Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-21


red-hot speech for "sound money" in the
national convention and threatened to
bolt when the ma joritY turned down Sen.
ator Hill for temporary chairman. He ia
pretty good party man, however, and
probably will fall In line for the ticket
before long. The ex-governor told a
delegation of business men who called
on him for information that the people
of the east have no adequate conception
of the strength of the free silver sentl-
ment.
"They. must" he said, "as l have done,
60 down into the Internal regions and
come back again to know anything about
the temper of the Chicago convention"
men has sprung up in Connecticut, and
the leaders have informed Mr.. Waller
that he must come into camp or re-
linquish the party leadership.
The farmers in New Jersey are enthusi-
astic in their support of the Democratic
ticket and platform, and the working
men in the cities have already held meet.
ings to indorse the work of the conven-
tion. At the state convention to be held
in New Jersey it is predicted by the men
who have been over the state that the
delegates will come out squarely for
Bryan and free silver.
THE SITUATION IN NEW yc2a.
New York.-The situation in New York
has changed wonderfully since last week.
Senator Hill is still down by the sea
shore, but he has been playing big poll
tics since the national convention ad-
journed. It looks very much as if the
senator had shunted Mr.. Whitney and the
"better elemen out of the Democratic
party. At any rate, the ex-secretary has
taken leave of his old friends, and un-
kind critics aver that Hill dumped him to
clear the road for 1900.
The senator came back from Chicago
in Mr.. Whitney's private car, and friends
of the latter allege that Hill promised
Whitney to "buck" the Democratic ticket
and platform; that it was agreed between
them to organize revolt in New York
and repudiate Bryan and the platform.
Then Mr.. Whitney called a conference of
leading Democrats at his house, and they
talked some more about reputation.
Other conferences followed, and the
Whitney version is that Hill counseled de-
lay, saying that whatever action might be
taken by the Democrats of New York
should be we'll considered.
Whitney agreed to this, but subseq
ly learned that Hill could not deliver the
goods or was playing him false, and is
sued his statement boiling the ticket.
It is significant in this connection that
Senator Hill called conference of his
friends the day after Mr.. Whitney gave
out his statement for publication, and
that Chairman Hinkley, in an address to
the Democrat of the state, advised all
individual members of the party to take
no definite political action until the state
convention met aud passed upon the
question of supporting the national
ticket.
Friends of Senator Hill declare that he
has never had any intention of repudiat-
ing the ticket and that MI. Whitney is all
wrong in his understanding of the agree
ment reached on the way home from Chi.
cago. Hill, it is asserted, counseled delay
from the first and said that he " ould abide
by the decision of the Democrats of the
Empire state in convention assembled.
It is denied that he entered into any COM
pact looking to the defeat of Bryan in
this state. Senator Hill is the recognized
leader of the New York Democracy, and
his position from the first has been that
as good party man he could neither bolt
the ticket nor refuse to give it the official
sanction of the state organization.
With Mr.. Whitney it is different. He
gained considerable prominence at the
delegate convention held in Saratoga
few weeks ago, but he has at no time been
as the responsible head of the
New York Democracy. Consequently his
bolt Of the ticket involves only his own
political future and in no way affects that
of the regular organization.
By calling for conference to be held
in the next state convention, Senator Hill
has played trump card. The sentiment
for free silver is growing at rapid rate
the state, and by September
the ranks probably will be closed up for
Bryan and Sewall. In the meantime the
senator is enjoying the surf bathing at
the Sea, and has the excuse
for remaining silent that it would be pre-
umptuous for him to define the position
Of the Democrats of the state before the
state convention has passed upon the
work Of the Chicago convention. This is
a safe policy, as, if by any chance the
state convention should adopt hostile
attitude toward the national ticket, the
senator would be freeto act with the party
in his own state, not having previously
himself either way.