The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-11
CAN'T STOP VICTORY.
Bland Believes That Silver
Forces Will Triumph.
Democratic Party Must Throw
Cleveland Overheard.
A FREE SILVER MAN.
Democrats Must Name One or
Disappear from Politics.
Gold Men Have Lost Confidence
of the People.

DENVER, May 11.-Richard P. Bland,
ex-congressmaR from Missouri, who will
open a Colorado lecture tour tonight,
speaking on "The Fight of Twenty
Years in Congress for the Free Coinage
said, in interview today, that in his
opinion nothing can prevent victory for
the silver forces in the presidential elec-
ton next year,
THE time has come," he said. ''when
no concession, no compromise, no trihing
will be permitted. The Democratic party
must throw Cleveland overheard or go
to destruction. l am Democrat,
and believe that the members of that
party will be strong enough to down
Cleveland, office holders and all If the
Democratic party does not kut up free
silver man and come out SO uarely for free
silver, it will disappear as political
factor.
81 believe that the party that comes
out on this question SO that there can be
no Misunderstanding will succeed. l do
not care what the party is if the others
attempt to equivocAte. The other side
has never been given to concession.
1t has all the law on its side and has had
for many years. 1t is now time that they
should do little of the concession busi-
ness.
"If the predictions of the gold men
in regard to the repeal of the Sherman
law had come true l have no doubt that
| silver would have received blow that
| would have taken years to have recov-
| cred from. But as it happened the pre-
dictions of the silver men came true
Times did not improve after the
repeal of that law. As a mat
ter of fact they got worse
''It was harder to get days work
after than before and it is my opinion
that times cannot get good enough be-
tween now and year from this fall to
make any difference. The gold men say
| that if times would only get good then
| they could talk to the people. Perhaps
the salvation of silver may come through
two bad things, that is, the repeal of the
| Sherman law and the hard times
"The gold men have lost the confidence
OF the people. They are trying hard to
regain it, but they are in a hopeless
endeavor. The people laugh when
| they begin to talk about International
agreements, about American coinage,
honest money and other bugbears that
used to work. They do not scare any
| longer. The time is almost here when
! the people of this country are ready to
say between gold monometallism aud
silver monomeLalism we will take the
| latter
| "Do 1 believe that the silver sentiment
is growing as rapidly in the east as has
been reported? Most assuredly do Among
the money changers and the bankers
there has been no change, but the indus
trial classes in all the great east are read
| ing and investigating and they are Le-
coming daily more pronounced for free
| silver.
''This fact is becoming patent to the
gold men. They are trying by every
means at command to counteract this,
but the volume of the movement is too
great in my judgment Bankers
| are working among business men
now in the east and even
in my own state and are attempting
to create what they are pleased to term
a business mems party in hope that the
growth of the free silver sentiment may
be stopped
81 look upon the situation with great
deal of satisfaction and believe that the
next year will see u complete restora-
ton of silver to its place beside geld
where it will be jnst as good if not 4
little better than gold"