Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-16
NATIONAL POLITICS.
EASTERN DEMOCRATS IN LfNi

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EASTERN DEMOCRATS IN LfNAs
New York. - Pressure is still being
brought to bear in vain on Senator Hill
to bolt the ticket. "Sound money" men
have also approached Senator German,
who is in town, and Senator Brice, to get
each to repudiate his party. They hold
out against all attempts to read them
into the gold wing. An afternoon jour-
+ nal represented Senator Hill as already
boiling, but he said in Albany that the re-
port was lie.
II have not" he said, "given out since
I left Chicago, any expression of my
views concerning the candidates or the
platform. 1 have nothing further to say
/ of the situation"
Senator German complained openly OF
the misrepresentation of his position,
and declared that he had authorized no
statement and would make none till he
had seen Senator Hill.
Senator Brce said that he was the SER
want of his Ohio constituents, and would
not let the New York papers nor the gold
bugs speak for him. It also became
known last night that ex- Secretary Whit
ney is not in favor of organizing bolt.
He has told his Wall street banking
friends that the rank aud file of the New
York Democracy will not stand it, and
this falls In with the opinion of John @.
Sheehan and other Tammany leaders.
When the Democrats who talk like this
are asked why there is no enthusiasm be-
ing expressed for Bryan and Sewall, they
reply:
"There ia much enthusiasm, heaps OF
it, but the newspapers went print it.
Take the leaders of Tammany, for in
stance. Every one of them declared in
home that there would be no bolt. Moth
ing could have been palmer or more
forcible than their language. Yet the
opposition press to-day is trying to
make out that Tammany men refused to
commit themselves"
Secretary John B. McGoldrick, Of the
Tammany general committee, said: "We
are going to give Bryan and Sewall an
official Endorsement, and will roll up as
heavy majority as possible for the
ticket"
These declarations taken in connection
with the utterances of Josiah Pattison,
Senator Gibson, of Maryland, Congress
man Sulzer, Hugh Mclaughlin, the leader
OF the regular Democrats in Kings coun.
ty, Senator P. H. McNulty, and Others,
make 1t quite evident that there will be
neither bolt nor third ticket in the
field.
THE PIVOTAL STATES.
Washington.-Tb extent to which
Inn IN so nj MI bu al
to their prospects in the west is indicated
by letters and personal reports which are
being received here from active Repub-
lican politicians.
Michigan is said to be almost certain
TO vote for Bryan and free silver and re-
ports from Indiana are to the effect that
If the election were held tomorrow the
state would vote against Mckinley by
25,0O0.
An intelligent observer of Republican
sympathies declares that Indiana is doubly
doubtful this year, not only because of
the growing sentiment for free silver, but
because of the bitter factional fight with
in the Republican ranks. This latter con-
dition of things ia attributed to Mr.. j. K.
Gowdy, chairman of the state central CON-
mittee. Mr.. Gowdy was an ardent Nc
Kinley man. Mr.. Gowdy discovered some
months ago that half the state was favor.
able to McKinley's nomination. The re-
naming Republicans were not unfriendly
they preferred, however, that the dele
cation should be sent to st. Louis unin-
structed. Mr.. Gowdy determined other
wise. By holding the Mckinley element
we'll in hand and using the power of the
state machine to assist the movement he
carried his point and Indiana's 9 twenty-six
votes we're cast for the Buckeye candidate.
1t was the first time in Indiana politics
that the state committee had been used
to advance the fortunes of presidential
aspirant outside of the state. 1t resulted
in converting a passively Indifferent min
ority into an active opposition, and to-
day such of the old guard as Lew Wallace,
Riley McKeene, Nelson Filbeck, E. H.
Nebeker, who filled the office of United
States treasurer under Harrison, and other
veteran leaders are snlking in their tents
and refusing to serve under Mr.. Gowdy's
leadership.
The situation is further oomp mplicated by
the contest for United States senatorship.
Daniel Voorhees, term will expire on the
4th of next March. Until few months
ago it was felt that his successor would
be Republican. There we're number
of promising candidates in the persons
of Gen. Lew Wallace, Mr.. Nebeker, Mr..
Huston and Mr.. Filbeck. @. s. Fairbanks
ia also senatorial candidate. With a
view to assisting his ambition, Mr.. Gowdy
determined to make him temporary
chairman of the St. Louis convention.
Again, all the force of the state organiza-
tion was exerted for Mr.. Fairbanks and
again victory crowned Mr.. Gowdy's ef-
forts. This has still further widened the
party breach.
o.day Indiana is. unorganized, with a
national election impending and the Re-
publican cause more or less dependent
upon the electoral votes of the state. 1t
politicians are sounding a note of alarm
and wondering how long Mark Hanna and
his executive committee will permit the
existence OF such conditions. What is
needed, il is said, is the getting together
of the two factions without another
hours delay, and this can only be 40
com plished by Mr.. Gowdy making the
proper overtures to the men whom he
has offended. One of these mon is ex.
President Harrison, who, il is claimed,
will not lift his voice in the state under
the management of the present chairman,
or at least, until some better understand.
ing has been reached.
il Dispatches from Indiana printed to.
day contain the intelligence that Gen
Harrison will speak in Kentucky, Louis.
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