The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-04-06
INDICATIONS
That Third Party VIII Not BE Or.
ganized.
THE REPUBLICAN, BuREAu,
Penn. Ave. and nth st.

1t is not probable that when the
time comes around for a presiden-
tial campaign Mr.. Siblcy, who has
been named so far In advance by
the Bimetalic League, will take the
field as Il candidate of the silver
men. The silver men desire tot
avoid the necessity of organizing
silver men into the third party,
and much work is being done to
that end. The action of the Bime.
talic League in starting an organi-
zation is not antagonistic to the
general plan of working as far as
possible within the old parties, but
is expected to fit in exactly with
the general scheme. There is an
extraordinary activity among the
silver men at this time, and much
more even than the public conceive
is being done in preparation for
the struggle of 1896. An effort is
being made to reach an understand
ing between the leading silver Re-
publicans and the leading silver
Democrats whereby they will unite
in supporting the candidate of eth
er of the old parties which shall Sc
lect free. coinage man for a can
didate or to bolt from both parties
if they both adhere to the gold
standard policy. They have be.
come convinced that the plan of the
anti-silver men is to practically
abandon all effort to control con-
gress in favor of sound money, and
to devote themselves entirely to
the procuremento of a President who
will stand in the way of silver leg
islation.
Unless the silver men have in
the Fifty-fifth Congress a two
thirds majority in both houses an
anti>silver Executive can as effect
ually prevent silver legislation, as
could Il majority of gold money
men in Congress. Recognizing
this situation the silver men pro-
pose to begin now the fight to Sc
cure the next President. 1t is un-
derstood among the leaders that
they are not to be influenced by
their party associations to support
any candidate whose position on
this question is not entirely salts.
factory to them.
A great many informal confer
ences which have been held led ia
this determination, and the first
manifestation of the firmness of the
Republican silver men will be when
it comes to reorganize the commit.
tees of the Senate. If it were nee
essary in order TO accomplish what
they want in this reorganization, II
is believed that they would ignore
entirely the Republican party and
associate themselves with silver
men of any party to effect the re.
organization. 1t is not believed
however, that such course will bt
necessary, since the anti-silver Re
publicans will probably be inclined
to satisfy their demands.
If the silver leaders can accomp
lish an effective understanding
among their people, they will prob
ably devote their efforts to the ac
complishment Of what is desired
through the medium of the oil
party conventions, one or the other
If both the old parties fail to fully
recognize the silver sentiment botl
in the platform and nomination
there are two courses which it i
proposed to pursue. One is to Sc
lect as a silver candidate on an in
dependent ticket some free coinag
man who is both prominent and in
fuential in one of the old partie
and who has not heretofore gon
off on any side issue or been sus
pected of weakness or loyalty t
his party. The other proposition
to name no candidate, but to vOt
for independent electors in eac
State pledged on assembling in tn
Electoral College to vote for som
, man for President who can be re
lied upon to loyalty support tn
cause of the free coinage of silve
1 at n ratio of 1G to 1. In some state
f these independent electors migf
j. he chosen by Republican votes an
). in others by Democratic votes, bl
d all would finally unite on Il FIRE
8 coinage man for President.
1t is said that the silver men wi
!. not be satisfied with the nomin'
tiol of either Reed, Mckinley, Ha
a rison, Allison or Whitney.
.
On THE eve of what had prom
:, ised to be one of the greatest poll
zeal battles witnessed for years
the Senate arena, the Plat force
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