Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-29
STEWART
The Colorado Senator the Candidate
of Natural Concession.
HE Was ORIGINALLY a DEMOCRAT
His Estimated Strength at the
Polls.
S L r E y G. II OF SIBLEY
S T r E G. TIL OF LEY


main there until the democratic convention
has acted, when he will pass Judgment
on the platform and nominees. He talked
freely to a Star reporter this morning.
strongly advocating the nomination of Tel
le- or of Sibley. 1t will be observed how
ever, from the somewhat cautious remarks
OF the Senator that he does not say he will
not support Bland, or Boies, or whoever
else may be the nominee of the conven-
tlon He favors Telllr first, but does not
declare that If Teller or S.bley is not nom
mated he will favor another nominee by
the combined silver convention which meets
at St Louis July 30. and to which he is
delegate from Nevada The Senator it is
thought. is placing himself where he can
watch developments after the convention.
Senator Stewart declined to discuss the
proposition to give the populists and silver
republicans second place on the democrat tic
ticket
What the Senator Says.
What is the object Of your visit TO Chi
caGo% Senator Stewart was asked by the
reporter.
1 go there simply as a private citizen to
Use any Influence 1 may have to secure a
Union of the friends of monetary reform on
the same candidates for President and
wee President. If that can be done there
- At' question ABOUT the success of the
Candidates The great mass of the Amer
lt an people are opposed to the single gold
standard, and have thought they were vo.-
lns against 1t for the last twenty years
Never at any election did per cent OF the
American people suppose when they voted
either the democratic or republican ticket
th2t they were voting for the single gold
standard The platforms of both the old
parties have as a rule, declared in favor of
the use of both metals as money and for
bimetallism in its largest serse. 1t is true
trey have used equivocal language but the
leaders of the parties on both sides have
assured their followers that the language
r'eant the restoration of the money of the
Constitution it existed prior to 1S73
I he republican party has at last declared
in favor of the English gold standard and
says it viii adhere to 1t as long as England
does Nobody expects that England will
change She is governed by the great
creditor combination, which receives from
foreign countries on interest not less than
st7n.tND,WD a year. The creditor class is
the ruling class of England, and will con-
tiCue to be so. We are contributing very
largely to that class.
The People Understand.
'Our fixed charges to Europe. mostly to
London, exceed s4oo.Oo0.0No. to be paid in
god. for carrying trade and travellers. and
paying interest and dividends. We are un-
able to pay these fixed charges with our
exports. Our imports equal our exports
and a little more. consequently we are add
ing over S4DO,tsED $50 yearly to our debt to
Europe, public and private, and must con-
tinGe TO do while the gold standard is
maintained The American people are op-
ECSed TO a system which involves the per-
Inanent increase Of the national debt. They
never had it presented to them in this form
before. They never were told before that
they must maintain the gold standard as
long as our creditors desired us to do so.
If the question can be fairly presented to
he nAODlh Ne
get twenty per cent of their votes. / am
aware that the 10000 banking institutions
and trust companies have converted them
selves into a political combination, but they
cannot control an exasperated people. Bank
Influence is terrible when the people nave
no money. but the time has come when the
banks will be powerless, If the people unite
on candidates..
What men do you think would best unite
the silver forces of the country"
Teller and Sibley.
1.-The two men who appear to command
the confidence OF all parties alike are
Henry NJ Teller and Joseph C. Sibley. For
character and ability Henry VI. Teller IS
the peer of any statesman in the United
States. His ability is equal to that of any
man who has ran for the Office of Presi-
dent in the last half century. He was a
democrat previous to the war. Since then
ne was a republican until the meeting Of
the convention at ST. Louis. since which
time he belongs to no party. He Is an
American citizen and belongs to all the
people alike He has not co-opera-ed with
the republican party in their departure
fIcm the principles for which the party was
originally established His name is a
guaranty that he is with the people on the
money question. His services in that re-
srect have been equal to any. He is not
a sectiCral man. but broad-miaded states
nan. He would not go with Sherman, Nc
kiniey, 3I.odge and their consprators, If
l may be allowed to use that term, in
favor of the force bill, which was a bill
to transfer the control of local elections to
the executive OF the United States He was
one of the seveI silver republicans who
came to the relief of the country md de-
featel that revolutionary bill He is mod
crate in his views on the tariff question, as
his votes and speeches will show. In short,
he Is national man, entertaining no views
which are in conflict with any true Amer
ican. His nomination would, of course,
T cans success.
The Democratic Attitude.
Gould the democrats afford to nominate
Teller?"
II think that the democrats can afford to
nominate a man who will insure success.
think they can afford to have success
Would the populists support Mr.. Teller?'
Certainly. The populists could vote for
Mr. Teller. Mr. Teller has done recently
what the populists did long ago. He has
left his party because he believed his party
was against the country. The popuIistS left
the two old parties because they saw no
hope of prosperity under the administration
of either. They left their parties for re-
FORM
Not Party Departure.
would the democrats at Chicago who
voted for Mr.. Teller be considered as de-
parting from their party?"
Certainly not. If he is nominated by their
party. He is still a democrat in the highest
sense He belongs to no party. If they
will nominate him, he is their man. because
he is the man of the whole country. They
don't abandon their organization They
abandon nothing. They do it in their or
ganiZation, whereas the populists, in sup
porting Mr. Teller, take the nominee of the
democratic party. If the populistS can take
the nominee of the democratic party it
seems to be but reasonable that the demo-
cratic party can nominate a man who is
with them in all things and belongs to no
party. but is willing to become a member
of the great united party of all friends of
monetary reform: in fact. of all true Ameri-
cans against the English gold combination.
which has brought distress to every house.
holder in the land. The nomination OF Mr..
Teller would show that the Chicago con-
Vention was democratic in its best sense
Would the nomination Of Teller be an