The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-11
"THE SILVER CRAZE"

From the Minneapolis Penny Press.
Those "dyspeptic editors" who have
been whining and snarling against obi
metallism" for the past six months, and
proclaiming to the world that "the sill
yer craze had nearly died out" and
yards and yards of other similar "rot''
evolved entirely from the innermost
consciousness of the editor himself,
and not from any facts or figures gained
from truthful information-the present
news information daily received from the
Capitol of the Nation must be of an he
roic character!
The very first thing that "Old Bill
Chandler" did when he got into the SEN
ate, was to introduce "a free coinage
bill" "Old Bill is not the fool that the
editor of the Tribune takes him to be-
he knows darn sight better than to in
troduce a free coinage bill-pure and
simple. He therefore automatically
attaches the words "to go into effect
simultaneously with similar legislation
to be enacted by England, France, and
Germany" Never mind! When "Old
Bill' gets that "silver bill' before the
senate he will forget all about England,
France and Germany.
The next news these dyspetic editors
get, who have been "hired to lie'' about
the true sentiment of the country con-
corning bi-metallism, is the fact that
the United States Senate has agreed
with the "silver senator's in the or
ganization of the upper house of con-
gress, that those gentlemen shall have a
majority of the finance committee
the identical and special committee
which will have charge of "Old Bill
Chambers free coinage bill" Of course
these dyspetic editors will try to crawl
out of the true situation, and explain it
upon the ground, that this concession on
the part of the senate advocates of free
coinage is only a means to an end.
They will promptly charge the United
States Senate with being dishonest in the
makeup of the committees-to whom
must be relegated for proper formula
ton of all legislation. We do not believe
that the senate would be desperate
enough to commit any such crime. The
facts are that the senate of the United
States today contains a majority of men
who thoroughly believe in the doctrine
of "bi-metallism.'' The question of
going it alone" is the only one which
deters them from joining the ranks of
Stewart, Allan and Others
This morning we have the added infor-
nation that even the Hon. Michael H.
De Young, editor and proprietor of the
San Francisco Chronicle, member of the
National Republican committee-one of
Cal:fornia's most enterprising business
men-now gives out "in cold blood the
opinion that the Republican party will
have mo walk-over" next year. for the
simple reason that the Democratic party
will advocate free coinage, nominate a
candidate upon that platform who be-
lieves what he says, and that when the
Democratic states, which naturally go
Democratic in a presidential year be
combined with the twenty Republican
states, which are in favor of "free coin
age the total electoral vote from those
several states VIII make the fight mighty
interesting for the Republican party.
We started in. however, to call the at
tention Of the public to the fact that ''the
silver craze is undoubtedly dying OUT
in the minds eye of the dyspeptic edi-
tor!