The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-01

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have arrived generally appear adverse
to discussing the probability that Sena-
tor Teller viii cut any figure in the
Democratic convention. The senator
has a number Of personal friends
among the silver delegates who have
| already arrived, and among them are
some who would not be averse to
his nomination for president. They
| feel, however, that the conditions are
not yet ripe for the springtng OF his
name. and say that it would be
OPPOSED TO THE INTERESTS
of both Senator Teller and the silver
cause to bring him to the front at
this time. if at all.
| There are also a number of Senator
TelIers silver Republican and Populist
friends in this city. who are devoting
themselves more to watching the course
of events than 10 any active work.
/ The Populists who are here say openly
that Mr.. Teller is the only man the
| Democrats can name that they will
endorse. The silver Republicans are
not SO pronounced. They put the mat
/ ter less pointedly by saying that Teller
! is the only man whose nomination
( would insure the western states to the
Democratic ticket. 1t is not now the
purpose Of the senator's friends TO
/ have him placed in nomination as 9TH
/ ers will be. This course they consider
would be in bad form and contrary to
Mr.. Teller's wishes. Their plan is not
to make
AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN,
but simply TO be on the ground to
answer questions and to take advan-
tage Of any opportunity that may Of
fer.
Congressman shafroth of Colorado
was asked today to define the claims
of the Teller men, and replied: "Sena-
tor Teller is not candidate in the
sense Of seeking the nomination, as
could a member of the Democratic
party be. The friends of the senator
are simply trying to impress upOr- The
Democrats the enormous advantage
there would he in uniting upon Teller.
who could scHdify all the bimetallic
forces.
There IS no question" Mr.. Shafroth
continued, that the one man above
all others whose name is
A SYNONYM FOR BINIETALLISM
is Teller. His speeches upon the sill
yer question constitute a series OF
treatises upon the political economy
which have given him the rank OF the
ableSt statesman in the United States
upon that subject. The southern
states are sure to cast their votes for
any fair nominee Of the Democratic
party. They never have failed in a
presidential year and it is not likely
that they will fail at this time. 1t is
from the great western and middle
order to bring success, and that gain
must come from the Republican party.
In the states west of the Missouri river
the Democratic party has been almost
disbanded, receiving in some Of these
states less than 10 per cent Of the
total vote cast In some of these states
there were not even Democratic cleo
toral tickets in the field in 1892, and
two years ago all of those states went
overwhelmingly Republican. 1t is
very doubtful whether a
FREE SILVER DEMOCRAT,
having free trade convictions, could be
elected. At this time, when oriental
competition is threatening the exter-
mination of our American manufac-
turing industries. it will not be easy to
get the votes of Republicans to en-
dorse any pronounced free trade can
didate We believe that bimetallism
is the paramount issue, and we believe
this convention viii so declare, but it
ought to be willing to make some
concessions. Senator Teller is the
one man that could solidify all these
elements and produce victory for the
bimetallic cause"
When reminded Of the failure Of the
Greeley campaign, Mr.. Shafroth said:
II know that the Greeley endorse
ment by the Democratic party is often
referred to as 4 mistake, but it was
not a mistake. and the fact that the
Democratic party gained such enor-
was not. No man on earth at that
time had
/ A POSSIBILITY OF A CHANCE
against General Grant, and had a
Democrat been defeated at that time
by the same vote it might have work
ed a dissolution of the party"
Continuing, Mr. Shafroth said:
Senator Teller ought to be a very
acceptable person to the south. It
was he who openly defied the party
whip when the force bill was being
considered in the United States senate,
and who said in his speech that it
was the most infamous measure that
had ever been attempted to be crys-
talized into legislation. The chances
of Senator Teller being endorsed ought
to be. and, are. in my judgment. good.
all the bimetaIlic forces he will be
elected by an overwhelming majority"
THE TREASURY.
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