Evening star., 1897-04-02
SILVER IN THE WEST
What Chairman Patrie of the Idaho State
Committee Says.
Those Republicans Who Left the
Party Organization Are Going
10 Control Things.

Mr. Patrie chairman of the silver reDubli-
can state committee of Idaho. has been in the
east for several weeks. and left last night
for his home. He insists that those re-
publicans In the far western or silver
states who left the regular republican or
ganization on account of the money ques-
tion are going to control things political In
their section. He SAYS that there is no
such thing as their going back into the
republican party. and that. on account of
the strength OF the silver sentiment. there
is no chance for the republican party In
that section. The only thing which he ad-
mits might change this situation would be
for prosperity to follow the enactment of
the tariff bill.
There is no republican party left in
our section worth speaking Of, said ne
to q Star reporter. only about one-sixth
of the people voted for Mckinley. Nearly
all of that small num- Der did so in the final
hope that the republican party would in
some way. by international agreement or
otherwise. open our mints to the free coin
age of silver at the ratio OF 15l2 or 10 TO l.
That IL what they conceive bimetallism to
mean and they Will be content with moth
ing less They care but little about the
and desire fair duty on raw materials.
but hold that protection Will not bring
prosperity and help business so long as
We have gold monometallism-
IS distributed the republican party would
be wiped out in the far west He admits
that his calculations will be upset If pros
perity follows the policy of the republi-
cans. but insists that prosperity cannot
come under the gold standard, which, he
says. the republican party intends to main
tain
Chairman Patrie said he was much
pleased with the address of the silver re-
publican leaders. calling for a formation
OF a national silver republican orsaniza-
tlon and believed that such a party would
he very strong and a most valuable and
effective instrument for the restoration of
silver
The republicans are certain to lose
every United States senator they now have
in the far west he declared. Every one
OF these senator's was elected as a silver
man None of them could have been elect
ed had the people Thought they would
abandon silver and support party de-
claring for gold
Mr. Patrie said that while Senator Du-
bois' successor was a silver man. the peo-
pie of the state. regardless of party.
greatly regret Dubois defeat They re-
gard II as a serious loss TO the cause. Sem
ator Dubois. he said. has been the most
popular man in the state for ten years,
and today is more Popular than he ever
was. The people were for and with him,
and wanted him to remain in the Senate.
The means used to bring about his de-
feat t." he said Ito put il mildly. were OF
such kind as TO reflect no credit on thoss
resorting to them. and are bitterly resent
ed by the people OF the state. The senu-
ment in Idaho is well nigh universal that
IL depends entirely on himself whether he
will do So You can rely upon II that he
will be called upon to again lead them AT
the very first opportunity presented