Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-20
SILVER MEN DO NOT LIKE IT
Administration Republicans in Colorado
Adopt Their Candidate.
They Consequently Repudiate Him
and May support the POpulfsts-FoI-
lowing Senator TeIler's Lead.

The statement in a dispatch from Denver
that the silver republicans of Colorado will
refuse to support Judge Hayt, the nominee
of their own state convention for justice
of the supreme court, is not unexpected
here. The dispatch states that the silver
republican convention of Mineral county.
taking a cue from Senator Teller, adopted
q resolution refusing to ratify Judge Hayt's
nomination.
The silver people in Colorado are in a
very curious situation. The democratic
state convention. though a most radical free
silver organization by profession, nominated
for justice Of the supreme court a man
who is ar advocate of the gold standard
and who refused to support Bryan last
year.
The popuists nominated candidate OF
their own, who is silver man, and the
silver republican convention nominated
Judge Hayt, who was n silver man anu
had been a very active supporter of MIR.
Bryan during the campaign. This WAS
right enough from a silver republican point
OF view. far as it went. 1t seemed evil
dent that Hayt would draw the silver
democratic vote from their gold democrat
candidate, and would probably be elected.
But another element entered into the sit
uation to complcate and to embarrass.
The regular republicans, standing by the
national administration and the gold stan
u3I0, tenCered tnelr nomination 10 JuuSc
Hayt, end he promptly accepted. This
made him the joint candidate of the silver
republicans and the gold republicans.
If there is anything the silver republicans
do not want il is to be united with the
regular republican party or to cooperate
with it.
Teller and the rest bolted from the ST.
Louis convention for the purpose of end
ing this association. The silver repub-
lican national organization was formed to
make complete and final the separation
The doctrine the members are preaching
is unity of silver forces, regardless of
to everybody who believes in the gold
standard, no matter what party he pro
fesSes to belong to. Their cry is no conf
promise with gold men, and they are most
earnest in urging regular democrats not 10
have anything to do with the gold element
who broke away from that party last year.
Occupying this attitude, the adoption Of
their candidate by the Colorado repIb
cans was extremely embarrassing. and the
fact of Gov. Hayt'S accepting such d nom
ination. silver men insist. necessitate$ his
repudiation by the silver republicans.
Mr.. Tcller's attitude in the matter has
been understood, and it has been expected
that the silver republicans in the state
would do what their convention in Mineral
county has done-refuse 10 ratify the nomi-
nation of the convention.
BY this course they will set example
to the regular democrats of adherence TO
silver and q refusal to be associated poiit-
icaly with any element hostile to the white
metal. 1t is expected that Senator Teller
and his followers will either support the
populist candidate or that another silver
republican candidate will be put in the
field