Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25
They Claim to Have Received As
suranee Of Sympathy.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
Will Help the New Movement in
Good Time.
A SERlO OUS WARNIN G.

The bimetallic leaders claim that the tri-
umph Of their meeting this week was the
assurance of sympathy they received by
confidential letter or word of mouth from
both democrats and republicans of the high
est standing and influence in their respec
tive parties. They decline to give names
or go into particulars for the present. In
good time, they assert, everything will come
out and the real strength be revealed of the
movement to make silver the one over
shadowing issue of the national campaign.
Democratic Party on Probation.
The attitude of these men thus comruni-
eating with the projectors of the new party
is similar to that publicly taken by ex-Con-
gresham Hatch of Missouri. Mr.. Hatch,
laboring under no restraint of office, came
out frankly and put his party-the demo-
cratic party-on probation. He has given it
six months in which to take the right stand
on the silver question If, at the end of that
time, to wit, the day of the adoption of the
partys national platform, the record is not
satisfactory to him; if, in other words, the
party in national convention refuses to COM
init itself to free coinage at 16 to /, Mr..
Hatch VIII call fer his letter and go over to
the Lew organization. Meanwhile lie will
remain a democrat, cherishing hope and
putting in some Stanch EckS for silver
among his longtime friends. And SO with
the men who. because of being in Office are
not now in position to come out into the
open. but who are represented as pledging
themselves to do so and join the new party
In case the stands taken by the old parties
should show denial of slver's demands
A Warming to Silver Leaders.
If this assurance of sympathy is not ex-
aggerated for campaign purposes, it carries
with 1t a ' arning to the silver leaders that
they cannot ignore. Their national ticket
Will have to be rational in every sense
Complimentary references to this local
leader or that may continue for mere COM
piinents sake. If a little 'jollying'' here
and there can be made to put greater life
INTO favorite sons, well and good But
when the time comes for final action when
1t must he made plain to the people what
the movement means by pointing to the
men who are to express it in case of sue
cess in the highest offices under the gov
ernment. those men, it is held, must be mef,
OF national reputation and of national in
fuerce- Politicians themselves we'll known
are not to be expected to come out of old
organizations and join G. new one under the
leadership of obscure, however worthy
men, The demand will be for leaders of
experience and well-established reputa-
tions, and unless the ticket is made up of
such, the result, even with other conditions
promising, must be failure.
Its Resources as to Leadership.
Granting conditions favorable to the form-
ing of new party on this silver issue next
July. what will be the extent of it's re-
sources in the line of leadership? The
south, where so many able silver men re-
side, is thought to be barred. Silver may
become very strong these next six months.
but not strong enough to make possible the
election of southern man to the presi-
dency this year. The west, Or the north
west, or what is called the east will there
fore have to supply the candidate. VIII
Mr. Teller consent to run? lie IS regarded
as the strongest silver man in all the west.
MT Jones of Nevada has lost his strength
by parting with his locks to the populists
The northwest has only Gen. Weaver, and
ne, as an oft-Deaten man, woulG lack rres-
uge. The far east presents nobody and
the middle east has only Mr.. Cameron.
VIII MIR. Cameron be available? Arpar-
emily, therefore, unless the new party can
recruit so largely from the republicans as
to be able to ccmman1 either Mr.. Teller or
Mr.. Cameron for It's presidential candidate
Its chances of success next fall are slim.