The herald., 1896-11-12
CAMPAIGN PLANS
OF THE SILVER MEN
The Silver Party Chairman
Outlines Policy
REPUBLICAN TARIFF legislation
Will Lead to the Only Radical
PEOPLE WANT PROTECTION
And the System Should Be Given Fair
Trial
Bee. Silver Nav Then Be Made the Only
Issue
The Really Threatening Competition is
That of Asia, and Free Coinage Is
the Nations Only Safeguard
And the System Should Be Given q Fair
Trial
Pree Silver May Then Be Made the Only
Issue
The Really Threatening Competition is
Tha. of Asia, and Free Coinage Is
the Nations Only Safeguard
Against 1t
Associated Press Special Wire

SAN FRANClSCO, NOV. 1I'~Coh-
gresham Newlands of Nevada, tenn
porary chairman of the st. Louis Silver
party convention, was interviewed py
a Chronicle reporter with reference TO
the policy which should control the si!-
yer men from the mining states during
the coming session
Mr.. Newlands said: II believe that
we should accept the verdict of the
country The Republican party claimed
protection and the Democratic party
silver to be the paramount issue. The
people have declared in favor of protec-
ton and have given the Republican par
ty contract for the restoration OF
prosperity. l believe it should be al
lowed to carry out any reasonable tariH
policy without obstruction. If it brings
prosperity we will all be content. If 1t
does not we will all know that some
other remedy Is required, and by the
process of elimination will come down
to the only radical cure, namely. the full
restoration Of silver as money metal.
1.-The people have spoken and have de-
clared for protection, and I do not think
any obstruction should be opposed to
the popular will.e Let tariff legislation
be enacted Immediately and we will have
a chance at the next congressional cleo
ton, and if not then. at the next presiS
Dental election. to test the sentiment of
the counry on the silver question alone,
unembarrassed by tariff.
What form should the proposed tariff
legislation take ?"
Largely the protection of the nat
ural products and raw material of the
q oc
lead, borax, soda, etc. These industries
have suffered seriously from the Will
son bill, and the tariff bill should be sa
framed as not to confine its benefits
mainly to the eastern states"
do you think tariff legislation will
give relief"
1T will give some relief but not to
the extent expected. Free trade would
inflict greater injury upon this country
than any other. because we have fur
ther to fall. A general reduction in
wages would bring about readjustments
Of values that would be destructive to
the property owners, producers and the
debtors. We need, therefore, q. tariff
wall to protect us against the products
Of cheap labor elsewhere. The protec-
tive measure which will guard us against
the cheap labor of gold standard coun-
tries must be the tariff. The protective
measure that will protect us against the
existing agricultural competition and the
threatened manufacturing competition
of silver countries must be legislation
wt!ch will restore the old relative value
of silver and gold. Such a law would be
equivalent to tariff of 100 per cent upon
the products Of silver countries, for it
would increase to that extent the gold
cost Of such products. The competition
of Europe is insignificant as compared
with the existing and threatened COM
petition of Asia. believe that the true
policy of the country Is combined tariff
and silver legislation-the one protect
ing us against Europe and the other
against ASIA"
DO you think there is any chance of
an International arrangement"
mot much, If it Is confined, as the Re-
publican platform declares, to the lead
ing commercial nations-England,
France and Germany-which are cred
itor nations. I do not think the credit
or classes, controlling as they do the leg
islation OF these three creditor coun-
tries, would be content to lose the ad-
vantage which they have through the
cornering of gold. You cannot expect
the beneficiaries of the gold MONOPOLY
to voluntarily relax their grip on the pro-
ductive energies of the world. BY our
financial legislation we are increasing
the value of our property and products.
The parity we should seek to restore is
beween gold and property. We can only
do this by destroying the gold monopoly.
and this can alone be done by restoring
the competitive use of silver. What we
need is courage; we have the power"
PROTECTION PROMISES
NEW YORK, Nov. 1l.-Senator Sher-
man of Ohio, who is at the Fifth avenue
hotel, talked freely with the Evening
Post reporter today about the outlook
for legislation by the next congress.
1T will be necessary to pass a tariff
measure at once" he said. 1.-The Ding
ley bill, with some changes, will do for
the present. The Democrats made a
. great mistake in not permitting that
Dill to pass at the last congress.
1t was only a temporary measure
intended to raise the revenue which the
government absolutely needed. and If
the Democrats had let it go through
there would have been no necessity for
bond issues ana the Democratic admin