Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-01
A SILVER ADDRESS
It Has Been Issued by the National
Party's Chairman.
4 WARNING TO THE DEHOCRATS
Only a Solid White Metal Man
viii Be Supported.
T L L NJ \ y A Nd TEL L E r

DIR. J. ]. Mott. chairman of the national
silver party, has issued an address to the
voters of that party. which has attracted
some attention. in that he throws a GER
tain amount of cold water on the probable
nomination of a silver man by the Chicago
convention. The expectation has been
since the inception of the new party that
1t would support the democratic ticket If
the nominees should be for silver. Dr.
Motifs address does not say that the party
will not do so. but intimates that the man
to be nominated at Chicago must be fully
acceptable to the masses Of silver men be-
fore he will get cordial and solid support.
What the Address Says.
The address, after referring to the ex
citement in behalf of the white metal which
the work of organization has aroused says:
1T must be clearly understood at once
that party lines cannot withstand this con-
fict. and, so far as the friends of silver are
concerned. they must not The party leader
who puts in his time mending party lines
while the silver cause suffers will he rele-
gated TO a deserved seclusiOn. There is no
time for composing differences between
mon who do not agree this question
The only thing to be considered is how
those who do agree can get together. They
who say they are for free silver and at the
same time plead for the unity of parties
are not the friends of silver and the SUI
fering people. The unity of old parties is
the death of silver, as everybody knows.
Those who look to coming years for 6
peaceful settlement of this matter mistake
the condition of the times and the temper
OF the people There can be no delay. The
conflict will not wait. The hour has come
The secret of success in this conflict con-
SiStS in the lining-up for the battle Those
cOmDOSp m No
striking the same blows for the same OBJ
ject- This breaks party lines and party
lines once broken. silver will be free
The purpose Of the new party is declared
as follows:
our purpose is to unite for action all
believers in the restoration of free silver
and prosperity. This cannot he accom-
plished by inactiOn or delay on the part Of
our friends. The republican party is COM
H:Itted to the gold standard through the
platforms of 50 per cent of the state con-
Ventions. and any straddle that may be
made IN the national platform will deceive
no one. The democratic party must not
expect the country to accept any candi-
date IL may name acQuiesced in by the gold
wing of that party. The question of vital
Importance Is for silver to name a
candidate for President whose nomina ton
VIII be readily acquiesced in by all belfev-
erS II monetary reform. Friends of silver
L9k 10 your interests. and organize now,
while the fruit is ripe for plucking DO
not wait on the problematical action of any
party"
What Gen. Warner Says.
General Warner, who was the originator
of the national silver party, and who pre-
sided over the convention held here in
January, does not seem to agree fully with
the ideas expressed by Mr. Mott in the
foregoing address. In a recent interview
General Warner declared that the silver
party populists and prohibitionists would
support the democratic ticket put out by
the sllVec men at Chicago, and this Is the
feeling of many other silver leaders Gen.
eral Warner, however, insists that the
Chicago nominee shall be a solid silver
man, whose record has not changed and
against whom there is no doubt
The Address is a Warming.
1t is said that Chairman Motifs address Is
intended more as warning to silver demo-
Gratis than anything else. 1t Is further
said, on good authority, that If silver
man of long standing is nominated at
Chicago DIR. Mott will be one of the first
men to advise the silver men of the coun-
try TO support him. The warning he means
to convey to the silver democrats now Is
that there must not be a compromise at
Chicago. His party would not, it is said,
support a man like Stevenson or Campbell
or Matthews. They want to see a dyed-in-
the-wool silver man put out at Chicago
They Are stuck on TiIIman.
1t Is stated that the silver party lead
ers believe that Tillman would unite all
elements of the silver people. and that he
would be the man to nominate at Chi
cago- General Warner refers to Tillman
as the American Cromwell" Dr. Mott Is
said to be partial to Tillman. He thinks
that ticket made up of Tilman and Tel
Ter or Teller and Tillman would sweep the
country. Bailey of Texas is also said to be
faYOrite in the silver ranks and his
name IS being urged for second place on
the democratic national ticket
Personal Mention.