Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-06
REVOLT OF SILVER MEN AND OF.
PONENTS OF CIVIL SERVICE RE.
FORM.
Hostility to the Administration and
to Eastern In6uence-Their Plan Of
Campaign for the Next Presidency.

There is apparent considerable hostility in
the House towards Mr.. Cleveland and his ad.
visers. Quite body of the members on the
democratic side-silver men and anti-civil ser
vice reformers-feei in no way bound to defend
the administration or to be Influenced by the
fact that their party is supposed to be at the
helm. They look upon Mr.. Cleveland as a rep
resentative of the eastern moneyed men and
not as partisan of their faith. They declare
that he shall not again. occupy the White
House, and for that reason they are more ready
10 treat him as a stranger in the camp, and
they care not what may happen to weaken his
administration of public affairs. The declara-
ration is openly made by some of them on the
floor that the next President will represent the
wishes of the body of the people and not be
governed by the stOck-broKers and bondholders
of the east.
They are determined. they say, to throw off
the yoke OF eastern influence, and as first step
towards that end, a movement is on foot to Sc
cure the adoption of an amendment to the Con.
stitution requiring the President and Vice
: President of the United States to be elected by
the people directly, instead of through the
electoral college.
PROPOSING DIRECT VOTE BY THE PEOPLE.
A bill authorizing such constitutional
amendment has been referred to the House
judiciary committee, and 1t is proposed to
press the matter vigorously and to have the
question submitted to the states this session, If
possible. Their purpose is to have the law
changed before the next presidential election
sumo control of national affairs, and appro-
pirate TO themselves every executive as soon
as it is elected. They complain that it is i'm
possible under the present plan of election to
get President who would represent the
views OF the masses of the people. Cleve-
his party sup upon 0's any not Of the great Msa
questions in which they are concerned, and it
is impossible to elect one who represents them
as long as the creditor classes have it in their
power to dictate the nomination. They profess
TO know that the great majority of the people
ehat the Ruee debt be PAID 1
taxation consequent thereto. They demand
the reduction of the tariff and the free circula-
the poor people. They are antagonized in all
these principles, they assert, by the controlling
creditor class of the east, whose aim is to keep
the volume OF money reduced as nearly as pos
sibie to that held by themselves and who want
only to increase the value of their own posses
sion.
WHAT A SOUTHERN SILVER MAN SAYS.
A southern silver man declared to a STAR re-
porter that this administration, like all its i'm
mediate predecessors had been, is controlled
entirely by the east, even to the extent of ap-
pointing eastern men or men known to be in
sympathy with the financial policy of the east,
10 positions In tue southern states. He said that
many OF the appointments to places in the
southern states were upon the recommendation
OF prominent moneyeo men of the east, and one
case he knew OF where man was brought from
Delaware and appointed to q position at the
home of southern Representative, who with
the support of the Whole delegation was seek
Ing the place for another man.
This he referred to only as illustrative of how
far the eastern influences effected the whole
policy of the administration, extending from
the control of the financial policy to the parcel
ing out OF patronage. The whole government
was and had long teen, he said, controlled en-.
tlrely by these selfish influences, and it was
time the great mass of people VINO are being
Sacr1hced 10 1t should make direct issue. and
light to elect their own President.