The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-05-08
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.
Silver Will Be the Leading
Question.
so SAYS EX-SENATOR MARTIN
senator CullOm Thinks This Country
Cannot Give Both Metals an
Equal Chance.

DAN GhANClSCO, may l.-G0- " uASCN
States Senator John Martin, of Topeka,
who has been for many years an interest
ing figure in Kansas politics, arrived in
this city yesterday. Senator Martin has
come out here in the interests of the
Hudson Reservoir & Canal Company, of
Arizona, of which he is president, and of
the Central Arizona railway. The sena
tor, who is democrat, speaks in no un-
certain way on the silver question. BE
said:
"There cannot be the slightest doubt
of silver being the leading question in
the next campaign. Can you imagine
any other question of Importance? The
tariff is out of the way. If the republi-
cans get control of the next administra-
tion there may be little revision of the
tariff, but nothing essential. They can't
fight a campaign on the foreign policy.
That is question that could not become
of Importance except in time of war.
Having these questions out of the way,
and having no local issues that can di-
vide the parties, there is no question
left except the silver question.
''The republican party will do as it al
ways has done, adopt platform that
can be read both ways, and nominate q
man to fitit. In the democratic conven-
tion they are going to have row. The
party is now practically in regard to the
silver question, just in the position it
was in 1850 in regard to slavery. Two
thirds of the members of the convention
or more will be composed of silver men,
and it will adopt platform in favor OF
the free coinage of that metal at a ratio
of Is to 1 and will nominate man in
sympathy with that platform, but not
Mr.. Cleveland. He has been honest and
fair and consistent with all his preaching.
He never was silver man.
''In case the democrats and republi-
cans both adopt platforms and make
nominations in favor of gold, there will
be some sort of independent movement
something like this Sibley movement
for silver and silver only. believe the
populists will indorse it and lay aside for
the time their other causes.
eff the democratic party does not
adopt platform in favor of the free
coinage of silver, it will not carry single
state in the Union. Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, told me lately that on any
other sort of platform the democrats
would be swamped by the populists,
even in that state. Senator Harris told
me the same thing of Tennessee, and
Cooper of Georgia and Daniel OF Vir-
GINA"
Men OF All Parties Join 1t in Kansas
City.
KANSAS CRY, May 7.-At a meeting
held at the Coates house the first steps
were taken for organizing free silver
league in this city. The organization is
to be educational in its nature, and to
have for it's exclusive purpose the restor-
alton of silver to its old place on basis
of Is to 1. It will be strictly nonparti-
san. At the meeting were professional
men, capitalists, wholesalers, manufac-
turers and retailers, men widely differ
ing politically on other questions. A
committee to prepare plan of organiza-
tion was appointed. A suggestion that
the organization become a member oI
the Bimetalllc League was referred tc
the committee for consideration.
In the syndicate's Hands.