The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-01
SILVER MEN SORE
COMBINATIONS TO FILL PLACES
OF DISMISSED OFFICIALS TO
BE RESISTED.
ALIGNMENT OF PARTIES
ON THE FINANCIAL QUESTION ONE
PROBABLE RESULT OF THE
DETERMINATION.
JONES IN CHARGE OF THE FIGHT.
Investigation to Be Asked in the
Cases of Bryanites Charged
With "PerntciOus Activity"

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The silver
senators have been considering among
themselves, during the Christmas re-
cess, the question Of the attitude they
shall assume on the nominations to Of
fee made in place of silver men, who
were removed because of their alleged
participation in the recent campaign,
and have decided, with practical unan-
unity, to oppose the confirmation. Just
how many nominations there are of this
character no one seems to know or
have taken the trouble to determine,
but the matter has been placed largely
in the hands of Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, because he is both a silver
advocate and chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee. Mr. Jones
says that while ordinarily he has no
disposition to interfere with presiden-
tial prerOgatives, he thinks that in
cases where there has been removal,
justice to all calls for an investiga-
ton Of the charges upon which the
displacements were made.
1t now looks as if the question which
these removals will raise may be the
first since the election to cause an
alignment of parties on financial ques-
tons in the senate. The indications
are that the silver Republicans who
bolted the st. Louis convention and
the POpuists will stand with the
silver Democrats in opposing confirm
alton, while 1t Is probable the Repub-
licans and gold Democrats will sup
port the presidential appointees in such
cases. Some Of the Republicans are
not very Jealous, however, in their sup
port, for the reason that they realize
that failure to confirm Democratic
nominees will throw the nominations
to their party after March 4, and thus
increase the Republican patronage.
The offices at stake are in most cases
misunderstanding in the Mississippi val
ley states and include such offices as
Springfield, Waukegan and Evanston.
III; Boone, To-, and Benton Harbor,
Mich. At Benton Harbor the postmas-
ter, Ramon Jarvis, was removed be-
cause he became a candidate for con-
greSs and went on the stump in his
own interest In the case of Henry D.
Claven, district attorney of Alaska,
his successor, George F. Moore, is find
ing difficulty because he is opposed by
the silver senators.
Ihe silver men assert that there are
instances in which officehoIders Of
gold proclvities participated in the
campaign without arousing the dis
pleasure Of their superiors at Washing
ton. In remonstrances sent to sena-
tors against the confirmation of the
appOintees from the Illinois offices
made vacant because of "pernicious
political activity" it is urged that the
men removed participated in the cam
patgn to no greater extent than did
Secretary Carlisle, Comptroller Eckels
and Postmaster Hesing. of Chicag 90
and hundreds Of other officials. Sena-
tor Jones says he does not want the
nominations pigeon-holed or confirma-
tlons defeated in any indirect way, but
that he wants them voted upon in the
senate and directly confirmed or re-
Jected. He thinks the senate should
pass upon the question involved in the
nominations.