The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-03-21
SIXTEEN TO ONE BOUND TO WIN.
Great Showing Made by the BimetaiIie
Democratic National Committee.

DemOcfatlc NatlOnal committee.
WashingtoSD c., March IA
There are any number of free silver
organizations in the city of Washington
doing good work along certain lines.
Several of them maintain national
headquarters here, and from this point
carry on campaign of education in
the interest of tree silver. Some are
partisan; others claim to be non-par-
tisan; but all alike are laboring for the
white metal.
Among all the organizations whose
efforts are directed to promoting the
cause of silver, only one is authorized
to speak for the democracy, or to give
reliable Information of the work now
in progress TO secure free silver plat
form and a silver candidate at the
National Democratic Convention IN
Chicago. This is the Bimetallic Dem
ocratic National Committee. Its head
quarters are at No. Is First street,
Northeast, and the officers are demo-
Gratis of national prominence.
Senator Isham. G.. Harris. of Ten
nessee, is chairman of the committee !;
Senator james X. Jones, of Arkansas,
is treasurer, and Thomas o. TOwles,
well known in Missouri, is secretary
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Gov. Wm. j. Stone represents Mis-
souri,; David Overmyer represents
Kansas, and the other states are rep
resented By equally prominent men.
The Bimetallic Democratic National
Committee is the one organization
whose object is to carry on the cam
paign for free silver strictly within the
democratic party. This 1t has been
doing industrionsly since last Decem-
ber. 1t has perfected the organization
by states, counties, and in many in
stances, by townships all over the
country The headquarters present Q
busy appearance now, and daily reports
are received from every part of the
Union giving detailed and accurate in
formation of the progress of the fight
and its probable bearing upon the
Chicago convention.
If the gold men OF Missouri, who are
importing orators to tell the voters
how the cause of siver is waning, could
only step into the headquarters of the
Bimetallic National Committee and
glance over the daily reports by states
and territories received there, they
would gain some new and astonishing
| information.
If reliance can be placed on infor-
nation coming in through reports from
different states and from letters re-
ceived daily, written by men in most
cases the most influential democrats OF
their section, it is apparent that at
least four-fiftbs of the masses of the
party through the democratic sections
are for free silver at the ratio of 16 to l..
1t would also appear that the silver
democrats will have no trouble in con-
trolling the Chicago convention. The
organization of the silver forces by
states as conducted by the Bimetallic
Democratic Committee is especially
strong and thorough III the southern,
southwestern, western and northwest
ern and the states comprising the CEN
tral west.
From the Potomac river to the Mexi-
can border of Texas, including all the
states west of the Mississippi, with the
possible exception of Minnesota, will
come almost solid silver delegations,
say the officers of the Bimetallic
National Committee. Illinois, Indiana
and Michigan will also be in the silver
column, they say.
From Ohio ard other states the silver
democrats will send majority of the
delegates to Chicago, and there is not a
doubt, according to the figures of the
committee, that the adherents of free
SILVER at 16 to will have more than
the necessary two-thirds of the dele
gates in the Chicago convention.
The Bimetallic Democratic National
Committee was not organized for the
purpose of distributing literature, but
as its field of labor widens it finds it
necessary to use vast number of
speeches. Just now it is sending out
many copies of the speeches of Senator
Vest, Senator George, Judge Terry, of
Arkansas, and Mr.. Bailey, of Texas.
They go to members of the National
committee in the states, AMI by them
are distributed.
An instance of the scope of the
organization is cited IN the ca'e of
Alabama. There are sixty-eIght
counties in the state. Each county is
organized for free silver and every
township in each county is also
organized.
s.The Alabama instance is a fair
one,' said one of the officers toni2 hit
ssThe free silver democrats are certainly
going TO send over 600 delegate TO
Chicago. That means control of the
convention, the adoption of l6 to l free
SILVER platform and the nomination of
a candidate, who, If elected, will carry
out the principles of the platform.
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