Evening star., 1896-11-09
It is to Be Continued by the Republi-
can National Committee.
BUSINESS MEN TO GIVE THEIR aid
Both Sides to Watch Each Other
in the Senate.
L O o X N G TO 1900

ucan committee as permanent institution,
and to continue the war on free silver
without cessation, near a great deal 1t
means that he and the business men of the
country do not care to so through another
scare like the one of few weeks ago; tha t
they do not want another stagnation of
affairs to come in the midst of prosperity
To prevent these disasters and Interrupt
tions to business, the business men of the
country have agreed with Mr.. Hama that
the best thing to be dore is to crush the
idea of free SILVER further into the ground
than now and not to give it a chance to
raise it's head two or four years from now
That it would interpose again there is nc
doubt. With these ideas in view Mr.. Han
ma will be furnished the money to continue
the fight on the white metal the hope be
ing that he can effectually stamp out fur
ther agitation before the next presidential
contest.
Shrewd politicians see the hand of a mas
ter politician in Mr. Hanna's move. No
campaign in the history of this country
has ended like this one, unless it may have
been the campaigns against slavery which
preceded the election of Lincoln. The
ableSt politicians do not believe that the
death blow to the financial views of the
democrats was given in the election just
closed. They pay no attention to the re
peated assertions that the free silve,
craze" is dead Those same assertions
were made as far back as 1874, but the
craze has broken out at inopportune times
ever since and has apparently progressed
in strength They know that the agitation
is going to continue, and that the only way
to finally kill it off Is to keep up the work
Of education. and keep the people of the
country lined up against it at all times.
This is what Mr.. Hanna is preparing to do,
and those who know him and his methods
predict that he will not stop his labors
until the question Of free silver ceases to be
an issue of the parties Of the country and
ceases to interest anybody.
The prediction is made that the good
times which have started since the cleo
ticn Of Mckinley, and which. it is believed.
will become better under republican ad-
ministratfon. will put quietus on silver
and its advocates, but those who can see
ahead into the difficulties which the new
President will have to encounter, and which
n, must surmount, do not wish to trust
wholly to this revival of business The
progress and perpetuity of good times it is
argued, will depend on the passage of laws
which meet the views of the President
elect and his party. The doubtful con-
plexion of the United States Senate leaves
matters in shape that may or may not
prove beneficial. A hundred things may
take place to complicate matters. and to
again give free silver new lease of life
unless such plan as Mr.. Hanna has
adopted is carried out He sees long WAYS
ahead, and he does not undervaIue the
situations which may arise He does not
propose to take any chances, and in this
the business world will look upon him with
more admiration than ever.
The Cry of 1900.
On all sides the silver men. headed by
their most brilliant champion, Mr.. BRYAN
send up the cry of wait until 1900" They
predict dire things as the result of the Nc
Kinley administration, and have already
begun the work of trying to handicap him.
They will not only indulge in talk of this
kind, but they will continue their national
committees and their various bimetallic or
ganizations. With the means they have at
hand they will send out as much literature
as possible during the next four years
Ihey are even now beginning preparations
1or an attempt to capture the House in
1898. Their speakers will be encouraged to
preach their doctrines on all occasions
Even Mr.. Bryan has said that he proposes
to devote his time for the next four years
70 preaching the doctrine of bimetallism
Senator Jones, Senator Butler and all the
democratic and populist Senators and Rem
resentatives will, it Is said on good an
thor1ty: keep up the fight from Washing
ton. so will the bimetallic unions and
leagues throughout the country The re
publicans admit that for a time they were
at serious disadvantage because they did
not begin the education of their forces
sooner. Little dreaming that silver would
become the issue this year, the republican n
leaders made no attempt to meet the
danger. While they were looking into other
questions the silver men had been at work
Tor four years or more. They had been
sending out bimetallic literature from
various headquarters. In that way thew
got the jump on their opponents, and 1t is
now admitted that nothing but the prompt
and energetic work of Chairman Hanna
and Chairman Babcock saved the dav
They quickly pitted knowledge against
knowledge. and did it so fast and positive
ly that their opponents were dazed. Mr..
Hanna realizes that this same work of the
silver men will continue They NAV NOT
nave the means he possesses, but they will
do all in their power.
The Game In the Senate
The man who sits contentedly down ana
says silver is done for has not looked into
anything. He puts light estimate upon
the men IN the Senate who have vowed TO
support silver to the last ditch, This is
pnase OF the situation to which little study
has been given. The prospects are fair
1 shat the SOUND money men will control the
senate after March next, but their ma aioritv
Will not be large, If it should be ma.
jcrity at all. The minority is made IN Of
strong, able men-legislators who have as
much experience as those on the other side
Teller. Morgan and Vest, it is cited. are
matches fer the brightest men on the other
side. The political student sees that these
men are not going to fold their hands In
the Senate. 1t is certain that from the be-
ginning of the first or extra session of the
next Congress these men, backed by a solid
following, will begin the struggle of their
lives for mastery in politics. The greatest
game of politics ever played in the Senate
of the United States is on. Every move to
be made, and which must be met by the re-
publicans, will be in the interest Of silver
If it does not take the shape of bills for
silver remonctization, 1t will come in other
forms. 1t will be a continual play to reflect
upon the administration and to strengthen
the cause Of the white metal. Nothing will
be left undoEe. The silver men will meet
often and caucus over the developments of
the situation. They will act practically as
a unit! 1t will be peculiar If there is any
divergence Of roads for the various silver
elements now. They are bound by a com
pact which they cannot part. They NAV
differ on the issue Of the tariff, but It is
believed that this difference will not be
great. The southern men are going to give
their western brethren a great deal Of what
they want In the way Of protection to
western interests and industries. They will
not fall out over these things So the on
posing side will stand solidly together and
the contest will wage fierce and hot for
four years.
Politics In Nearly Every Question.
These shrewd plays will be made on each
side for even the most Insignificant things.
The main stake will be the presidency In