The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-07
LABORER AGAINST FARMER
Republicans Trying to Stir Up
FactiOnal Class Feeling.
SENATOR BUTLER'S VIEWS
That Is What He Thinks, But the
PopuIists Are Going TO Expose This
PlOt-New Turn To be Given to the
Campaign After Today-They Are
Wide Awake.

The campaign bids fair to take a new
turn this morning.
The Democrats and Peoples party man
ayers are making efforts to stem the tide
of the wageearners' movement to the
single standard parties; or at least TO meet
that tide, il NJ exists. with argument. The
public interest which railroad magnates
are taking I'M the education OF their em
ployes Oh sound money is believed TO be
the inspiration OF the new tack OF the
Bryan managers.
Senator Marion Butler, chairman OF the
executive coinnnttne OF the Peoples party,
WHO has recently had a conference with
Tom Watson, had not expressed himself
up to last night. On the Interesting ques-
Lion OF TO wnat extent the gold ticket
would affect the calculations or the Demo
crat and Popuiist parties.
TO HELP MKINLEY.
THE gold ticket" Senator Butler said,
lis the result OF the decision OF the Demo
Gratis who are allies of Mark Hanna that
they could help the election or Mckinley
more by putting up ticket than by de
cIaring openly for Mckinley. This ticket
will not be supported by men who are
gold men from personal interest This
class will support Mckinley direct. The
ticket was put UP to catch the votes OF
the suckers"
Whom do you classify rs suckers'''
Il mean that class OF men, otherwise
good citizens, who have been imposed
upon by the gold trust and the gold organs
into believing that the remedy in the
present luncture is the gold standard; but
who, IL they had taken the trouble to in
vestigate the question for themselves,
woull be today the most enthusiastic sup
porters of Mr.. Bryan. The gold trust now
fears that this class Of gCoi citizens who
have been imposed on might be caught
with the enthusiasm of the Bryan cam
paign and the appeals to stand by the
party name and to vote for Bryan rather
than fer Mckinley, the Nominee of the
Republican party, which. from their youth
they had been taught to look upon as their
natural enemy. l take it that this gold
ticket will be run in only some of the
States.''
In what States will it be run?'
IN DIFFERENT STATES.
.'Oh, that will depend on the conditions
in the various States. For instance, in a
State where more votes can be drawn from
Bryan than from Mckinley, such tikcet will
be run. 1t will not, of course, be run where
the opposite result would be the effect"
Senator Butler was asked to Fame the
Staets in which such n policy would be
likely to be pursued, but he replied that
he was not giving tips to managers OF the
gold party. Asked what would be the ef
feet Of the new factor in the field. he said:
THAT is hard to answer. observe that
the ~ tion of the Indianapolis convention
was very gratifying to the Republicans;
but If were asked what Is the most i'm.
poftant phase OF the struggle l would say
that It Is the effort now making by Hanna
and his Democratic allies to array the
wage Garner against the farmer. This
combin alton knows that it Is already
defeated on the money question. IL those.
whose interests are the same, vote solidly
together for free silver. 1t should be re-
membered that the labor organizations
and the farmer organizations met IN ma
'tional conference as early as 1892 in st.
Louis, and declared una animously against
the gold standard and for the unlimited
coinage OF silver before any political pa rty
had da red to take sides on this great and
all important economic question.
TOGETHER LONG AGO.
$50 the necessities OF the farmer and
the wage-earner have long ago brought
them together In a common bond of union,
and it Is they who have forced the financial
question to the front and made such a
campaign as this possible. The object OF
the gold men is to divide the farmers and
the wage-earDers, but this Is hopeless
hope" -s
According to Senator Butler, as, above
outlined, the campaign is TO take new
turn from today. He said that circular
would be issued by the Peoples party this
morning whiciS deals with the effort made
by the Republican and gold interests to
align the wage-earners with those politi
cal interests. - re-
Senator Butler said that tbs argument Is
leveled more specifically at the efforts
OF the railroad magnates and managers
OF corporations, who are engaged in sug-
gestipg to their employees how to vote.
From this It appears thatthe Democratsare
alive to the claima OF the single standard
men that they are to decide the question
In pitched battle with the laboring people
In the cities rather tban with the laboring
people In the farming districts.