Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-30
NATIONAL POLITICS.
NEW ENGLAND ARGUMENT.

making inroads into the gold contingent
of Democracy in New England. He
comes at them with an argument that
cuts deep and sets the masses to think
ing. Says he:
81 am In favor of gold standard, if it
is properly guarded, but to-day it is not.
And it can not be until the power of the
moneyed interests is severed, and this can
only be done by driving them to the wall.
l confess that did not realize until three
years ago, when we began to issue bonds,
in what partisan spirit l had looked at
the silver question. / began to study it,
and have changed my mind considerably,
until am now convinced that for every
million dollars damage done by the
alleged evil of free coinage the people of
the country would be robbed of $5,0O0,-
600 by Hanna and his trust, if they get
control of the country. The people of the
west and south have been long and pa
tient sufferers. Four years ago they gave
up their convictions for the north and
the east, under a promise that we would
better them after election. We haven't
done it. We haven't been honest with
them. Their conditions are worse to-day
than ever. Money is dearer and farm
products are cheaper"
"How can You stop the flow of gold to
Europe"
"You can't under our present system.
Gold is centipede that is running to
Europe. Our whole money system here
is wrong.
"We have placed ourselves in position
where the entire world can go to our
treasury and draw gold on par if it has
the treasury notes. You can't do this in
England, France or Germany. They
make you pay premium on gold. Under
our present monetary system the Bel
monts and the Morgans can create a
panic, and, on Mr.. Morgan's own admis-
sion, they threatened Mr.. Cleveland with
one, and forced him to buy gold. When
this or any other combination can COM
pei this country to pay 81 per cent for
gold bonds, instead of the market rate of
8 per cent, it is time that there was a
change in our financial policy, and that
their power WAS broken. The money
power can afford to spend vast sum of
money to defeat the people, but I feel
their game is lost this time, and that the
people will CONTROL"
"Do you think the Democratic candi
dates will win?"
II don't know, but, of course, want to
ate the ticket successful. I care more
for principles, an honest expression Of
convictions, an appeal and commingling
with the people than do for power or
profit for my party. never ask whether
we are going to win or lose. All want
to know is, is it right? Being right, l
care not for the results"
WILL BE SETTLED ALL RIGHT.
Lincoln, Neb.-J. w. Blake, formerly
chairman of the Populist state central
committee in this state, and an active
factor in Nebraska Populism, has re-
turned from st. Louis. He says that as
between Democrats and Populists mat
ters will be arranged 80 that but one set
of candidates will be necessary. His
plan is the same as that suggested by
Senator Jones, chairman of the Demo-
GRATIS national committee. He says the
selection cf the candidates for the electoral
college must be left to the good sense of
the Populists and Democrats of the re-
spective states.
"The Populists have nominated Mr..
Watson," he said, "merely to preserve the
identity of the party. Populists will not
care, in most states, if all the electors put
upon the joint ticket are Sewall men.
This is especially true in the northern
states, and in the. southern states it will
make little difference 40 far as Bryan is
concerned. Even if the vote on Bryan
aud Sewall is divided in the electoral COL
lege there is not any doubt that the Sewall
votes will be largely in the majority.
The tickets will be put mp in the respec-
tive states withsthe agreement that If the
Democratic presidential candidate
has more supporters in the electoral COL
lege than the Populist candidate the
votes for the latter shall be cast for the
former"
Gov. Halcomb also spoke in the same
line. The muddle over vice president,
he said, would be settled by fusion in
different states, Sewall aud Watson to
take their chances IN the electoral college.
In Nebraska the governor said there
would certainly be fusion and that the
fusionists would carry the state. He fig
ures that under normal conditions there
will be 100000 votes polled in Nebraska
this year. He divides these as follows:
Republicans, $4,000; Popullsts $4,000, all
kinds OF Democrats, $4,000; Prohibition
lists, 5000. OF these votes the governor
believes Bryan will receive all but 5000
or 5000 Democratic votes, all of the
Populist votes and a majority of the Pro-
hibitionists.
He also figures that from 10 to 121a
per cent of the Republicans will bolt
Mckinley. On recapitulation he be-
lieves that Bryan will receive 10000 of
the 100000 votes cast in Nebraska this
year.
SILVER MEN CONTROL.
Detroit, Mich.-The Democratic state
central committee declined to accept the
resignation of Its chairman. Elliott G.
Stevenson, and called the state nominat-
ing convention to be held at Bay City on
August 25 Although Chairman Steven
son, who is the Law partner of Don M.
Dickinson, has been radical advocate
Of the gold standard policy, he accepts
the platform and candidates decreed by
the national convention and declares that
being Democrat he will do his whole
duty in waging vigorous campaign in
Michigan for the success of the party's
nominee and its declared policies. It is
arranged that the Populists and the new
union silver party conventions will be
held in Bay City on the same day as the
Democratic convention, and IL is expect
ed that fusion Of the three parties on
one ticket will be accomplished. This is
considered to be necessity BY the silver
men, as state Law enacted BY the last
(Republican) legislature required that
the name Of any candidate can not ap.
pear on more than one ticket.
The opposition to retaining Chairman
Stevenson was not especially strenuous
In the meeting, although some prominent
free silver men who voted for Stevenson
we're misrepresentlng their constituents.
Mr.. Stevenson had previously expressed
his willingness to resign in favor of W.
R. Burt, OF Saginaw, or Fred A. Baker, Of