Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-31
| GARRISON
Declares That Silver Is
Gaining.
THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION WILL
ADOPT THE MINNEAPOLIS FL
NANCIAL PLANK.
NO MONOMETALLISM,
A GOLD PLATFORM WOULD NOT
CARRY FIVE STATES.
Thinks Allison VIII be Nominated.
Condemns the Campaign Policy
of the Man From ohio.
NO MONOMETALLISM,
A GOLD PLATFORM WOULD NOT
CARRY FIVE STATES.

Denver, Colo. March so--Generai
James s. Clarkson OF Iowa. who is to
the Republicans OF the West what
! quay is 10 his party In the East, Is
making a tour OF the Western states
and in recent Interview he said:
II passed into New Mexico and Ari-
zona on this trip and In feeling the
public pulse there | learned that they
| placed their sheep and cattle Industries
above free silver. They are tired Of
/ free-trade wool and cattle down there.
| In California they told me that their
/ fruit and other produces were superior
] to the free silver question. In Oregon
I the lumber and sheep Industries are
| considered first. and the silver question
/ afterwards. In Washington. lumber
| and fish and other Industries are looked
] upon Us far superior 10 the silver agita-
/ tiun. In Idaho lead and sheep are OF
/ more Importance than silver. Here in
! Colorado the agricultural interests are
| greater than those Of mining.
"Now. what does all this prove? It
proves that protection IL n vital issue
I IN this country. At the same time II
shows that the Issues NJ protection and
Of finance 80 side by side.
Nov, / am silver man." suddenly
remarked the general,
DO you believe IN the free and un-
llminted coinage Of silver at ratio
OF i6 10 L." was asked.
well. ! believe that this country
ouu go TO free and unlimited coinage OF
! silver ut l5 to l gradually" replied the
general Il am q blmetallist 1 be-
lleye In placing silver back on a sound
basis"
In your opinion. general, what will
the st. Louis convention OF your party
say on the financial question:"
Il believe II viii adopt a financial
VafV MI ans a fn
one adopted by the Minneapolis con-
ycntion. II will not be a gold mono
! metalllst platform at 81. Louis. by any
means \ gold monometalist platform
could not carry i've states In the Union.
| The people want a reasonable protsc-
tive tarin restored. and they want BIZ
metallsm.
There are Just three classes OF men
In this countryside Eastern bankers,
the Eastern manufacturers and the
| Western producers. Now, In the nature
OF things the Eastern manufacturers
/ ana the Western producers will eyentu-
ally stand together, and the Eastern
bankers are the men who in the end
! Will suffer. Already there Is strong
uudertone in Pennsylvania for silver
and there IS n great deal OF truth In
| the report that Pennsylvania manufac-
| turers are ilocking to silver, James
/ DObsOn OF that state who Is the wealth.
| lest carpet manufacturer in the world
| is a strong silver advocate. The Man
ufacturcrs Journal OF Philadelphia has
| come out strong for silver. oh, when
| YOU come TO look at this money ques-
tion you must remember that the
| man In Illinois or In Pennsylvania, or
J in any other Eastern state. is just AZ
/ patriotic as the man in Colorado or any
| Western state, although his financial
| Views may differ from the Western
mans. This Is a great question, and
1t must be settled by national senti-
| ment. not sectionallsm."
! you are reported to be for Allison
for president" was a statement made.
Yes. sir: l am an Allison man, and
] / believe that the senator will not be
lhe second choice OF the st. Lo.lis con-
vention." replied General Clarkson,
| with emphasis Mckinley will not
win. He is eNpendlng his force too
soon-his boom is premature. And,
then, too, Mckinley not only looks like
Napoleon, but Is displaying many OF
Napoleon's autocrntic qualities in the
race for the presidential nomination.
For instance. Mckinley and hia mana
gers have reached the point in their
boom where they deny the right OF any
other man to become n presidential
candidate. Such stories IA that will
arouse resentment In the opponents.
The American people are not In love
with dictators. Mckinley will 20 into
didate on the first ballot; but he will
be against the field, and he won't be
strong enough to defeat the field. 1t
Will be the story OF Grant and of
blaine repeated again In that respect.
The man to win must carry New York
and Connecticut The majority of the
sevcnty-two delegates from New York
will not support Mckinley. I regard
New York and Connecticut as doubtful
states, and man must be nominated
Who can carry those two states. l am
not among those oversnnguine Republi-
cans who believe We can elect the
president this time In an easy canter
There Is no dead. moral certainty that
the Republican presidential candidate
can be elected, although the situation
seems to be in our favor"
General Garrison spoke of Senator
Alnson's long record In congress,
which. It was claimed, had demonstrate
ed that he wns n thorough statesman.
For seven years he was n member OF
the ways and means committee of the
house, and for the last twenty-five
years he had been member OF the
financial committee of the United
States senate. As TO Allison's stand on
silver. General Clarkson said that the
Iowa senator was n western man. and
as such he was n friend OF the west
and believed in the largest possible
use OF silver so far as II would not be
Inconsistent with q sound financial sys-
TEN,
Well. general, tho people OF Colorado
.demand the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver at q rltio Of l6 to /. Is Sena-
tor. Allison In favor OF that policy. or
Is he not1' was the plain. uneduivocal
question put 10 General clarkson.
The general smiled in his affable way
rnftled bunch OF keys In his pocket.
wlnked at an lnoandescent Hight. ana
replled. Aff
well, Allison believes In us,re ali
the silver we consistently can now, and
later we can approach free coinage by
degrees gradually. Allison believes that
blmetalllsm can be brought about
hv an International agreement between
the United States and foreign powers
friendly 10 the white metal. Allison was
chairman OF the American delegation
which attended the International none
4 tary conference at Brussels in 1893 and