The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-11-30
EIGHTH PAGE ESSAYS.
No. q.

The republicans will find greater
difficulty in agreeing upon standard
bearer in 1896 than the democrats
will. Already the clans and factions
of the republican party are gathering
for the internecine conflict. Already
Harrison and Mckinley and Morton
and Reed are holding each other by
the throat, and Retrospective hackers
are bedaubing them with war paint.
Chairman Dick, of Ohio, says the
work of Tuesday, November 9th
makes Governor Mckinley the logical
candidate for the Presidency in 90,
while Chairman Manley, of the Ma
tional Committee, says the result log
ically forces Thomas B. Reed to the
front. What fun there will be when
the logicians shall come together to
"try conclusions"
OF course each one of the four will
insist that he has his state at his back,
and neither of them will consent to
take second place on the ticket; and
SO when an irresistible force meets an
immovable obstruction something
must break. Upon such struggle
democrats can look with interest and
without anxiety. The platform upon
which the party will place its candi-
date is impossible to forecast, but at
present it seems likely to be free SIT
Ser and Mgh tariff.
Pennsylvania will have weight in
convention, and Senator Don Cam
eron is whetting his free silver knife to
take part in the fray. So many candi-
dates certain, will contest the nomi-
nation. He will be fought bitterly by
the Philadelphia Press and probably
by the New York Tr1bUne, and his
political record will make interesting
reading. At present, Don Cameron
is the most logical candidate of the
party, and as Sherman is not likely to
be seriously in the struggle, Cameron
will have all the Sherman influence
whatever it may be.
The populists will not amount to !
much in the next election, as appears !
at present-they will naturally 60 ,
over to the silverites, and it is posi- !
BILE that the free silver men may Or
ganize and carrying off recruits from
the republicans and democrats, may
make formidable third party in
1896. Even now, the silver men are
moving, and the papers make the fol
lowing announcement:
The silver men of Colorado and
other mining states are maturing
plans, it is said, for launching SSH
yer party" They will cooperate with
the bimetallists of the South and
East, and a call will soon be issued
for meeting to effect an organiza-
ton. 81 do not care to have my
name used," said prominent mining
authority, "but have correspondence
from Cameron and Sibley, of Penn
sylvania; several Ohio Congressman,
Senators Jones and Stewart, of Ne
vada, and many others, all urging us
10 Iorm silver party. we nave no
hope from the successful party in
Congress.
"Do you think Cameron will run as
an independent silver candidate
against the republican party2"
81 feel confident he would head our
ticket with pleasure. He wants the
platform only silver and protection
We all believe that party will be the
principal republican party, unless the
democrats during this short session
should pass free coinage bill"
George G. Merrick, president of
the Colorado Silver League, says
plans of the organization of the new
party will be advanced soon for pub
lication.