New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-11
A BIG BOLT FROM SILVER.
COLLECTOR WARREN. OF BOSTON. NO
LONGER A DEMOCRAT.
CHARLES ELIOT NORTON WILL, VOTE FOR MK1N-
LEY-GENERAL FRANCIS PEABODY. OSBORNE
HowEs AND SCORES OF GOOD DEMO
Gratis OF THE hub WILL SUPPORT

Gratis OF THE HUB" WILL. SUPPORT
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
fBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE rRrBUNE.1
Boston. July 1O.-Within the last twenty-four
hours there has been a wholesale desertloh III
Boston and throughout the State. from the Dem
ocratic principles as expounded and framed by
the Chicago Convention.
Collector Winslow Warren, Of the Port OF bos-
ton. an appontee Of President Cleveland an
nounced to-day that he was no longer Demo-
crat and that he would vote for Mckinley. Ihe
action Of the Chicago Convention has, he said
disguised the Democrats OF this state. two
thirds of whom, he says will vote for Mckinley
and the other third will refrain from voting.
Professor Charles Eliot Norton, Of Harvard
University, said In an interview that he has not
been Democrat, but an independent. Professor
Norton said he would vote for Mckinley because
the Republican platform stands for gold, al
though he would have preferred to vote for
Democrat on a gold platform. He added that the
currency situation is now very grave, and Is
likely to remain unsettled for years to come.
General Francis Peabody. well-known club
man. who ran as Democratic candidate for
Mayor of Boston in 1894, said: AT present
will say my intention is to vote for Mckinley.
but / want to know what the alternative Is
going to be- There may be none. It's bad
situation all around The financial question Is
the paramount question Of the day. No doubt.
the silver party threatens the prosperity, yes.
even the very existence Of the Nation as first
class power; so you may wager that am not
going to do anything that will endanger the
election Of a sound-money candidate Will not
have anything to do with free-silver man.
There is George Fred Williams-why. l haven't
words to express, my contempt for him.
Osborne Howes. whose prominence In the
Tariff Reform League and as an editorial
writer Of The Boston Herald" make him we'll
known as rabid Democrat, said: Il shall not
support the free-silver nominee OF the Demo-
cratic Convention. and II the Republicans hold
to their declaration for the gold standard. and
I odnt see how they can do otherwise. snail
vote for Mckinley"
Edward Atkinson favored third party. with
no Presidential candidate, but good platform
and with an aim at giving control in Congress
to sound-money men.
Professor Nathaniel Haer. dean OF the Law
renee Scientific School at Harvard said: II left
the Democratic party yesterday. and much as
dislike MI Mckinley, shall vote for him next
November unless we have sound-money DEM
Ocratic ticket
It shall vote for Mckinley" said Moses Will
Jams. president of the Third National Bank.
but I think 1t hardly necessary to reaffirm my
position on the money question, for every one
knows how bitter l have always been against
bmetasm. ! believe that the fight against
the silver faction Of the Democratic party Is
sure to come. and we ought to stand up and
have 1t out without further delay. For this rea-
son shall cast my vote for Mckinley as being
the only candidate who can defeat the silver
nominee Of the Chicago Convention"
Among other prominent Democrats who said
in interviews that they would vote for McKin-
ley are ex-Paymaster Albert d. Bosom. Of Chel-
sea; w. l. Bowditch c. Lowering, F. c. Bow
ditch. c. C. Jackson. Cansten Braine. Phineas
Pierce and Dana Estes.