| Show wa ij fi in one eess it may be said that the aspect of the DoR political horizon la Is a mile little mixed although by the mixture presented the certainty of the election of mckinley sino ana hobart seems a assured by toe the action outlined for the silver men ia 16 the levu alican party as announced in the NEWS dis dispatcher dispatched today the prospect proa is that there will be e three tickets to in the presidential field for november next these will be the regular republican nominees mckinley and hobart on a gold platform which will capture all the eastern and northern states and probably some come of the west weel then there will be the regular democratic ticket to be named at chicago Chi on what promises to be a free silver platform though this la Is not yet well assured this ticket will carry the boulb some of the middle wait azid and probably some western states the third la in a republican silver liver ticket with henry M teller at the head bead which might win in some of the western and northwestern states batee but whose support beyond these in entirely problematical it if the members of the republican convention who favored the free coinage of silver all bad come outs iut refusing to support either the candidates or the platform and bad expressed pressed a readiness read ineas to uphold a democratic platform with free coinage added thereto there might have been a 4 coon dence jence that hat the chicago nominees nominee would have beon been elected provided they were sound sou ip in their theft silver friend hii but 1141 oetter tho ot 0 these ibs ifs has been realized out oat of silver men in tat st loui convention as shown by the vote onia 28 or about one seventh withdrew while not more han another seventh deemed it best beat to 10 remain in the convention and at the lebale me time to repudiate its platform and od nominees and of this number as ae lodged judged by subsequent action there is ia nut not ove one who feels fee a that even to secure the promise of free coinage sela aaa demo cianic policy he can throw away his hie political icil convict ons ens its as to protect protection iOD Loun bounties tle reciprocity etc find and endorse the democratic views on those out BUD thus far therefore there does not promise any begera of free coinage republicans to democratic ranks the nomination of henry M teller as the silver candidate may mav be easily counted on to got get a large republican silver vote since artel mr tel er ban baa shown clearly his bis pr position to be first for free coinage above all other issues be is also staunch on the protective idea this latter fact act will keep from him anany dom dem voters who are with him on silver but do not agree with his bis tariff and with free coinage or anything akin to it in the chicago platform there is no inducement for or democrats to give mr teller any support at all in case ot of a failure in the present indication that free coinage will be endorsed at Chios chicago go there would be more democratic votes lor for the independent silver candidate which would but add to t the probability of success for or mo le regular republican ticket by weakening its chief opponent As to any likelihood that the chicago convention will endorse mr toiler teller a as its ita bandl ate and work in harmony with the silver republicans licano that does not appear to too oe much in evidence the party is not in bob ii rationed circumstances as to endorse a republican in tariff matters in order t alake take up free collake and achieve success sp if it were to follow the leadership cf two of the allyer minority in the republican convention ven vent tion IOD r about one twentieth ol of bet bat political body it would be indeed a case of nf a small tall tail wagging a larme dog beside the free coinage and sound money 1 democrats are so no nearly equal lu in the chicago convention that with a good silver plank in the plat lorna the opposing division of the party will have to be propitiated in a way not offered by the request that the great mass masa of gold standard democratic voters sustain a silver oliver republican john sherman and grover cleveland voting the same ticket would not fact be such a strange spectacle as this ibis latter proposition would afford taking it altogether it way may be said mid that the situation in prospect I 1 ie the regular republican Re ticket will be supported by its gold standard members its ito members who are republicans on general principles aside from any special issues many of its members abbo believe in free coinage but would rather let that go than relinquish their tariff ideas and by dissatisfied voters who want a change from the present party admit the democratic ticket will have its regular party parly support on avy ary platform the teller I 1 bicket bicket will receive the republican silver support and such other as ts Is tor for silver oliver ahead of all else and sees no hope for it in either of toe the great par parties tiet the chief danger of a falling failing off from either of the great parties is that republican silver voters throughout the country will stay at home not being enthused by their party platform and not caring to vote against it while Demo democrats oraU not pleased with their party pitt form will show a like apathy As ai for or those who loudly express dis diss satis atle faction the few days succeeding their party convention they usually get over their growling by election day and at that time are found working in the same ranks as before all hinga into consideration it now appears as though there will be three tickets in the field and that the election of mckinley as the next president of 0 the united states is as clearly se aft aured as anything in american politics possibly can be |
