Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-06-24
BRIEF WlRINGS::-
THE GREAT UNWASHED,
Surprise Over the Defeat of Gray for
e-President-Hill's Knife
is Ready.
The Free silver Men Snubbed-Wat-
tersOn's Mastery Effort and
How 1t Resulted.

CHICAGO. June 24.-The Democrat,
national convention brought with it man,
surprises. None was greater than tha
the committee on resolutions should have
been repudiated as disloyal to the revenue
reform principles Of the Democratic party
and it's tariff planks placed for the substi
tuition of a class declaring against prin
ciples OF protection by maintaining thai
the federal government has no power tc
impose tariff duties in excess of the
revenue necessities of the government
honestly and economically administered.
In Democratic convention controlled
by the friends of Grover Cleveland by
over 2 to l, 1t remained for his principal
opponent, Henry Wstterson, Of Ken
lucky, to challenge the very friends OF the
recognized leader Of tariff reform for fal-
tering at the critically moment and
ENDEAvoRING TO COMPROMISE
and temporize with the burning issue of
the age. 1t was the invincible logic of
Watterson, uttered with an emotion al
most terrible in its intensity, that caused
the convention to pause on the brink, and
so ably was the great Kentucklan sup
ported by the fiery Neal, Of Ohio, who
opened the fight as dissenting member
OF the committee, that wave of senti-
ment, which all the pleading of Villas was
powerless to resist, swept over the assem-
bly,, and by vote of nearly two to one,
the committees recommendation was
borne down and another launched on the
political stream which flows in but one
directon-tarf for revenue only. For a
time it was hard to make the friends OF
Cleveland in the various delegations be-
lieve it.
wATTERsoN's MOVEMENT
was not subterfuge of the enemy. That !
the Kentuckian was glad to avail himself
Of every means to weaken the prestige of
Cleveland, there is no doubt, but it is also
declared that the tariff declarations of
1884 were no longer sufficient to meet the
views of the Democratic
party of to-day. The convention agreed
with him and adopted new substitute
'egardless of its consequences on the
presidential billow.
The ballot on the presidency showed
hat the carefully prepared estimates
which have been given out from time to
lme during the past forty eight hours by
he various leaders Of both factions, were
'ery nearly accurate. The margin OF diff
erence between the claims of both fac
ions were less than 5 per cent Of the
ntire of the convention, and the conclu-
ion OF the ballot found that the ex.presi-
lent had less than dozen votes in excess
# the number requisite for the nomina-
ion.
THE SILVER VOTE.
In only one instant was there signi-
cant surprise. The silver states and
erritories Of the west failed to give that
old vote against Grover Cleveland,
'hich was so frequently and confidently !
nticipated by the anti. Cleveland people. !,
Vyoming- gave three votes to Cleveland,
.rizona gave him five, New Mexico sup .
orted him with four and Mormon Utah
ontributed its mite, all it had, two votes ,,
,r Grover Cleveland. Oklahoma and !
indian territory, and even far off Alaska !
ere oil loyal to the ex-president. Ore ..
on gave him all she had, and her sister ..
late Of Washington followed the ex-
mple. Not until the states were passed
nd the call nearly through was the
omination Of Cleveland on the first bal
1t assured, so very doubtful indeed, was I
,e final result. Following are the figures t