Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-10
NATIONAL POLITICS.


have been comforting with the Demo-
Gratis, who agree with them that there is
but one issue in the coming campaign,
and there is distinct understanding be-
tween the two sets as to the course that
shall be pursued by the former at the st.
Louis convention. Ore of the most ac-
tive silver Republicans of the senate said:
"We do not intend that the st. Louis con-
vention shall straddle the silver question
if our votes can prevent it. We estimate
that we shall have at least 10 members of
the committee on resolutions. We will
offer resolution for free coinage at the
ratio of Is to /. Of course that will be
rejected. Then the faction wanting a
compromise, or a 'stradde' will come in
with their proposition. The eastern
states will submit their gold standard
plank. When our free coinage plank
shall have been rejected we will throw
our votes to the gold men for the pur-
pose of absolutely committing the Re
publican party to the gold standard
Then we will go into the convention and
protest against both the gold and the
straddle platform. One or the other will
be adopted for blind man can see that
the 16 to l ratio. will have no chance.
After the adoption of either the gold or
the straddle plank we will withdraw from
the convention and wait to see what the
Democratic convention at Chicago will
do. If they declare for free coinage, as
we believe they will do, why then we will
join with them and make the fight for
the supremacy of the white metal"
COUNTING ON Two'THIRDs.
Washington.--Th Democratic free sill
yer managers now assert with great con-
fidence that they will be able to muster
at Chicago clear two-thirds majority
for free silver, thus doing away with any
necessity for the change of the time-hon-
ored two thirds rule for the nomination
of the presidential candidates.
1t Is understood that the territories and
the District of Columbia will each be al
lowed six delegates in the convention
thus making it's total membership 9l8, of
whom AGO will be majority, and 6l2
two thirds majority. Thus far the fig
ures show delegates chosen, 276 for silver,
100 for gold. The Maryland convention
meets to-day and the Minnesota conven-
tion June l6
The chances favor the selection of
sound money delegations, but the silver
party have been conducting their already
famous still hunts in both states and the
sound money Demo ocratic leaders in each
state privately confess that the result is
in doubt. Here are 81 aelegates-lG in
Maryland and 1s'in Minnesota. If they
go for silver the silver forces at Chicago
will have, counting the states and terri
toeies conceded to silver, GIL delegates
one less than the othirds majority
necessary to nominate candidate.
Ohio shows total of 36 votes for free
silver, chosen and to be chosen. This is
a greater free silver strength than has
been generally credited, but it is known
to be correct. The state of Washington
was formerly put down as for silver and
3 for gold. The state convention passed
a free silver resolution, but it was known
that three of the delegates, headed by
Hugh G. Wallace, the national committee
man, would be for gold. 1t is now under
stood that knowledge of the overwhem-
ing free silver majority which will con-
troll at Chicago has led two of the sound
money men to fall in line with their state
platform. Nebraska, with a contesting
delegation, has been placed in the silver
column on the strength of Secretary Nor
toms statement that the sound money
delegation does not stand a ghost of a
show of being seated.
The free silver leaders claim, moreover,
that there will be breaks in the ranks of
the eastern sound money delegations for
the free silver candidates before the CON
ventior meets that will give them at least
6 more votes or total of more than is
necessary under the two-thirds rule.