The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-03
has been deposed because of his free

has been depOsed because OF his free
silver views.
Senator Teller is now out of the Re-
publican party beyond recall. This is
his latest utterance, In the New York
Comm ercial Advertiser: Mckinley
will not gain ten votes among the free
silver people by the buncOmbe On BIZ
metallism. We will not let the same
yellow dog bite US twice. We shall in
sist for the white metal first, last and
all the time. If we do not get what we
want we shall bolt and that is all there
is to it," The senator says the next
election will be thrown into the house.
Tn a purported interview with Gen. A.
7 warner. published recently in the
Chicago Record, the general was quoted
as having declared that the ST. Louis
silver convention would endorse the &C
tiom of the national Democratic conven-
ton If the latter should be controlleo IN
the interest of free silver. l. N. stevens,
the free silver leader OF Denver, says:
This consolidation cannot be erected
under an old party banner. me con-
gressional record for the past four years
hr;stles with too many broken pledges
--nlatform. party and otherwise-to so
suddenly convince the people that the
future will be widely different from the
mast. The success of the cause naturally
depends more upon the character, force
and wisdom of the conventions to be
held in St. Louis, on the 22d day OF July
than upon anything else In the world.
The Associated Press does not correctly
ouote General Warner as, two days ago,
T received a long letter from him In
which he urged us to get our most rep
reoentative men to go to Chicago. He
called especial attention to the delicate
and important work we mad 20 90 III
getting voters with us II the silver DEM
ocrats should win; and that our wnoie
national campaign depended upon the
action at st. Louis.
Eight hundred Democrats voted at the
primaries in Callahan county 1eAas' ~
1892. this year only 423 votes could be
mustered. The decrease in the Demo-
cratic party represents corresponding
increase of Populists.
The three great San Francisco Gaines
are decidedly complimentary IN their
editorial remarks upon the recent Pop-
ulist state convention. The Chronicle
(Rep.) says: Taken all together what
has been done at Sacramento, well oe-
serves the commentator OF good citl.
Gems whether they are Populists or not.
The Examiner Oem.) rises to remark:
"The Populists have put enough gooo
timber into their platform to MT out
two or three parties" The Call (Rep)
says: The course taken by the Sacra-
r,erto convention may win no officers
for the Populists in this campaign but
IL IS sure to win them converts.
Connecticut Fopulists held a state
convention at Hartford, May Il, and So
lected delegates to the national conven-
ton. The convention adopted resolu-
tons opposing fusion with any organ
ization that did not favor complete IL
nancial reform, government ownership
Of railroads, a graduated income tax,
the initive and referendum and opposl-
ton to bonds.
The Prohibition national convention,
which was held at Pitsburg, Pa, last
week, was a stormy affair. Joshua Lev
ering, a wealthy goldbug of Baltimore
Md, was nominated for president and
Hale Johnson, of Illinois, for vice presi-
dent The platform adopted is a COM
promise between the "narrow-guage'
and "broad-guage" factions and de-
clares for absolute prohibition OF the
liquor traffic, full legal tender money
and free silver. A. Il.