Show WORKING FOR WHITE METAL Utah Democrats Are Putting in Their Best Licks BLANDS BOOM GROWING Two Hundred and FiftyEight Votes SAid Judge Powers May Be Made Temporary Tempo-rary Chairman Although the Chances Seem to Be in Favor of Senator White of California inCase in-Case He Will AcceptKearns of Utah Shouting For Teller Special to The Herald CHICAGO July 5rhe gold men thought this morning that they had the call on the temporary organization of the convention when the executive committee decided to name Senator Hill of New York for the place They thought that the senator had so many friends especially among the free silver I ver Democratic senators that they I would permit him to be elected rather I I than have him humiliated by being defeated I de-feated The silver men at once got together I gether and two silver Democratic senators I sen-ators White and Cockrell were sent to the gentleman from New York who told him in all kindness that he would certainly be turned down that although al-though they had the utmost regard for him personally they would work and vote against him Mr Hill while not desiring the place stated he was not radical on the question cf silver and I 1 4 I i J HOTtAOTJ BOlES OF IOWA PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITY counseled harmony and thought that his election would In a measure be a I compromise The two senators told Mr Hill plainly that no compromise on I anything would be acceptable Mr Hill was NOT IN A POSITION TO ARGUE THE POINT but a close friend of his who was present pres-ent stated he realized the force of what the two silver representatives had to say and while not admitting that he would retire from the race he could not dispute the right of the silver men to name their own chairman The stand taken by the silver men is in exact ex-act accord with Mr Hills political ideas Mr Hill was tOld that if he had stood by his Elmira speech in 1S93 wherein he had declared that the issue in 1896 would be the financial question or the free coinage Cf silver that he would i today have BEEN THE MOSES around whom the Democrats would have rallied with the absoute assurance assur-ance that victory would be their reward I J ward Mr Hill did not dispute this I assertion but there was a sort of it might have ben tone of sadness in his i I voice which indicated that he wished I things were different The silver members I mem-bers of the national committee decided 11 this afternoon to name Senator White of California for temporary chairman I Mr White was temporary chairman at I St Louis in 1888 He has positively refused re-fused to accept mainly for the reason he had told Mr Hill he could not have the dace Senator White was not aware of the fact that he wasto be put forward for chairman until after his conference with Mr Hill Charles Thomas of Colorado and Judge Powers of Utah are talked of tonight for temporary chairman by some of the silver leaders The Bland men have 253 votes solid for their man tonight the number is steadily increasing increas-ing Utah and Idaho have declared for himThomas Thomas Kearns of Utah is here shouting for Teller He says after Tel 1r Bland is the best man for Democrats Demo-crats to nomintte Hon F J Keisel arrived today with an amendment to the constitution He wishes the constitution to declare for an amendment which will permit for elgners who come to the United States J1 Y 1H f r < before < school age to be eligible for J I preslQentT and he is working like a j Trojan for his plan The Utah delegates are al on the ground cause and all at work for the silver I |