Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-30

NATIONAL POLITICS.
SILVER AND PROTECTION.

SILVER AND PROTECTION.
New York.-A dinner given in Wash
ington the other night by Representative
Newlands, of Nevada, is treated by local
paper as an affair of great political i'm.
portance. There we're present, it is said,
Senator Cockrel, of Missouri; Senator
Bacon, of Georgia; Senator Jones, of
Arkansas; Senator Blackburn, of Ken
tucky; Representative Bailey, of Texas,
and Representative Dinsmore, of Arkan-
sas.
Representative Newlands is native of
Mississippi and was formerlya Democrat.
He passes now as silver man in the con-
gressional directory, bnt he has for years
been affiliated with the Republican party.
1t is said that Mr.. Newlands made prop
osition to hs guests for capturing the
presidency. He is quoted as saying:
"Free silver and moderate degree of
protection will sweep the country. If the
free silver forces can unite on some mod
crate protectionist, like Senator Teller,
nothing can prevent success"
Representative Newlands holds that the
manufacturing states of the east ARE hope
lessly for the gold standard. That being
30, they might as well be thrown out of
consideration. 1t is his idea that the free
silver element, irrespective of party,
should got together ON n platform de-
claring for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of l6 to l, and a
moderate protective tariff, framed on tho
revenue principle.
GOLDITE8 ACTIVE.
Washington.-Th The gold money men are
getting down to organized effort. They
feel that they are little late, but they
express confidence in the outcome. Ex-
Mayor Hopkins, of Chicago, is to have
charge of the organization in Illinois.
Ex-Congressman Gable has been main
tainlng a sound money bureau in Chicago
at his own expense. The sound money
men in Washington believe that they can
carry Illinois, but the reports brought
here in the past few days by ex Congress
man Forman and others have not added
much to their confidence. Ex-Postmast-
er General Dickinson Is at work in Michi
gan, Secretary Carlisle is turning his at
tention to Kentucky, Secretary Smith
and Representative Turner will look
after Georgia, and in Indiana, Ohio, Ten
nessee, Virginia and the Dakotas active
work has been started. Senator Gorman
is confident that the Chicago convention
will nominate sound money ticket and
place it upon sound money platform.
THE CONTEST IN IOWA.
Waterloo, lathe gold standard peo-
pie won victory in ex.Gov. Boies home
county Saturday. They outnnmbered the
silver Boies men 3 to 2.
At the outset the Cleveland men cap
tured the convention, but just as the or
ganization was perfected, Chairman
Scott. of the central committee, entered
the hall, ignored tho proceedings and
called another convention. Thus the two
conventions proceeded in the same hall
simultaneously, each bowling the other
down. The disturbance continued for
more than an hour.
The Cleveland men finally summoned
Sheriff Law, and Marshal Klingaman was
brought on the scene by the white metal
men. No arrests were made.
Each convention adopted resolutions
on the money question, the difference be-
ing as great as possible.
POLITICAL NOTES.
The free silver men control the Missis-
sippi Democratic convention which met
yesterday.
Vermont Republicans yesterday turned
down Reed and Endorsed Mckinley.
Free silver men control the Michigan
Democratic convention.
Pennsylvania Democrats yesterday de-
clared for Pattison for the presidential
nominee on gold platform.