The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-04-30
Political Notes and Opinions.

The National President and National
Executive Board of the Farmers Alliance
have called conference Of the State presi-
dents and executive boards to be held in Bir-
mingham, Ala. on Tuesday, May 8, 1892.
The circular announcing the call states that
there is so little concert of action among the
officers of the different States and sections
that if allowed to continue it must be fatal
to the order.
1t has been discovered that the North Da.
kota Legislature has made no provision for
the presidential election. A special session
will have to be called or the electors may be
chosen by the next Legislature, which will
meet six days before the electors are required
by law to cast the vote Of the State.
A national conference of colored Repub-
licans has been called for Chicago, June 4,
1892, to ,obtain the combined wisdom and
sound Judgment of the prominent colored
laen of every section in the coming presi-
dental campaign.
The Blaine Cab OF Chicago is sending out
a circular containing resolutions urging all
clubs in the country in sympathy With it TO
make vigorous and combined effort to have
Secretary Blaine nominated for President at
Minneapolis.
St. Louis Globe Democrat says The
Cleveland men who are declaring that their
fayori;e can be ''elected without New York
ought to tell the names of the States that they
are going to wrest from the Republicans.
Where are they going to make their conquest
Will they make any gains in New England ?
The Rhode Island election destroys any such
probability. Are they going to achieve
triumph in the Western States? They can
aol If the elections which have been held
recently IL this section are trustworthy in
dication of public sentiment.
From the Mobile Register Senator Cor
man is friendly TO the ex President and would
be glad to see him elected again. So would
Senator Brice and many other Senators.
2pt almost without exception they look upon
the sitaat;eg in the Empire State as fatal to
any New iGrk candidate. Senator Brlce ex-
presses the common conviction when he says
ANY man from outside New York gould be
stronger in New York than any man from
Yilhn the State.
Ihe Republicans of the first congressional
district Of Colorado at Denver instructed
their delegates to the Minneapolis convention
to vote for any candidate for President who
shall favor the free coinage of silver. Reso-
lutons were adopted indorsing the official
acts of Senators Teller and Wolcott and Sec
rotary Blaine and the administration of Presi-
dent Harrison, except his policy ON silver
coinage.
Congressman Elijah 4. Morse, of Boston,
has published "a letter announcing that he
will not be candidate for reelection. He
mentions as the cause of his proposed retire.
ment the severe attack of la grippe of which
he has been the victim, and from which he
has by no means as yet fully recovered.
All the Republican congressional conven.
tons in Alabama net on Monday and elected
delegates to the Minneapolis convention.
All favor the denomination OF Harrison.
Several contesting delegations will go up. but
the split is on local issues.
The State convention of the Colorado Silver
Leagues at Denver, Col, Monday, decided tC
support any party that will faithfully carry
out the purposes of the free coinage of silver.
II am not opposed to Mr.. Harrison per-
sonally," says Mr.. Pettigrew, in the New
York World, shut think it would be grave
mistake TO renominate him. With the ex.
ceptiou of Lincoln and Grant we have not
reelected President for sixty years, and
Lincoln and Grant were reelected under
exceptional circumstances, when any man
could have been elected on the Republican
ticket. But Grants denomination led to q
split in che Republican party and lost us men
who have never returned to us. Why should
we try to put up Harrison again when we
can win so much easier with almost any
other man ?
United States Senators Edward D. Wolcott
and Henry NJ. Teller, Congressman Hosea
Townsend and Mr.. j. L. Brush were chose n
by reclamation delegates at large to the
Minneapolis convention by the Republican
State Convention of Colorado on Wednesday
at Denver. The resolutions denounce the
demonstration of silver in 1873 as great
crime and demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver on an equal basis with gold
The delegates to the Minneapolis convention
were instructed 10 oppose the nomination OF
any man for President who is not known to
be heartily in favor of these views. Mr..
Blaine's course was commended. resolu-
ton to indorse the administration Of President
Harrison was offered and defeated by vote
of 62S to 2.
The Maine Republican State Convention,
at Bangor, declared that the best interests OF
the republican party and of the country will
be sabseryed by the denomination and re,
election of President Harrison, but ex-Gov.
ernor Davis, who presented the resolutions,
explained that this declaration was not in-
tended for an instruction to the delegation to
Minneapolis. Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Reed were
specially commended in the resolutions,
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