El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-03

been turned down by Lowpdes and Nc
Comas, being compelled to resign as
chairman of the republican state COM
mittee, and is expected to cauee serious
trouble in the ranks of his party, but 1t
is quite doubtful II he can accomplish
much harm.
Both parties are wsging q bitter con-
test in Maryland, and both are conf
dent OF success. In the settlements OF
the result. Baltimore will probably
icast decisive vote, yet tais Is not
certain. From the fact that the city
| has large financial interests at stake,
| it is hoped that its influence will b.
thrown largely in favor of the repu bill
cans, as rebuke to the free silver at
| titude of the democrats.
In regard to the effect OF the Mary
| land election on the cause OF free ell
YER, it is interesting to note the At
| titude of the sound money democrats
of the state. A committee of forty lead
| ing democrats of the state has effect
ed an organization for the promotion
of the cause of sound money, and an
part as followe:
"The democratic part OF the nation oy
its pla torn of 1896 is com mitted to the
unlimited coinage of silver at the ra-
ito of Is to l. The republican party
Is committed in its platform to the
maintenance of the gold standard OF
value.
sIn 1896 the platform of the democ-
racy of Maryland declared in favor of
form of the democratic party of the ma
ton declared for free silver, the lead
ers and managers of the democracy OF
Maryland, notwithstanding the pied
ges of the state platform in favor of
the gold standard, shifted their ground
and carried the organization of the
party in support of the Chicago plat
form. Thousands of democrats In that
wear left their party and supported the
national republican ticket. The re-
suit was that Maryland gave the re-
publican candidate for president over
80, 600 majority.
1.-THE democracy of Ohio, in it's re-
cent state convention, not only re-
affirmed the Chicago platform sin its
entirety" but declared for Bryan for
presid en- tin 1900. In Massachusetts the
democratic convention reaffirmed the
Chicago platform, and in order that
there might be no misunderstandin g
as to it's position, the delegates to the
next national democratic convention
were named by resolution and pledged
to William J. Bryan as the pres
idential nominee. The democracy of
Nebraska adopted q platform written
Oy Wllll6u y. DFyou, 'WuO WIS Cuolr-
man of the committee on resolutions of
the convention, in which the following
appears: The present legal ratio
of Is to is the natural
and necessary ratio, and
the opponents OF that ratio have moth
ing to offer in its place but the evasive,
am bigous phraseology, &c. This plat
form was accepted without change by
the cow entious of the populisrs and
silver republicans. Many other ms
tapces may be noted.
THE democratic state conventions
of a majority of the states o: the union
have either reaffirmed the Chicago
platform of 1896 or have made such
pledge by the next national platform
In the interest of a sound financial sys-
tenn. The organization, then, of the
democracy of the nation is in the
hands of advocates of silver and the
supporters of the Chicago platform.
Under thase conditions there can be
no doubt as to the next national plat
fern and the nomination of Bryan for
president in 1900.
'In Maryland, although dealing
with all other national issues, the dem
ocratic platform is silent on the cur
rency question in Difference to che
democratic party of the nation.
1.-THE organization of the two great
national political parties is made up of
the local organizations OF these parties
in the various states of the union. To
strengthen the state organization OF a
party is to increase the chances OF vic
tory of the national organization of
which 1t forms part.
IA victory, then, by the democratic