The evening times., 1896-11-28
WHAT T0D0W|TH HERET|cs
Question to Be Settled by the
Democratic Silver Senator's.
OLIVE BRANCHES ARE SCARCE
Yet Jones and His Followers Fear
to Break LOOse-Want the Old
Party Reorgdhized. But the Gold
Men Object to the Lines-NiI
Stand by Mckinley.

The caucus of the Democratic Senators,
TO be held next week. promises to possess
as many features of interest as will that
of the Republicans.
The silver wing of the party has been
in control ever since the Chicago con-
vehtion, and proposes to remain. To do
this, though, il will have several gentle
men to discipline. Already some OF the
most bitter of the silver Senators have ex-
pressed their firm determination to keep
these gold heretics' out Of communion
until they have repented and shown fruits
mete for repentance.
the ''eoiu nereucs'' are not losing any
sleep over the anathcmas of Senator Nor
gan and Others In fact. they are enjoying
the situation, and Senator Hill, it is said,
Is getting ready an Il toid you so'' speech
Several other Senators have promised to
follow him in the same line.
THE REORGANIZATION QUESTION.
Outside the discipline to be administered
comes the great question before the caucus:
Is the Democratic party to be reorganised
and along what lines? If Senator Jones and
his policy are 10 rule, there will be no re-
organization. Nothing could induce Pal
mer, villa sand others Of that ilk to enter
into any kind OF agreement looking to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. These
gentlemen will more likely keep up the
National Democratic organization.
Thisfactis botherin.tha Democratic silver
Senators considerably. They are not sure
or the help Of the free silver Republicans
on any measure except free silver. They
know, for instance, that it was bitter
dose for Senator Teller to swallow, when
he tried TO take his free silver elixir in
The shape Of the Chicago platform. II the
free silver Democrats lose their gold breth-
ren they are in u hopeless minority in the
Senate. a--
should the caucus decide to cut all the
ties that once bound the Democrats of the
Senate together, Senator Jones and his
friends fear that the ''gold heretics' will
throw their votes TO the sound money Re-
publicans. They have already helped out
the Republicans once, and found it u
rather pleasant experience. The silver
manifesto Of the last session OF Congress-
that no measure should pass except a silver
rider was tackled to it, will cause the
greatest trouble if issued again. The
Jones people know this, and fear to drive
the IN heretics."
So the silver men are worried Their
great leader and champion is To be called
to the Capital. Mr. Bryan is to come to
the city and tell his faithful heA1hmen what
they are to do. One thing is certain,
this time, the henchmcn will do more
as they pleas than they did during the
campaign. But their candidate is COM
ing, and they viii listen 10 his advice
false step taken, and certain Demo
Gratis and certain Democratic States leave.
that party for another generation
THEY WILL STAY OUT.
The gold heretics'' themselves are of
the opinion that they had better keep
away from the maddening influences Jf
the silver ring. They think tie currency
-. -. a -r1.
can talk reorganization IL, is said Pres
ident Cleveland shares this idea and has so
told his political councillors. One of the
Sound money men says n an interview:
The reasons for not attempting a re
organization of the party at this time are
very obvious to those who regard the ma
tional credit and our industrial prosperity
as OF higher patriotic concern than the
restoration of the old party alignment
The forces OF national honor which formed
the alliance for resisting the assaults OF
the inflationists must not be aIlo wed to dis
hand at this time merely for the purpose
OF testing the strength OF leadership and
disclosing the future OF the party of JET
ferson.
The currency question is not yet set
tied. 1t would be idle for sound money
men to felicitdte themselves with the
foolish assumption that the men who fol
lowed Bryan are permanently vanquished.
They met an overwhelming defeat at the
polls, it is true, but the currency issue was
beclouded with the issues OF law and order
and protection to American industry. 1t
would he difficult to analyZe the vote with
reference to the eaScertainment OF how much
sound money, how much tariff, and how
much law and order were in the returns
of each city or town or precinct
THE FIGHT AGAIN.
1T Is one of the certainties of politics
that the free silver forces Will pull them
selves together again in 1898 for another
desperate attack upon the stability of our
monetary system. 1t is little concern to
the sound money champions whether the
army of destructionists follow the same
leader that was chosen by the hysterical
Coliseum convention or whether the Popu-
lists refuse to march under the name Demo-
craft
These are the quarrels Of the enemy.
The discoTdant elements will finally come
together under the cohesive power of pelf.
The duty of the gold Democrats is plain
The gold standard Democrats, who
helped to achieve the ma gnificent VIC
tory for national honesty should stand
By Major Mckinley and his adrninistra-
ton until the Congressional battle of 1898
is fought out and the fiatists once more
repulsed."