The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-29
STEVENSON a CANDIDATE.
KENTUCKY SILVER DEMOCRATS
WILL PUT HIM IN THE RACE.
North Carolina and Other Southern
States Are Expected to Take
Up the Boom.


other important affairs hinge upon
| the outcome of the Kentucky State
| convention of June Bird than the rise
or fall of the Carlisle Presidential
| boom or the fate of free silver as a
principle of Democratic faith. If we'll
| laid plans and present prospects do
not fail, the kentucky convention will
| declare for the free and unlimited
| coinage Of silver, and will also make
| a fOrcible presentation for National
Democratic consideration of the name
of Adlai +. Stevenson for the Presi-
dency Kentucky will name him first,
because it was there he was born, and
this claim upon the Nice-President will
give the State the privilege of antic
patine~ the action of his own State con
vention. which does not meet until
June 25. Senator Blackburn, now in
Kentucky, is confident Of this outcome
to the fight.
This will he the first full formal
announcement of the Stevenson can
didacy. and il will also be the first an
nouncement to the world at large that
the second official of the administra-
tion is an advocate of the free coinage
of silver at the ratio Of 10 to /.
Mr. Stevenson will have other
strength than that gained from silver.
He is the Senatorial candidate He
undoubtedly has the allegiance Of
nearly all of the Democratic silver
Senator's Senators. it is true, have
not always been able to make PreSi-
dents. They have tried a number Of
times and failed The Democratic
Senators opposed Gov. TiIden in 1876;
they were opposed to Hancock in 1850,
and to Cleveland in 1854 1888, and
1892. The Republican Senators tried
very hard to nominate Grant in 1880;
they bitterly fought Blaine in 1884;
and they favored earnestly the nomi-
nation of Senator Sherman in 1888,
and did everything they could against
their former colleague, Harrison, in
1892. But this does not discourage
the Senator's and it evidently does not
discourage the Nice-P President.
Once the State of his nativity has
formally put the Nice-President into
the field as leader OF the free silver
Democracy. there will. it is believed
come a noticeable second from North
Carolina, the birthplace of his father
and the home of his ancestors. Follow
ing these, it is said that Georgia, Ala
bama, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas. Missis-
sippi and Tennessee may all be depend
indorse Mr.. Stevenson as the free silver
candidate. The Georgia delegation
will be divided, but number Of the
local leaders pledge all of the silver
strength to the Stevenson movement.
Senators Morgan and Pugh,. of Ala
hama, as well as Senators George and
Walthall, of Mississippi, are confident
of their States and believe that Steven
son is by far the most logical Demo
cratic candidate once he has an
nounced his free silver allegiance.
In spite of the fact that the Illinois
Democracy seems to be rampant for
free silver, its leaders are still firmly
faithful to Chairman Morrison, of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. and
will persist in presenting his name to
the convention as the Illinois candi-
date TO the last. Mr.. Morrison is
known to be a sound money man, and
the recent interview in the Post said
positively that he believed the adop-
ton of the free coinage of silver At the
ratio of 10 to ! at this time would
be imnossible without great financial
disaster. The question is, therefore, |
would Chairman Morrison be willing |
to accept the Democratic nomination
on a free silver platform. Once he
notifies his Illinois adherents that he
is no longer i'm the race, they would
easily, it is said, center upon Steven
son. and with such a following his
nomination would be all but assured
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