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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, JfJilDAY, JULY 10, 1896.
CHICAGO CONVENTION
StLVERITES PRESENT DE
MANDS. Tim Clmlrm;itn!ilp f 4 ic --Nnl lilnsr Sctllril
(is Yit ( liiilrin.iti lliirrllj itml Hut !!
IMIlllll) Clllllllllltl'll J. IUc it Di-tMloii
.linut .Miitiihiy.
CiiicAfio, .July '- WlUtiim F. Iltr
flty, chnirmun of thu Nail. unit Dmo
emtio committee, inuto his appear
anco ul tins P.ilmrr house n fow min
utes before 'i! o'clock, the limir sot for
tlio meeting (if llio executive commit
tea of the Nallou-il com ml line. Ilo
found tin! silver eoitinilttcu iijipoiti tr.I
to confer with his coinniltlci) await
ing him, and gave t lit; in curly lite
tile nee.
When asked us to t'io status of tlio
temporary chairmanship before ho
linit mut thu .iilvrlts, Mr. Ilnrrlty
wild that he li ml no in formation to
give out on th:tt question. "I can
only say," In; mldcil, 'Unit to far ss I
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WILLIAM P. IIAHUITY
atn ennci-rnetl, I have no 111:111 for tho
place. bother matter will 1m har
monized with thu silver men or what
he outcome wll l liu it is lis yut entire
Jy too curly to attempt to .say. I huvu
liu-1 nooppoi'tiinliy to confer with M10
lenders and will h'u able to say more
later
Thu executive cnmmltlco convened
at the I'alnicr home nt noon, with
Chairman Ilarrttv nud Messr.-'. Wall
filiocrln, Slierly, l'rather and Wallace
present, Mr. Cable being the only lib
ton tee. The coiiitullteu went iiiimu
1 lately Into executive session with 11
cordon of guards at the various door.
The silver committee, consisting of
Senator,1 Jones, Daniel and Turple,
and (lovoruor.i Altgeld mid .Stone,
wero admitted and were c!o.otod with
the cxeeutivu eoiuiiiitteu lor 1111 hour
and a half when thu silver men with
drew, leaving thu national committee
nun to eontinuu their conference.
While there wns no iicrlmotiy 011 either
side, thu conversation hih very earn
est. There were 110 formal su'oehe.s,
lint the conference partook "of the
4'liurautcr of 11 general conversation,
"Just im if we were bitting around 11
log lire In the country," said uno of
the participants after it had closed.
The silver men llrst uslied that It
alimild ho definitely understood that
they did not coino as thu ropreseuta
iives of tho bllver couimittee, but as
delegates representing thu majority of
the convention. They expressed a
de.iiru to have an understanding upon
the various questions of temporary
uehairmnii, scats for delegates anil
alternates, procedure in regard to
tontestliig delegations and thu ar
rangement of the temporary roll call.
.Referring to thu temporary roll call,
Uir. members of the executive commit
too intimated that tliuy would expect
to consider the contests as thu na
tional uoiumtttcu had done on nil pre
vious oeciulous and ninko thu tempo
rary roll call. Attention was called to
tlm fact thut thuro had so far been no
MKitiuu of contest except In tho one in
stance of Nebraska. Tho silver niun
did not tndicuto whether this would
,be satisfactory.
.Chairman llarrlty stated that he had
lint! no opportunity for conference
with other members of the national
committee, and ho did not feel pro
prepared to indicate the policy ot tho
committee. lie suld ho would be
pleased to confer with the silver men
iiguiu and ashed them to meet tho
committee next Monday, if not before,
by which time he hoped to spualc au
thorhittlvely. No said lu had no can
didate, but declined to say whether
the committee would bu disposed to
act upon their own responsibility or
accept thu advice of thu silver men.
FIVE OUTLAWS HANGED.
Vlie Member of thn llut-k (June
run-
lihcd ut l'ort Smith, Ark.
Pout bsinir, Ark., July L'. Rufus
Ruck, Louis Davis, Lucky Davis,
Alamul July und Sam Sampson, com
prising what Is known as the Illicit
gung, wore Imaged hero to-day, Pres
ident Cleveland refusing to Intcrfero
iu the carrying out of tho sentence of
Judge Parker's court.
'I710 lluclc gang, composed of five
members, weiu convicted of murder
ami criminal assault. September 23,
lal.r, in Judge Parker's court ond sen
tenced to be hanged October 31, An
uppeal to tho United States supreme
court acted as a stay, but thu appeal
svas in vain, tho higher court refusing
to Interfere.
ArUanik K'Mibllcnu Work F(.
Little llocic, Ark., July 2. The Re
publican stute convention mot hero
this morning and at onoo began the
selection of stute ticket, H. L.
Rcmmol was chosen ns a eaudk'atc for
governor by acclamation and accepted
ilia nomination in a rlncing speech
II. A. Reynolds of Madison county
was chosen as tho nominoo for secre
tary of statu nml J. Frank Maya of
Washington county for auditor.
Acnlmt tli High lint.
New Oju.kans, La., July 3. Repre
tentative Uundouhofere's high hat
4)111 has passed tho house by a vote of
i to 21. It provides that theaters
4nd other public places of amusement,
wh?re an admission fee Is charged,
shall provide a suitable rcccptaulo for
liats and an attondiuit to take charge
of them, free of cost to their patrons.
it in effect prohibits the wearing of
ats altogether nt theaters, etc It
has yet to be adopted by thu scntto
and recelr tho gorsrnor's signature.
P London hat forty restaurants In
which only vegetable fo 1 is sorreiL
immw' tw
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ALTGELD AND STONE.
Tlio
Ml44c,iirl 11 nil Illinois Onvornnrf
Hold Nucrot (-'iiui.ik.
Ciiicaho, July ''. (Jovernor Altgeld
nnd (Jovernor Stone of Missouri breuk.
fasted together and after they loft tho J
dining room together they met other
leading free silver Democrats unit ro-
m.ilued In session thu greater part of 1
ttui forenoon, '1 hero has been some
talk that Altgeld may be chosen per
manent chairman, but the governor's
friends dcclure that ho Is not a candi
dal!) for tho honor and will not ac
cept It.
It Is not yet certain that there vill
bu a gener.il dlfpjsltlon In thu Demo
cratic national convention to follow
thu lead of thu Illinois delegation In
declaring for tho abrogation of tho
two-thirds rule, but there is unques
tionably 1. strong faction f.ivorablu to
that course, who contend, as did Uov
ernor Altgeld, that the rule Is undem
ocratic, nud who would like to soo it
canceled upon general principles. If,
however, it Is abrogated, tho action
will bu duo to tho dlHIciilly of secur
ing the necossnrv two-thirds to nom
inate with tho rule still In existence.
It Is contended by inanv that by the
tl mo the noiulnatluir stage is reached
the silver mon will bu able to com
mand fully two-thirds of tho voting
strength of tho convention, and they
arguo that If this should prove to bu
the case t.'ieio would bo no necessity
for changing the rule.
iioik.i Ai)iii::ti:.siH rKu.iNo iikttkil
Thu boomers of cx-tJovernoi Holes
of low.i claim that they tiro now
stronger tlinn ever. Holes headquar
ters wero opened to-day at tho I'almer
houso. A strip of red, white nnd blue
bunting covers the walls of the room
and the American Hag Is conspicuously
displayed. A do.on pictures of the
man from Iowa aro placed upon tho
walls, and tho tables are covered with
the stars nud stripes. It Is said that
Mr. Sovereign, tho Knights of Labor
leader, has made up his mind tocomo
out squarely In favor of thu nomina
tion of tho man from Iowa
Vice I're.sidrnt .Stevenson nrrlved
In thu city to-day. He Is on his way
to liis homo nt Illoouilngton, from Capo
May, where he has been since tho
adjoiirnmentof Congress. Ilo declined
to express himself in tiny wny on po
litical questions, and said that ho
would continue- his juurncv to Illoom
iugton to-morrow. He was called
upon during tho day by a number of
prominent peoplu who are 111 thu city.
CONFEDERATE REUNION.
OpcnlnC of Hie flrrut t'miteutliiii nt ltlcli
moilil Many 'lliniKiiniM Tri-m-iit.
IticiiMONi), Va July 5. The Con
federate reunion opened witli charm
ing weather, clear and cool. An im
mense throng of people was present,
and the exposition grounds, where
thu convention was held in a largu
auditorium erected for thu purpose,
wero crowded Tho auditorium was
handsomely decorated.
As (iuneral Gordon showed his faco
on the rostrum 2 mighty Confederate
yell went up, nnd tho tiattle-scarrcd
veteran received an ovation.
Governor O'Ferrall nnd other dis
tinguished men went up und grasped
his hand, thu bauds played ''Dixie"
and the people shouted.
lleforo the convention was palled to
order, General Gordon was presented
with a gavel made from u trco from
the battlefield ot Chlckamnuga. lie v.
I. William Jones tillered furvent
prayer to tho God of Leo tiuil Jackson
and Davis. General Gordon, without
milking a speech, introdticeu Governor
O'Ferrall, who, on behalf of Virginia,
welcomed tho veterans.
General Gordon Introduced General
I'cyton Wlso to turn over 10 the vetur
tins thu building iu which tho conven
tion was held. General Wise made an
eloquent uddrosb In performing this
ta.-.k.
Several times during tlm day thcro
had been calls for n speech from (Idl
er nl Hampton. When Genural Wise
took his seat thu calls wero renewed
and thu South Carollnan walked to
the front of tho stage. Thu baud
struck up "Dixie," wliilo tho whole
nudlenco rose anil npnlaudcd. A vet
eran was passed to tho front bearing
an old battletlag that had been shot
through in ninny places and waved ik
before tho Tust assemblage.
General Hampton said words cot 1
not express Ills gratitude for the groat
honor which had been done him. lie
had como to mingle with the veterans,
perhnps for the last time, and do
honor to tho memory of that great
man, President Davis Tho jeneral
said he would be fighting now if tho
Confederate Hag were waving. (Great
applause.) He had no apology to
make for his course. When his state
called upon him, ho went into the war
as 11 private nnd served his country as
best hu could. Tho spealcer paid a
beautiful tribute to the private sol
diers and in conclusion said the only
epitaph he wanted written on his
tombstone was that ho wjs a Confed
erate soldier.
l'utl IflRht In Church
Inmanai'oi.is, hid., July 3. At tho
North Whito Itlver Church, near
Furinlund, nftor services last night,
John Mosur nnd John Jemcrson, long
enemies, begun Kcutulug, when Jem
erson drew a knife and stabbed Moser
several times. Friends of tlio men
went to thulr assistance and the tight
became general, clubs and poekot
knives being used. When the room
was tin ally cleared Moser was ilend
upon tho tloor, William Murphy hud a
fractvred skull, a little child ot John
Henderson hud been terribly bruised
by being trampled upon, and her
mother was unconscious from fright.
Others iu the congregation wero
bruised.
nrtj-Mna Mon In Hit, Minn.
Wn.KKsiuuiiE, Pa., July 2. There
aro flfty-nlno mon, living ordoad,
imprisoned in tho dupths of the
doomed mine at Pittston. This is
the ofllclal number, and there is no
reason to think It Is incorrect. The
wives of flvo Hungarians declare that
those men, too, tiro in the mine, but
this Is disputed by the timekeeper,
who says thut the Hungarians drew
their pay last week and went to Pitts
burg to work In the coal mines. Thoy
simply deserted their families, but
their wives will not believe It.
Worsted mats can bn washed ivithout
fading by uslug salt n thu water.
THE BLlfND BO0MER3.
riiejr Are SHtlng All Chtrngo to Talk
Ins Admit Tlinlr t'nmlltlnt.
Ciiic'aoo, July C The movements of
the lllatnl men in securing new head
quarters In thu Auditorium nud tho
Palmer house und the Sherman house
and In pushing his boom In other ways
has set all Chicago to talking, and,
iospite the Illinois setback of yestcr
lay, nil of the Mlssourlaus nru nioro
conltdcnt than ever. They consider
tho .securing of tlm reading room,
which fronts thu lake, In the Audi
torium, the best hit they havo made.
They aru also declaring that Altgeld
said to A. a. Trude last night: "It
seems to mo liland is thu coming
man."
The liland campaign Is prolific In
novelties. A costly badge, designed
by George W. Allen, Is to be worn by
every pledged and Instructed Hlntid
delegate. Achemograph of Mr. Miami,
handsomely gotten up under n new
process patented In SU Louis, U to bu
presented to every delegate to tho
convention ns fast ns the delegations
arrive. Ttiose chemographs are put
up in a protected form for mailing.
They will make souvenirs which every
delegate will want to keep. Nicholas
M. Jlell has charge of tho uhcmogruph
bureau. Largo pictures of Itlun'tl are
to bo posted till over tho city, and at
night "Honest Dick" will tlash out in
electric lights. A street demonstra
tion is planned for Monday night.
There will be fi.OoO uniformed Itlunit
men in line, and tlu Kansas City and
Topokti lhunbcau clubs will make
peoplu nervous.
HOBART MEETS NTKINLEY.
Tlm lU-CiiTi-rnor (Irncti HI Xw Jcncj
Colle.scun ut tlio Trjln.
1. ANro.v, Ohio, July . Governor
McKinley drovo to the Fort Wnyno
station shortly after 10 o'clock this
morning to meet Garrett A. Ilobart,
Republican nominee for vice presi
dent. A large crowd wns gathered
at thu station to witness thu meet
ing, although the till'.ilr was iu
formal In every respect. Ho reached
tho tr.iin just ns the car carrying
Mr. Hobart stopped iu front of him.
Mr. McKinley extended his hand nud
the recognition was equally nrompt on
Mr. Hobart's part. Tho two walked
side by side to the carriage amidst tho
applause of the crowd. They were
driven .quieklcy to the McKinley
home, where a crowd of newspaper
men nud photographers were waiting.
It is understood that tit the confer
ence it was mutually agreed that, ns
far as present intentions should bu
concerned, neither of them should de
part from their homes for tiny cam
paign tour.
AFTER A LONG DRIVE.
A Not 111I11, Mo , Cuupln IJnltciJ In Alnr
Hugo nt l'tirt Krott
Fo- Scott, Kan., July 2. After n
drlvo of twenty miles In a closed car
riage, O. 'A. Smith, an uttetidant at
the Nevada, Mo., asylum, and Miss
Alllo M. Heed, daughter of J. If Heed
of Nevada, arrived hero tit - o'clock
this morning und were immediately
married at the homo of the prohatu
judge. They were accompanied by L.
S. Ktiylur, J'cssu Wells and Miss Kva
Ltttleby, nil of Novada.
Miss Kced's parents were opposed to
tho match und would not allow young
Smith to see her. Last evening she
left homo without a hat, ostensibly to
call on a friend and was joined by her
lover and tlio party loft Immediately
for tills city. The parents were in
formed by telegraph to-dav nfter the
murriuge.
ALTON ROAD DEFRAUDED.
Itubhoil of ThiiiMiniN of nollurj
by l)j-
Imnriit i:iiiitoyt-4.
1IICAGO, 111., July -J, Officials
of tho Chicago & Alton railroad in
Chicago havo just discovered that a
gang of employes, ninong whom aro
passenger train conductors nnd sta
tion ngents, working with Pullman
car porters, havo lobbed tho railway
company of at least SK1.00O. Sufficient
Investigation into the steal has been
mado to show ,1 conspiracy, and tints
far three conductors and two station
agents havo lost their positions. Tho
company Is making all plans for the
criminal prosecution of the offenders.
The steul wus accomplished through
co-operation of a station agent with
passenger conductors on railroad
tickets from Springfield, III., to Chi
Cairo. VEST TO NOMINATE BLAND
Governor Stone to Ilo thn MIionrl Mom
lier of thi Platform I'oininlttpp.
Ciiicaoo, July L The supporters of
liland havo decided upon n plan of
campaign. F.vury effort will bo made
to cupturo tho delegates when the
various states urrlve, nnd to aid in
that work It was determined to have
headquarters at the Palmer ns well as
nt the Auditorium, whure tho Mis
souri delegation will bu housed. The
namo of Iilnnd will bo presented to
tho convention by Senator George
Vest in a speech which the Senator is
now preparing. 110 win iu for liland
nnd IU to 1. Governor Stone will bo
tho member from Missouri on tho
platform commlttco nnd Senator
uocureu will bo presented by his
State as n member on credentials.
Another Vote for IneatU.
Ewi'ohja, Kan., July 2, Tho Ilo
publicans of tho Twenty-fourth Sena
torial district havo named William
MoBrown of Fall River ns their candi
date. No Instructions worn given as
to United States Senator, although it
la understood that llrown is fuvorabla
to In trails.
Curfew Law Aculint Ulr.
Arkansas Citv, Kan., July 2. Last
nlrrht tlm nnllcn nrt-i.srcit n I4.L-Anr.nld
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girl tor being out 011 thu streets aftor
0 o'clock. She was fined S25 nnd costs.
Hereafter all girls between 13 and 1ft
years old found on the streets thcro
after tho clock strikes 0 will bo nr
rested. Bank failure at Savoutitirj.
TorEKA, Kan., July 2 . lUnk Com
missioner Droldenthal left for Savon
bnrgi Allen county, to-dny In re
sponse to a telegram announcing tho
failure of R. U MaCutehen's bank at
that ulaco.
TJIEY WANT A FIGHT
COMPTROLLER ECKELS FOR
A BATTLE ROYAL.
Plan of tlm l.n,lcrs -Whllni-y, 1 1 111. and
thn Ollii-r llr.iy,l5lilH of tlm llait Kt-pn-t
to I'liri-tt thp Mti it Tiilnl tViivn
SVI1011 'llii-y Iti-aili flili-.igo.
CmcAoo, July 3. Comptroller lick
els of thu treasury department said
yestarday that hu expected Mr. Whit
ney and others of the uutl-.sllvor wing
of the patty on Friday. Mr. F.ekuls
thinks that after that time the com
plexion of sentiment will change
somewhat, and that the silver people
will not have such complete command
of the .situation as they now appear to
have.
While Mr. Whitney Is regarded as
the leader of thu gold forces, they ex
pect to bo nblo to muster a formldablo
tttray of distinguished men who will
assist him In his efforts to prevent tlio
party's throwing itself entirely upon
the white inuttil side of the contro
versy. In addition to Mr. Whitney,
Senators Hill und Murphy, Ilo?.
Charles Tracy and Governor Flower,
lion. Frederick 11. C'ottdert und ex
Postmaster General Itissell are ex
pected from Now York, as aru Hon.
Don M. Dickinson of Michigan, Gov
ernor Russell and Mayor (Julney from
Massachusetts, Senator .Smith of New
Jorsej, Senator Vilas of Wisconsin,
Senator Gray of Delaware and many
others, Including largu delegations of
business men and influential poli
ticians from Indianapolis, Ilaltimore,
Pittsburg, St. Louis, Uncinnutl und
oilier cities. It is under3tood fifty in
llueutial men arc coining from Indian
apolis alone, and that Iowa will send
a largo delegation. Thu Illinois gold
Democrats will also be present In
force.
"I cannot but believe," said Mr.
Kekeli, lifter giving this list, Unit
these men will exert tin iullitencc upon
the convention. Tl.ey ure till men
who have participated'in national af
fairs and nil well known Democrats.
'Ihey will appeal to the convention iu
lliti Interest of thu business stability
of the country and ulso for thu preser
vation of the party's Integrity. Kven
the bllver leaders must listen if they
are Democrats, when It is pointed out
to them that the adoption of n free
silver declaration means thn certain
defeat of the party nt the polls.
"It will be shown to them, as It can
bo clearly sliouu. that hi this event
they will not only lose every Fastern
State, but that they tiro nlso sine to
lose all the Southern States, such us
Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia
nnd Kentucky, wlietethe Uopubllcans
have tin organization which is not
bound up with the Populists.
"I'lioymust also listen to appeals
to thulr reason against tlio overturn
ing of Democratic precedents, as it is
proposed to be done in tiie matter of
the abrogation of the two-thirds rule.
No Democrat can regard such innova
tions ns tills nnd such as the frequent
consultat'on with the St. Louis bolters
with equanimity, nnd such proceed
ings will only encourage thu Inde
pendent movement which is soon to
follow them if they are coupled with
a free coinage declaration in the plat
form." Asked if tho gold men would bolt in
the convention in case of a positive
pronouncement for freo silver, Mr.
Kckols expressed thu opinion that
theru would be no open bolt, "but,"
he said, "there wouid bo n defection
at the polls whi.-h it would be Impos
sible to prevent.'"
AN OVATIOJVJ TO TELLER.
(ire.tt Ontpourlm; of 1'i-iiplo l'rom All
l'artu of Colorado timet Illm.
Dknvi:h. Colo., July 3 Senator
Henry M. Toller, on arriving iu Den
ver lust eveninir. was met bv .1 t'reat.
outpouring of people from all parts of
tho State. The demonstration was
non-partisan, und it is doubtful it tho
scenes of enthusiasm have been par-
aliened in iiesiern History.
Thn explosion of a bomb ut tho
ITllioil dnnnt lit S rt. in. nmirmni-nil tlw
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arrival of the special train in Denver.
Tlio streets were Jammed with peoplu,
Inimnnsn Unrrs nnd m-nunts. iiu-tnrrw
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of tho Senator nud banners of wel
come wero everywhere tiisplayed.
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nan inu mui iiiiiui iu biiu erowu
waved sinnll white tlags on which
were printed portraits of the Senator.
Ah t. tin Senator Rtentitftl frnm tlin
train there went up a mighty shout.
Thu roar of human voices drowned
out the noise of thu bombs. Six hun
dred people from Gilpin county, Sena
tor Teller's home, who had camped at
the station the greater part 01 tlio
afternoon, rushed pell-mell after him,
waving tlags und shouting vocifer
ously. llarrlty Wll 2iot Uolt.
Ciiicaoo, July 3. Will the gold men
bolt If a stiver candldato Is nominated
upon a silver platform Chairman
Harrtty, speaking for himself, says
ho will not. "I stand precisely uhoro
I have stood from the beginning," ho
said. "In a recent lotter to Senator
Money I fully explalnod my views on
tlio subject of a bolt and I still
stand by what I said In that
lotter. I am Democrat first
and nn honest monoy man second.
If my party iu its wisdom should see
fit to giro us a freo silver platform
this year I am too good a Democrat to
go tu the faco ot the majority. I am
a bellovur In Democratic doctrines nnd
one of these is that K10 majority shall
rule. 1 shall, thcrofore, noldo by tho
findings of the majority, and speak
ing individually f shall not bolt.
Neither do I think that the Pennsyl
vania delegation will bolt."
Wamnu IllcycUiU Scorrul.
Wapiiinoton, July 3. Resolutions
havo been adopted by the Woman's
Rescue league declaring that bicycling
by womeu is conducive to a disease
and immorality, and tho bicycle Is
'tho dovil's ndvanco agent," there
foro the machine und tho practice aro
denounced, and the clergymen und
women nro requested to use their in
fluence to check thu craze. A nation
al crusade is contemplated. There
nro (5,000 bicyclists In this city, of
whom a third are women, and It has
been proposed by several thousand
Christian" Hndeavorors. many of whom
nro womeu, to ride horo upon wheels
t week.
FIELD AGAINST BLAND.
He l Mixt I'm roil hy the Olhrr Cnnitl
iliti-i IIU I'rlcnita ('oiillclrtit.
rincAno, July .1. liland, to a cer
tain extent, Is tho McKinley of tho
present situation. At St. Louis It
was Mclvlnley against tho field. At
Chicago to-day It Is tho Held against
liland. Tho other candidates recog
nize that Mland Is the man most to be
feared, that with liland defeated tho
fight Is 11 nioro even ouo for nil the
others. The first effort of the oppoi
tion, therefore, will bo to divide tho
liland voto and prevent him from
reaching tho nomination. Knowing
that It is dillieult to make combina
tions of this kind that will bo effec
tive, the liland managers are confi
dent. They point out that liland Is
tho only candldato who has vorv much
of a backing. They claim for ill in 200
votes, distributed in the South nnd
Middle West. Like McKinley, he has
been quietly hunting delegates whllo
his rivals wero preparing to load their
gun.
Resides all tliLs, according to tho
Riant! shouters, thcro aro several good
reasons why liland, of ali men, should
be selected us the candidate to stand
on a silver platform. Thcro Is no
Democrat before the countrv to-day,
they say, who ho thoroughly btnnds
for the silver Idea ns di.es he. For
years ho has tnlked nnd labored for
silver, lie was the author of tho law
which gave the country tho Rlnnd
silver dollar and ho fought to the very
last to save silver from Its enemies
and prevent It from being dropped ns
one of the innncv metals. In addition
to all this, he is of the people. He is
n son of tho soil. He owns nnd works
a farm.
Itland's most formldablo rival as
things look to-day is Koics of Iowa.
Against him is tlio fact that only quite
recently has ho become a convert to
free silver. It was not so verv long
ngo that he was regarded as a staunch
sound money man and he gnvo no
countenance to the silver talk. He
will co into the convention with the
backing of his own State and sonic
other votes which cannot vet bo very
definitely placed Unless the tide set.s
so overwhelmingly In favor of liland
that a contest is only a waste of time,
ho will be able to make things inter
esting for tlio .Missouri farmer. In
fact, it is predicted Unit the fight be
tween theso two candidates may be
come so warm that it will prevent
either from winning the prizo nnd
leave the road clear to soniu other
man who will start in the racu heav
ily handicapped.
Roth men are playing for tho sup
port and lntueticu 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 tho
president maker. Altgeld is said to
be for liland and opposed to Roles,
but no one here can learn that he has
pledged himself or that he has ex
pressed fun open preference. The
probabilities are that his inclinations
lean toward Rlnnd and ho would be
glnd to seo Roles' ambitions thwarted
for purely personal reasons During
the great railroad strikes in Illinois
Altgeld's course occasioned consider
able tidverso criticism, to put it
mildly, nnd Governor Roles did not
hesitate to frcoly and publicly express
his opinion of his fellow governor.
Altgeld remembers thntlittlu incident.
Tho candidacy cf Senator Rluckburn
of Kentucky, ex-Governor Pennoyer
of Oregon and Governor Matthews of
Indiana are all as yet Immature,
Rlackbiirti lias tlio Kentucky delega
tion behind him; Pennoyer can doubt
less command the Oregon delegation
und the Indiana men will come here
prepared to work for Matthews If they
think they see n chance for his suc
cess. One of those mon mentioned
might, in crrtaln contingencies, be
the nominee of tho convention, but
thoso conditions nro not likely to
urisc.
BLAND AT HOME.
Preparation Urine Illnilo In Anticipa
tion or 111 Nomination.
Lkdano.v, Mo July 8. Rland's
friends hero nro supremely confident
of his nomination and nro preparhig
headquarters from which his cam
paign will bo conducted. Threo largo
rooms in the Grceuloaf block have
been secured ns offices. Tho Western
Union Telegraph company tins put in
two extra wires.
Mr. Rland's mall has reached large
proportions and which takes half the
day for him to dictate to hit sten
ographer. Any 0110 going out to Mr.
Rland's farm could scarcely imagine
to see him going around his place at
tending to his farm work that he is
the man whoso name is bulng shouted
by thousands of people iu Chicago.
"I.ucby" nalilwta Flrod At.
San Fhancisco, July 3. Lillian
Ashley of Roston, whoso suit agrlnst
E. J. (Lucky) Raldwln, the prom
inent capitalist and horseman, for
breach of promise of matrlage.
has beou on trial in tho Supunor
court hero for several weeks, created
n sensation In thu court room this
morning by walking over to Baldwin,
drnwlug a revolver and firing at his
head. A bystander kuocked tho
weapon aside in time to savo Raid
win's llfo, und tho only injury traa a
slight gruzlng of tho fecal p.
lVrltn-Itenln (iullty.
Santa Ft:, N. M., July 3. The jury
In tho enso against James Addison
Pcralta-Rcavls, charged with attempt
ing to defraud tho government with nn
alleged Spanish grant covering 12,000,
000 acres of land In Arizona, returned
a verdict of guilty. Judge Laughliu
postponed sentence till July 18, at
which tlmo ho will hear arguments
for a now trial.
On ik Wire Arrom tho Falls.
NlAdAIIA FAt.l.H, N. Y., July 3. J.
R. Hardy, a high wire porformor from
Toronto, inudo two daring trios acrosi
tho gorge on a three-quarter inch
wire rope yesterday afternoon, Tho
wire was nbout 100 feet above tho
water.
An Ari;eutlno Leader's Nulclilo.
liur.Nos Avitf.s, July 3 Dr. Alern,
leader ot tho Radicals, who was the
chief opponent of ex-President Dr.
Saeus Puna, who rolgned In 1S3", has
committed suleldo. Ilo took part in
several revolutions against President
Pcna, but wus pardoned.
MR. BLACKBURN'S VIEWS.
Tlm Kentiirliy Camllriittc Tiilh Admit ha
Situation--N'n Honors for Until Men.
CiticA(ii), July .1 A suggestion by
Governor Altgeld that the national
convention could be iiinde u one day
niTalr, and should so be made by tho
controlling element, was not rcclved
with much favor this morning either
by the well known leaders who aro
hero or by tlio friends of tho many
candidates.
Senator Rlackbiirti of Kentucky
said: "While I don't suggest or ap
prove delay In this matter, 1 must say
that I inn utterly opposed to any gag
law or rushing. 'Let this convention
be one marked bv fairness. We havo
nothing to lose nnd much to gain. Let
ns give everybody n fair hearing and
SENATOR RLACKRURN.
then act according to our best judg
ments. 1 think tho cause of silver
would bo nided by such action, and
that the cry of gag rule and unfair
ness could not bo raised, no matter
what the result."
Asked what his views wero upon
the question of making Senator II ill
of Now York chairman, Rlackburn
said: "Senator Hill would undoubt
edly maUu a very impartial chairman,
but ho is allied with the gold forces',
nud it would bo a roundabout way of
procedure for us to turn over to tho
minority of thu convention its organ
ization. " It is not to be supposed that
thu majority tire going to jeopardize
tliuir own work nnd chances As for
Governor Altgeld, I never understood
that ho was a caudidatu for temporary
chairman,"
"Then you do not bcllovu that Sen
ntor Hill will bu chairman of thu tem
porary organization, even by a con
junction of goltl voter and such silver
delegates as favor I11111V"
"No. Mark this," und the Senator
become emphatic, using forcible gest-'
urns 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 tho
standing of the majority will bo to aid
their movement. Now", if the gold
men wero in control, they would not
think of giving us control of tho tem
porary organization. That would bo
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 tho gavel!"
"Whom have you heard mentioned?"
"Nobody with any deflniteness. I
can't tell you. There nro many candi
dates, and I have not committed my
self to any of them. Jones of Arkan
sas would bo a good man. Now, re
ferring to tlio mntter of tho 'pushing
through of our plans In a hurry. I
have talked with several leaders, and
we nro not at all in favor of tho least
bit of hurry. F.vory man in the con
vention or every movement should
havo u fnlr and impartial hearing.
Then wo can go before tho peoplo
with clean hands and usk thoir ap
proval. I do not agree with Governor
Altgeld that there is uny jeopardy In
Biieh a course to our cause."
Senator Rlackburn was naturally
rather coy uliout saying anything
about Presidential candidates or thoir
ehauces, ns his own constituency was
booming him this morning. "I havo
heard," he said, "that Governor Alt
geld has decided to assist Mr. Rland,
but it Is u little early yot to talk of
chances."
HONOR HIS MEMORY.
TlinamniM of Southerurrs Wltni-M the ,If-
fornon I)aU Monument Ceratunntm,
Richmond. Va., July 3. Twulve
thousand veteran cc-Confcderatesand
30,000 visitors besides thousands nt
city peoplo witnessed to-day the lay
ing 01 mo corner stone 01 tho monu
ment to tho memory of Jufferson
Davis. The city was gaily decorated.
Hero and there on tho streets faded
and tattered battleflarr Mimtiwi !,, thn
uir. Tho formation of tli m,i.. t,.
gan at 1 o'clock, but before noon the
streets along tho lino of march wero
almost completely blocked.
At a business meeting of tho Con
federate reunion yesterday morning
Genoral Gordon introduced Mrs. Davis
and Mrs. Hayes, and k.issod tho former
upon tho brow amid tho npplauso of
lo.uim veterans. ll
At n meeting of tho veteran cavalry
this moruing to taku stops toward
erecting a monument to Geueral J. R.
R. Stuart, Colonel Win. II. Hompstreet
of Rrooklyn said he thought they wero
all true to tho American flag, but ho
was disappointed to Und so few tings
of the Union used by clvillnus in deco
rating 'their houses. Lloutunant Geo.
It . ,,!nover county, Virglnln,
replied that the Southern peoplo did
not wear their patriotism on their
coats, but In their hearts; that tho
South was as true u, any section to
the. Union, and if the President should
'i . !i.iroo,,,,t.0 ?pposo a relgn foe
the South would bo tho first section
to respond.
General Johuson of Alabama, Gen
eral Rrlggs of Kentucky, )r. jeajruo
of South Carolina and General S
son of lonnesseo woro appointed a
comrnlttco of tho Rouss Memonal as
'f'1 to vIBt New York and s hSw
SnVin .USiS tho1?roat PPMtlon In tho
South to locatijg tho proposed Halt 0
vlow Mrs. Davis expressed decided
SSSTnw" n l0Catluff th0 I'atllo ab
bey In Wushingtoii, and hald It would
be just as appropriate to ore. tho
monuinonUfUhvisj,, lioSton
Choi.rM it:naB, , Ksj u
rND0N,.,July3A '"spatel, from
Cniro says that thu cholera returns for
Juno show i. 119 cuo, and 3, 603 d"thl
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