Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
RIENDS OF SILVER,
A RINGING MANIFESTO ISSUED B,
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
To Effect Organization - senator
Butler opposes Washburn,s Plan
The Latest Political Gossip In
WashingiOn-Amon the Leaders
Situation as Between Parties In
the New Senate,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March ). -
Special Correspondence. 1.-The silver
Republicans OF the Senate and House
issued ringing manifesto to the
country i'll the last days of the present
Congress. 1t stated with great
concisencss and energy their present
political position. 1t declared Il bid
ing loyalty to the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver as the paramount is
sue of the remaining campaigns of the
present century. While it did not an
nouncc the permanent utilization Of
the silver Republicans with the Demo
cratic party i'll national politics, it is a
fact admitted by all the Senators and
Representatives Of this group that
this intimate association is sure to
continue unless the Democratic party,
in some unexpected manner reverts to
the control OF the gold element. Of
course, no prominent Democrats be-
lieve any such change possible or have
the slightest fear of the ability of the
millions of Democrats who voted for
Bryan to control the State conven-
tions of all the States of the Union
against the few thousands who voted
for Palmer. AS for the former Dem
ocrats who voted for Mckinley, they
are not considered as in any way
identified with the Democratic party.
The new declaration by the silver
Republicans WAS ringing document.
1t was characterized by the same terse
and eloquent sentences which made
the several announcements of these
gentlemen in the last campaign exert
so powerful an influence throughout
the country. The same handiword is
noticeable in the construction of the
letter. The declaration issued by the
boiling Republicans of St. Louis, which
was read to the convention by Senator
Frank j. Cannon, of Utah; the sub
sequent letter issued by the boilers
from Colorado which contained the
pathetic and patriotic reference to
M. Teller, as pointed out by the
finger OF God as leader OF the peoples
great battle for the restoration OF the
constitutional rights of silver" and
subsequent endorsement by the same
gentlemen of Bryan, were all letters Of
composite construction. Senator
Teller wrote a portion of the an
nouncement OF the boilers at St. Louis
and Dubois, Hartman and Pettigrew
also had hand in its construction.
The Colorado letter was prepared with.
out Senator Teller's knowledge or
counsel. The final announcement
OF purpose to support the Democratic
national ticket was largely the work
OF Senator Cannon OF Utah.
In the new declaration all the Wash
ington leaders OF the silver Republican
party joined and it was even more
forcible than its predecessors, for it is
both historic and prophetic. 1.-The
silver Republicans have no confidence
whatever in the promises of the Re
publican party to do something for
silver" said Congressman Charles A.
Towne of Minnesota to me. "The
spectacle was presented last 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 resolu-
ton for the international monetary
conference was being bitterly COM
batted by Republicans. Empty and
futile as the Wolcott proposition is, it
could not receive the solid support of
the Republican party and Chandler is
wholly alone in his opposition to the
single gold standard. The silver forces
of all parties will, l doubt not, remain
in full harmony until our certain vic.
tory is won."
The silver Republicans will effect a
temporary organization before the
close OF the present Congress with the
purpose OF preserving the organization
commenced by the st. Louis boilers in
the late campaign and enabling the
Republican silver men to cooperate in
all the States.
The silver Republican contingent
in the new Congress will materially
outnumber the Palmerites. This
political division will embrace in the
new Congress Teller, Cannon Mantle
and Pettigrew. Senstor-elect Turner
OF Washington is also claimed az a sill.
YER Republican, although some reports
align him with the Populists.
The United State Senate is coming
to have enough separate political
groups to make its division somewhat
Frenchy in their shading. 1t is only a
few years since but two political parties
were known to the Senate. Now
several distinct parties has representa-
ton: The regular Democrats, the
regular Republicans, Populists, Bryan
Republicans, Palmer Democrats and
silver party men Zones and Stewart
OF Nevada). In addition there are
Mckinley gold Republicans and the
silver Republicans who voted for Nc
klnley, the silver Democrats and the
gold Democrats who voted for BRYAN
on the ground of regularity. 1t is q
curious fact that, notwithstanding all
these groups, some OF them novel and
all OF them active, the new Senate
should be practically a tie on about
every one of the great political ques-
tons that can can arise.
The tail of Mr.. McKinley's kite,
Garrett A. Hobart, will, however, cut
but little figure in the proceedings.
Notwithstanding the closeness of the
Senate, the vacancy in Oregon will do
much to nullify the potency of his
casting vote for this nuts tho nnnnn.