The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-07-17
THEIR PLAN.
Western Silver Republicans Map Out q
Program.

Western Silver Republicans Map Out a
Program.
Chicago, July "a special to the
Daily News from Washington says
Western silver republicans have out
lined an interesting programme to
be pursued in the next national
Today a western rcpub-
lican Of national prominence, who
arrived in Washington two days ago,
disclosed the programme OF the sill
yer men in all details and 1T is SO
audacious as to startle tine political
managers here. The plan, he says,
was agreed upon at conference OF
western senators held last month.
The senators and other western re-
publican leaders who participated in
the compact, represent the western
silver states and profess to Dc able to
control the delegations to the next
national republican convention from
those states. These states are Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington,
Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Cal
ifornia and South Dakota. These
ten states are claimed solidly for the
agreement and the states OF North
Dakota and Nebraska may yet join
in the movement. 1t is the purpose
silver republicans to meet and choose
delegates to the national republican
convention in the regular form, and
when the convention meets to pre-
sent the name OF Senator Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, for president.
If Cameron is not acceptable tc
the republicans, the convention will
be asked to agree upon some othel
representative free silver republican
, II it refuses to act upon the suggcs
: tion the delegates from these ter
western states say they will marcl
! out of the convention in a body
carrying with them as many othc
! free silver delegates from other state!
as they can command. They vii
0 wait upon the democratic convention
i not as delegates, because they can
not be admitted as such, but rs
e commission knocking at the door
r and asking for the nomination Of q
free silver democrat, Senator Nor
d gan, of Alabama, preferred.
= If the democratic convention fail
|, to act upon the demand, the silve
men will abandon both old parties
is 1t is not the intention Of the manag
II ers Of the independent political NOV
to nominate a standard bearer fO
the presidency on the indepcndcn
,e silver platform, but their efforts wi
Y. be directed towards choosing electol
pledged to the election IT a free 81
id yer president, regardless OF person;
n preferences. The idea Cf nOmina
ing an independent free silver cand
date prevailed until quite recentl,
but was abandoned as a piece Of ba
I political policy, and falling to sccur
recognition from either Of the III
GO tionul conventions the silver ne
say they will seek to hold the pa
if ance of power in the next clector
college and prepare one Of the 0
th parties to bring forward silver m;
ut in order to secure the election.
The movement outlined is at pr
We sent confined to the republican part
70 The democrats declare that th
fear that similar insurrcction m;
ut break out in their own party later
southern democrats allied with yves
M crn men on the money qucstio
,w This is considered as very likely
cv happen should the democrats c;
uff their national convention first, a
for that reason there was much ta
81 today Of postponing the democra1
nd convention till very late in order
,sh give the free silver men an oppt
M tunity to work in the national rcpl
lican convention first.
les Prominent republican leaders
lin day assert that if it can be s}lo'
da. conclusiyely in the next nation
is convention that the western rcpl
licans have arranged any such P
Is gramme for bolting the convent
ad as that disclosed today, the comm
h;c tee on credentials will refuse to 81
ted the delegates until they pledge the
nt- selves to abide by the work of
convention.
Rninp Raixo1.