointed ambitions or to overthrow a political organization. No suen sordid motive can be charged against this

gathering . /

No Democrat here sought honors from thoee who framed the Chicago platform. Every Democrat here has only political humiliation to expect in the event of the success of the Chicago ticket. No Democrat honored here by being made the candidate of this convention can look forward with any reasonable hope to an election. None of us who help to nominate him can expect to be participants in any distribution of political favors. We are here because we love the Democratic party and because we love our country. That is the Inspiration which has drawn us together and encourages our action. That is the fact which evidences our sincerity and makes our cause strong with the ~~«>^ie. Stands By Principle. "For myself. I can say that for over a half century I have been unflinching in my support of Democratic principles, and I do not propose to give them up now, even if I have to bolt my party platform and ticket in order to maintain those principles. I have dived and worked for my party In a town and county where Democrats were so few that it wa,B only by accident that we cbuld elect even a constable once or

twice in a decade.

“The chief complalikg which my political critics have made against my acts in public life has been that I have been too much of a Democratic partisan—too devoted to the Interests of my party. But In no test of partisanship have I been a better friend of the Democratic party than I feel I am to-day In joining with thoee who would save the party from the abyss toward

which it has thrown itself.

“Dear to me Is this Democracy upon whose principles I was reared ahd for whose success I have labored in Season and out. Dear to me are Hie teachings of those great Democrats, Jefferson, Jackson and TUden, who, If alive to-day, would stand with us for party and public honor. And because I love my party and my country I am here to do what I can to shield

them from dangerous attack.

The Populistic convention at Chicago did not realize that the aspersions passed by them would In the future add luster to the object of the opprobium. Long after the festering sore shall have healed, and shall have passed into history as an incl-

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THE TALK ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, i

THE MEN OPPOSED TO BRAGG AND BUCKNER NOW TRYING TO GET TOGETHER.

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tion at all, nor do I want It."

"Wh*t about the situation in HUnoisr’ "Well, it’s a pretty good thing." replied the genial General, “never to bet os a rice until the riders are up. I would look upon Watteraon’s nomination as more

sentimental than practical.”

"What do you think of Bryan's speechmaking tour of the country?” ^ "Bryan’s speeches are becoming woefully diluted. They ere getting to be very trite, and falling heavily upon the think* ing people of the country. We need have no fears, I think, of his election thin fall,

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EXTERIOR OF TOMLINSON HALL DECORATED FOR THE CONVENTION.

tial election has the fight waged fiercely between the advocates of different political doctrines, and the ruin of the country has been freely predicted if either set of doctrines were established as the policy of the Government—such predictions being merely the extreme expression of party politics; but in this election the issues around which the battle Is waging involve the integrity of our Institutions and the sacredness of our national honor, and when men have stirred that deep well of sentiment, ordinary party differences disappear, the moral Issue predominates and all good citizens stand shoulder to shoulder against those who would defile the American name and undermine the walls of her political structure, "Mr. Bryan takes pains to reiterate, in about every second speech, that he stands squarely on the Chicago platform and supports every one of its planks. He has not yet announced his acceptance of al the planks of the Populist platform, but inasmuch as these are only different In degree, and he haa been identified with Fopnlism quite as much as with Democracy, It Is but fair to assume that he stands on both

platforms.

"Not quite so radical In his views, perhaps. as Altgeld or Tillman: not quite so frank as Tom Watson, he is nevertheless a fit representative of the revolutionary forces behind him—ambitious, unsteady and unsafe. There is nothing in his career or in his present utterances to encourage the hope that if elected he would rise above his surroundings or stay the hand which threatens to destroy and pervert An untried man, a demagogue, a word-juggler, he pertiaps will represent the restless mob from which he rose, and with characteristic recklessness does not hesitate to appeal to base humqn passions in order to attract votes. That In this Incendiary’s role, standing as he professes to stand on principles as un-Democrp.tlc as those of Herr Most, he should deserve, by any con-

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NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS AT THE DENISON.

Fallows at the extreme left) Mr, Flower !• the chair] Mr. Tracey andFalrchlld In conversation with Mr.

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delegates to this convention. Democrats of the true faith In thede States doubtless regret the absence from this c invention as deeply as does the convention itself. “Although Territories are not mentioned In the call for this convention, the Democracy of the Territories of Arizona, Alas,ka and New Mexico have gallantly sent delegations to this convention. ; recommend that the delegates reported to the secretary, a list of whom accompanies, thks- report, shall be entitled to • participate In the preliminary organlxa- ; tion of (his convention, and that those who are present and the alternates for those who are absent, If any, be entitled to cast the full number of votes to which their respective Utatee *-»re entitled under the call for this convention. "We recommend that until otherwise ordered the rules of the last Democratic national convention, which was held in 1892, •hall govern the deliberations of this convention. (Great applause.) , , “We recommend that all resolutions affecting the order of business or rules of thto convention or relating to the platform to be enunciated by’ It, be referred to the ’ appropriate committee without being read. "We reoomraend that after the tempo- > rary organization shall have been perfected the roll of the Stares represented in tlila convention be called, first, for the an- ? nouncement of one member of the committee on credentials for each State. "Second, a like member of the committee on permanent organisation, order of busi-

ness and rules.

"Third, a like member of the committee on rasohittons. . , "Fourth, a Vice-President. “We recommend that the temporary secretary and sergeant-at-arms be empowered to appoint such assistants as they

may deem proper.

“We recommend the following temporary officer# of this convention: Temporary chairman. ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower, of Watertown, N. Y.; temporary secretary, John R. Wilson, of the city of Indianapolis; sergeant. Walter KessUr. ot the city of Indianapolis. All of which is respectfully submitted ”

dent as grotesque as Coxey’s march to Washington, there will stand out with the ether foremost leaders of Democracy the its me of the man they now ylllify. Grover Cleveland. (Immense applause). A Voice: “What's the matter with

Cleveland?”

Delegate: “He's all flfht.'’ (Applause). “The danger of the T^cago platform Her not alone nor chiefly In Ks declaration for a financial policy which would be ruinous. The danger'lies In the revolutionary

ception of party regularity, the support of true Democrats is past comprehension and explainable only by ignorance of the man and his platform or disloyalty Jto genuine party faith. No sound conception of party regularity can Justify encouragement to social disorder. Not even the honest believer In a sliver standard or the most enthusiastic bimetallist can, if he be a patriotic citizen, conscientiously support the

forces of political anarchy. Revolutionary Cloak.

“Even the advocacy of free silver coinage by Bryan and matoy of his associates is

influences which controlled the convention j only a cloak for the spirit of revolution

and animated its platform.

Men may justly differ as to the best scheme of national finance, and may debate their differences without recrimination or without questioning the honesty of motives. But when men, led on by ambitious politicians, their minds flred not by the example of American patriots, but by that of the radicals of the French revolution, overturn party precedents and pack a convention to secure an effective majority, then by aid of that majority raise aloft the incendiary banner of the poor against the rich, attack the Integrity of

behind If. Every true bimetallist must blush to have his cause dependent for success upon those who would reorganize the Supreme Court when its decisions do not please a party convention, who would repudiate the national debt if free silver coinage did not accomplish bimetallism, who would attempt to destroy the sanctity of private contracts, who would have the Government fake and operate the coun-

try’s railroads and telegraphs, who would _ restrain the strong arm of the law from I j^aH of a silver standard,

the suppression of disorder. Even .f I believed that free coinage of silver by the

the Supreme Court, threaten the subver- ,

Mon of national institutions and the United States independently -and alone Indirect perversion of constitutional guar- ! would, under proper conditions, restore biantees. incite disrespect to law and au- | metallism, I could not bring myself to thorlty, suggest and in substance recom- intrust so delicate and important an unmend the repudiation of national and Pfiv- dertaking to men of Bryan’s inexperience

ate debts, and reject by intended implication the fundamental principle of Democ-

racy that that government governs best which governs least—then it is time not only for Democrats to forsak; that motley and un-American gathering, to reject that un-Democratic and un-American enunciation of doctrines, and to Join, in such manner as may seem best, with all patriots who cherish thitr country’s honor and wish to protect the welfare of it#

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| Populists at Chicago.

*T mistake the moral sense of the Amerlesn people if the action of the Populists at Chicago, reinforced and emphasized by tie action of the Populists at St. Louis, has not rekindled the spirit of American patriotism and awakened the American conscience to the national dangers which lurk in the forces and Influences behind Bryan and Bewail or Bryan and Watson. "The real issue In this campaign Is an

or associations, and I would suffer forever the alleged ev.ls of a gold standard before

un-Dergocratlc features of the platform and to persuade them that after all only an economic issue Is. involved and this should not justify a breaking of party ties. But that kind of tactics should deceive no one. We believe that Mr. Bryan’s arguments for free silver are fallacious and demagogic, but we oppose his candidacy not chiefly because he favors free coinage, but because his advocacy of that policy is but a feature of his support of a set of doctrines which we have been taught to regard as the very opposite of Democratic and the support of which demonstrates the unfitness of Bryan and his associates for positions of public trust. Let not this fact escape Democratic attention. Every appeal in the name of party regularity to support the Bryan ticket is an appeal to support the governmental ownership of railroads and telegraphs, to attack the independence of the Federal judiciary, to abolish the merit system as a test of fitness for public office, to refuse to uphold the national credit by the issue of bonds when necessary. to scale down the public debt .by repudiation, to invite not only the evils which would follow a silver standard but those which would follow irredeemable paper money, for even purely flat money seems to be recommended In this Chicago platform. The men who represent such a conglomeration of poor principles and radical notions are not Democrats. The have no claim on Democrats, and ad over the land to-day Democrats are rising to overthrow these party fetters which mean slavery, and to stand between the people and the certain Injury which the party’s rash leaders Would inflict upon

the nation.

Bryan’s Speeches.

“The revolutionary spirit which forced Bryan’s nomination is manifest in his speeches now being delivered! throughout the country. His conspicuous failure *at Madison Square Garden to advance the cause of silver by close argument has induced him to abandon the weapons of the logician and statesman and to employ the arts of the orator. From the rear end of cars he has been flinging out social and political firebrands among the people. He appeals to the base ins’incts of the ignorant or to the misery of the distressed. He strives to array class against class, to incite employe against employer, to stir up debtor against creditor, to make this a contest of the poor against the rich. May God prevent this incendiary’s work! In this broad land it has been our proud boast that the avenues of success have been open to all. The rich to-day were the poor of yesterday. No families of Inherited wealth dominate our politics or our society. Before the law all men are equal. The same opportunities do tot come to all men; some succeed, many fail, but no barrier to success or position is created by law. Industrial conditions may be affected by unwise laws, and when th»s is demonstrated we attempt to change them through the opportunity which every man has to register his vote at the polls. But though some men succeed and manyfail this is the lot of~l!fe, and no candidate for the presidency has ever dared before to use this fact to arouse man against man and to kindle the Area of social discontent and disorder. “Proud as we have been of America’s material prbsperity, we have been prouder still of the Self-reliant, independent and sensible spirit of her people. When foreign critics have told us that democracy here would some day prove a failure, that universal suffrage would lead to anarchy, that class-feeling would be engendered which woulfl result in riot or In the confiscation of property, we have laughed and pointed to the sturdy Americanism on our Farms, to the influences of our public schools, to the respect for law and order In our cities, to the examples of selfmade men In every family, to the educating Influences of our press, to the fulness and broadness of our charities, and more than all to the eoua pitHiPtism of our people. I ’ believe that we can still depend on these. Bad as the times are, stagnant as industry is, distressed as many homes are for lack of employment, the common sense of the American people will not be deceived by appeals to passion, but will perceive clearly what is the truth, namely, inat present conditions qre largely caused not by the Influences against which Mr. Bryan, in lurid words, declaims, but by fear of the very remedies which he suggests. W’hen this great shadow which he and his associates have created passes off the surface of the financial and industrial world, then confidence will be restored, money will seek Investment, factories will be re-opened and employment will be secure. There can be no proaperity without confidence, and Mr. Bryan’s plan shatters confidence and portends business failures and panic. These mean more men out of employment, more homes without food and clothing, more misery and distress.

Pleas For Silver.

“All of Mr. Bryan’s specious pleas and arguments for silver are based on th6 assumption that the free coinage of silver by the United States alone would establish and maintain bimetallism—the parity of gold a*»d silver at the exchangeable ratio of 16 to L If that assumption is incorrect or Ill-founded.. each of his arguments falls to the ground and every one of his predictions loses Us force. Not one word has he uttered in advocacy of a silver standard. Not one word does he dare utter in

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claim by the hour against, the evils of gold monometallism, and nearly everything he says on that subject Is equally applicable to silver monometallism also. Bimetallism is a genuine Democratic doctrine, but bimetallism can never be attained by the men who dominated the Chicago convention or by the method implied in the Chicago platform. There is reason to doubt

by loading it down with ungovernmental function*. Before such a spectacle how would the shades of Jefferson. Jackson

and Tilden shudder and shrink. “While, as , I have said. Mr. Bryan

boldly professes to stand on every one of the strange planks of the Chicago platform. he adroitly attempts to divert Democratic attention from the revolutionary spirit which pervade* most of that document by confining the larger part of his public utterances to what he call’s bimetallism; and he evidently hopes by magnifying the importance of this financial issue and distorting its phases oo that

I appear in the platform. The convention j by an overwhelming vote rejected a proposition pledging the Government to maintain the parity of the two metals. The disposition of the convention as indicated by . its expressions and Us actions was toj ward silver monometallism or irredeemable fiat money. As well might the ark of the Covenant have been intrusted to Hit j FUlUstines as to intrust the cause of bimetallism to the revolutionary horde be-

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“It Is not a difficult task to show that under present conditions free coinage of silver by the United States alone would

Chairman Palmar-Gentleman of the \ Issue of patriotism. In many' a presiden

it will appear to be the movement of the i result In silver monometallism. Foolish masses against the classes, to make Dera- experiments in that direction have already ocrats forget their dislike of the plainly ; caused the loss of a great part of our gola

frorft circulation. Part of It has gone abroad, withdrawn from investment in our industries, and part has been hoarded for the day when It should bring a high premium. Our Government can get none except by increasing the national debt and the burden of taxation. About $100,000,000 In gold is in the United States treasury to support tha parity, not alone of the $346,000,000 of greenbacks which was Us original function, but the six hundred and twenty-five millions of silver curt rency, which has been issued since. That frail foundation has been trembling since 1890 with the additional weight put upon it. Only by heroic means has the. Government been able to prop up the immense superstructure. But even the prospect of unlimited silver coinage under present conditions would make that foundation disappear as if In a quicksand, and you and I and every man who has property or wages would find their value changed from a gold to a silver measure. “This would be the certain result of imposing such an additional burden upon the Government, but when with that in view we consider the disposition of fore.gn governments to strengthen their gold reserves and the suspension of free «lver coinage In India, which has heretofore been the world’s sink for all its surplus silver, but Is so no longer, the conclusion 1# inevitable that we would be r ^ uced * silver basis, and to a very cheap silver basis at that. Great laduatrlal Evil. *V3uch a change of standards, such a readjustment of values, not only in the fear which they would excite, but In the actual Injury and Injustice they would produce, would be the greatest commercial and Industrial evil Imaginable. It would mean In the first place the withdrawal of hundreds of millions of foreign capital invested In our Industries. Sneer as Mr. Bryan may at our dependence upon foreign gold, the bare fact remains that without it the building of our great rail-roads,-the opening of our great farm areas, the development‘of our mines, the building up of our industriee—with all the stimulus to prosperity whiclr these have given— would have been delayed many years. Foreign gold—to Mr. Bryan's distorted vision and denoagogic mind, a spec.es of yellotf fever—what Is it but capital which gives work and wages to our cltlsens, adds to the uroduct of our factories, makes necessities o*t of the former luxuries of life, Increases the comforts and conveniences of living, adds to our country’s wealth and prosperity, until finally we will be rich enough and prosperous enough to send part of our capital to other less fortunate or advanced nations and perform the same good mission, selfish though It be. for other people. Who would reject It because it comes, as some of it probably does, from the drones of Europe? What better use -can the accumulated wealth of England’s aristocracy be put than to build up American industries? “The withdrawal of European ca, would still further depress values an courage panic. So large a proportion of our business Is done on credit, and credit is such a slender support, that when credit is attacked it matters not how much money there may be In the country, it will ayall nothing to prevent the contraction of loans and the refusal of accommodation. These mean business failures—losses, sacrifices of prices, diminished demand for commodities, closing mills, lack of employment, poverty and distress. Against the progress of this certain series of events, no man nor measure can stand. No kind of relief is efficacious except the conviction of the people that the money which measures the exchangeable value of their commodities and services and underlies the structure of their system of credit is sound and stable and will remain so. Characteristic of Political Remedies “One characteristic of political remedies administered and recommended by quack political doctors Is that they are alleged to cure all dlseasess. To every man In distress in any part of the country the demonetization of silver is pointed out as the cause of his misery, and the remonetization of silver a* his remedy. By reason of perfectly simple causes the prices o!'wheat and corn and other agricultural products have declined, .but this decline is attributed by these political quacks to the demonetlzatlon of silver, and the farmer, along with every other man who finds It hard to make both ends meet, is told that by remonetizing silver wheat will go to a dollar a bushel, and other farm products will rise proportionately. If this were true, rising prices would affect the commodities which a farmer buys, the interest he paye on his debts, the freight rates which determine the cost of getting his products to market, and he would be relatively no better off than before. To expect the farmer to accept so great a delusion is to presume upon his intelligence. Ask the farmers of my State why they are giving up the production of wheat and com, and they will not tell you It is because of the depreciation of silver. They will point to these great Western prairies and tell you they can not compete with these In the growth of the staple cereals. And they have taken to raising other crops which are more profitable and less competitive. The same tendency Is manifest throughout the agricultural world. Not only have thousands of acres of Western lands in America been thrown open to cult.vation within recent years, but In RusHi:j, India and the Argentine Republic railroads and enterprise have brought large additional acreage unoe;* cultivation and poured millions of additional bushels upon the markets of the world. The same cheapening in the cost of boots and shoes, of hats and coats and other clothing, which has followed excessive production in the manufacture of those articles, has been manifest In the excessive production of agricultural products. It is the old familiar law of supply and dema:.l. In my State of New York hay is selling at $15 per ton; last year It was $10 per ton—do our silver friend? attribute that to the demonetization of silver? They ought to If they wish to be consistent. S.lver dollars In the pockets of the mine-owners are of no benefit to Western farmers— what they want is prosperous conditions which will pul s.lver dollars In their own pockets—dollars which, when taken out. will buy just as much as gold dollars. As To Prices. “However much the prices of agricultural products have declined theiy have not declined more rapidly than the necessities which the farmer buys, nor so rapidly as the fre.ght rates which promote the market for his products. The report of the National Beard of Trade shows that the average charge for carrying a ton of freight one mile on thirteen of '.he most important railroads of the Unite I States has fallen from 3.06 cents in 1865, and LSI cents In 1870 to .76 cents In 1893.

Silver Record Urged Against Bragg —Some Talk of Bynum Eastern States Ready to Agree to the Choice of the v Middle Western States — The Offer of J. B. Corey— Senator Palmer Not a Candidate.

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The Middle Western States are to be permitted to name the candidates. The leaders from the East, the influential men from the South, and the representatives of the Pacific slope, nearly all take the view that as this movement was started for the benefit of the Middle States, it Is only just that they should control In the making of a ticket The situation was canvassed at many State conferences last night, and, without exception, the East, which usually wishes to take the lead, decided to be guided by the wishes of the ten States that wc^e in this movement originally. It was the sentiment of the distant States that If the Middle West could decide upon the man it wanted for first place, he should be supported. For Instance, Massachusetts decided that if the sentiment for Bragg and Buckner continued to grow, the State Would cast its vote for that ticket; otherwise, 1| would cast a complimentary vote for Secretary Olney. New York wae inclined to look with favor upon Henry Watterson, because some of the leading New York papers are advocating his nomination, but the feeling among the

ten tion. The Bragg people say that while he is to all appearance* loyal to General Bragg, they believe he ought to say positively that he will not be a candidate and wlli not be thankful for votes so long as Bragg is before the convention. So far as can be learned It Is not the intention that his name rfhall be formally presented, but those who believe be Is by all means the most available man propose to vote for him from the stsuL The suggestion made by ex-Governor Flower, of New York, and of a few other men that William D. Bynum, of this city, would be a good man to nominate has met with favor among many of the delegates. Still, the same objection that has been made to Bragg—that he has a silver record—can be made to Bynum; and some of the leading representatives of the party say it is strange that the men who are objecting to Bragg because he once leaned toward silver are ready to take up Bynum as a sort of compromise candidate if they see they can not get Vila#. It has been suspected that some of the men mentioned as possibilities would decline in advance to accept, but so far as can be learned, no • ne has indicated that his name must not be considered, unless

The Political Sltaattoa la Hew York Discussed—-Tammaay’s Position. John R. Fellows, one of the veterans of Tammany Hall, but an earnest advoefcte for honest money, was seen at the Denison. Mr. Fellows Is a “marked man” in Democratic national conventions, and he has been conspicuous at such conclaves for the last twenty-eight years. AFay back in ’<8 he lived in Arkansas, and ip that year attended the national convention which nominated Horatio Seymour for President, and from that time has been a fixture in New York politics. His eloquence caught the Gotham! tae. and he was urged by Governor Seymour after that campaign to remove to New York. This he did; and at once took rank at one of the foremost orators of the Empire State Democracy. He has affiliated with Tammany Hall for many years, and from that powerful organisation has learned one great political maxim—“never ple*d not guilty.” Wherefore, Mr. Fellows has ever been, as now, a belligerent wha oaks no quarter and fears no consequenaw. He is below medium bight, smoothly shaven, with well-rounded form, curl a iron gray hair. At the anmmlt of his head he is the counterpart of the late great American philosopher, P. T. Barnum, but he lacks the smirk of the great showman; instead he U himself from the eyes down. With a smile that looked like the handlebar to an Arkansas laugh, the colonel* submitted gracefully to what he could not get away from. "Will you ever get back to the *14

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• ILLINOIS HEADQUARTERS AT THE DENISON. Senator Palmer In the foreground, and Ex-Mayor Hopkins, of Chicago, the second figure from tha left*

delegates was that the State ought to vote for the man that would be satisfactory to most men In the movement In the Middle Western States. From all around came this same announcement that the Middle West was to be permitted to select the candidates. While there is some determined opposition to the nomination of General Bragg, the best informed men here were of the impression this forenoon that it would be impossible to defeat him. The Bragg opposition comes from Influential men in the new party, but as yet It has not been concentrated. The men who are most firmly opposed to the nomination of the General wish to see his friend and neighbor, Senator Vilas, nominated.* An effort is being made to make it appear that the nomination of General Bragg would be unsatisfactory to President Cleveland, but this argument Is met with the statement that the General, apparently, has no more loyal supporter than Senator Vilas, who Is supposed to be as near the President as any man in the convention. The last hope of the anti-Bragg people is that, by industriously circulating tue story that the General's record on the money question is not clear, they may turn the tide the other way. The men who want Vilas nominated began talking of Bragg’s record oh the money question boldly to-day. They declare that as late as three years ago he was inclined to favor free coinage, and they do not believe this convention can afford to nominate any man who will nave to be constantly explaining his record on the question that is paramount in the campaign. But notwithstanding the talk against

It is Secretary CarTrie, wtoo, It Ts understood, wrote to members of the ewscutlve committee several days ago. saying that he must not be considered, because he could not possibly accept the nomination. List of Possibilities. The list of possibilities included Edward S. Bragg, of Wisconsin: William E. Vilas, of Wisconsin; Henry Watterson, of Kentucky; Simon B. Buckner, of. Kentucky; Senator George Gray, of Delaware; Senator Donelson Caffery, of Louisiana; Senator John M. Palmer, of Illinois; J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture; John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury; J. H. Outhwaite, of Ohio; William D. Bynum, of Indiana, and James O. Broadbead, of Missouri. As the nomination will not be made until to-morrow afternoon, there is plenty of time for campaigning, and tile general impression is that by the time the convention meets to-morrow the situation will so have shaped Itself that the man to he nom.nated will be In plain view. There will probably be complimentary votes bestowed on first ballot, and the nominations made on the second. Senator Vilas this morning said: ‘T would stake my homestead on my conviction that there is absolutely no truth in the story that is being circulated wl’h reference to Bragg. General Bragg voted for the experiment of the Bland-Allison act in 1878, and he was then in the best of Democratic company. Judge Thurman, and in fadt almost every Democrat In Congress, voted for that experiment, but since then General Bragg has been absolutely sound on the money question. Wisconsin Is for Bragg and will continue to be for him.” General Bragg himself was seen a mo-

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wigwam, Mr. Fellows?" he was askod, “I am not out of or away trim Tammany Hall. In June we declared unanimously for sound money and against free silver, end I said to the organisation that t stand now where we all stood then. When we went to the Chicago convention wo opposed strenuously the sliver Idea and voted against the platform; that'done we took no further part In the convention. Z declared to our people that I could not support the action of the Chicago convention, but stood where we all stood in June. Tammany Hall has not indorsed the platform adopted at Chicago, she has only accepted the candidates of that convention, and left it to the State convention, which will meet on the 16th of this month, to take whatever action It may deem best as to the platform. “My best information leads me to bo* Ueve that McKinley will carry the State by from one to two hundred thousand, caused by the Democratic vote that arlll remain away from' the polls and by the

Democratic Kings and

receive 25 per cent, of the vote in New York city and

Queens counties. I can not speak so confidently about the country counties, as I

have not been among them

m

“Instead of a decrease In the Republican majority in the State, I believe McKinley will come down ~~ ' “

vn to Harlem bridge with an Jorlty. In the city I r have of the first dry goods mer-

increased ma

yet to hear .. .-J UmPHUil chant who Will vote for Bryan. I am Informed that a club was formed In the dry goods district, and of which Walter Stanton, of Stanton A Coffin, is the president, and that not a single man of them would vote for Bryan. That Indicates the Reeling of the merchants in the dry goods district, probably the richest district la

New York.”

“Will Tammany Hall elect her member* of the Assembly this year in her straaff

district*?” ‘

“That I can not answer. There is n* Senator to elect this winter, and no .#•-

ght will be made to defe

’ll

be made

Eody but Bryan, hence the may elect her candidates If

by the general condition of ■■

the Chicago ticket. We have no — elections with our national election* now a* formerly in New York. Under our new constitution, the term of Governor

cut ffom three to two year* ■ year to the term of th*

and. by apolving the **m* officers, local and State henceforth separated. My district attorney would have fall, but, under the new

term was extended for one

do not go out of office The separation of State national elections will be “What will be the.M the State Democratic

meets on the 16th of this month?* T presume that convention will b* tR the hands of the silver men and tt wfll reverse the action of th* State convsntl**

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LOUISIANA HEADQUARTERS AT THE GRAND HOTEL.

(Contlnved On Xlath Page.)

Bragg, his boom continued to grow. Last night placards bearing the words: “BraggFOur Choice for President,” were hung In the hotels. No one took enough interest in any other candidate to bring him thus prominently before the delegates. The Opposition To Brngg. It looked later on as If it might be possible to break the force of the Bragg boom. There were indications before the convention went into session that the antiBragg forces would get together and would all advocate the nomination of Senator Vilas, or some man not prominently mentioned up to this time. There was talk that the Watterson people would be willing to go to General Bragg if the time should come when it seemed unlikely that the Kentucky editor would stand any ■how before the convention, but the men who have been most conspicuous in urging Watterson as an available man would not admit that they had any thought of deserting their man for the general from Wisconsin. It was announced that Watterson's n\me will certainly go before the convention, and will be presented by | Mayor Vollmer, of Davenport, la. The somewhat embarrassing position oo- , cupied by Senator Vilas is attracting at- 1

in June.”

“And Now Jersey

gtv* ajorii

“She will giv* MclUnley

know that »ix

ment later and when Informed of this report, ejaculated characteristically: “Oh, fiddlesticks. There is not a word of truth in it. My action eighteen years ago is the only thing that can be brought afealnst | me. It is not probable that a man who had to pay a 40 per cant premium for

United States money when he crossed the | “All, ex<

border of free silver Mexico would write inatod; a letter after the experience for a silver

standard.” ■ ' ' ' ^ , i: PALMER MOT A CANDIDATE.

Bragg and Buckr.er, He Tkiakp,

Would Be a Good Ticket.

Senator John M. Palmer, of Illinois, chiirman of the executive committee, and one of the most distinguished men In the .sound money convention, arrived last night. He was asked as to his choice for ~

the ticket.

"Bragg and Buckner," he replied, "would be as good at ticket as could be

nominated.”

“Do you still stand by view in which you stated that ; not allow your name to convention under any

thousand majority

you

thought to be a large is the vote, but they will of less than twenty ‘

"Will the Democi "My opinion is that

the State will carry However, you can not

the vote for McK' the State ticket: r nominated at the

held the 16th of this

for McKinley will “You have *—**

Democratic

you?"

"An except

that fll

ventton after I from Arkansas, again next year, and there will ‘

What of her?”

And •

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