New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-16
A HARD TASK BEFORE HIN.
THE DILEMMA THAT CONFRONTs CHAIR
MAN FAULKNER
HOW TO WORK FOR GOLD AND SILVER cANDI-
DATES FOR CONGRESS AT THE SAME TINE
GRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.1


[BY TELEGRAPH THE rRrBuNE1
Washington, July Ex-senator Charles j. Faux
ner of West Virginia, the chairman of the Demo-
cratic Congressional Committee, has rather puz-
zling task before him in the coming Presidential
campaign. Like Senator German, Mr.. Faulkner
will surport the Tillman- Altgelf-Bryan ticket out
his Affiliations with the sound-money wing OF the
party have been close for years past that II IS
difficult to imagine him in any role distincuvely
hostile % Eastern Democratic sentiment and East
ern interests Mr. Faukner's present plan Is TO put
the Congressional Committee in an attitude or neu-
trality On the silver question during the co"'ihs
campaign so that II may consistently furnlsh ala
TO gold-standard Democratic candidates Tor CON
gress in the East and to free-conage Democratic
candidates IN the South and West. To MAINTAIN
such position of neutrality. in spite OF the apso-
uelv irreconclable character OF the warfare whlch
is likely TO be waged between the two factions
seems planlv impossible but the West Virginia Sen
ator sees no other way to hold the committee TO-
gether and preserve its political usefulness.
1.-The province Of the committee, MT. rduihhei
said to-day will be to aid the election OF every
candidate for Congress upon the regular Democratic
ticket We have nothing whatever to do with the
nominations for Congress, and VIII take no part III
the contests for nomination After me caiuluales
are selected however. II will be our business ana
we will see to 1t that all the aid possible Is give"
IN tho election of those candidates We will take
q FOR granted that the Democrats Of each district
know what they are about. and we VIII not ques-
ton their selection Ii will make no nlHerehce 10
US what the platform may be upon whicn the can-
didates are selected 49,
Then If gold Democrat Is nominated tor Con-
gress and wants gold Campaign literature '0O WA
furnish II TO him.
.If he asks for such literature and we nave II ne
will get IT, As I said before. we want 10 see 'he
regular Democratic nominees for Congress erected
and every effort OF this committee Will be peht IN
that direction. -
Some OF the speeches already selected for dissem-
walton are the silver speeches Of Senator Danie',
Senator Jones OF Arkansas; Senator Cockrei KEEP
resentatve Terry. of Arkansas and the speeches. Oh
| Nr BRYAN himself Mr.. Bryans speech IN delehce
| q, the income tax Scott Wilkes notable speech on
the same line. and Representative McMlinh IA
nous effort will be reproduced The committee Will
I also send out Mr. McMlin's speech on what the
IJVth Congress failed do. delivered at the last
| session
It is noticeable that in this list or campaign pun.
lcations no utterance on the sound-mohey sue Vi
the question is included 1t will be Interesting 10
see what the gold-standard members Of the commit
| too will do ~ the chairman and secretary continue
~ isse silver and Popustic literature to the
| exclusion of all arguments for sound money ana
| the maintenance of the public credit oh tle CUM
rnttee are Pigott, of Connecticut Hurley OF Ad'c'
| Cornish of New-Jcrsey; Amos Cummings OF New
York: Smaley of Vermont; Brice. OF OHIO; Gray, OF
| Delaware: Murphy of New York; Smith, of New
| Jersey and Mitchell. of Wisconsin, who are sup
posed to be advocates of the gold standard and In
many instances decided friends of the Admihistra-
| tim The question has been asked, how could they
M in behalf Of free-silver coinage?
II il said that UP To this time there nave peeH no
designations from the committee ana. IN 1tct none
| ARE expected. 1t Is explained that the members
above named not necessarily embarrassed pS
the bulk of the work is done 10y the chairman, me
| Executive Committee and the secretary anH .ie
| flnfS hlN W.
sponsibility in planning carrying out the work
! OF the committee Such plea Is too Transparent.
however to deceive even the most guible senator
Faulkner thinks the Bryan Sewa ticket VIII WI
| West Virginia in spite of Postmaster VII
son and the Administrators Influence lie SAID
81 believe that the sentiment throughout tho State
! is overwhelmingly in favor OF free coinage In my
! that we Will get with platform. l think the
Same condition exists in other counties In the state
| The WITH Congress District, lying along the
| ohio River the one that represented by Mr.
| Capehart in the last Democratic Congress Is al
| dernd on the west by the Ohio River, Is largely
agricultural. and The silver sentiment IL very strong
| there In the IIId District there is also prepon-
d"rance Of opinion in favor OF silver coinage. The
district formerly represented by POSTMASTER, Genera
| Wilson is largely Of the same mind. | think tina
| the lat District VIII also return a mtJoriv ~,
| silver We will hold our State Convention August
basis throughout. All the candidates who are run
ming for nomination before this Convention nave
already SecIaree nominated upon Demo
cratic ticket will be for silver"
| HIMErAILIC LEAGUES FEEBLE SHOWING
indiana polls. July 10 CspecaD.-Anson Wolcotti
silver forces known the Indiana Blmetal
League met here to-day to select delegates TO TIT
ST Louis Convention. July q which meets at tn
same time as the Popullst Convention. Wocot
was the Greenback candidate for Governor In 1876
when General Harrison was the Republican candi
date and Is now the hacker OF the Bmetalli
League There were seven members present whe
| the conference retird to n room In Enslishs Hote
% art Franklin Landers, who was defeated 70
| 0ovsrnor by Albert c. Porter. was ono Of the mum