The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10
WORK FOR SILVER MEN.
They Are Sending Out Campaign Lit
erature in Vast Quantities.


The managers of the campaign for
the free coinage of silver, with head
quarters in Washington, says the Post,
are working as they never have worked
before. Their avowed purpose is to Sc
cure the election of President and
Congress next November pledged to
the demonstration of silver as stand
ard money at the ratio of IS to / with
gold. Failing in their efforts this year,
they Assert that their labors will have
borne good fruit by 1898, when they.
viii carry the country with cyclonic
thoroughness.
Three bureaus are disseminating sill
yer literature and rallying the silver
forces. The American Bi-metaliic
League. of which Gen. A. J. Walker is
president. and II. G.. Warner, his
nephew, is secretary, has headquarters
in the Sun building. 1T is non-partisan.
The straight silver party, with DR.. j. j.
Mott, of North Carolina, at it's head,
has the offices of its campaign commit
teen on the Corcoran block. The BIZ
metallic Democratic National Commit
tee is housed at the residence of Sena-
tor Harris, the president, where two
rooms are given up entirely to the
force of clerks. r. O. Towles, of Mis-
souri,, ex-Clerk of the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, is the secrtary of this Dem
ocratic committee.
The Bi-metallic League devotes its
efforts wholly to the mailing of silver
literature direct to readers. Secretary
Warner says they have 100000 names,
mostly from the Mississippi valley,
who are regularly supplied wiGh the
best arguments in favor of free coin-
age. They are paying special attention
just now, to such doubtful States as
Illinois. Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, MINI
nesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Later
on they propose to invade New York
and the New England States They aim
to procure the names of such persons
only as are undecided in their financial
views. The recent speeches of Repre-
sentatiyes Towne, Terry and Crisp, for
free coinage have been sent out s'by the
thousands" Mr.. Warner vowed, as also
the famous pitchfork speech of Sena-
tor Tillman. Then they circulate &c.,
900 monographs, or short talks" by
A. J.. Warner. once every two weeks.
The Bi-metallic League maintains Il
branch Office at Chicago, and another
at San Francisco. Up to April / the
three offices had mailed II, 100000 sepa-
rate pieces of free coinage literature
since January i
The silver party campaign commit
tee, besides scattering silver literature
broadcast, is bending its energies 10
effect the consolidation Of all believers
of free coinage into one party.
with this end in view" said Presi-
dent Mott, 'swe are organizing free
coinage lodges, every member of which
subscribes to pledge that he will
vote for no Presidential or Congress
sional candidate save an avowed cham
pion Of bimefallfsm at the ratio of
10 to + / cannot yet say how many Of
our pledges have been signed, but they
number hundreds OF thousands in
States where they will WELD some in-
huence. / can say, without reserve,
that Silver party will be launched
at st. Louis June IL, with formidable
proportions. 1t will take in the Popu-
list party and the free coinage Repub-
leans and Democrats. Should the
Democratic Convention declare for the
gold standard We shall absorb more
than half of the Democratic vote this
year. Should the Democratic Conven-
ton come out sguarely for the free
coinage Of silver and nominate q free
coinage candidate i am unprepared to
say what will be the position of the
Silver party. But ii is our chief aim to
bring about conditions which will en-
able all friends OF silver TO cooperate
in one grand, successful onslaught
upon the ranks of the gold standard.
In the way of literature we are send
ing ont an average of 10000 pieces
daily. We have the names of 10000
true friends OF silver, 80 whom we mail
bundles OF literature and instruct
them to hand the documents where
they are likely to produce the best
results Thus we reach 100000
readers every week"
The Docotr pointed to a ton or so Of
small pamphlets, entitled, "a Few FL
nanciaI Facts" "a Call to Action
Facts About Silver" Profit to the
Miner" sour Debt Abroad-How it has
grown and how it is affected by the
appreciation Of gold" with q plentiful
supply eff the speech Of Joseph Sibley,
January 8, 1895.
The officers OF the Democratic BIZ
metallic Committee refuse to show
enGlK manu- W StSih5 ihOo hCoxAdAS 1oAA
oerning their work. But they boldly
declare the free coinage people will
control the Chicago convention, adopt
4 ringing free coinage platform, and
nominate q tried and true champion OF
the free coinage Of silver. They are
not circulating much literature, rather
deper ding upon the other organiza-
tons t. 90 that. Senator Harris has,
however, unbosomed himself so far az
80 say:
'"Fhe committee or which ara chair
man is in rssaiwt 81 eassma&Rt knfsrmSr