Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07
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ing judgment.
went down to Washington short
time ago, and while there interviewed
democratic senator who has been a
prominent figure in public life for over
a quarter Of century. He is an OPP
ponent of Cleveland and the "Wall
street wing of the party" as he chose
to term it. His sympathies are with
pro- silver men, and he has not hesita-
! ted to take the floor and define his posi-
ton when eXtigencies requiring such
action arose. We discussed the iinan-
cial question, pro and con, for two
hours.
Naturally enough, the conversation
led up to the realIgnment Of parties in
the next presidential campaign, and his
words have set me thinking. | am
pledged not to mention his name. for
the political managers of his state are
not in symrathy with his ideas, and the
bravest senator nowadays moves eau
tiously when his opinions clash with
those of the men who make senator's.
After exhaustively reviewing the diff
ferent phases of the financial question
and the shilly-shally policy OF his party
he concluded about as follows 1.-THE
democratic party is divided into two
hostile camps-single standard men
and bimetallists, with the advan
tage of numbers held by the latter. The
same state OF affairs exist in the repub-
lican ranks. only the gold men are in
a 10,
will overshadow the tariff i'm the next
campaign. OF that, in my mind, there
is no doubt The west and the south
is for silver. If the policy of the east
is enforced it means the absolute de-
mOnctization of the white metal and
poverty and distress as a resultant for
those beyond the Alleghanies. The
first law OF nature will demand an ALI
ance, offensive and defensive, between
the west and the south. You know
tie panty lines are down In this country
Euw and, such a combination Of litter
est8 can easily be effected. ! DO not
think | am violating confidence when
tell you that such Il movement IL al
ready on foot. A conference will soon
be held between republicans and demo
Gratis who are pro-silver. reinforced by
the moderate populists. We cannot
afford to touch any Of the wild men
from Boreno' who have been sent to
Washington OH the tidal wave OF indig-
nation which year or two ago swept
over the west, but there arc men in the
populistsc movement today who sought
it as the only refuge from the tyranny
Of Threadneedle street, London, and
Wall street, New York, and this new
party OF bimetallists would at once at
tract their support. Do you not see
the great possibility befoee such par
ty? Let me give you some figures
they will make it 50 plain that he who
runs may read. With the possible ex-
ception of my own state. the south Is
solid for silver, and of course the west
is a unit in its favor. That means $50
ELECTORAL votes, providing that the
candidate for The presidencH is man
who will command the confidence OF
the country. With an earnest, aggres-
sive western silver man, former re-
publican for president, and good
southern democrat for vice president,
with platform friendly to silver and
and free from extreme populistic her
sies-why, my boy, the ticket would
sweep the country. Wall street is
forcing the issue. We will meet it and
we will win," and the statesman's face
glowed with the enthusiasm born OF a
firm belief as he ended the CONVERSE
ton.
In New York the other day / took
part i'm a conversation with two men
who have figured largely in democrat
ic politics, and. strange as it may seem,
their opinions conceded with the sena-
tor. The feeling is in the air that
Cleveland's financial policy, or want OF
policy, hrs led to a hopeless division OF
the democratic party, and that another
presidential contest with the party
lines drawn as in 1892 is impossible.
Every democratic politician whose
opinion is worthy of consideration
seems to have his eyes turned westward
Who will be the Lochinvar that will
essay to carry off the presidential
bride?
Now, what will the republicans do?
Leaving out the financial question Is 1t
not the duty of the republican party to
save the nation from the control 81 to
democracy, or It's probable ssccosoT,