New-York tribune., 1896-05-26
cratic candidate. Under his banner can d

Democratic candidate Under his banner can pe
berded nearly all the elements that every 1our
ve,rs make I'D the anti-Republican horde. MS
nomination would mean that the Democrauc
dog was going to wag the Mugwump tail. III
fact the Mugwump tail Is already tired OUT HIS
given I'D signalling TO Billy Russell 10 coihe "
! its assistance. The Northeastern Democrats us
we'll have apparently concluded that the party
is wormeaten by Popusm, and are taking 10
| more interest I'm IT, They feel that the only nope
of sound money Is in the Republican party ahu'
nc is the custom with interested outsiders Ill
all business transactions are terribly ANXIOUS
lost the insiders shall not do their work prop
erIy In it's latest figures THE New-fork Even
ing Post" comedies that 172 out Of 33S delegates
elected 70 Chicago are in favor Of free coinage
This majority 1t is predicted is likely 10 DE H.
creased and grow decisive. "The EVehihe
Posts" main hope is that the silver men VIII
have only n mere majority, and that the opposi-
ton by the working Of the twOthirds rule can
preyent the naming Of a candidate to run on the
frce-silver platform. In spite Of the efforts or
Cleveland. the conversion of Carlisle, and the
speeches of Hoke Smith the Altgelds the BY
ans tbe Norgans. the Boieses the Harrises and
the Timans will probably control the conven-
TO n simple contest between Republicans on
Protection and honcst-money platform ana
Free Trade and free-silvpr Democrats.
Under such circumstances the RedHeadeu
Rooster of the Rockies and all his friends
will prefer Democracy to revolution Ana II
they are going to have Democracy at all,
tbcv might better have 1t under Tillman than
ANYBODY else they would be likely to name.
u.
rather than sectional. Their talk about the
separate Silver Republic refers only to a
last resort Tillman. being an Eastern and
Southern man. will give continental character 10
their party that not even Bland could confer
Good politics dictates that they have candidate
who. while all right on the main ISSUE will stand
for other things besides, and so cOnciliate other
than free.silver voters. Bland means nothing
but silver while Timan means silver. State
banks. State rum no trusts and no negro dom
nation He might even repeat the achievement
Of Cleveland four years ago and draw the most
alenated OF Democrats 10 his support. "Ihe
Ncw-York Sun" then believed no more in Cleve
land and wildcat banks and Free Trade than 1t
now believes in Tillman and wildcat banks and
free silver But II was firm as rock against
negro domination, and supported the Democratic
ticket on that issue. With so distinguished
champion OF white supremacy as 11ilman II
would doubtless cease 10 worry over the danger
of the Republicans inviting defeat by wrong
nomination and return 10 its own allegiance
Tillman would get the votes Of all the sverltes
and the believers in many other neglected Dem
ocratic doctrines He comes from a solid old
Democratic State, with whose efforts In favor Of
secession the would-be founders Of the silver
Republic must bc in close sympathy. His pitch
fork raised aloft a symbo! would stir up the
enthusiasm OF all true Democrats from one ocean
10 the other lie stands for more true Demo
cratic principles than any candidatc yet named.