The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-20
cHAIDLl4 WA1us NM Party.
Defeat II ortaja unjsn 1insealli
Pledges axs Fulfilled.


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Senator Chandler [ Rep. Of New
Hampshire, who has besn = leader
of his party for many years, wrilss
. letter to the Washington Post,
which is replete with advice and
warnings to the Republicans.
Senator Chandler 10 generally con-
ceded to b one Of the keenest and
bsst-informed politicians in the SEN
ate. A letter from Senator Chand-
Ter, published in the ST. Louis Re-
public Aug. 26th, stated that in the
Judgment Of the writer the cause Of
bimetallism was not sdead," % Re-
publican leaders then assumed, and
cautioned tho Republicans not to
lay the Aattering JUNCTION to their
souls, but rather to acknowledge
the force Of popular silver sentiment
and to effect something substantial
for the cause of bimetallism.
It 10 but natural that Mr.. Chand-
Ter should refer now to the recent
election as proving tho value Of the
suggestions he offered to the admin
istration during the summer. The
Senator goes further than saying.
II told you sou. In his letter to the
Post he gives to the leaders Of his
party further advice, at the same
time. INDUCES in more prophecies.
Mr.. Chandler predicts that If the
Republicans do not at once do
something for bimetallism his party
is doomed to certain defeat, and, in
his judgment, the next Congress
will he Democratic and the next
President will be q Democrat. The
Senator bases his prediction condi-
tionally on the Republicans main.
tanning their adhesion te the gold
standard. OF course, he knows as
we'll as anyone that that is q fixed
Republican policy. Mr.. Chandler
knows better than anyone else the
absolute certainty that Great Brit
ain will have nothing to do with
any scheme of international bimet-
allism."
MS VIEW OF THE ELECTIONS.
Mr.. Chandler says: "As to the cleo.
tions, they prove with reasonable clear.
ness that if the Republican party perma.
nently acquiesces in the existing COLO
standard aud gives up the struggle Tor
bimetalIism, that party will be defeated
in the congressional elections OF 1898,
and in the presidential election of 1900
The silver monometallists will then take
possession Of all branches of the National
Government, aud free coinage bill, with
silver made the tender for all debts, pub
I, lie and private, domestic and foreign. viii
pass both houses of Congress and be signed
by President Bryan.
"Greater New York City being in the
hands of Tammany, that organisation
will unite with the national Democracy
in the demand for free silver coinage
| and it il not within the bounds ut posi-
bility that the rural Republican bimetal
lists will give votes enough upon . single
gold standard platform to place the STATE
Of New York back in the Republican
column. There may be infatuated indi
viduals who think, in view of the recen
elections in Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky snt
Nebraska, that the Western Republi
can States can be kept in line it futur'
party platforms should completely yielt
to gold and give up the effort to remone
TIE silver; but the wiser and saner view
is to assume that with the issue 20 frames
the Republican party will meet with over
whelming political disaster, inflicted D.
a solid South and . West almost solid
aided by Tpmmany Hail and the free 81
YER Democracy Of the Empire State. Thi
comes very near being country OF ire
voters, and our elections come very nea
being honest transactions, and an intelll
gent people, with their votes freely caa
aud honestly counted, never will adop
nor submit to the permanent demonetizs
ton of silver and the fixed sscendancy {
the single gold standard prescribed b
England.
$50 the pathway of safety il in onl
: one direction. Mr.. Mckinley was elecse
only because his platform and his previot
utterances promised efforts to secure b
metallism We lost the United Stat'
senate because those promises were ~
sufficiently in earpeat, and were distruste
BY many Republican voters. We did n
: promise to establiah bimetallism 1t
could, believing 1t to he bad thing, 81
!, because We believed it to be good Thin
, If We now falthleasly abandon the pNrsu
of that good thing. We doom ourselves
political humiliation. 10 there 10
: hope for N but to bring together the j
e dependent nations Of the Western Hem
D ! spIere. and TO unite them in one graf
!. and irresistible demand for the money
. the ages, Gods money, - Secretary dol
Sherman devotionally and revefsnt
called il; silver aud gold. joined tosesh
~ q fixed ratio a the basis Ut oil pap
money and credits, and - the worlds tin
r honored measure of the worlds vslu
J, GREAT BRlrAIxs RETuaAL.
= .But the.recent English refusal to az
z to help bsmetslilsm BY promising to
4 open the India minfs will be referred
). ~ proving that On international a8r'
. ment 10 an impsssibility. Since the rel
3 sal there have been written innumersl
y articles pronouncing the doom Of silvs
l. say ing that silver il dead issue .
d ieerinx 1t oil Republicans who still |
J. iieve That the plsdges Of their plato
. of 1895 and prior thereto are set livi
!. and binding promises. 1t 10 impossible
Y avoid the cOptinued com parisOn Of tn