The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
senntor Teller. Pro.nect..

I pretty clearly 0eunea purpose on the part
| Of those who are controlling the silver
/ forces az Chicago 10 nominate Senator
/ Teller for President. The announcement
IS made that the southern and western
delegates. very generally. are in favor Of
/ nominating him. which means, OF course.
| that The silver leaders o. the south and
I west have made up their minds 10 bring
about the nomination Of Senator Teller.
IL they can.
There are excellent reasons for think
Ing that the movement in behalf OF Teller
has not acquired the strength which #
now seems 70 possess within the last
few DAYS When the facts are made pub
he fl VIII appear. doubtless, that the sill
yer senators and other silver leaders prac-
tcally agreed several weeks ago to sup
port Senator Teller for the presidential
nomination at Chicago. provided the silver
ties obtained control OF the Chicago con
venton. the St Louis convention indorsed
the gold standard. and Senator Teller and
his republican sympathIzers bolted that
convention.
There may not have been any direct
understanding with Senator Teller in ac-
cordance with the foregoing statement.
but there was. there is reason 70 believe,
such an understanding as was satisfac-
tory to the silver senators and other sill
yer leaders.
Senator Teller's friends say, OF course,
that when he left the St. Louis conven-
ton he had no thought that there would
be an effort made at Chicago 10 make
him the presidential nominee Of the dem
ocratic party. but II Senator Teller should
be nominated IL would be difficult. IL not
impossible to convince the country that
his nomination was not the direct result
Of an understanding that was reached
good while before the assembling OF
the national democratic convention.
And how would Senator Teller's nomina-
ton be received by democrats generally?
We doubt il it would create any enthu-
siasm, except among those who are ready
TO sacrifice everything for silver. only
couple Of weeks ago Senator Teller was
a republican in good standing in his party,
and he has never pretended to differ with
It on any of its platform declarations,
except that relating to the gold stand
ard. He may not be as much of pro-
tectionist as Mai. Mckinley, but he has
never objected to his party's position on
the tariff. II he should be nominated at
Chicago the democratic party would have
a republican for its standard bearer.
The only reason for nominating Senator
Teller is the belief that the populists would
indorse his nomination. and that the sll-
yer republicans would vote for him. But
would he command the hearty support Of
even the silver democrats? There are
reasons for thinking he would not. II he
should be elected with the help Of the
populists and silver republicans his ad-
ministrauon would not be democratic
His cabinet would have to be made up of
That would not be at all satisfactory to
| democrats.
It seems to US that the nomination Of
Senator Teller would not be strong
one. 1t would drive many thousands of
democrats away from the democratic par
ty and make many other thousands in
different as TO the result of the election
The fact that Senator Teller was against
the force bill might reconcile many south
| ern democrats to his nomination, but It
would have no influence with democrats
north and west.
Mr.. Pat Walsh, in his interview pub
iished in our dispatches yesterday, seems
to think Senator Teller is the only man
the democrats can elect. It wouldn't be
a great victory for the democratic party
to elect a republican. who. If elected,
would have to make concessions to the
| populists and dissatisfied republicans.