The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-29
ALLNFAVOR OF GOLD
The East Almost Unanimous Tor
Sound Money.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR SILVER.
Views on the Money Question - Cn-
derssood by Judge Bond-Country
Not Ready for Bi-MetAliian.

TIE return 20 bis home N shis city.
after an absence o. ak moc<hs- OF gucse
II. q. Bond has brought 10 seattle nlofo
than an echo OF the recent Repu n4ic@i.
convention n the city OF 60. LOUIS and
the observations OF ore Of this -
leading citizens on the results OF tnai DO
table gathering are intensely interesting
inasnuch as his arfe-convection impress
sions were Obtained q New York. wae'e
the sound money feeling WAS and IS par
ticuiarly strong. and his 2ost-coaS eaoon
observations N tire state OF Colorado.
where secession 10 the rulings on The NON
ey question OF thu conventions OBTAINS
more strongly than In any other p2rt OK
the country.
Judge Bond returned here directly from
Denver, and reached Seattle SATURDAY
night In May he left New York city Tor
the West. but owing to his business m
tsrests IN Colorado he was coTnpsliea 20
forego the pleasure OF attendance al 81
Louis. where the money question, as Tar
as the Republican attitude toward mat
medium OF exchange Is concerned, was
disposed OF. To a Post-Inte.ltgeneer re-
porter, last evening, Judge Bond reviewed
the discussion OF the financial plank and,
without mentioning names. declared that
Senator Teller's Intimate friends nao as
sured him that the action Of the conven-
ator Teller grand-stznd play In walking
out, after making his irnpassionea speech,
was only what had been arranged bafoEs-
hand.
Indeed" said Judge Bond. Senator
Teiler's friends. In quoting the free silver
apostle. said that the convention would
declare for sound money: that Mckinley
would be nominated. and that he would al
so be elected" II such were the case. the
a. g. al. f- . ha n
ton Is robbed Of sensationalism. az IL was
a preconcesved scheme.
IT enjoy Senator TeIler's personal ac-
quaintance." continued judge Bond. and
to me. when / met him at the Palace ho-
tel. ia Denver. ne said that the interests
OF the country demanded the reusonetiza-
ton Of silver. and that without any rela-
ton TO foreign corporations. ! have not
seen him since the convention. / asked
him. in this same interview. II he didn't
think that free silver would result in
bringing Us 10 q silver basis
'skie replied that perhaps II would. tenn
porarily. but that he had recently returned
from Mexico, where he had studied the
operations OF free silver in that country.
and had compared the conditions with
those In this country and found them quite
as good II not better than here. There were
no evidences Of hard times President
piaz had extended every privilege and ia
cility for him 10 study the local conditions
as influenced by silver as medium. I
really think that he believed thot the con-
ditions In the United States would be bet
tered by free silver.
Il found In New York and elsewhere in
the East" continued Judge Bond. IAN
overwhelming sentiment IN favor OF gold,
or sound money by al classes. con-
ysrsed with a great many bankers and
manufacturer Democrats as well as Re-
iublicans. and while there may not be
an open bolt in the Chicago convention,
should IL declare for free silver. a great
many Democrats viii vote the Republic
can ticket In that event. A very general
opinion Is expressed that the adoption or
free silver would be disastrous TO the
business interests OF the country. All
are willing 10 conce3e that If the great
nations OF Europe were 10 declare for
hl-metallism this country might also
adop. IL without III effect Even now a
very powerful influence Is being exerted
in Germany for silver. and the emperor
has taken up the investigation OF the sub
teci personally. II Is generally supposed
that France would then be willing TO fau
into line
Just now times are not propitious for
This change. heard leading fnanciers. In
New York city. say that the success OF
free silver. as political measure. would
precipitate a panic In this country, such
as the United States had never known.
and that instead OF enhancing values OF
property and commodities Il would depre-
ciata them.
THE arguments that will be presented
TO the average voter viii be those OF the
tariff and the prospective onenlng OF
mills and factories with employment for
all. IL will be the best argument for tho
masses. who are generally well posted.
and who are taking a more intelligent in
tarest In politics. This fact was demon
stratsa in the campaign In which samuel
Quigg, or the New York Tribune. de-
seated Brown. OF the News. for
congress. Quigg asked Piatt for
the nomination IN district that
Tausmany had always controlled by ma
1orities OF from l20o0 70 i5.eo0. Plat said
al right. but that Il was a hopeless case.
Quigx went down into the tenement dis
tricts and talked with the mechanics and
laborers. and even their wives. When the
vote was counted ne had defeated Brown
by 100 votes. ouigs said that when ne
fret went among these people no found
them with newspapers and that they were
well Informed. When he talked 20 them
he Addressed them as an intelligent els-
msnt q society ard was vel received.
The result % the election showed that
Il shall spend me summer. here" said
MT. Bond. IN conciusloH looking after
my interests here and occasionally going
ever 70 Colorado. where ! have sons min
ing property that demands my attention.
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