St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-30
A CHAT WITH CAMPBELL.

SildiIuidH SdHl lpDcll, vi lH6 DeilO-
cratic state committee, has returned
from months outing On the coast,
where he accompanied Congressman
Wilson, of West Virginia, Oh the invita-
ton of the Democratic association of
Washington. Il had a most ENJOYABLE
time,'' he said to GLOBE reporter,
land, as 1t was my first visit to the
coast, the charm of novelty was added
to the pleasure OF the very cordial recep-
tion accorded US by the Democrats of
the tranS-Roeky states. We stopped
few days in Montana, visited the more
important cities of Oregon, made the
tour of WashingtOn'S cities, and then
went to San Francisco. from where Mr..
Wilson went East. At every place we
visited Mr.. Wilsun spoke to crowded
houses, and it was a pleasure to
hear and see how enthusiastically his
discussion of the tariff. for that was his
main theme, was received. 1t is clear
that the prOtectiOuiSt element OF the
Democrats of the slope has disappeared.
as it has with us, and found no dissent
from the opinion that the tariff is the is
sue for the next campaign. They are
all beginning to see out there that if
they hope to realize on their magnificent
natural opportunities they must reduce
the barriers OF trade TO the minimum.
We spent more time in Washington
| than in any other state, and we found the
Democrats of that state fully organized
ana eager for the tusSle. Either George
| II. Hazard, the secretary of the state
| Democratic committee and also of the
| state association of clubs, or Hon. j. M.
| Carson, of Seattle, of the state central,
accompanied us over the state. | can
| Snaaly lxr Of 10 fol itx,
| shown us wherever we went by
| the Democrats. MIR. Hazard, with the
active cooperation OF his fellow Demo
| Gratis. has the state finely organized.
| The silver question? That was a sur
| prise to me. | expected to find every
| body out there rampant free coinerS,
and l took every occasion to get at the
| feeling of Democrats on the topic. |
| found them very conservative. The
| general opinion seemed to be that as,
| under our present law, practically all
the silver produced in the country is
| being converted into treasury notes
that go into circulation, it is tantamount
| to free coinage, with the advantage that
all the gain of coinage goes into the
treasury instead of the pockets of the
! mine owners. Almost without eXcep-
| ton l found the Democrats strongly
| opposed 10 the senate free coinage BILL
They deemed it an outrage on the peo-
| pie to give the miners S1.29 an ounce
! for bullion that was worth only 9S cents
in the market. No, silver is not in it.
west of the Rockies"
"What was the feeling about our NOM
| lnee for president next year?n
| 'Mr. Wilson carefully avoided all
mention of anything OF that kind either
in his speeches or conversation, not
wishing to give occasion for a thought
that he was trying to advance any can
didate, but hear little or no mention
| of Hill or German, and a little incident
| that occurred in San Francisco was sig
nificant. We were given banquet by
| the lrOquoiS club. and among the speak
ers was Mr.. Vending, who incidentally
mentioned Mr. Cleyeland's name and
the entire company rose to their feet
and cheered loud and long. In fact,
whenever the talk touched that topic
| the opinions were practically unani-
| nous for Cleveland. No: his silver let
| ter has not hurt him on the coast at all
that l could discover. 1t was every
where conceded that the tariff is to be
| our fighting ground, and that by every
| reason and law of logic Cleveland should
be our leader. though the Democracy is
by no means limited to one name"
! But II Cleveland is not nominated the
nominee will unquestionably be West
| ern man."
What impression did you form of the
| coast states?
'Well, l saw the most of Washington,
and was deeply impressed with the op-
| portunitieS she has for wealth and
| greatness. Her lumber is almost mex
| haustible; her mines are rich and varied !;
| what farming land there is is rich and
| marvelously productive, and the fisher
les are source of present and unfailing