The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-05
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY
An Eastern Commercial Man on the
Silver Question.
HE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDI
How Colonel Harvey Was Discour-
aged in His Efforts to Raise
Funds With Which to
Complete His Work.

/ Missoula. June As. s. Deatherage
of Chicago. a commercial traveller who
/ has been I'm the city for a few days, is
an enthusiastic silver man and has
much to say on the subject that is of
/ interest to the people out here, who
are so vitality concerned in the matter.
A year ago Mr.. Deatherage met a
Standard reporter in the Bitter Root
valley. and at that time he antago-
nized a number of his fellow travellers
from the East by his radical silver
views. but, at the same time. he won
the respect of the Standard mana
poor recompence. perhaps. but never
theless sincere. At that time the silver
question had not stirred up the excite
ment in the East that it has now
aroused. and IL was rare to find a
business man from that section who
was outspoken in favor of the white
metal.
Mr.. Deatherage to-day. in reply to a
question from the reporter, said: THE
silver issue Is absorbing all other topics
in the attention of the people of I'LL
nois. The democrats of my state are
now waglng a bitter contest against
the small administration faction. head
ed by Senator. Palmer. that is endeav-
oring to turn the tide Of opinion that
1t is safe TO say that rs per cent of the
Illinois democrats are silver men and
the state convention will undoubtedly
declare in favor of free coinage.
AS to the democratic national con-
vention, the opinion in the central
states is that there will be a free silver
plank in the platform which the con-
vention will adopt. This will. of course.
cost us the support of the leaders of
the East, but l think that we can win
without them. II is a splendid oppor-
tunity for the democratic party to set
itself right before the people and to
regain the prestige which IL has lost
by the present administration. That
the party will do this. l have no
doubt"
Mr.. Deatherage emphasizes the state
ment which has been made so many
times by gentlemen whose views have
been presented in the Standard. He
says that the silver men are hampered
in Chicago by the lack of press sup
port and by the apparent indifference
of the people of the silver producing
states when IL comes TO raising funds
for the dissemination of silver litera-
ture. In this connection, Mr.. Deather-
age relates the experience of Colonel
Harvey in getting funds to publish
Coins Financial School" The incl
dent was related by Colonel Harvey
and may be accepted as true.
When the manuscript for the little
book had been completed the author
found himself without the money neces-
sary to get the work before the public.
He owned unimproved property near
Pueblo, Col. that had cost him 100000
and he went to Denver to attempt to
raise 5000 upon this. But. not even
when he explained the purpose to
which the money was to be devoted.
could he borrow the money. and this in
a city whose citizens should have do
mated the funds in so worthy a cause.
In ogden he was promised the money,
but the lenders stopped the supply
when $1,000 had been advanced. and
with this sum Colonel Harvey was
TO go ahead. Not a very
good showing for silver producing COM
certainly.