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ESTABLISHED 1823.
INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1896.
1lTnII? J rI7"VrPC (AT RATLWAT NF.W STAmoX
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jjhe Delegates and Visitors
To the National Convention that
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FROM AFFLUENCE TO PENURY.
Ex-Treasurer llojra; Work am n
Walter, then Flees from Spokane. r
SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 3u.-Ex-Treas-urer
J. XV. Boggs, of Tacoma, the man who
has handled hundred oZ thousands of the
people's money ($100,000 of which stuck to
his fingers), and who for several years
lived In luxury from his stealings, a man
once looked up to and respected In the city,
for a while yesterday occupied the menial
position of waiter behind the lunch counter
of tho Farmers's Home saloon In this city.
Boggs arrived In the city from Tacoma
yesterday, penniless and hungry. He said
he could find no one to give him employ
ment in the city where for years he was
honored, and so he came to Spokane to try
his luck, lie tramped the city In vain in
search of work. At noon he wearily
dropped into a chair at the Fanners' Home
saloon to rest. He engaged the proprietor
In conversation, and begged him to give
hira some employment, no matter what it
Was. Struck with pity for tho hungry
stranger, the proprietor set him to work
'behind the free lunch counter at wages of
$10 a week.
Boggs had not been at work an hour be
fore he was recognized by several citizens.
The result was that hundreds Hocked to
the saloon to see the singular spectacle of
the once high official presiding at so me nial
a task. Boggs could not long face tho or
deal, and resigned his position after a few
hours.
Hoggs was convicted of embezzlement of
Tacoma's city funds, and Is out on JIO.OX)
bonds pending an appeal cf his case to the
Supreme CourL
RIB0T IN NEW YORK.
Eid'rime Minister of Prance Comes
to Ylalt Relative.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Alexander Felix
Joseph Itlbot, a leading statesman of
France during the eurly part of President
Faure's administration, arrived In this city
on La Bretagn to-day. The ex-Premier Is
accompanied by his stepson. Marcel de
Margoet. The wife of M. Illbot Is an
American woman. She Is the daughter of
I. N. Burch, of Chicago. M. Rlbot and his
stepson have come to America to visit rel
atives in Vermont.
is to be held in this city this wetk are
a IT"
the winner of the pony upon
of count.
Exclusively.
CERTAINTY,
Are aware of the fact, no doubt,
that to tell a good cigar is to
smoke it Try
CHAMBERS'S BOUQUET
And be convinced.
BRYAN'S DAY OF REST
CAX EAT DINNER. OX SUNDAY AVITII
OVT CALLS FOR AUTOGRAPHS.
Will Leave Xevr York To-Dar for
Cleveland, but Return Aaln the
Last Part of October.
JAMESTOWN. N. Y., Aug. J).-Jlr. and
Mrs. William J. Uryan enjoyed a day of
ease after a week of campaigning .which
has Included speeches In the largest Inland
cities of the State, in two or three farm
ing centers and many short ones from car
platforms. Two or three, and sometimes
more, long speeches have been made by
Mr. Bryan each day, and tho Intervals be
tween have been spent In traveling by
train or carriage. Every morning has seen
him up at 6 o'clock and not before 1
o'clock at night has he been able to se
cure sleep. The week with him has been
a season of unremitting turmoil, pushing
through crowd3, riding after brass bands,
with fireworks flying or cannon roaring In
his ears. Even In the quieter moments at
hotel tables and In street-car seats there
has always been an anxious crowd at his
elbow to shako hands, trying to talk pol
itics or tell him how the campaign must
be run. He has even had to wield a fork
with tho left hand while writing au
tographs with the right. Despite this con
tinuous strain Mr. Bryan was looking al
most as fresh as a week ago, when he ap
peared in the hotel dining room this morn
ing. His voice haa lost most of the huski-
ness which at one stag of the tour
threatened to bring it to an end.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan went to the First
Presbyterian Church to-day. where they
listened to a sermon by Rev. G. M. Col
ville Ir. the morning. Afterward they drove
to Lakewood on Lake Chautauqua, twelvo
miles from here, where they were enter
tained by Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo.
Wherever they stirred curious groups
gathered about them. To-morrow Mr.
Bryan leaves New York State, probably to
return in October, when he will speak in
Brooklyn and other plares.
In the morning a brief visit will be made
to Chautauqua. There will bo a speech at
ltlpley and then a dash for Cleveland. O.,
where Mr. Bryan will speak to-morrow
night. Being shown a newspaper state
ment to-day that the owner of the largest
hall In Toledo, who Is a Republican, re
fused to rent the hall for a Democratic
meeting, Mr. Bryan said that he would tell
the Toledo Democrats that if the people
there want to hear him he will speak on
tha prairie. Word has been' received that
a plan Is on foot to pack the hall in
Cleveland with Republicans.
Jinr.n nniKi: dolts.
Leadlnjr Cleveland Democrat's Decla
ration for McKlnley.
COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. CO. Judge Steven
son Burke, of Cleveland, president of the
Toledo & Ohio Central railroad, and a
leading Democrat, in a letter to Col. W. A.
Taylor, the leader of the silver wing of the
party, repudiates Bryan and the Chicago
platform and declares In strong language
that ho will vote for McKlnley. After dis
cussing the money question in an exhaust
ive manner. Judge Burke says:
"la my Judgment the free coinage of Ml
ver is a dangerous heresy, and. besides. I
have no conrtience In the financial doctor
who prescribes it. The evi!s sniftered by
A t - . .
me commonweaitn anu proposed to be
cured by free silver were produced by the
Democratic and Populist parties. The real
parent of all evils suffered by our people is
tne present larirc. tne joint work of Demo
crats and Populists. By it hundreds of thou
sands of wage earners have been thrown
out of employment: shops, mills, furnaces
and factories have been coied; the wages
ot labor have been reduced; the public debt
has been Increased several hundred mil.
lions; business has been stagnated, and the
government. like a beggar, has been ccm
pel led to go from place to place to borrow
money to keep itself afloat.
-I agree with the Republican candidate
for President that it would be much better
to open the mill, the furnaces, the fac
tories and the places of industry to free
American labor than to open the mints to
the free coinage of sliver. In my judgment
there would be the same sense In adopting
nnanciai nostrums irom tne party respond
ble for all our evils that there would be
for a sick man made s-ck by the treatment
or an incompetent quack to accept with de
light. 'after four years of sickness and vit
ferlng, a new no.-trum. warranted to cure.
irem the tame quacK.
Judce Burke dnlos responsibility for an
alleged coercive circular sent to the em.
ployes of the road, but says:
I consider It the duty of all employers
to protect their people, as far as possible,
from Incompetent financial and political
quacks. Still, if there are any of the em
ployes of the Toledo & Ohio Central who
wish still to tuke Democratic and Popj
llatlc nostrums they are at liberty to do so.
'lhey are free men and entitled to all the
rights of free men."
BRAGG OR WATTERSON
ONE OF THESE, IT APPEARS, WILL
HEAD THE SGW TICKET.
Popularity of the Kentucky Editor
Slakes II I in n Formidable Candi
date for the Honor.
FLORIDA FOR CLEVELAND
STATE DELEGATION TELEGRAPHS
HERE FOR A I1ANNEII.
Secretary of the Xavy Herbert Men
tioned as the Nominee for Vice
President Other Possibilities.
TVhllo none of the men participating In
the convention this week entertain any
Idea that Its nominees are likely to be
elected, a large amount of Interest is being
displayed in the question of nominations.
General Falmer Is entirely out of it. The
advance guard from Illinois announces
that he has not changed his position since
he announced at the meeting of the na
tional committee here early In the month
that he could not permit the use of his
name and that he Is coming here for Wat
terson. Those who know Senator Vilas
well declare that after assisting In putting
the indorsement of General Bragg through
the Wisconsin convention, he will not lis
ten to any suggestion of his own nomina
tion. Tho logic of the situation takes out
of consideration the nomination of any
Eastern man, like Senator Gray.
The possibility of nominating Cleveland
was brought into renewed prominence by
the telegram yesterday from the Florida
delegation asking for paraphernalia for a
Cleveland boom, but those close to the
President understand that he would not
consider for a moment a proposition to run
for a third term, though he is in hearty
sympathy with the movement and will
probably Inform the country of this fact
shortly after the convention. He is under
stood to be also much averse to the idea
of having any member of the Cabinet head
the ticket, believing that it is better that
the convention should nominate a man who
has not been connected in any official ca
pacity with the administration. This view
la shared by the Cabinet officers and has
caused both Carlisle and Wilson to take
themselves out of consideration. The lead
ers of the movement understand and ap
preciate the position of the administration
upon this question and there Is little or no
possibility of either Cleveland or any mem
ber of his Cabinet being taken up for Pres
ident, though whether the same reasoning
would apply with equal force to the second
place on the ticket Is another matter. The
name of Colonel Brodhead, of Missouri,
ha3 also been suggested by his own State,
but he himself smiles at the idea and his
State will not press his claims. Occasion
ally Mr. Bynum's nam is talked of, but
he Is not permitting his friends to press it.
The namc-3 most talked of are those of
General Bragg and Henry Watterson and
it is almost certain to bo one of these two
men. The leaders of the movement are not
endeavoring to Influence the nomination,
preferring to let the matter take its
course. General Bragg will get strong sup
port from the Northwest and from many
of the more iromlnent delegates who look
at tho question of availability. Ills record
as a general In the Union army and his
high character as a man would make him
a strong figure in the States that have to
be fought for. The name of Watterson,
however, is known to every delegate, while
many of them have heard of Bragg for the
first time since this movement came up.
Watterson has stood for years as the
champion of free trade and the Simon pure
type of rugged, old-line, old-school Democ
racy. The early arrivals from tho Western
States indicate an unsuspected strength for
him in that section and yesterday saw a
healthy growth for his boom, which is not
likely to be decreased by tho arrival of the
big crowd expected from Kentucky.
The growth of the Watterson boom has
given room for some doubt upon the sub
ject of the vice presidency. It has hereto
fore been taken for granted that Gen. Si
mon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky, would
bs the vice presidential nominee, and so he
will. If a Northern man Is named for first
place, but if Watterson should be nomi
nated the convention would have to look
elsewhere. Aside from Buckner, however,
the vice presidential suggestions have been
scarce. The Journal's Washington corre
spondent sends the following: "In adminis
tration circles the name ot Secretary of
the Navy Herbert is being suggested as an
excellent selection for the vice presidential
candidate on the ticket to be named at
the sound-money convention at Indianapo
lis, in the event that the presidential nomi
nation goes to the North or the West. Mr.
Herbert has always been a consistent
enemy of sliver, and ruined his political
prospects in Alabama by his vote against
the Bland bill in IK2. when the indignation
against him in his district was so gteat
that he saw it was Impossible for him to
be a candidate for renomination to Con
gress. He was the first member of Presi
dent Cleveland's Cabinet to announce his
unalterable opposition to the free-silver
platform adopted at Chicago, and it is be
lieved that his name on the ticket 'would
be very gratifying to President Cleveland.
Moreover, If Mr. Herbert Is the vice presi
dential candidate, the strong sound-money
sentiment which undoubtedly exists in all
the Southern cities will be encouraged to
redoubled efforts to poll. its full strength."
The convention, however, will not be the
arena of contending ambitions, and none of
the candidates or their friends are likely
feel bad if they fall to be nominated.
GROWTH OF THE MOVEMENT,
One of the Most Remarkable Conven
tions In Amerlcim Politic.
The convention of the National Demo
cratic party, which will be called to order
in Tomllnson Hall next Wednesday at 12
o'clock, will stand in hlstoryas one of the
most remarkable gatherings known in
American politics. The movement that has
brought it into being started with the
adoption of the Chicago platform, but no
specific steps were taken until July, when
W. D. Bynum. John P. Frenzel. John R.
Wilson, John T. Dye and Evans Woollen
sent out from this city telegrams asking
for a conference of sound-money Demo
crats at Chicago. From that day the move
ment has developed so rapidly that now
the National Democracy is organized In
forty-one States, all of which will be rep
resented by full delegations In the conven
tion this week. Mr. Bynum. as chairman
of the executive committee, has been busy
almost night and day In pushing the or
ganization, and has had the active support
and assistance of many of the ablest Dem
ocratic politicians in the country.
The conference called from this city met
in I'hlrui'n on Julv 11. with ten Stntpj rn-
resented. Thi. conference determined upon
holding a national convention of Dmo
rrit (mooted to the Chicago nlattform. and
asked the .ouud-inoney Democrats of the
various Mates to appoint memoers or a
provisional national committee. which
should meet here Aug. 7. So general was
the response to this call that thirty-six
States were represented at this meeting.
The date for the convention -was fixed for
Sept. 2, and the provisional national com
mittee and executive committee were or
ganized at this meeting. Since then the
energies of the leaders have been devoted
to organizing the movement in the various
States, with what success can be seen by
the list of delegates, printed In another
column. And this l.-t. by the way, shows
the strongest personnel of any Democratic
convention that has been held in twenty
five years.
The Incoming delegates are full of praise
for Bynum for the high order of executive
ability he has shown in organizing the
movement. In smoothing over difficulties, in
bringing various States into line with the
new ticket idea and in stirring up Interest
in the opposition to frte silver. It is true
that he has had able assistance in various
parts of the country. Nearly all the nn-n
who were for sound-money Nrfore the Chi
cago convention, among them ex-Chulrman
Harrlty, have given the executive commit
tee the benefit of their knowledge of the
conditions and men in various States, thus
enabling the committee to proceed intelli
gently in its work.
The main strength cf the movement lies
In the. States that are considered fighting
ground, Indiana. Illinois", Kentucky. Wis
consin. Minnesota, Iow.i Nebraska, Mis
souri and Michigan. One would naturally
suppose that Its main strength would lie in
the J-;ast. where the so Jim-money sentiment
Is almost unanimous, but such Is not the
case. They do not take their politics so
hard In the East as do the people of the
mildle West and a Democrat. In this emer
gency, does not tind It at all dltncult to
voto for McKinlev. The P-aders have found
fully as much dlfllcultj-, if not more, in com
bating the Democratic - McKlnley senti
ment In the Kast than In' Hunting the dis
position to stand by tho Chicago ticket, sim
ply because It bears the Democratic brand,
in the West. In fact the most determined
McKlnley men in the country are found
right In the ranks of Tammany Hall, among
men who would no more vote the Repub
lican ticket undf-r ordinary conditions than
they would fly.
I he convention will be notable in one or
two other nartlcu'ars as!d from the sud
denness with which it has been brought to
gether. It will have no contending factions
nor opposing ambitions, and It will contain
more notable men than "my of those held
this year. The speeches .o be made at the
Wednesday night mass meeting by Enrich,
Fellows. Breckinridge. Eekles and Outh-
walte are looked forward to os notable
contributions to the sound-money litera
ture of the campaign.
I)0VX-TOWX DECORATION'S.
''Commodore" Hlprgrlna'fl Dlntastcf al
Order At the Denlson.
The Indications are that by to-night the
business portion of the city will be hand
somely decorated In honor of the National
Democratic convention. The business men
will look upon the matter In a nonpartisan
light and will try to make the city present
an attractive appearance. South.Merldlan
street merchants will especially endeavor
to give tho street a pleasing effect.
Murphy. Htbben & Co. will begin early this
morning and get their building decorated
before the regular Monday morning rush
of trade begins. "Commodore" John Hlg
glns. the leader of the "pjsh" of the Fif
teenth ward. Is an employe of this lirm
and was notified Saturday night to present
himself at the store earlier than usual to
assist in the work of decoration. The
."Commodore" took the order ns a bitter
"pill and intimated that he might resign.
lie may nnd It possible, however, to do tho
work as John Higglns, the employo of
Murphy, Hlbbon & Co.. and for tho time
lose his Identity as a statesman.
At the Denison House the decorations
are to ba most elaborate. Some little of
the work has already been done by the
hotel people, but the work will be taken in
hand this morning by the people who deco
rated Tomlinson Hall. At prownt the en
tire front of the building is decorated with
American flags, extending from the win
dowsllls of every room. The pillars sup
porting the balcony in front of tho house
are draped In yellow bunting, while along
the balustrade of the balcony Is bunting
of red, white and blue. Extending from
the upright electroliers at the outward
edge of the balcony to the building is a
banner bearing the greet "Welcome Sound
money Men." Inside the decorations have
Just begun. The pillars are draped with
the national colors intertwined with th
gold and. about the desk are some flags
and bunting, not very tastefully arranged.
TnG RESOLUTION'S
Will Probably lie Drafted by Abrnm
S. Hewitt, ot New York.
Much interest naturally centers about
the committee on resolutions and the plat
form which tho committee will offer to tho
convention for adoption. Certain It Is that
the committee will be a strong one. The
men who are coming here as delegates aro
among the most prominent men in the
Democratic rarty and in tho country. They
are men as a rule who have for years been
the controlling element In tne Democratic
party and whoso thought has guided the
party in all its acts. It is probable that
either John P. Irish, of California, or Sen
ator Vilas, of Wisconsin, will be the chair
man of the committee. Both men will be
elected by their respective State delega
tions as members of the committee and it
Is believed that one of them will be chosen
as chairman.
Abram S. Hewitt, of New York. ex-Congressman
and ex-Mayor of his city and a
man whose handiwork has figured In all
the Democratic national platforms for
nearly a quarter of a century, will proba
bly draft the resolutions. In fact, a draft
of his has already been received In this
city and those of the party who have seen
it are highly impressed with it. In It he
has followed the same line of thought as
that taken by ex-President Harrison in his
recent speech in New York, subordinating
the money epiestlon and all the other is
sues to the issue made by the Chicago
platform against the Constitution. His
Idea is that the action of th Chicago con
vention In attacking the Supreme Court
and in its other incendiary declaratlcns
calls for the most decldpd denunciation
from the coming convention. Ills resolu
tions are very strong on this point. The
draft, as made by Mr. Hewitt, was received
in this city nearly a week ago.
FLORIDA FOR CLEVELAND.
State Delegation Order a Banner
with 'Onr Candidate.
The Florida delegation will come to the
convention to support G rover Cleveland for
the presidential nomination. Yesterday a
telgram was received by Mr. Taggart at
the Grand Hotel from Arthur Meigs, chair
man of the delegation, asking that a ban
ner be prenared for the delegation. The
banner is to be of white silk with a gold
border, containing In the center the por
trait of Cleveland and inscribed with the
words "Our Candidate." Mr. Meigs re
quested that the banner be sent to the
I'nion Station to meet the delegation at
11:50 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The State Meetings.
The various State delegations will hold
their delegation meetings Tuesday after
noon and evening and Wednesday morning
fcr the purpose of effecting organizations
and conferring upon their course In the
convention. Each State will also elect the
following: One vice president of the con
vention, one member of tho committee on
rules and permanent organization, one
member of the committee on credentials!,
one member of the committee on resolu
tions, one member of the national commit
tee. It is likely that the national commit
teemen selected will be the same as those
now composing the provisional committee.
Forming; the Escort Committee.
A good attendance Is expected at the
meeting of local Democrats at tho Grand
Hotel this evening for the purpose of form
ing a marching club for escort duty and
electing a reception committee. The meet
ing will be held at Room 23 at 8 o'clock
and all sound-money Democrats are urged
to attend.
Jlr. Frrnsel Entertain).
Yesterday afternoon tne members of the
executive committee in the city and a
number of newspaper men from out of
town were the guests of John I. Frenzel
at the Schuetzcn Park.
A R K AN S A S'S I J ELEGATIO V.
Mhk Conventlnn Meet To-Uny ut
Little Rock to Select Men.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Aug. 23. A maH
convention of gold-standard Democrats
w;?l meet here to-morrow for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the national con
vention at Indianapolis. The indications
are that the meeting will not be very
(Continued on Second rage.)
THE FIRST ARRIVALS
NEW JERSEY MAX SAYS 3PKINLEY
WILL CARRY THAT STATE.
Fifty Per Cent, of Its Democrat Are
for Sound Money Expression at
May Convention.
THE GOLD CAUSE IN IOWA
INCOMING DELEGATES FROM THERE
rnot'D OF ITS STRENGTH.
A Texan Man Who Wont the Conven
tion to Indorse McKlnley Situa
tion in Lone Star State.
W. J. Curtis, of Summit, N. J., delegate
at large and one of the leaders of the
sound-money movement in the Democratic
party of hl3 State, arrived In the city yes
terday afternoon. He said the full delega
tion of twenty men from New Jersey
would be here Tuesday afternoon and that
a number of others interested In the move
ment would attend the convention.
"The movement In New Jersey," he paid,
"Is widespread and powerful. Some Idea of
the natural sentiment of the Democrats on
the financial question can be gained from
tho expression jot the party in the con
vention which met May 7 to select dele
gates to the Chicago convention. The first
paragraph of the financial plank of the
resolutions adopted by that convention
reads as follows: 'We are in favor of a
firm, unvarying maintenance of the pres
ent gold standard. We are opposed to the
free coinage of silver at any ratio and to
the compulsory purchase of silver bullion
by the government.'
"This expression of opinion by the Demo
crats of New Jersey was made before the
national party had adopted the free-silver
plank and you may imagine that it was a
bitter pill for those of the party who felt
impelled to swallow It. Of tho fourteen
members of the State committee, when the
committee voted as to whether or not It
should support Bryan, three voted abso
lutely against such a course and one failed
to vote. We have three of them now in
our State committee and the chairman and
secretary of the oia State committee are
only waiting for the State convention for
tho election of electors at large to leave
the old party and Identify themselves with
tho newT movement. 1 use the term 'old
party as referring to what is generally
spoken of as the Democratic party, but we
do not recognize It as the Democratic party
at all. We look upon the adherents to the
Chicago platform as the bolters, and as a
matter of fact they are the bolters In New
Jersey, for they left the principle which
the Democrats of the State had already
declared for. In our recent mass conven
tion for the selection of delegates to In
dianapolis we used the old name 'the Dem
ocratic party.'
"Yes. the sentiment In New Jersey Is
strongly In favor of this sound-money
movement and the sentiment la common
among all classes. I have had talks with
Democrats in all parts of the State and of
all classes and find that few of those who
have swallowed the Chicago pill have done
so because they were in sympathy with it.
When our movement was first started there
was some opposition to It. The leaders
said the best way to defeat the Chicago
platform and Its exponent was to vote di
rectly for McKlnley, but the better counsel
was that It Is better to keep the party to
gether by a firm declaration repudiating
the repudiationists and still maintaining
the old Democratic doctrines. As soon as
the matter was placed in this light the
people swarmed to the standard of the
sound-money Democracy. Thero are yet
many Democrats who say they will vote
for McKlnley, however."
"Who is the preference of New Jersey
for the presidential nomination?" was
asked of Mr. Curtis.
"I cannot speak for the delegation, as we
have had no conference and every man
comes free to cast his vote as he chooses.
1 can say, however, that we will probably
be unlteei and our principal aim perhaps
will be to add strength to the strongest
man. Personally I believe General Palmer
would' make the ideal candidate. General
Bragg is a man of whom I am very fond
and a man who would do honor to the
ticket. Watterson is very popular and
would make a very acceptable candidate
to many nnd there is only one reason that
I could offer for not suportlng him for the
nomination. Coming from the same State
as General Buckner, his nomination for
the presidency would defeat Buckner's
nomination for the vice presidency and I
hope to see General Buckner get that nom
ination." Speaking of the effect of candidate Bry
an's speech-making tour In the East, Mr.
Curtis said:
"I consider his trip disastrous to the
cause he represents. It is patent to all
that his great effort, in Mudlson-square
Garden was a failure. I am told that he
had not been speaking ton minutes when
the people, present began going out and
that by the time he had been speaking
half an hour half his audience was gone.
A friend of mine who was (here says he
sat through the speech for twenty-five
minutes and then Joined the exodus. He
said that he felt so in sympathy with the
speaker's position as a speaker and so
sorry for him In losing his audience that
he staid fifteen minutes longer than he
otherwise would have done. When the
speech and the meeting was over and Mr.
Bryan entered his carriage to drive to his
hotel there was no demonstration. A few
boys followed his carriage and that was
about all there was of it. There was much
pith In the Interruption of (Jeneral Harri
son at Carnegie Hall when the General
paused for a moment and some one in the
audience called out: 'We are all here yet.'
"Everywhere Bryan goes I am informed
he Is a disappointment. People go to see
him out of curiosity, but when they hear
his meaningless Jingle of words they be
come disgusted with the Popocratlc can
didate. I candidly believe that be has
strengthened the sound-money Dernocratlc
movement wherever he has gone."
Mr. Curtis believes New jersey's elec
toral vote will be cast for McKlnley.
The delegation from New Jersey is com
posed of lawyers, physicians and business
men. with not a banker amongst them.
Mr. Curtis is hlmseu an attorney. Whilo
he lives in New Jersey his office is in New
York city. He has never been a politician.
In the aense of office seeking, although he
has always been greatly interested in the
work of his party, 'ine most lnlluential
papers of the New Jersey Democratic press
are helping the progress of the sound
money cause, and others which have not
supported Bryan will probably declare in
favor of the candidates nominated in this
city this week. Already the State is thor
oughlv organized by the sound-money
Democrats and Mr. urtis says that the
Brvan tidal wave is now at its ebb. with
the exception of some of the southern dis
tricts of the Sta'e which are not easy
of access. As soon as the New Jersey
delegation returns home It is the intention
to open an extended campaign and able
speakers will go Into remote sections of
the State. In the next two or three weeks
such 'systematic work will be done that
Mr. Curtis counts on large gains to sound
money principles.
He says that the convention held last
week was large and enthusiastic. New
Jersey does not elect State officers this
year, but the regular Democrats held a
convention last May. when presidential
electors were chosen. At that time a
sound-money platform was adopted, set
ting forth the principles of the State. The
sound-money men played a trick on the
regular State comraitteu last week by re
affirming the platform adopted in May, and
the State commltteo is now either forced
to repudiate the State platform or Indorse
the action of the sound-money men.
IOWA FOR SOUND MONEY.
Delegate Tell of the Revolt AKlnt
Bryan In that Section.
B. F. Tllltnghast. editor of the Daven
port (la.) Democrat, and Henry Vollmer.
Mayor of Davenport, arrived last night
and arc at the Denison. From a conversa
tion with both of them the situation in
Itwa is thus summed up:
The day following the nominations, which
were made on Saturday, the Democrat de
nounced the platform and the candidates
and said it would not only nott support
them, but that it would work for their
defeat. The Democrat is one of the oldest
Democratic papers in the State, having
fought for Democracy for about fifty
years. Its owner, J. J. Richardson, has
served for the last eight years as the Iowa
member of the Democratic national com
mittee, and his own repudiation of the
platform and ticket so soon after the con
vention was taken up by the leading Dem
ocrats throughout the State, and In a short
time there was an open revolt all along the
line. Now this revolt against the ticket
and platform Includes more than thirty of
the leading dally and weekly papers in the
State, while a few of the dailies have
neither hoisted the Bryan Hag nor declared
against the ticket. It is understood that
these papers are merely waiting the action
of this convention to declare in favor of
its nominees.
The week following the Chicago conven
tion a call was signed by 203 leading Demo
crats of Davenport for a public mass meet
ing of Democrats who were opposed to the
Chicago ticket. This call brought together
on two days' notice a crowd that could not
all gain admission to the opera-house,
which has a seating capacity of 2.0U0. This
meeting passed a resolution that It was
the sense of the Iowa Democrats that the
Chicago ticket was a menace to the coun
try and should be defeated at nil hazards.
Then came the call from this city for the
Chicago meeting and Iowa sent delegates
and has been In line with the movement
since that time.
The Davenport meeting organized a
sound-money club which now has a mem
bership of about 1.5O0 and Is growing dally.
The members are pledged to vote and work
for the defeat of the Chicago ticket. Since
that time many similar meetings have been
held and clubs have been organized in
every city of Importance in the State, In
all of which the pledge to work for the
defeat of the Chicago ticket has been ta
ken. In Burlington a club was organized
last week with 200 members; Fort Madison
and Keokuk clubs nearly as large were or
ganized, and In Burlington a club of 1G3
railroad men was organized last week.
This last club is composed about equally
of Republicans and Democrats, but all have
taken the pledge to vote for sound money.
Last week Mr. Tilllnghast interviewed
about 100 prominent Democrats at the time
of the- State convention to select delegates
to this convention. These Interviews filUd
six columns In his paper. To sum them
up. those intervieweu think that about 40
per cent, of the rank and file of Iowa
Democracy will vote against Bryan and
Sewall. The enthusiasm for the movement
for the third ticket was well shown in the
State convention, which was composed of
7J2 delegates, representing ninety-four of
the ninety-nino counties of the State. The
convention was as enthusiastic as any
convention ever held In tne State.
In regard to the choice of presidential
candidates, Mr. Yolimer. who Is a delegate
from the district in -which Davenport is
located, said: "I am for Watterson my
self, and I think ho wiil have a large vote
in our State. He is a very popular man
there and the people realize that this cam
paign mu3t dfpend largely upon the per
sonality of the candidate. There Is not
time for an active canvass of the situation
and we must name a man who is well
enough known as an uncompromising
Democrat. to carry him through. Mr. Wat
terson fills that requirement in every par
ticular. He has made himself very popu
lar In our State by his lecture on Lincoln,
which he has delivered in almost every
town of any size in the State. Following
these lectures there was usually a recep
tion, which added much to his personal
popularity. I can speak only lor myself,
for our delegation has had no meeting, but
1 think Mr. Watterson will get a large
vote from Iowa."
Henry Vollmer Is a young man who pre
sents the appearance of a mere youth. Ills
face is smooth shaven and he carries his
twenty-eight years lightly. Although so
young, he has been electee Mayor of Dav
enport four times and is wonderfully pop
ular. His youth often gets him into queer
predicaments. Where he is not personally
known he Is usually looked upon as a mere
bow which is in full accord with his per
sonal appearance. John P. Frenzel last
night told of his experience with Mr. Voll
mer in the Chicago meeting which followed
the call sent out from this city. Mr. Voll
mer was there representing his district In
Iowa. After a number of others had ex
pressed their views, Mr. Vollmer arose. In
telling of it last night Mr. Frenzel said:
"I wondered what in the world that llttie
hoy was getting up there among full
grown men for. I really turned away, not
expecting to hear anything that would in
terest me. but It was not a minute until I
had occasion to turn my head again, for a
speech, the superior of which had not been
delivered, pleading for action to be taken
to save the Democracy of the country from
disgrace, was coming from the lips of Mr.
Vollmer. 1 was simply amazed and never
again will I Judge a man by his appear
ance." Mr. Tilllnghast and Mr. Richardson, tho
owner of the Davenport Democrat, stand
to the Iowa Democracy about as Henry
Watterson and the Courier-Journal stand
to . the Kentucky Democracy. They have
made a light since the nomination of the
Chicago ticket for its repudiation by the
Democrats and will continue the light until
Bryan and Sewall are merely memories of
a campaign that awakened unusual condi
tions and enthusiasm in this country.
WANTS 3PKINLEY INDORSED.
Delegate Lalter, of Texa, Say He
Intend to Vote for the Ohio Man.
N. H. Lassitcr, of Fort Worth, Tex., one
of the delegates from that State, registered
at the Bates House yesterday afternoon:'
The forty or fifty members of the delega
tion will arrive some time to-mcrrow. Mr.
Iisslter says that the Texas convention of
the sound-money Democrats was a very
successful affair, something like six hun
dred delegates having been in attendance
from all parts of the State. Over one hun
dred of them were farmers, which goes to
show, Mr. Lasslter thinks, that Bryan will
not have the strength in the rural districts
that is claimed for him.
Mr. Lassiter declares that he does not
favor the nomination of candidates at the
convention this week, lie says he believes
the convention ought to indor&e Cleve
land's administration, adopt a declaration
of principles somewhat on the order of the
Declaration of Independence, and then ad
journ. His statement that the Texas dele
gation will favor such a plan is at vari
ance with letters from otner Texas dele
gates that have been received at the head
quarters of the committee here, widen as
sert that Texas is in favor of the nomina
tion of a strong ticket upon a thoroughly
Democratic platform. The Fort Worth del
egate says that the Southern delegations
will only favor the nomination of a ticket
In deference to the wishes of the s0und
money men of the North, who re-gard such
a course as being a necessity to afford
anti-Bryan Democrats an opportunity to
vote, and at the same: time relieve them of
the necessity of supporting McKlnley,
which they regard as quiaient to voting
for protective tariff. Personally, Mr. Las
siter says that he Intends to vote for Mc
Klnley, and that he will leave the conven
tion rather than help nominate a ticket,
which he would feel bound to support aft
erwa rd.
"What are McKinley's chances of carry
ing Texas?" he was asked.
"If the Populists and Republicans fuse,
which now seems likely. McKlnley will
have a good lighting chance. Otherwhe I
do not see how Bryan can be prevented
from getting the electoral votes."
In explaining the Texas situation. Mr. Las
sitcr said that the Populistu ar- on the war
path, as they were openly Insulted and vio
lently abused at the recent Democratic State
convention, when their proposition to sup
port Bryan In return for having names of
Watson electors placed on the ticket was
defiantly refused. Now a movement Is on
foot for a fusion between the Republicans
and Populists, whereby the Republicans
will agree to support the Popullstlc State
(Continued on Second I'ase.)
LIST OF DELEGATES
TEMPORARY CONVENTION ROLL
PARTIALLY COMPLETED.
T y-Nlne State Have Already.
Certified the Name to the Ex
ecutive Committee.
FIVE STATES ELECT TO-DAY
ONLY XI) AIIO, WYOMING, NEVADA,
AM) ITAII WILL Di: ABSENT.
Forty-One State In All Will lie llepm
resented NVhen the Holt m
Called Wednesday.
Secretary Wilson, of the National Demo
cratic committee, last evening completed
making up the temporary roll call of the
convention so far as he could go, until the
Tuesday meeting of the national commit
tee. The following States hive certified tho
i.amc3 of full delegations elected: Califor
nia, Connecticut. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland. Massachusetts, Michigan, Min
nesota, Missouri. New Jersey. North Caro
lina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, FcnnsyU
vania, Rhcde Island. South Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West
Virginia twenty-nine In all. The following
have notified the executive committee that
they have elected, but have not yet sent
In their lists: Alabama, Colorado. Dela
ware, Florida, Nebraska, N'ew Hampshire,
Virginia and Washington.
Below Is given a list of the delegates to
the convention so far as they have been.
reported to the executive committee. T.l
delegations from New York. Arkansas,
Mississippi and Montana and the delegates
nt large from Indiana will be selected to-day
and are therefore not Included in the list.
There are a few other States missing from
the fact that their national committeemen
have waited until they should arrive her
to repert them In person. The are Ala
bama, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, Virginia and
Washington. There are represented in th
list below twenty-nine States. These, with
the ones named atove, make In all forty
one States that will be represented, be
ing all the States in the Union, except the
silver "roten boroughs" of Idaho, Wyom
ing, Nevada and Utah. The list, which 1ft
taken from the official temiorary roll as
made up to date by Secretary Wilson, cf
the national committee, is as follows:
California.
Casslus Carter, John Roth, James H.
O'Brien. Thomas B. Bord. Warren Alney,
John Stanley. Clay M. Taylor. F. S. L4p-
pctt, Nathaniel. Harris, Jerry Lynch, John
P. Irish. William Thomas. K. S. Heller.
Connecticut.
Thomas M. Waller, Lewis Sperry,
George M. Gunn. Zolmon Good sell. Rob
ert J. Vance, J. A. Sperry, II. Holton
Wood. Charlen A. Elliott. David A. Wells,
Charles Canfield. Alexander Wildm&n.
George M. Woodruff. -
Georgia. .
G. V. Gress. W. S. Thompson, R.
F. Matldox. T. F. Corrlgan. W. A. Russell.
, W. A. Matthews. Q. R. Desaussure. Joseph
Jacobs, ueorge W . Johnson. U. N. Hudson.
Illinois.
Delegates at Large John M. Falmer.
John C. Black. William S. Forman. John
P. Hopkins. Ben T. Cable, H. S. Bobbins,
C. A. E win K, Roger C. Sullivan.
District Delegates Thos. Mornn, Adams
A. Goodrich. .Morton Klnball, W. II. V.
Johnson, John Krcde. A. H. Cohen. J. J.
Coughlln. L. W. Winchester. James J.
Townsend, Adolph Kraus, Franklin Mac
Veagh. Francis S. Peabody, William Leg
ner. Joseph H. Fitch, W. H. Hlntze. Chris
tian Rosettl. David Sheehan. Joseph G.
Hettinger, Charles Dunham. Paul Klrsch,
James II. Eckels. C. A. Palmer, Herman
Show, R. E. Klmbrough. Charles J. Dunn,
J. R. Trevett. H. M. lindell. E. A. Wal
lace. C. H. Williamson. O. C. Ward, IX
J. Vaughn. Charles G. Heinz. J. S. Smith,
J. B. Hoblltt. S. XV. Molton. Georg L.
ZInk. D. I. LUlard, Charles S. 'Vilcy. John
S. Black. John R. Hoik. G. A. Koerner,
W. K. Murphy, Henry G. Carter, J. S.
Reardon.
Alternates at Large Robert Hamlll, F.
J. Dvorak, Henry Rook, XV. S. Wilson.
Benjamin Warren. K. Phelps, William
Steinwiddle, Charles Dunham.
District Alternates D. M. Pfnelzer,
George A. Neeb. Henry P. CarmoJy. H.
C. Hansen. Henry Goldstein. H. B. Coff
man, T. F. Judge. Henry T. litx. John
Dowille, J. B. Murray. W. A. Vincent, J. 8.
Cooper. S. S. Biewer, J. M. Reardon, XV. J.
Trultte. XV. II. Doe. XV. V. Sizer,
Roderick CMsholm. H. B. Wilson. W. R.
Wilson, XV. B. Blish. A. XV. Conven. M.
Livingston. D. A. Orevaugh. Jerry Reilly.
H. O. Castoi. Samuel Day. Garrett Dalley,
B. F. Forest. L. A. Kaing, XV. H. Covert,
XV. R. Routt. E. J. Frost. Charles Wus
baum. J. Cf. Colgrave. Carl Deichman. R.
P.. Miller. O. B. Sullivan. A. F. Ualvin,
Charles Cat roll. E. O. Ityden. M. M.'Stev
enr, C. B. Cole, J. F. Council. A. J. Wiiber.
Indiana.
District Delegates August Brentano,
Clarence Hinckle, Dr. J. A. Mlnnlch,
Charles Blerhaus, Dr. L. Dowle. C. 8.
Fester. Dr. Ford. William XV. Mooney. P.
J. Morgan. E. R. Hamilton. E. H. Faut.
J. R. McCabe. Allen W. Condultt. Henrr
ItUFse, S. W. Edmunds. George Grimes, J.
S. Nave, J. W. Jordan. Emery Sellers. E.
H. Scott, Harry W. Strouse, M. It. Smith,
E. II. McDonald. C. A. O. McClellan, J.
G. Orr. Daniel Agnew.
District Alternates G. XV. Harris, Dr. C.
Hicks. Francis H. Freland. Jsmes C. Cor
bin. C. S. Ferguson. Max Abraham, F. A.
Skelton. F. S. Moore. L. E. Emmons. H. C.
Morrison. Al Harton, Austin H. Brown.
Harrv B. Smith. M. M. Wlnnans. B. F.
Whee-Ier. Dr. Gott, N. C. Harris, Thomas
Woo J. C. L. Thomas, George A. Southall,
P. S. O ilourke, S. M. Fester, J. T. Hey,
B. D. Salisbury.
Iowa.
Delegates Henry Yolimer. Samuel Cohn,
John Wolbank. John N. Morton. Robert
Bonson. M. Rlcktr. J. II. McConlogue, M.
B. Hendrlek. Martin Mill. H. M. Carpenter,
XV. R. llollingsworth. F. M. Hunter, T. C.
OUpin, Joel Whitmrr. H. II. Mallory. J. M.
Hammond. W. J. Burke. Charles F. Chase,
P. M. Mitchell. J. J. Russrtl, John C. Kee
ley, M. Jrnyder.
Alternates Thomas Stivers. George Shaf
fer, S. A. Swisher. Ci. E. Johnson. T. F.
Kenyon. Henry Sehultz. Sam O. Sloane. XV,
A. Hoyt, K. F. Kockhcck. John B. Mur
douch. I 1 Hull, R. T. Shea. T. R. North.
H. P. Shepherd. J. B. Hornor, R. C. Cham
berlain. J. H. Halbert. Gtorge M. Marshall,
B F. Dickev, Theodore Churchlllls, P. K.
Halbrook, XV. V. Van Osterhaut.
Kansas.
Delegates at Lnrge Thomas V. Fenlon,
Samuel Klmbel. XV. E. Garver. W. H. Ros
slngtcn. C. F. Hutchlns, C. Boyd.
Alternates at Iarge S. F. Reynolds. W,
Hodson. N- A. Voss, John V. Brtnkman,
W. 1. Joseph. John A. ShUUon.
D'strlct Delegates R. L. IVase. John D.
Cruiso. C. E. Hulett. Howard Rosm. A. W.
Jcnes. C. J. Lantry, J- H- Sparks. S. W.
Angler. G rover Walker. T. I. I-ancaster,
C. O. Vpn Deve titer. J. XV. Lcnsr.
District Alternates Mr. Shield. Georgt
Horseman, Robert Kdmundson. P. H. AU
blight. B. F. Pankey. L. H. Brown. J. 8.
Alsoingh. Harry C. Tobey. George S. By.
rey" Thomas F. Poole. William Osmond,
J."W. Russell.
Louisiana.
Delegates at Large United States Sena
tor Donin-lson CaflVry. F. Marshall Miller,
Edgar H. Farrar. M. R. Spuilman.
District Delegate Ixvuis P. Bryant,
Thomas E. Davis. Charles Jandler. a iga
Carroll. William T. Miles, Thomas J. Shaf
ftr, C. N. Randolph. A. Goodwell. D. C.
Dawkins. G. McD. Brumiey, W. J. Kerman,
J. It. McGeehee.
Alternates at Large Charles F. Clai
borne. William Cowland. Stanley O'Thomaa,
Newton Buckner.
District Alternates Eugene Mestler, J. M,
Walklns. F. L. Richardson. Charles S. Sche
neck. Wilson McKcrrall, Senator Hampton

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