The Butler weekly times., 1896-07-23
RIGHT"SAYS BLAND
..,.fs Need Ne Doodle 10
Fight McKinleyism.
.orrMENT OF THE TOILERS.

:. D,scussion of the Free Silver
o...tiou, Foreign and Domestic,
!, Missouri's Favorite Son.
c,,sr Dick" Bland of Missouri
!. ;ateryiewed at his home in Leb-
Mo, last week by James
..lmap, special correspondent of
Nav York World. Mr.. Creel-
!. ,rote about MIR. BANDS home
family, and then continues
n. Bland talked about the Presi-
!, and the coming struggle with
earuestness. He is not con
med by a desire to be President.
|, vbole life has been devoted to
rlyer cause, and now that he
I tbe light Of what he believes to
,hs dawn Of a new financial era,
4 wiling to lay aside his claims
those Of any leader acceptable to
|. Democratic party.
Tstters and kilograms to h. ave
sp pouring in from every part of
1, country day and night. His
ends assure him that his nomipa-
n at Chicago is almost certain.
Dus bis pulse is calm. The Western
F,ion Telegraph Company offered
run wire free of cost to his farm,
hs be might not be kept in the
rf about what the men who are
ring to make him President are
hing in Chicago But Mr.. Bland
adiped,an answered that he could
ias to town every day for his mail
I'd kilograms just as we'll as not,
nd there the matter ended.
How unlike Mr.. Mckinley, whose
brary at Canton was connected by
rrs with the room at st. Louis
,isre Mark Hanna hourly issued
sortgsges on the White House.
II would take page of the World
b tell how much Mr.. Bland is unlike
H. Mckinley. His legs have neve,
thrust themselves under the mahog'
hoy Of millionaires.
4The present attempt to turn the
Democratic National Convention in
h s..struggle Of the West and Soutt
igsinst the East is founded upon {
mistaken idea of the free silver
ause, said Mr.. Bland. "The coming
ight at the polls is to be between
he productive masses of the United
States and what might be called tn
iund.owning classes.
"The toilers of the East are Jus
y deeply concerned as the toilers o
The West and South. 1t is no NOR
u the interest of the men in tn,
Eastern factories to have the agri
cultural laborers of the nation beatel
y the earth by ruinous and crue
fnancial policy than it is in the in
'sest of the farmers to have thei
itlow workers in the factories re
duced to starvation.
"The workers of the country hav
acommon cause now. / do not be
lieve they can be divided on gee
mphical lines"
But surely" 1 said, ''you have n
hope that New York, New Jersey
Connecticut or Maryland Will renal
u the Democratic column if a fire
alver platform is adopted at Chic'
goin
Il see no reason to believe ths
lley will not support the Democrat
ticket" said Mr.. Bland. "The silve
sentiment is already growing yer
strong in these States, in spite {
'1e fact that nearly the whole Eas
ern press is holding up the gol
standard as their only salvation.
The masses everywhere in IL
country are thinkers, and they al
quick to recognize an issue whic
Promises real relief from such bu
aens as they have to bear. The FIRE
coanage of silver at n ratio of IL
fought to be, and l believe will b
Just as popular among the working
men of New York City as it is amor
nose of the rest of the country.
The contest is between those wi
Produce wealth by actual labor ar