Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-07-15
NATIONAL POLITICS.
JEFFREY IS WELL PLEASED.

| JEFFREY Is WE'LL fbEASED'
Denver.-President jeffrey, of the Den
yer q Rio Grande, has returned to tht
city from weeks visit to Chicago. Mr.
Jeffrey's trip was one of business, com
bined with pleasure, and he found time
to attend the sessions of the nationa
Democratic convention. In speaking ot
what he saw Mr.. Jeffrey said "Of course
there was great deal of cheering and il
could be plainly seen that the bulk OF
this cheering was in harmony with the
free silver wing of the Democratic party
Silver's friends outuumbered their eni.
mics by fully two to one, aud it cheered
on. I regard the nomination of Mr.
Bryan as an exceptionally fine one, and
all through fail to find one mistake that
the great convention has made"
Among the many congratulatory tele-
grams sent from Denver to Mr.. Bryan is
the following:
To Hon. VIM. J. Bryan, Chicago, ILL.,;
If agreeable to yourself we will under
take that the residents of Colorado, who
are friends of silver, will for your per
sonal use, furnish you a special train to
stump the United States in the interest
of the white metal and welfare of human
ity. CHAs. L. BRowN,
FERMos j. SPENCER.
ACTION OF MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS.
Detroit, Mich.-A Republican stampede
to the Democracy has begun. 1t is alto
gether probable that the party organiza-
tions will go to pieces and an alliance be
formed With the free silver Democrats.
Signs of disintegraton appeared just at
ter the St. Louis convention and they
reached their climax when Mr.. Bryan was
nominated at Chicago. Clubs in Kent, st.
Clair and Manistee counties telegraph
here tha. they are all to secede to Bryan
| and free silver at their next meetings.
Other kilograms marking the bolt to the
Democratic cause come from lnscola,
Nucomb, Newland and Grand Traverse.
In Jackson county Republican leader
permits himself to be quoted as follows:
"The party which nominated Bryan Is
not the Dem ocratic party, but new De-
mocracy, called to the front by demands
of the times. There are thousands OF Re-
publicans in this county and state who
will vote for Bryan aud free silver and
they come from the laboring and farmer
classes"
! The new alliance when formed will
probably make Mayor Pingree their can
didate for governor. The mayor is free
silver man and does not try to conceal his
liking for Bryan. When the plan became
known Republican leaders here declared
that the state was practically lost to
them. The candidacy of the mayor, who
is uncommonly popular in the state, re-
moves the last hope of retaining it in the
Republican column.
| MERCHANT MARINE CONGRATULATIONS.
Chicago.-Among the kilograms of
congratulation which have been received
by Arthur Sewall, the Democratic vice
presidential nominee, are the following:
"New York; named you for vice.
president three weeks ago. Now that You
are the nominee, the solid east will break
for silver and the ticket is winner.
Hurrah for American shipping and the
peoples ticket. ALEX R. SMITH,
"President American Merchant Marine
! Association"
"Augusta, Me.-My heartiest congratu-
lations. Bryan and Sewall winning
ticket. "H. M. PLAIsTED."
Payson Tucker, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Maine Central rail
road, wires:
"Maine appreciates the honor conferred
upon one of her bravest and truest sons.
As the glad news went whistling through
the pines of Maine it carried Joy to the
hearts of all her people"
Hon. M. p. Frank, who ran for con-
gress against Thomas B. Reed, wires rs
follows:
"Hearty congratulations; we will carry
Maine"
From Thomas Hyde, of the Bath Iron
works: Heartiest congratulations.
From Lewis G. milford, New York:
There is no tail to the Democratic ticket.
Both heads.
| j. W. Bookwalter, New York: Accept
my profound and hearty congratulations.
GROUND SWELL IN SIGHT.
Chicago.-Following the adjournment
of the convention two days. session of
the executive committee of the American
Bimetallic union was held, participated
in by thirty members, of whom two-thirds
are claimed to have been Republicans
with silver tendencies. The committee
heartily indorsed every action the con-
vention took and issued e manifesto to
that effect.
Al. Warner, president of the union, be-
fore his departure for the east, spoke
cheerfully of the prospects of the silver
cause and the outlook for the election OF
the Dem mocratic ticket.
"Why, Bryan and Sewall on silver
platform will sweep the country" he said
"We will not CONSIDER putting up any can
didate against him, and do not think the
Populists will. No prominent silver man
either Democrat, Republican or Populist
will accept the nomination for president
from any party. We are satisfied witt
Bryan and Sewall and we are unit il
their support.
MCKINLEY will not know what strucl
him in Ohio next November" continued
Gen. Warner. "He thinks now he will
carry his own state, but he will not; mari
that. He will be lucky to carry some o
the rock-bottom eastern Republican
states. The cause of silver is growing.