The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-25
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
They viii Not Bolt at the S,
Louis Convention.
PROGRAMME OF THE sILyERuTEs.

The Present Purposes of the silver Adyo.
cntes Is to Make "A strong Fight In TN.
Committee on Resolutions. but Expect
To Meet with Overwhelming Defeat-The
Next Move VIII Be to Make the Conven-
tion Come Out squareIy for Gold.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The free silver
delegates TO st. Louis will not bolt. Such,
AT least, Is the present intent. The free
silver programme is subject to daily and
hourly changes, however, for these gen.
tlemen are very much at sea these troub.
ious times and are not sure of their own
minds for long periods The present pur.
pose Is for the silvcriteS TO make their
light on the platform, take no part in the
nomination of ticket (bcng mute when
1t comes To balloting) and then make
such combinations and alliances after.
ward as will give greatest promise of
future influence. II is barely possible
that they will amend the second clause Of
the proposition, and, instead of refraining
from balloting, "pluBge' ton- senator Cam
eron and make n fight for him in their re.
spcctive states
Proposed Plan OF Action.
But the most interesting feature of the
programme remains to be told The sill
yer delegates will have representation of
eight or nine on the committee on resolu-
tions, including such fighters as Teller,
Dubois, Carter and Cannon of Utah. These
men will make as big n fight as they can
in the committee, and will, of course, be
outvotcd overwhelmingly. They expect
the band wagon to run all over them.
They will then proceed to formulate u
minority report, but il will not declare for
free silver. Ii will be an out and out
gold platform. 1t will pronounce for gold
monometallism in the most specific terms
and in the strongest language that can bo
employed. If the silver crowd cannot Sc
cure the recognition of silver they propose
TO force the convention to go on record
squarcly for or against plain gold stand
ard. They contend that votes for "an i'm.
possible scheme of bimetallism by interna.
tional agreement" are gold votess in dis.
gUise, and Teller and his group Of hard
hitters say they will smoke them out and
force them 20 show their true colprs ("
scheme of Teller and His Associstes.
The trouble breeding silver groupe an.
ticipates having rare sport when the con-
vention is confronted with the alternative
of voting for or against an unequivocally
'sound-money" platform as opposed to the
majority report, which is expected to be
couched in softer language, though mean
ing the same thing. This is the game that
Teller and his associates are putting up
on their brethren mt st. Louis. 1t is a sit.
uation that will have To be met, and the
dominating powers may as well be making
arrangements accordingly. The predica
mont will be embarrassing, IT would SEEM
and just what means can be devised TO ex
tricate the convention will puzzle the
political diplomats who have the PROPOSE
tion to grapple with.
IF the convention is bent on taking
gold" said mountain state senator whC
will be delegate at St Louis, I'VE will
give il n chance to take the refined article
so that there can be no doubt as 10 tn,
quality. IL the pure stuff is rejected what
sort of n claim can the party make of being
for sound money would like TO know