The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-07
AS OTHERS SEE THEM.
How the Democratic Candidates for
Speaker Are Estimated by
a Republican.
All But One Are Said To Be
Friends Of the White
Metal.
The Exception Is Dan Lockwood, of Buff
~falo-Crisp In tho Van-Rank of
the Others.

WASHINGTON. July 6.-Nothing has been
said in discussing the several candidates for
the speakership of the next house about the
views upon the subject of silver which those
gentlemen entertain. The reason for this
dereliction is perhaps potent, telegraphs the
correspondent Of the Minneapolis journal.
No man who is hostile to silver would stand
the least chance of success in the speaker
ship contest. The complexion of The next
house would preclude all hope of securing
elevation to the chair from anyone who
should enter upon a campaign with an anti
silver record. There is significance in this.
1t is a. significance that cannot but be
cheering to the friends of silver. In the
organization of the next house the silver
question will, for the first time in the his
tory of the country, be an important fac
tor, and no man who is an enemy
of the metal has sufficient temerity
to offer himself as a candidate.
The logical deduction from this condition
of affairs demonstrates better than any
thing the real strength of silver before the
country, for the lower house of congress is
the most popular body of the country's
political institutions.
AZ "hN UNIV ohoNSn vi VIA
ference in the views of the speakership can
didates. There is one man, who may be in
the contest. whose views will in some meas
ure be coincident with tho eastern idea. He
is Dan Lockwood, of Buffalo, who nomi-
mated Grover Cleveland for about every of
fee that that gentleman has held. He and
Cleveland are Mt outs, and for that reason
he is looked kindly upon by anti Cleveland
members of the house. He banks mainly
upon the possibility that in the scramble
there may be precipitated tho idea that after
all it would be wisest for the party to make
n northern man speaker. In that case it
would be his ambition to furnish the en-
bodiment OF that idos. He looks upon sill
yer as does the average New York democrat.
He would not be in favor of II step back
ward, but he fRvors no advance. He is
willing to let things remain as they are.
His is the familiar cry of the inonome.al-
lists. Silver, 1T Ia true, say they, has not
proved disadvantaGeous to the country.
but the Lord only knows what may happen
if we keen on.
Tho leading candidate for the speaker
ship is n friend of silver, but he is n consor-
vatist in NIL things. MIR. Crisp, of Georgia.
Ia of course referred TO. lilo would place
no obstacle in the way of n FREQ coinage
bill. lie would AZ point n committee on
coinage. Weights and measures that would
bring III Il bill of that character and would
give 1t a hearing ut its proper time or as the
house might desire to give it consideration
out of its regular order. What, by tho way,
any man who is chosen fpeakor will do,
thefe will bs no attempt in the next house
to asphyxiate free coinage in the committee
room cradle. But MIR. Crisp has a little
doubt on tho subject. His position Ia an
alaRons to that of Speaker Carlisle, who
says that while his condition of mind par
takes of dnbitation, yet his people arc 30
earnest and unanimously for FREQ coinage