The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-02
A FREE SILVER COUP,
THE REPUBLICAN WHITE METAL
LISTS PLANS FOR THE NEXT NATION
Cameron's Nalus to BE Presented For
President-If Their Requests Are Re-
fused, They Will Try to Form a Fusion
Party With the Democrats.

The western silver Republicans have
outlined an interesting programme to
be pursued in the next national
ton.
A few days since a western Republic
an of national prominence disclosed the
programme Of the silver men in all its
details, and it is SO audaciOus as to star
tie the political managers. The plan, he
says, was agreed upon at a conference
of western senators last month. The
senators and other western Republican
leaders who participated in the compact
represent ten western silver states and
profess to be able to control the delega-
lions to the next national Republican
convention from those states.
These states are Montana, Idaho, Wy
oming, Washington, Oregon, Colorado.
Nevada, Utah, California and South
Dakota. These ten states are claimed
solidly for the agreement, and North
Dakota and Nebraska may yet join in
the movement. 1t is the purpose of the
western silver Republicans to meet and
choose delegates to the national Repub-
lican convention in the regular form,
and when the convention meets to pre-
sen the name of Senator Cameron of
Pennsylvania for president.
If Cameron is not acceptable to the Re-
publicans, the convention will be asked
to agree uponssome other representative
free silver Republican. If it refuses to
act upon the suggestion, the delegates
from these ten western states say they
will march ont of the convention in a
body, carrying with them as many free
silver delegates from other Republican
states as they a command. They will
wait upon the Democratic national CON
vention, not as delegates, but as a COM
mission knocking at the doors and ask
ing for the nomination of a representa-
tive free silver DemOcrat-Senator Nor
gan Of Alabama preferred.
If the Democratic convention fails to
act upon the demand, the silver men
will abandon both old parties. 1t is not
the intention Of the managers of this
independent political movement to nom
mate a standard bearer for 1896 on an
independent silver platform, but their
efforts will be directed toward choosing
electors pledged to the election of a free
silver president, regardless of personal
preference.
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 a free silver
man in order to secure the election.
The movement outlined is at present
confined to the Republican party. Dem
ocrats here express the fear that a SIM
liar instruction may break out in their
ranks, led by southern Democrats, allied
in sentiment with the western Repub-
licans 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 vas
much talk today of postponing the Dem
ocratic convention until very late in or
der to give the silver men an opportu-
nifty to work i'll the national Republican
convention irst.-New Orleans Times
Democrat