The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-06-20
THE FREE SILVER ROLTERS.

As a sound money platform has been
formulated at st. Louis with the almost
certain assurance that the States of Cole
rada, | tab, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana,
most of them the creations Of Republican
votes would be lost to the party, the natu-
raj inquiry of every one interested in the
election of the st Louis nominees will be,
as to the effect of the bolt of the silver
senators, in view of the expectation that
the Democratic National Convention will
declare outright for unlimited free silver
coinage.
Conservative estimates of results are
generally the most reliable, and the follow
ing taken from IA conservative Democratic
Journal, probably comes as near the truth
as any that can be made so early in the
campaign:
There will he in the Elt ctoral College III
votes. OF these it can he confidently as
sumed that Alabama, having eleven votes
Arkansas, :; Florida, 1; Georgia. IL;
Louisiana, $ Mississippi, 9; North Carolina
1 |; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, II; Texas
Is; and Virginia, II, will be carried by the
Democrats. In all, these States have 112
votes. If the Republican Convention
should adopt an explicit gold standard re-
solution, as there seems to be no doubt it
will, California. Delegate De Young pre-
diets, will be lost by the party. Mr.. De
Young may be right and he may be wrong,
though it will he remembered that his
State instructed its delegation to st. Louis
to insist upon free and unlimited silver
coinage at the ratio of Is to 1. California,
with votes in the Electoral College,
should consequently be placed on the list
of doubtful States, in case the Convention
should determine for the gold standard
as should also Colorado, 4; Delaware, 3;
Idaho, 3; Kansas, 10; Kentucky, IS; Mary
land, s; Missouri, IL Montana, 3; Nebraska
:; Nevada, 3; North Dakota, 3; Oregon, A;
South Dakota, 4; Washington, 4; West
Virginia, 6; Wyoming, 3. and Utah, 3.
Together these States have los votes, which
added to those of the certain Democratic
the Democracy and their PopuIist and
free silver allies short of majority. But
it is exceedingly likely that they will not
have that number of votes; that the Re
publicans will secure the votes of several
of the States which we have placed in the
doubtful column. They should carry
Kansas, with its 10; Maryland, with its :,
and West Nirgipin, with its 6. These,
added to the certain Republican or honest
money States, would give the Republican
candidate very decided majority in the
College. Colonel Watterson, OF the Louis
| Vile CoUrip JOu,Hm has confidently said
that the triumph OF free silver in the Ken
lucky Democratic State Convention gave
that State to the Republicans. He may be
wrong but there is a possibility that he
may be right. and that kentucky's -
votes will 90 upon the Republican list in
| November.
These figures maze it apparent that the
National Republican Convention having
adopted strong, clear, emphatic gold
standard resolution, and thereby secured
for their candidate the support of the great
hosts of Democratic advocates of sound,
honest money. can well afford to let the
silver mines and gulches vote according to
| their folly. Victory with sound money
platform is already assured. 1t will be