Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
THE SILVER VICTORIES
Not the Result of Spontaneous Uprising
of the People.
The White Metal Forces Have Been
Completely Organized In Every
Democratic State.

When the circumstances of the matter
are known the prevailing idea that the
silver victories in the democratic primaries
and conventions result from a spontaneous
uprising of the masses will disappear. The
impression is that the silver men have not
been properly organized and that their sue
cess has been that of mob over discipline ed
troops. It is known that silver confer
ences were held from time to time last
summer and that committees were
appointed. The most important OF these
conferences was that held at the Metro
politan Hotel In this city last August. But
after the appointment of committees very
little was heard of the organization, and
almost nothing is known of their work.
The results where the silver men have
won have been regarded as eccentric vic
tories without work.
AS a matter of fact the silver men,
through the efforts of the bimetallic demo-
cratic committee, of which Senator Harris
Is chairman, have had a thorough organ
ization in all the democratic states. In
some states they are organized even down
to precincts. They have had a national
headquarters in this city, from which hun
dreds of thousands of documents have
been distributed.
The following is a complete list of the
himetalic democratic rational committee
WI ich has not before been published in
full:
Bimetallic democratic national commit
tee-Officers of the committee: Hon. Isham
G. Harris. chairman, Memphis. Tenn.
Hon. James K. Jones' treasurer, Washing
ton, Ark; T. O. Towles secretary, Jeffer-
son City, Mo Central executive commit
tee-Hcn. Isbam G. Harris, Memphis
Tenn; Hon. James x. Jones, Washington
Ark; Hon. David Turpie, Indianapolis,
Ind. Hon. VIM. ]. Stone, Jackson City.
Ind; Hon. VIM. H. Hinrichsen, Springfield,
Ill; Hon. Casey Young. Memphis, Tenn. ;
Hon. Charles F. Crisp Amer,cus Ga
State commtteemen-Alab John W.
Tc!nlinson, Birmingham Arkansas, Car
roll Armstrong. Morrillton; California,
Thomas Thomas J. ciunte' rt San F'raneiseo:
Florida, Frank G. Harris, ocaia; Georgia.
Patrick Walsh, Augusta; Idaho. George
Ainslie, Idaho City; Illinois, G. W. Ffthian
Newton; Indiana, B. F. Shively, South
Bend; Iowa, S. B. Evans, Ottumwa; Kansas,
Daniel ]. Overmeyer, Topeka; Kentucky,
H. A. Sommers, Elzabethtown; Louisiana,
Melton ]. Cunningham. Natchitoches; Mas
sachusetts, Frank X. Foster. Bos-
ton; Michigan. George P. Hummer
Holland: Mississippi, Robert H. Tay
ferson City; Montana, W. A. Clark He
lena; Nebraska, C. ]. Smyth, Omaha; Ne
vada, l. H. Dennis, Reno; North Carolina
T. ]. Jarvis, Greenvi!le; North Dakota
VIM. NJ Roach Uarimore), United States
Senate, Washington; Ohio, Allen w Thur
man, Columbus; Oregon, Thomas O'Day
Portland; South Carolina, W. D. Mayfield
Columbia: Tennessee, j. NJ Head. Nash
Vile; Texas, Horace Chiffon Tyer), United
States Senate, Washington; Virginia. Peter
]. Otey Uynchburg), House of Representa-
tives. Washington; Washington, C. H
Warner, Colfax: West Virgin Daniel B.
Lucas, Charlestown; Wyoming, ]. E. Os-
borne, Rawlins; Arizona, Judge VIM H
Barnes, Hillsboro; Oklahoma Dr. A. j.
Beale, Okla ahoma City; Utah. o. W. Pow
ers, Salt Lake City.