The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-29
mot A PENNY"


From the Minneapolis Penny Press.
1t has been the general belief and oft
assertion of anti-silver men that the
great mine owners of the country we're
furnishing and would in the future fur
nish large sums of money to carry on
a campaign in favor of the free coinage
of silver. We quote from therChicago
Inter Ocean the following interview CIV
en- by Mr.. w. H. Harvey, the author of
Coins Financial School, in answer to
made: =. SIS .a4 81.
while Mr.. W. H. Harvey sat chatting
with a group of gentlemen in the 1lli-
nois Club Friday night, after his debate
with Prof. Laughlin, this report was re-
ferred to and it was jokingly asked
how much Coin" expected to get out of
the silver fund.- Said Mr.. Harvey:
mot a penny. That is good story
for my friend the professor to use, and it
may be true the gentlemen gathered at
Salt Lake talked of raising $250,0O0 a
month, but they could not raise one
hundredth part of that sum for cam
paign. It is natural for men who have
little to talk about the use of money in a
campaign"
But where are your rich silver min
ers of Colorado? They ought to sub
scribe literally" remarked one of the
club men.
'The silver miners are like the gold
miners. They are bullion men and
bankers. Their banking interests out
weigh their silver interests, and they
are with my friend the professor, on the
other side, when it comes to giving
money. Here is letter received by a
gentleman in Chicago today from Mr.. C.
F. Thomas of Denver. It was handed to
me this afternoon to look at. Mr.. Thorn
as is chairman of the Democratic state
committee In reference to Just such a
scheme as that proposed at Salt Lake
Mr.. Thomas says" said Mr.. Harvey,
reading from the letter:
$50 far as your plan is concerned, it
is a most excellent one, but there is no
probability that 5000 per month or any
other sum will be raised or paid for that
purpose among our people. Indeed, 1
have resolved to ask for no more contri-
buttons for the cause, since most of those
who can give bluntly and almost rudely
refuse to do so, while those who cannot
give need not be troubled with needless
opportunities I endeavored last fall to
raise some money for the Ohio cam
paign, and succeeded in getting some
where about $500. This was the best
that could do. The Chamber of Com
merce is spending some money in the
circulation of Harvey's books, and that
is certainly we'll spent about 500 4
month, said Mr.. Harved parenthetically)
"It proposes to continue this during the
summer, and few Democrats here have
quietly resolved to 10 something for the
party in Illinois in the event it's conven-
ton of June comes out unequivoca1y
for free coinage. It is needless, how
ever, to look for any financial aid from
Colorado at present. do not believe
that $500 could be raised among our peo-
pie, if Bland and Bryan, coupled with
Teller and Wolcott, were to make a per-
sonal appeal to mine owners for that
amount
Now that win show you how difficult
it is to raise money for the silver cause
in what is called by gold men the center
of the silver sentiment"
"How do you account for such lack OF
INTEREST,""
cit is very simple. AS said, the bull
lion men are bankers, and they are in
reality with the bankers of the east on
this question. They may talk silver at
home to be with the people, but they are
not putting up any money for the cause.
They are today buying up Denver. and
they have already gathered in good
share of it since the hard times began.
They are prospecting by this depres-
sion."