The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15
THE FIGHT FOR BlMETALLISM

dent McKinleys message was made public
and the silver men of the country have
concluded that 1t was war to the knife.
they have begun to organize their forces
and prepare for the struggle Of 1898 and
1900 All factions Of the silver people
recognize the necessity Of getting together
on common platform Of bmct.ulsm and
making an intelligent fight and not scat
ter their strength and disspate their en-
ergies in trying TO elect men on two or
three different tickets, all OF whom be-
lieve in bimetallism. They have at last
realized that so-calied International bmet-
allism as advocated by the republican party
is a pretcnse and a sham 1t is stated
here on absolutely reliable authority that
when Lord Salisbury had practically agreed
that the Indian minis should be reopened
to silver and that the Bank OF England
should carry 20 per cent OF its reserve in
silver, as a concession to the bimetallic
commission, sent over to Europe by this
administration, and the evidently friendly
altitude of France toward bimetallsm,
that a private telegram was sent by Major
Immediately hied him away to Lord Sails
bury and held an hours interview. The
result Of that interview was that the Indian
government refused to open its minis to
SILVER again, and this refusal was dictated
by Salisbury The officials of the Bank
OF England also took back their PROPOSE
ton as to silver reserve. and there you
are
People on the inside know that
this administration has "backcapped"
its bimetallic commission ever since
It sailed from these shores and put
sawlogs across it's road at every turn.
You will note that didn't say "Presi-
dent MCKINLEY telegraphed to "Ambas
sador' Hay, but Major Mckinley wired
TO Mr." Hay. That was cute trick. That
telegram is not an official document and
can not. therefore, be called for by the
senate. and the perfidy and hollow emptl-
ness OF the promises of this administration
be shown up to the country with regard to
its attitude on bimctallism.
The republicans are now playing another
are trying TO tickle the ambition OF Whar-
ton Barker OF Philadelphia, the well known
millionaire advocate Of free coinage, by
putting him on the track as full nedged
presidential candidate of the middle of the
road populss. His barrel and boom will be
opened it st. Louis in January next at the
middle of-the-road convention or confer
ence. 1t is the intention of the republicans
to divide the silver forces In every manner
possible, and then beat them in detail at
the next fail congressional elections. and
their schemes are openly talked here It Is
rogrettable that so able aud prominent a
man as Mr.. Barker would lend himself to
such a diaphonous scheme, but when the
bee gets to buzzlng in n mans bonnet he
chases ii with all the speed there is in
him.
1t is because the silver people OF all nal
ties who are sincece and earnes, bav.
'tumbled' to the republican game that
they are getting together to thwart the
scheme
The first move has been to open up
headquarters here in the sun building for
tho National Association OF Silver Clubs
with Mr. George p. Keeney. National or
ganzer Of the silver party, as president IN
charge. At
Mr. Keeney is comparatively young
man in National political work
but he Is already one of the most prominent
ana widely known advocates of silver in
lne United States. He is the man who or
sa4IHeu uhe movement in New York City
which up to that time was considered nv
the older party leaders to be homeless
ileld for bimetallin workers. and his work
resulted in the now histo ic mass meeting
at Cooper Union.
Last July Mr. Keeney IN an interview.
predicted that the growing silver sentiment
In this country was rapidly antagonizin,
Europe and that sooner or later the states
men OF those countries over there would see
that the opening of the mnts Of this conn
try to the free and unlimited coinage q,
silver at the ratio of 16 to would mean
an increase In the worlds value of money,
and that WITH our productive energy we
could and would force European nations to
the himetallic standard or froce them out
OF the trade markets of the world and that
those people would then begin to growl and
threaten this country. Less than five
months after this prediction on the mart
vi 'uiS SouhS silver leader comes the
prophecy OF Count Golucnowsh the Aus-
tr'an minister of foreign affairs, and one
OF the foremost statesmen OF Europe. that
there is great struggle coming between
Europe and America
MIR, keeney's forecast was widely coniel
and commented on last July, but Count
GoIucho"skis warning upon exactly SINH
lar lines has electrified all Europe ana
aroused this country as wen to the exigen-
eles OF the situation The appeal of the
austrian statesman is niore than a coin
e,aence~~ is startling verification of
The views and arguments OF The noted
young silver leader,
| called on Mr. Ksenoy today at his Of
flee ana he said to me: 1.-THE recent utter
anees Of Count Goluchowski taken in CON
necton with the attitude of the leading
statesmen or other European countries.
must convince every thoughtful and patIi-
otto American citizen of the imperative ne
oessity of the immediate adoption OF
purely American financial policy as a safe.
guard. net only 10 our commerce, but our