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WAsnuoToN. d. c.. Aug. 17.-The
conference Of silver Democrats enlfv-
ened Warrington somewhat during the
/ past week and ezve the people some
fhing to talk about. There are only
very few sympathissrs with the silver
movement In Washington. Ths COM
munity of the national capital. when
not controlled BY Eastern sentiment, =
domina*sd BY the influence Of tbs
administration. The high ofAcials Of
the government pretended indifference
or contempt for the gathering Of silver
Democrats. but, - matter OF fact,
they kspt Close watch on the proceed.
ines and secretly admitted that the
ea3hsring contained many influential,
feprseenfattve men, and that the move
ment bade fair to b important IN the
future. It has been acknowledged that
lack Of organization was The chief
weakness Of tie silver men. The most
bdeoted advocate Of The singls gold
Standard scarcely ventures to assert that
there y not an overwhelming majority
| of ths Democratic party friendly to, u
| not downright In favor Of tie free
coinage Of silver. But with the
adminigtration - . nucleus Of 0rgAniE-
a4ion, with once holders scattered
| thr0ughout every community IN the
| United States, tie minority friendly TO
tie Gingle eold standard usually had
the upper hard when the paytisans Of
The two metals came into conflict. Il h
Mo . small trained and disciplined
army Aghttns . BIZ: unwieldy and
tss Vsr nsa m00 pro1.d Wa for - sSe
r. rscsos al conference nee vii hs7s the be easct Of
masshaling the silver men together
states and territories. The compact
between The members Of the recent con.
ference was that TIE silver tight should
b carried on exclusively within the
Democratic party, that every e6Ort
should be made to win control Of the
party organisation. That only tried
and true friends of silver should be
nominated for once, or elected DELE
gates TO conventions. Particular pains
win be taken to get control Of the party
machinery in tho different states, and
with thiG object IN view every silver
Democrat viii be urged to attend every
party ceucus. conference. primary and
convention, and 80 to Il that the
sentiment Of the majority controls. The
national committeeman for each state
= 10 appoint . state committee, Con-
grsosionsl committees, and county COM
mittees. Silver literature VIII be
systematically Distributed among the
voters and The grand effort Of the enter
prise win Be to send delegates enough
70 IT, next national convention to give
the advocates Of silver coinage control
Of that body. The members Of the
executive committee having control Of
the organization. while Ill earnest free
coinage men, are, In the main,
moderate and conservative and by NO
means slaves Of one idea. They believe
that the Democratic party stands for ,
good deal moro than . reform Of the
currency system, and that. while that
y vital and prominent plank In the
platform, other great questions and
other great issues must not be lost sight
| Of.
The delegates to the recent conference
were not Of the noisy, shouting, sing
ing, hysterical kind that sometimes
make themselves conspicuous in popular
movements. Singing. shouting and
denunciation are always observable In
gatherings Of Populists. and were also
noticeable In meetingsof the old Green.
back party. The Republicans In states
like Iowa, Kansas and the western
reserve Of Ohio, where fanaticism u
prevalent, also take to singing and tC
frequent display Of horrible examples Of
object lessons. The silver movement
within the Democratic party, however
u Of more substantial sort and builded
on more solid foundations.
The men conspicuous and prominent
In the movement are earnest and
digni6edly stubborn, but are not Of the
genuine crank or fanatic kind, ~ Wall
street would like to have tho country
believe. Isham g. Harris h q states
man Of the practical kind. He has
mover been identified with fads, freaks
or isms. He has been in public life q
long time and enjoys to most hatter-
ing degree the absolute confidence OF q
great state, and Il considered by his
colleagues In the United Stateo Senate
- one Of the most clear headed, quick
witted, astute statesmen In that body.
James X. Jones, Of Arkansas, Il .
robust partisan. He takes high rank In
tbs Senate. He b too amiable to be
always effective. have always thought
tha* his aniiability caused him to yield
too much to the little clique who were
trying to destroy the tariff bill when
that measure was before the Senate in
the Last Congress and Jones was one Of
the men in charge Of It. The integrity
Of the Arkansas Senator Is beyond Ques-
ton. Like Harris, he has long been In
public life-of course. not ~ long as
Harris, ~ am inclined to think that
Harris Is perhaps the ranking public
functionary in years and experience
now in the service Of his country.
Jones, however, has had long experience
In the House Of Representatives, and
was . member Of the ways and means
committee by appointment Of Speaker
John g. Carlisle when he was
transferred to the Senate. No man In
his proper senses would think Of calling
Jones . fanatic or . dreamer, and
career would believe he would advocate
. movement fraught with danger or
disaster to the people Of his country.
David Turpie, Of Indiana, is .
doctrinaire. student. . philosopher.
He n mot - practical . statesman ~
either Jones or Harris. but IL capable Of
going deeper into . subject than either
Of them and 20 perhaps TO more