Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-10
NATIONAL POLITICS.
A WALL STREET VIEW.


New York.--The weekly financial re-
view issued by Clews e. Co. says:
"When citizens see great questions of
public policy, public safety and monetary
integrity turned into mere occasions for
display of electioneering tactics, they feel
that most serious deterioration has
come over the spirits and morale of
American craftsmanship. When, in the
treatment Of great economic and inter
national questions, the country sees prin-
ciple forsaken for party expediency, and
the courage of honest conviction sacri
feed to either all ,nce or cowardly COM
promise, they are chilled by apprehen-
sion as to where such drift may lead the
nation. In fact, congress is felt to be no
longer safe guide in times Of emergency.
Emergency indeed has become but the
occasion for public deception and party
trickery. In such times, congressman
deal with principles and issues and Sec
tions as 80 many mere pawns in selfish
money making game of politics; in which
no question is dealt with on its merits
and the settlement is shaped to crafty
the ignorance or the prejudices of the
preponderant irresponsible masses. This
prostitution of craftsmanship to politics
is becoming very serious element in the
everyday business life Of the country. 1t
not only suggests grave questions about
the fundamental national drifts of the
times, but affords no satisfactory hope of
the wise or early settlement of the ques-
tions on which trade and finance are now
directly dependent. In fact, men of af-
fairs begin to feel that the large interests
of the country--production, commerce
and investment-ar all at sea. "A serious
large number OF the men entrusted with
the helm of affairs have converted the
legislative halls into an arena of selfish
struggle, where personal and sectional in :.
terests outweigh great national interests
and defy the public will"
FIGURES OF M'KINLEY.
Washington.-Gen. Grosvenor has been
predicting that Major Mckinley will be
nominated on the second ballot. He now
says that the Ohio protectionist will win
on the first ballot. There will be 913
votes in the next convention, and 4b7
will be necessary to nominate. The fol-
lowing is the present estimate of MoKin-
ley's friends, who have been watching the
returns up to date, and show an increase
over those claimed by Gen. Grosvenor
two weeks ago:
Alabama ~, California TO- Georgia 20,
Illinois "a, Kansas 16, Louisiana Z, Michi-
gan "a, Missouri &c, Arkansas 16, Florida
8, Idaho 2, Indiana 26, Kentucky 16,
Maryland IL, Mississippi IS, Nebraska 10,
New Jersey 10, North Carolina II, Ohio
46, Oregon 8, South Dakota 3, Texas Is,
Virginia 20, West Virginia -, Wyoming
2, New Mexico 6, North Dakota 8, Okla.
homa 3, South Carolina 8, Tennessee II
Utah 2, Washington 4, Wisconsin a.
total, 1853.
In addition to these it is believed that
a few scattering votes will be secured in
states not named, and in Illinois, Mis-.
souri,, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia and
California, it is believed the estimate is
too low. No votes are claimed from
Delaware and Connecticut, although there
is strong reason for belief that he will re.
ceive some, and none from Colorado
Montana or Nevada, but it is By no means
certain that he will get none there. The
votes named are considered as certain,
and there are enough to nominate him on
the first ballot, while sufficient are not
counted that are reasonably sure, to
cover any losses by reason of over-oon-
fdence in any of the states.