New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
BOLTERS TURN DEMOCRATS.
WORKING FOR THE NOMINATION OF Nh
TELLER AT CHICAGO.
SENATORS DUBOIS AND MANTLE BEorv A.
ACTIVE CANVASS PROMISING TO DELIVER
THE VOTES OF COLORADO. IDAHO.
UTAH AND MoNrANA-Arp

FROM THE POPrLrsTs.

THE VOTES OF COLORADO. IDAHO.
UTAH AND MoNrANA-Arp
FROM THE roprLrsTs.
tDY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRBuxsl
Chicago, July 2.-3e1ected by the Republican
National Convention the free-coinage Republi.
cans or the mining States are now seeking Al.
MISSION to the ranks OF the Democratic parry
NC other Interpretation can be given 10 thu
coIrse OF senator Dubois. OF Idaho, and Senator
'i""''e' OF Montana, III coming here and attempt.
'"s 10 persuade the Democratic National Con.
ventlon to nominate Senator Teller. OF Colorado
for PRESIDENT Their lure is an offer OF tho s,eo
tora votes Of the Republican States Of Colorado
Ctah, Idaho and Montana IL they will non,n.,.
senator Teller for President Without these "A
western States. they declare. the Democratic
party VIII be beaten. They wish to aid II ia
"-h Unite the Populists. the Democrats ana
the silver Republicans Teller and you can
carry the election" they sny. and otberw,.. -.
predict that you will be Overwhelmingly defeated
ana VIII deserve TO be beaten Cast aside Riand
Boies and Matthew, end nominate Teller n vo,
DO not II you make a straight-out Dernocno,,o
nomination. you are already beaten and McK,n.
icy Is the next President Of the United States.
WILL MR.. TELLER ACCEPT?
70 declare that Senator Teller would accent th,.
nomination at the hands OF the Democrat,.
party, while he Will not seek It Senator Duho,.
ana senator Mantle arrived here TODAY ard 40
orce began making a canvass In favor ofG.rr
Teller's nomination among the de,eoates ard 81.
ieadins Democratic politicians They found al.
ready here at work in the same cause senator
Stewart. OF Nevada, and Senator Mantle q a.,
thority for the statement that Senator C,r,ar -
Montana, and Senator Pettigrew NJ sou,h ~
kota, VIII be here tomorrow TO Undertake ,h.
task OF bringing about Senator Teller's nom,na.
toh. i doubt II Senator Cannon Of Utah. wifi
De mere, said Senator Mantle. "becarso he Jives
100 lar away but he is In favor Of Senator Tel,
ler's nomination"
Naturally the proceedings Of Senator Nanu>
nave peen surveyed with considerable interest,"
py 'ne Democrats and his statement that Senate,
oar'er also favors the nomination Of Senator
Teller has been heard with great doubt ans a..
tonishment by the Republicans in Chicapo Ro,h
Mantle and Carter, It will be remembered -.
Trained from boiling from the Republican N..
tional Convention with Teller They remained 4,
the convention 1t is true that Senator Mant,s
frankly declared that he reserved the rtrh, ~
indorslng the nominee OF the convention or tts
platform. but no one suspected that he would bs
IN Cncago In the early part OF July laboring 70
bring about the nomination OF a man for Pres,.
oeht oeemed acceptable to the Democratic party
THE WORK BEGUN BY TAUBENECK.
APPLY enough. the campaign to nominate sens.
tor Teller FOR President was initiated to-day bv n
e. Taubeneck. the chairman OF the People's Party
Executive Committee. There seems 70 be an
agreement between Taubeneck and Senators Du.
bois Mantle. Teller Stewart. Carter and Cannon
10 work unltedly 10 bring about the nomination
of Senator Teller for President Taubeneck In
statement he made early to-day said that he
should entertain no proposition for a union OF the
silver Republicans. the Populists and the Demo-
cratic party upon common candidate for Presi-
dent unless Senator Teller should be tho man
selected to head this ticket as a candidate for
President.
Continuing, Mr. Taubeneck said: III Mr.. Bland
is nominated by the Democratic party. the duty
OF the Peoples party is plain. We will nominate
ticket Of our and continue the plan for
currency reform with our own organization We
could not indonse a Democrat for President ana
be true to our convictions and principles Bland
would perhaps suit us better than any other Dem.
ocrat and old party man, but the fact rema.ns
that there is an irreconcilable conflict between
Pcpulsm and the old political forces in America
and, to use the words OF a distinguished Demo.
crat. principles cannot be compromised. The
Democratic party has permitted eleven different
free-coinage bills to be defeated in Congress- and
this record is OF itself sufficient to cause every
genuine and sincere advocate OF radical currency
reform TO lose all confidence in that party's in.
tegrity or ability to carry out IT. professions"
APPEALS FOR SENATOR TELLER.
Senators Dubois and Mantle. in company with
Congressman Francis G.. Newlands Of Nevada,
Senator Stewart, of the same State and Con-
gressman Towne. OF Minnesota, held q confer.
with a large number of Democratic lead.
in the rooms of Senator Dubois at the Great
Northern Hotel. and appealed to them to nomi.
nate Teller
After the conference ended Senator Du.
bois said: I'VE have no headquarters but We
here In the interest Of the cause OF silver
the Democratic party and Senator Teller We
urge nothing upon the Convention nor the dele.
gates. We offer TO the Democratic party the op.
portunity 10 retrieve success from certain fail.
ure We'represent the original free-silver cause.
The cause has been taken up by the party Tho
cause has helped the party. We give to the
Democratic party an opportunity 10 name a can.
didate upon whom the Populists and all the
free-sver people could unite. We open the only
way TO They may take It and win. or
they may reject 1t and so down. the last
Administration has done"
Senator Mantle was more explicit. I'VE have
told the Democrats he said. that they must
nominate Senator Teller II they desire TO win
the election. The election % Mr.. Bland. Mr.
Boies Mr.. Matthews or Of any Democrat nonii.
mated as Democrat by the Democratic Ma
tional Convention is impossible We offer the
Democratic party all the States west OF the
Mississippi II II will nominate Sci ator Teller,
and we have pointed out To the Democratic
party that they are certain to lose New-York
and some other Eastern States upon which they
have ordinarily counted They Will have 70
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