Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-09
DECLARES FOR FREE YER
Surprising Action ola Prominent Foraker
Leader
Thought to he . Movement to Helm
the Ex-Govcrnor-Democ
State Convention.

special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
COLUMBUS. Ohio, April g. 1893
A Dig stir has been created in political
circles by the declaration of c. d. Fire.
store, the well-known Foraker leader of
this city. for free silver.
1t, Will be remembered that Senator-elect
Foraker. in his acceptance speech made
pe1ore the legislature, declared himself as
being friendly to the white metal, and
since then several Of his leaekng support
ers IN different parts of the state and coun-
try nave placed themselves on record in a
like manner Col. Firestone is the chief
FORAKER lieutenant in the city Of Columbus
and Franklin county.
Recently number of Philadelphia man
ufacturers organized a movement in be-
half of free silver The president of the
organization is James Dobson, and to him
Col. Ffrestone has addressed q communi-
cation, in which he said Of the silver move
ment:
Quite number of our manufacturers
here are feeling about the same way; and
II you have an organization down there on
this subject, II you will kindly mail me any
matter you have in regard to it would be
very glad. indeed, to have it, and would be
very glad to take the matter up with some
OF our manufacturers here.
IF you will look at the prices of COM
moditles for the twenty years prior to
1873. ard see the uniformity and stability
OF them. and then look at the prices for
twenty years after the decentralization, it
does not take a man with very great
amount OF brains any great length Of time
to see that there is something vitality
wrong.
man Dingley. telling him that my judg-
ment was that this was about the shape
that things were going to assume, and
that unless the republican party got into
n rYrrfok md hot fha1rI J., f,r,v
months in Congress to demonstrate their
interests and intentions. it would be too
late; that my judgment was that they
would not be able to carry any of the west
ern states and a great many of the other
states Of the country again on promises,
with whatever Interpretation they might
choose to put upon them in the platform.
as had been done in the past"
It is charged that all this is the outcome
Of a prearranged plan to boom Foraker
for the presidency. At the time of his cleo
ton to the Senate a little boom in embryo
was lncepted, and his admirers think the
time has been reached to push a good
thing along" Hence this silver agitation.
The attitude Of the meteoric Foraker is
dramatically interesting. and is causing no
end of worry to the Mckinley managers.
Democratic State Convention.
Chairman Smalley has called a meeting Of
the Ohio democratic state central commit
tee for Friday, April 10, the same to be
held IN this city.
1t is given out that Senator Brice will
leave no stone unturned in his efforts to
control the action Of the coming democratic
state convention. Under the leadership of
Allen w. Thurman and w. A. Taylor the
free silverites have effected organizations
in all of the eighty eight counties of the
state, and the contest promises to be ex-
tremely interesting. Senator Brice hopes
to head the delegation to Chicago, and the
chances are that his ambition will be real
lied. He is reported to favor Whitney.
In an interview today ex-Gov. Campbell
declared himself in favor of Whitney.
Mr.. Outhwaite's Ambition.
It is given out in democratic circles that
ex-Congressman j. H. Cultivate is anxious
to regain his old seat, and in all probability
he will be nominated in opposition 10 D.
K. Watson, the republican nominee. Mr..
Cultivate represented this 0welfth) dis
trict in the House Of Representatives dur
ing the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first,
Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses,
and was a candidate for reelection to the
Fifty-fourth. He was defeated by Mr.
Watson. In the Fifty-third Congress Mr..
Cultivate was a member Of the committee
on rules, and was chairman of the commit
tee on military affairs. BY appointment Of
President Cleveland he is now a member of
the board Of Notifications.