Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-25
Oubols' Posltisa.

There has been, and Ia at this time,
much conjecture as to the motive Of
Mr.. Dubois's withdrawal from the
National convention and a. to the pol
Icy he will pursue in the coming
campaign. Previous to the conven-
ton, in the room Of the committee OIL
public lands, he made the following
statement to the press, de6ring his po.
sition, and It is probable that he has
not altered his plans since:
"There will be q bait Of thAftee sil.
yer, l6 to republicans 1t the st.
Louis cOnventi0n," said Dubois.
There will be nothing Of the noisy or
dramatic about the bult. We will Just
quietly quit, issue an address to the
silver peOple Of our states, giving our
reasons, ana then name Teller on .
platform Of free silver 10 10 1, aud pro-
lection. We will go our way aud the
goldbug protection folks their way"
"What can you do ut the pollsl" l
asked.
''The bolt" said Dubois, fought to
at the start take out Of the convention
the five states Of idaho, Montana, Col
orado, Utah aud Nevada. This will
make only small hole In the conven.
ton. Teller and free silver, l6 to l,
however, will ut the polls carry, or 1t
least prevent Mckinley from carrying
y single state west of the Missouri.
Teller, the pOpulists or democrats will
carry every One."
THAT would not elect Teller" l
observed.
1--WE don't expect to elect Teller"
replied Dubns. 1.-The democrats will
carry the solid south aud the repubii-
cans proper, with Mckinley, viii BE-
driven into tue region north OF the
Ohio river aud the Maryland line aid
east of the Missouri, with y smart
chance Of losing such states ~ Iowa,
| Illinois, Indiana aud even Ohio. Al
AL OutHInie, no one will he elected.
Tue electoral college will vote, but no
one will have naiority. Mckinley
will be defeated, which IL all we ex-
pect directly from the bot"
"What next?" asked.
"WhAt nexl?" went on Dubois.
"The house will meet In December
and elect N president. The candidates
will be limited to the three highest
highest candidates before the electUl vi
college. These three would probably
be Mckinley, the DeMOcrxt AID Tel.
Ter. In the order named. Possibly the
dem'.crat will be In the lead. The
Wpulists would be tailender Of the
Electoral college.
"From these three the house would
name the president. In voting each
state represented IA tho house would
te unit, with one vote each, aud
II you will go over the house, as I
have done, you will see that the free
silver 16 to republicans have. twelve
seats while the delnocrats have nearly
as many. This does not count such
states as MArvland, Kentucky aud
Missouri and other states where free
silver Is In the sAddie. In the agxre-
gate, free silver, l8 to l, has twenty.
eight states Ia tho house. Thus you
can see that, whoever won, 1t would
not be Mckinley. It would DO Teller
or the DE- mOcrat with free silver, l6 to
as the wxtChwurd. The goidbug
party would be turned down and the
xo'dbux or strAdttIebug candidate
Ueaten, as he should be-"
els this just your talk. or Is u the
solemn plan Of the silver r)pubii-
cans?" asked :.
This IL the solemn plan of the
silver republicxns,' said Dubois.
1T has Oeen decided Oh by Teller.
Carter. Cannon, Mantel, myself and
others, all Of whom will be on the
COMMITTEES on platforms. Senators
Jones and Stewart, who deserted re-
publicai.ism two years or more ago,
will lin the'Teller party"
"Why don't you come out and de.
clare yourselves now" l asked.
"Because We want them to make q
single gold platform at st Louis,r
WAS Dubois reply. 1--WE don't want =
straddle. 1t means gold. We want
then, to say gold. 1t leaves no doubt,
and it would nightly strengthen u
free silver, Is to l, bolt to have the
other fellows as far IN the other direc.
tiUn rs we can get them"
"Why don't you people Join fOrcps
with the democrats Ut Chicagc?" 1
asked.
More votes can Ike taken away from
Mckinley" answered Dubois, "by
running Teller aud u democrat separ-
ale, y than by running either one
alone. TO defeat Mckinley aud yet
into the house with this president
naming is the first step. Then all Is
plain calling"
! That's how Dubois talked u month
ago. aud the above was then the un-
doubted plah Ot tue silver republicans.
1t is their plan unless all signs are
worthless.
The views thus expressed previous
10 the convention were followed ont
with some CONSISTENCY later by Mr.Du.
bois, and his position should now be
plain to everybody. He has denounced
all allegence to the republican party,
and consequently Is entitled to aud
will receive no cOnsiderat ion from the
party In Idaho. His night for political
distinction here must be made outside
of party lines and on the one issue that
led him away from his party.
l.. L. HAYNES, Of this city. Is now
visiting In his old home in Iowa. He
Is alternate delegate to the Chicago