The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-03
THE SILVER CORNER.
What Washington Correspondent Says
the Subject.

What a Washington Correspondent Says
the Subject.
Chicago Times-Herald.
That the whole silver movement has
been engineered by THE mine owners or
TIN great silver producing states no active
polltlclans here can doubt from the evil
dence seen ON every hand. That any
corner on silver has been attempted al
the present time Is doubted by the naru
money men themselves for the reason
lhat SO dong ais President Cleveland re-
mains In power free coinage ds an nbso-
lutte impossibllity on the contrary, OIL
ciai fgures show THAT the output OF sil-
yer from the western mines has lately
been systematically reduced, ana ev-
IDENTIFY under the control or a. central
guiding agency. The influence OF men like
Marcus DAILY and his millionaire silver as
socialles HAS been Thrown into the scale
for political effect. The silver ring has
no need TO dig silver and hide Vt away.
They control most OF the big mining
properties, and all they have TO do IS
10 let the white metal lie In the bowels
of the earth, restrict production, anu
spend money like water TO 'bamboozle the
paop.e OF tine poorer sections Of the coun-
trv Into the belief that free silver
would be a panacea for all Ills financial
and social.
II IA a known fact Ito every politician In
washington that the silver ring repre-
senlted by Marcus Daily and his associates
has been putting up The money TOT the
tampalpn In Democratic states bhis sum
mer, Seedy lobbyists who have been out
OF a job for years have suddenly BIOS
somed out Into gorgeous rament' ana
there has been money 10 Durn vor eai
the hangers-on who trained with uhe
miners combination. The word was
passed around and desperate effort
Was made 10 capture the convention CT
uhe Republican league clubs ali Cleveland
last week. This organization at It's meet
ing IN, Denver aaSt year pronounced IN
favor OF both gold and silver in u rather
obscure way, but expressly avoiding any
Endorsement OF the free coinage l6 TO l
lunacy, The mine owning crowd hao
numerous henchmen at Cleveland una
men were there and delegates from south-
ern states who have been familiar ng-
uros on the streets OF Washington for
years. The money for this movement on
C.evtsand, as we'll as for the propaganda
OF this spring and summer came from
the mining kings. They are working Tor
1895. ror they know their antempt to Gre
ate a ficisitous value for their silver until
that dime Is blocked by the hostile at
utude OF the administration.
'uAll this talk OF Senator Cameron OF
Pennsylvania puttipg up money for the
ailverttes with the expectation OF beconi-
ing their presidential standard bearer Is
rubbish. Nobody icnows better than the
Pcnnsy1yania senator that he could not
| 20 to a convention supported by his own
state on any such question and he Is not
the 1nan to waste money chasing will
o'-tha-wisp n there ts anything In the
| SILVER movement at all n is In the inter
ect OF Senator Teller for the presidency.
and the talk about Don Cameron is side
issue. Silver win be the topic most dis
cussed In the next national campaign,
but Il Is not likely that an eastern man
| win be honorei With the first place on
| ffe presidential ticlget."
Mint Director Preston has supplied the
figures showing the stake DAILY and his
associates are playing for. They have cut
down the produdlion enormously and de-
voted the money saved n operating ex-
/ penses to q fund whose sole purpose is
| 10 hoodwink the poople, buy up venal
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