The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1895-07-12

Chicago, July c. special to the Daily
News from Washington says West
ern silver Republicans have outlined an
interesting programme to be pursued
in the next National convention. To-
day Western Republican of National
prominence, who arrived in Washing
ton two days ago, disclosed the pro-
gramme Of the silver men in all its de-
tails, and it is 50 audacious as to star
tie the political managers here. The
plan, he says, was agreed upon at a
conference of Western Senator'S held
last month
The Senators and other Western Re-
publican leaders who participated in
the compact represent the Western sill
yer States and profess to be able to
control the delegations to the next Ma
tional Republican convention from
those States. These States are Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington,
| Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Cali
fornia and South Dakota. These ten
States are claimed solidly for the
agreement. and the States of North Da-
kota and Nebraska may yet join in the
movement.
CAMERON THEIR CANDIDATE.
II is the purpose of the Western sill
yer 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 Senator Cameron Of Penn
| sylvania for President. If Cameron is
not acceptable to the Republicans, the
convention will be asked to agree upon
some other representative free silver
Republican. If it refuses to act upon
the suggestion, the delegates from
these ten Western States say they will
| march out of the convention in a body,
carrying with them as many other free
| silver delegates from other States as
they can command. They will await
upon the Democratic convention, not
| as delegates, because they cannot be
| admitted as such, but as commission
| knocking at the doors and asking for
| the nomination of free silver Demo-
crat, Senator Morgan of Alabama pre-
| ferred. If the Democratic convention
| fails to act upon the demand, the sill
yer men will abandon both old parties.
INDEPENDENT SILVER ELECT
ORS.
1t is not the. intention of the man.
ayers of the Independent political move
ment 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
| ton of a free silver President, regard
less of personal preferences The idea
| of nominating an Independent free sill
yer candidate prevailed until quite re-
Gently, but was abandoned as a piece
of political policy, and failing to secure
| recognition from either Of the National
conventions, the silver men say theX
will seek to hold the balance of poweg
in the next Electoral College and pre-
pare one of the old parties to bring
| forward silver man in order to Sc
cure the election.
CONFINED TO REPUBLICANS.
| The movement outlined is at present
confined to the Republican party The
Democrats declare they fear that a
similar insurrection may break out in
their own party, led by Southern Demo-
Gratis allied with Western men on the
money questioI This is considered as
very likely to happen should the Demo-
Gratis ca their National convention
| first, anu for that reason there was
much tai o-day of postponing the
Democrat convention till very late in
| order to give the free silver men an
opportunity to work in the National
Republican convention first
Prominent Republican leaders to-day
assert that If it can be shown conclu-
sively in the next National Republican
| convention that the Western Republic
ans have arranged any such pro-
gramme for boiling the convention as
that disclosed to-day, the committee on
credentials will refuse to seat the dele
gates until they pledge themselves to
abide by the work Of the convention.