The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-03
STRIDE IN THE EAST

William e. Sackett. author Of Mod
ern Battles at Trenton, well known
political writer in New Jersey and New
York. and a firm believer in the single
gold standard, in an interview with q
representative of the Washington Post
the other day said:
IT am astounded at the progress the
free silver men are making in New York
and New Jersey. Do you know that of
the seventy-two delegates who went
from New York to Chicago, firm in their
conviction for single gold standard
until international agreement could be
effected, forty of that number returned
to their homes converted to the free
coinage of silver platform of the con-
vention? OF the twenty delegates from
New Jersey, sixteen returned declaring
their intentions to work for and support
the free silver plank. They declared
this not so much because they deemed
it their duty to abide by the action of
the convention. but because they had
become red hot enthusiasts for free COIN
age. Today they believe in it as firmly
as they believed in gold a week before
the convention was held.
The most astonishing thing concern
ing the rapid strides Of free silver in
these two states is that 1t is in direct
opposition to an almost united press in
each state. The newspapers are almost
unit in opposing free coinage, many
of the Democratic papers being even
more rabid in their denunciations of 1t
than the Republican papers. but not
withstanding the movement is grow
ing. and growing so rapidly that 1t will
not surprise me in the least if the elect
oral votes of New York and New Jersey
are cast for Bryan and Sewall. ] have
Just made trip through each of these
states. and 1 found everywhere outside
of the large cities an enthusiasm for the
free coinage of silver that has startled
me. The friends of sound money will
have hard work to counteract this grow
ing sentiment before November ar
riVes."
Such words, coming as they do from
a staunch gold-bug, concerning the sit
uation in the very stronghold of the
single standards camp are Of impress
i've weight. Not only does MI. Sack
etts opinion clearly show which way
the wind is blowing and indicate that
the great movement for free silver Is
neither sectional nor a heresy Of envi-
ronment, but it is the most satisfactory
sort of answer to those Republican pa
pers which are perpetually parading in
tiated lists of Democratic boiling jour-
mails.
In Pennsylvania there are signs of
similar upheaval. The most celebrated
and successful criminal lawyer in West
ern Pennsylvania, the Hon. A. B. Rich
mond who from the time that John c.
Fremont was a presidential candidate
has been a NOSE active worker in the
ranks. is one of the latest
acquisitions to the Democratic party.
No resident in Western Pennsylvania
has a larger following, says the Buffalo
Times, than Judge Richmond, and his
evidently carries great
weight.
Why" said the judge in an inter
view, the currency is to the nation
what he life-giving blood is to the body.
Just now the country is like man very
ILL., Two physicians of different schools
are called in. One examines the patient
and finds the extremities cold and
clammy. the heart and lungs doing their
work very feebly, and a general state
of congestion. He says, The circulation
is bad 1t must be started and drawn
away from these vital organs to the ex-
5rfm nj tfe that 1aat are sa4fsriAg faT mgr
cessary. The circulation Of it does not
mean anything.
Now said Judge Richmond, with
twinkle in his eye. Il should prescribe
silver tonic for that man rather than
a gold cure"