The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-20
ras REPUBLICAN CLUB ROW.
rronaie Arising nct~cen the East AMI
the yye.t Over the silver oasstIon-

| publican climbs over the action OF tie
recent lcagnc convention AZ Denver. i
snid to center in the attempt 20 dis
crirninltc against southern rcpnOlic-
~ns and ;hc fraud, in the selection ~
tile ne..t place ~ meeting. but u i
snost probable that the real trouble
lies soIacwhaf Gccpcr.
The Republican clubs are made up
largely ~ the 'thustlcrs" Of the party.
la the miAs, ~ campaign their artiv-
ry Is HIGHLY appreciated. They help
10 raise money. di>hursc IL in h-ialng
voters. furnish mon To pcrpetratc
frauds On the ballot. and. in short. do
thr rongh woris "a the campaign. i'm
GLIDING some that il no: - be dis
cu>scd IN public. Eut the party doe,
not trust the clnbsyery far IN tie mat
ter of layiag down principles. or con-
strue;ing platforms. \ league convcn-
t.on i, looked forward TO with apprc-
hcnsion that some ungardcd utterance
VIII do the party a disservice. With a
view Of healing OF any such action on
the part II the boys" a close watch
Is kept over them hv such OF the party
leaders Is can afford To attend the
= y
have representatives present 18th in
strGctions how 10 act. With all these
precautions il is never certain that
some iadiscretion Will not be COM
usitted.
The meeting at Denver this year
had its peculiar perils. Besides their
desire 10 unload Waite and his popu-
list allies. the Colorado republicans
think of nothing but ,he free coinage
Of silver az what they believe to be the
divinel y-appointed ratio OF sixteen to
one. Now. the republican party de-
sircs 10 dirt with the extreme silver
sacn and 10 &c. their votes. but it has
no idea of committing itself 10 any
ratio. The leaders. therefore, looked
forward with apprehension 70 the in
iiucncc which the Colorado republicans
might exert upon the imprcsssonable
Young delegates IN hours OF social fes-
i;vi.y.
The president of the league had
been coached with reference 10 this
matter. He was careful 10 warn the
convention in his address that they had
not come together to make platform.
.-Nharcver statements may be made
here lie continued. ARE but the cx-
pres>ions Of the individuals. and can
not in any way bind the future action
OF the republican party This utter
ance had = double purpose IL was in
tended 10 head OF any indiscreet
action. IL possible. and to prepare the
way. should amy such action lie had.
for declaring that il svas not binding.
The Colorado republicans had their
OWE ideas about the matter. They
desired straight dclivcrancc in favor
OF free coinage at tie divinely-ap-
pointed ratio The Colorado league.
which held its convention at Denver.
after declaring for the ratio of SIX
ceea 10 one. made an appeal TO the
national convention IN these words:
We appeal TO our guests from without the
| state TO listen TO the ery OF the thousands Of
i unemployed throughout The land and 10 heed
the nurraurs OF business distress and disson-
tent. and TO remember that the common people
| belic-c IN the money OF the constitution. and
earnestly desire the coinage Of both gold and
| silver II ratio liked by nature sEdexpcrieree
under which tho nation accomplished its great
est material achievements and reached its
highest prosperity"
The Denver Republican seconded
this appeal, though in more guarded
terms 1t told the convention that the
way to help To redeem Colorado from
populism was TO adopt strong resolu-
tions in favor of the restoration of sill
yer to its historic place, and that il is
TO the republican party that the people
must look for legislation favorable to
silver. In several paragraphs AID ed.
ieorials the convention was asked to
pass such resolutions favorable to sill
yer a would help the party in Colora-
do. What that should be was plainly
animated by declaration that MOTH
ing but free coinage is needed to in
sure parity between the two metals.
Tie desire To get an expression in
favor of free coinage was at the bot
tom Of the contest over the manner Of
casting the vote, that is. whether the
delegates present should cast the en-
tire vote of their states. or vote only
for themselves The former plan gave
the east the majority and headed oil
free silver plank. How il operated
will appear from q single illustration
lew York was entitled TO one hundred
and sixty-civht delegates. but only
LOFTY NrIt PRESENT. it tttEElnilsd
tion OF the question. therefore,
decided whether New York should
cast one hundred and sixty.
eight or forty votes. The western
delegates being present in greater
numbers. would have an immense al.
vantage on the zone delegate, one
vote system The delegates. however,
were permitted to cast the entire vote
of their states. and this prevented any
controversy over the platform The
silver resolution was in favor of 1.-THE
use of both gold And silver maintained
on aperfect parity and nterconvertibil
ity." From a Colorado standpoint
this is '-gold-bug' resolution, mas
much a It ignores the ratio fixed by
nature" upon which the Colorado con
vention insisted. A Denver CORE.
spondcnt says that the action Of the
league has been the most majestic
method Of committing political sui
eide ever known in this section of the
country The western states were