The Van Buren press., 1895-07-13
nAY BOLT 1HE PARTY.
Western Silver Rrpablbcans Preparing
aRsw for the next National
CnnventIon.


CHICAGO, July IA special to the
Daily News from Washington says:
Western silver Republicans have out
lined an interesting programme to be
pursued In the next National Republican
Convention. Today a. Western Repub
lican Of national prominence, who
arrived in Washington two days ago.
disclosed the programme Of the silver
men In all its details, and it Is 80
audAcious as to startle the political
managers here. The plan, he says,
was agreed upon at conference of
Western Senators held last month.
The Senators and other Western Repub-
lican leaders who participated In the
compact represent 10 Western silver
states. and profess to be able to control
the delegations to the next National
Republican Convention from those
states. These states are, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Washington. Oregon,
Colorado, Nevada, Utah, California
and South Dakota. These 10 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 Of the Western silver
IscpuUuCdus W mcct auu ChoocC uCAc
gates to the National Republican Con-
vention In the regular form, and when
the convention meets to present the
name Of Senator Cameron, of Pennsyl-
vania, for President. II Cameron Is
not acceptable to the Republicans, the
convention win be asked to agree upon
some other representative free silver
Republican. II it refuses to act upon
the suggestion the delegates from these
10 Western states say they will march
out of the convention in body, carry
ing with them as many free silver dele
gates from other Republican states as
they can command. They will wait
upon the Democratic National Conven-
ton, not as delegates. because they
could not be admitted as such after
having sat In the Republican Conven-
ton, but a. commission knocking at
the doors and asking for the nomination
OF Z representative free silver Democrat,
Senator Morgan, Of Alabama.
# the Democratic Convention fails to
act upon the demand the silver men will
abandon both old parties. 1t is now the
intention Of the managers of this
Independent political movement to
nominate standard bearer for 1895 on
an Independent silver platform, but
their efforts will be directed toward
choosing electors pledged to the election
Of . free silver President regardless of
personal preferences. The idea Of
nominating an independent free silver
candidate prevailed until quite recently,
but was abandoned as q piece Of bad
political policy, and failing to secure
recognition from either of the national
conventions, the silver men say they
will seek to hold the balance of power
in the next electoral college and compel
one of the old parties to bring forward
free silver man in order to secure the
election.
The movement outlined is at present
confined to the Republican party. The
Democrats have expressed the fear that
. similar insurrection may break out in
their own ranks, led by Southern
Democrats allied in sentiment with the
Western Republicans ON the money
question. This Is considered as very
likely to happen should the Democrats
call their National Convention before
the Republicans hold theirs and for that
reason there was much talk today Of
postponing the Democratic Convention
until very late in order to give the free
silver men an opportunity to work in
the National Republican Convention
first.
Prominent Republican leaders today
assert that II 1t can be shown cOnclu-
sively In the next National Republican
Convention that the Western Repub-
licans have arranged any such
programme for bolting the convention
as that disclosed today. the COMMITTEES
on Credentials will refuse to seat the
delegates until they pledge themselves
to abide by the work Of the convention.