The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-01
WAR ON TIL, Two-THiRDs RupE.

The Illinois delegation to the Demo-
cratic national convention voted unan-
imcusiy yesterday to support in the
convention a resolution for the abro-
cation OF tae ruie requiring that
the presidential candidate snail receive
the votes os two-thirds Of the conven-
ton to insure his ncnioation.
This is the formal ,<notice of the in
( auc1lratios of warlupon the two-t thirds
rule should occasion arise. If there is
any necessity TO wage war upon that
time honored rule because of a, deter
Dlination o. the part of the gold men
DO invoke II to prevent the nomination
OF a. fre. silver candidate uDen a frae
silves- .,latform, then there can he no
question as to the result. The rule win
cease to he the rule Of Democratic
/ conventions. for the silver men. having
/ an ovelwhe ming majority. intend To
| control the convention in all pa~ticu.
lars; ard it is their right to do so
Tho adoption of the rule or an omission
70 adopt il, will, in all probability. pre-
Pirate q. tight upon it. If the gold
man who are in The minority. and it
is small one. too. this year. are de-
te-minsd TO have the two-tbirds rule
and to use it to thwart the viii At, the
silver men in the matter of the NOM
iiat'oq Of the candidate Of tc,eir choice.
them the, 1nUst expect 70 see TN. rude
nc 40 rted- If thare is any consider
abe WARY arnong the various silver
can 10 ates' 1t viii in az probability be
tn II plan t. intensity the rivalry and
win to their side the supporters of some
candidate or candidates whose chances
OF nom::aion are remote. in the hope
of gaining over enough delegates to
prevent the adjustment of the rule,
ana not for the purpose of nominating
candidate of their own. A propo-
sition 10 aid a gold candidate would de-
ieat their plans at the very outset. We
take IL that the gold men viii make no
great efforts TO name a candidate of
their own and that they vii be united
N all efforts 10 break the ranks of the
silver fo,ces. Such being the casa.
they can houe to win over enough sill
Yer men. supporters of candidates with
no chance aid small hopes of success
to prevent the doing away with the
lrle upon which Trey now pue their
sole reliarca To. IN a measure, control
the nomina tion of a candidate.
That Democrats nstioraI conven-
ton viii hesitate and greatly dislike to
throw overheard rule that is coeval
with the Inauguration of the policy Of
the nomination of presidential csndi-
dates by national conventions is very
/ true. Tradition and precedent are
strong in Democratic national conVen-
I cns. aid upon them the god men
Vel play; but they must noe count tco
much upon them. Already they have
utterly failed to appreciate the spirit
Of tie silver men in the party They
cannot count upon the regard of the
silver msn for PARTY tradition and pre-
cedent to the extene that the silver
men Will sacrifice that which they ho'd
most dear to them. They VIII not do
! il. That the gold men are able an
, determined. no enc doubts: SO also are
the silver men; but we believe that the
gold men do net fuzzy appreciate the
fact that the silver men are, metaphor
icaliy speaking, determined upon wac
to the knife. They can make up their
minds that if war is made upon the
two-th!rds rule by the silver men, it
is doomed.