The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-13
THE SMOKE OF CATTLE
Eve Of the Republican National
Convention.
HOPES or THE SILVER LEADERS,
New Party Ahgan~nt. Prssises >a~h Ia
certainty That No Ma l. wiss EaeaSA
% FOr~ses the where the Rat
tie WIN he Pisehsd

| kruE this cly forward the COUNTRY will h
I IN the throcs % another great pr,.sideutia
contest. The Republican national coaven
tion i upon Us. and the smokcof that Ia,
tie will Dc no more than fairly clearsI ava
before the Democrats assemble ~ Chicago
While IL j. useless 10 spSculate furthe
upon the insults Of ths-Ss two conventions
! md the best judges q political move
ments in Washington aeyrcing that this /
going 10 ose one OF the greatest campaign
In the history Of the country Until with
IN the last two OF thre weeks the Demo
Gratis were without cOurx-c They ts,licvcs
the Republicans would easily run ava,
with the victory Now all this i charged
The change has come 80 suddenly ~ IL D.
fairly startling. IL i due altogether % IN.
rising tide OF free silverism In the Demo
cratic party and the moral certainty thai
this wing viii dominate AZ Chicago
The Issue.
Leading Republicans admit there IL 60
ing TO De a great battle for supremacy Tn,
Republican party Is 70 stand more or les.
solidly and explicitly for sound money
while the Democrats are 70 declare for free
silver. The Republican policy will Ia q
push the tariff question IL the front as
much as possible, and the nomination OF
Mckinley, u which there now seems littl,
or no doubt. Is regarded as step in that
direction The Democrats, on the other
hand. win endeavor To- say little about the
tariff, but 10 push the silver question 70
the front
Though the Republicans are In nowise
dismayed. they clearly see that they will
have 20 fight for the prize which a short
time fkax tod -, Il. &
the asking The silver leaders declare
they will carry the war into Africa. a. IL
were. They say they do not need TO make
campaign in the west and south. except
perhaps in one or two states on the Pacific
coast and i'm two or three states in the
Mississippi valley. All the remainder Of
that region they claim is already solidly
for silver. Therefore they will turn their
attention to the east They announce their
purpose Of CARRYING their propaganda into
the middle states. into New York. Penn
sylyania. New Jersey and New England
They say their doctrines have never been
tried In these communities: that the east
ern people have never been reused 20 the
advantages which free coinage offers. Ii
Is their expectation that the same result
which has followed the silver propaganda
north and east, that the farming people
will first take kindly To it as the easiest
way 10 secure better prices for their prod
ucts. and that alterward the shop and fac
tory people in the cities and towns will
catch the fever.
An Uncertain Campaign.
The Republicans claim. on the other
hand. that the people want protection
above all things: that the farmers believe
1t is only in that way they can get higher
prices for their crops, and mechanics that
II Is the only way to get more work and
better wages, that this idea is becoming as
strong IN some Of the southern states as il
Is In the north, and that as a result of il
their party will be able 10 hold not only
the east and north. but that they will have
a splendid chance for carrying most Of the
border states Putting one of these claims
against the other and giving a reasonable
amount OF credence 10 each. il will b. seen
hat the probabilities favor campaign OF
such uncertainty as the country has not
seen in many years
Instead Of three. four or five doubtful
states, which has been the rule in the past.
sc are now likely 10 have contest i'm |
which score of states, comprising almost |
not quite onc-half Of the country. will |
orm the battle-ground 1t requires No |
'reat stretch of the Imagination TO perceive /
hat the conditions are such that New /
hampshire, New York, New Jersey. Della.
ware Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky. |
)hio. Indiana. Michigan, Illinois. Iowa. /
Minnesota, the Dakotas, Missouri. Nebras
"a, kansas. Wyoming, Montana. Oregon.
Washington and California will be doubt
nj states next fall Some Of them may not
u very doubtful. but in all the element.
'hich constitute the possibility of sIIrpris.p
'ill exist The introduction of new
Agnmcnt Of parties and new issue Will
roducc such uncertainty that no man will |
e wise enough 10 foresec the outcome
The People Are Desperate.
one OF the best observers Of public senti.
lent know in Washington has given me |
Is conclusions, based on travel and obSer
alton, rs to the attitude OF mind the peo.
lc are now in. "1he people are In a state
distress and discomfort" said this gen
elnan. They are desperate They b..
eve there is something radically wrong
nth the government at Washington or
mes would not be so hard They are in
nat frame OF mind In which they welcome
ew devices 10 secure the hoped for i'm
rovement. They were ready to 20 10 war
nth Great Britain over Venezuela Will. |
nc capitalists and business men deprecated
ar II You had gone out among the com
ION people You would have found them |
ming To fight. They are at this moment |
'ady to war with spain over Cuba and |
Qua be glad Of the chance They are !
ming to measure swords with any nation
hcy want action, excitement. revolution |
the theory that things are 80 bad that |
~ change will be for the better. They |
elcome new economic ideas with entbu
nsm. The more calm and conservative ,
'ople want u try the old remedy Of put
ng the tariff rates higher, while the other |
RI, the more emotional and explosive, are
ming 10 try some new way The tariff |
ethod OF restoring prosperity Is too slow
III conventional for them The tariff is
'ckneyed, while free silver comes as a
w gospel The state Of agitation and [
angc which the people are now In il TEN.
ramcntal. Americans are not accustom- |
20 adversely, and they do not bear IL | ,
lmly and with fortitude. These are the
asons why think we are going to have
battle royal between the two parties and
tween the two ideas, a battle in which |
e plans are To range every silver man in |
q party and every antisilyer man i'm the
her. III the silver propaganda takes hold
the east, and the protection idea Is ns q
'ong I'm the south and the border states /,
II Is claimed To he, the sectional arrange !
mi OF parties will be completely upset | ,
ring the coming campaign " I
WALTER WELLMAN 4
Why the Csook Confessed.
men are sometimes taken | '
o the confidence Of persons in public c
q and told the Inside" of matters
their own information II ia nct | v