Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-06-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 10, '96.
The boltng Of the St. Louis conven-
ton by some of the silver republi
cans attracted more attention from
the politicians than anything else done
by the republican convention, as every
thing else, except who would be named
for vice-presldent, Was practically
known long in advance. The financial
plank adopted and that bolt have
caused great rejoicing among the popu
lists and silver democrats, who think
that it indicates the presence of only
two presidential tickets IN the field
the prohlbs don't count, the st. Louis
gold ticket, and the Chicago silver
ticket, and that the people Will have a
chance to decide which they prefer.
This view is based upon the suppositlon
that the Chicago convention Will adopt
a free silver platform and nominate a
ticket that vii! be satisfactory to the
populist and silver conventions which
are to meet at St. Louis next month
rhe boom for Senator Teller as the
head of the Chicago ticket is again be-
ing actively pushed by silver men.
The developments of the present
week have made it certain that one
of the fercest contests ever fought in a
national convention is going to take
place at Chicago when the national
democratic convention meets. That a
majority of the delegates will be silver
men when they start tor Chicago is al
ready certain, but what they will be
when they vote for the platform and
candidate remains to be seen. Senator
Brice and eX-Secretary Whitney, who
had both said that they would not at
tend the convention have both decided
to go, solely for the purpose of joining
Senator Hill and other democratic lead
ers who are working to prevent the
convention declaring for silver. What
these men do not know about the
tricky manipulation OF conventions
isn't hardly worth knowing, and all OF
their knowledge will be used to win
votes from the silver men.
The silver men Of all parties are
rather inclined to poke fun at President
Cleveland's somewhat belated letter in
which he may or may not have declined
to allow the use of his name us a can
didate for the democratic nomination
Just us you may construe the meaning
OF his assertion that he "desires here
after no greater political privilege than
to occupy the place of private But
that part of his letter matters little, as
it has been plain for some time that he
would not have a ghost of show in
the Chicago convention. 1t is his ap
peal to the democrats not to adopt {
platform demanding the free, unlimit
ed and independent coinage of silver
that is important. What effect viii
that appeal have? Silver democrats
in Washington say it will have none
whatever, and that free coinage plat
form is the one absolute certainty con
nected with the Chicago convention
But others, some of them ardent silver
men, are not SO certain about that
They regard Mr.. Cleveland's letter al
a part of plan which is being pushed
by some Of the shrewdest politicians il
the democratic party to prevent fat
footed declaration for silver by the con
vention. 1t would seem that some O.
the silver democrats also have tha
idea, as Senator Jones, of Ark, wht
will head the solid silver delegation