The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-22
DENOUNCED BY sILvERlTEs.
Strong Expression of Antagonism
Toward the Attempt to Boom
Sibley for President.
STRADDLING THE NATIONAL
BANK QUESTION.
California Free Coinage Men Array
Themselves On a Separate Plat.
form. Saying That Warner
Is Allied With the Ma.
tiOnal Banks.

San Francisco, May 15.-Instead OF
great results for free coinage, the
visit to California of A. J. Warner, Of
Ohio, head of the American bimetallic
party, and Congressman Sibley, Of
Pennsylvania, named by that organiz-
alton for president in 1896, has appar-
emily been productive of the opposite
effect. The trouble was caused by the
attempt of Gen. Warner and several
congressman, enthusiastic for the re-
monetization of silver to make Sibley
the presidential candidate Of the
white metal party in the next cam
paign.
The expressions of antagonism to-
wards Gen. Warmers booming of Mr..
Sibley were so many and loud that a
meeting of the executive committee
was called at Los Angeles last Satur-
day afternoon. The entire matter
was submitted to committee Of five
to report upon it. The report which
has been prepared characterizes the
members of the Sibley caucus as "per-
sons claiming the right to dictate the
party nomination for president Of the
United States," and seeking a divis-
ion of the bimetallic party by a
wrongful use of party machinery to
force Endorsement of the said candi-
date, regardless of the wishes of 9TH
ers in the party, as to what the issues
should be when appealing from the
money power to the intelligence OF
the American people"
It plainly insinuates that the War
ner-Sibley plan Of advocating silver is
dishonest, and says Mr.. Sibley's adher-
ents are 'evading a vital ISSUE" The
following excerpt is an indication of
its tone:
"They straddle the national bank
question by pretending to give the
general government the exclusive
control over the issue and volume OF
paper money, while the truth is their
platform can be fully complied with
by leaving the issue and volume of pa
per money wholly in the hands of the
national banks. They attempt to
lead the people into the belief that
they who are urging Mr.. Sibley for the
presidency are opposed to government
partnership with the national bank
Ing institutions that control the Cir
culating mediums at the pleasure of
their former stockholders" The
committee, therefore, recommended
the adoption of some plainly worded
resolutions, condemning Gen. Warner
and Mr.. Sibley, appealing to sister So
fornia league, to protest against the
caucus method, and calling for a ma
tional convention Of state leagues to
meet at St. Louis March Is, 1896, to
nominate candidates for president
and vice president.
The resolution charges Warner, as
chairman of 'self-styled national
executive committee" with "estab-
fishing rival organizations in this city
and other states to force the favOrite
OF the same condemned caucus upon
the American people," 1t alleges
that the California organization pro-
poses to move hence-forth independ-
emily Of Gen. Warner and the nation.
al party, and it will do it's utmost to
bring abouta national convention of
its own in ST. Louis next March,
which 1t hopes will adopt platform
and nominate candidates upon the
lines it lays down.
\ ne Stdbc SllVoI league dlSO Illus
fault with Gen. Warner for limiting
\his efforts to an attempt to secure
the unlimited coinage of silver at a
ratio Of 16 to l. The league contains
a\large number of Populists, and they
do not think any financial plan is OF
any account unless it contains pro-
vision for an issue of greenbac and
explicit declaration against the ma.
tiOnal banking system and the iSSu.
ance of any more government bonds