The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-07
STARTLING PLANS.
Republican silverites to Bolt the Party.

Republican Silverites to Bolt the Party.
Chicago, July GA special to the Daily
News from Washington says: Western
silver Republicans have outlined an in
teresting program to be pursued in the
next national Republican convention. To-
day Western Republican of national
prominence, who arrived in Washington,
two days ago, disclosed the program of
the silver men in all its details and it is
so audaciou5 as to startle political man
ayers here The plan, he says, was agreed
upon at conference of Western senators
held last month. The senators and other
Western Republican leaders who partici-
pated in the compact represent the west
ern silver states and profess to be able
to control the delgations to the next
Republican convention from those states.
These states are Montana, Idaho, Wyom-
ing, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Ne
vada, Utah. California, and South Da-
kota. These states are claimed solid for
the agreement and the states Of North
Dakota and Nebraska may yet join them.
1t is their purpose to meet and choose
delegates TO the national Republican con-
vention in regular form and when the
convention meets Ito present the name Of
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, for
president. If Cameron Is not acceptable
to the Republicans the convention will be
asked to agree upon some other Republi-
can. If 1t refuses to act upon the sugges-
tion the delegates from these Western
states say they will march out of the
convention in body, carrying with them
as many of their free silver delegates as.
they can command. They will wait upon
the Democratic convention, as commits
sion knocking at its doors, and asking for
the nomination Of free silver Demo-
crat, Senator Morgan, of Alabama, pre-
ferred. If the Democrats fail to act upon
the matter the silver men will abandon
both old parties.
1t is not now the intention of the mama
gers of the independent political move
ment to nominate a standard bearer for
1896, on the independent silver platform,
but their efforts will be directed toward
choosing electors pledged to the silver
cause, regardless of personal preferences.
The idea of nominating an independent
free silver candidate has prevailed until
quite recently but was abandoned, as a
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
prepare one Of the old parties to BRING
forward a silver man in order to secure
election.
The movement outlined is at present
confined to the Republican party. The
Democrats declare that they fear a sim
liar insurrection may break out in their
own party led by the Southern Democrats
allied with Western men on the money
question.
The Republican leaders today assert
that If 1t can be shown conclusively inl
the next national Republican convention
.-1t Western Republicans have arranged
any such program for boiling the conven-
ton as that disclosed today, the commit
tee on credentials win refuse to seat the
delegates until they pledge themselves to
abide by the work of the convention.