The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-17
SILVER IN THE WEST.
A Boston Newspaper Man Gets n Few Tips
on the Greatest of Political Movements.


on the Greatest of Political Movements.
Henry Haynic, correspondent sent
out by the Boston Herald, is learning
the truth about the silver cause, and,
what is really astonishing, is printing it
III series OF letters i'll that big daily Of
the Hub. In n recent letter from Den-
yer he says, among many other inter
esting things which fill over three col
umns, the following:
There are several small parties and
associations among the political people
OF this western country which are dis
tinct from and outside Of the two old
parties. 1t is these several associations
that count for most in the coming CAM
paign-that is, if they become united
but as yet it is by no means certain that
these several groups will ever BIO able to
unite in the silver issue It is claimed,
however, that If every party and per-
son fayoring the rehabilitation of silver
as money We're to sink all minor issues
and ambitions-were to put away the
idea Of fealty to old parties and unite
with the one object in view, that of BIZ
metallism-the1r cause OF candidate
would win next November. have vet
to meet n man or woman, except up in
Wyoming, who is not irrevocably COM
mitted to the silver issue-that is, if
their own words go for anything.
However, q third party will not be
summoned into life until after both of
tho old parties have had an opportunity
to refuse plank asking for the free
coinage of silver on tho ratio already
mentioned, and the Populist convention
was called purposely several weeks later
than tho regular conventions so rs to
afford tho Republican and Democratic
parties this opportunity One thing is
certain, the politics Of this third party
arc in the hands Of trained politicians,
and they are not going to hurry or make
many mistakes, if any. Men like Sena-
tors Teller, Stewart, Jones, Morgan,
Allen, Butler, Cameron. Warner, Pence,
Mott, PETER and Tillman have no am
bition to crafty, but principle to es-
tablish There is no question but that
the west and south want free silver, but
it is question whether for the sake of
it they will throw aside all differences
and march under one banner.
What we need" tolcrably we'll to
do farmer i'll Kansas said to me, "what
VIC require, are higher prices, but so long
as single standard, and that one gold,
is maintained, higher prices are impos-
sible. Without higher prices the Ameri-
can people cannot pay their foreign
debts, and unless we pay those debts we
cannot maintain the gold standard, for
the dragnct Of the foreign creditor will
take it all. In short, sir, continued
gold standard means our ruin, Just rs it
also means the ruin Of your manufactur-
ing people in New England, and mon
etaly system which is rapidly drawing
the producing classes of tho richest ma
ton on earth into the vortex Of financial
destruction is neither sound nor honest.
and no amount of banking defamation
or party platform can make it SO. The
complete restoration of silver to its
former place as money metal will
check the rising value of gold deprive
silver standard countries of the advan-
tages in exchange which they now DOS
sess and give the toiler and producer
something like fair return, and this
can be done only in one way-the minis
must be opened to free coinage again. -