The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-06-27

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ington that the west would bolt Nc
Kinley and gold at the st. Loui
convention. AS this is written tn,
west, the silver west, is marchin.
out.
The revolt is practically accom-
piished. The white savages of sill
yer are leaving the reservation fe
the warpath. Their great medicin,
man Teller has set up the war pole
and the young bucks vie with on,
another as to who shall be first L
strike his war ak into it. as proof o
his enlistment.
The mutiny is on. Rebellion il
afoot, and the silver west with it,
own candidate and its owp platform
will wage war on gold and the east
1t means the defeat of Mckinley
possibly the death of Republicanism
Not the least significant Of the sign;
OF the hour is the steady confidence
with which the silver forces march
away. They leave their fellows Of
gold as Dundee left the Whigamores
of Edinburgh; their feathers tossing
their banners wide flung and free
They nail their gauntlets to the
| gates of gold, and the east stands
defled to the bitter uttermost of war
They have remembered what the
east forgot They too have coun-
try and eanse. There is west as
well as an east. Silver has it's clans
as well as gold its peoples. The al
lied natives the east forgot, the west
did not
There be hills beyond Pentland,
And tirths beyond Forth;
Ii there be lords in the lowlands,
There be chiefs in the north..'
And so the silver fighters go back
to their tribes. HanDaism, McKin
leyism, an over reaching east play
ing the hogs part in its golden sci
fishness have split the party. The
last chance of success for the Repub.
licans has disappeared.
The east should laugh at these
people less and study them more
This eastern policy of the tip tilted
nose has already cost it the south
That region glowers at the east
across its borders and the fires of It's
hatred never die. To-day the west
arrays itself against the east and be
gins running out its lines of battle
The west has became ally to the
south, ana the ally will be found a
harder, more indomitable enemy
than the original foe
These silver people are the Swiss
of America. They are poor in ali
save courage. They have heard
their war horns sounding and the
battle is on. The Swiss will win.
and whereas just terms might once
have been made with them in their
hour of might and wisdom the west
will grant as little as it got Wha,
was done to the west, the west In its
turn will do. These silver men have
already made captive the senate OF
the United States. There they APP
pear the veriest Spartans of legisla.
tion. They can hold the senate pas.
SEES against all or any measure. They
fought the Dingley bill to its death.
They boasted that you should never
have protection until they had free
silver. They made good their boast
in the session of congress Just end
ed, and the Dingley bill left unhur.
led on the field testifies not only to
their plans, but to their power 70
carry them out What they did to
the Dingley bill they will return in
December to do again to any legisla-
tion they may levy silver ar against
Mckinley is beaten; thank Hanna
for that. Mckinley is beaten. Sit
fting in Canton, he even now sees his
doom. and is biting his nails and
sending peevish wires to Hanna
anent the gold" in the money plank
Mckinley is beaten, and l will tell
you how. This silver revolt will
sweep the west between the Missouri
and the Pacific. You may buy a
gold plank in Dakota and again in
Oregon, but you can't buy the PEG
pie. You cant bribe the public in
the wide region named from the
coast to the Missouri River
from the Rio Grande to the English
Silver will sweep all before it. Tel
Ter will get most of them, but al
least Mckinley has lost every cleo
toral vote after you leave the Mis-
souri, river. They will go to Popu
lists, to Democrats, to silver Repub
licans, but they will none of them &C
to Mckinley. California, Oregon
Washington, Montana, Idaho, Neva
da, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, the
two Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and
Texas-silver has already conquered
them all; and the south, Mckinley
cannot win or hold foot of it. Ev
cry former slave state, bar Delaware
will 60 Democratic. Free silver will
carry Missouri, Kentucky and Mary
land. Even West Virginia will be-
hard to hold. Mckinley may kiss
hope. goodby so far as Missouri, Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia
Florida, the two Carolinas, Virgins
and Maryland are involved. He will
get none of them Count up the
others and see il he would have
enough should he carry them all.
have no data at hand, but don't
think he would. He will be made tt
sup defeat. But even we're they
enough, faith has not decided thai
Mckinley carry the others. He car
carry Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
and Connecticut, the five New Eng
land states. Reed, the Republican
Achilles, will sulk in his tent, buI
his region will go for Mckinley. I'm
less split occur at Chicago, and il
well may happen, and a gold Demo
crat do in the east what Teller is do
ing in the west, Mckinley will carry
New Jersey and Delaware McKin
ley is sure, too, of Pennsylvania des
] pite the cloud of Cameron and biz
silver lining. Steve Elkins may cap
ture for him West Virginia. There
is streak Of solemn Dutch al
through Wisconsin, which may save
to Mckinley that com monwealth
For the decency Of the thing, count
Ohio for Mckinley, albeit should the
Democrats name Campbell, McKin
ley would be driven to the Buckeye
wall in q moment.
Count all those states for McKin.
lev. But che othera Of the north