The Anaconda standard., 1896-05-05
A MORAL CERTAINTY.

urlnE IL out as u HlOiai ~ So'N'
that a majority against silver Is Sc
cured in the ST. Louis convention. A
summary printed in the Chicago Times
Herald, ten days ago. took account OF
resolutions that had been adopted at
republican conventions in twenty-eight
states: in all but five of these states
there was an expression on the silver
question.
These five states are Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Virginia, Kansas and Florloa
all southern states, except one. There
is some difference in the phraseology
Of resolutions adopted by the republi-
cans in twenty-three of the states but
they may be classified thus:
Delegates.
New Jersey-Gold... .........''''. ~
Observation-Disclosures. ......... ..-...... 20
Connecticut-Gold.... ........... $4,000 y
TeXas-Gold. d........ ..............' $1,000 oo
Wisconsin-Gold. ...... ............. ''''''. a
Rhode Island-Gold..... ............
Minnesota-Gold until international
agreement...-..... ......'...'' '''''''''. Ao
Tennessee-Gold until international
agreement........ ...-......... '...'''... -
Maryland - Gold until international
Massachusetts-Gold until information
al agreement........... .................. 80
Pennsylvania-Gold until international
agreement........-. ............. .'.s''.' %
Maine-Gold until international agree
ment.....-...- .....-...''- ..'''''.'-.'''. Il
New York-Gold until international
agreement.......... ....... .............. tZ
South Dakota-Gold until international
agreement........ .-......... ...'....'''.
North Dakota-Gold until international
agreement.......... ............. ........
Ohio-Gold until international agree
ment or prudent use Of silver. ......... 46
Iowa-Gold. international agreement or
prudent use Of silver. rs
New Hampshre-Gold. international
agreement or prudent use of silver.
Nebraska-Gold. use of silver, but no
free coinage............. ................. Is
Total for gold. or against free coin
age.......... ............... ............4oo
Oregon-Doubtful or free silver......... S
Utah-Doubtful or free silver............ 6
South Carolina-Doubtful or free sill
Ver......... ............... ................ IL
Arkansas-Doubtful or free silver. l6
Total probably for free coinage....... As
Thus twenty-three states are ac-
counted for with a republican major
ity that is overwhelming against sill
yer. Utah ought hardly to be marked
doubtful; its delegation is unquestion-
ably for free coinage. On the other
hand. nothing happened at the oregon
convention to warrant the belief that
silver may expect any support from
| that state.
And matters have gone from bad to
worse since the Times Herald sum-
mary was made up. Illinois, Michigan,
Indiana, Delaware. Vermont and West
Virginia send 13O delegates to the St.
| Louis convention to swell the forces
against free coinage. And so 1t be-
comes, indeed, as good as a moral
certainty" that gold will win in the
republican convention.
The very best that will come out of
| ST. Louis is an obscure reference to an
international agreement which the
goldbug organs themselves insist is not
at all likely to be brought about This
/ condition of affairs illustrates again
Montana democracy's folly in holding
an eleventh-hour conventions; as If the
results reached at st. Louis were of
any account whatever to democrats in
this ee-coinage state.