San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-06

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sense-Bime talism and Protection
Will Sweep the Country.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The Herald
this morning says: Michael HI. De
Young, proprietor of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle and a member of
the Republican National commit
tee, is in the city. He is on his
way to Washington to present the
claims of San Francisco as the place
for holding the next Republican
convention.
"There are persons in this part
of the country" he said, "who are
figuring on republican walk over,
and 1 notice that Brice on behalf
OF certain class of democrats has
thrown up the sponge. There are
other democrats, like former speak
er Crisp, for instance, who take
less cherries view OF the situation.
You will remember Mr.. Crisp
said after the election that the
N onetary policy Of the democratic
party would in the future be die
tated by the sure democratic states,
not by the doubtful ones. To me
it seems that Crisp is figuring
something like this: The group
of states known as the Solid South
which have 156 electoral votes, can
be depended upon to take any &C
ton in the national convention
&c 1oodnrc RI
Now, suppose in their wisdom
they decided upon fiat footed
plank favoring free and indepen.
dent coinage Of silver, what help
could they expect. They are per-
fectly aware of the situation and
know what could depend upon
the delegates from the follow
ing states to stand in with them !:
California, Colorado, Idaho, Mon
tana, Nevada, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, North Dakota, Oregon,
South Dakota, Washington, Wis.,
cousin, Wyoming and Utah.
These states have all shown
pronounced silver or populist
leanings and the latter just now
means free silver. Illinois, as we
all know, would in all probability
send a delegation favorible to free
silver, as the leading democratic
politicians of the state are pro-
nounced in their advocacy Of free a
coinage.
The democratic conventions stick
to the two-thirds rule and the dele
gates from the solid south and the
states above enumerated would
represent several votes short Of
two-thirds, but il the politicians Of
Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota
have 1t made clear to them that
the one fighting chance for the
party is under the banner Of free
silver, they would not long refuse
their adhesion to the program OF
Crisp, Harris, Morgan and Bland.
If the democrats should adopt a
free coinage plank and the republic
cans should try to straddle, these
men think they could then depend
upon the 156 votes of the solid
south and the votes of fifteen other
states.
Who will the democrats nomi-
nate on a silver platform ? might
be asked. l don't know whether
they would have the courage to
nominate a former Confederate
general; but there are signs OF a
disposition on their part to con-
slider the war at an end; If so, there
is no reason why they should not
put up Morgan, of Alabama. The
south would 60 for him with a
whoop, and there is scarcely a
silver man unacquainted with his
straight forward record in favor
OF bimetallism. In short, | should
regard him as dangerous oppo-
nent on a free silver platform IL
our party has not sagacity enough
to see the drift of events.
or course all these coDjectures
are on the assumption that the
idea expressed by republicans in
the states along the eastern sea
board prevail and that the party's
attitude of friendliness to silver
will be abandoned. II good sense
prevails and the republicans come
out for silver and show that they
are in earnest, no democratic can
didate could have show against
them, for bimetallism and protec-
ton are logically connected. II
the ideas expressed by Reed, Sem
ators Lodge and Chandler are fol-