Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-28
NATIONAL POLITICS.
BRICE COMEDIES OHIO.

Washington.-It is current gossip at
the senate end of the capitol that Senator
Brice has abandoned all hope of carrying
"sound money" delegation from Ohio
to the Democratic national convention.
The senator has had a careful canvass of
the state made and has received reports
from his friends and agents,
As result of this information he has
come to the conclusion that the free sill
YER men are in an overwhelming jor
ity among the Ohio Democrats and that
it would be useless for him to waste
further effort in fighting the battle of
gold. The announcement that Brice had
thrown up the sponge was received with
great glee by the silver men. They now
feel absolutely certain that they will have
everything their own way at Chicago.
They are claiming that in addition to the
solid south and solid west they will have
in the convention the great central states
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
Senator Blackburn has gone to Ken
lucky to take charge of the fight in that
state in person. The county conventions
will be held in Kentucky next Saturday
and the state convention on June B.
THE STEVENSON BOOM.
Vice President Stevenson may yet be
a factor In the fight and very large fac
tor. Nearly month ago it was predict
ed that If the free coinage men controlled
in Kentucky that delegation instructed
for Stevenson would be sent to the ma
tional convention. This is still the plan.
Senator Blackburn will try and launch
the Stevenson boom. If the friends of
Blackburn and Hardin control the Ken
lucky state convention it is on the cards
that the Kentucky delegation to Chicago
will be instructed to vote for Mr.. Steven
son. This, it is believed, is part of gen
eral plan to bring Mr.. Stevenson forward.
The vice president is extremely popular
with the senator's. He has maintained
very friendly relations with Senators
German and Brice. These senators are
sound money men, gold men, if you will.
They have for some time past held on to
Mr.. Stevenson as the reserve candidate.
It is believed that acting under their ad-
vice the vice president has resisted the
appeals of old time friends and support
ers to express his views on silver. Now,
il is believed, the time is about ripe for
him to declare himself. 1t is said that
Senators Morgan, of Alabama, Harris, of
Tennessee, and Vest and Cockrell, of Mis-
souri,, favor Stevenson's nomination.
In fact, the Stevenson boom is perhaps
better organized than that of any other
candidate expecting the Chicago nomina-
tion. German anu Brice, who are the
shire widest politicians behind the Steven
son movement, have now reached the con.
clusion that the free coinage men will
control at Chicago, and hence the belief
that they have passed the word to the
vice president that he must prepare tc
declare emphatically his allegiance te
silver without unnecessary delay. The
OBJ iect of the Kentucky Instructions is MOI
only to start formally the Stevenson
boom, but to bring pressure upon tht
silver forces in Illinois.
There is belief growing that ther'
may be free coinage ground swell mex
fall. There are sound money men herr
of both parties who secretly admit tina
the chances are good fo- the Democrats
in the event of free silver declaration a
Chicago carrying every state west OF th'
Allegheny mountains and south of tn
Ohio and Potomac. This belief is get
ting very strong with the senators, ant
hence their activity in setting up cand'
: date who would prove satisfactory tt
them If he should reach the White house