Show SILVER FIGHT IN MISSOURI Democratic State Committee Will Be Singled Bland Determined to Oust tho Present Pres-ent Committee Couoorvntlvco Counsel Harmony Free Coinage Resolutions Will Be Adopted by the Convention Attendance Is Larger Than Was Expected Pertlo Springs Mo Aug GTho State Democratic silver convention will bo culled to order at noon tomorrow Some 3w delegates are at the Springs tonight and 150 more are expected by morning Tho attendance Is much laig er than wan predicted by the sound money men or anticipated by the silver sil-ver advocates That the convention will declare for the tree and unlimited coinage of silver admits of no doubt The onlY question it Importance Is VIII the convention oppobo thu State Central committee congrcsaman Bland has been working hum to accomplish such a purpose ail the afternoon nna until nilunlgnt Senator Sen-ator Cockroll Governor Stoma Congressman Con-gressman De Armond and a dozen other prominent Democrats have been working work-ing to defeat such nn extreme measuie Fiom Indications tonight a compromise compro-mise will be effected by allowing the convention to name new members of the committee that Is one for each Congressional district and three at large The silver men are In a majority major-ity su overwhelming that opposition to any programme that they agree to would be time height of fully Tonight time old Confederate clement In talking harmony that Is harmony with teeth which means if the Democrats Demo-crats do not get together they will lose the State in 18JO It seems almost u certainty that the State Central Committee Com-mittee will come out of the light badly singed and It will have a great light to have nn existence when tne convention conven-tion adjourns The talk tonight Is that Congressman Bland will be temporaly chairman of the convention and Senator Sena-tor Cockiell permanent chairman Governor Stone Congressman Bland and a few of tho leaders of the Democratic Demo-cratic party held a secret conference latu tonight with a view of harm01 + Ing the various contentlon rCEuidlng the State Central COlUmlttee The con feience was in session several hours und that the discussion was a heated OliO there Is no doubt as at the hour of adjournment no agreement had been readied liariy in tne day Governor Stone was with Bland to oust the present pres-ent State committee but tonight the Governor is on the other side of the fence and Is strongly In favor of avoiding avoid-ing any conflict in the convention which might terminate In a split in the Democracy of Missouri Bland Is determined to secure a State committee which Is favorable to silver so that the battle next year may be fought for free silver But If Bland carries his point there will undoubtedly be a hot time In the convention tomorrow tomor-row Unless the conservatives secure the ascendancy by the time of the meeting tomorrow nothing can stop a contention on the floor aa Bland Is slated for a speech |