The Forrest City times., 1896-05-01
THE SELECTION OF DELE
 GATES

The Washington Post of the lGih inst. contained the following very significant paragraphs:
 qba talk of the outcome of the democratic naiional couyenton still continues upper. ,nast in political circles. The gold siandarcd ,nen even while they cDncede that there iS q possibility oi the silver men heidg in control insist innt before the platform is adopted or t,e candidate nominated The silver matoritv vtlI hc changed into a minority. through Inc arguments and appeals of the sJ1nd money met.
 Declarations of the same kind are appearing generally in the g0ldbuQ plrss of the East. There i3 but one meaning t0 al this. aii that is. the eeibugs hope to liI.d at Chicago silver dtlpga,ps so weak they ctn be oyer. p-r,iaded. or so sorrupt they can bp bought This is an insult tn the dem. eclatic frpe silver sentiment of the country. Their inferua! impudpnce is amazing. Even Mir. Cleveland IS quoted in the Post Dispatch as saving that the struggle for sucallpd "suttrd mnneyf IS luSt unless the East run- tributes "aid' to make a winning fight ja the West. They have supreme faith in the power of money t0 accomplish political results. and place d cores pandingiy law estimate upon manhund. But silyer delegates to the Chicago convention cannot be bought ii they gre not for sale and 1t IS important that the people select incorruptible men to be entrusted with the impor- tanl business of that canveutinn. The free silver men have practically won supremacy in .the democratic party. and to let victory slip away from them. i'll the very hour of its achievement, by inaltention to the selection uf dele gates. would be such an act of political negligance and inc0mpetency as would seriously question theIr capacity for in- teliigent anu successful administration.
 The Guard has heretofore urged that the state convention name our con. sresslonal delegation as half of the delegation to Chicago. We have sug- cested this not for the purpose of con ierr!ng additional lonorS on .hem for To be nained as a delegate to a national Fonveuilon conterS little additional honor upon a man who has served with honorable distinction in the house hl senate. Indeed it may be so that some ot them cannot leave their can SassaSses to attend the national con- Nehtlon. But we have suggested it becauSe the state, the party and the eause of silver will have need at Chi raga of their wide pubic acquaintance. their experierce in large parliamentary bodies and their general familiarity With the political situations; and fur ther because of their Steadfast anl un- vaverlng support of bimetaliSm and because they can be implicitly trusted III such a <. fhopn We shall send as delegates from the state at large Senators Jones and Ber- ry, tfov. Clarke and ex Gov. Flshback: from the sixth district Gen. Neill and fX-GoV. Eagle; from our adjoining districts. the First, Congressman McCnlloch and Gen. Chas. Coffin, and similar delegations from the other dsnctS, we shall have delegation at .hcago of national character and in i0ence, lDmoyab'y for free silver and composed of men whom no man would dafe approach with improper inlluen- r'S, such delegation would not only serve He state with honor. but would speak Well for free silver in the kind of Htn that appear there to represent 1t.
 he!c will be n host of candidates loi these placeS- self seeking, design k'c hi' 'i'. godDuBS Tn disguise and per sons With sinister purposes to subserye. NnleSs we are 10 give our cause away H'er the hard battle has been won. 'lFn o' that Kind must be turned down 'hd Eep- at home. And thIs applies eS Well to the selection of delegates tO ,Ht county convention, and delegates " represent. the county in the state FpoVentlon. as to the selection of dele sdseS to the national convention: for ehe township delegates to the county .'nVehtlon must select the delegates !" me state convention. who, in turn, sF'tct the national delegates. so that t.n ' tne township delegates be not care ioliy and wisely chosen. the higher del ,S"irS. too may not be sO Whether ".uil,-tAiilttn wins or loses may depend "H lhis. - Batesville Guard.