The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-22
THEY ARE IN BUTTE
General Warner and Joe Sibley,
Silver's Firm Friends.
WILL-ADDRESS THE PEOPLE
What the Pennsylvania Statesman
Says and How Plainly He
Says Resentment Grow
ing In the East.

ex-Congressman Joseph Sibley. the dis
tinguished free silver advocates, ar
rived in the city tonight from Spokane
and will probably address the people
of lButtblat the opera house tomorrow
night They were met at the depot by
a committee of the chamber Of COM
merce composed of Edwin b. Howell,
John Caplice and David J. Charles
and escorted to the McDermott hotel
General Warner. who is accompanied
by Mrs. Warner. was very much ia
tfgued by the journey and Immediately
retired to his room. but Mr.. Sibiey
gave up few moments of his time to
an interview with a Standard reporter.
In reply to the natural question as
to how he found the general sentiment
on the silver question. he said: I'm the
West and South. of course. you know
that the people are for the peoples
money, and in the East. outside OF the
big cities, IL is the same way. 1t is
spreading like prairie fire. The great
est change that you can imagine Is
going on In New York"
Mr.. Sibley then named a number OF
prominent manufacturers. bankers and
business men of Philadelphia and New
York who have very recently declared
in favor of free silver. some OF them
having been. until very short time
ago. most bitter monometallists. This
active movement for free silver start
ed less than 30 days ago. and yet in
that short time the states of Michigan
and Illinois have been turned bottom
side up and Indiana Is nearly so. We
are also sure of Kansas and Nebraska.
There Is tremendous upheaval among
the people. You never saw anything
like 1t. An evidence of the way the
people are stirred up on this question
was given at Colfax, Wash, where we
spoke few days ago. Farmers came
for 40 miles to hear us and the town
was crowded. After the speeches,
which were made In big open place,
some one in the audience got up and
asked that every one present, who
would vote for free silver independent
OF, all parties, should rise to his feet,
and the whole mass of people, men and
women. arose and cheered. General
Warner said he saw two men who did
not get up. 1t is the same everywhere
we have been. The people are arousd.
I'VE are satisfied how the people
stand on the question In this part of
| the country. and / think we should not
spend another day In the West. You
people OF Montana and other Western
states should come East and talk bi-
| metallism to us. In the East, where
| we have the gold power to fight. is
where the work must be done. An
| other thing the people OF Montana
should do Is to instruct the men whom
| they send to the political conventions
| that they must insist on free silver
or nothing. That is where the Salt
Lake conference made a mistake That
| conference should have declared that
| the people had been deceived often
| enough by meaningless declarations on
| the silver question. and that they
| would have no more of Ii, but would
| insist on an unequivocal declaration for
the free coinage of silver at ratio of
| is to l."
| II believe that the easiest and short
| est way for the solution of the silver
| question Is for the republicans to NOM
| mate Mr. Cameron for president. That
would settle IL. The republicans have
| got the call, but IL the democrats NOM
mate a free silver man and the repub-
licans don't, l am not so sure of the
| result. The democrats would be very
Ts'Do you think Cameron would be the
strongest MANI" Mr.. Caplice asked.
n HE would be the strongest man that
/ the republicans could select, replied Mr..
Sibley. HE would carry PENNSYLVANIA
by a majority of a quarter of a million.
| There Is no doubt about IT."
Mr. Sibley is in favor of Independent
| action on the part of the United States.
'In 1776." he said. 100000 of people,
despite Great Britain. adopted the deci-
NAL system, and now 70.o0o.000 of their
4
ent action on this silver question, but
must bow with their ears TO the ground
and listen for a sound from England
before they dare to act IL is humili-
ating."
The reporter asked for Mr.. Sibley's
opinion on Carlisle's speech which he
delivered In the South yesterday. ut
was most pitiful effort" he said, II
used to say that Carlisle could think
like an archangie. but that his per-
formances were much lower. After
read his speech changed my opinion
of him. His thoughts are not above
his performances. The speech is full
of foolish and ridiculous statements
but think / shall answer II tomorrow
night"
Mr.. Sibley paid a handsome tribute
to the work of General Warner and
Senator Jones and other workers In the
cause OF silver. and said that Warner
and Jones knew the financial question
better than any other two men on
earth. Mr.. Sibley u very pleasing
conversationalist and y very agreeable
man to meet. General Warner and Mr.
Sibley will address the people at the
opera house TOMORROW, Wednesday
evening, although owing 10 the late
ness of the hour definite arrangements
could not be made. hut there Is little
doubt that the opera house WIN be Sc