Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-22
NATIONAL POLITICS.

NATIONAL POLITICS.
SILVER REPUBLICANS WILL BOLT.
Chicago.--W. H. Griffith, late chairman
of the Colorado state central committee
and the manager of two daily papers
published at Leedville. Colo, is here en
route home from trip to Washington.
The following interview was had with
him regarding the political situation
Ia Colorado:
"How do you think Colorado will vote
this falIf"
sFor silver. No candidate for prssi.
dent on gold platform can carry the
state. The party that declares for free
coinage, be it the Republican, m0cratic
or Silver party. will carry the state by q
large majority"
DO you think Senators Teller and VOL
colt will be delegates to the Republican
national conventiohw
$50 far rs Senator Teller is concerned,
I can state positively that he will not be
a delegate. This, however, is of his own
choice, because if he wished to be, he
would have the united and unanimous
support of the party. make this state-
msnt about him not being delegate
from personal interview with Senator
Teller. As to Senator Wolcott, can
state nothing from personal knowledge,
but am informed by reliable authority
that he desires to be delegate, providing
his duties on the Pacific railroad commit
tee will permit of his absence from Wash
ington for that length Of time"
"Do you think Senator Teller will sup
port the nominee of the Republican party
tor presid.nts"
absolutely no, if that candidate is
running upon a gold standard platform" ;"
will Senator Teller be chosen by the
legislature elected this faaltD
"Yes, sir"
"As the candidate Of whatpa will he
seek reelection, if he does not support
the Republican ticketi"
"If he desires re election he will be the
candidate of the people of the state, and
there will be no question of his election.
The people of Colorado respect and
nonor him, both for his nobleneas Of char
tcter and steadfastness to ths interests of
he State, and there is no honor within
their power they would not gladly bestow
upon him."
ALTGELD's POSITION DEFINED.
ChicaRo.-Gov. Altgeld declares he is
not seeking a denomination as governor
Of Illinois. few goldites have just met
at Chicago and endorsed" him for the
nomination. He doesn't want their 7n-
dorsement. He says:
Even were I candidate, and were
ANXIOUS to be elected, would not for q
hundred governorships stife my convio
tions on SO momentous q question as
that which lies at the bottom of our mis-
cries. The idea that prosperity can he
restored to the world with only one half the
money that was formerly needed to do
the worlds business is too absurd to be
seriously discussed, especially wien it is
remembered that taxes, interests, the
great debts and other fixed charges have
not been diminished. Conseq uently a
continuation of low prices means the alb
solnte destruction of the purchasing
power of the entire debtor class. This
ir.t reduces the volume of business, then
forces toe shutting down of factories and
by destroying the market for labor soon
destroys the purchasing power of the en-
tire laboring class and fills the land with
distress.
"None of the sophists hired to main
tain the gold standard has yet told the
laborers how they can get the valuable
gold dollar they talk about. The laborer
can only prosper when there is cemand
for his labor. The gold dollar, by re-
Il rSr< - oil Nhnc
main the same, destroyed the purchasing
power Of the country and thus destroyed
the market for the only thing the laborer
had to sell, that lie, his labor. Until the
purchasing power is restored there can BE-
no great demand for labor and this pur.
chasing power Of the country, especially
of the debtor classes, can only be restored
by u rise In the selling price of things
and this can only come through an in.
crease in the volume of money.
"Ths continuation of the single gold
standard means the permanent degrada.
tion OF the great labor,ng aud producing
mReses Of this country, and shall d.
what little can to prevent this. shall
| do what can to restore the free coinage
of gold and silver, exactly as it stood
when Republican congress corruptly J
struck down silver. This restoration
once made, If the subject needs legisla.
taon II can be had, but the fret duty oi
Americans is to right the great wrong
and ask all my friends to do what they
can to bring .his about. We have been
/, led OF the correct road into desolstior
and the frst thing to do 10 to get back Or
to the highway. Once again there II 1t il
necessary to mend harness and wagon v,
can do it,"