Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-12
NATIONAL POLITICS.
DEMOCRACY AND SILVER.

| Washington. - The reports from the
south received at the silvyer CONN., fttee's
headquarters are being studied very care
fully. Unless the l6 to cause carries
the south almost solidlY that faction OF
the Democracy will be in the minority al
Chicago. In Tennessee fifteen counties
have held conventions or primaries to
elect delegates. Congressman Josiah Pat
terson, of the Memphis district, conf.
IDENTIFY expected the sound-money Demo-
Gratis to make good showing in Tennes-
see. OF the fifteen counties which have
acted, every one has voted for free silver,
and some of the counties are in Patter-
sons district. 1t is considered reason
ably certain that the silver Democrats
will carry Tennessee.
The reports from Alabama are not so
encouraging to the free silver crowd. The
present state administration there is for
sound money, and Congressman Clark,
the sound money candidate for governor,
is said to be making headway against
Capt. johnson, the 16 to Democrat. If
Alabama goes for sound money the free
silver Democrats will have to get Michi.
gan to show majority in the convention.
Those who have been studying the
probabilities very thoroughly think the
division between the sound money and
16 to Dem ocrats at Chicago will be SO
close that the Michigan delegation will
hold the balance of power. The sonnd
money Democrats are counting on New
England, the middle states, Delaware,
Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio. Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the Dis
triot of Columbia.
That will give them 408 votes, little
more than majority. If they should
carry Alabama and the other states men
toned they would have a considerable
lead over the 16 to wing. The sound money
men feel very certain of all the states
mentioned. The only ones about which
they will admit possible question are
Minnesota and Iowa. At the same time
they have hopes of Louisiana and Ala
bama. 1t is evident to both factions that
the issue is going to be very close.
TALK ABOUT MORRISON.
Jefferson City, Mo.---A prominent DEM
ocrat Of Springfield, ILL.,, wrote to prom
inent silver leader of this city day or
two ago, urging the Democrats of Mis-
souri, to send solid silver delegation to
Chicago. Among other things he ssid:
"Dont let the goldbugs in your state
divide the delegation with you under the
plea of harmony. They want to harmon
lze their own way. If we make no slip,
we will have free silver delegation solid
from Illinois. Col. VIM. R. Morrison
came over to see us recently. He wants
ko al lot, fo
the presidency. We told him he could
have it on Is to T'basis. He was ready
to do this, and could expect nothing else.
He processes to be in favor of the restora-
tion Of silver to its former place in the
currency of the country, but doubts
whether parity of the metals can be
maintained at 16 to l.. He has so many
strong friends among the free silver men
here that he is liable to get the delegation.
The administration papers in this state
are lighting him. The thing looks good
deal better for free silver than it did a
while back, and I have strong hopes of
our being able to control the national
a0LDITEs' BIG GUNS.
Washington.--Senator Hill is going to
Chicago as chairman of the New York
delegation. German, Brice, Watterson,
Croker, Bourke Cochran and other men
who we're 80 conspicuous in the couven
tlon of 1892 will remain away this time.
Hill is going and he is already laying his
plans to take very active part. He will
be the leader of the sound money element
in the. convention, and his personal
friends expect to see him assume ma
tional position which will make him the
nominee of his party four years later.
Ex-Secretary Whitney has not yet de-
cided whether he wants to 60 to the con-
vention. The probabilities are said to
be that he will not be at Chicago. With
Whitney added to the list of stay-aways,
Hill will be by all odds the biggest char
acter in the convention. His chief OBJ ject
will be to defeat 16 to platform" To
that end he is already at work. As for
the nomination, the New York senator
regards that as secondary consideration.
The chief interest he has is in the plat
form. He thinks THE nomination should
60 west, and he speaks we'll of William R.
Morrison.