The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-26
SILVER VERSUS GOLD
STRUGGLE OVER THE MONEY CUES
TIoN IN THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY.
Free.C0inage Conference To-Day
Sound-Money People Hope to Have
Controller Eckels Thursday Night

The free-silver Democrats VIII hold con-
ference at the Grand Hotel tomorrow with
at least two representatives present from
each congressional district in the State. This
gathering has been in course OF incubation for
about three weeks, and was set on foot by
Capt D. +. Allen, OF Frankfort, and Allen
w. Clark, of Greensburg 1t is the inten-
ton TO formulate free-silver platform and
to go over the State by districts and coun-
ties and make accurate size-up OF the
situation. This conference will also decide
whether or not to call district meetings OF
the delegates to the State convention in their
respective districts for the purpose Of pass
ing free-slver resolutions. Undoubtedly the
slverites who gather will have few inter-
esting things to say about sound-money
leaders Of Indianapolis.
This conference was arranged for before
the sound-money meeting Of Saturday night
was talked Of and when the leaders gather
tomorrow they will discover that they have
run up against considerable OF snag. AT
the Governors office yesterday nothing was
said for publication about the Saturday night
conference. Private Secretary King remarked
that he had not been invited, but that one
had to expect that sort OF thing in politics.
The committee appointed to arrange for the
sound-money mass meeting at EngliShs,
Thursday evening, has selected w. r. My
ers to preside. The members are now in cor
respondence with Controller of the Cur
rency Eckels, ana hope TO have him mere 10
address the meeting.
A lifelong Democrat expressed himself
very emphatically on the silver movement
yesterday. 1T is" he said, clear that an
effort is making on the part of the trading
politicians of party 10 make the Demo-
cratic party of Indiana and OF the Nation, II
possible, silver party, and ally It with the
Populist movement Such treatment OF the
straight Democrats, IL SUCCESSFUL, would
drive them out of the party, and such hand
ling of the party would lose for 1t the pub
lie confidence and respect that even II 1t
should return 10 Its own principles, years
would 60 by before the people could again
trust IL. SO that not only are the party
rights OF the Democrats involved-not only
the interests of the Nation in an honest
money and rational currency and a ration
al financial system involved, not only is the
cause of honest primaries and decent poll
ties involved, but in addition to all these
great issues, the question whether the Demo-
cratic party shall continue to be living force
in life OF the Nation, and whether the great
historic principles OF the party = honest
money, tariff reform, and home rule-shall,
or not, have the support of the party, which
has the confidence and esteem of the Nation
IL the Democratic party of Indiana should
allow itself TO become a free-Silver party it's
for years to come, and tariff reform and all
other OF its honorable missions would be
sacrificed to q passing craze and to aspass-
ing personal domination"
The Democratic primaries in this county
for the selection OF delegates to the State
convention will be held June 16 and there
money delegation will be elected, Since the
revival OF courage among the sound-money
Democrats there has been a renewed talk OF
putting up a sound-money Democrat as a
congressional candidate in this district The
leaders would prefer John w. Kern, but he
does not care to enter upon hopeless race.