The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
DEMOCRATIC REVOLT.
THE INEVITABLE BREAK COM.
ING.
White Metal Men In Congress Per.
fecting Their Plans.


AS we know our readers want to get
the news we quote the following from
the regular correspondent of the Chi
cago Times.-ED. REP.
Washington, D. d., Feb. 6.-DemO-
Gratis, Republicans, and Populists,-
any and all who have sOul-who wish
to know the future of politics might
better bend heedfuly to what follows:
Ten days ago it was told in these dis
patches that the silver Democrats of
the west and south were organizing
for a silver coup. At the time the
movement, while pronounced, was no
further advanced than the talk stage.
Today it assumes definite form. Men
are being named, their duties are be-
ing assigned to them, programs are
being formulated. Concerned in the
movement are some sixty Of the house
Democrats. They are Of the anti-ad-
ministratlon brand, have free silver
Is to for their password, make their
personal and political homes in the
south and west almost to man. The
leaders, those who have the move
ment most in care, and hand, are
Bryan, Bland, Baily. Whiting, Fifth
ian, McLaurin, MCGUIRE, Cox, and
Boatner. Sibley is in it, and perhaps
the only name east of the Alleghenies
and north Of the Potomac. The other
names hail respectively from Ne
Illinois, South Carolina, California a,
Tennessee, and Louisiana. A fair
sprinkling of bailiwicks fairly dis
persed and scattered. To these one
should add enough free silver names
to swell the whole number to sixty
These sixty names will all-save
Sibley's-need location south and
west of Pennsylvania. Tom Johnson
is expected to lead in the enterprise,
but his absence from congress for the
last two weeks makes it impossible to
speak definitely of him here.
These silver Democrats are not in
rebellion. They are organizing the
issue of their party from the goldbugS
and mugWumps, who by stress Of gold
and those accidents which are ever
possible in the tumble and tumble of
politics, have taken possession of the
quarterback of democracy. In the
confabS and conferences, which 60 for
ward constantly between democrats of
the house embarked in this movement
unanimous agreement exists on one
point. They agree that should the
next convention fall into gOldbug
clutches; should it declare for any
thing short of free silver, Is to 1, and
name anybody but a Democrat who
will abide by and carry out the decla-
ration, they, the silver Democrats,
will bolt the convention in a body,
n0lI Of l,nt Pca
their platform, and name their man
action on the convention, on the con-
tingency named, these men are now
pledged. On the other hand, they
firmly believe that should the forces
of silver have control of the Demo
cratic convention of 96, as they in
tend shall be case, should platform
silver free IL to |, and candidate to
match, be declared for the eastern
gOldbug element-the Cockrans, the
Sperrys, the Harters, the Hendricks,
and the Coon bses-will, in their turn,
bolt. In short, the silver democrats
Of the house who are now organizing
to seize the party and put it on a
straight course for silver, believe that
one of the certain events of the flu
ture is the breaking in two of the
democratic party, with the Alleghan
les as the line of division. Sperry and
Harter and the goldbugs look for this
also. And they, one may pause to say,
are at this writing packing their DO
litical gripsacks to go over to tie Re
publicans.
What is the program of these silver
mutineers? What is it these men in
rebellion to the administration pro-
pose? Their present program is this:
Before congress closes on the 4th of
March these sixty house democrats,
and as many as may wish to join
them, will have made Of themselves
an organization. During the last days
or the present month they will issue
an open letter to the silver men Of the
Democratic party. One should pause
to note that from first to last these
silver Democrats, now painting up for
war, will deal only as Democrats with
Democrats. Should Populists, like
Simpson and Pence and McKeighan, or
Republicans, like Jones and Dubois
and Pettigrew, who profess free silver
as cardinal point of politics, join in
this silver movement, they must join
as Democrats under the flag of the
Democracy. There will be no fusion,
nOUnlng Wnlcn Will permit the claim
now or hereafter that the people in
yolvcd and the party constructed are
anything but the pure Democracy. To
go back to this letter. 1t is intended
to be terse and plain, and brevity will
be it's best feature. Like Sheridan at
Winchester, his rallying cry, in effect
at least. will be: "Come on boys;
we're going back to camp" 1t will re-
cite the condition Of the party, show
its present control as being in favor
OF gold and protective tariff, and gen.
orally display the needs and wisdom
OF the present silver rebellion. 1t
will remind mankind that the Democ-
racy has nothing; can lose nothing in
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey.
and New England. The east is the
enemy with an unbroken front. This
letter will announce four cardinal
propositions. 1t will declare for free
coinage of both gold and silver on
equal terms at ratio Of IS to l. 1t
will also announce, as the fixed policy
of the government, the maintenance
CT that ratio. 1t will declare roundly
against national banks and demand
their wiping out. 1t will declare for
tariff for revenue only without any
special distinctions favOring raw ma
terialS. Last, but not least, it will de-
clare for return to the strict read
ing of the constitution, which reserves
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