The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-06
ONLY A SILVER AK TO GRIND.
Delegate snyder, of West Virginia,
Resents Flowers Statements.


CHICAGO, July 5.-Hon. Isaac c..
Ralph Snyder, West Virginia's free sill
yer leader and anti-administration
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor, has arrived, and is
quartered at the Auditorium. To the
Associated Press representative Ralph
Snyder said:
81 believe Richard p Bland is the
first choice of the majority of our dele
cation. The expression Silver Dick is
synonym for 16 to L free silver Some
of our delegates are here. The others
will arrive Monday morning. Great in
justice has been done the silver people
Of my state by the publication of an
alleged interview or conference pur-
porting to have taken place between
ex-GOv. Flower and Chairman Chiffon.
of my state, as follows: 'Ex-Gov. Res-
well p. Flower was the first to arrive
and he did not wait. to get the stain
Of travel from his person before he
had launched into the fight. The first
place he tackled was, the West Vir-
ginia headquarters, where he met
Chairman Chiffon He had a very ami
mated conference with. him, and when
he had finished he said to the Associ-
ated Press representative:
az had an idea. about the spread Of
this silver fallacy and now I have con-
people
admit that they are not particularly
in favor of this silver business, but
they have some other end to attain -
GAS the free silver candidate for the
Democratic nomination. for governor of
West Virginia, / have made careful
canvass of my state and speak advised
ly when I say the people of my state
favor the restoration Of silver as a
matter of principle; and 1 resent the
no nj arff0 ovfx
in favor of this silver business, but
have some other end to attain as an
insult to the integrity of the citizens
of West Virginia The people of my
state are not only in favor of this sill
yer business but are uncompromising-
ly in earnest and sincerely determined
in their advocacy of the restoration of
silver to its full complete and most lib
eral position in our monetary system.
and to this end they emphasize this
sincerity by passing most stringent
instructions which each and every dele
gate from West Virginia must respect
and obey or do violence to the wish of
his constituency. I have no apprehen-
sion of such a contingency, as our dele
cation is composed of honorable gentle
men"
Col. Ralph Snyder attained national
prominence as the only representative
from West Virginia at the silver con-
vention held In Salt Lake City, Utah.
many months ago; and attracted the
particular attention Of prominent sill
yer leaders by his earnest, enthusiastic
and courageous advocacy of the white
metal and his detefminated opposition
to the organization of an Independent
free silver political party. On that oc-
casion he declared that the Democratic
party was the logical medium through
which the reconciliation of silver
could be most speedily accomplished;
that the true Democracy (the South
ern Democracy would unite with the
West for the restoration of property
values, to be accomplished by the re-
monetization of silver at the ratio of
16 to 1; that his state would send q
solid silver delegation to the approach
ing Democratic convention, instructed
to that end. Ralph Snyder's efforts
have been crowned with success.