The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-28
OFFICE OF THE
AMERICAN BIMETALLIC LEAGUE,
SUN BUILDING


John c. III ,nderson, Esq. Butte. Montpnd.
DEAR SIR have read with great pleasure
your article on silver In the March number OF
Rhodes Journal Of Banking. IL is most valu-
able paper and represents the question In the
strongest possible light. / congratulate and
thank you for your contribution
l have just seen your letter of March 10th, TO
General Warner. The plan OF the silver repub-
licans suggested In your letter is not new. IL
has been suggested previous to every presiden-
tial election for many years but has never ma
teralizcd and never will produce any practical
result. Delegations which go to the national
convention Will be absorbed as they always have
been. They will stay with the party from which
they are receiving or expect to receive benefits
and they will find reason for remaining where
they will do the most good to the gold party.
All that the republican party desires is major
ity OF gold men In Its conventions and in con-
gress A silver minority is useful to induce
the voters TO stay with the gold parties. Both
of the old parties desire large silver minoritieS
for the purpose OF influencing votes and decoy-
ing them into the gold parties. At the election
OF 1892 n million or more OF voters stayed away
from the polls and another million voted for
Mr. Weaver and the Omaha platform, although
that platform contained many thing TO which
they could not subscribe. IL the Dlmetallists
had put candidate in the field in 1892 with
such platform as has been promulgated
by the bimetalllc party they would
At the last election the populist party poled
about one million six hundred thousand votes,
and from three to four millions stayed away
from the polls IL was called landslide for the
republicans, but the number .of votes east for
that party fell far short OF the vote of 1892
1 he people would not vote because there was
no party in the field advocating their principles.
The necessity OF the cause has long been dis
tinct party issue with "A representative OF that
issue. The bimetallic party has presented the
issue and suggested a candidate who represents
the principles OF the party more fully than any
other known man. His record may be searched
from boyhood until now and nothing will be
found to repel votes. On the contrary, much
will be found to attract to him all good citizens
who are willing to engage In campaign to lib
crate this country from the rule oil gold mo-
nopoly. The trouble Is and has been that we
had no silver party.
II the silver states OF the West had been for
silver, first. last and all the time, silver would
have beeu remonetized years ago. But the
trouble has been. they we're for party first and
silver afterwards. IL the West could have been
Parnellized II would have had the balance Of
power and could have forced action, but at
every critical moment party ties have been suf-
hcientiy strong to induce silver men to vote for
everything that tn, gold party wanted, and tn en-
TO be rewarded by the unanimous vote of the
gold party for the gold combination. The re-
publican party In both houses OF congress, eX-
cept "A few stragglers from the silver states
stood by Cleveland during the long days of
the extra session. They endorsed his gold pol
Icy during the last session OF congress and Mr.
Reed, who had been coqueting with silver men,
voted for five hundred million dollars OF gold
bonds for the purpose of driving the last spike
In the coffin OF the silver cause. lie would have
been glad TO convert all the obligations of this
country from contracts payable In either gold
or silver, to contracts payable in gold alone. IL
Is time that the people of the mining states
were undeceived. have been surprised at the
facility with which silver men representing
mining states would bite at gold hook and it
appears from your letter that they are again
nibbling at the hook. Take my word for IL. they
will swallow it and be caught in the end. Yours
truly. WM. NJ. STEWART.