St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-01
UNION OF WEST and SOUTH
NEW POLITICAL PARTY, WITH A FREE
COINAGE PLATFORM
NATIONAL MEETING PROPOSED.
Democratic Congressman Who
Want to Repudiate Forever
Eastern Domination on Finan-
cial Matters - Vigorous War
Declared Against the Single
Gold standard Crowd.


Declared Against the Single
Gold standard Crowd.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-President
Cleveland's veto of the Bland bill has
resulted in proposition for national
convention of the West and Southwest.
to form new political party based on
the demand for the free coinage of Sill
yer. The proposition comes from GER
tain radical Democratic congressman
who believe that the time has
arrived when the party's salvation in
the West and South demands that it
should repudiate, once and forever.
Eastern domination on financial politics.
Western and Southern Democrats who
are at the head of this movement de-
clare that the veto of the Bland bill
shows that the administration has set
its face toward the single gold standard.
Representative McLaurin Oem.,S. c.
has taken the bold initiative in this
step. He has prepared the proposition,
and 1t will be followed, he says, by a
call signed by Democratic silver con-
| greSSmen.
Mr.. McLaurin says that he has talk ed
with many of the Southern and Western
members of congress, and he has yet to
| find single Democrat who has not
agreed with him that the time has come
when Eastern financial ideas must be
repudiated.
First, he says, it was thought that
this movement should take the form of
a convention of the governors of the
states interested. but they were so wide
ly separated geographically it was
feared that united action could not
be obtained. 1t was therefore
decided to call a national conven-
ton. He said in the fight that he be.
lieved was to follow the dividing line
| would be the Allegheny mountains and
the Potomac river-the South and West
against the East. Party lines would not
necessarily be drawn. Members of all
parties would be invited. The issue
would be solely monetary one.
Representative Tracy Dem.. n. W,
| the anti-silver leader of the house, says
of the proposed national convention of
| the South and West to form new
party:
1t is a rule or ruin proposition which
| cannot prove effective. 1t will simply
- ~ then tie administrator. 1t
would be queer spectacle to see the
| South reject the alliance of New York.
The interests Of the South depend upon
their ability to co-opesate with Demo-
cratic states of the North. Even if
such movement proved effective, it
could only result in dividing the Demo
cratic vote in the North and giving the
Northern states to the Republicans.
The South will not ieopardize its own
interests by carrying such movement
very far.
Representative Bland said that the
plan had not yet been submitted to him.
He was inclined to regard it as chimer-
ical. but said that the Democrats in the
South and West would never again be
| fooled. They would put none but tried
and true silver men Oh guard hereafter.
A carefuilinQuiry among other Demo-
cratic congressman indicates that very
few are now prepared to join MIR. Nc
Laurn's new party. Most of them say
the movement Will result in nothing
important.