Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-12

the great parties of to-day had to go
One was given the first opportunity tt
strengthen itself so as to be the one t.
survive. They failed utterly, and nov
the republicans have been chosen ant
will form one of the two great partie.
of the country. They may regain thei
power complete, and then will come
realignment of parties and i, battl,
will be fought which will decide tn,
future policy of this country for gen
Grafton. The democratic party as l.
now stands will not be in this struggle
The fight will be between the new
party and the republican party.
"The new alignment may not come
until after the election of '96, in which
event the republicans will elect the
President 1t may come before that
The first thing that will happen, in my
judgement, will be that the leaders O:
the dissatisfied members of the demo
cracy (and that means nearly all OF
them) will hold conference among
themselves to decide upon what policy
shall be pursued and what principle:
agreed upon for the formation of new
party. After agreeing among them
selves they will confer with the dis.
satisfied repu ublicans, who are the free
silver republicans, and those two ele
ments will come together for an agree
ment. That being accomplished, they
will meet with the Populists, and oui
of this conference will come a new
party which is to do battle with the
republican party, or party of gold mon
ometallists The Populists believe ir
the free coinage of silver.
Speaking for myself, and, 1 think
for the Populists generally,
am heartily willing to unite in sucl
an organization and make free silver
the single issue of the campaign, or
one condition; want it declared def
nitely what is logically implied in the
fight for free silver-I want declara
tion involving principle that all pub
lie functions must be performec
through public agents. With this
general broad declaration couched il
acceptable language and involving
merely declaration of principle, ar
wiling to so into the fight on singl,
issue of free and unlimited coinage O,
gold and silver on a ratio of 16 tc /.
am satisfied that the new party will be
formed in about the manner l have
described to present this issue, anc
that all men who believe in the free
coinage of silver will be in that party
whether they come from the demo
Gratis, the Populists or the republicans.
Il believe that the gold monometal
lists of both the republican and the
democratic party will fight under the
republican banner. The democrat.
who are gold monometallists differ lit
tie from the republicans on any issue
and they naturally belong in the re
publican ranks"
The reporter asked Senator PETER i:
he did not think that this might be an
ticipated somewhat by what would
happen in congress between now ane
1896.
1T will surely" the senator replied
''be foreshowed if not anticipated.
do not see that there can be anything
more than trimming and dodging an6
movements with the motive of temper
ary expediency during the closing day.
of this congress, neither party will be
in a position to accomplish legislation
and as that time will probably begir
the movement for the organization o:
new party, and conference which
may eliminate in that may be held be
fore the national convention of 1896
and so play part il the presidential
election of that year.
lyon say that this movement may
be foreshadowed at the opening of the
Fifty fourth congress. Do you mean
that similar combination of all the
silver men may be made in the sen
ate?"
Yes; something of that sort.
should not be surprised if the silver
democrats and the silver men among
the republicans and the Populists
should combine together for the or
ganization of the senate Under ordi-