New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-07
IT U1NTS 4 SILVER MN.
SENATOR SHOUP THINKS HE VOICES THE SENTI-
MENT or THE WHOLE WEST AS TO
pprSIDI-NTIA +. CANDIDATES.

MENT or THE WHOLE WEST AS TO
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
! Senator George l.. Shoup of Idaho was AT tho
I Fifth Avenue Hotel recently. Senator Shoup had
/ Just come from the West. where he passed
through one of the deadlock Senatorial elections
that seem to have become popular out there His
7 opponent was Willis Sweet. member of Congress
from Idaho The deadlock was finally broken. but
not until after a hot fight. Mr. ShOup said about
It: There were certain Clements and compli-
| cations that entered into my last election that
made the fight long drawn-out one. know.
however that no bad feeling entered into the affair.
Mr.. Swee; is in town to-day, ana, as ne termed II.
it a friendly fight.
Referring to the condition Of affairs In Idaho.
! Mr.. Shoup said: THE West is in no worse straits
/ than the East. To be sure the unfavoraO!e action
/ toward silver has hurt us. bat We have other in
dustres The people are becoming sclf-reiant and
turning their hands TO farming ana cattle
/ raising Wheat sold higher in Idaho last year than
any place In the United States. That fact Is eX-
planned when ii is known that the export ana I'M
port business of the State is very light The people
raise much they consume ana manage 10
maintain fair price. As to the silver mines. there
are very few being worked. We have in Idaho
| and Colorado what are known double min
eral mines That is, mines that produce silver
and lead silver and gold. Take the silver ana
lead mines. 1t IS more remunerativc to work the
mines for the lead than for the silver. In the
/
enough to justify the working of the mine. Most
of these double mineral mines are being worked.
but the others lying idle"
Mr.. Shoup does not favor the new bimetailic
party that recently organized He said y
ardent Republican. protectionisi. and a
silver man. | think too much Of my party to
desert ii for chimera. and consider silver party
at the present time ch!mercal idea. The feeling
toward silver is growing all over the country and
will he manifest at the proper time in the proper
enough strength now 10 form the nucleus OF a
National silver party. The leaders are not gong
standard until they can show cause. The old par
ties Will look after silver. ami AT the right time
Il see that international monetary conference
is to be held The idea is all right, but do not
time is not ripe yet. England will block any effort
favorable to silver have always cGntendeI that
ratio OF sixteen to on her own responsibility
than there was when that ratio was in effect.
But any CongreSsional legislation TO that eh,ct
ply wait The time will come when the results
can be accurately determined"
sible effect on the next National election. Senator
Shoup said: IF the Democrats nominate man
who is favorable to silver We vii! lose many state
that we would carry otherwise II the Republi'anS
nomn ate o mon ThG viii Ii as silver
In talking of men who are mentioned az possible
Gandaes ,s N 1885, Sena9r Ss9gp
time that Is to elapse before the National Conven-
may bring to the front who viii Ice strong
candidates As FOR Mr. Reed. Will say that his
utterances In the past relative to silver have not
been satisfactory to the West. He must be- more
explicit than he has been heretofore. The West
don't whether 1t IS an Eastern man. a man
from the Central States. or Western man VINO
gets the nomination in 1896 All they ask IS that u"
must be friendly to silver
Senator Shoup concerning live foreign poIcy,
said: II agree largely with what senators FRY"
and Cullom have said about foreign policy. We
want understan Hing that Will prevent any NOR"
firing on ships We want Hawaii or at least
ought TO have protecioratc over her that would
first step and in favor Of f. Then there IS the
Nicaragua Canal We don't want any European
Power controlling waterway on our continent. Let
England hold Suez. but keep away from Nicaragua
As for cube. ! am in doubt. Her people are rost-
less turbulent and entirely different from our p"o
pie. But II 1t is necessary. then ! favor taking
Cuba. and while at II take in san DO
m,ngo and all the Islands that lic around oar
shores. | done mean by conquest, but am
sure that any all IL these islands would
need no cOaxing 10 agree TO annexation Thcn there
IS Canada. The manifest destiny OF Canada IS 70
join the United states II she oyer applies for all
mission. and believe she Will then l am in favor
OF taking her in.
Senator shoup asked about Mckinley. Hart
son and Allison candidates that would SAT- tho
West. He said cvasivcly that the West dii not s''
any person IN the field Just now among th"s" men
toned as possible nominees who were satisfactory.
They wcrc all gold bugs" and the West was
waiting to see a candidate come TO the front;