The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
THE new SILVER PARTY.
HOW 1T is TO BE ORGANIZED
In MINNESOTA.
The Play of Hamlet With the Part
OF Hamlet Left Out,-By Re-
quest of the MOney-POwer.
We want our friends to read the fol-

We want our friends to read the fol-
lowing:
Washington Special to st. Paul Globe:
The new silver party has been the
principal topic Of interest at the ma
tional capital since the adjournment
Of Congress, and, unless all signs fail,
this movement will continue to excite
interest for some time to come. AL
though some of the leaders are what
may be termed s'back-number poll
ticians." there are are a great many
men who are in it as a purely business
proposition. They are mostly silver
producers, naturally enough. but they
have money and they are going to use
it in preparing and planning the cam
paign of 1896. Ex-Congressman Sib-
ley, the presidential candidate to be,
is very wealthy, and, while in some re-
spects he is regarded as a good deal of
a crank, he is a mar who has never
concealed his position on anything.
He is dreadfully in earnest about this
silver movement. At the present
time he is spending almost all of his
IL III COAlCICACO V1UAA lilo
but when asked by the Globe cores
pendent for his opinion regarding the
prospects of his party, he said:
care we going to win? OF course
we are. Nothing can prevent our sue
cess next year. The people Of all sec
tions are going to be aroused as they
have not been since the time of jack
co., Trlo r. - oo11ol c;1uar ctofoc q 70
with us now, as we'll as a good part of
the South, and even in the East we
have a surprising following, not
enough. perhaps, to carry any state
now, but we are preparing for a cam
paign that will reach every citizen of
the republic. 1t has already COM
menced, and it will be kept up until
the polls close on election day in 1896"
Although, as will be seen by the in
terview of Mr.. Sibley, he is not only in
earnest. but enthusiastic, he in no
wise differs from his co-laborers. One
of the most prominent of these, at
least when it to the matter of
raising a campaign fund, is Byron e.
Shearer of Denver. Ten years ago
Mr.. Shearer was a poor young lawyer,
in a Colorado mining camp. He
dropped law and commenced dabbling
in mining property, and now he is
worth many millions.
In the last election in Colorado he
vas the Populist choice for United
States Senator against Senator VOL.
colt, but as they were in the minority
he failed to get the seat. He is not
much disappointed, strange to say, be.
cause as a silver man he thinks VOL
colt will do about as he would. VOL
colt is a mine owner, thoroughly de
voted to the white metal, more deYOt
ed to it than he is to the Republican
| party, and so Mr.. Shearer is satisfied
, From a close friend of Mr.. Shearel
comes the story that in Senator Tel
, ler's last contest it was one other
l than Shearer who furnish acc the
money to make the winning fight. HI
did it because he thought that Sena
I tor Teller could accomplish more than
any other man in Colorado for silver
.. 1t was simply a business proposition
5 with him as it is with the protected
manufacturer who contributes to thu
Republican campaign fund in Penn
; sylvania, but this Silver party has an,
h number of men like Shearer, and the,
: are going to give the country the live
liest kind of a campaign during thu
next Is months. A rapid business re
f vival will annihilate the movemen
t and for this the Republican leader
who have been working and votin,
against legislation that would help re
store confidence are now praying an(
praying more earnestly than ever be
fore. In the event that the monetar
conference results in nothing the mex
session of Congress will witness a Re
publican split IN the silver question
that will discount the Democratic dis
agreement in the last Congress on tina
question.
G In the senate not only will the Re
! publicans be divided, but they will b
engaged in one Of the most bitter in
t the party. Teller, Walcott, Dubois
Mitchell and others agree perfectly O
|, this question with Senator Jones, Q
Nevada, the acknowledged leader Q
n the new silver party: and if the East
ern Republicans press them too har
y there is a great probability that the
; will all stand togetherin the campaig
of next year.. The nomination {
. "Tom'' Reed would certainly lead t
this split.
= The leaders of the silver party ar
very careful to have it understoO
= that they are not Populists, and tina
= they are not carrying a load of "isms.
~ They want Populist votes, Of course
= as they want Republican and demo
. cratic votes, but they will steer clea
of government ownership Of railroad
and all such schemes as set forth i
the Ocala and Omaha declarations Q
0 principles. For this reason the leaG
IS ers of the Populists are not making
wild rush for the new party. The
-. have the reins of their present organ
Y cation and are just a little afraid tina
i someone else will succeed to the pos
) tion in the new party.
e Senators Stewart and Jones, of NJ
vada, have in the past year or NOR
II been regarded as Populists by the pull
u lie generally, but they have neve
u called themselves Populists. On tn
le contrary, in the past two campaign
e in Nevada they have worked for tn
election of candidates nominated b
the Silver party. BY this party Cor
gresham f. G.. NewlandS has bee
twice elected to the lower house, an
=. it has controlled the Legislature 70
: three years in that state, and tw
J. years ago elected Mr., Stewart again t
d the senate. In both campaigns tn
Populists, Republicans and Democrat
have placed tickets in the field agains
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