Show SNUBBED BY HARRISON Chi cagos mayor will not we welcome silver democrats CAUSE FOR HIS R REFUSAL alleges that the meeting to ile be held in the windy city thursday night Is obscure in its origin verbal notice a served that democratic notional national committee will bo be asked to reau adisto croker hlll hill murphy machine chi in now new york A BIL sow Is in sight chi chicago ago july IT 11 three political developments the democrats in Chi casto today ont one was as the refusal 0 fit mayor Hanl an sou on account of 0 obscure a li origin to attend and deliver tin an address of 0 welcome at uie the auditorium free aco aller meeting ors on thursday thurlie BY might tho the second w was as it verbal notice that the democratic national committee nou bould I 1 ol 01 be asked to repudiate the brok er IIII hlll I 1 murphy machine in new york and recognize aci og Tilte the silver crowd the third was the statement that an efort would bo be made to lo have r a rule adopted that no man bilto vho bolted I 1 the be chicago platform and ticket in IMS shall be eligible to bit lt in tile the national convention of 0 MM 1000 as a delegate on arriving at its ills office in the city hall mayor harrlson harrison found W D invitation to make a speech oc cc welcome e to lo the assembled local an and d visiting democrats on thursday night ile he declined the proffered honor and his seasons for doing so 80 are arc set bet forth la in the lite fol following louing answer declination aw W F ija chairman cor com ikler 0 it arrangements dear sir Ro replying PlYing to lour favor of 0 the lit ath h enil in blikh you ask me to deliver nn ila mci addrena drops of it welcome elcome at the auditorium july to the national democratic committee and 1 a I large tin number it ber c of t prominent democrats of An america I 1 regret my inability to accept in ordinary circumstances I 1 thourl be only too glad both as aa mayor of chicago and as aa a Den democrat socrat to v welcome elcome tile the national committee or any number of 0 democrats to chicago the city lit in mallch aich the platform of 1996 was framed it and lid I 1 in it m which Is I 1 c h W J di diyan ya n i was as of elevated c va to d to hit poi crit leadership of 0 tile the notional national democracy I 1 cannot but i hink ton bo baoec X mor ec it bould bo be tin an absurd 1 ity t Y to V welcome P leome these theao distinguished men under the of a self constituted committee ahoe Is too obscure b to in be annin n even in its ita home illy ity hid ahod tills ili etire been under tinder the hie dime direction tinn of the th ut of the regular type and known parly standing it would bae afforded me breul acut pleasure to he present in the existing circumstances while thanking thank lm lou on for tile the honor I 1 auit leave to be Q excused your respect respectively ivOy HAIl llISON WANT IGNORED are arc heing roade made hy by lite hairlson lenders to induce as aa many of the th national committeemen na an por t to the meeting it vista vas raid paid thit that fully one halt half of them would not go nar mear it they am being informed of the file purposes purpose to influence them into loang onni ething ulrich does docs not prop iriv come com mathin the scope of at the ilia com rii tho the allgood forces have been reinforced by I 1 iha lip chicago platform do democrats mo of now new york willis J abb abbott ott the file first llast to to alar aible lie reported at headquarters lit in I 1 the Is c unity building in the afternoon lie ile cornea comes as one of a L committee of a sitter silver party in now new york to appear before the national body and get a test ing its as to what the situation Is in ill that state FAVOR nn TO ONE john ri bromn mho he was of tile the dollar dinner and george W thompson are hie ili other members of the delegation they fal arrhe today mr IF abbott sold that a great majority of th tha rank and tile file of the party lit in new york ork li jq I 1 in it favor A of tho the 1116 16 to V 1 issue anil and of W J ilayan for all pi evident croker Crol cor hall find and the loades le adeis a lie he sold are am opposed to tree free silver find and arn lout but they do not lot represent the sentiment of oc a maj majority Arity of oc the voters the spoke birsen will demand that chloc claim in tile majority be riven given recognition by the national commiL committee tee so eo that it may have some excuse for sending a contesting acl delegation to the hie national convention next year the same pleat was waa started last feet n ain inter by mr hir altgeld in ill 1111 lie he claimed atiat those in control of party organizations organisations here aie age not friendly either cither to the cause of mr dryan after its ills defeat for mayor tile the ex governor announced that the chicago platform democrats of illinois would send a 0 contesting delegation to the state convention to insure this class control ot of the conven llon it ft will demand that the longstanding long standing unit rule shall be and that no democrat who ito bolted the ticket three years ago shall bo be admitted as aa a delegate GOV VIEW when a copy ot of mayor harrisons to tier letter vas mas shown ex cov Alts altgeld geld the latter said 1 I am sorry the mayor looked at it that way lie he lias has made EL a grave ini mistake stake lip 11 has baa lost a golden 0 opportunity liport unitY should ho he come to the meeting and make a souring lousing democratic repels he would place himself at the head of the democratic party of tile the state stage but he ling has lost the chance now I 1 am sorry for it when mr IF cooling read the mayor It yora d letter he made the follo following Inc state ment we have given the young to man 0 n lit n the city hall tile the opportunity of h his 1 e lre which he be has failed to appreciate there Is a tide in the affairs of men billich oil tt lIch taken at the nood leads on oil to fortune the son ron of carter harrlson on ins his ceased to be a a 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