Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-21
WATCHING IDAHO.
PopuIists and Bryan Men Anx.
.ious About That State.
THINGS NOT GOING TO SUIT THEM.

Refusal to Include Silver Republicans in
the Combine Not Satisfactory to the
National Managers, Who Want Dubois
Indorsed-6rant and the Demonstration
Act-Kentucky Gold Democratic Con-
MISUNDERSTANDING the Chief Speak
er-Ingalls' View of the Situation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-At both the
Democratic and Populist headquarters
serious alarm is felt over the situation in
Idaho, where the news dispatches indicate
that the Democrats and Populists are try
Ing to effect IA fusion which will leave out
the silver Republicans. The managers ut
both headquarters consider that this ut
tempted combination at the expense of
the silver Republicans Is violation of the
spirit OF the free silver campaign, which
seeks to combine all the silver forces, and
they fear its effect on the silver Repubh
cans OF othcs western states. They be-
iieve the different forces should combine
on equitable and just terms and effect Il
division such as was made in Minnesota
and Washington.
Don't Want Dubois .sTurned Down.
Moreover, they consider that it would be
especially ungrateful in Idaho, because the
feiusal to recognize the silver Republi-
cans involves the defeat OF Senator Dubois.
The latter is looked upon by both the
Democratic and Populist managers as one
OF the great central figures in the bolt of
free silver Republicans from the Republi-
can party on the issue. To this instru-
mentality, also, is most largely attributed
the defeat of the tariff bill in the senate
except with free silver rider, and to
"turn him down" they believe would send
n chill through the leaders of the silver
Republicans of the west. For this reason
II Is probable that both Chairman Jones
and Chairman Butler will make every at
tempt to arrange some sort of an adjust
ment in Idaho that will give due rccoSni-
ton To the silver Republicans
Quotation from Grant Message.
The Democratic committee will publish
an extract from the message of President
Grant, sent to congress Jan II. 1879, an
nouncin2 his approval Of the act for re-
sumption of specie payments. The object
u to- show that President Grant did not
know that silver had been dcmonetiZed by
the act Of 1873 The extract is as follows:
"In fact, to carry out the first section Of
4 ".
With the present facilities for coinage it
would take period probably beyond that
fixed by law for final specie resumption to
coin the silver necessary to transact the
business Of the country.
Discusses Charges for Transportation.
There are now smelling furnaces for
extracting the silvcrand gold ores brought
from the mountain territories in Chicago,
St. Louis and Omnha-thrce in the former
city-and rs much of the change required
will be wanted i'm the Mississippi valley
states, and az he metals to be coined come
from west Of thcs: states, and as under
stand the charges for transportation of
bullion from either of the cities named to
the mint in PHI ladcIphia or New York
city amount to 81 for each 81 ,UGU worth,
with an equal expense for transportation
back, IL would seem n fair argument in
favor of adopting one or more of those
cities as the place or places for the estab-
lisnment of new coming facilities
Sovereign to Have Leading Part.
j. X. Sovereign, who is to be with
George +. Washburn for the Populist
committee in Chicago, has decided to or
ganize a bureau Of labor and run it in con-
nection with the campaign. He will en-
gage large number of speakers and send
them into the doubtful states Ten speak
crs have already been secured and Sow.
ercign is in correspondence with others
He intends to organize western labor men
in the interest of silver. Sovereign cx-
poets To move tie headquarters OF the *.
OF l.. to Chicago during the campaign and
its employees will assist him.