Evening star., 1896-06-17
COMES TOO LATE
The Presidents Interview Will Not
Benefit His Party.
WHAT EXTREME SILVER MEN SAY
Will Be a Good Campaign Docu-
ment for Republicans.
1 S 1T A W MN q :?

The interview of President Cleveland
that usually attaches to political state
ment from the President of the republic
There were few politicians in the city today
to DISCUSS the interview, and most of them
were not inclined to talk for publication.
Summing up opinion briefly, 1t may be
stated that in administration circles the
statements of the President are upheld
while among the silver men they are con-
demned. Republicans and democrats alike
admit that from party standpoint the in
terview has done the Presidents party no
good. 1t is argued that he was we'll aware
of the situation and of the practical i'm
possibility that the gold men would be able
to accomplish anything at Chicago. No
body, 1t is said Is better aware of that
fact thbn he. 1t is thought impossible that
the President could have believed that at
this late day there was any hope that any
thing he might say might change the sit
uation in the democratic party. That sit
uation is 'encrus ted" to use the express
sion of Representative Bailey of Texas,
the most prominent silver man now in the
city. Senator Harris of Tennessee, in
charge of the silver headquarters here. left
for New York this morning with the Sem
ate subcommittee which Is investigating
the bond sales. He could not be seen. The
political friends Of the President in House
and Senate are out Of the city, and no ex-
preston of opinion could be obtained from
that source. The general sentiment among
supporters of the administration, as stat
ed, was that of admiration of the grit
evinced by the President in urging fight
by the gold standard men up to the last
minute.
Is 1t a Warnings
In some sections the interview is con-
strued as a warning to the silver men
hot ha will
nominee Of the convention If he Is a sill
yer man. On all sides 1t is regarded as
great campaign document for the .epub-
licsn party should the nominee at Chicago
be for silver. The republican party, it is
said, will not want anything more forci-
BILE to hit the silver men with than this
document of the President. Another sug-
gestion is that the interview may be the
forerurner of more important political
announcements from the President
The fact that there are many state con-
ventions of the democratic party to act
might have given the President hope
that his statement would be flag around
which the gold standard men might rally
for final struggle, or it might have been
that the silver sentiment was making in
roads into states which the President and
the administration had no thought would
show anything of the kind. The action
of the fourth district democratic conven-
ton Of Maine yesterday is a sample of
tions in favor Of gold and then adopted
silver resolutions, electing delegates in
sympathy with their views In the Della
ware convention yesterday one of the del
egates-at-larse selected is an adherent of
the white metal. 1t Is also claimed at
democratic silver headquarters here that
at least one other Maine district conven-
ton will declare for silver. They say
further that seven of the eighteen dele
gates from Minnesota are silver men, and
that they are not bound by instructions
or by the unit rule 1t is claimed that
for a silver platform and silver nominee
The fact that the state conventions OF
Ohio, Illinois and Texas are to be held
on the 23d of this month may have ami
mated the President to the course taken
He may hope to rally his adherents in
the first two states and to cause them
to stand firm All three of these conven-
for the white metal that nothing can
change them.
What Texas Men Say.
Representative Bailey Of Texas declined
to discuss the matter further than to say:
from the President would have had an ef-
feet on the situation that time Is past"
Representative Cooper of Texas said:
Certain portions of the interview look to
me to be an encouragement to the Pres
idents faction of the party not to support
tne uemOcratlc ticket. 1t Is we'll known
that the nominee at Chicago will be for
silver. and 1t Is to be regretted that the
President intimates that the republicans
will get his aid for their ticket"
In answer to a question put to him by the
reporter. Judge Culberson of Texas said:
Did you expect anything else?"
The presence Of the Texas members In
the city is due to the injury of their COL
league, Judge Abbott.
Jones Oh the Alert.
Senator Jones of Arkansas, one of the SILL
yer democratic leaders, has issued a call
to each silver delegation so far elected and
to be elected to send one representative to
Chicago on June 80, week before the con-
vention meets. This committee will take
charge of the silver fight until all the dele
gates arrive and at the same time will
keep watchful eye on the executive COM
mittee of the national committee, which is
supposed to be hostile to the interests of
the silver forces.
The news from Arkansas Is that Senator
Jones will receive the Endorsement CT his
state for the democratic nomination If he
wants 1t. While it 10 probable that the
Senator's name may be presented to the
convention for this honor, it is believed
that the Endorsement Of Senator Jones is
to prevent Bland delegates being elected
from Arkansas. Senator JONES' it is stated
is favorable to the nomination of Boies
and does not think that Bland is the man
for the democrats to put up. The Arkansas
movement, therefore, may be for the pur-
pose of putting the delegation where it will
be out of the reach Of Bland.