Show CAMERON THEIR CHOICE I 1 if the national nation al convention Ilef to nominate a silver man aliey will appeal to the dc noc rats if that falls fails they will seek to hold the balance of power in the electoral ele college Ck leago july 6 special to the dally daily news from washington says we west t ern silver ulc republican 9 have outlined an interesting pro gramme to be pursued in the next national convention today a western republican ot of national prominence who arrived in n washington two disclosed days day ago disclosed the pro gramme of the silver men in all its detallo details and it Is so eo audacious as to startle the political manar managers ers here the plan he says was as agreed upon PO at a 10 li ir ference of 01 last latah month western senators held the senators and other western re publican leaders who participated in tile c compact apat rep Pe resent sent the western silver control fa states B 8 ana BY pi odeas to be able to loal the e dele gallons to the next nathn republican mican convention from those h rom states ti the states states are montana nry idaho 11 wyoming S washington oregon fornia nevada neda utah calland callad states coa south dakota aeota these ten tell are claimed solidly for the agreement and the states or of north da kota and a nebraska may sy yet loin join in the movement amov CAMERON THEIR CANDIDATE it la Is the purpose ot of the western silver allver republicans to meet and choose delegates to the national republican convention in the regular form and i when the convention meets to present the name of senator cameron of pennsylvania for president pre sl it if cameron Is not acceptable to the republicans the convention win will be asked to agree upon some other representative fr free ee silver republican it if it refuses to act upon tile the suggestion the delegates from these ten western states say they will march out of the convention in a body carrying with them as many other tree free silver delegates from other states as they can command they will await upon the democratic r convention convent ion not as delegates because they cannot be admitted as such but as a commission knocking at the doors and asking for the nomination of a free silver democrat sen senator 1 ator morgan of alabama preferred if the democratic convention falls to act upon the demand the silver men will abandon on both old parties independent SILVER ELECTORS it Is not the th intention of the managers of the independent political movement to nominate a standard bearer for 1896 on an independent silver platform but their efforts will be directed toward choosing electors pledged to the election of a free silver president regardless of personal preferences the idea of nominating an independent tree free silver allver candidate prevailed until quite recently but was abandoned as a piece of political policy and falling ailing to secure recognition from either of the national conventions the silver men say they will seek to hold the balance of power in the next electoral college and prepare one of the old parties to bring forward a silver man in order to secure the election CONFINED TO republicans the movement outlined Is at present confined to the republican party the democrats declare they fear that a similar insurrection may break out in their own party led by southern democrats allied with western men on the money question this Is considered as very likely to happen should the democrats call their national convention first and for that reason there was much talk today to day of postponing the democratic convention till very late in order to give the free silver men an opportunity to work in the national republican convention first prominent republican leaders today to day assert that if it can be shown conclusively in the next national republican convention that the western republicans have arranged any such su pro gramme for bolting the convention as that disclosed today to day the committee on credentials will refuse to seat the delegates until they pledge themselves to abide by the work of the convention |