, 1896-10-08
SILVER FUND FOR ELECTION.

The silver mine owners have for
warded this week their frst contribu-
ton to the financial committee OF the
national democratic committee. 1t ID
small-less than $50. 900. They prefer
to spend their money in their own way,
through their own committees. for their
own interets. The silver mine owners
are using the democratic organization
for s~elf-interest, but they have no idea
OF subordinating their interests to the
democratic party. to which nine-tenths
Of them have been for years opposed.
The ~populists are still more distrusted
by the silver mine owners, because the
real creed Of the populists is to have
almost unlimited paper money issued
by the government and SO make money
less scarce" Such a policy would, Of
course. do away with silver altogether,
and the silver mine owners regard this
cardinal doctrine Of the populist faith
with almost frantic fear.
The silver mine owners have main
tanned their organization for % years,
necessarily tanning the flames of dis
content in years Of bad crops or hard
times. making bargains with the repub-
lican party for protective tariffs and
bargains with the democrats in the
south to defeat force bills. They have
passed three acts in % years compel
ling the government to buy their silver
at a fancy price and have actually sue
ceeded In unloading AGO. OOO. 900 ounces
OF 1t on the government at a price
which has caused the government a
net loss Of $146, OOO, 900.
FOLLOWING GOULD'S METHOD.
They have followed in politics the
simple principle of Jay Gould when he
was corrupting legislators and water
ing Erie railway stock. He said that he
had to be a republican in republican
counties, a democrat in democratic
counties, but that he was an Erie rail-
way man everywhere.
In the same manner the silver trust
has been republican in these republi-
can mining camp states; Vt has been
democratic in democratic states in the
south, and 1t has been populist in the
middle western states; burt 1t has been
for free silver everywhere: and its sole
object has been to secure for itself a
monopoly of the United States minis.
Here are the names Of the finance
| r0mr itfao of tho otlua~ %-,Zt -,hI.h
now has charge Of raising funds to be
expended o. election day In the inter-
est OF free silver:
R. c. Chambers, Joseph L.. Rawlins,
Thomas G.. Merrill. committee ON ad-
dress.
r. Chambers, Ontario mine.
]. J.. DAILY, DAILY West.
Joseph l.. Rawlins, mine owner.
]. @. Packard, Eureka Hill, Keystone
and Gemini.
w. s. Mccormick, Bullion Beck
mine, banker.
John Beck. Bullion Beck.
G. A. Cohn, manager Delamar gold
mines.
Frank Knox, bank president, owner
of Ajax.
H. w. Lawrence, owner Of silver
mines in Utah and Nevada.
Samuel Mcintyre, Mammoth mine.
James McGregor, Crescent.
Thomas Kearns, Silver King.
Or. Hough, dentist and politician.
Simon Balberger. Bullion Beck.
]. R. Walker, Alice mine, Montana.
George L. Scott, Crystal mine.
o. J. Salisbury, owner of silver mines
in Utah and Idaho.
George A. Snow. implement dealer.
E. A. Wall, Ophir silver mine.
J.. E. B~anberger. Centennial Eureka.
P. T. Framework, Horn Silver.
A. G. Campbell, Cave mine.
Thomas g. Merrill. Secretary Bimet-
allie league.
D. c. Dunbar. politician.
j. A. Cunningham, Mammoth.
w. H. Dickson, attorney-at-law and
mine owner.
G. c. Goodwin. editor Tribune.
A. F. Holden, Old Jordan and Galena.
w. NJ. Bradley, Centennial Eureka
mine and attorney-at-law.
c. 8. Varfan. attorney-at-law and
mine owner
j.. w. Donnellan, bank president.
w. w. Chisholm, Centennial Eure-
ka.