The Portland daily press., 1896-08-20
washington Despatch to the st. Loui
Globe Democrat.

but twenty-five of the leading silver
mine owners of the West, who, either in
person or through their agents, have
been active in shaping the 16 to plank
in the various platforms Of the Demo
cratic, Populist and Silver conventions
recently held in st. Louis and Chicago:
Healst estate, California, S75, 0OO 600
Fair estate, Califoria. 80, 600, 600
John Mackay, 40, 900, 00O
Hagan, 40 900, 900
W. A. CLARK, 10000, 600
William NJ. Stewart, Nevada, 10000, 900
E ranois ]. Newlands (Sharon
estate. Sc, 900, 900
Dave Moffat, Denver, 10000, 900
Senator John P. Jones (Com-
stock Lode), 25, 900, 600
Flood estate, as, 000, 90
Denver Silver Smelling Works, rs, 000, 600
r. G. Chambers, Ontario silver
mine, 90, 600, 900
Chas. e. Lane, California, 10000, 900
mine, 5000, 600
tnna, $1,000, 600
Butte Silver Smelling Works, Il. SOC, 600
S. r. Hauser, Montana Silver
mines, 1860, 600
French syndicate (Old Tele-
graph mine) Utah, 10, 100000
Works, 8 500, 600
Broadwater estate, Helena,
Mont, s.5oo.ooo
Senator Henry NJ. Teller. Col
orado, 2,O0O, 900
Senator Lee Mantle, Montana. q 600, 00U
Totals, $54, 600, 600
Congressman Newlands. representing
the great Sharon estate was the chair
man of the convention of the Silver
party; Senator Teller was q candidate for
the Presidential nomination of the sill
YER oom bine, having bolted the Republi-
can convention for that purpose; Senator
Stewart has been fer years the silver
leader in the United States Senate, and
is the author of the expression "the
crime of 1872 In 1874 he WAS just as
ardent in his advocacy of the gold stand
ard and said:
II want the standard gold, and no
paper money not redeemable In gold.
Gold Is the universal standard of the
world. Everybody knows what dollar
in gold is worth"
These words are quoted from the Con-
gresstonal Record, page 1892, volume 2,
part 2, Forty third Congress. He is now
publishing in Washington and Virginia
free silver paper called the Silver
Knight. Although multi millionaire
laporing mon charge him with conduct
ing frat Office" and with underpay-
ing his printers. This gave rise recently
to labor troubles in the office Of the Sill
yer Knight, which were graphically ex-
plotted in one of the Washington papers,
Mr.. Stewart being openly accused Of not
paying living wages.
The silver interests. of the Hearst es-
tate are taken care of at both extremes
of the continent. In San Francisco 1.-The
great silver mining family owns the
Examiner" while In the East it has
invaded Wall street by the purchase of
the New York Journal, conducted by
| young Hearst In person, the only metrop-
oUtan daily newspaper advocating the 16
TO plank and the fusion Of Democracy
with the rag tag and bob tail of Popu-
l1sm. The holdings Of the Hearst estate
Include. in addition to its Home Stake
gold mine and Anaconda copper mine in
rerests. large part Of tbs Ontario silver
mine ores of Park City, Utah.
TELLER'S INTERESTS.
Senator Teller has rece ntly acquired
large mining interests in Cripple Or eek
which has given him a rating as one of
the bonanza kings Of the Vest, while r.
@. Chambers, one of the delegates to the
Chicago convention. is part owner of
the Ontario silver NINE in which the
Hearst estate is interested. Chambers
has been one of the most persistent sill