, 1891-05-26

cratic.
NO FRIEND or THE CAUSE
To a very great degree the Denver Nelos
hits the nail on the head. We believe it
sums up the situation correctly SO far as
Senator Warren is concerned, but it over
looks the fact that in the contest waged he
was backed by the Utah delegation with
Judge Goodwin as chairman. The posi-
ton of the latter on the silver question is
an anomalous one. All his arguments go
TO show that absolute free coinage alone
can effect the contemplated reforms and
yet he. like Warren, argued in favor of
the restricted coinage. In the course Of a
long article the Nelos goes on to say
When Senator Warren returned to
Wyoming after the United States congress
adjourned, he found an overwhelming
public sentiment in his state which cOn
demncd his betrayal of the silver cause.
He had voted against the free coinage bill
Of the senate, but in doing 50 had stated
that if coinage were confined to the
American silver product be would not
vote against it. He saw in the trans. Mis-
sissippi congress the opportunity to justify
the perfidy of his senatorial vote. II he
could get it to limit its approval of free
coinage TO the American product he would
stand justified before his constituents; for
would 1t not thus seem that the pre-
ponderance Of sentiment in the entire
transit Mississippi country confirmed his
vote against free and unlimited coinage.
Free coinage limited to the American
product had not been considered in the
West at all-indeed it had not been seri-
ously considered anywhere. To intelli-
gent men it was clearly a sham-it was so
manifest that it could bring no relief to
the country, that il would cast the whole
financial reform problem into chaos. aud
would be unanimously opposed by the
farming and business interest OF the West.
that no anticipation of such a movement
had been INDUCED in by the friends Of
silver in the congress until it Was suddenly
sprung upon the committee by its adroit
manipulation. After he induced the COM
mittee TO adopt it, the business of the
congress was so cunningly devised that its
discussion was postponed until the night
of the last day which the congress would
meet.
IN the meantime the senator kept
himself very busy on the quiet with spe-
cious arguments addressed to members.
To Republican members it was urged that
such a plan would relieve their party
from its dilemma on the silver question
and would meet the approval of President
Harrison. He insisted that absolute free
coinage would flood the country with the
surplus silver o. the world and drive out
its gold. Let us ave free coinage for
American silver he urEed-'let foreign
countries take care of their own silver.
1t was a catchy argument
The speech of Senator Warren in
support Of his scheme was iraught with
the art of the demAgogue. 1 favor free
coinage he said, but why demand a
measure which the president will veto2'
IF a law is passed granting free coinage
to American silver alone it will raise the
price of silver in ninety days to $l.29 an
ounce, and then the country will be ready
for free and unlimited coinage he
added. He charged Colorado delegates
with the crime OF inhospitAlitY because
delegates from other states we're Col
orado's guests, and The Colorado dele
gates were insisting upon approval of a
measure which was offensive to them. In
the end, the senator's scheme was an
nounced as carried over free coinage pure
and simple, by a vote of SIS to SIS. The
most observant of those in the hall have
no hesitation in saying that the vote was
not correctly counted and that the Amer
lean product scheme was in fact defeated.
With all of Senator Warren smaneuv-
ering he cannot conceal the fact that he
is the enemy of silver. His free coin
age for American product plan is the
veriest clap trap and is the invention of
the gold bugs Of Wall street used by their
tools to gull the voters OF the mining
states. They know that if the farmers
of the Northwest can be made to believe
Colorado favors suoh a selfish measure
their charge that free coinage is only an
invention OF the bonanza mining kings of
Colorado and Nevada to raise the price Of
bullion is proved, and there will result
such a schism in the .ree coinage ranks
that the cause will in the end be defeated.
The leopard canno change his spots.
The United States senator who voted
against free coinage q few months ago
cannot pose as a friend OF the cause now,
because be champions an alleged free
coinage measure which is IN fact as muir
derous a stab as its most determined and
willy enemy ever inflicted upon it Sen
ator Warren is yet what he was when he