Show Bland Blackburn and boies CAMPBELL MATTHEWS mm pingree russell stevenson teller a free lance several dark horses Blandi ies shouting them salves hoarse blackburn men conn dent boles people feel safe matthews a safe man the others working hard and expecting to see a light any minute dubols and silver men jubilant chicago july 1 abo reconnoiter today of the skirmish guard of the silver forces upon abo outposts of the national committee planned by its sub com cittee was variously viewed by the participants after ahe former biad to its own camp according to chairman harrity the of senators turpie daniels jones and gov stone and gov altgeld simply fenced for points and according to governor altgeld and senator daniel the fencing was entirely satisfactory to the silver side at least one of their colleagues however wag inclined to regard the outcome as a draw with the indication di cation the silvereen sil vermen netting the worst of it when final conclusions clu were tried with the national committee next monday the purpose of the visit of the silver delegation to the national committee subcommittee sub as stated in the united press dispatches p yesterday was to present the views of the leaders of the white metal majority concerning the selection of the temporary chairman tho disposition of contests and the roll call on the temporary organization organisation senator tones led in the presentation of silver men and was followed by senator turpie and gov altgeld when they had concluded chairman harrity who had previously consulted with his associates and found them to be of one mind explained that the subcommittee sub committee was possessed of ng inherent power to settle the questions at issue he referred the delegation to tho record of the preliminary proceedings of the subcommittee sub committee and national committees of 90 and 9 t and pointed out that it was the exclusive province of the full national committee to pass upon tho delegations in making up the preliminary roll of that convention As to the matter of chairmanship i was one altogether within the control and discussion of the national committee but he was willing to promise that nothing definite in this direction should bei done until the delegation had been offered on monday an opportunity of conferring the full body for the present himself and big associates without prejudice to either side were powerless to act with this crumb of comfort the delegation was to be content As it withdrew gov altgeld expressed the opinion that judging from the reception accorded it there was every reason to liepe that an amicable arrangement would be reached when the delegation was afforded eunity of outlining its position to the national committee outside of ibis episode the day was not productive of any striking developments there were but few arrivals while the advance guards already hero busied themselves with preparations for the accommodation of tho rank and file that will begin to pour in tomorrow the bimetallic democrats committee dispensed with its morning and afternoon sessions pending a report from tho committee appointed to wait upon chairman harrity and his associates but its quarters were the center of attraction and were crowded bv local aud visiting throughout the da the action of the illinois delegation in EO OV t 3 A i 0 a tr b feest f to lead 1 attack for abr of the two fao was a topic of during th dacy it that Gove faor in danger roro en wai so and that michigan aban illinois might become the detato and will 11 tho bala of two delea atoe from alio ditth district of that state win F me knight and G ath active among the visitors at headquarters today the situation in the wolverine state ie that fourteen ont of twenty sis delegates are alio delegation is in for gold and bound that standard by tho unit rule it is proposed wy ever to preci pato a fight on the enforcement of that role in advance of any action on tho two iesso in tho event of the unit rule being declared invalid thero will be no nice for a majority vote for the two birde vote as that would give that s de the necessary majority and one or two this waa the sieges son exploited by tho michigan delegates but it was not received with enthusiasm governor altgeld and hia assoc ates bavo enlisted the bulk of the bimetallic the abolition of the two thirds rule and it was held by most of approached by the michigan men illinois was an baeier and aurer way of planting silver nominees upon a silver platform aban any at tack upon bo time honored unit rule part cf the plan of the michigan silver men is to go before the committee on credentials and to aek the unseating of tho entire cold wing of the state delegates among whom alq elliot 0 stevan eon law partner of secretary ex dickinson on the ground that the state convention was packed and a free expression of opinion suppressed secretary sheerin reported to the subcommittee today his allotment of tickets for the press but tho result will not bo made known until tomorrow or later sergeant at arms martin when waited upon by the committee appointed at yesterdays ter days conference maintained the stand that ho bad previously taken and insisted with emphasis that not a chicago man would be placed in chicago at the door he stated that his position was a right one fand it will so report when the convention assembles vice president presence under the root of the palmer house for a few hours to his home in bloomington Bloomi neton failed to create even a flutter of interest his ballere were numerous but their missions were more docial than political and abo vice president declined to discuss the situation or the coming convention even from an abstract point of view it was noticeable noti cable however that most of his ballere were identified with the gold standard element of the illinois demo cracy and this led to the circulation of a rumor that if the altgeld bimetallic element insisted upon naming the temporary chairman mr stevenson might be offered them a compromise based upon the fact that as a representative democrat he could scarcely be antagonized by the delegation of this state As a matter of fact however the rumor was more shadow than substance no such contingency has presented itself to the committee subcommittee sub and this party will make no representations on the subject to the full committee JONES ON THE conference general opinion that the silver forces lost no chicago july 1 thero wag at of thirty five representative silver men at the meeting in the sherman house tonight of tho national bimetallic committee senator jones of arkansas reported the result of the con forence this he eaid aboy J had been received courteously and had been informed aa the body they appeared before was only a part of the committee they could not act definitely the committed teo were requested to wait upon the full committee after numerous speeches with a quiet to have their own way in spite of a n dional committee of monetary faith and purpose the meeting decided to continue ho existence of the conference commit ee several of the leaders spoke in favor of moo enlarging the scope 1 useful of the whole committee by making it a permanent convention organization with the title ol 01 caucus to which all silver delegates will be eligible this proposition met with unanimous favor and senator harris of tennessee was chosen chairman of the the maet ing adjourned to friday ight or earlier at the call of the chairman the general opinion of present v aa that the torad hail loit no advantage by goiny before th national tha fact was a significant anat the celebration ct silver attired by alir national commit blat atu i bor of the coin io binl yf to to the for its prep fi th awl lie y r al t nur abu nu y i t ller 1 I i itce alio klit iun alio llio iiii ex elsh of ard evan P hovell of Ath bertli of whom aro nt larga froin state alic dotes and bland representatives win aro delegates also attended Alt bid who has boen a in the dilver caisse binco the delegates an to arrive felt physically unable to alie task of keeping up tho with next weeks program in propped and lefi for hia official homo in springfield tonight he will return sunday to renew tiro battle immediately after the meeting senator cockrell of was brought to his room atud introduced by senator jonea the governor appeared glad meet the missouri benator and the three went into conference behind double locked doors tho chand campaign manageri mana gere who waiting in the rotunda for talked ag though it was a certainty that the forty eight illinois votes would be cast for mr bland on the first ballot they accepted alie conference with senator dockrell as a favorable sign there has been no sign of a bobea representative being closeted with gov altgeld in hia private room among the gold democrats of tho national who aro being talked about in ft way which indicates their baving the unit rule are cable ol 01 illinois sherin of indiana prather of missouri and ll ichardson of senator benjamin south carolina who is a delegate at large arrived this evening with D H tomp liina 0 the bamo state and registered at the sherman holec the doughty t u IA statesman announced his intention of boing into tho ficht to smother the gold men in the convention at every ataee bat did not commit himself as to tho presidential candidate of his choice WHAT harrity SAYS told silver men anat the full national had control chicago july 1 the committee subcommittee sub of the national democratic committee met shortly after noon today in the palmer ahouee chairman harrity sec detary sheerin Sh cerin P ather of missouri sherley of new york wallace cf washington corria of the district of columbia and wall of wisconsin were when the committie went aiuto executive cession sergeant at martin waa called in to report on the appointments ho had made aud his course regarding the doorkeepers was approved the dele pation from the national bimetallic com matteo is expected to wait on the corn during the afternoon to confer as to tho temporary organization policy of the committee aad to ask for the selection of a silver chairman the aub committee adjourned at 2 after receiving u delegation from tho national bimetallic committee tho committee subcommittee sub listened courteously to all that was said by the deputation but did not commit themselves on any point of inquiry chairman harrity Harrl ty when questioned by a united press reporter after the conference said we told abo echtle nan that the full national committee would have eolo jurisdiction of the temporary organization and the mako up t the temporary roll and they had beter appear before the commilee meets next week tor further OHIO DEMOCRATS AT CHICAGO will have of the boom kolcan chicago july 1 alie vanguard van euard from ohio reached hero today and bung out t heir colors at the palmer the head of atio cohort from the buckeye detato was fw mcconnville who used to bo yh nf is tan t of the ire abury mr will have of the ou hei anil there he will witti afre and the boom of 0 IOB livorine Liv non J li Alc Leau V arp 10 lay low and tahe ihn s quietly jor the present for te t mr but wf will cidh tiff t if f tie choi ut fak kc p your fe on liia li art n n iiii obi it alie d lie will trw elveru 0 ii olan ahto lo 10 n or iund dy after ahe plum jy 1 U ena tyr diack ie tue eniy to atti id the t s as active candidate hia re beant easefully eare fully nurtured by hie fiend phil on jr of stew york the two live qu artora adjoining in the annex and much quiet wae done tedy abe senator decana dec lna to do any tajdin for publication hie will be to the convention 1 lip senatore sena torB position on the question of with abe two thirds rule is that thitu is na ure trying to suspend tho timo honorid lule until the aary presents itself during the balloting by appointment senator dubois ot the bolting republican contingent called on senator blackburn at hi apartments apart mente and held a secret conference in alie of thompson which lasted considerable time the idaho eena torB vianit waa io the inte rosta of hia leader benator teller and it ia that the contingent support of taft blackburn strength waa asked for the colorado senator it 13 a fact confirmed by abe admission of senator blackburn that the eoute ia for senator teller especially because of his fight in the senate tho force bill but among the southern old line democrats irrespective of abe money question it would be difficult to a sentiment favorable to voting for a man who only a few days ngo was a republican parti ban col thompson aa the for the kentucky senator eald to a united press reporter today senator will be put tor ward by tho kentucky state deJe pation for president by the unanimous consent of abe delegation tent here ot which he ie tho licad they aro instructed for him and WM will remain in the fight to abo end carrying it on in tbt manner which has characterized former contests in which the senator has engaged lie lias been promised the support of several state delegations and ahe individual support of some delegates 4 j several other states we do not care to mention names or give figures yet sir blackburn has been an ardent and con advocate of the free coinage of silver for twenty two i ears recent victory in tho state convention on the allver issue against the combined forces of tho administration show that he is the most popular man in kentucky pub life and a proper man to beat the gold ring in november the bland headquarters were tha of activity and confident talk all day and far into the A fourth rallying place for the bland shouters shou tere will be opened in a day or two at the auditorium in charge of george balliu judee shackleford will have charge of the sherman house headquarters when the decorations are in shape D legathe ce while of washington of kansas and jones 0 arizona were aloag the visitors at bland headquarters today to of their support and that of other delegates for the missourian state senator bailey of indianapolis arrived at the auditorium annex as the advance agent ot alie matthews aelcea lion he said tho delegation was unanimous for the governor and arc 0 silver several hundred lmatthews criers will be hero with the delegation aad band music monday to opec headquarters comptroller eckols is keeping in the back ground and does bia work for the gold minority without being seen or in ter viewed to extent he paid hia re 1 specie stevenson at the palmer house and saw several ni embers of abo national the conference today Thee ilver fellows are trying to disrupt the party by attracting every diEe entina element of our and tearing the time honored of democracy into splinter I 1 cannot torsee the consequences that two thirds rule never bo abrogated and a national committee iee should sharply alie bimetallic committee for presuming dictate the temporary organization tho local committee waited on cnair to fay and delivered tolani for uie use of the national committee a check toy towards the guarante edl convention expense fund an 1 unpaid balance of remains and it was alie by kiy attention callad to tho 1 ot atone and i la july 1 governor i boieri attention was ceilea today to the from that alt j and had liapi ui relative t u aliu vote in lie conic 1 baini he avii il air mis t timid lie knew i eliol aboud it tie had rt ivet no on tte abject he did not ctr talk about tle f did not say be alie effect davs hf ix in receipt of i letters from every stale n the union in doraine hie on the dilver question the letters from the boath and west nearly all refer to ti e candidacy aini oft yr cri leaRo albany N Y jaae 1 senator david B hill who beads the from thia state to the democratic will leave hl re for toia orrow night senator pettigrew at sioux falle 8 D july L senator pettigrew spoke in the opera aliouse tonight the meeting had been arranged I 1 as a part ot tho great demonstration dineh was to start a wave over the state and carry tho tree |