Evening star., 1896-01-20
GENERAL WARNER TALKS.
Hopsful Of the Effect Of the Coming Silver
Conference
Believes Friends of the White Metal
Can Win ON the Financial
Issue Alone.

Prominent members of the Bimetallic
Leagues are arriving to attend the silver
conference to be held on Wednesday.
Gen. A. J. Warner, leading spirit among
these men. Is at the Ebbitt House. Speak
ing to a representative Of The Star today
about the conference and it's object, Gen.
Warner said:
'"The silver men can win this presidential
race by united action, and we are anxious
10 promote that end. We shall consider
everything bearing legitimately on the sub
ject. We are opposing nobody but the
gold men, no policy but the gold
policy. We desire to cooperate with men
of any party who, seeing that the time for
supreme ..ction has arrived, are willing to
enlist for this campaign under the banner
Of the white metal"
POpulist Plan Praised.
What do you think of the action of the
national committee of the populist party
just taken at st. LOUISE"
Il think well of it, The action is wise
and conservative. 1t evidences the proper
appreciation of the situation. 1t advocates
union of the friends of silver, and the
putting of a national ticket in the field af-
ter the two old parties shall have made
their nominations. The assumption as to
what the two old parties will do on the
financial question Is an entirely safe one
Both will adopt gold platforms. The free
silver democrats will make an earnest
effort to stem the tide in that party but
they'll fall Then the test Of the silver
men will come The election of either the
republican democratic ticket will mean
the continuation of the gold policy. The
only hope of silver will lie in opposition to
the old parties. and strong third ticket
thoroughly representative of the silver
cause, ought to sweep the country Let
DODuliStS. tS oil
yer republicans. all come together, and the
battle will be won.'
Effect of n Single Issue.
But many silver democrats object to
going into new party representative of
but one ISSUE was suggested.
How do such men read fistory?" was
General Warmers reply. Power has al
ways been obtained on one issue. The
democracy under Jefferson first won on
the Issue Of anti-centralization. The re-
puDhcans under Lincoln won on the anti
slavery issue, and the democracy came back
In 1854 On the tariff issue. A multiplicity
OF issues accomplishes nothing. The longer
the Platform the shorter the vote. No, the
real reason for new party is the fact that
there is one issue whose overshadowing
Importance calls for a new party The man
VINO Is not for silver is against silver and
I'M. tne man who is for silver ought to be will
ing to put silver above everything else I'm
III our money policy is corrected, and es-
tablished in the interests of the peopIe
instead OF In the interests of the bankers.
II IS useless to talk about minor matters
Inc people are not seriously divided
about the little things"
The New Bond Call.
What bearing has this new bond call m
the question:
1T simply affords another Illustration of
the fact that the gold policy can only be
maintained by ceaseless and expensive bor-
rowing on the part of the government, In
my Judgment, the present course of the
Treasury Department is the most imbecile
In Its whole history from the foundation
Oh od .ne government At one window gold is
taken In for mterest-bearing bonds and at
al Cther window paid out for greenbacks
which greedy bankers have collected for
tneir own selfish uses. And there will be
at the polls order it stopped. 1 am expect
ing that order to be issued next Novem-
ber."
New Party.
There is now little doubt that the con-
ference of silver men here Wednesday
means the launching of new party into
the political arena. In fact, the new party
may be looked for Thursday morning. In
the above interview with Gen. A. ]. War
ner. the president of the American Bime-
taAic League, enough is said to show what
| Is to be the program
Ihe free silver men are already arriving.
Among them here. besides General Warner
are Ex-Governor Toole of Montana, r. Nc.
Irtosh of Utah, President Wardall of the
California grange, and Geo. P. McKenney
OF California. A big delegation is expect
ed from Chicago tomorrow. w. H. Har-
vey has been invited, and is expected to be
present. ~ "
In launching the new party the silver
pen have made up their mind to 20 to the
country On the single issue of finance, and
one is settled.