The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-07

Chicago, July Ga special to the
Daily News from Washington says:
Western silver Republicans have out.
lined an interesting programme to be
pursued in the next national conven-
ton. Today a western Republican Of
national prominence, who arrived in
Washington two days ago, disclosed
the programme of the silver men in all
its details, and it is so audacious as
to startle the political managers here.
The Plan Agreed On.
The plan, he says. was agreed upon
at conference of western senators
held last month. The senators and
other western Republican leaders who
participated in the compact represent
! the western silVec states and profess
to be able to control the DELEGATIONS to
the next national Republican conver-
ton from those states. These states
are Montana, Idaho, Wyoming. Wash
lngton, Oregon, Colorado. Nevada,
Utah, California and South Dakota
These ten states are claimed Solidlv
for the agreement, and the states Of
North Dakota and Nebraska may yet
join in the movement. 1t is the pur-
pose of the western silver Republicans
to meet and choose delegates to the
national Republican convention in the
regular form, and when the convention
meets TO present the name of Sena tor
Cameron, Of Pennsylvania. for presi-
dent. If Cameron is not acceptable to
the Republicans, the convention will
be asked 10 agree upon some other
representa- tive free silver Republican.
If it refuses to act upon the sugges-
ton, the delegates from these ten
fot =
Of the convention in a body, carrying
with them as many other free silver
delegates from other states as they
can command. They will wait upon
the Democratic convention, not as
delegates, because they cannot be ad-
mitted as such, but as a commission
knocking at the doors and asking for
crat, Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
preferred
To Abandon Old Parties.
to act upon the demand, the silver
men will abandon both old parties. 1t
is not the intention of the managers
of the independent political movement
to nominate a standard-bearer for 1896
on an independent silver platform, but
their efforts will be directed toward
choosing electors pledged to the cleo
IlOH VI d Tree SILVER fLtStQSHl, lGSeiitA-
less of personal preference. The idea
of nominating an independent free
silver candidate prevailed until quite
recently, but was abandoned as q
piece of bad political policy, and fail
ing to secure recognition from either
of the national conventions. the silver
men say they viii seek to hold the bal
ance of power in the next electoral
college and prepare one of the old
parties to bring forward a silver man
in order to secure the election.
Confined to Republicans.
The movement outlined is at present
confined to the Repu blican party. The
Democrats declare that they fear that
a similar instruction may break out
in their own party, led by southern
Democrats allied with western men on
the money question. This is consid-
cred as very likely to happen should
the Democrats call their national con-
vention first, and for that reason there
was much talk today OF postponing
the Democratic convention I'LL 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 if it can be shown conclu-
sively in the next national Republican
convention that the western Republic
cans have arranged any such pro-
gramme for boiling the convention as
that disclosed today. the committee on
credentials will refuse to seat the dele
gates until they pledge themselves to
shide by the work of the convention.