The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
FOR A DOUBLE STANDARD.
General A. j. Warner to Do
Missionary Work on the
Pacific Coast.
WANT THE NATIONAL OFFICES
Pro-Silver Men Asked to Join In
Eleoting One of Their Num-
Der President.

! General A. J. Warner, who was the
Democratic Representative in Congress!
from Marietta District Ohio, during three
sessions, arrived in San Francisco to-day,
He is an earnest silver advocate and
his mission is to inaugurate movement
to unite the silver forces of the country.
In this way he hopes to see a President
and Congress elected on bimetallic plat
form in 1896.
| General Warner was accompanied as fa1
as Denver by x-Congressman j. G. Slbley
There Mr.. Sibley received kilograms call
ing him to his home in Pennsylvania.
This interfered with their programme
somewhat.
The intention had been for Mr.. Sibley
and General Warner to come to this city
together. Here they were to have been
joined by Senator Stewart. The three were
then to have made a tour of the West, going
up to Tacoma, from there into Idaho and
Montana and thence to Salt Lake City,
and on through Southern and Western
Colorado. On the way they would have
preached their doctrine of silver. Their
programme has been delayed, but will
eventually be carried out
The theory propagated by General
Warner and his friends is that the country
needs a bimetallic monetary standard.
This they urge will be the great issue of
the campaign of 1896.
eve don't want to form a new party
that is, not permanently" explained Gen
eral Warner last night. But we must
have President and Congress pledged to
the free coinage of silver in order to bring
back prosperity to the country.
''The gold men are now united and con-
troll the political machinery. The silver
men are divided among the three parties
| and have been opposing each other as Re-
publicans, Democrats and Populists.
''Why," he exclaimed, earnestly, "the
allied forces might as well have hoped
to beat Napoleon by fighting each
gain their desires under the present
state of affairs. They have been fight
ing separately too long. They must
now be brought together Not, mind you,
with the idea of forming a new party
permanently, but with the intention of
getting a President who does not owe his
election to the monometallists.
''If the Republican party would declare
outright for free coinage we'd want moth
ing more. Such candidate would be
elected. But such state of affairs is be-
yond the bounds of possibility, as the
machinery of the party is controlled by the
gold men.
1.-THE Democrats could not elect pro-
silver President if they nominated one,
that is, if they nominated him as par
tisan Democrat. Such action would cause
a split in the, party that would leave it
helpless.
This is not a Populistic movement
either 1t is greater and broader. Out of
the 100000 or 14000,00 men who will
vote in 1896 | am confident that 5000, 900
want the free coinage of silver. Our new
national representation of these men"
General Warner has been president of
the American Silver League since 1889.
There are now several thousand leagues in
various parts of the country. On February
% of this year a conference of representa-
tive silver men was held in Washington
and the American Bimetallic party was
formed.
]. c. Sibley, who as Congressman from
Pennsylvania has distinguished himself on
the floor by his advocacy of free coinage,
was decided upon as fitting man for
President. No man was named for Vice
President, but General Warner thinks that
candidate should be Republican from the
States west of the Mississippi.
General Warner goes to Sonoma County
in few days. There he will remain till
the arrival of Mr.. Sibley. Then meetings
will be held in San Francisco, when silver
leagues will be formed, the members of
which will be pledged to disregard other
party issues for the time being and vote
for the nominees of the American BIZ
metallic party for offices which control