The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-13

States will be Represented--Senat
Carter. of Montana, is not so Hot for
Free Silver as he was a Few Weeks
Ago.
Special to the News and Observer.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. ~
The following telegram from the City
OF Mexico, via Laredo, occasions much
talk here:
Much interest is felt here regarding
the truth of the alleged interview with
the United States minister, Ransom,
telegraphed from Washington to the
Globe Democrat, in which Ransom is
quoted as saying new extraditlon
treaty is required in order to prevent en-
bezzlers from the United States escaping
extradition by using money among the
Mexican authorities. If Ransom is
correctly reported, he will probably
be regarded here as persona
non grata, the alleged utterance be-
ing direct attack on the highest func-
tionaries for whom, while here, Ransom
expressed esteem. 1t is charitably be-
lieved here that the minister was misrep-
resented.
"dr. G ay, just before his death, was
reported by an American journal as de-
claring that Guatemala was right in her
contention with Mexico, an utterance
that naturally gave offense here, but
Gray died before there was oppor-
tunity for an explanation.
Elk Senator Jarvis, and Mr.. Josephus
Daniels, editor of the NEWS AND OBSER
YER, are among the North Oarolinians
expected here Wednesday to attend the
conference of silver Democrats.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, is in the
city making arrangements for the con-
ference. The meeting will be held at the
Metropolitan hotel, which will be head
quarters for those in attendance. 1t is
possible the deliberations of the confer
ence may extend beyond the 14th, but
will probably not be prolonged after the
10Th. This meeting was called several
weeks ago, after the free coinage con-
vention at Memphis, the call being
issued By Senator Harris, Senator Jones,
of Arkansas, and Senator Turpie, of In
diana.
1T was not proposed that large at
tendance Of free coinage advocates would
be present on this occasion, said Senator
Harris ''On the contrary, we expressly
requested that few prominent men
from each State-men of weight and
influence in the Democratic party and
acceptable to their fellow Democrats as
probable members of an executive COM
mittee-should come. The assemblage,
therefore, will not be in the nature of
convention, but business conference of
Democrats. From the returns made
to Mr.. Casey Young, of Mem
phis, who has conducted the cor
respondence, it is expected that
about thirty States will be represented
at the meeting. This is an estimate, as
have not kept on the track of the returns
personally. The object of the conference
is fully set forth in the letter of invita-
ton, which was prepared by myself and
mailed to leading Democrats known to |
favor silver coinage. expect important |
results to come from the conference, but |
cannot tell at this time what shape the
meeting will take beyond the objects
outlined in the letter, which, of course,
will be fully discussed and appropriate |
on taken thereon"
= = =
.ur months ago Senator Carter, q !
lana, on visit to Washington, pro- |
cd that if the Republican Ma /
Convention favored free silver the
ate would lose all the silver States
ue West. Now, according to Sena-
- Carter, who has been visiting in |
Il street and has seen ex- President |
~ rr:ss2n, there has come change and |
says:
Very little interest is being taken In
politics in Montana at present. The
people, as by common consent, are drop |
ping the subject. Business is moving |
along very well, although the silver /
mines are still closed down. The people
of my State who have looked to the
mines for their industry are now turn
ng their attention to other things. In
Montana the Populist party is regarded
as the party of the past, and even if it
does come out for free silver it will re-
ceiye no support"
Mr.. Chauncey F. Black, President of
the National League of Democratic
clubs, is here.
"We intend" he said, ''to nominate
candidates for the six judgeships in
Pennsylvania and, as sanguine as it may
seem to say 50, | am confident that we
will elect them. The fight that the Re-
publicans have got themselves into has
split them up and caused so many an
tagonisms that believe we are warrant
ed in the confidence we feel"
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