Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-03
NATIONAL POLITICS.
THE SITUATION UP TO LAST NIGHT.

THE SITUATION UP TO LAST NIGHT.
Washington.-Th fight between the
silver and sound money factions of the
Dem ooratic party for the control of the
Chicago convention grows more exciting
as the date of its meeting approaches.
The free coinage Democrats are talking
now in the most aggressive tone. The
future, as they think, is bright for them,
fully profiting by everything that good
fortune and good management may put
them in possession of at Chicago. Sug-
gestions about compromises are put
aside. It was only few weeks ago that
! some of the most eminent of the silver
leaders were considering with iqs sch fass..r
the proposition advocated by Gov. Black,
of Pennsylvania, for simply pledging
the nominee of the Chicago convention
not to veto in case of election any finan-
cial measure that might pass the 55th
congress with majority of Demo-
cratic votes recorded in it's favor.
| But the silver men, with their number
increasing every day and the figures
pointing to majority at Chicago, are
now discussing both a silver platform
and a silver ticket and declaring that
neither ephemeral men nor measures will
answer for the Dem ocracy this year.
During the past week seven state con-
vention were held, of which the sound
money men carried three and the silver
men four. Two congressional districts
IN Ohio, one in Cleveland and one includ-
ing several wards and the county, elected
delegates, dividing equally.
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For sllver-Alabama 20, Arkansas 16,
Colorado 8, Iowa 26, Mississippi Is, Mis-
souri, 81, Oklahoma 6, South Carolina 18,
Tennessee "a, Washington S, Wyoming 6,
District OF Columbia 3. Total 1874.
Against silver-Massachuse 30, Mich
igan 20, New Hampshire 8, New Jersey
20, Pennsylvania 64, Rhode Island 8,
South Dakota s, Vermont 6, Washington
3, District of Columbia 3. Total 178.
Contested Nebraska 16.
Counting the two sets of district dele
gates from Ohio, the totals are: For sill
yer, 1856; against, 180. Conventions are
still to be held in twenty-five states in-
Gliding Kentucky and ohie) and four ter
AS TO KENTUCKY.
Washington.~-If the 'sound money"
men had captured Kentucky, the fight
would have continued with hopes of sue
cess elsewhere. Now, however, it is prac.
tically admitted that the sound money
men will be far in the minority at Chi
cago, and that the responsibility of de-
claring the party policy will rest almost
entirely with the silver men.
The Kentucky victory of the silver men
was not unexpected here. 1t is true Sec
retary Carlisle and his immediate entour-
age felt sure that his friends would rally
in such force that they would be able to
control a majority of the county conven-
tions. AS most of the Kentuckians in
Washington are friends and adherents of
the secretary of the treasury, there is
pretty general wailing in the Kentucky
colony In the federal district to-day. In
fact, the result of the county conventions
in Kentucky is construed by many far
seeing politicians here to mean the be-
ginning of the end of Carlisle's public
career. That his presidential boom has
been wiped out of existence goes without
saying.
Perhaps nowhere else in the United
States is there more secret rejoicing over
the fall of Carlisle than in the cabinet
circle. The president has been holding
up Carlisle as an example to the cabinet
representatives from Alabama, Georgia
and West Virginia of what strong,
forceful man could do in regard to con-
trolling public opinion and checking the
vagaries of he"unthinking majority"
Now the speoter of the strength and in
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longer be held up as an example before
them, nor eau they be twitted about Car
lisle's skill in stemmipg the tide by men
who never ran foul of a free coinage SEN
timent in their own states. II is, perhaps,
safe to say, too, that with the later de-
claration of Kentucky, Mr.. Carlisle will
be inclined to moderate his contempt
for the intelligence and party loyalty
of such states as Missouri, Texas and Az
kansas.
OHIO ALL RIGHT FOR SILVER.
Cincinnati, Ohio.-There is much talk
here over the reorganization of the Ham
ilton county Democratic committee.
Chairman Linneman is gold standard
man, friend of Cleveland, Carlisle and
Attorney General Harmon. A resolution
was adopted appointing James s. Myers,
Thomas Noctor, John Juelg, Henry Jan
sen and John Sheehan, all silver men, to
make the apportionment of wards and
townships for delegates to the Demo-
cratic state convention, to be held at
Columbus June 23. As this apportion
ment has always been fixed by the chair
man, Mr.. Linneman announced before
the vote was taken that if the resolution
was adopted he would resign. The reso-
luton was adopted-26 to 12-and Lime
man resigned. Vice-Chairman Heating
was put in his place.
This is accepted as an indication that
the two congressional districts in Hamil-
ton county, which have eighty-ive votes
in the state convention, will send free sill
yer delegates to the Columbus conven-
tion, favorable to John R. Mclean and
other anti-administration Democrats for
delegates. .at.large. Rural districts have
instructed for free silver, and this county
was considered the stronghold of the gold
standard Democrats.