Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-15
1nE RrlunL,cAN CONVENTION

1nE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Tomorrow, June 10, the b.. Louis
convention opens lot tho confederation
Of questions Of vast moment to thin
nation. The eyes oi the whole people,
and OF very many beyond the sca, arc
upon that convention, ~ ihcy viii be
also upon the one that meets In Chi'
cago three wceHs later. Were the
chief Interest oentefod In the indi.
vluuallty Of the candidates - be
nominated, neither the almost ccr'
tainty Of who will be named a. the
head " the 81. Louis ticket, nor the
uncertainty 10 ~ whom the Chicago
convention will name, would Stlract
10 much attention TO these political
gatherings a. 10 now felt In them.
The nation IL looking TO them 90
20 crisis not less trying than
that Of 1860 The financial liio
OF tho nation u at stake,
and whether Ito die shall be cast upon
the adoption OF free silver platform
by one and sound money or gold
policy by the other convention, Il
properly regarded Rs n qusstion Of
vital moment.
There IL no doubt Of tho fact that the
~. Louis convention + against free
silver; and there 10 GOOD reason to be-
lieve that the Chicago convention
will favor tho white metal. But there
Is yet no denults assurance that the
81. Louis meeting will place iieeli on
record as wholly IN favor Of the gold
standard. There are the gold men Of
the east, the silver men OF the wouii
there are also the men Of the
central portion OF the country,
who hold the balance Of poweh
who are not fully decided In favor Of
either view, but have tuoh divisions
among ihomtelyos Rs to lead TO dc.
sire 10 harmonize the two eKlrome fac
lions on conciialoty basis. II Is
lust possible that the latter will DO
able 10 control action 80 that the out.
como will be declaration that Is neil
thtr for nor against silver
Under those circumstances, the dele
gates from the free silver states are In
Rquandary as to what policy toTutsue.
No doubt some Of them would bolt the
81. Louis convention ~ straight anti.
silver plank should be adopted, when
they would remain ifa conservative res
olution were agreed upon; and perhaps
some OF them would remain even
n the silver cause were stricken down,
because they would not know where L
go and be better of In political policy
all things considered. Hence all o
them are more or less sorely puzzled.
In the outlook that Il set forth there
are many who take the Wow that &
the Republican convention Ah0uly
adopt an anti.ailver plank and th,
Democratic convention should 81
otherwise, Then the western state
would 20 over In body to tho nOmi
nee Of the latter party, and tho comb
nation with the South aud West woulO
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tor, pledged 10 the free coinage o
silver "a tho only solution Of tn
present. financial problem. This Ia tn
view lhst IL largely held IN the West.
On the other hand there is proseutC
Ia on osi,ion TO this the claim tia
the county In 20 disatiCutvd With "a
present administration that no matte
what platform either or both eOuvou
u1uB adopt, the mass Of voters huy
determined upon having Chlng,;hu
10 the East particularly the position
taken that while perhaps score d
electoral votes IN tho West would b
Loot by Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wye
ming ami Colorado going iog the iry
silver candidate, this lOss would D
more than offset by the gain The
would come from the eastern state
which havs no use Tor free sllyo
policy, California, Washington an
Oregon nte not looked upon d
states that would 80 to free silye
merely upon that issue slong,
This IL bTiei statement u the site
alton ns It is lookoi At from Ilercr
sides; Rul It goes to show lhu Characll
Of the dilemma In which the wcaltr
members OF the st. Louis 1pyeulo
hut themselyoi on the eve OF its con
monoument. Their action iu "a
premises d locked tor with moro thu
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