Show march onward will if a silver platform is adopted says there will be no bolt hill tries to smooth flowers bolting talk teller gaining in strength silver men de baand the temporary chairman and the whole organization boles bland and blackburn the most prominent candidates gold i men have no hope of saving the party from a free silver declaration chicago july 3 it looks as though the chicago democratic convention be u ite as lopsided ae the recent gathering at st louis there has been no brealy today in the the signs and tokens of what ia to happen it is to free silver convention moreover with surprising unanimity the controlling men of eastern and southern delegations their preference tor teller nearly all his associates or former associate in the senate who believe in tree coinage are giving bim their sup vori this list includes turpie of ind tones of ark harris ot tenn walsh of ga chilton of texas and cockrell ot missouri when the eastern delegates and friends of the gold standard reach chi cago they will find the silver men have absolute control of the situation con have been frequent during the day antof all this consultation but one concrete fact seems to have been evoly ej the platform will be short and clear cut without so much as word that can be biscon miscon meaning other chaa n out and out declaration for he free sod unlimited coinage of silver at ratio ol 01 16 to 1 senators jones of arkansas bate and harris of tennessee blackburn of kentucky Till raan of south carolina and cockrell of missouri senator elect money ol 01 mississippi representative Ki chardson of tennessee and hon K mclean have been in conference luring the day and all are agreed that tho plank shall be given that prominence which its importance demands anait a text shall be short and ita meaning so fixed and determined abet he who runs may read it under platitudes will be eschewed by this convention said senator jones of arkansas today the silver men represent the plain people of the country the thinking masses and our declaration will be such that no man cm juggle with ita meaning or seek to represent it aa something that it is not this convention IB to be ran by the sil wr men we are tn control and every braai that is done will be by the con febel ot the majority only this situa jazan might as well be accepted by the KI at once the minority will bo accorded all its rights and will be part and parcel ol 01 the democratic conven aioo bat the voice of the majority is the voice aitho party in tho convention Wilen asked if he had any fear of the v their alle WW 0 o silver mr jonea with that was emphatic and convincing as to the sincerity of hie own if the gold men are loping to be successful in working among silver he continued it is high time they understood the character of the timber of which this convention will be the delegates to the con vestion are men who can neither be baught or bulldozed bul dozed they are firm in the aith and nothing can their loyalty to the cause which they put hove all other political questions some months ego when wo first the silver movement in washington we took to provide against such in and wrote our people in every to pee that strong men were selected as delegates while there beema to be no concentration upon anyone man for temporary chairman the general opinion is that harris or representative richardson both of tennessee may be permanent 1 chairman and that senator may be temporary chairman all abeso gentlemen are good parliamentarians mr harris hav baff been president pro tern of the senate a frequent and ex occupant of the epe akere the two terms of speaker iu fl crisp and mr blackburn having frequently presided over the senate concerning the report that the national committee intended to attempt to force a gold standard man upon the convention for temporary chairman mr richardson said today nothing of the kind will be done ot course recognize the fact the committee as at present constituted is against silver but the committee will also recognize that the convention is largely the other way if it is decided by a majority vote to recommend the convention a gold man the minority of the committee will offer a silver man when the committee makes its report to the convention a substitute will bo offered and a substitute ie always voted upon the substitute will be unquestionably adopted governor idea that the convention can complete its work in one day is scouted by experienced ex poll tic iane one of them said this afternoon that while he was in favor of reasonable haste he recognized the fact that it required time to carefully transact the business of a national convention the platform would cause some debate depending entirely upon the pleasure of the convention exercised through ahn gavel of the chairman it is not improbable that some important attempt at presenting the gold side of the question will be selected to antagonize tag onize the committee on resolutions and with that speech discussion will ensue this will be accomplished by a motion from the floor demanding the previous question which will be promptly put and carried while all reasonable expedition is desired by those having control none of the gold men predict less than a three days session WHITNEY AT CHICAGO the new york contingent of gold arrives at atie convention city chicago july 3 the most attractive event of the day for the dilver men was the arrival of the advance guard from the eastern state prin ing the sold standard minority their leader towering in stature and influence wm 0 whitney the distinguished party arrived at the auditorium Audi torum annex at the bame time that several other influential fluent ial gold and delegated dele gatea and onlookers were unleaded at the auditorium proper end the scene in the ro bundas of both hotels was an animated one until the guests scattered to their rooms at the hue load party drew up in front of the hotel where the former secretary of ahe navy has encased almost the whole of the parlor nine bedrooms and eix parlors for the cause of Sound money in less than half an leour mr whitney reappeared in the rotunda when asked if he had any statement to make to the press mr whitney said 1 I shall bavo nothing to say today in the way of an interview the fact is I 1 have nothing to add to what I 1 said for publication in new york on the issue and the crisis before the party I 1 dont know anything new to talk about because I 1 have been on a train for twenty four hours and have just got fn to look over the ground then came mr the national committee chairman who erected the new york gentleman and said he was oclad to eee him m chicago close behind the pennsylvania man walked the presidential candidate from kentucky senator blackburn who added his welcoming words the whitney party could not all be accommodated at the annex they were taken to the main hotel these were james R martin and ex mayor grant of new york city ex governor flower who with the party went to the palmer house while mr whitney was at the elevator waiting to go in to conference with mr Elar rity and others he was greeted by col S W fordyce president of the cotton belt railway who forms one of the gold standard contingent from mia couri ho evidently came to the convention at tl request of mr whitney as ho called to the new yorker while the car waa being started you sent tor me and I 1 came you see come when you call me and like to oblige my friends senator hill and governor ex flower went to the palmer house whore the detate delegation as a body has a largo parlor reserved for its headquarters governor flower discoursed upon the financial condition of the country he said free coinage was not the cure for existing evils but that restriction of production by farmer and manufacturer alike was nc the farmer he asserted needed above all things che a short crop to enable him to sell what he has at good prices he has had two or three crops now so bount that he could not well dispose of them at remunerative rates he is the last of the row of bricks to be knocked down aa the result of the panic of 1893 and whoever shall be elected president this year there will be good times 1 believe in 1897 rut not upon a free silver basis diluting the currency will not restore ache conditions 0 good and profitable business credit is the stability and soundness sound nesb of all our men and must be maintained governor flower expressed the opinion that if the Deino catie convention dominated a candidate upon the free the republican ticket would carry new york by my own county of jefferson ho eald which never even in fremonte days gave to exceed majority will give to that ticket I 1 believe and that ia a rural county too the governors interesting talk was interrupted by a messenger who whispered something in his ear which had the effect of tailing him out of the room and he waa next heard from in senator hills room A card was tent to the senator but was returned with the just arnved nothing to eay at the moment TELLER MEN MOVING teller men confer with democratic silver leaders A statement with figures this afternoon a party of silver men consisting of senator stewart of nevada representative newlands of nevada and hon aco 0 gorman formerly secretary of the united states senate called upon senators jones and cockrell at the aberman house to urge the nomination of senator teller abe man who could the forces of silver and make the victory ol 01 that metal absolutely sol certain at the coming election so far as the expressions 0 the gentlemen visited were concerned it ie said abo interview was not very satisfactory senators dubois of idaho pettigrew of north dakota and mantle of montana and representative bartman of montana abe bolting delegates from the st louis convention havo headquarters at abe great northern whence they are directing an active canvass for senator teller senator carter of montana is expected to arrive tomorrow the report that senator teller has issued a letter to the effect that he would not accept a nomination if it were tendered him was denied and is conclusively disapproved by tho letter from the senator published by tho united press newland the eil from nevada is exhibiting to his silver democratic frieada a tabulation as follows democratic vote in 1892 democratic vote in eold new york new england N J and penna democratic vote in populist states of the west this leaves a total of deduct for the democratic gold vote 20 percent and the aggregate silver vote pledged to the silver ticket to be nominated at chicago amounts to but if the dilver democrats will accept the combination now offered them by the teller mr newlands pledges them the five states pop ulises and silvy rite vote on the basis of thy vote of 1894 free republicans vote independent vote of organized labor total for the teller candidacy grand total tor the ticket if teller is named EX SENATOR WALSH ON THE SITUATION silver forces are determined to jrsn izo the Convention Teller yells ex senator walsh has been in the city for pome days being hero as delegate at large from georgia A reporter of the united press called upon him today at bis hotel in order to obtain if I 1 possible hia views a the political at first he was die inclined to say anything for publication he finally consented to give hia view and dictated the following statement it is pretty well understood that the silver forces are determined to organize ae the convention this means that the temporary and permanent organization will be in the hands of the silver As to the presidential nomination fotion is not well defined bland beyma to be well in the lead starting ot with the states of missouri arkansas and texas to him the boom for governor bobea doe abot so far effective in securing any decided accessions for bis candidacy there is strong undercurrent for senator telfer the logical candidate for the situation hi name ia being favorably presented by prominent democrats it is urged that be ia not a democrat and this fact militates against his favor 0 the other hand it 19 claimed he is the embodiment of the free silver cause and that be senta in iha most forceful degree the cital rital principle c home rule or local self government la lai i retiring from the republican convention lie exhibited the courage ot b convictions and gave the highiet evidence of devotion to a cause the triumph of which lie believes to be of paramount interest to the welfare of the people ilia advocates assert that the present is an abnormal period in the history of american politics and that t presents an opportunity for the democratic party to gather within its folds the populists and the free silver republicans they claim hia nomination will bridge the way into abo democratic fold and that if be is made the nominee his election will be certainty tellers friends affirm in the moat positive manner that it nominated he will carry every state west of the missouri river and in addition the states of indiana illinoia Illi noie iowa and but they arc not confident that those states can bo carried for a democrat while alie leaders in the northwest will advocate the nomination and election ol 01 a tree silver democrat they doubt their ability to carry with them the rank and file of the free silver republicans and of the populists lists they assort however that with teller as the nominee all obstacles would be removed and nil populists and free silver republicans would unite most cordially with the democrats in securing hia election with teller as a leader and standard etan dard bearer these men would find no difficulty in passing over the democratic camp the prominent southern democrats who have been here for weeks are carefully considering the situation the arguments in favor of senator tellers nomination are listened to with respect and are given tamest consideration if there was any certainty that a democrat could be elected president senator tellers name would not be seriously considered the convention can afford to nominate a man who has bolted democratic leaders are deeply impressed by alie presentation in behalf of senator teller and they are giving the most serious consideration to the advisability vis ability of candidacy his in the event of their becoming satisfied that a democrat cannot be effected his nomination will mean that he and his aup porters have quit tho republican party forever it is confidently asserted that the amalgamation amalea mation of the frace silver republicans and the populists would cement the union between the grea producing sections of the country and would result in democratic control of the federal government for along period of time jones of nevada for teller senator john nevada was one of the late arrivals this evening he of course bears no credentia le to bralic convention though he some time since formally renounced ilia allegiance to the republican caucus and bis adhesion to the republican party aa an exponent of free silver senator jones said emphatically that so far he had been able to gauge the sentiment of the delegates since hia arrival teller was the man and he ought to be said mr jones DELEGATES not koom enough them allther All They will closely organize chicago july IA conference of ail ver delegates numbering seventy five and representing nearly every state that sends silver delegates to tho convention was held at tle sharman flous tonight the meeting was called to order by senator tennessee at and adjourned at 10 mr T 0 secretary of the bimetallic secretary of the conference L haines 0 1 the roll by elates et ates and a number of states not represented at the former conference held earlier in the week re senator jones of Vr kansas chairman of the at eing committee of ap pointed at the first conference reported the result of their interview with tho executive committee of the national democratic committee this interview ho stated bad u been batis factory and the committee would have a |