Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-27
NATIONAL POLITICS.
TALK OF FUSION.

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Topeka, Kas.-The sentiment for .
combination of the national ticket be
| tween the Democrats and Populists ii
fast taking shape among the leaders O.
the latter party in Kansas. During tn,
past three days many of the Populis
| leaders of the state have EXPRESSED tht
/ hope that such combination may bt
maze, and if the free coinage men win II
Chicago and nominate q western man
satisfactory to the Populists, it is certain
that many of the Kansas delegates to thu
national Peoples party convention at St
Louis will favor his Endorsement by that
party. Kansas and North Carolina have
the largest delegations in the national
POI ulist convention. Each state will be
represented by ninetytwo delegates. and
it is stated here to-day that the leaders
in both states are comforting with view
to throwing the two delegations solid to
the nominee of the national Democratic
convention if he be a strong advocate of
free silver. Matthews, Bland, Morrison
and Boies are all regarded with favor by
the Kansas Populists.
DANGEROUS AND MISLEADING.
New York.-Hon. Thos. G. Platt has is
sued another manifesto against Mckinley.
He says: "The Republican organization
of New York, standing in the interest of
the business community and of sound
public sentiment throughout the country,
will Loyalty support the nomination of
Levi P. Morton and the adoption at st.
Louis of plain, unequivocal, direct
pledge to the people that the gold stand
ard shall be maintained, and our currency
system reformed on that basis.
''It will oppse the nomination of Major
Mckinley, on the ground that he is dan
gerous and misleading candidate, whose
votes and speeches show that he has no
settled convictions on the money ques-
tion, and whose managers have endeavored
to secure support for him in one part of
the country by declaring that he is in.
favor of the gold standard and in other
parts by declaring that he is in favor of
silver, producing in each of such parts of
the country those particular portions of
his record as seemed to sustain the i'm
preston they desired to create in that par
ticular locality.
"The regular Republican organization
belleves tnat the money question 10 by all
odds the most important issue in the
campaign. saw in the newspapers the
other day statement that the savings
banks deposits in this state alone amount
cd to over $7OO,O0O,OOO, the savings of
nearly 100000 depositors. Nothing can
in the minds of those deposit
ors the question whether their $7O0,OOO,-
600 is really $7OO,OO0,OOO or only in the
neighborhood of $350,0OO000.
"If the opponents of the regular organ
ization think they can make any progress
in their effort to smash things by belit-
tling this question, by opposing their
party and its work, not upon any just
ground nor upon any ineligible prin-
ciple, nor for any other purpose than
simply to down Platt,' then let them go
ahead. We are quite satisfied to abide
the issue. We have principle to fight
for and We are entirely content to take
our chances as against group of grotes-
que politicians who can find no more in
spring battle.cry than get on the band
wagon"