The herald., 1895-04-06
SILVER WILL OVERSHADOW
The Tariff Question Secondary
Consideration
What the President of Famous Univ ersity
Has to Say of the Political
Campaign of 90

CINCINNATI. April 5.-"Neither of
the great political parties can afford to
Ignore the silver issue in the next presi
dental campaign. 1t will overshadow
the tariff and cast it into the back
ground. This decisive statement was
made by President Andrews of Brown
University. MI Andrews was one of the
representatives of the United States in
the last monetary conference, and pre-
faced his conversation by this statement:
II was appointed on the committee as
a Democrat but was reared as Repub
lican. l am neither; | vote as | think"
DO you think the Republicans will be
forced to declare for free silver to catch
the Western states?" asked the reporter.
"No, indeed, was the reply, but
they must make some concessions to sill
yer. They must pledge themselves to
strive for an international agreement, or
perhaps even promise more than that |
do not think the time has come for this
country to take the initiative to restore
silver at a given ratio to gold.
There is no use in trying to suppress
the issue in the west, continued the
professor. 1t should be met half way.
Thinking people want bmetallism with
an international agreement if possible,
but they don't believe in waiting for ever.
Neither do / but independent action
should be delayed until all sides point to
an endorsement of our course by other ma
tions.
What would be the result OF free coin
age now?'
THE immediate result would be a tre-
mendous revival of business and restora-
tion of depressed values. Money boarded
in banks would be turned loose. We
should wrest from Europe most of the
trade with silver countries. Our factories
would be worked to their full capacity.
All of our gold would pass to Europe, but
we would not need it. and if our example
be followed by Europe we would never
have any back-set over it, | hear west
ern people talking of the crime of 1873
| don't think any of the mem bers of Con-
gress were criminal in their action, but |
do think they made terrible mistake,
and we have suffered from it ever since"
SALT LAKE. April 5.-A special from
Washington to the Herald says:
In the silver conference today Judge
Sheldon of Connecticut represented to the
conference that there is large element
in his state favorable to silver
The silver leaders will wage an ag-
gressive campaign from this time on.
I'VE are bound to win if we unite,
said Senator Stewart tonight. 1T is
only through division of the silver men
that the gold element hopes to maintain
its supremacy. The impossibility of con
verting the gold leaders of the two old
parties to bimetallism is becoming more
apparent every day. Last year free coin
age Republicans OF the West thought
they had converted Mr.. Reed. Now they
confess his vote for gold bonds has
forced them to give him up. Then they
centered their fond hopes on Mckinley
but now he has deserted them. The skill
of Harrison in phrase making to satisfy
both sides is about exhausted. The fact
is that each party relies upon the miscon.
duct of the other, but there is going to be
another element in the next campaign
for the people are tired OF both the old
parties ana disgusted with their short
comings.
The Inference drawn from Senator Stew
arts interview is that he is unwilling to
trust either of the old parties. even
though their platforms should recognize
the silver sentiment, and that he favors a
third party candidate for 1896.