People's voice., 1895-05-02
CLEVELAND In '06.
G0LDITES OF BOTH PARTIES TALK.
ING OF COMBINING On HIS
ROYAL FATNESS.
Here Is the First Tip of What Is
Coming Later On.

Coming Later On.
Washington, April 1.-THE exec
utive committee Of the American
BimetaIlic League has obtained pos
session of two letters which they re-
gard as extremely important and
which will be printed with apprO-
pirate comments and sent broadcast
throughout the country. The silver
people are jubilant and believe they
have discovered a straw indicating
that the free-cOinage wind is rapidly
increasing in velocity. From the cor
respondence in the hands of the CON-
mittee it appears that Secretary of
Agriculture Morton desired to ascer-
tain the growth or decline of free silver
sentiment in the west, and wrote
private letter to J. R. Buchanan, pas
senger agent at Omaha of the FIRE.
mont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
Railroad, who travels over a large
area of territory, to obtain an eX-
preston of his views. The committee
states that this Information was
desired especially for the Reform Club
or Sound Currency Association, of
New York, of which ex-COngreSSman
John Dewitt Warner IS executive
committee chairman, to the end that
this club might take steps to counter
act, if possible, the apparent uprising
of the people in favor OF silver. This
association has been sending out many
thousands of circulars, especially to
editors of county papers in the west,
Offering to furnish and urging them
to publish anti-Silver literature, hop
ing thereby to Offset the growth Of
silver sentiment. Mr.. Buchanan's
reply is considered important, as
showing the immense augmentation
IN the silver sentiment of the people.
MR.. BUCHANAN'S LETTER.
1t is substantially as follows:
| am able only tosee and to an extent ap-
preciate the very evil effect being eXerted by
the sO-called free silver interests in this
country. and hardly think this is appre-
Ciated in great centers The wave of this
baneful idea has almost reached an epidemic
condition. and unless fully answered in kind
both great political parti' will be obliged to
either incorporate a substantial free silver
plank in their platform or else a diSgraceful
Straddle. Coins School Of Finance" has
reached an edition Of over 100000. ana re-
Gently another book Of the same kind has
been issued. They pretend to quote eminent
iinanciers Of Chicago and elSewhere-as, for
instance. Lyman J. Gage, Joseph Medill and
others-as injecting objections embOdying
their most formidable arguments, and then
proceed to answer them effectively. This
book IS sold ten to one of any other. 1t is an
entertaining little volume. In my opinion
it should be answered by some one who fully
understands the subject. This book has been
purchased in large numbers by silver people
and distributed gratuitOusly. The banking
Interests should take steps to publish reply
in equally effective form and put it on the
market at the lowest price.
To show the effect of this book, a rather
intelligent banker called on me recently
and asked me if could answer it, saying he
was nearly convinced there was hope in the
policy suggested. and this against his will; he
said it was making votes more rapidly than
anything he had ever known. referred him
10 our bankers here. He said later he had
talked with some, who had passed it over
lightly and did not reply.
MAY NAME CLEVELAND.
My judgment from the present outlook is
that eastern conservatives Of both parties
are likely to unite and possibly renOminate
Mr. Cleveland. who wOnld carry the east and
south no dOubt-the east on his able, honest
conservatism, and the south because they
could never vote other than the Democratic
ticket, thus insuring a vote which would
elect, and the west would undoubtedly sup
port POpulist or free silverite unless there
is a great change. If this is not done | feel
the election will be thrown into the house as
the result OF three tickets being in the field,
IN which case the balance of power would be
with the free silver interest. believe vote
today on the naked question of 10 to l silver
:
jty OF $1,000 Ur near it,
In his letter to Mr.. Warner Sec
retary Morton said:
My object in sending your this letter Of Mr.
Buchanan is to give you a thorOughgOing
business mans views of the situation. The
letter shows how fallacies flourish among the
farmers Of the west and south. The letter
also points out the necessity Of immediate.
coherent and organized actions in behalf Of
sound money.
This correspondence was widely dis
CuSSed today at the headquarters of
the American Bimetallic League and
the opinion was generally expressed
that the friends of sound money in
New York will probably arrange to
begin the dissemination of literature
80 counteract that now being dis
tributed by the active advocates of
free silver. 1t is said that COmptrol-
Ter EckelS is to wlite book in reply
to Coin.
The Eagle and Rev. j. D. BOtkn.