The morning times., 1896-04-20
That Is What the Silver Fight
May Bring About.
SPLIT In BOTH CAMPS
Free Coinage Elements May Buck
at Bot II Chicago and st. Louis
States Claimed by the Possible Four
Factions In the Event of the Dis
ruption.

ny many leaulnS pOllucianS mere.
The opinion that at least three candi-
dates, two Democrats and one Re-
publican, will be nominated, is al
most universally expressed by those
processing to have studied the situation
carefully and eXhaustively, while some
declare that at both st. Louis and Chica go
the Democratic and Republican parties will
be split beyond possibility of reamal-
gamation, and that the natural outcome
will be the placing OF two men before the
people by each party.
The boast is being made by the Demo-
cratic silver men that the folio " ers
of the President aud his sound money doe
trine viii have insufficient strength in
the convention, and secretly many Of the
friends of Mr.. Cleveia nd are ackno owle dying
that unless the current of Democratic C
opinion can be forced to flow in another
direction from the one now apparent, the
Chicago platform will declare deciSively
and without ambiguity for free coinage
at l6 to l.
ON THE OTHER HAND.
The free silver men in the Republican
party claim that a similar condition of
affairs will exist at st. Louis but in their
contention they have not the degree OF
support that Is being accorded to that
made by the Democrats. Such men as
Senators Teller, Dubois and Wolcott, how
ever, assert that they stand an excellent
chance of being able to secure deClara-
tion fayoring free coinage, and add most
emphatically that If the convention re-
fuses TO recognize them to that extent
they will name their own man and fight
the gold standard wing OF the party.
The slow but unavoidable decline OF the
fpan y.y.iT, tEr~n nTb. out nn
country is spurring them to action in the
hope of reviving it at the last moment
and they have DOW reached that stage of
desperation where they are willing to
resort to almost any methods to save them
selves.
In the event that four Preside ntial
tickets are placed in the field by the two
leading parties, the strength of the sound
money Republicans will not be considerably Y
lcssened. The Republican States which
would follow Teller and his free silver
associates. would vote the Democratic
ticket provided 1T sanctioned free silver,
rather than support n Republican sound
money man. Senator Dubois, of Idaho,
is authority for that statement. and he
has declared that In his State and several
others nearby. the leading issues will be
money and that the fight will not be
waged along any other lines.
IN EVENT OF FOUR TICKETS.
According to 8 summary, which has been
prepared by an impartial observer. who
hears reputation for being We'll informed
in politics, If renr tickets are put before
the people the sound money Republican
candidate Will carry niue more States
than the other three combined. He figures
that this candidate will be accorded the
strength OF twenty seven States, the free
sound money Democrats three, and the
opposing Democrats seven.
The strength OF the sound money Re-
publicans VIII be scattered in ali sections
OF the country North, South, East and West.
The free silver Democrats Will find most
OF their friends In sections of the South,
silver Republicans in the far West, and
the sound money Democrats in portion
of the Northeast.
The statement of this gentleman II in
teresting. While il may not be accurate
in every particular, as some OF the States
which he gives to certain factions are
in doubt, it represents the bulk of the
strength which each branch can command.
To the sound money Republicans he
yields the States OF Maine, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, MasSac chusetts.
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Minnesota, Wis.
consin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio. Kentucky,
Tennessee, Indiana. West Virginia, Iowa.
North Dakota, Washington, Oregon, Mary
land, Virginia, Missouri, Nebraska, Kan
sas and Louisiana.
FOR SILVER REPUBLICANS.
To the silver Republicans he comedies
California. Nevada, Wyoming, Montana.
Idaho, Colorado, Utah and North Carolina
To the free silver Democrats he gives
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama Georgia,
Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas; in behalf
of Mr.. Cleveland's friends he ma keS the
disputable claim that they viii secure the
States of New York, New Jersey aud
Connecticut
OF the forty-five only seven States are
open TO dispute. The sound money Repub-
leans refuse to coucede the three claimed
by the Cleveland Democrats aud also
assert that withSlt peradyenture Of n
doubt California will declare for the gold
standard as well a S prot ection. Ken
lucky, they claim. will be found in their
column, but all four factious are claiming
the same State. Recent Developments in
Georgia would lead to the belief that the
people OF that State are about evenly
divided on themoney issue, ndboth branches
OF the Democratic party are asserting
their superiority.
1t would seem that after deducting the
Republican strength from the three States
claimed by the hard money Democrats there
would no treInain a sufficient number of
votes for Cleveland'sca ndidate to warranta a
declaration that he could poll respectable
ballot numerically, and it is apparent that
the additional strength given this man
from the Southern States would not be
sufficient to outnumber the free silver
Democratic forces, The free silverites
iii that party are unquestionably in the
majority.
EIGHT STATES FOR SILVER.
Tve eight States claimed to be in the
TellSr ranks, with the exception of Cali
fornia and North Carolina, can be relied
upon as being decidedly opposed to a
declaration for sound money. 1t is con-
fidently believed that they would waive
party affiliations if necessary in gaining
their point and it is not impossible that in
the event the Republicans refuse to con-
ceGe them free coinage they will cast their
lot with the Democrats.
That three tickets at least will enter
the field is now not considered improb-
able. A split in the Democratic con-
vention ana the refusal of a majority of
Republicans to indorse free coinage, will
naturally be followed, it is declared, by
the union OF the silver malcontents who, by
combination with the waning Populist
forces, will muster considerable strength
1t is asserted that with the combined
silver strength and the divided gold forces
the silver men will win, but assertions by
gold Democrats are not calculated to verify
this statement.
Between fanatic free silver doctrine
and protective tariff bill.'' said one of
these gentlemen from New York, 81 should
indorse the Republican principle of pro-
lection. Free silver must be defeated and
I think that a goodly number Of the gold
Democrats can be relied upon in the case
of emergency by the friends of gold, re-
gardless of party creed"
Statesmen are paid. wheth-