The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-03
SANDERS REFUTED.

The following letter IS from Hon. A. F.
Parker, editor of the Free Press, OF Grange
vile, Idaho.
Grangeville, Idaho, April 4, 1886.
Editor Representatives
Enclosed is marked copy Of Spokane
Chronicle, which may interest you. The
idea that all advocates of 16 to l are silver
mine owners is altogether erroneous. The
The production OF gold in Idaho IS about
equal to that of silver. In this country we
produce about 1925, 200 gold and only $4,
900 silver, and yet we are 16 to silver men.
Why? Because it is constitutional In
the great gold camp of Florence, new
town named Harvey has been started,
after the author of "Coin," and yet that
camp has never produced an ounce Of sill
yer save as an alloy of gold. l am tired Of
these perpetual SANDERS on free coinage
advocates l am myself personally and
largely interested in gold mines exclusive
ly, and have no ownership or other inter-
est in any silver mines whatever. Hun
dreds of others are in the same fix. Why
should we be misrepreserted?
Yours fraternally for Jefferson Democ-
Aaron F. Parker
The following extracts are taken from
the interview referred to by Mr. Parker.
They Will be interesting to Minnesota
Democrats.
AS matter of history the great Demo
'"a' ~ 81 g. Thomas jefferson, had his
first difference of opinion with Hamilton
upon the question Of finance, and this led
to the organization of the Democratic
party Hamilton, with his strong central
.zing tendencies, favored the idea OF turn
ing over the power to issue money to the
banks and corporations of that day. JET
1x,{kh ,;1h% md mot
ccntending that the power to issue money
was one of the rights reserved by the peo-
PIE and entrusted to the government and
coud not safely be delegated to individuals
without abuse. Upon this issue Jefferson
resigned his seat in the cabinet of Presl-
dent Washington, and thus the orthodox
Democrats can honestly claim that bimet-
allism Is party tradition as we'll as
constitutional principle. 1t is only in the
last few years that the gold standard DEM
ocrats have attempted to force their uncon-
stitutional views upon the party and the
result has invariably ended in party defeat
and disaster to the country.
For the single gold standard Democrats
/ have no respect They be.ong in the
ranks Of the Republican party, and there
they will ultimately land. They are trying
to inject new and unconstitutional arti-
the Democratic masses will never accept
until the bimetallic clause of the constitu-
ton has been repealed in a constitutional
manner"
The Indications are that through pres
sure from the administration, the gold
standard people will have majority there.
But the bimetallist element will, through
the two-th.rds rule, be able to prevent the
nomination of gold standard man for
president. 1t is among the possibilities
that a deadlock may result and the silver
forces secede from the convention and rec
ommend that their constituents support
the nominee of the Bimetallic party.
"The gold standard men are not, ordi-
narily amenable to reason. They are
now making the fight of their Ives to con-
troll the Democratic organization. They
may even succeed in adopting a. gold stand
ard platform and in nominating gold
standard candidate; but they can not make
the Democratic masses accept the one or
support the other.