The morning times., 1897-02-21
LOYAL TO FREE COINAGE
The Silver Republicans to Issue
a Ringing Manifesto.
WILL BE AN ABLE DOCUMENT
All the Members of Congress Who
BoIted the st. Louis Platform
VIII Join in the Preparation or
the Doeunent-WiilO Outline Their
Future Course.

The silver Republicans Of the Senate
a nd House will issue ringing manifesto
to the country on the last day OF the
present Congress.
1t will state with great conciseness ana
energy their present political position. IL
will declare abiding loyalty to the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver as the
paramount issue of the remaining cam
paigns of the present century While lt
will not announce the permanent afflha-
ton OF the silver Republicans with tie
Democratic party in national pohtics, III
is a fact, admitted by all the Senators ana
Representatives of this group that this
intimate association is sure to continue
unless the Democratic party In some I'M
expected manner reYerts TO the contrOl OF
the gold element OF course, no prominent
Democrats believe any such change pos
sihle or have the slightest rear OF the
! ability OF the millions of Democrats, who
voted for Bryan, TO control the state con-
ventions OF all the States OF the unon
| against the few thousands who voted lot
Palmer AS for the former democrats
who voted for Mckinley, they are not con-
| sidered as now in any way identified with
| the Democratic party.
The new declaration by the Silver Re-
publcans will be a splendid document.
! II will be characterized by the same terse
| and eloquent sentences which made the
several announcements Of these gentlemen
! in the last campaign. exert so poWerrui an
| influence throughout the country. The same
| handiwork will be noticeable In the con-
struction of this letter. The declaration
issued by the boiling Republicans at st.
| Louis, read to the convention by Senator
| Frank j. Cannon, Of Utah; the subsequent
| letter issued by the bolters from Colorado
| which contained the pathetic AMI patriotlc
reference to Henry NJ, Teller. as pointed
out by the finger of God as leader OF
the peoples great battle for the restora-
ton of the constitutional rights or shFer'
| and the equentindorsemelt blythe same
gentlemen of Bryan were all letters OF
composite construction.
Senator Teller wrote a portion OF the
announcement OF the bolters at st. LOUIS
and Dubois. Hartman and Petugrew also
had han dinitS construction. Ihe toiorado
letter was prepared without Senator Ieief S
knowledge or counsel. The final announce
ment of purpose to support the Democratic
national ticket was largely the WORK Oh
Senator Cannon, of Utah.
| In the new declaration all hands OF the
silver Republican party will join ana III
will probably be even more forciDje IMAM
it's predecessors, for st will be both his
toric and prophetic. .The silver kepub-
licans have no confidence whatever In the
promises OF the Republican party to dc
something for silver said Congressman
Charles A. Towne ofEMinnesota to Il Times
reporter. 1.-The spectacle was presented
this week of Senator Chandler spending
whole day in the Senate opposing the
single gold standard, and on that very same
day in the House the Wolcott resolution
for an International mon etary conference
was being bitterly eombatted by Repup'
licans. Empty and futile as the Woicott
proposition is, it could not receive TIT
solid support OF the Republican party
and Chandler is wholly alone in his oppo
sition to the single gold standard. Inc
silver forces of all parties Will, ooup'
not. remain in fun harmony until oul
certain victory is Won"
Congressman Hartman Of Montana say
that the silver Republicans VIII estaplisf
temporary organization before the CLOS
OF the present Congress for the purposeo Q
preserving the organization effected b.
the St. Louis boilers in the late campaign
and enabling the Republican silver men u
cooperate in all the States Senator Fre'
Dubois will be chosen chairman or TN
L committee and will devote consideraDl
!; time during the ensuing summer to wor
up the organization He does not appear a
all depressed by the result in Idaho an
S says that he has enlisted In the silver catls
} for the war. He is already the choice
: bis silver friends of all parties In Wasi
/; ington for Senator Shoup's scatin the { an
paign of 1900,