Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-26
WHERE SILVER RULES
Political Talk in the Centennial
State.
COLORADO TIRED OF PoPULISM
Free Coinage Men Hope to Gain
Through the Old Parties.
THE OFFICE HOLDERS

|
| Correspondence of The Evening Star
| DENJvEp ~, ~ ,,o-
| Si'' Coi.' august H. 1870.
| Ahe power OF the administration over tho
| faen VINO mold office under it is clearly IL
Illustrated in the attitude Of the office hold
| ers of Colorado While a,,ern x,o, ,,a 90
n,.n 80 80 me e.S N,an anu w.
"ooe A'ohi THESE IL outspoKen Tor free
| silver, they are silent In public you can't
&c. ."eih W open tnair mouths but talk
win 'hein IL private ana tney Will
| " ~" A'"nAy 'hey oont thlnK II Will
! ~ " press Tree coinage row. mat Is as
| 'ne. 60 usuahy' tnouen some OF
| "iiiiis 10 take up the sioe OF the
| a'o"' anu naiuie' somewhat GIN
| 49, .ne weapons II nus welded with such
| elect III kentucky, Iowa. md indeed, pref
| ty much everywhere that it has set in for
| a really vigorous fight If would no nre+ty
hard to 6nd n, ass.
| e.no,,o,,, - Hooe, IN eie s.a'e-
IL ehe oihce ne nolos Is worth
| apytnlng-Who Is not inclined to at least
keep quiet OH the silver question. Prob.
| ably not one of them would think If heinp
| anything but free silver man if he were
| not an office holder but as he is one. why
that changes the situation SO far as his ex-
preston of sentiments goes at least Prob.
ably there are few whose free silver SEN
timents are so pronounced that they are not
| willing to sacrifice their freedom of ex-
preston to insure the compensation at
| tached to their offices. but they are few in
number meager in salary, and uncertain
| fuence of the office holders in the matter
OF controlling the selection of delegates to
the conventions or restraining the over
whelming free silver sentiment will be a
clpher. their attitude and silence Is In
teresting as showing the discipline which
perVades the ranks or the office holders
everywhere.
A Hopeless Case,
- nius' ne auiiii'eeo' ho~e'ef' That lne
silverites OF Colorado OF whatever party,
are hopeless as to 1896. They see that neth-
er Of the great parties will declare for
FREQ coinaoa Tbsv admit tbo+ the oon+ro1
=. ses.:.., ~
VI 'he aohihis'i atioh upon tne party lead
ers Is such as to make it improbable that
free siwer whi,e of no,.r.. th.,- 49, a aol
pect 1t of the republicans. AS to populism,
thosa or the two old parties who voted for
II II Tue past say they want no more OF 1t,
thar he hena ro 49, 90 th aaitii' ,hat
support. Even If a fourth rartv with free
silver as it's chief issue. were to be created,
the SILVER people admit that it could do no
more than merely take away enough cleo
tors to throw the election into the House,
where the republicans have an enormous
majority. The most careful study of the
condltlons IN the House fails to show how
any cQmbination there could result in sue
cess Tor the candidate of free silver par
", though this latter is the only fragment
OF hope to which they cling as to 1896. But
nevertheless they are plucky, persistent
ana determined to fight until they do win.
They are. ct present. simply playing
waiting game They propose to wait and
see what the old parties do in their con-
venuoI $. ana II they refuse anything sub.
stantiai to silver. then the silver men will
put their heads together and see what they
shall do. If anything. They admit that the
chances seem to be that they may do
hnxv how s,,k
porting the populist ticket, and. as for the
establishment of an out-and-out silver par
ty they esem to have no definite plans, at
present at least. Their only thought at
present, seems to be that they will never,
never, give up the fight for free silver But
while they are fighters in sentiment, they
seem to be without generals.
No More pon,,tu
Ihere Is one thinS that can be said, how
ever. of the silver republicans and silver
democrats of Colorado, and that is that
they are not likely to again vote for or
with populist. They are thoroughly cur
Gu Oh 'hat. we nave had our dose OF
popunsm ara want no more of It," is the
Gid nartias -, " .hI. ~ VI potn the
you ask them pointedly what thay arc 90
ing to do in case the two old parties re-
1Ise TO nominate a free silver man or enun-
nrnsnact - euoh sealiineiusi NOT sven the
the average renublican ar democro+ - ~
dictate that he will ever be .ri1t,, ~ - s, ~
porting the nonuiist ticket Tha ,ntios y,
Gov. Waite have been TOO n,,oh for -, -
while thew see in tho conrsa ~ H. r,n'I;n,
leaders in Congress tbat non,'I;s,l 20 - 10
cIined to make silver nneraIv en-. So
and nress onward tou,arI +hs 80 o ae .Isue
lutte fiat money of the cbaanast ~ "a 49, eot
unlimited varietv I'VE ara feS sra mu .i u,,os.
NOT merely hecanse n will ,nor.,a a. 80
rencv of fhe country hut hacausa ~, ,nt 49,
II Ia entitled to the n,nnav al, T.; We ~ LINK
rencv NJ the wor,d. the ,on,I;s ~ tne cur sa-
free silver simniv hscamsa ~ - on. az 80 iol
the direction If wbat thay ,,lti- oe p ~
to Obtain aheo,nta 6at yo T,a ~ sa, nope
of the iead;nc fraa sii1er ~, " siu ene
And And This to ha ~ sant,r -, .tie 500.
memhers If both tho graot rarti, a, '....
where No matter wbet 10. pa - .ss esely
or record ~ tbe ,nnr1i.t c. " me naine
tima IN Tho notion,i aontss. euiute mex
annorart That ba LII a. !. seems quite
sfrensth IN Coin1,an I'LL, nj eolsnihho any
hand Who arc nnn,,ist out tsnr, " .ne httie
p0p0''s LYNN '9i'ice'oh'
VI Hep""iicahs'
"'''Ooe u 'iie Hoioi auo republicans
,ip' eSseS nie as peculiar. Ohe frequently
peais INC asseftioii 'Iiat tne republican
i,e, 10 unuei s.ea' oo,isaeiohs TO them.