The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-14
PETER TRIES PROPHECY.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTT rs TOTAL
LIZ DEsTROYED, HE SATs.
A New Party win rsss See Place. Formed
OF silver Democrats snd Repubiesns sns
,hs Psp-usts, whieh VIII Fight the
Repubitesn PnrtY e. Free CStnaes.

A New Party VIII rsks ZEE Place. For-es
or silver Democrats snd Repubiieans sna
ths Pep-nsts, whieh VIII Fight the
Repubfes. Party ~ Free Coinage.
WASHINGTON. Nov. Ex-senator PETER Ia the
arst member Of the Populist party in Congress
10 return TO Washington for the winter, and he
has lost no time in assuming the leadership Of
that peculiar brand Of so-called statesman. He
apparently labors under the impression that the
populists may hold the balance of power in the
senate after the 4th Of March next, and he Is
not timid about expressing his views. He says
the Democrats threw AVA the greatest oppor-
tunity any party ever had, and now they are
totally destroyed a. q party.
One OF the other OF the great parties OF to-day
had to go, he says; one only could remain. The
Democratic party had the first opportunity TO
strengthen itself 90 as 20 DO the one to survive.
They failed utterly, and now the Republicans
have been chosen. and will form one of the two
great parties of the country They may regain
their power complete, and then will come a
realiRnment Of parties, and n battle will be fought
which will decide the policy Of this country
for q generation. The Democratic party as 1t
now stands will not be In the struggle. The
fight will be between the new party and the Re-
publican party. The new alignment. he says.
may not come until after the election Of '06. In
which event the Republicans will elect the
President. II may come before that.
THE first thing that will happen, in my
Judgment" he said, will be that the leaders of
the dissatisfied Democrats land that means
nearly all OF them) will hold q conference
among themselves TO decide upon what policy
shall be pursued and what principles agreed
upon for the formation Of q new party. After
agreeing among themselves they will confer
with the dissatisfied Republicans, who are the
free silver Republicans. and these two elements
will come together for an agreement. That
being accomplished, they will meet with the
Populists. and out of this conference will come
Q new party which is TO do battle with the
The .Popplists believe in the free coinage. of
silver. Speaking for myself. and, ] think, for
tas n aHs0i In such ass sn orsys;ni. sa Re and make Eef fres
s,,nSf inS 'in want ,' Il ss CT i sSa S Ss%h \ S SR Sh Is
logically implied In the fight for free silver. I
pusJitc fSnctions must Be fperformeS. through
public agents: With this general broad declara-
Soiying merely q declaration Of principle. / am
Of free and unlimited coinage Of gold and silver
am .s.isSed that the new. party will. be
formed In about the manner J. have described
iisySe in the free Coinage OF silver viii be in that
party, whether they come from the, Democrats.
the the rod pHu, ono;n oe of both the Republican
and the Democratic party will fight under the
Republican banner. The Democrats who are
gold monometallists differ very little from the
Republicans on any issue, and they naturally
belong In the Republican ranks.
~ should not be surprised IL the silver Demo-
Gratis and the silver men among the Republicans
ana Popg,list q ' ,Ss s,S Combine pfuS ios go1S,rs for tIr.
of the Senate were merely one between the DEM
ocrats and the. Republicans as TO which should
control, there being no principle involved, the
Populists who were formerly. Republicans
would naturally aid in. putting the Re
that under existing circumstance any
such thing win occur; In my Judgment the
licans as q party. They will either unite with
men OF all parties on the one issue of silver, and
30 organize the Senate, or else they will stand
alone In the maintenance Of their principles and
allow the Senate to hang as II would between
the two parties, the present organization main
or Mr.. Jones or any other Populist will vote
with the Republicans In organizing the Senate"