The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-27
WHY THEY REMAINED
Montana Republican Dele
gates Action Explained.
WERE NOT INSTRUCTED TO Bolt
Senator Mantle Thinks the Democrats
Should Nominate TeIIer--Gor-
man WIN Not Go to
Chicago.

CHICAGO, June &c. The Record this
morning prints an interview with Sena-
tor Lee Mantle, of Montana, who is
stopping at the Auditorium, in which he
says that Senator Teller should be nomi-
mated for the presidency by the Demo
Gratis at Chicago. When ash ed if he
was in full sympathy with the silver
men who walked out of the st. Louis
convention the senator replied that he
certainly was. Continuing he said:
''The circumstances surrounding the
delegation from Montana were some
what different from those of Idaho and
Colorado. In those states they were
practically instructed to bolt, while the
Montana state convention voted down
boiling instruction. Hence five of the
six delegates from Montana felt that
they would best be rejecting the
wishes of their constituents by reserv-
ing all their rights and relegating the
whole matter back to them to determine
for themselves what their action shall
be. So far as I am advised this course
seems to have met the approval of the
great body of Republicans of my
state.''
When asked if he indorsed the candi-
dacy of Senator Teller for the presiden-
tial nomination, he said:
''I do, most emphatically. In my
opinion he is at this time the only man
in the public mind which can draw to
himself the full strength of the bime-
tallic sentiment of the country, and un-
less the full strength of the move
ment can be concentrated upon one
man, defeat is certain
do you think silver Democrat
could win?''
81 do not. In the first place it is only
upon the issue of bimetalism as opposed
to the gold standard policy of the Re-
publicans that the Democratic party has
the slightest chance of success in this
campaign. With the silver question
out, it would be waste OF time for the
Democrats to hold a convention even.
The silver question assumes an i'm
portance which at this time overshadows
everything else.''
He then said that the issue upon
which the coming political contest must
be fought is not distinctively Demo-
cratic principle or Populist principle
or a Republican principle, and con-
cluded as follows:i
"The Populists and silver Republi-
cans jointly will, think, number at
least 100000 votes-nearly or quite
one-half of the votes necessary to bring
success. 1t iNpseful for our Democratic
friends to say that these people are not
honestly for bimetalism if they refuse to
support Democrat. The fact remains
that many of them will not. The rea-
sons are numerous and not difficult to
explain.
''The question arises, Will the Demo-
cratic party in convention take note of
these varying conditions and take for
standard bearer the only man who, it
seems to me, can at this time weld the
bimetallic forces of the country into a
homogeneous mass and lead them to vic
tory2
"Senator Teller has formally re-
nounced the Republican party, SO that
in supporting him no Democrat need
fear that he is voting for Republican.
He stands prominently as the great
champion and defender of bimetalism
in this country. Bimetalists everywhere
look upon him as their leader. He pos
sesses in the fullest degree every neces-