Mohave County miner., 1896-05-30
The Rising Tide.

The selection of delegates to the re- publican national convention beirg con cluded, The democrats have the fieid and the administration bnsy day has ar rived. Iowa, ss vas expected, went the right way yesterday with straight free coinage plank. while on the Atlantic sea board South Carolina selected Tillman with whoop to head it's delegation. B.ck in New Hampshire. where the men tai vision seldom extends beyond stone qusrries and snake fences, and where Detroit Is regarded as in the far West. they adopted a goIdbug platform Comp troller Eckels is reported to have thrown up his hands in despair. "Not even a pebble has interfered with the working of the machine" ssid he-'he machine aforesaid being the state organization. which Is controlled ny Altpeld and the silver men. From Iodiana and Ohio the reports are equally encouraging, and Kentucky is sure thing for free coinage.
 Coming nearer home tn. goldites have mades dead set at South D ,kots. and are said to have achieved some marvel. ously sudden conversions. Collector Nes has departed for Wyoming with an in voice of fresh pie. in the hope of affecting the state co vsntion. The chances are that he will experience the sensations oi Q man being forced through wrinper. Our own and only ArbuckIe is reputed to be snorting scIoss the prairies with ihe intention of calling little convention of his own. bat the story is probably s base fiction invea'ei ny those un.,ls 10 SD. preciste the picinresgne facility with which Colonel Arbnckle can sdorn an ante room in The White House or rancn on the Sf. Vrsin, in whichever locality his lot may be temporarily cast.
 The indications AS whole contiDne to be extremely favorable to inc election of . sweeping free coinage mi ,rity in the Chicago convention We h, Iieve bow ever, that silver men must he on guard in those states ~bIch are ordinarily con. sidered as safe. Several incidents have occurred which warrant he belief that the gold element hopes to spring snr prises Tn them because of the overcon- fidence of the silver men. Tn the middle states of the Mississippi valley, winch have been co"sidered AS dehatabie ground, the Tree coinage men have their armor on and saichUen gusrd all 'he towers There is no eli ,nce for the enc my to stand march. lt is in the states over whelmiogiy free silver that careless. ness is to he feared, and tbere the cun ming goldbugs hope 10 p'ck mp fev deg on delegate Just such d m .neuver sn- made in Michigan and was sprung in South Dakota.
 When we look back year or two and consider rhe chances one could almDs believe that host of democratic leaders had become the next thing 10 popniist- N ,ne of them sill listen 10 any talk Q compromise. They propo-e to have r out Co fipi-h on or about July 2. N,ric. what Mir Vest said in the seBare d shoI time ago, turing an in'ervil he'seu sT pI,cations of seourge to the president : "I will not he bound by the actio" of convention controlled by federal patron age IL will not be a democratic conve, ton to me No more fnancial plank. winch mean gold m the E,st and s,lSs in the West and Sonth can he ,dopie' It nns. he clear cut"
 Senator TIllmsn recently relieved h mind in lhis wise. 'rhe Chicago co
 vention will adopt free silver pl4tforu l6 tol favor a bolt II we fail 10 get 1 sm tired Of keeping house with Iot disguised repu ,lieans, anyway san, them 10 ker Ou', or 10 get ont my-eii.