El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-22
SENATOR MILLS WITHDRAWAL.
A Good Campaign Document for the
Republicans This Fall.

ID DOUQ houses u e OH L0e
expenditure of so, 600, 600 in national
defenses, is proceeding wi h it's regu-
lar work, but nevertheless the Cuban
situation is the chief subject of stten-
ton and the attitude of the admins
tration the chief matter of discussion.
The unanimous and cordial support
which President Mckinley is receiv-
ing must be very gratifying to him
and to his immediate supporters, The
Cuban matters which made itself ap-
parent in certain quarters q few
weeks ago has absolutely disappear
ed.
president McKin'ey's course in
this Gu ban matter reminds me very
much OF the attitude of President Lin
coin in regard to emancipation said
q student of national affairs and ma
tional history, talking to your CORES
DOndent on this matter day or two
ago. Everybody remembers, either
from personal recollection or reading,
how President Lincoln delayed action
in regard to the EN- sncipati ton prOcla-
nation until public sentiment was
thoroughly ripe in its support. For
months before the issuance of his pro-
clamation there were murmurs of cri-
ticism of his delay and these murmur-
increased until they became open ard
delayed, and it was not until he saw
that public sentiment was thoroughly
ripe and PRACTICABLE unanimous in sup
port of such b course that he acted.
| While there was at that time criticism
of his delay. the calmer judgment of
subsequent observation fully justifes
| his course on that Occ asiOu. The
course of President Mckinley in this
Cuban matter has it seems to me-,
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Lincoln in regard to emancipation and
the upauimity of public sentiment in
support Of his attitude now that a cri-
sis is apparently at hand shows how
wise has been his course and how thor
oughly the people believe III his judg-
meut ana ability and that of his cour-
sellers in this crsis.''
While Cuba has been the chief SUBJ
| ject of discussion during the week
there have been some political deve-
| lopments and incidents of especial in
| terest One of the interesting features
of the week has been the withdrawal
of Senator Mills from candidacy for
reelection to the senate. This with
drawal is due to the fact that the Tex 8
| democrats decided that no man who
failed to support the Chicago platform
and candidates in 1896 is entitled to
participate in the primary elections.
This would exclude from the primary
elections practically all those who
agree with Senator Mills that the
l6-to-1 proposition is not safe one.
In his communication to the people of
| Texas on this subject he says; snow
| that the great body of the comm rel al
world has taken it's stand against silver
do not believe it is in the power OF
he United States alone by its indepen-
dent action to restore the value of sill
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| declaration of course excludes him as
veil as thousands of others who think
as he does from the polls in the demo
cratic prim aries, by reason of the arbi
| trary action of the managers of the
democratic party of Texas, and it thus
becomes impossible to bring about the
~e-election of Senator Mills or anyone
Use who thinks as he does. By this
proc ess, therefore, the 16-to-1 wing OF
the democracy has elected from the
councils and ranks of the party a man
VINO has been one OF the most promi.
uent lie .ders for many years and is thus
driving further away from themselves
that great body of democrats who can.
not believe the free coinage PROPOSE
ton safe one but who would gladly
cooperate with the party on other
matters,
Another incident of the week shows
1 btIS liz IL bdi0Su luduucT III WHICH, the
| liver men are ate mpting to carry out
t. cir plans to make the silver question
the only issue of the campaigns of 1898
and 1900. Tnis development relates to
the p"pulist party and to the vigorou.
opposition which has arise n in pppu ist
ranks all over the U Led Sta es against
| the fusion which Chairman Butler is
| attempting in force upon the populists
| If the country. These protests have
come from every section and so vigor-
GUS il the hostility to the proposition
| that in q number of instances the popu-
| lists have met in state convent on AID
elected anti-fusion M as members of
| the natioral committee to take the
place of the fusiOnists now represent
| ing them upon that committee. This
| vigorous course on their part threaten
| ed the destruction of tic entire fusion
| scheme. AS result Mr. Butter and
| his fusion associates set abOnt the con-
-truction of plan bv which the action
# The masses could be defeated by the
little cOterie of which he is the head.
| de has prepared some amendments to
| Jules governing the committee aud
| proposes that they shall be ADOPTED by
| b It committee, the chief feature of
| he amendments being q rule which
provides that changes in the national
committee shall OILY be made with the
| approval of the committee itself. Tits
| Vt course would give to Mr.. Butler and
| that section OF the committee which
favors fusion the power TO prevent the
| substitution of non-funsionists for those
| members favoring fusion, since it is I'M
derst 7od that the Butler followers are
nOw in the majority in that commit
tee. 1t is curious performance but
quite in line with the dictstorial me-
| foods adopted by the silver men wher-
ever they get a foothold whether 10
| pooulist or democratic ranks.
Much interest is felt here in some
| Jew deve lopments which indicate a
dlspos! tio1 on the part of capitalists 10
this country to adopsa sort of financial
Monroe doctrine with reference to
| that great section of the American
CO til ent with VIII ch the United STA. es
50 much desires to es' abli- b favorable
=rs de and business relations-Cent ra !
sud South America. The effort of the
Mexican republic to dispose ct it's gold
bonds to capitalists of the United
States las encouraged this idea and it
is understood here that the prospects
are that thes efforts will be succe ssful.
This is now being followed by active
stems in the wav Of pSta bli Shinp ha n lxs