The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-07-10
Congressman Wilson.

Congressman Wilson has recently
returned to his home in Boise and
Tuesdays Statesman publishes an in
terview with him, portion of which,
relating to the political situation, we
copy herewith to show that our efficient
representative in the lower house of
Congress stands squarely with Senator
Dubois and nearly the entire repubi-
can praty of the State upon the finan-
cial issue, endorsing the action of the
boiling delegates at st. Louis In 9th
or words, Congressman Wilson has not
joined the little clique of Boise politi
ticians and deserted the interests of
his constituents. 1t must have made
the statesman very tired to publish Mr..
Wilson's interview, and it shows such
was its condition, in an editorial headed
sAway Off" in which it attempts to re-
fute Mr.. Wilson's statement that nine
ty-fiye per cent of the republicans of
the state endorse the action of the
boiling delegates. Mr.. Wilson claims
that the boilers have not left the party
but the Statesman goes right on read
ing them and all republicans who en-
dorse their action, out of the party,
just the same When the republican
county and state conventions are held
next month this contention will be set
tied and the delegates to those conven-
tions will have an opportunity to re-
affirm their allegiance.
Below is part of Mr. Wilson's in
terview
SIN my judgment our delegation took
the only action possible for them to
take under the circumstances and |
think they were entirely justified there
in" responded the congressman. "Ful- /
ly 95 per cent of the republicans of |
Idaho believe in the free, unrestricted |
and independent coinage of silver" he
said, continuing, sand they have so de-
clared in their conventions again and
again; especially did they so declare at
the Pocatello convention which elected
these delegates. The national conven-
tion, for the first time in its history,
declared for the maintainance OF the
single gold standard and against the
free coinage of silver. 1t has never
done either of these things before. This
course was therefore departure from
all precedents of the party and was
counter to the councils of its great
leaders and teachers, Lincoln, Grant,
Garfield, Conklin, Blaine and others.
Our delegates did not leave the repub-
lican party, they simply refused to par
ticipate in a convention which declared
for a gold standard | entirely justify
them in this and have no doubt that
nine-tenths of the republicans of the
state will do the same thing. The mat
ter is therefore now relegated to the re-
publican state convention, which meets
in August, for action thereon. Repre-
sentative men should be sent as dele
gates to that convention, as matters of
great moment to the party and the
State, of necessity, will there be eonsid-
cred. | believe such action will be TAX
en- there as will satisfy the great mass
of the republicans Of the state"
s'Has the cause of free coinage ad-
vanced throughout the country, in your
opinion?"
''Yes, I believe that this cause has
been advancing with tremendous
strides since the action of the silver
on the Dingley bill. At that
time the financial question was not be-
fore the people of the east to any great
extent, but their action made it great
and overshaddowing issue. That vote
called the attention of the entire coun-
try to the silver question in manner
that forced consideration of it and l
believe that it did more for the cause
of free coinage than any other single
act since characterization in 1873"
'fWhat is the prospect of the success
of silver at the polls this fall?"
81 have no doubt that if the silver
men vote together they win carry the
I believe that il Teller were
nominated by the silver forces he would
carry every state west of the Mississippi
river and every state south of the Ma
son and Dixon line, beyond any possi-
bility of doubt, with more than even
chance of carrying Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan. There are great many
more silver men in the east than is gen
orally understood. / was at gathering
of manufacturers who represented
more than S40,000,000 invested in man
and tnree-fourths of this
amount was represented by men resid-
ing in Pennsylvania, who believe in the
free coinage of silver. The cause is
gaining daily and the only hope of sue
cess which the gold standard men now
is in the division of the sill