Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-07

New YORK, Dec. michael H. De.
Young, proprietor Of the San Francisco
Chronicle and a member of the Republic.
an national committee, is in this city. He
is ON his way to Washington to present
the claims of San Francisco as the place
for holding the next Republican national
convention. ''There ere persons in this
part of the county," he said, "wlno are
figuring on Republican walk-over, and
notice that Brice, on behalf of a certain
class of Democrats, has thrown up the
sponge. There are other Democrats, like
former Speaker Crisp. for instance. who
lake u less cherries view o. the situation.
Remark Of Ex-Speaker Crisp.
you will remember Mr. Crisp said
After the election that the monetary pol
Icy of the Democratic party would in the
future be dictated BY the sure Democratic
states, not by the doubtful. To me it
seems that Crisp is figuring something
like this: The group of states known as
the solid south, which have .56 electoral
votcs, can be depended upon to take any
action in the national convention that its
leaders dictate. Now suppose in their
wisdom they decide upon a flat-footed
plank favoring the free and independent
coinage of silver, what help could they
expect? They are perfectly aware of the
situati IN. ard know that they could de-
pend upon the delegates from the fol-
lowing states to stand in with them: Cal
ifornia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Ne
vada, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washing.
ton, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Utah.
Few Votes Short OF Two-Thirds.
'These fifteen states have all shown
pronounced silver or Populist leanings,
and the latter just now mean free silver.
Illinois, as we know, would in all proba-
biiity send delegation favorable to free
silver, as the leading Democratic poll
ticians of the state are pronounced in their
advocacy Of free coinage The Democratic
conventions stick to the two-thirds rule,
and the delegates from the solid south
and the states above enumerated would
represent several votes short of two.
thirds; but If tho keen politicians of Indi-
ana, Michigan and Minnesota have it
made clear to them that the one fighting
chance for the party is under the banner
of free silver they would not refuse their
adhesion to the programme of Crisp, Har-
ris, Morgan and Bland.
Morgan Suggested rs Candidate.
III the Democrats should adopt a free
coinage plank and the Republicans should
try to straddle, these men think that they
could depend upon the 156 votes of the
solid south and the 81 votes of fifteen
other states. Whom would the Democrats
nominate on n silver PLATFORM might be
asked. l don't know whether they would
have the courage to nominate u former
Confederate general, but there are signs of
disposition on their part to consider the
war mt an end; if SO, there is no reason
why they should not put up Morgan, of
Alabama. The south would go for him
yer man unacquainted with his straight
In short, l should regard him as danger
Gus opponent on free silver platform il
our party has not sagacity enough to see
the drift of events.
Nub of the Editors Remarks,
"Of course, all these conjectures go on
the assumption that the idea expressed by
Republicans in the states along the east
ern seaboard prevail, and that the party's
attitude of friendliness to silver will be
abandoned. If good sense prevails and the
Republicans come out for silver and show
that they are in earnest no Democratic
candidate could have a show against them,
Tor bimetallism and protection are logic
ally connected. If the ideas expressed by
Reed and Senators Lodge and Chandler are
followed, we can sweep the field"