Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-03
Held on Silver Question by
Senators Brice and Teller.
One OF the Other Must Be Very Much
Mistaken in His Ideas.
Amblllous women Man Terribly in Earnest
STORY Of Pres. Jackson.

more on IT, mkssEs1uv Peea y ~ PoAAoAoSs <suu
this yssr o. president making is no excep-
tion % theruie. At least two Of the men
wkp have been prominent as aspirants for
hepeesidency this year were, according to
~ prevailing belief In social circles, in
lnced 70 come out by their wives, who are
much more ambitious than their hus-
hands. speak Of Governor Morton Of
Nav York and Senator Cush Davis Of
Minnesota. Both are admirable men, well
atted for the presidency or any other dis
tinouished honor, but l have heard on
pretty good authority that neither cared
much about coming out as candidate
TIL his wife induced him to make tho
effort. Mrs. Morton has had one taste of
Washington life in which she was a dis
ctnRuished success. She has always been
Eager to return to this city in an official
way, and a stately, admirable mistress OK
the White House she would make. Mrs.
Davis Is well known as one of the most at
tractive and ambitious women of Wash
1ngton. She is thoroughly devoted TO her
husband and to his future Mr.. Davis is
an exceedingly modest man and would
never have asked the Republicans Of his
state to support him for president, which
he did do about two years ago, if 1t had not
been for tho influence of Mrs. Davis. Wo-
manlike she aspired to go into tho White
House as he first lady of the land, and
womanlike again she could see no rea-
son why "Cush'' should not ask his
friends to rally to his support.
Two Extreme Views.
Senator Brice of Ohio takes rather ex
IRENE view of the silver outlook. He says
the campaign in favor of free silver is vir-
tually at an end in this country. In his
opinion the triumph Of sound money III
the South Dakota Republican convention
marked the downfall of the crusade for
free coinage. "Silver is no more to be
considered as money metal, said Mr..
Brice in his positive way. ut will con-
tinue to be used as a token of value, rs
copper and nickel are and some other met
0le. But it has no more future as a real
money metal than copper or brass or lead. -
This exceedingly partisan statement is
contradicted by most of the friends of sill
ver. Senator Teller, for instance, said
few days ago that the cause Of silver was
becoming the holy cause Of civilization.
1T hes grown far and beyond the produ
GETS Of silver anu has become the crusade OF
tho downtrodden masses the world over.
The outlook for the ultimate remonetiza-
tioh Of silver was never brighter than it is
at the present moment"
Some of Senator Teller's friends say he
n about the only earnest thoroughly siL
cere, heart and soul free silver man in the
United States senate. Most Of the others
who defend free silver are more or less pro-
f6ssionAl advocates. They are for silver
bScauBe their states arc for silver. They
can change II the sentiment OF the people
Of their states changes. Some of them ad-
nit this to be true. But it is not so with
Nj. Teller. 1.-THE senator from COlOra-
DO" said one Of his colleagues on the
dOot, sis not only one Of the most brilliant
pyen In public life, but one Of the greatest.
lie has what some one has called the d.
vine conviction He believes with all tho
energy and thoroughness of his intense
nature that silver must be remonetized or
the world will sec terrible revolutions, in
which blood will flow in rivers and the
torch Of arson will wave up and down the
land. He believes in fighting for silver,
he; II fighting for humanity against op-
preston, for the poor against the rich and
he viii 60 on fighting till he Is dead"
Anscdote Of jackson.
Congressman Jack Robinson Of Penn
aylvania has come to the front as one Of
the humorists of the house. He never
takes the floor for q speech, no matter how
short, without working in story or two,
and some Of his tales are much appreciated.
During the debate on the naval bill for
instance, Mr.. Robinson, who was against
increased appropriations, said:
II am not afraid of England or Of the
English navy, and the American people
are not afraid Of her or of her navy. Iii
the great Olympian race Of nations we are
not going to compete with her in this
enormous nautical militarism. We fear
her not. recall a story in regard to Pres
ident jackson. He was riding one day
with the French minister around the en-
virons Of Washington, when riding there
was not so pleasant as it is now. jackson,
with all his other accomplishments III
Americanism, did not understand French.
but he had an interpreter, a secretary, rid
ing at his side who did the French act for
him, and while this secretary and tie
French minister were conversing very ami
matedly old Jackson, with his cloak wrap
ped around him, was in q state of quietuGe.
After awhile, however, he turned to the
secretary and asked, What is he iabbering
about The secretary replied, MIR. Presi
dent, he was telling me how French feet
could come up the broad sweep ana reaches
of the Potomac, get within gunshot Of tho
capital and how easy it would be for such
q foreign feet to take the capital. CID
jackson, that iron ncrvcd, lion hearted old
patriot, turned around TO the secretary and
said, Take hell
For q Local Snob.
In one of my recent dispatches told the
story of prominent society woman who
bud gobbled seat at the opera belonging
tonnother person and refused to give it up
when asked by the usher. A local snob,
? who hangs about the edges Of polite So
Cisty by sufferance, and who therefore
imagines his pen must be used to defend
society whenever any one cares to crticise
1t or any Of Its devotees, questioned the
tsuthfulness OF my statement in the WASH
angton Post, accompanying his remarks
with the .ribald biackguardism which is
ahaxacteristic Of snobs who are flattered
into sslf confidence by the privilege Of pick.
Ing up o few crumbs from the tablex Of
the socially pretentious. Whereupon the
vefy young man who was defrauded ont of
bis rights at tho opera by the grand dame
Of society Of whom complained writes !,
letter to The Post giving the facts. IL ia
0,pity 20 good paper as the Washington
R0st should permit its columns to be used
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