Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-21
NATIONAL POLITICS.
CAMPBELL ON MAJORITY RULE.
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Washington. ExGov. Campbell, of
Ohio, who has been in Washington for
several days, is fearful that there will be
split at the Chicago convention. He
said
every man who goes rs n delegate to
the next convention should go there
pledged to support the candidate and ac-
cept the platform of that convention. No
matter who may be named to make the
canvass, no matter what the platform
may contain, they should be accepted, and
the only hope of the party continuation
lies in their acceptance. A delegate who
goes to Chicago with the intention to stay
il the majority agree with him and accept
his candidate or make his platform,
whether on finance, tariff or what else,
who means to bolt if his notion of men
and measures is voted down, is traitor
in advance. He has no business in the
convention. He should stay at home.
II prescribe no medicine will not take.
For myself I will say that whatever the
Chicago platform and whoever the candi-
dates, will support both with heart and
strength and vote the ticket without a
mark. have my views on finance AZ full
and clear as any man. Yet | say to you
that if next summers Democratic conven-
ton declares for gold monometallism and
against silver in any form for all time,
and then names an utter goldbug as the
candidate for the presidency, will give
my full and faithful support to the ticket
and do my best to put it through.
"If on the other hand, the platform de-
cares for independent free silver coinage,
16 to 1-sllver monometallism, ii you
please-a the utter death of gold as a
money metal, and selects candidates to
correspond, yet will give my heartest
support to the ticket, and work with a
zeal and ardor to secure victory.
"Yet believe both of these proposals
of finance would be wrong. | do not agree
with either. But if the party is to live, If
it is ever to see national success again,
men must learn that minorities must
yield to majorities, and that the treason
of bolt and split must be done away"
Gov. Campbell states that he is not and
will not be a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination.
ALL FOR M'KINLEY.
St. Louis.--At meeting of the Repub.
lican state central committee a poll OF
the members showed everyone of the
forty-seven present favorable to McKin.
ley.
Omaha.-At a conference yesterday
Gen. Manderson agreed to withdraw all
opposition to the selection of Mckinley
delegation to the Republican national
convention. In return for this conces.
sion the Mckinley people bind them
selves to present the name of Gen. Man
derson to the convention if, in their judg-
ment, it is apparent that Mckinley will
not be nominated.
BRYAN's VIEWS.
st. Louis. .-Ex- -Congressman William j.
Bryan, now editor of the Omaha World
Herald, was in st. Louis yesterday on his
way to fill engagements to speak in
Carthage and Joplin, Mo.
Mr.. Bryan is confident that the 16 to
Democra will control the Chicago con
vention.
"Our cause" he said, "has gained rapid
ly in the last two months. l believe, for
instance, that Blackburn will now certain
ly carry delegation from Kentucky.
Carlisle's letter and other canses have
strengthened the Blackburn side. hear
that Daniel is reasonably sure to get a
delegation in Virginia. That would give
us solid south. With those trans Mis-.
sissippi states which are conceded to us
and with Illinois, it is not hard to cal
culate clear majority.
eve propose to make a clear, positive
declaration for free coinage at the ratio
Of 1887, and nominate n candidate who
will heartily accept the platform. II the
eastern gold standard delegates walk out
of the convention and organize bolt, as
I believe they are preparing to do, we
shall g'in enough free silver Republican
and Populist votes to elect our candidate
over the Republican and gold standard
boilers nominees.
"When it comes to candidates, we Ne
braska Democrats are not hard to please.
Give us the platform and we will take any
good man the rest Of the convention can
agree upon, provided only that he and the
platform fit each other