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

EASTERN REPUBLICANS WARNED.
New York.-Henry l.. Stoddard, writ.
ing to the Mail and Express from Den.
yer, says:
"The sooner that eastern Republicans
realize that a gold declaration at st.
Louis means to imperil many of the
eighty-three electoral votes west of the
Mississippi, the earlier will they reach a
clear understanding of the actual stu
alton and the struggle before them, par
ticularly should there be Democratic
Populitt free silver combination. There
is no use ignoring the facts. The tariff
undoubtedly is the issue in the east, but
cross the Mississippi, and as you travel
westward over prairie and mountain it is
not the tariff question that you hear dis
cussed by the people, but money. The
demand outside of the silver states is not
so much for the 16 to J. standard as for
some expression of a purpose to find a
way for the continued use of silver as a
money metal. The free coinage senti-
ment has been voiced so entirely in the
east by demagogues of the Tillman and
Stewart type and has been made so con.
spicous feature of the Populist plat
form that it is somewhat novel to walk
into banking house after banking house
in this city and be told that that institu-
tion favored the 16 TO demand"
Mr.. Stoddar9 says that he has fingered
with groups of hardworking farmers at
way stations, has talked with them in the
ordinary day coaches of trains speeding
over Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska, and is
convinced that whichever party is the
friend of silver will get the votes.
M'K1NLEY AND THE A. PA.
New York.-Maior Mckinley has ap-
parently made his peace with the A. P. A.
There ia no other reasonable explana-
tion of the position assumed by the lead
ers Of that order after pilgrimage to
Ohio. A fortnight ago the word was
passed along the line from Boston to st.
Louis that Mckinley would not do. Some
flaw had been found in his record which
rendered him dangerous man to be
placed in the White house. Then, too,
McKinley's manager, Mark Hanna, en-
coubtered opposition. Judge Steveoe,
| of Missouri, or one of the leaders of the
A. P. A. in that state, made the charge
that Hanna was a Catholic or had been
affiliated at some time in the past with
the Catholic church. The leaders all
over the country were agreed at that
time that the Canton statesman must step
down and out or invite the opposition OF
the order on election day.
Suddenly, few days ago, change
came over the face of the political sky
This occurred about the time L. B. Haugh.
awout, of Missouri, and delegation OF
| A. p. A. leaders turned up in Cleveland.
The committee, il is said, went to Ohio
to investigate the charges against Nc
Kinley and Hanna. just what took place
at the conference is difficult to ascertain
but it is evident, from the later utter.
ances of the visitors that they fell under
! the hypnotic Influence of the Cleveland
banker, and that Mr.. Hanna effected {
satisfactory settlement.
| The result is to leave several of the A
P. A. leaders who were foremost in op
posing Mckinley out in the cold, and al
ready A. P. A. lodges are wheeling int
line everywhere and inGorsing the Ohioan
At Kansas City the A. P. A. has passes
the following:
Resolved, That we have the utmos
confidence in the honor, ability, integrit
and noble, Christian manhood of William
Mckinley, and we hereby pledge our
selves to oppose, by all honorable means
any attempt to use our order for his de
feat"
Other councils are expected to tax
similar action,