The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
WE'RE BOUND TO WIN.
Consul General Morss' Paper Admits the
Power Of silver's Tidal Wave.

Power Of silver's Tidal " ave.
INDIANAPOLIS. June 12 The Senti.
mel, OF this city, a strong Cleveland
supporter, a few days ago. published
the following significant editorial: ?
We have never known the b publi-
can party to be on the "dead run" so
early in the season. Their leaders are
ratified and panic stricken. They will
have no Austerlitz thisseason. Water
loo is at their very doors.
Thirty years ago the remarks were
common: LET the Republicans pomi-
nate yellow dog at st. Louis in June
and he will win" 1t is anybody's vic
tory" "Anyuody that the Republi-
cans nominate for President will be
elected" Its yellow dog year" and
so on for quantity. Today it is extre-
mely doubtful if they can elect any
body. Whether, good or bad, wise or
unwise, dangerous or the reverse, the
silver wave is inundating the vast
political fields of the west and south.
As journalists we merely record the
fact. No one need be deceived. With
exceeding great trepidation and nerv-
GUS are the tallykeepers of the Republi-
can party recording the probable out
come at st. Louis.
The more prominent manipulators
are sweating blood and the dreams of
ambitious schemers are dissolving into
very thin air. The geld standard men
will doubtless have absolute control of
the ST.. Louis convention of monopo-
lists, trust, managers and plutocrats
They have already served notice that
the platform must declare absolutely
for a gold standard. Old John Sher-
man suggested to leave out the word
gold" and make il "sound money"
''honest money" or something of that
kind, but they will not have it that
way. Sherman is shy and cunning,
and thinks coon trap platform will
be about the sort of thing that ough
to be set up at st. Louis. Reports,
however, show that the gold men will
contol 651 of the 91S delegates, and
they say there is no need for them to
pander to the silver interests, which
will be represented by 81 delega! es.
The other lO4 delegates are straddIers.
or represent nothing very definite on
the currency question. They are put
down on the doubtful list, but if all Of
them should flock with the silver dele.
gates the entire lot would only num-
Der 267 against the 651 who are pledged
to a gold standard. Thus, we have
clear gold majority of 3S4. The sill
YER men will be powerless, and the
probability is that they will bolt. They
will not dare to face their constituents
when a. perfect silver hurricane is
sweeping the west and south like tor
nado.
What sort of a figure will Hanna,
Mckinley & Co., cut at st. Louis
with that old straddling Ohio platform
They will be laughed at. The Indiana
crazy quilt woven at the recent Re
publican State convention will be Oh
fered, but Russell Sage and other cas-
tern millionaires say it is not strong
enough on the gold deiverance, and
Chauncey Depew says: ''Yoh can't
parse it," Oh, what a mass. The
sound money or gold standards will
be so strong that a straddle or con-
cession of any kind seems to be impossi'
bic.
There is a scheme, it is intimated, to
defeat Mckinley for the nomination,
but, according to the figures, he seems
to be certain of receiving 500 votes.
The brightest of the managers must,
and doubtless do, see that he cannot be
elected, even if he secures the nomina-
ton, without bolt of the silver dele
gates. Therefore, looking over the
entire political field, is it any wond.r
tuat the Republican leaders are wor-
ried and annoyed at the outlook9 To
sum up:
They are panic stricken.
They are ratteled.
They are ION the rum"
Mckinley will be defeated.
Any one nominated at the st.
Louis convention of millionaires,
trusts, plutocrats and magnates is
doompd IN dafsA,t