BBATSD IS THE MAN.
MOST FEARED BY THE OTHER
CANDIDATES.
Combination Against Illm Difficult to
Form Will Attempt to Divide Dli
Vote With tbo Favorite Son Scheme
Bole * His Nearest Competitor Alt-
Celclt Holds the Key.
The Chicago Situation.
Chicago , July 3. Bland , to a cer
tain extent , is the McKinley of the
present situation. At St Louis it
was McKinley against the field. At
-Chicago to-day it is the field against
Bland. The other candidates recog
nize that Bland is the man most to be
feared , that with Bland defeated the
fight is a moro even one for all the
• others. The first effort of the opposi
tion , therefore , will be to divide the
Bland vote and prevent him from
Teaching the nomination. Knowing
that it is difficult to make combina
tions of this kind that will be effec
tive , the Bland managers are confi-
• dent. They point out that Bland is
the only candidate who has very much
-of a backing. ft They claim for him 200
"votes , distributed in the South and
Middle West. Like McKinley , he has
heen _ quietly hunting delegates while
his rivals were preparing to load their
.guns.
Besides all this , according to the
Bland shouters.there are several good
reasons why Bland , of all men. should
be selected as the candidate to stand
on a silver platform. There is no
Democrat before the country to-day.
they say , who so thoroughly stands
for the silver idea as dees he. For
years he has talked and labored for
silver. He was the author of the law
which gave the country the Bland
silver dollar and he fought to the very
last to save silver from its enemies
and prevent it from being dropped as
one of the money metals. Jn addition
to all this , he is of the people. He is
a son of the soiL He owns and works
a farm.
Bland's most formidable- rival as
things look to-day is Boies of Iowa.
Against him is the fact that only quite
recently has he become a convert to
free silver. It was not so very long
ago that he was regarded as a staunch
sound money man and he gave no
countenance to the silver talk. He
will go into the convention with the
backing of his own State and some
other votes which cannot yet be very
definitely placed. Unless the tide sets
bo overwhelmingly in favor of Bland
that a contest is only a waste of time ,
he will b-j able to make things inter
esting for the Missouri farmer. In
fact , it is predicted that the fight be
tween these two candidates may be
come so warm that it will prevent
either from winning the prize and
leave the road clear to some other
man who will start in the race heav
ily handicapped.
Both men are playing for the sup
port and influence of Governor Alt-
geld , the man who will probably be
the most interesting personage of this
convention , and who threatens to be
its Warwick playing the role of the
president maker. Altgeld is said to
be for Bland and opposed to Boies ,
but no one here can learn that he has
pledged himself or that he has ex-
pressea an open preierence. xne
probabilities are that his inclinations
lean toward Bland and he would be
glad to see Boies' ambitions thwarted
for purely personal reasons During
the great railroad strikes in Illinois
Altgeld's course occasioned consider
able adverse criticism , to put it
mildly , and Governor Boies did not
hesitate to freely and publicly express
his opinion of his fellow governor.
Altgeld remembers thatlittle incident.
The candidacy cf Senator Blackburn
of Kentucky , ex-Governor Pennoyer
I cf Oregon and Governor Matthews of
Indiana are all as yet immature.
Blackburn has the Kentucky delega
tion bphlnd him ; Pennoyer can doubt
less command t e Oregon delegation
and the Indiana men will come here
prepared to work for Matthews if they
think they see a chance for his suc
cess. One of these men m-ntioned
might , in certain contingencies , be
the nominee of the convention , but
those conditions are not likely to
arise.
L Altgeltl Will Not Take It.
Hf Chicago , July 3. Governor Altgeld
F said that he would not accept the ten )
porary chairmanship ot the Deiuo-
cratic convention in case he should ce
K chosen by the silver forces. "I would
Bt % . not have it under any circumstances , * '
B he said. "A presiding officer , if hp is
Hr an honest man , can be nothing but a
Hx figurehead. I want to be where I can
Et dosomething , and would not surren-
Kfc der my place on the floor for the
HhL honor , however great. "
Ki ' \
K Nominated on the 1,058th Ballot.
Washington , Kho. , July 3. The
R Republican convention of the Twelfth
Ik judicial district , which has been in
V session here since last Monday , re-
nominated Judge. F. W. Sturges o .
W Concordia , the present incumbent , on
ft the 1.036th ballot The opposing can-
K didates were W. F. Dillon of Belle-
L. ville and Charles Smith of this city.
B A Tils Fayrttc Company Involved.
Wm A ) Faxette , Mo. , July 3. The Bell
Ef * * * { Hardware and Implement company ,
M one of the largest business concerns
m-s of this place , closed its dcors this
W morning with J. B. Duncan as trus-
fct tee. Preferred creditors for S2T,60'0
Bf are secured by the trust "Various
m estimates place the liabilities at from
V 33,000 to 540,000 , with assets of about
K the same amount.
B ? An Argentine Leader's Snlclde.
R Buexos Atkes , July 3. Dr. Alern ,
V leader of the Eadicals , who was the
* k chief opponent of ex-President Dr.
g Saens Pena , who reigned in J835 , has
* / committed suicide. He took part in
Ikf several revolutions against President
P \ Pena , but was pardoned.
I" A Gold Exhibition for Chicago ,
h Chicago. July 3. Chicago is to have
k a gold exhibitnext fall , in which the
m. r-old fields of every section of America
Q ] -will be represented. Enough gold
Y has been pledged to start a national
bank.
. ( j
Mil i > i' ' & * * .
i iiihiiiiim hyjft & m f in U'V ' - ' ' •
'
* * MR * . % LCKBURN'S VIEWS.
The Kentucky Candidate Talks About
the Sltnation.
Chicago , July 3 A suggestion by
Governor Altgeld that the national
convention could be made a one. day
affair , and should so te made by the
controlling elementfwas not.recived
with much favor this morning ether
by the well known leaders who are
hero or by the friends of the many
candidates.
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky
said : * 'While I don't suggest or ap
prove delay in this matter , 1 must say
that I am utterly opposed to any gag
law or rushing. Let this convention
be one marked by fairness. We have
nothing to lose and much to gain. Let
ns give everybody a fair hearmer and
then act according to our best judg-
ments. I think the cause of silver
would be aided by such action , and
that the cry of gag rule and unfair-
'
ne ss could not be raised , no matter
what the result"
Asked what his views were upon
the question of making Senator Hill
of New York chairman , Blackburn
said : ' -Senator Hill would undoubt
edly make a very impartial chairman ,
but he is allied with the gold forces ,
and It would be a roundabout way of
procedure for us to turn over to the
minority of the convention its organ
ization. It is not to be supposed that
the majority are going to jeopardize
their own work and chances. As or
Governor Altgeld , I never understood
that he was a candidate for temporary
chairman. "
' • Then you do not believe that Sen
ator Hill will bo chairman of the tem
porary organization , even by a con
junction of gold votes and such silver
delegates as favor htm ? "
"Na Mark this , " and the Senator
become emphatic , using forcible gest
ures to accentuate his point ; "this
convention is in control of the silver
men. That is a fact beyond any ques
tion of doubt On every question the
standing of the majority will be to aid
their movement. Now , if the gold
men were in control , they would not
think of giving us control of the tem
porary organization. That would be
deemed foolish by them , and I don't
believe that they will expect us to do
it Anyway , whether they do or not ,
we shall' not act in that way. A sil
ver man will wield the gavel. "
"Whom have you heard mentioned ? "
"Nobody with any definiteness. I
can't tell you. There are many candi
date.- , and I have not committed * my
self to any of them. Jones of Arkan
sas would be a good man. Now , re
ferring to the matter of the pushing
through of our plans in a hurry. I
have talked with several leaders , and
we are not at all in favor of the least
bit of hurry. Every man in the con
vention or every movement should
have a fair and impart5al hearing.
Then we can go before the people
with clean hands and ask their ap
proval. I do not agree with Governor
Altgeld that there is any jeopardy in
such a course to our cause. "
Senator Blackburn was naturally
rather coy about saying anything
about Presidential candidates or their
chances , as liis own constituency was
booming him this morning. "I have
heard , " he said , "that Governor Alt
geld has decided to assist Mr. Bland ,
but it is a little early yet o talk of
chances. "
A CIRCULAR FOR BLAND.
Mlssonrlnns Disseminate n Pamphlet
Landing Their Candidate.
Chicago , July 3. The Missouri del
egation has prepared for general cir
culation a long pamphlet setting
forth Bland's claims. It holds that
the silver question is the paramount
one and that Bland would be the ideal
candidate on that issue. His Demo
cratic record and his public career are
dwelt upon at great length and his
title "Silver Dick , " declared a badge
of honor. His private life is lauded
and the objection that he came from
a slave state is denounced. In closing
it says : "For the reasons stated above
it is our conviction that Bland should
be nominated. Circumstances have
conspired to his nomination as the
best and wisest possible. If nomi
nated he will be elected. As presi
dent he will be Democratic in the
highest and best sense of the term.
Although self-reliant , fearless , and
Possessed of strontr convintions.
he would not only be will
ing to hear but glad to
have the counsel and advice of
able and patriotic men upon any and
all questions of public concern , and
he would be found more than willing
to co-operate with such men in every
effort to promote the public good.
Confident in the absolute accuracy of
our position , we nsk the delegates
from other states 1o weigh well the
high merits of this great commoner as
the logical and most available candi
date the Democratic party can nomi'
nate. "
BLAND AT HOME.
Preparations Being- Made in Anticipa
tion ot His Nomination.
Lebanon , Mo. , July 8. Bland's
friends here are supremely confident
of hi * nomination and are preparing
headquarters from which his cam
paign will be conducted. Three large
rooms in the Greenleaf block have
been secured as offices. The Western
Union Telegraph company has pn in
two extra wires.
Mr. Bland's mail has reached large
proportions and -vhich takes half the
day for him to dictate to his sten
ographer. Any one going out to Mr.
Bland's farm could scarcely imagine
to see him going around his place at
tending to his farm work that he is
the man whose name is being shouted
by thousands of people in Chicago.
"I uc6y" Baldwin Fired At.
San Fr.ANCisco , July 3. Lillian
Ashley of Boston , whose suit agrinst
E. J. ( Lucky ) Baldwin , the prom
inent capitalist and horseman , for
breach of promise of marriage ,
has been on trial in the Superior
court here for several weeks , created
a sensation in the court room thia
morning by walking over to Baldwin ,
drawing a revolver and firing at his .
head. A bystander knocked thej |
weapon aside in time to save Baldi i
• win's life , and the only injury was a J
slight grazing of the scalp. j
. ' „ „ " " , , , MJ 13& . * '
• CHICAGO CONVENTION.
THESILVER1TES PRESENT SOME
DEMANDS.
Chairman Harrity of the National Com
mittee Make * Hit Appearance at the
Palmer Home-The Chairmanship
Issue Nothing Is Settled as Yet Only
One Notice of Contest and that From
Nebraska.
Getting Things in Order.
CnicAGO , July 2. William F. Har-
rity , chairman of the National Demo
cratic committee , made his appear
ance at the Palmer house a few min
utes before 12 o'clock , the hour set for
the meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Nation ? 1 committee. He
found the silver committee appointed
to confer with his committee await
ing him , and gave them early au
dience.
When asked as to the status of the
temporary chairmanship before he
had met the silverites , Mr. Harrity
said that he had no information to
give out on that question. "I can
only saj % " he added , "that bo far as I
am concerned , I have no man for the
place. Whether matter will be har
monized with the silver men or what
the outcome will be it is as yet entire
ly too early to attempt bo say. 1 have
had no opportunity to confer with the
leaders and will be able to say more
later.
The executive committee convened
at the Palmer house at noon , with
Chairman Barrity and Messrs. Wall
Sheerin , Sherly , Prather and Wallace
present , Mr. Cable being the only ab
sentee. The committee went imme
diately into executive session with a
cordon of guards at the various doors.
The silver committee , consisting of
Senators Jones , Daniel and Turpie ,
and Governors Altgeld and Stone ,
were admitted and were closeted with
the executive committee for an hour
and a half when the silver men with
drew , leaving the national committee
men to continue their conference.
While there was no acrimony on either
side , the conversation was very earn
est There were no formal speeches ,
but the conference partook of the
character of a general conversation ,
"just as if we were sitting around a
log fire in the country , " said one of
the participants after it had closed.
The silver men first asked that it
should be definitely understood that
they did not come as the representa
tives of the silver committee , but as
delegates representing the majority of
the convention. They expressed a
desire to have an understanding upon
the various questions of temporary
chairman , seats for delegates and
alternates , procedure in regard to
contesting delegations and the ar
rangement'of the temporary roll call.
Referring to the temporary roll call ,
the members of the executive commit
tee intimated that they would expect
to consider the contests as the na-
tiona' committee had done on all pre
vious occasions and make the temporary -
rary roll call. Attention was called to
the fact that there had so far been no
notice of contest except in the one in
stance of Nebraska. The silver men
did not indicate whether this would
be satisfactory.
Chairman " Harrity stated that he had
had no oppertunity for conference
with other members of the national
committee , and he did not feel pre-
prepared to indicate the policy of the
committee. He said he would be
pleased to confer with the silver men
again and asked them to meet the
committee.next Mondayif not before ,
by which time he hoped to speak au-
thoriattively. He said he had no can
didate , but declined to say whether
the committee would be disposed to
act upon their own responsibility or
accept the advice of the silver men.
ALTGELD AND STONE.
The Missouri and Illinois Governors
Hold a Secret Caucus.
Chicago , July 2. Governor Altgeld
and Governor Stone of Missouri break
fasted together and after they left the
dining room together they met other
leading1 free silver Democrats and re
mained in session the greater part of
the forenoon. There has been some *
talk that Altgeld may be chosen per
manent chairman , but the governor's
friends declare that he is not a candi
date for the honor and will not ac
cept it
It is not yet certain that there will
be a general disposition in the Demo
cratic n-tional convention to follow
the lead of the Illinois delegation in
declaring for the abrogation of the
two-thirds rule , but there is unques-
tionaVv a strong faction favorable to
that course , who contend , as did Gov
ernor Altgeld , that the rule is undem
ocratic , and who would like to see it
canceled upon gen--al principles. If ,
however , it is abrogated , the action
will be due to the difficulty of secur
ing the necessary two-thirds to nom
inate with the rule still in existence.
It is contended by many tnat by the
time the nominating stage is reached
the silver men will be able to com
mand fully two-thirds of the voting
strength of the convention , and tliey
argue that if this should prove to be
the case there would be no necessit } '
for changing the rule.
EOIES ADHEK.EJ.TS FEELING BETTER.
The boomers of ex-Governor Boies
of Iowa claim that they are now
stronger tnan ever. Boies headquar
ters were opened to-day at the Palmer
house. A strip of red , white and blue
bunting covers the walls of the room
and the American flag is conspicuously
displayed. A dozen pictnres of the
man from Iowa are placed upon the
walls , and the tables are covered with
the stars and stripes. It is said that
Mr. Sovereign , the Knights of Labor
leader , has made up his mind to come
out squarely in favor of the nomina
tion of the man from Iowa
Vice President Stevenson arrived
in the city to-day. He is on his way
to his home at Bloomington , from Cape
Mav , where he has been since the
adjournment of Congress. He declined
to express himself in any way on political -
litical questions , and said that he
would continue his journey to Bloomington -
ington to-morrow. He was called
upon during the day by a nnmber of
prominent people who are in the city.
" ,
MRS. STOWE NO MORE.
The Aged Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Goes to Best.
Hartford , Conn. . July 2. Mrs.
Harriet BeecherStowe , the venerable
author , was stricken with congestion
of the brain-and naralysis yesterday
afternoon , and at once became un
conscious. After lingering all night
and this morning in a comatose con
dition she dice at noon. Members of
her family wore at her bedside.
Harriet Beecher Stowe , sixth child
of Dr. Lyman Beecher , was born at
Litchfield , Conn. , June 14 , 1811. Fol
lowing her mother's death , which oc
curred when she was 4 years old , the
girl was taken by relatives at Guilford -
ford , Conn. , and there trained in
needlework , extracts from South's
"Isaiah " ' "
Buchanan's
, "Researches in
Asia , " "Bishop Heber's Life , " "Dr.
Johnson's Works , " the Bible , the
Episcopal prayer books and hymns
and poems. When she was a bright
10-year-old pupil at the Litchfield
academy she "read everything she
could lay her hands on , sewed and
knit diligently and wrote composi-
tions. "
Miss Beecher prepared herself as an
instructor in drawing and painting ,
and attended her sister's schooL
Three years more were passed in Bos-
ton , Guilford and Hartford , and then
the sisters , with their father and his
family , went to Cincinnati , Ohio ,
where Dr. Beecher had accepted the
presidency of Lane Theological sem
inary.
The subject of slavery was brought
to Miss Beecher's attention by a trip
into Kentucky in 1833 , when she vis
ited an estate that afterward figured
as that of Colonel Shelby in "Uncle
Tom's Cibin. " Three years later she
was married to Professor Calvin E.
Stowe , who held the chair of sacred
literature in the institution of which
her father was president Her liter
ary career was now fairly begun , and
she wrote numerous sketches and
stories for the Western Magazine and
the New York Evangelist , h r hus
band being absent in Europe the
while. She also assisted her brother ,
Henry Ward Beecher , with the editor
ship of ihe Cincinnati Daily Journal.
Mrs. Stowe's attitude toward slavery
was not one of uncompromising hos
tility at this time. In 1839 she re
ceived into her family a colored girl
who had escaped from slavery , and
when complications ensued Professor
Stowe and Henry Ward Beacher drove
the colored girl in a covered wagon up
the country to a place of safety.
Professor Stowe accepted a chair at
Bowdoin college , Brunswick , Me. , and
while his wife was there with him
she received a letter from her sister-
in-law , Mrs. Edward Baecher , one
passage of which read as follows :
"Now Hattie , if I could use a pen like
you can , I would write something
that would make the whole nation
feel what an accursed thing slavery
is. "
Mrs. Stowe read the letter aloud in
the family circle and said : " 1 will
write something. I will if I live. "
That was the Genesis of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin. " The first chapter was
sent to the National Era , a weekly
anti-slavery paper , of which James G.
Whittier was one of the editors , in
April , 1851. The serial publication of
the story was completed a year later.
Mrs. Stowe received for it S300. It
was published in book form by John
P. Jewetfof Boston , Mass. , and 3,0o0
copies of the first edition of 5.000 were
sold in one day. One hundred and
twenty editions were disposed of in a
year , and Mrs. Stowe's receipts in
royalties amounted to S10,000.
Twelve editions of the great work
were printed in London in 1oj2 , and
v "thin a year no les- than eighteen
publishing houses were engaged in
supplying the demand which had set
in. Sampson Low , the English pub
lisher , has estimated the sale of the
book in Great Britain at 1,500,000
copies. Translations were made into
Armenian , Bohemian , Danish , Dutch ,
Finnish , Flemish , French , German ,
Hungarian , Illyrian , Italian , Polish ,
Portuguese , modern Greet , Russian ,
Servian , Wallackian and Welsh. *
Innumerable dramatizations of
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" have been pro
duced and by universal concensus of
opinion it is the most successful vol
ume of the century.
Among Mrs. Stowe's other works
mav ' be mentioned "The Key to 'Un-
nlfi Tom's Cabin. ' " "Dick : a Tale of
the Great Dismal Swamp , " "The Min
ister's Wooing" and -Pink and White
Tyranny. " Id alf , she published
thirty-two volumes.
HOBART MEETS M KINLEY.
The Es-Governor Green His New Jeraey
Colleague at the Train.
Canton , Ohio , July 2. Governor
McKinley drove to the Fort Wayne
station shortly after 20 o'clock this
morning to meet Garrett A. Hobart ,
Republican nominee for vice presi
dent. A large crowd was gathered
at the station to witness the meet
ing , although the affair was in
formal in every respsct lie reached
the train ju-.t as the car carrying
Mr. Hobart itopprd in front of him.
Mr. McKinley extended his hand and
the recognition was equally prompt on
Mr. Hobart's part. The two walked
side by side to the carriage amidst the
applause of the crowd. The } * were
driven quickley to the AWKiuley
home , where a crowd of newspaper
men and photographers were waiting.
It is understood that at the confer
ence it was mutually agreed that , as
far as present intentions should be
concerned , neither of them should de
part from their homes for any cam
paign tour.
VEST TO NOMINATE BLAND
Governor Stone to Be the Missouri Mem
ber of the Platform Committee.
Chicago , July 2. The supporters of
Bland have decided upon a plan of
campaign. Every effort will be made
to capture the delegates when the
various states arrive , and to aid in
that work it was determined to have
headquarters at he Palmer a > - well as
at the Auditorium , where -ae Mis
souri delegation will be housed. The
name of Bland will be presented to
the convention by Senator George
"Vest in a speech which the Senator is
now preparing. He will be for Bland
and 16 to 1. Governor Stone will be
the member from Missouri on the
platform committee and Senator
Cockrell will be presented by his
State as a member on credentials.
- ' 'V' ' ) JLl ' " " ' - - . - . . . . ' i. IL l. . ' ' ' ' gSjgT"SS
j' ! BLAND IN THE LEAD.
SHORT , HOWEVER , OF ENOUGH
TO NOMINATE.
Boles Appears to be a Good Second
Gov. Altgeldt Will be About the Die-
gest Man In the Convention , and Were
It Not for His Foreign Birth Woaltl bo
a Formidable Candidate.
The Outlook at Chicago.
Chicago , June 30. The following
table , showing the poll of the delegates -
gates | to the Democratic national convention -
vention by the New York Herald , was
published here this morning and at-
traded much attention :
O a e tsa s's : 2 g' b
S. 2. 51 ? girs ; g
? & : ars § ? ° S
STATES. 2- : : % - g 2 - ° : g
* •
• • • • • ! • • • • •
Alabama , 21'.t ' 417 1
Arkansas 16 . . .j hi
California 13 , 3 12 2 5
Colorado , 8 . . . h I . . .
Connecticut. i . . . .14 { . . . . . . . . • • • 1. . . . . . . . . .
Dolaxfaro • • • • • . 6 , . . . . . . • • . . . . 6
Florida ' 8 1 1 0
Georgia j 23 2G
: Idaho 6 6 . . .
Winoia ] -18 2 2 *
Indiana • • • • • • • 39 • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . JO . . . . .
Iowa 20 26
Kansas A 4 M
Kentucky 26 ii
Louisiana 16 10 S 11 1
Mains 12 5 . . 4 3
Maryland 10 16
Massachusetts. . 31 W . . 8 2 . . . . 5
Michigan 28 3 2 1 2i <
Minnejota 19 1 1. . * 12
Mississippi 13 . . . 9
MiS'Onn. . . . . . . . 34 . . . 'M . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . .
Montana 6 4 1 1. . .
'Nebraska 16 . . . 1 1 13
Nevada 6 6
N. if mpahiro. . S 1 . . c. 1
New Jersey. 2) 20
cwYok li 72
N. Carolina 22 2i
North Dakota. . 6 "
Ohio. 4ts 46
Oregon ( 8. . .
Pennsylvania. . . . 6 G4
Khodo Island. . . 8 8
South Carolina 1H 18
South Dakota. . 8 2 6
Tennessee 21 . . . 2 . . .
loxns 30.J ) ' . . .
Otaa , 6 C
Verm > nt 8 1 . . 5 2
Virginia 24 4
Washington 6. . . 2 1. . 1 . . • *
West Virginia. . . 12 2 2 2 . . . . C
Wisconsin 21 S 21
Wyoming fi G
Dist. of Col C 0
Arizona 6 4 2
Now Mexico C. . . 3 3
Oklahoma G. . . 0
Ind an Territory G . . . 2
tU UoK iX . . . * J . . . .
* • • • * * • • * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • *
To'nlg 931 1 61 63321 70'7 13 3912 363
Necessary to choice under two-thirds rule ,
120.
• Nearly all Nebraska delegates haTe express-
id a prelcrenco for Bryan , but seats of a.l are
: onte.toil by gold men. Ohio is favorable to
John R. McLean and nine Mississippi delegates
ire for Senator Tarpio of Inliana.
ALTGELD WILL BE A POWER.
The Bland men now here claim that
tie will have over 200 votes on the first
ballot , Missouri , Arkansas , Texas ,
Oklahoma.N'ewAlexico and the Indian
territory having instructed for him ,
and support from. Kansas , Colorado ,
Oregon , Louisiana , Montana , North
Carolina , West Virginia , Washington ,
Tennessee , Nebraska and Arizona be
ing claimed for him. The Bland men
place Boies' vote 100 below him , and
declare that no other candidate has
over seventy-live votes. It is held
fhn.t. "Bhind is so much in thft leirl that.
the declaration of Illinois for him
would insure his nomination. It is
said that more than one Illinois dele
gate has pledged himself for Bland.
"If you can find out what Altgeld is
going to do you will have it worked
out , " said Colonel Prather of Missouri.
"Altgeld is going to be about the big
gest man in this convention. He holds
the key ; if he had been born in this
country he would be nominated for
president. There is not any doubt of
it. Altgeld meets the present peculiar
conditions exactly. "
"Colonel , what will move Altgeld in
the choice of a presidential candi
date ? " was asked. "Will he be for the
man whom he thinks will most
strengthen the Democratic State tick
et in Illinois ? "
"No , I don't think that will move
him. Altgeld already feels that there
isn't the slightest doubt of his elec
tion. He is so sure of it , he knows it.
I have talked with men who have
seen Altgeld since the Peoria conven
tion , and they say that Altgeld feels
as certain of his election as he would
if the returns were in. I can't say
what will move him to throw his in
fluence for any particular candidate ,
but it is safe to say that the man Alt
geld is for will be the nominee. If I
was a candidate , and 1 knew Altgeld
wanted an orange , I'd find some way
to get the orange into Altgeld's
pocket. * '
"You think Altgeld's fortj-eight
votes from Illinois will determine the
nomination ? "
"Altgeld's influence for a candidate
means a good deal more than the
forty-eight Illinois votes. He is going
to be a dominating character in this
lonvention. "
Savannah Bank Kobber Caught.
Portland. Ore. , July 1. John Mc-
Ginner and John O'Brien , both men
of many aliases and both notorious
bank robbers , were captured in Van
couver late yesterday afternoon by
Detective Joseph Day of this city , and
are now safely housed in the Clark
county jaiL A man giving his name
as Fred Martin , who was with the
pair , was also arrested. When cap
tured the trio were found to be
equipped with pistols , dark lanterns ,
sticks of dynamite , fuses and caps , a
big bunch of skeleton keys and several
pairs of new oarlocks. It is believed
that they intended to rob a Vancouver
bank last night , steal a boat and be
off down the river before daybreak
this morning. O'Brien is wanted m
Savannah , Mo. , where with two ac
complices , he looted a bank safe of
Si 4.000 worth of bonds.
PENNOYER IN THE LIST.
Ihe Oregon Governor Will Be Boomed
as a Favorite Son.
Poetlasd , Ore. , June 30. "Pen
noyer for president" will be the slogan
of the ' Democratic
Oregon' dele
gation to the Chicago convention.
It cannot be established that Pen
noyer has expressed any desire to
have it so ; but there is little doubt
that his name and fame will be ex
ploited long and loudly among the
delegates. The state Democracy is in
favor of the free coinage of silver.
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BOIES TO WHITNEV. | |
Vlcorons Defenne of the Cause of vfl ]
Sliver. * i |
Waterloo , la. , July 1. Ex-Gov- jj
ernor i Boies has made public this letter - ? § |
tor , replying to a message from a Now J | |
Yorlc paper concerning the Whitney -Jj
declaration ( : | | |
"Mr. Whitney is entirely right in tJ |
his ; conclusion that there is no disposi- % j
tion on the part of those who will % I
represent the silver sentiment of the 1
South I and West in the Chicago convention - \
vention to further discuss the matter ; l
at i issue with men whose views are 1
diametrically i opposite to their own * I
on < the currency question. \ 1
"He is entire'y correct in his con- ' I
elusion < that it is now too late to accomplish - I
complish i any practical results by a I
discussion ( of that character. Throughout - ; I
out < the South and West that discussion - I
sion i has been extended and thorough , 'I
and , the views expressed by Mr. Whitney - ; I
ney ] have been put forward by many \ I
people who entertain them , and they ' ' I
have been fully considered and * I
weighed [ , and , after all of this , tha I
judgment of an overwhelming majority - * * I
jority of the party in these sections la j I
evidenced , by the class of deiegatea I
who have been chosen to represent it I
in j the Chicago convention. Not one I
of ' these men can now disregard tha I
known | sentiment * of those who selected - I
,
lected him without betraying the I
trust confided to him , and not one of I
them , in my judgment , will ever do so. I
"Mr. Whitney is entirely wrong in
assuming that free silver Democrats I
are forsaking the fundamental princi- I
pies of Democracy , or < wbat he terms
sound money Democrats are defending
those principles in their endeavor to
commit their party to gold monomet- I
allism. , Until the Bepublican party H
met in St. Louis a few days since M
there was never a line written in a H
national platform of either of the H
great parties that justifies the claim H
that one or the other of these parties
was committed to that doctrine. Over H
and over again the Democratic party , H
in national convention assembled , has H
put itself on record in the clearest and H
most comprehensive language possible H
to use , in favor of bimetallism , in H
favor of the restoration of silver to its H
place in our financial system as H
standard money , and never for a moment - H
ment in the Congress of the United H
States has a majority , or anything H
like a majority , of the representatives H
of that party wavered in their devotion - M
tion to thd principles so cleanly enunciated - H
ciated ' in the party platforms. To assume - M
sume now that adherence to that principle - | H
ciple is abandonment of an established M
doctrine of the party is to defy history - M
tory and ignore the most plainly written - M
ten of all its declarations of policy. M
"It is useless to claim that a tender M
of the good offices of the party to secure - M
cure an international agreement for H
the free coinage of & 'lyer is thg fulfill M
ment of its pledges so often made in * fl
this respect. To sincere believers in M
metallism for the United States , an M
offer of this character is little , if anything - |
thing , less than unqualified violation H
of a sacred pledge by a great political H
organization. If this is all that Mr. H
Whitney , and those who think with B
him , can offer , it will be vastly better H
tn offer nothinf. 1
"When Mr. Whitney says the maintenance - H
tenance of our present gold standard H
is essential to the preservation of our H
national credit and redemption of our H
public pledges he ignores a great truth H
of which h * cannot be ignorant. He H
knows there is not a single obligation H
of this government outstanding to-day H
that by its terms is payable in gold H
alone and knows that right upon the H
face of the great bulk of the bonds of M
the government it is written in substance - H
stance that they are payable in coin H
of the United States of the standard H
weight and fineness of its coins before H
silver was demonetized , and that M
therefore , by their own express S M
terms they are payable in our H
present silver dollars , if the govern- j H
ment elects to so pay them. It is since M
the most of these obligations were issued - M
sued that silver has been demonetized , M
whereby , if they are to be paid in M
gold alone , their value has been H
doubled , and the burden of the great M
industrial classes , who must provide M
for their payment , has been increased WmWM
two-fold. 1
"To talk about a violation of na- W M
tional honor , when no party in the H
nation has ever suggested its failure , |
in the least degree to meet every obligation - H
ligation it has assumed , according to H
the strict letter of the contract it H
made , has , to say the least , a strange H
sound to those who heard the universal - H
versal cry of distress , occasioned , as H
they believe , by doubling the purchasing - H
chasing power of money and cutting H
in twain the market price of the products - |
ducts of labor. If to undo what law | |
has done to add to tne burden of those
toiling millions of this nation and |
double the fortunes of the rich within M
it is to disrupt the Democrrtic party , M
disruption must come. " M
A. Kcceptlon to Senator Fettlgrcrr. H
Chicago , June 30. Senator Petti- H
grew of South Dakota left to-day for M
his home at Sioux Falls , where he it H
to be accorded a general reception H
upon his arrival to-morrow. The reception - H
ception is the result of his action in H
leaving the St Louis Republican national - K
tional convention , and will be participated - H
pated in by people of all parties from fl
various parts of the State. i H
Shot Over Politics. j I
Bosedale , Kan. , July L Ernest I I
Williams , colored , and Rev. Venable , >
pastor of the colored Baptist church , " m I
got into a political discussion last f ] m
night , when the latter lost his temper , J " "H
drew a pistol and shot Williams just I
over the heart , inflicting a fatal 1 I
wound. Venable fled but was cap- f *
tured at an early hour this morning. [ .
Merrill Men Jubilant. jl *
Topeka , Kan. , June 30. The maa- ' !
igers of Governor Morrill's campaign ( t I
are feeling jubilant. They profess to { % I
believe that their candidate is now assured - ' I
sured of a walkaway for renomina- > j
tion , and point to the conventions of f W
last Saturday as the straws which
show which way the wind is blowing. 5
Yesterday Pottawatomie county fol- i ? I
towed with eleven delegates for Mor- JK 1
rill and a resolution declaring him the P > m
choice of the county. On Wednesday j * , J |
Cherokee county will hold her ccst- ? * • " T
vention , and the delegates are coa J 1
fidently claimed for MerrilL Im
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