The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-09
HOPE OF THE GOLD MEN.

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| however, is an administration man. He
was in Washington while l was there,
! and he had received his orders and the
| plan Of campaign. He is going back
| to Colorado, and ne is going to call an
! other state convention, along the first
part of June. His excuse is that Hon.
! Charles Thomas, one of the Colorado
delegates, has stated that he will bolt
the national convention if it declares
for gold. On this slender foundation
he proposes to found the claim of a
contesting delegation. Think of gold
| delegation from Colorado to the nation
| al convention. Anyone would think
that the man who would suggest such
a thing was. suffering from vibratory
movements in his head, but Arbuckle
is not. He is practical! I was told in
Washington that as his reward, Comp
troller Eckels will appoint him receiver
Of a recently defunct financial institu-
ton in Denver. and 1 heard Mr.. EckelS
state himself that the appointment of
Arbuckle was under considera ton. In
Nebraska a contesting gold delegation
has already been elected. And in Chi
cago, where the gold men on Tuesday
night were out voted in the Democratic
committee meeting three to one, the
gold men say that they are going into
the primaries and if defeated there they
VIII send conteSting delegation to
the state convention, and if defeated
there they will hold another conven-
ton and make a contest in the nation
al convention. The fight at Chicago in
July viii be hard and bitter and it will
be historic. More than all and better
than all, the silver men will win
THE DEFEAT IN MICHIGAN.
How do you account for their de-
feat in Michigan?''
The delegation elected from Michi-
gan 10 Chicago stand ten for silver
and eighteen for gold. But, as the
unit rule was adopted the vote will be
counted twenty-eight for gold. The
silver men had a clean majority of the
delegates elected TO the state conven-
ton in Michigan or more than $50.
But the gold men had money and they
had a their command the power of the
administration. Civil service rules
were thrown down and spat upon. The
officiousness and pernicious partisan
ship of place holders was never so
much in evidence. Postmasters, acting
presumably under orders. or at least
with permission, in strong silver coun-
ties, went to old friends who had been
elected delegates, and said: Now, you
don't care much about going to the
in the habit of going and I would like
to meet my old friends Through such
arguments many proxies were obtained.
Where coaxing would not avail and
money could be used. delegates were
hired to remain at home There were
more poStmaSters in the Michigan
Democratic state convention than ever
attended convention in the palmy days
OF President Grant In such ways the
Will Of the people was shifted l was
told by a correspondent of leading
gold bug paper, and he is thoroughly
familiar with the sentiment of the peo-
pie of Michigan, that four-fifths of the
voters of that state favor silver. The
result of the convention astonished the
people of Michigan, and the Indignation
of the Democrats cannot be described.
1t has had one good result Silver
men viii not lose again through over
confidence. They are everywhere max
ing sure of their footing and they are
holding their forces we'll in hand
SILVER WILL WIN.
What is the prospect for silver men
controlling the Democratic national
convention?"
THE prospect Is good. I believe that
the silver men viii have over 500 votes
in the convention. The gold men have
been counting upon Iowa, but Gov
ernor Boies now has that state we'll in
hand. They have been calculating up
on the vote of Illinois. but Governor
Altgeld has taken off mis- coat and gone
into the fight to win, and I am con-
WINGED that Illinois is safe Kentucky
is in doubt with the chances that it
will declare for gold. The state COM
mfttee is controlled by the gold men,
and it has done an unheard-of thing.
1t has called county mass conventions,
instead of delegate conventions. That
hurts the silver men. The farmers are
busy with their crops and the gold men
have plenty of time to attend to pol
tiles and in that way we may be beat
en-, although Senator Blackburn and
his friends propose to do all that men
can do to win the fight. Thus far thir-
teen states have elected delegates to
Chicago, divided as follows For gold
Massachusetts, 80; Michigan, %; Penn
sylvania, 81; Rhode Island, s.; New Jer-
sey, 20; total, $50. For silver-Ala-
bama, %; Colorado, S; Mississippi, IS:
Missouri, "a: Nebraska, 16; Oregon, s;
Washington. s; Tennessee, "A; total, 1873,
without counting the District of Co
lumbia.'
ONLY CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATIC
SUCCESS.
What chance have the silver men
of electing the PRESIDENT"
THE only show on earth for the
Democrats to win this fall is by declar-
ing for silver, and nominating silver
man. If they do that, they have an
equal chance of carrying Alabama, Ar
kansas, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louis
lana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon South
Carolina South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, Washington, ,Wyom-
ing and Utah. The gold men would
probably carry Connecticut, Delaware,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Min
nesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey.
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, West Virginia and
Wisconsin. 1t will be seen that the
outlook is not hopeless for silver Be
sides New York may go Democratic
next fall. The feeling against the Re
publicans on account of the passage of
the Raines' liquor law is intense-be-
yond description. Some say that SEN
ator Hill will be a candidate at Chi
cago, and that his speech in the SEN
ate the other day was intended
to pave the way. heard
him make that speech during which
he declared that if the Democrats
declare for silver at Chicago, he will
abide by the result and, stand by the
platform. Many think that with the
feeling against the Raines BILL Hill
could carry New York. / am inclined
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