| Show presidential timber to the front is icv THE tin noses in chicago free silver convention at ICil cili N C sept 25 special control of alie illinois delegation to the national convention conven tien of auxt year is at the bottom of the piment feud between the leaders of the party in this section of the state winch twice within the past week liis culminated in a fracala with broken noses and teeth gouged eyes and lettered headd as side accompaniments As a member elect of alie next congress sarcastically remarked the other evening after one of these exhibitions the first blood in alie presidential campaign of 96 has al been shed there are two factions to alie contest the county contingent is largely dominated by ex philadelphia and which before changing its base of operations from the quaker city trained the element eliat recently undertook the decapitation of senator quay but which was itself decapitated and some members of which are in imminent danger of being tarred and by the philadelphia lexow committee S mo months ago when the philadelphia crowd imagined eliat they owned the state and that quay was to be buried out of sight an alliance was entered into with the leaders of the or cook county faction by which alie republican bosses of and chicago undertook to gain control of their respective state delegations and work together at the neit national convention no particular candidate for this joint cuppert cup port winch would naturally wield a powerful influence in the convention was stipulated in the bond although there was a tacit understanding eliat mckinley was to be placed outside of the pale of consideration now that the philadelphia bosses hive been knocked into Smither cena by senator quay there is very little prospect of their being able to deliver the goods but the chicago faction is worling with might and main to secure its own supremacy in that it may be able to dictate felic nomination of alie delegates from illinois and control them after election against alie county ring however is opposed alie city faction by mayor and is avowedly in favor of presenting governor mckinley with the illinoia delegation as a unit there is no pro apeci of peace between alie two factions and alie fight will be carried on until the state convention of next spring mean ironle the mckinley element seems to anve altogether the best of the situation woran Wor lor silver RALEIGH N C sept 25 special A largely attended state conference of those opposed to the single gold standard opened here this afternoon although called by democrats the gathering la non there is a large attendance of in ac currance cur dance with the resolution adopted abc alie recent convention of that pirty A few republicans are also present |
