The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-18
WILL JOIN ISSUES.
Populists and Free Silver Men to Come
Together.

Washington, Nov. 17.-There is
free silver men to join forces for the
next Presidential campaign. To this
end it is proposed the Populists shall
hold their organization in allegiance,
together with their doctrines as to the
governments ownership of railroads,
bond loan policy and the issuing of
paper money, which the silver men as
a body have never embraced, and I'M
der some such name as the National
party, make a united pull for the
presidency and free silver in 1896.
A rumor to this effect has reached
here from Kansas, and it is said w. F.
Rightmeyer, of Topeka, who was in
struElental in calling the Cincinnati
conference, in 1891, when the Popu-
list party was formed had taken the
initiative in the movement for the re-
organization of the party on lines
which would command the allegiance
Of the silver men.
Senator PETER, when seen by an AS
ISOLATED Press reporter, admitted the
report was true as outlined above. He
said he was not in favor Of making
new alignment until after the con-
gressional elections next year, when
the new party would get ready for the
presidential election of 1896, and he eX-
pressed the utmost confidence in it's
ability to carry the country. In the
new organization the Populist party
would have the same relation as the
Free Soil and Abolitionists parties bore
to the Republican party. In the new
party the paramount question would
be one Of money. The question now is
between the money power on gold
basis and the producing masses, advo-
eating a gold, silver and paper basis.
On that the people would, in 1896, re-
CARELESS of former party affiliations,
stand. This was the first step, and
the Populists recognized it as good
craftsmanship to lay aside their other
tenets for time in order to get the
help of the silver Democrats and Re-
publicans in settling this great ques-
ton, on which they agreed. While
fighting this battle, many prejudices
would be swept away, and when it
was won, there would be solid mass
of voters for the accomplishment of
other needed reforms. He looked, he
said, for success in 1896, and the cleo
ton of Congress in 1900 which would
put on the statute books the leading
doctrines of the Populists of today. So
far, there had been no interchange of
views with the silver men of either
the old parties, and he did not favor
any till after the next congressional
elections, though some Populists want
ed reorganization in 1894.
PETER takes decided ground against
the present position of the United
States government towards Hawaii.
In the first place. he said, s'the no
tice which our government had of the
change of government in the islands
came in an official form, showing that
a successful revolution had been eff
fected there. That is as far backward
as it is either necessary or proper for
history of the change. There is moth
ing which have seen tending to show
that the citizens of the United States
had anything to do in any forcible
way, in bringing about the change.
Assuming this to be true, it is the bus
mess Of the United States to treat the
situation as it was found to exist
when negotiations were begun by the
provisional government, and the pro-
per thing to do now is to acknowledge
the existing government as the real
government of the islands, and treat
with its officials for such privileges as
our government has always enjoyed
lin the harbors there and recommend
that the disposed queen be properly
cared for during her life time.
PETER does not concur in the prop
osition to make the Hawaiian islands
la part of the United States, but
thinks we can obtain all the maratime
advantages we need by treating with
the present government upon the con-
dition that this government will pro-
tect the independence of the islands in
the future. II do not believe" he
continued, that any considerable
proportion of the people of the United
States would favor deposition of the
present government and the reinstate-
ment of the old monarchy. When the
revolution of a few years ago in Bra
iii was announced, there was no hes
litancy upon the part of our govern
Iment, or any other government. in Civ
ling early recognition of the change.
Had our then existing administration
undertaken to set aside the new gov
eminent and reinstate the old, it
would have been disgraced."