New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-30
LIGHT FROM COLORADO.

Senator WolcOtt's letter places before the
country two striking contrasts. He ardently
desires the free coinage of silver and would
make any sacrifice to attain that end but warns
the Republicans Of Colorado that any delegation
sent to the Convention at st. Louis will be
bound in honor to abide by the decision of that
Convention The delegates ought to strive TO
the best of their ability in committee and In open
convention If there Is an opportunity for dis
cussion. says Mr.. Wolcott, to secure decision
in favor of free coinage but If they fail, they
are bound to accept the platform and support
the candidate of the Convention. He goes fur
Their. and deliberately warns the people of Colo
RADIO that free silver through Populism is not
to be tolerated Colorado suffered under the
degradation and blight of Populist rule for two
years. / believe it the duty Of every good citi-
zen to stand up and fight in the open against
"a repetition OF that runous experiment" And
elsewhere he says: The Populist party favors
free coinage. but only as a stepplng-stone to
unlimited paper money. and 1t unites with It's
"free- coinage advocacy Socalistic and paternal-
'istic doctrines which are dangerous in ten
"dency. and which would be. if adopted. de-
"structive of free institutions" These warn
incs are not unexpected When Senator VOL
colt naty reIuSVu 10 JOIN III tue pWu vi ui'"'
ing all protective legislation until free coinage
had been granted it was with reason believed
that he was not Of those who were conspirng to
bolt and form new silver party after the ST.
Louis Convention had acted. The contrast be-
tween his position. shown in his letter, ana
that Of the boiling Senators is sharp indeed.
The warning against POpulists. which comes
with so much force and intensity OF feeling
from a State which has been cursed by that
degradation and blight" may be taken to heart
by the Republicans Of Alabama. who have held
State Convention OF boilers and are conspiring
with Populists to defeat Republican state
ticket, the principal aim being to send boiling
delegates to the ST. Louis Convention against
the candidate preferred by the great majority
of Alabama Republicans. Semi-POpulists are
not wanted In Republican National Conyen-
ton Their presence there will not help. but Is
extremely apt TO hurt either Reed or Allison or
Morton, or any other candidate they favor. The
Republican party does not desire to have It's
platform framed, or its candidates selected. by
men who are in alliance with freesilver Social
ism and are doing the work OF bosses OF the
Presidential Trust When the National Convcn-
ton comes to act this particular case, II ought
not to tolerate the compromise between Op-
posing factions which Is admissible where there
Is no radical difference OF principle but ought
to decide that Semi-Populists are not wanted
In Republican Convention.
The other contrast presented by Senator VOL
colts letter can be appreciated b. Democrats
even more than by Republicans. His zeal for
free silver coinage is quite as sincere as that OF
any Democrat but he refuses to bolt, proposes
to accept the will Of the majority Of the Con.
vention" and says: II desire to be counted as
"a Republican. proud of the traditions OF my
party, glorying in its achievements" But the
Democratic silver men claim to have clear
majority in their National Convention, and yet
threaten TO bolt because under the two-thirds
| rule they cannot dictate the nomination. They
| are supposed TO have entire control Of large
majority Of the State delegations, and yet are
| powerless In convention. as respects the nOmna
| ton Of the candidate because Democrats from
great and populous Northern States cannot and
will not support frce-silver nominee. Both
factions propose to bolt II they cannot dictate
and both are so large that revolt Of either
would be fatal The Republican silver bolters
cannot carry with them the Republican party
as Senator Wolcott's letter shows, even OF the
| little handful Of SIX silver States which they
claim to represent. with only twenty electoral
votes in ALL