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rSi,' -! If r ir i BLAND IS THE MAN. MOST FEARED BY THE OTHER CANDIDATES. Comblnntlon Against Iltm Difficult to Form Will Attempt to Divide III "Vote AYIth the Fntorlte Son Sclicmo 'Hole Ills Nearest Competitor -Alt- Celdt Holds the Key. The Chicago Situation. Chicago, July . IMnntl, to a cer- lain extent, Is the McKlnloy of tho -present situation. At St. Louis It was McKlnloy against tho Hold. At Chicago to-day It Is tho field against Bland. The other candidates rocog nlzo that Bland is tho man most to bo feared, that with island defeated tho light is a moro even ono for all tho others. The first effort of tho opposi tion, therefore, will bo to divide the Bland vote and prevent hlrn from reaching the nomination. Knowing that It is difficult to mako combina tions of this kind that will be effec tive, the Bland managers am confi dent. They point out that Bland is tho only candldato who has verv much of a backing. They claim for him 200 -votes, distributed in tho South and Middle West. Like McKinley, he has been quietly hunting delegates while his rivals were preparing to load their .guns. Uesides all this, according to tho Bland shoutera, there are several good reasons why Bland, of all men, should be selected as tho candidate to stand on a silver platform. Thoro is no Democrat beforo tho country to-day, they say, who so thoroughly stands for tho silver idea as decs he. For .years ho has talked and labored for silver. Ho was the author of tho law yhich gave tho country the Bland silver dollar and ho fought to tho very last to save silver from its enemies and prevent it from being dropped as one of tho money metals. In addition to all this, he is of tho people, lie is a son of tho soil. He owns and works a farm. Bland'a most formidable rival as things look to-day is Boies of Iowa. Against him is the fact that only quite recently has ho 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 tho silver talk. He will go into tho convention with tho backing of his own State and some 'other votes which cannot yet be very definitely placed. Unless tho tide sets so overwhelmingly in favor of Bland that a contest is only a waste of time, ho will b-? able to mako things inter esting for tho Missouri farmer. In fact, it is predicted that tho fight be tween these two candidates may be come so warm that it will prevent -cither from winning the prize and leave the road clenr to some other man who will start in tho race heav ily handicapped. Both men are playing for the sup port and influence of Governor Alt gold, the man who will probably bo tho most interesting personage of this -convention, and who threatens to bo its Warwick playing tho rolo of the president maker. Altgold is said to be for Bland and opposed to Boies, but no one hero can learn that ho has pledged himself or that he has ex pressed an open preference. Tho probabilities aro that his inclinations loan toward Bland and ho would be jflad to see Bo'ea" ambitions thwarted for purely personal reasons During the great railroad strikes in Illinois Altgeld's courso occasioned consider- -ablc 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 of Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, ex-Governor Pennoyer cf Oregon and Governor Matthews of Indiaua are all as yet immature. Blackburn, lias tho Kentucky delega tion behind him; Pennoyer can doubt less command t a Oregon delegation -and the Indiana men will come here prepared to work for Matthews if they think they see a chance for his sue--cess. One of these men mentioned txight, in certain contingencies, be the nominee of tho convention, but those conditions aro not likely to arise. Altgeld Will Nut Take It. Chicago, July 3. Governor Altgeld -said that ho would not accept tho tem porary chairmanship ol the Demo cratic convention in case he should to -chosen by tho silver forces. "I would not have it under any circumstances," he said. "A presiding oflicer, if he is an honest man, can bo nothing but a figurehead. I want to bo where 1 can do something, and would not surron dor my place on tho floor for the honor, however great." Nominated on the 1,058th nallot. ' Washington, Kin., July 3. The Republican convention of the Twelfth judicial district, which has beau in session hero since last Monday, re nominated Judge I' V. Sturges o' Concordia, the present incumbent, on the l.OSsth ballot. Tho opposing can didates were V. P. Dillon of Belle ville aud Charles Smith of this city. A Hlg Fayrttu Company Involved. Faykite. Mo., July 3. The Bell Hardware aud Implement company, one of tho largest business concerns -of this place, closed its doors this morning with J. B. Duucan as trus tee. Preferred creditors for S27.000 are becured by the trust. Various estimates placo the liabilities nt from -835,000 to 540,000, with assols of about the same amount. Au Argentina Leader's Suicide. Buenos AvitES, July 8 Dr. Alern, ' leader of the Radicals, who was tho chief opponent of ex-President Dr. Saens Pena, who reigned in 1865, has committed suicide. He took part in several revolutions against President l'eua, but was pardoned. A Gold Exhibition for Chicago. Chicago, July 3 Chicago is to have a gold exhibit next fall, in which tho gold fluids of every section of America will be represented Enough gold -has beeu pledged to start a national bank. MR. BLACKBURN'S VIEWS.- The Kentucky Cnmltdnto Talks About the Situation. Chicago, July 3. -A suggestion by Governor Altgold that the national convention could bo made u one duy affair, and should so bo mado by tho controlling clement, was not reclved with much favor this morning cither by tho well known loaders who aro hero or by tho frlonds of tho many candidates. Sonator Blackburn of Kentucky said: "While 1 don't suggest or ap prove delay in this matter, 1 must say that I am utterly opposed to any gag law or rushing. Lot this convention bo ono marked by fairness. Wo havo nothing to lose and much to gain. Lot us give everybody a fair hcanug and then act according to our best judg ments. 1 think tho causo of silver would bo aided by such action, and that tho cry of gag rule and unfair ness could not bo rai&ed, no matter what the result." Asked what his viows woro upon tho question of making Sonator II ill of Now York chairman, Blackburn said: "Senator Hill would undoubt edly mako a very impartial chairman, but he is allied with the gold forces, and it would bo a roundabout way of procedure for us to turn over to tho minority of tho convention its organ ization." It is not to bo supposod that tho majority aro going to jeopardize their own worlc and chances. Aa for Governor Altgeld, I nevor understood that ho was a candldato for temporary chairman." "Then you do not bcllovo that Son ator lllll will be chairmau of tho torn fiarary organization, ovon by a con unction of gold votes and such silver delegates as favor him?" "No. Mark this," and the Sonator become emphatic, using forclblo gest ures to accentuate his point; "this convention is in control of tho silver men. That is a fact beyond any ques tion of doubt. On every question tho standing of tho majority will bo to aid their movement. Now, if tho gold men were iu 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 cxpoct us to do it. Anyway, whether they do or not, wo shall not act in that way. A sil ver man will wiold tho gavel." "Whom havo j'ou heard mentioned?" "Nobody with any definitoness. I can't tell you. There are ma,ny candi date, anil I havo not committed ray self to any of them. Jones of Arkan sas would bo a good man. Now, re ferring to tho matter of tho pushing through of our plans in a hurry. I have talked with sevoral leaders, and we arc not at all in favor of tho least bit of hurry. Every man in tho con vention or every movement should havo a fair and impartial hearing. Then we cun go boforo tho peoplo with clean hands and ask tiieir ap proval. I do not agrco 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 tholr chances, as his 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 u little early yet to talk of chances." A CIRCULAR FOR BLAND. Mlssonrlnns Dlsaemlnnto n Fnmphlct landing Tholr Candidate Cnic.vco, July X Tho Missouri del egation has prepared for general cir culation a long pamphlot sotting forth B'and's claims. It holds that tho sliver qucstlou is tho paramount ono and that Bland would bo the Ideal candidnte on that issue. His Demo cratic record and his public earner aro dwelt upon at great length and his title "Silver Dick," doclared a badge of honor. His private life is lauded and tho objection that ho camo from a slavo stato is denouncod. In closing It Bays: "For tho reasons stated above it is our conviction that Bland should be nominated. Circumstances havo conspired to his nomination as tho best and wisest possible. If nomi nated ho will bo elected. As presi dent ho will ba Democratic in the highest and best sense of the term. Although self-reliant, fearless, and possessed of strong convictions, he would not only bo will ing to hear but glad to havo tho counsol and advice of able and patriotic men upon any and all questions of public concern, and ho would bo found moro than willing to co-oporato with such men in every effort to promote tho public good. Confident iu tho absolute accuracy of our position, wo ask the delegates from other states to weigh well tho high merits of this groat commoner as the logical and most availablo candi date tho Democratic party can nomi nate." BLAND AT HOME. Preparations Iiolng Mado In Anticipa tion ot Ills Nomination. Lkxiasox, Mo., July 3. Bland's friends hero aro supremely confident of hi" nomination and aro preparing headquarters ' from which his cam paign will bo conducted. Three largo rooms iu tho Grcenleaf block havo been secured as offices. The Western Union Telegraph company lias put in two extra wires. Mr. Bland's mail has reachod largo proportions and -vhich takes half tho day for hi in to dictate to his sten ographer. Any ono going out to Mr. Bland's farm could bcarcely imagine to see him going around his placo at tending to his farm work that he is the man whose namo is being shouted by thousands of peoplo in Chicago. "Lucky" ISaldit-ln Fired At. San Francisco, July 3. Lillian Ashley of Boston, whose suit agrlust E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, tho prom inent capitalist and horseman, for breach of promise o! marriage, has been on trial in tho Snporior court bore for sevoral weoks, crei.ted a sensation in tho court room this moruing by' walking over to Baldwin, drawiug a revolver and flnng at hla head. A bystandor knocked the weapon aside in time to save Bald win's life, and tho only injury was a slight grazing ot tho scalp. CHICAGO CONVENTION. THESILVERITESPRESENT SOME DEMANDS. Chairman llarrlty of tho National Com mltteo Makes Ills Appearance nt the fadtner House -Tho Chairmanship Issue Nothing la Settled ns Yet Only Ono Notice of Contest nnil that From Nebraska. Getting Thine In Order. Chicago, July 2. William P. llar rlty, chairman of tho National Demo crat io committee, made his appear anco at tho Palmor house a fow min utes beforo J 3 o'clock, the hour sot for tho meeting ot tho executlvo commit tco of tho National committee. Ho found tho sllvor committoo appointed to coufcr with his committoo await ing him, and gavo thorn rarly au dience. When asked as to tho status of tho temporary chairmanship boforo ho had mot tho sllvorltcs, Mr. llarrlty said that ho had no information to givo out on that question. "I enn only say," ho added, "that so far as I am concerned, I havo no man for tho place. Whother matter will bo har monized with the silver men or what the outcome wll I be it is as yet entire ly too early to attempt bo say. I havo had no opportunity to confer with tho loaders and will bo able to say moro later. Tho cxecutlvo commlttco convened at thtrTalmer houso at noon, with Chairman Harrlty and Mossr. Wall Sheerin, Sherly, Prathor and Wallace present, Mr. Cablo bolng tho only ab Eontcc. Tho committee went imme diately Into cxecutlvo sossion with a cordon of guards at the various door. Tho silver committee, consisting of Senators Jones, Daniel and Turpio, and Governors Al .jeld and Stone, were admitted and yvero closotcd with the cxecutlvo committee for nn hour nnd a half when thn sllvor men with drew, leaving tho national committee men to contlnuo tholr conference. Whilo thero was no acrimony on either side, tho conversation was very earn est. Thero woro no formal speeches, but tho confcrcnco partook of tho character of a general conversation, "just as if we woro sitting around a log fire in the country," said ono of the participants after it had closed. The silver men first asked, that it 6hould bo definitely understood that they did not como as tho representa tives of tho silver committee, but as delegates representing the majority of tho convention. They expressed n deslro to have an understanding upon tho various questions of temporary chairman, scats for delegates and alternates, procedure in regard to contesting delegations and tho ar rangement of tho temporary roll call. Referring to the temporary roll call, tho members of the executive commit tee intimated that they would expect to consider tho contests as the na tlona' ci'Ttimittce had dono on all pre vious occasions and make tho tempo rary roll call. Attention was called to the fact that there had so far been no notice of contest except iu the ono in stance of Nebraska. Tho sllvor men did not indicate whether this would be satlbfactory. Chairman Harrlty stated that ho had had no oppertunlty for conference with other members of tho national committee, and he did not feel pre prepared to indicate the policy of Hi" committi'C. Ho said he would be pleased to confer with the silver men again and asked them to meet tho commlttco next Monday, if not before, by which time ho hoped to speak au thoriattlvely. Ho said ho had no can dldato, but tlccllnod to sav whether tho commlttco would bo disposed to act upon their own responsibility or accept tho advlco of tho sllvor men. ALTGELD AND STONE. The Missouri nnd Illinois Governors Hold a Secret Caucus. Chicago, July 2. Governor Altgeld and Govrnor Stone of Missouri break fasted together and after they left tho dining room together they mot other leading free silver Democrats and ro mained in session tho greater part of the forenoon. Thero has been some talk that Altgeld may be choten per manent chairman, but tho governor's friends decluro that ho is not a candi date for tho honor and will not ac cept it It is not yet certain that thoro will bo a general disposition in tho Demo cratic national convention to follow the lead of tho Illinois dolcgation in declaring for tho abrogation of tho two-thirds rule, but thero is unques tlonab'v a strong faction favorable to that course, who contend, as did Gov ernor Altgeld, that tho rulo is undem ocratic, and who would like to see it canceled upon gen'-al principles. If, however, it is abrogated, the action will be duo to tho difficulty of hecur ing tho necessary two-thirds to nom inate with the rnty still in .xistence. It is contended bv many tnat by tho time the nominating strign is reached the silver men wi 1 bo able to com mand fully two-tlirds of the voting strength of tho convention, and they argue that if this hould prove to bo tho case thero woi Id bo no necessity for changing tho rplc. BOIES AUHKIIKM FKKI.l.VO nKTTKU. The boomers of, ex-Governor Boies of Iowa claim tout they aro now stronger than ever, Boies headquar ters were opened ip-dayat thu Palmer house. A strip of red, white and blue bunting covers tho walls of the room and tho American flag is conspicuously displayed. A dozen pictures of tho man from Iowa aro placed up.oa the walls, aud tho tables are covered witli tho stars and stripes. It is said that Mr. Sovereign, tho Knights of Labor leader, as made up his mind to come out squarely in favor of tho nomina tion of tho man from Iowa Vice President Stevenson arrivod In tho city to-day. He is on his way to his homo at Bloomiugton, from Cape May, where hi Has been since the , adjournment of Congress. Ho declined I to express himself in any way on po , litical questlous, and taid that ho would continue his journey to Bloom ' ington to-morrow. Ho was culled , upon during tho day by a number of prominent people who aro in tho city. fiSSKMHi MRS. STOWE NO MORE. The Aged Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Goes to ltesU IlAnTFonn, Conn., July 8. Mrs. Harriot Beecher Stowe, tho vonorablo author, was stricken with congestion of tho brain and paralysis yostordny afternoon and at onco became un conscious. After lingering all night and this morning in a comatoso con dition sho diet, at noon. Members of hor family woro at hor bedstdo. Harriot Bcechor Stowe, sixth child of Dr. Lyman Bocchor, was born at Lltchhotd, Conn., Juno 14, 1611. Fol lowing hor mother's death, which oc curred whon sho was 4 years old, tho girl was taken by relatives at Gull ford, Conn., and there trained in ncodloworlc, extracts from South's "Isaiah," Buchanan's "Roscarchos In Aslo," "Bishop Hobor's Life," "Dr. Johnson's Works," tho Biblo, tho Episcopal pravor books and hymns and pootns. whon sho was a bright 10-y ear-old pupil at tho Lltchflold academy oho "read ovorythlng sho could lay her handB on, sowed nnd knit dilfgontly and wroto composi tions." Miss Beecher proparod herself as an instructor in drawing and painting, aud attended her slstor's school. Threo years moro woro passed in Bos ton, Guilford and Hartford, and then tho sisters, with tbclr father and his family, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, whoro Dr. Beecher had accepted tho fircsldoncy of Lano Theological som nary. Tho subject of slavery was brought to Miss Bccchor'n attention by a trip into Kentucky in 1833, whon sho vis ited an estate that afterward figured ns thai of Colonel Shelby in "Undo Tom's Cnbin." Throo years later sho was married to Professor Calvin E. Stowe, who held tho chair of sacred lltoratttro in tho institution of which hor father was pre. Ident. Her liter ary carocr was now fairly begun, and sho wroto numerous sketches and stories for tho Westorn Magazine and the New York Evangelist, hor hus band being absent in Europe tho while. Sho also assisted her brother, ncury Ward Beecher, with tho editor ship of I ho Cincinnati Daily Journal. Mrs. Stowe's attltudo toward Blavory was not ono of uncompromising hos tility at this time. In 1830 sho re ceived into hor family a colored girl who had escaped from slavery, and whon complications ensued Professor Stowe and Henry Ward Beacher drovo the colored girl in a covered wagon up tho country to a placo of safety. Professor Stowo accepted u chair at Bowdolu college, Brunswick, Mo., and while his wife was thero with him she received a letter from her sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward Beecher, ono passage of which read ns follows: "Now Hattio, It I could use a pen Uko you can, I would writo something that would mako tho whole nation feci what un accursed thing slavery Is." Mrs. Stowo read the lotter aloud in tho family circlo and said: "1 will write something. I will If I live." Tiiut was tho Genesis of "Undo Tom's Cabin." Tho first chapter was sent to tho National Era, a weekly anti-slavery paper, of which Jamos G. Whltticr was one of tho editors, in April, ISM. Tho serial publication of tho story wns completed a year lator. Mrs. Stowo lecelved for it S300. It was published in book form by John P. Jewott of Boston, Mass., and 3,0n0 copies of the first edition of .1. 000 wero sold in one day. One hundred and twenty editions were disposed of in a your, and Mrs. Stowo's" receipts in rovaltlca amounted to 510,000. Twelve editions of tlo great work were printed in London in lo52, and u tlilu u year no less than eighteen publishing bouses wero engaged in supplying the demand which had set in. Sampson Low, tho English pub lisher, has estimated the sulo of tho book in Great Britain at 1,000,000 copies. Translations were mado into Armenian, Bohemian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Hungarian, Illyrian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, modern Greek, Russian, Servian, Wallachian and Welsh. Innumerable dramatizations of "Uncle Tom's Cablu" havo been pro duced and by universal concensus of opinion it is the most successful vol ume of tho century. Among Mrs. Stowo's other works may bo mentioned "The Key to 'Un do Tom's Cabin,'" "Dick; a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp." "Tho Min ister's Wooing" and "Pink and White Tyranny." li? all, sho published thirty-two volumes. HOBART MEETS M KINLEY, The Ex-Governor Greets Ills Now Jo ColloiRuo nt the Tritln. Canton, Ohio, July :.. Orernor McKinley drovo to tho For Wayne station shortly after 10 o'',oe,c thls morning- to moot Garrett A- Hobart, Republican nominee f" vice presi dent. A lar;o crowd as fathered ut tho station to wi-ht'.ss tho meet ing, although the aalr was in formal jn every r-'spout- Ho reached the. tran ju.t ts tho eat canrvtn&r Mr. HoWt btopp"d in front of him. Mr. MiJCiuley extended his hand and tho recognition was equally prompt on Mr. iljbart's part. Tho two walked Bide b." side to the carriage amidst the uppliijsc of the crowd. Thyr were drive qulcldey to tho McKinley homo, where a crowd of newspaper men and photographers were waiting. It Is understood that ut tho confer enceit was mutually agreed that, as far as present intentions should bo concerned, neither ot them bhould do part from their homes for any cam paign tour. VEST TO NOMINATE BLAN D Governor Stone to Ho the Missouri Mem ber of the riutfortu Committee. Ciiicaoo, July 2. Tho supporters of liland havo decided upon a plan of campaign. Every effort will bo mado to capture tho delegates when tho various stutcs arrive, and to aid in that work It was determined to havo headquurtcrs at ho 1'aJiner a woll as ut the Auditorium, wliero ..io Mis sourl delegation will be housed. Tho name of liland will be presented to tho convention by Sonator Oeorgo Vest in a speech which tho Senutor is now preparing. Ho will be for liland aud 10 to 1. Governor Stone will bo tho member from Missouri on tho platform commlttco nnd Sonator Cock roll will bo presonted by his State us a member on credentials. BLAND IN THE LEAD. SHORT, HOWEVER, OF ENOUOH TO NOMINATE. Holes Appears to ba it Good Second Gov. Altgeldt Will he About the lllg gest Man In the Convention, nnil Were It Not for Ills Foreign Illrth Would ho a Formldahfo Candidate. The Outlook at Chlcngo. Ciiioaoo, Juno 30. Tho following tabic, showing tho poll of tho dele gates to tho Democratic national con vontlon by tho Now York Herald, wns published horo this morning and at tracted much attention: STATEa I ; : ra8 3: a . . . . . . . . ....... . . ......a . Aiabsmit 21 .......... 4 17 . . ,.i Arknnsns ., ID ... 10 , ... California ...... 13. 3 1 i 'i 5 Colorndo 8',., 6 , a ,,, Conuoctiont.... li .. ,,U DnUwaro ...... 0 ... ... , .. .. ,. 0 Florida 8 1 1 0 UjorsU 89 16 , , IKlnol 48 2 i si Indiana K0 , JO .. ... !oa M 2tJ Kansas ml 4 lit Kentucky 281 A) ,. Louisiana IS 10 I 1 1 Main? 12,..., .. n .. 4 3 Maryland IS ... , 10 MVuiAChusstts. . 3) ... ... . I) ,. (t l .. .. & MlchifriM ' i 3 1,21 Mlnnoiota 13 1 1.. 4 13 MlttlsslppL 13 9 .. ..... MUioarl 34 ,,. 31 , ,. t... Montana 0 4 1 ,, ,, 1... 'Nebraska Id ,,, 1 1 13 Nordn 0 6 N II rapsulro.. 8 1 .. t 1 Now Jorsoy 3) , ,. 20 Now Yore 7. 73 N. Carolina i 21 North Dakota.. 6 0 Ohio. 4-) 40 Oregon ......... 8... t , l'nunsylvn-iio.... 0 ... ... .. ,. 84 ... tthodo Island... 8 8 Soutn Carolina 18 1... Bouth Dakota,, 8 2 0 Tonnctsjo 21 ... 2 ',.. loxns 30... UJ , ',.. Utna 0 .., 0 Vermont 8 1 .. 3 U Virginia 24 4 , Washliiuton 8... 2 1 .. 1 .. 4 Wot Vlndnla... 12 i 2 2 .. .. 0 Wisconsin 21 8 ... .. . .. 21 yVtomlnK fl ... ... C Dint, of Col 0 0 Arizona 0 4 2 NowMotlco fl ... 3 ,. 3 Oklahoma .,.... 0 ... 0 .. .. .. ., ,, , , hid nn Territory 0 ., 2 , 41aka 0 , To-als, 03i I 01 63381 70'7 13 .19 12 itftj Nccoisary to cliolco undor two-thirds rulo. 120. Nearly nil Nobin-.Ua dolojatos haTO oxpross td a prcicrunco for Dryan, tint seats of nil nro ontntod br gold mon Ohio is fnvornblo to John II McLean nnd nlnn Mlniloslppl Uologatc tro for Sonator Turpio of Inllnna. ATVTOi-M) W1M. in: A rOWKR. Tho Bland men now hero claim that ho will havo over 200 votes on tho first ballot, Missouri. Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, MowMaxico and tho Indian torritory having instructed for him, and support from Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, West Virginia, Washington, Tennessee, Nebraska aud Arizona be ing claimed for him. Tho liland men placo Holes' voto 100 below him, and declare that no other candldato has ovor seventy-tlvo votes. It is hold that Dland is so much In tho lead that tho declaration of Illinois for him would insuro hla nomination. It is said that moro than ono Illinois dole gate has pledged himself for Bland. "If you can find out what Altgeld is going to do you will havo It worked out," said Colonel Prathor of Missouri. "Aitgciu is going to no noout tho big gest man in this convention. Ho hold' tho key; if he had been born In t country ho would bo nomlnatedV president. Thero is not any do;;., It. Altgold meets tho present r"uuar conditions exactly." ii,i i "Colonel, what will move tffii,T tho choice of a preside f"ho date?" was asked. 'WP J ioL man whom ho tblj " $ strengthen the Demr v '..w'iKr rnk that will move Mm "Anil?! nA1 '0ols "'lt thor0 hint Altgold aj doJ bt of his j ! thiiBB W" ot it, ho knows IU tlo.n. u?s,5 with men who havo ei. "since the I'oorla conven ?n "ffiey say that Altgold feels ol i ' hls oloctibn as ho would , ,, roturns wero in. I can't say , "will movo him to throw his In lY ' jco for any particular candidate, vt it is safe to say that the man Alt kill U for will bo tho nominee. If I Was a candldato. aud 1 know Altgeld wanted an orange, I'd find some way to get tho oraugo into Altgeld's pocket." "You think Altgeld's fort -eight votes from Illinois will determine tho nomination?" "Altgold's. influence for a candidnto means a good deal moro than tho forty-eight Illinois votes. Ho is going to bo a dominating character In this -jonvention." Savonnnh lliinlc llouber Caught. PoitTLANn. Ore., July 1. John Mc Glnnor and John O'Brien, both mon of many aliases and both notorious bank robbers, woro captured in Van couvor lato yesterday afternoon by Detective Joseph Day of this city, and aro now safely housed in tho Clark county jail. A man giving his name as Fred Martin, who was with the pair, was nlso arrested. When cap tured Hie trio wore found to bo equipped with pistols, dark lanterns, sticks of dynamite, fusos and caps, a big bunch of skeleton keys nnd several JI . ! I. I. It.iltniroil pairs oi new oariuuua. -.k mw.... that thoy intended to rob a Vancouver banlc last night, steal a ooai uuu uo off down the river boforo daybreak this morning. O'Brien is wanted in Savannah, Ma, where with two ac complices, ho looted a banlc safo of 814,000 worth of bonds. PENNOYER IN THE LIST. The Orc-cou Governor Will lie Doomed as a Favorite Son. ronTLAND, Ora, Juno 30. "Pen- noyor for president" will bo tho slogan of tho Oregon Democratio dele gation to tho Chicago convention. It cannot bo established that Pen noyer has expressod any desire to havo It so; but thoro is little doubt that his name nnd famo will bo ex ploited long and loudly among tho delegates. Tho state Democracy Is in favor of tho frco coinage of silver. BOIES TO WHITNEY. Vigorous Defense of the Cause ot Rllver. WATr.m.oo, Ia July 1. Ex-Oov-crnor Holes has mado public this lot tor, reply Inp to a message from a Now York paper concerning tho Whllnoy declaration: "Mr, Whitney Is entirely right la his conclusion that thoro is no disposi tion on tho part of thoso who will represent tho sllvor sentiment of tho South and West in tho Chicago con vention to further discus tho matter at issuo with men whoso views aro diamatrically opposite to tholr own on tho currency question. "Ho is cntlroly corroot in his con clusion that it is now too late to ac complish any practical results by a discussion of that charaqtor. Through out tho South and West that discus sion has boon oxtonded and thorough, and tho viows cxprcascd by Mr. Whit ney havo boon put forwnrd by many peoplo who entertain thorn, and thoy havo bean fully considered and wolghod, and, aftor all of this, tho judgment of an overwhelming ma jority of tho party in theso soctlons Is ovldcucod by the class of delegates who havo been choson to roprosent lb in tho Chicago convontlon. Not ono of thoso mon oan now disregard tho known sentiment of thoso who se lected him without betraying tho trust confided to htm, and not ono ot them, in my judgment, will ovor do so. "Mr. Whitney is entirely wrong in assuming that frco sllvor Domocrats aro forsaking tho fundamental princi ples of Democracy, or what ho terms sound money Democrats arc defending thoso principles in their endeavor to commit their party to gold monomet allism. Until tho Republican party mot in St, Louis a fow days sinco thoro was never a lino written in a national platform of olthcr of tho. great parties that justifies tho claim that ono or tho other of theso parties was committed to that doctrine. Over and over again tbo Democratic party, In national convontlon nssomblcd, has put itself on record in tho clearest and most comprchonsivo lnnguago posslblo to use, In favor of bimetallism, in favor of tho rostoration of Bllver to its placo in our financial system as standard monoy, and novcr for a mo ment in tho Congress of the United States has n majority, or anything liko a majority, of tho representatives of that party wavered in tholr devo tion to the principles so clearly enun ciated in tho party platforms. To as sumo now that adherenco to that prin ciple is abandonment of an established doctrine of tho party is to defy his tory and ipnoro tho most plainly writ ton of all its declarations of policy. "It is useless to claim that a tender of tho good offices of tho party to se cure an international agreement for tho free colnngo of silver is tho fulfill ment of its pledges so often mado in this respect. To sincero bellovers In b'raetallism for tho United Staton an offer of this character is little, if Any thing, less than unqualified vkriition of a socrcd pledgo by a great political organization. If this is all Oat Mr. Whitney, and thoso wh think with him, cun offer, it will - vastly hotter to offer nothing. "Whon Mr. Wh,-noy Bay tho main tenance of ou:l,resont ffld standard is essential t, u, preservation of our un knor thoro ls not a s,nGrlw obligation ..Is govorumentoutstnnlinf ...,.. ot -Is Bovorumcnt outstanding to-day , . uj ..a loc-uia is payable m iroh' Jone and knows that, rihf .. - 'fnnaAf .1 -I i.7.7.' "Jr." "f"B 01- .j. . w.u gicufc uuuf ot tno in sub tlio government it is wrlt-Vlo in coin otfathatUn.ttnt,h ,nr 'Standard silver was "eraonotlzed, and that thorofore W tholr 1vTn oxPross terms noy nr,H PyMo In our pront sllvor dollars, if tho govern ment elects to bo pay them. It is sinco tho most of thoso obligations wero is sued that Bilver has been demonetized, whereby, if they aro to bo paid In gold alono, their value has been doubled, and tho burdon of tho great industrial classes, who must provide for tholr payment, has boon increased two-fold. ... "To talk about a violation of na tional honor, when no party in tho nation has ever suggested its failure in tho least degrco to meat every ob ligation it has assumed, according to tho strict letter of tho contract it mado, has, to say tho least, a strango sound to those who heard tho uni versal cry of distress, occasioned, as thov believe, bv doubling tho pur chasing power of money and cutting in twain tho market prlco of tho pro ducts of labor. If to undo what law has dono to add to tho burdon of those tolling millions of this nation and doublo tho fortunes of tbo rich within it is to disrupt tho Dcmocrrtlo party, disruption must come." A lloccptlon to Henator Vettlcrew. Chicago, June 30.- Sonator Tetu grew ot South Dakota left to-day for his homo at Sioux Falls, whoro he it to bo accorded a general recoptlon upon his arrival to-morrow. Tho re ception is tho result of his action in leaving tho St. Louis Republican na tional convention, and will bo partici pated in by peoplo of all parties from various parts of the State. Shot Over Volltlcs. Roskdale, Kan., July L Ernest Williams, colored, and Rev. Vonable, pastor of tho colorod Baptist church, cot into a political discussion last night, when the latter lost his temper, drew a pistol and shot Williams just over tho heart, inflicting a fatal wound. Venablo fled but was cap turod at an early hour this morning. Morrill Men Jubilant. TorEKA, Kan., Juno 80. Tho maa sgers of Governor Morrill's campaign are feeling jubilant. They profess to bellevo that their candldato Is now as sured of a walkaway for ro nomina tion, and point to the conventions of last Saturday as the straws which show which way tho wind is blowing. Yesterday rottawatomlo county fol lowed with eleven delegates for Mor rill and a resolutlo u declaring him tho choice of tho county. On Wednesday Cherokee county will hold hor ccst vuntlon, nnd the delegates are con fidently claimed for MorrllL nntional c-,a" ana redemption of our public nl."Jesho ignores a great truth nt ,mA he cannot bo itrnnmt rr-