The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-09
MAY BE FOUR RICHMONDS
All at Once Fighting for the Presi-
 dential Crown,
Both of the Old Paroles IIopelcssly Split on the Silver Questionable President Declines to Pardon
 Postoffice Robber.
(rRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

as probable at this time that there will be two gold presidential tickets in the field as it does that there will be two silver tickets in the feld In fact little more so. It seemed for a time that the gold Democrats would bow to the will of the silver majority in the Chicago convention, and after making a protest would at least go through the pretence of supporting the plat form and ticket. But that programme is now reported to have been upset by President Cleveland and his support CTS. It is difficult to get authentic information as to the intentions of the Cleveland or gold Democrats, because the men who know are very guarded in their talk But enough has leaked out to make itbelieved among the poli- ticians that after the gold Democrats fail to get any concessions from the silver majority in the convention, which they are almost certain to do, they will bolt the convention and later will nominate gold Democratic presi- dential ticket.
 That would suit the Populists and silver Republicans exactly, provided that the Chicago convention makes a platform and nominates ticket which all the silver men will support. That would mean two gold tickets and one silver ticket. But should the ticket nominated at Chicago not be satisfac- tory to the Populists and Republican silver men there will be another silver ticket nominated at the Populist and silver conventions which are to meet at St. Louis on the 22d of this month, and then there would be two silver tickets and two gold tickets. with q strong probability that the election of president would Dc thrown iuto the House. It is an interesting situation, and the outcome will depend largely upon the action of the Chicago con veution in selecting ticket; its adop- tion of a silver platform is regarded as a certainty.
 No man has been seriously meu- toned for the Democratic presidential nomination who has more we'll wishers in Washington than John R. Mclean. the owner of the Cincinnati 'En- quirer." Although retaining his citi- zenship in Ohio, Mir. Mclean is a resi- dent of the National Capital, where he has large business interests in the shape of real estate and stock in local corporations. He is president of the Washington Gas Light Company. H. is multi-millionaire and IS silver man, and his paper wields powerful influence in Ohio. Still, his nomina- tion is not really expected, although his friends allow themselves to hope.
 In denying batch of pardons asked for just before he left Washington President Cleveland expressed some opinions in the cases of two convicls who are in prison for stealing none. from letters, which most people will endorse. He said: II cannot overlook the fact that in cases of this kind the integrity and safety of our postal serv- ice is apt to be impaired by an improvi- dential exercise of clemeucy. Embez. zling money from letters intrusted to employees in the postal service is far too common, and inasmuch as the Gov crnment must rely very greatly upon the honesty of it's employees in this i'm portant branch of the public service, I do not think those convicted of crimes against our postal laws should be pardoned in cases where the sen- tence is so moderate and the reasons now urged are so inconcusive."
 Senator Carter of Montana passed through Washington this week en route to Chicago. He refused to talk about his plans, but his going to Chi cago, where the other senators who bolted the Republican convention are, gives plausibility to the rumor that Mir. Carter is strongly inclined to join the bolters.
 While Ao member of the Cabinet is going to Chicago to hel' Mir Whitney try to get he best of the silver Demo. crats, quite number of men who hold positions under the Government only second in rank to members of the Cab. met have gone or are going. Of course this has caused many caustic remarks hal